Also look at the genres. When it comes to the symphony, Bruckner is a major. In "A Guide to the Symphony," he gets his own chapter. As a composer for the piano...
When I was referring to "minority" composer, I meant more to do with the popularity of him rather than his output!!.. In UK at least, even the most ignorant to...
As I recall, AB received rave reviews on his abilities as an organ "improvisationalist" in both Paris and London, to say nothing of his reputation in his...
Dear friends: Well, there are some testimonies of his big improvisations. There is an "aide memoire" (do you say it in this way?) of a very important ...
Anton Bruckner has joined teh ranks of historical and mythological figures on Twitter. With not quite as many followers as Darth Vader, he has posted more than...
??!! What a myopic comment! Houston has a long-standing and pretty thorough Bruckner tradition with its Symphony, first under Christoph Eschenbach and now...
In Tampa Bay, where the Florida Orchestra performs, a couple Bruckner works have been featured for the last couple years. Under the baton of Stefan Sanderling...
If their's one thing I like to be proven wrong about, its got to be this. I'm glad to hear about Houston playing Bruckner. I've been to Frisco a few times, but...
Hi, Bob-- There are two commercial CDs produced from my radio station's broadcasts of the Houston Symphony: B2 and B6, both on Koch International Classics and...
After two very satisfying performances of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony in November 2006, my only other live Bruckner concert was a lackluster performance of the...
Hi Leon,  It's father's day this weekend also. The 4th is such invigorating music! I'm still blown away by music, with us in memories, and able to invoke...
Dear All, I'd like someone (or ones) to help me with this please. I heard snatches of an interview recently with someone recounting some famous conductor who'd...
Benjamin Zander has released his version of No. 5, with a separate disc giving his detailed analysis of the work, and the personal tale of how he came late to...
I thin you are inferred the way that Wagner invented to keep tonality moving - if you listen to Die Walkure it uses a modal system that shares tonality with...
Hi Len, I'm an enthusiast, not a scholar, so you need to take anything I say with a grain of salt - if you take it at all. :-) I'm most familiar with...
It takes me a while - sometimes years! - to digest recorded performances, so first impressions are very tentative. I listened to the lecture first, and that...
Hi Doug,  He conducted the 5th this May for the Florida Orchestra and Tampa audiences. Lamentably I missed it of course with school n'all.  Making up for...
I thought I was the only one who heard a resemblance between the better middle-late period music of Philip Glass and Anton Bruckner, but over the years a small...
... Hi, Well, I can't go into technical details quite like you can John, But I always thought AB had minimalist qualities. OK, we know about his massively rich...
Dear All, I've just received my copy of the Bruckner Journal. It contains a report and photographs from the Sixth Bruckner Journal Readers Conference. Seems...
... Well you may have point there!! I have only met one woman who liked the music of Bruckner. She mainly listened to the 7th on her mp3 player. It must be the...
Dear All  I don't like this if-you-are-this-then-you-must-be-that argument. If you like Wagner you must be an antisemite: nonsense and stop your guying.  ...
Dear Len,  NO. Too many implications I don 't like. Sorry.  John Soutter Rue des Lilas 10 Genève 1202 La Suisse tele: 0041223106842 mob : 0041798279109 ...
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