An Isolation Odyssey | 40 musicians play epic intro from Kubrick classic during UK lockdown

When our concert performances of Strauss’ ‘Also Sprach Zarathustra’ were cancelled as the coronavirus pandemic intensified, players from the Orchestra of Opera North decided that the show must go on – virtually.

Here is the first few minutes (most famously used in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’) played by musicians from 40 different homes under the UK lockdown, conducted from Sweden by Tobias Ringborg.