Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky, Britten, Strauss

Benjamin Britten — Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Capriccio Italien
Richard Strauss — Also sprach Zarathustra

Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Britten – Sinfonia Da Requiem, Op. 20
R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

With over 100 of the most talented musicians in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra brings unparalleled excitement and vitality to professional-level performances of major symphonic masterworks each year. Its 74th season kicks off with Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s charming and evocative Capriccio Italien, Benjamin Britten’s powerfully emotional Sinfonia da Requiem, and Richard Strauss’s monumental Also Sprach Zarathustra, used as the opening music for Stanley Kubrick’s epic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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