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Bruckner: How it all Began - Exhibit at Saint Florian

Bruckner: How it all Began - Exhibit at Saint Florian

Bruckner: How it all Began - Exhibit at Saint Florian
When we think of Anton Bruckner, we think of his masses and symphonies from the second half of his life. The Augustinian Canons' Monastery of St. Florian played a decisive role in his long personal and artistic development up to these top performances. He spent a total of 13 formative years, first as a choirboy, later as a teacher and provisional monastery organist, in an environment characterized by an enlightened Catholicism that was open to the sciences and social life. There, in a place of the world, the young village teacher's son searched tenaciously and also conflict-ridden for his identity as an artist.

The abbey's archive contains a large number of documents that shed light on this crucial phase of life with all its opportunities and risks. Now, for the first time, they are being shown comprehensively in an exhibition, commented on and communicated through audio stations and a documentary film. The older Bruckner literature has left us with a minefield of prejudices and misinterpretations. There was talk of the "mystical twilight" of the monastery. The theme of "Bruckner and St. Florian" is now illustrated in a new way in the exhibition rooms.

The inner courtyard of St. Florian's Abbey offers a special experience for visitors. Several monumental and globally unique Anton Bruckner pavilions designed by the Linz-based design studio MARCH GUT are located here. These invite visitors to experience Bruckner's dreams and visions through multimedia presentations. The first offers the opportunity to listen to the world's largest archive of Bruckner's recordings. The archive contains more than 4,000 recordings. In the next Bruckner pavilion, passages from Bruckner's life story are read aloud, and in the last pavilion you can watch artistic films, including some commissioned works that focus on Bruckner and his work. Each of these pavilions can accommodate up to 25 people. Visitors have the opportunity to actively intervene in the program themselves in order to visualize specific content. The program is aimed at both the general public and experts.

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