Christian Thielemann

Date & Time

Sun, Jul 9, 2023, 19:30

Venue

Bruckner would not write the Fifth Symphony again “even for one thousand guilders”. He had struggled with the work for two and a half years, improving it in small details and revising large sections, such as in the Finale, multiple times. Compared to some of his other symphonies, there is only one version of the Fifth authorized by Bruckner himself. And although he desperately wanted to hear this work in the grand setting of a concert hall, his wish was... Read full text

Keywords: Guest Concert, Special Concert, Symphony Concert

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Musicians

Christian Thielemann	Conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Program

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Anton Bruckner

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