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2024-05-13 08:25:00
The results were indeed glorious: Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Bruckner in Dresden
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 - Klaus Mäkelä, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Dresdner Musikfestspiele at the Kulturpalast (Photo: Stephan Floss)Bruckner: Symphony No. 5; Klaus Mäkelä, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Dresdner Musikfestspiele at the Kulturpalast, DresdenReviewed 10 May 2024The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and its chief conductor designate bring remarkably unanimity of intent and youthful vigour to BrucknerAnton Bruckner wrote his Symphony No. 5 in 1875-76, around the time of the first Bayreuth Festival. Whilst Bruckner revered Wagner, there is little conventionally Wagnerian about the symphony, it comes in at 75 minutes and uses relatively compact orchestral forces. But far from conventionally backward-looking, Bruckner reworks the past in his own image. So much so, that the work had to wait until 1894 for its first orchestral performance and then it was in a now discredited revision by conductor Franz Schalk.Having begun with a new, historically informed look at Wagner's Die Walküre [see my review], […]
2024-05-05 17:43:01
Review by Peter Simpson David Fray Bach & Bruckner Auckland Philharmonia Auckland Town Hall May
2024-05-04 12:00:00
Mike Wheeler reports from a celebratory Sitwell Singers concert featuring Bruckner and Cornelius
2024-05-03 07:51:00
Bruckner’s Skull, Nordic Music Days, New Dimensions and Re:Connect: Scottish Chamber Orchestra's new season
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev in Aberdeen (Photo: Christopher Bowen)The 2024/25 season sees Maxim Emelyanychev returning for his sixth season as principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) with nine concerts, both as conductor and as soloist. Andrew Manze takes up a new role as SCO's principal guest conductor, directing three concerts during the season from Scandinavian contemporary music to Mozart to Faure's Requiem.The SCO will be giving seven premieres during the season including Bruckner’s Skull by Jay Capperauld, the SCO's associate composer. Bruckner’s Skull delves into Bruckner’s macabre fascination with fellow composers Schubert and Mozart. SCO will also be premiering Capperauld's Carmina Gadelica, inspired by the wonders of Gaelic hymns, incantations and lore, whilst his The Great Grumpy Gaboon, a musical adventure written in collaboration with children's author Corrina Campbell, returns after sell-out performances throughout Scotland in 2023.Mark Wigglesworth conducts the UK premiere of Péter Eötvös' Aurora with SCO’s principal double bass Nikita Naumov. Eötvös, who died in March […]
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