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2001: A Space Odyssey, or Barbie. There's competition for the most epic use of Strauss's huge Also Sprach Zaratustra.
Also Sprach Zaratustra
Strauss
Full Programme:
- Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra (Opening) (2mins - as featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Barbie)
- Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (4mins - as featured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
- Puccini, Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (3mins - as featured in Mr Bean's Holiday)
- Mahler, Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto (7mins - as featured in Tár and Death in Venice)
- Handel, Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance (3mins)
- Gounod, Faust Jewel Song (5mins)
- Elgar, Enigma Variations: Nimrod (3mins - as featured in Dunkirk and Elizabeth)
- Sibelius, Finlandia (8mins - as featured in The Walking Dead and Die Hard)
- Verdi, La forza del destino: Overture (8mins)
- Verdi, La traviata: Ah, fors' è lui... Sempre libera (4mins - as featured in Priscilla Queen of the Desert)
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 - 2nd Movement (7mins - as featured in X-Men: Apocalypse, Westworld, and The King's Speech)
- Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (4mins - as featured in The Godfather Part III and Raging Bull)
- Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo (5mins)
- Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Hungarian Dance (2mins)
- Offenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld: Can Can (2mins - as featured in The Little Mermaid and Moulin Rouge)
- Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 - Finale (8mins - as featured in Billy Elliot and Black Swan)
Performers
Stephen Bell
Conductor
Máire Flavin
Soprano
