Music Monday #118 – Richard Strauss “Thus Spake Zarathustra”

Richard Strauss “Thus Spake Zarathustra”
Op. 30

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophical treatise of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts half an hour.
The work has been part of the classical repertoire since its first performance in 1896. The initial fanfare – entitled “Sunrise” in the composer’s program notes – became particularly well known to the general public due to its use in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as the theme music of the Apollo program. The fanfare has also been used in many other productions.
– wikipedia

This weeks links (2012-09-17)

In brief:

* Australians world’s worst for illegal music downloads (2012-Sep-18) [The Age]
According to a survey of downloads from bit torrent sites conducted by Musicmetric, a self-described data and analytics company, Australia, with just over 19 million downloads, placed sixth in the top 10 for music downloads in the past year. The top downloading nation was the US which, according to Musicmetric, downloaded music 96,681,133 times, more than double the next nearest nation, Britain, which had a little over 43 million downloads.
However, by size, Australia with a population of 23 million for those 19 million downloads was comfortably the most frequent user of unofficial or illegal sites. And the most popular artist downloaded in Australia was Adelaide hip-hop group the Hilltop Hoods.

* THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY RECIPES FROM MIDDLE-EARTH [Warner Bros]
We welcome you to sample this collection of recipes from authentic Middle-earth cuisine cultivated by the Dwarf Company’s heartiest appetite. Give each dish a rating, and submit your own recipes for others to appraise too!

* Armageddon Expo Melbourne
And now the end is near! After a year of anticipation, the Melbourne Armageddon expo is just around the corner. Held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on October 13/14th 2012 between 9am to 6pm both days, the event is shaping up to be our biggest Melbourne event yet.

* Photography Snapshot (Series) [Wired: GeekMum]

Some reading/listening:

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Something from Bandcamp: