John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra — with violinist Sueye Park in the Sibelius Concerto plus a new work from Betsy Jolas.
Programme
Betsy Jolas Tales of a Summer Sea
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Sueye Park (violin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: John Storgårds
Tuesday 21 July 2026 · 6pm–c8.10pm
Royal Albert Hall
Listen on BBC Radio 3 / BBC Sounds · Watch on BBC iPlayer (recorded for broadcast)
Preview
Two key Romantic works from the BBC Philharmonic — Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D minor and Richard Strauss’s tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra. Where the Sibelius turns inward, lonely and brooding, Strauss looks outward at the cosmos and finds it indifferent. Both, in their different ways, leave you with the distinct impression of your own insignificance in the universe — which is either deeply unsettling or oddly comforting depending on the kind of week you’ve had.
The BBC Philharmonic are one of the Corporation’s finest orchestras — second only to the BBC Scottish Symphony, though don’t tell Manchester that — and John Storgårds is a conductor of real precision and detail.
Review
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