SIR MARK ELDER CONDUCTS THE ACADEMY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

FRI 29 NOV, 1PM
DUKE’S HALL

Sir Mark Elder conductor

STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op 28
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, TrV 176, Op 30

Sir Mark Elder, the Academy’s Barbirolli Chair of Conducting, returns to conduct two mighty tone poems by Richard Strauss.

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche tells the story of a folkloric trickster who meets an untimely end after one prank too many; it is followed by Also sprach Zarathustra, the famous opening of which leads into a vast canvas featuring some of the composer’s most opulent orchestral writing.