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  • 2025
  • Beethoven & Strauss
Beethoven & Strauss
  • Classical Music

qsobeethovenandstrauss25 Beethoven & Strauss Queensland Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Queensland Symphony Orchestra Beethoven & Strauss

11 - 12 Jul 2025
Concert Hall
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$80 - $140 *
* A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.
Duration TBC

Overview

You may recognise it as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but Richard Strauss wrote Also Sprach Zarathustra long before that film hit the cinemas. It was his response to a philosophical novel by Nietzsche, so feel free to contemplate the meaning of life when you listen to these triumphant tones. (Or just kick back and let us impress you with some seriously epic brass.)

Maurice Ravel’s La Valse is straight out of Paris, 1920. Is it satire, or an innocent little dance? You can be the judge when you hear it. It’s buoyant, charming, and the quirkiest waltz you’ll encounter.

If you enjoy a bit of bonus content, come along to our Saturday concert. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes will give a one-off performance of Beethoven’s sophisticated Piano Concerto No.3.

Program

Friday, 11 July 2025, 11:30am

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor op.37
Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathrustra

Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes (no interval)

Saturday, 12 July 2025, 7:30pm

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Interval
Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathrustra
Maurice Ravel – La valse

Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes (including interval)

Important Information

Age Recommendation

This production is recommended for ages 6+.

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Concession

Centrelink issued concession/pension cards accepted, no seniors card accepted.

Student

Full time student, any age, with student card with date on it.

Child

Children 2 to 18 years. Must be purchased with an adult ticket. 

Family

Family Ticket (2 adults, 2 children). Tickets must be purchased for the same performance and within the same transaction. Must select “Family” in your basket from the dropdown option.

Great discounts available for groups of 6+.

Friday, 11 July 2025, 11:30am
A-Reserve $92
B-Reserve $78
C-Reserve $63

Saturday, 12 July 2025, 7:30pm
A-Reserve $113
B-Reserve $97
C-Reserve $80

Make a group booking

Great discounts available for school groups. 1 complimentary ticket for a teacher per 10 school children.

Admission $35 each
Additional Teachers/Adults $35 each

Make a school booking

Artists

  • Conductor Pablo González
  • Soloist, pianist Javier Perianes
  • Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra

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