Vasily Petrenko conducts Saint-Saëns & Strauss

Vasily Petrenko conductor Shizuku Tatsuno cello RCM Symphony Orchestra Bacewicz Overture Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no 1 in A minor op 33 R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra op 30 The Royal College of Music is thrilled to welcome Vasily Petrenko, world-renowned conductor and Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. RCM Concerto Competition winner Shizuku Tatsuno takes the spotlight as soloist in Saint-Saëns‘ virtuosic piece considered by many – including Shostakovich and Rachmaninov – to be the greatest of all cello concertos. The RCM Symphony Orchestra also brings you Grażyna Bacewicz’s energetic and powerful Overture, which premiered in Poland in 1945, and Richard Strauss’ tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra, with its stunning ‘Sunrise’ fanfare you’ll recognise from Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey.