The Bruckner Journal
VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT, NUMBER TWO
JULY 2024
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ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE
In Memoriam:
William Carragan (1937-2024)
Benjamin M. Korstvedt
Notable events & Miscellany pertaining to the Bruckner Bicentennial
Bruckner's Road to America. The Early Reception of His Works in
the United States
by Dr. Andrea Harrandt
“Where Then Is the Third Theme?” About A Misunderstanding in the
Symphonies of Anton Bruckner
by Dr Rudolf Innig
Bruckner in the Vienna Philharmonic's Annual New Year's Day Concert from Vienna, January 2024
by Andreas Lindner (Crawford Howie)
Why Bruckner?
by Crawford Howie
CONCERTS REVIEWED
BIG BRUCKNER WEEKEND
GATESHEAD, UK GLASSHOUSE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MUSIC 1-3 MARCH 2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Domingo Hindoyan
BRUCKNER: Mass in F minor
Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, Durham University Choral Society
Elizabeth Watts, sop; Hannah Hipp, mez-sop; James Ley, ten; Mark Stone, bar
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 (Haas)
Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder
BRUCKNER: String Quintet – Members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
Maria Wloszczowska, Haruno Sato (vlns), Michael Gerrard, Malcolm Critten (vlas), Gabriel Waite (vc)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Alpesh Chauhan
by Ken Ward & Ralph Moore
AKRON, USA E. J. THOMAS HALL 2 MARCH 2024
WAGNER: Lohengrin, Act I Prelude
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major (1888 version, ed. Korstvedt)
Akron Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Wilkins
by Neil Schore
BOSTON, US SYMPHONY HALL 26 APRIL 2024
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (Alessandro Deljavan)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra / Benjamin Zander
by Michael Cucka
MADRID, ES AUDITORIO NACIONAL DE MÚSICA 2 APRIL 2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major “Romantic”
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid / Pablo Heras-Casado
by Ángel Parsifal
MADRID, ES TEATRO MONUMENTAL JUNE 14, 2024
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C major “Linz”
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E major
Orquesta RTVE / Christoph Eschenbach
by Ángel Parsifal
NEW YORK, USA CARNEGIE HALL 1 MARCH 2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
BERG: Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6
(performed without intermission)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz-Welser-Möst
by Sol L. Siegel
LONDON, UK ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL 9 MAY 2024
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Alexandre Kantorow)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
Philharmonia Orchestra / Manfred Honeck
by Ken Ward
BERLIN, DE PHILHARMONIE 19 MAY 2024
VITO ŽURAJ: Anemoi
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.3 in D minor (first version, 1873)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor)
by Ralph Moore
BAD KISSINGEN, DE REGENTENBAU 7 APRIL 2024
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto K622 (Jochen Tschabrun)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 (1877)
Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller
by Ken Ward
SACRAMENTO, USA McCLATCHY HS AUDITORIUM 17 FEB 2024
BRAHMS: Double Concerto (Dagenais Smiley, violin, Susan Lamb Cook, cello)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major
Camellia Symphony Orchestra / Christian Baldini
by Neil Schore
MEDIA REVIEWED
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major 'Romantic' (2nd ed. 1878-80 Nowak)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan
rec. live composite 19 January & 12 July 2023, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK
Onyx 4244 [67]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (1894; Original version; ed Nowak)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln / François-Xavier Roth
rec. live 21 September 2021, Kölner Philharmonie
Myrios Classics MYR034 [53]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (1868 Linz version, ed. Roeder)
Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Markus Poschner
rec. 2-3 & 7-8 February 2023, Rehearsal Hall, Musiktheater, Linz
Capriccio C8092 [45]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 1 in C Minor (Second version 1891 ed. Brosche)
Scherzo (1865)
Bruckner Orchester Linz / Markus Poschner
rec. live 7-9 February 2023 (symphony); 8 January 2024 (Scherzo),
Rehearsal Hall, Musiktheater, Linz
Capriccio C8094 [52]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: From the Archives, Volume 1
Symphony in F Minor (1863 Nowak)
Bruckner Orchestra, Linz / Kurt Wöss
Live Aircheck, 11 June 1974 [41:41]
March in D Minor – Allegro risoluto (1862) [4:47]
Three Pieces for Orchestra (1862) [7:55]
Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Hans Weisbach
Family Records, SFLP-541, 9 May 1944
Psalm 112 (1863)
Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Henry Swoboda
Westminster LP, XWN18075, 1950 [13:36]
Overture in G Minor (revised 1863)
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Köln / Dean Dixon
WDR Aircheck, 1959 [11:02]
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (1866 Linz, rev. 1868/1877, ed. Nowak)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eugen Jochum
Bavarian Radio Aircheck, 1 January 1959 [47:27]
String Quartet (1862)
Koeckert Quartet (Rudolf Koeckert & Willi Buchner violins, Oskar Riedl viola, Josef Merz cello)
NDR Aircheck, 9 March 1951 [20:34]
SOMM Recordings Ariadne 5025-2
by Michael Cucka
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 'Romantic' (version 1888*)
Phiharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller
Live recording, Ebrach Abbey
Profil PH23086 - 17:46 / 13:29 / 9:34 / 18:21 (59:11)
by Raymond Cox & Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER2024
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major (1883, ed. Nowak)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Markus Poschner
rec. 6-8 December 2023, Großer Saal, Radiokulturhaus, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Capriccio C8091 [59:17]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1889 version, ed. Nowak)
Bruckner Orchestra Linz / Markus Poschner
rec. 2023, Rehearsal Hall, Musiktheater, Linz, Austria
CAPRICCIO C8088 [47]
by Ralph Moore
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, 'Romantic' (1878-80, ed. Nowak)
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra / Taijiro Iimori
rec. live, 24 April 2023, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Fontec FOCD 9897 [66]
by Ralph Moore
NEW AND REISSUED RECORDINGS
UPCOMING RECORDINGS
March to June 2024 - Upcoming Releases
Compiled by Howard Jones
WORLDWIDE CONCERT LISTING
July to October 2024
Compiled by Michael Cucka
And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians
