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Andrew Manze leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Bruckner's Second

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Fri, Sep 27, 2024, 20:15
Bruckner’s Second Symphony is very different in tone from the extroverted First, a fact which is apparent right from the opening, when the high strings cautiously lay out a carpet of sound for the plaintive melody in the cellos. Unusual in this work are the silences (or Pausen in German) that regularly occur, which resulted in the Second jokingly being called the ‘Pausen’ Symphony. ‘Well,’ Bruckner is said to have answered, ‘when I have something important to say, I must... Read full text

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Concertgebouw Orchestra
Andrew ManzeConductor

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Symphony No. 2 in c minorAnton Bruckner
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