| My Trip to Austria and Germany (2011) -
Between July 26th and August 1st, I will be traveling in Austria and Germany on a trip that will be chock full of Brucknerian connections. The itinerary will include visits to Saint Florian, Ansfelden, Linz, Regensburg and finally to Ebrach, Germany where...
(7/25/2011) |
| Bruckner's Breakdown: A new Jazz album based on Bruckner's music -
The Bruckner Year is going to offer many new insights into Bruckner's music. Here is one that has just been released: The following is a translation of their promotion:
Jazzrausch Bigband
Directed and produced by Roman Sladek
In its ten-year history, t...
(4/29/2024) |
| Bruckner and the "Thunderbolt" Phenomenon -
Perhaps it is just a theory of mine but it seems that many people who are attracted to Bruckner's music were struck by it the very first time they heard it. It certainly was the case for me (see below).
Of course, many people come to appreciate Bruckner...
(7/2/2013) |
| Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs conducts more premieres from the Bruckner Studybook -
Concerts in Breman and Peine
The following press release was received on May 10th:
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BENJAMIN-GUNNAR COHRS CONDUCTS BRUCKNER WORLD PREMIERE
When Bruckner studied classical forms with Theaterkapellmeister Otto Kitzler in 1862, h...
(5/11/2016) |
| Fritz Reiner's Bruckner - Part of a recording found! -
After years of wondering, an Internet newsgroup exchange pointed me in the direction of a broadcast transcription of a Bruckner performance conducted by Fritz Reiner. The transcription disc contains a section of the Bruckner Symphony No. 4 performed by th...
(1/31/2014) |
| In Memoriam: Eduardo Chibás -
I am very sorry to report the passing of Bruckner enthusiast, Eduardo Chibás. Mr. Chibás died on March 24, 2023 in Venezuela which has been his home since emigrating from Cuba with his family in 1971.
Chibás was a very successful advertising executive in...
(3/26/2023) |
| Jakob Hruša / Bamberg Symphony / Bruckner 4 Project wins major recording award -
From the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra:
We have just received great news: we have won the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) 2022 in the category "Symphonic Music"! The award is for our recording of all three versions of Anton Bruckner's 4th Symp...
(1/21/2022) |
| Just what is going on inside the Bruckner Belvedere rooms? -
As most of us know, Anton Bruckner died on October 11, 1896 in his residence at the Upper Belvedere Palace in Vienna. Visitors today can see a plaque on the outside wall of the "caretaker's room." This room was offered to Bruckner by Emperor Franz Joseph...
(8/17/2015) |
| Pope Benedict XVI praises the music of Anton Bruckner -
VATICAN CITY, 22 OCT 2011 (VIS) - This evening in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra gave a concert in honour of Benedict XVI. The programme included the Ninth Symphony and the "Te Deum" by Anton Bruckner, played by the Bavaria...
(10/25/2011) |
| Roberto Ferrazza's three volume study is released in Italy -
Musicologist, Roberto Ferrazza has just published the first study in Italian that is solely devoted to the study of Bruckner's compositional technique, without references to life or personality or historical issues.
The study is published in three volum...
(7/12/2018) |
| Anton Bruckner, the Hunting Horn and Josef Schantl -
There is no instrument more closely associated with the hunt than the horn and there is a long history into the use of the hunting horn in Austria.
Carlo Maria von Weber, Gustav Mahler, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner and certainly Anton Bruckner evoke...
(3/3/2017) |
| Sony Classics to record a Bruckner symphony cycle -
Sony Classics will be releasing this fall a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 with Christian Thielemann conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. It is the first release in a projected cycle of Bruckner's eleven symphonies (00-9) that will be released wi...
(8/30/2020) |
| Vladimir Horowitz playing Bruckner -
When Vladimir Horowith visited Chaiago, ne was interviewed by Thomas Willis. During his interview, Horowitz recollects that he used to play many symphonic works transcribed for piano four-hands - often with Sergei Rachmaninoff. In the interview, he speci...
(7/22/2024) |
| Another edition of Bruckner's Third Symphony? -
Apparently so. Please read the following announcement from John Longstaff regarding a concert to be given at St Petroc’s Church Bodmin (UK) on October 12, 2024:
Your readers will be equally interested and appalled to think that I’ve had the temerity t...
(8/28/2024) |
| Miguel Ramirez: Anton Bruckner and the Reception of His Music: A History of Dichotomies and Controversies -
A new book
A deeply researched, and long-needed debunking of the platitudes and prejudices that have long clouded our view of the personality and compositional habits of Anton Bruckner.
Bruckner was, and continues to be, among the most divisive figures in the histo...
(10/28/2024) |
