BBC Proms: The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra

An archive concert from the 2009 Proms. originally broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Tom Service. Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra was inspired by the philosophical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, but for many people its opening fanfare is indelibly associated with images of space in Stanley Kubrick's famous film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss's tone poem ends this Prom with conductor Jonathan Nott and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and they begin with more music made famous by Kubrick's film, György Ligeti's haunting Atmosphères. In between, baritone Matthias Goerne joins the orchestra for Mahler's poignant Kindertotenlieder, `Songs on the death of children". Ligeti: Atmosphères. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16. Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra. Matthias Goerne (baritone), Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Jonathan Nott (conductor)