A tone poem after Nietzsche. THE famous opening. 'For me, the poetic program is nothing other than the structural rationale for the expression and for the purely musical development of my sensations, not merely a musical description of specific life processes. That would be entirely contrary to the spirit of mussic' (Richard Strauss). With Jens Langeheine, solo violin. Music used in the films 'Casino', 'Clueless', 'Daddy Day Care', 'Drop dead gorgeous', 'House!', 'Magnolia', 'Man on the Moon', 'My favorite Martian', 'New Guy', '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'UP the Roof'.