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STRAUSS, Richard – Fanfare to ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ – 5 CELLOS

Other Identification:
‘Also sprach Zarathustra’, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical novel of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27th November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts half an hour. The work has been part of the classical repertoire since its first performance in 1896, though it is recognized as a very difficult orchestral challenge.

Movements or sections:
The initial fanfare was titled “Sunrise” in the composer’s own programme notes.
The tempo indication is – Noble

It became particularly well-known after its use in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001 “A Space Odyssey”.

Instrumentation:
QUINTET OF FIVE CELLOS
In theory this music is possible in Cello Orchestra, but very high level performers would be required on the top parts!

2 PDFs:
1] – General Score
2] – All individual parts

Approximate difficulty:
Cellos I and II – DIFFICULT
Cellos III to VI – MEDIUM

The biggest difficulty comes from maintaining slow bows with a certain pressure for the big sound needed, and by possible intonation problems for the top cellos. However, this work has been performed publicly with great success!

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by: First performance of this version given by HelloCello! (Spain)

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