Dear Friends, What a treasure! The beauteous and stirring motet Virga Jesse floruit. Again I beg all here who have not heard or immersed themselves in the ...
Thanks to you, Joshua, for pointing to that mature masterpiece. You prompted me to do a little transcription work and I shall play it tomorrow as postludium on...
Josh & Friends Dominus Vobiscum Brendan - more later ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen...
Thanks so much Martin, it is a joy to hear you like this work as well. Excellent idea, and I wish you the best on your performance? What is the occasion? The...
Greetings everyone, I wanted to share with you my great pleasure at hearing Herbert Blomstedt's new live recording of Bruckner's 8th with the Gewandhaus ...
warum?! ken? your reply is of brucknerian length! i don't mean to complain about the price--i just wanna make sure i pay the rite amount and was wondering...
... A fascinating topic! Thinking about Bruckner compared to other composers and there is one thing that stands out that makes Bruckner unique. It is also...
Yes Stephen, I am very glad that this completed Ninth is another step forward to make the audience aware of the need for a symphony IX in four movements, not...
Brightly observed Siggy. Gert There seems to be two persons in Bruckner that are almost at odds with each other to the on-looker. Firstly, there is Bruckner...
Thanks Siggy, indeed a fascinating topic! As Bruckner was most certainly covered by the Blood of Christ, and accepted him as his Saviour, I am reminded of the...
My Bosch CD has finally arrived and I've already listened to it twice. I've been very busy organizing a hi-fi show (www.stillvinyl.com), which has also...
Dear Brendan, did you ever see that comical movie-clip of Charlie Chaplin having one fork in the left hand which he puts into a small oblong piece of bread ( a...
Hello, just a line to share with you my excitement, since tomorrow, after a long time, I'll be at a live performance of a Bruckner work again: I'll have the...
That's an interesting programme, Marco - Ravel and Bruckner. It's always a problem, what to play with Bruckner. We have the 5th coming up in January, Suisse...
Again from H H S. Brendan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. ...
Anton Bruckner is one of my favourite composers. It's great to see that this forum is so active. I would like to chat more about his life & music. Some of my...
Welcome to this group, Adrian! Nice to see Respighi, an italian composer, between your favourite ;) Apart from this, given you like Bruckner, it's fair normal,...
Welcome Adrian, and we look foward to hearing from you. Josh ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a...
Dear friends, I have just received it and I fully agree. I think that Bosch is wrong regarding tempi and regarding the dynamics of the different tempi. Thanks...
Dear all, Merry XMas and a Happy New Year for you all all over the globe. May 2008 bring even more recognition on a world wide level for the Finale music of...
I'd also like to welcome you, Adrian. You'll find lots of perspectives here. I too find much to like in Sibelius; he studied in Berlin and Vienna in the late...
-I think you are in for a treat. Gunther Herbig is a super bruckner conductor. I heard him do a splendid third at the Edinburgh Festival last year.-- In...
Well, I should say it went REALLY well. I mean, it was a wonderful experience, far more moving that I was expecting. Apologizing for my poor English and my...
Dear George, Thanks for this interesting list. Is it correct Richard Strauss conducted Bruckner IX in Salzburg in 1906 ? If only we had a recording of that...
Dear Gert, It's true, but Strauss loathed Bruckner's music. He used to say that Bruckner wrote the same symphony 9 times. Best, George Gert Van Gelder...
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