Simone Young conducts with baton in the hand in front of an orchestra

Simone Young conducts Richard Strauss

  • Classical Music
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Hall
  • Run time: 105 minutes, including 20 minute interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

A musical odyssey

Richard Strauss’ Thus Spoke Zarathustra launched into popular consciousness in the 1960s, dramatically underscoring the opening scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Strauss’ sublime shifts from darkness to light are timeless, and jaw-dropping to experience live.

Chief Conductor Simone Young is one of the world’s leading interpreters of Strauss’ music.  In this concert she draws out the vast power of these works, alongside Australian pianist Andrea Lam and the virtuosity of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. 

Embark on a profound voyage with three very different works, including one of Strauss’ great tone poems and a piano concerto in all but name. Using just 23 string players, Metamorphosen is an intimate, reflective masterpiece written at the end of his career. Burleske gives rich, colourful glimpses into his early genius, and a chance to experience Andrea Lam's ‘fine pianism full of integrity and colour’ (Sydney Arts Guide). And the famous Zarathustra is far more than its opening, with Strauss using every instrument to demonstrate just how moving a single piece of music can be.

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Event details

Programme

R STRAUSS 
Metamorphosen
Burleske
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Artist information

SIMONE YOUNG conductor
ANDREA LAM pianist

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Concert Hall

The Concert Hall is located beneath the largest of Sydney Opera House’s roof sails, filling the upper levels of the west side of the building. Best accessed through the covered concourse. 

All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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