The 2017 Tenth Biennial Readers Conference
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Hertford College, University of Oxford: evening Friday 31 March - all day Saturday 1 April 2017
Friday 31 March
Ken Ward: Retiring Remarks - with presentation of gifts of gratitude to Ken Ward and Raymond Cox
Malcolm Hatfield: Towards a New Progressive Analytic Desciption of Bruckner's Character
Benjamin Korstvedt: The Path to the "Homeric Seas": A New Aspect of Bruckner's Style, c. 1880
Saturday 1 April
Andrea Harrandt: "Herr Bruckner is evidently not a Samson on the Organ." A Journey to London and Bruckner's relationship with England
Julian Horton: The Finale of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony and the Problem of the Reversed Recapitulation
Paul Hawkshaw: "Between a Snowflake and a Hailstorm". Thoughts on Bruckner's Accent and Staccato Markings
Miguel Ramirez: "This is the rule. Of course, I don't compose that way": Bruckner, Sechter and the Theory/Practice Dichotomy
Thomas Röder: Early Allusions to Wagner's Music in Bruckner's First Symphony
Eric Lai: Clemens Krauss as Bruckner Interpreter
William Carragan: The Bruckner Brand, Part 2: The Five-Part Song Form [read by Ben Korstvedt]
Crawford Howie: Bruckner's Songs: A Pathway to discovering his own Voice as a Composer
Saturday evening concert in Hertford College Chapel
Bruckner songs:
Im April
Volkslied
Wie bist du, Frühling, gut und treu
Der Mondabend
Herbstkummer
Mein Herz und deine Stimme
Frühlingslied
Bruckner piano piece: Fantasie
Schubert piano pieces: Moments Musicaux, D 780 nos. 3, 5 and 6
Schumann song: Meine Rose, Op. 90 no. 2
Schubert songs: Wohin? and Neugierige, nos. 2 and 6 from Die schöne Müllerin D 795
An die Musik D 547
Raymond Armstrong (tenor) and Crawford Howie (piano)
Conference ended with a post-concert reception, courtesy Dr. Paul Coones and Ken Ward
Hertford College from the front on Catte Street
Hertford Bridge, "The Bridge of Sighs", joining the two parts of Hertford College
Presenters
Ken Ward giving his farewell comments to the audience after 12 years as editor of the Journal
Malcolm Hatfield
Benjamin Korstvedt
Andrea Harrandt
Julian Horton
Paul Hawkshaw
Miguel Ramirez
Thomas Röder
Eric Lai
Crawford Howie
Evening Chapel Concert
Raymond Armstrong performing Bruckner songs
Raymond Armstrong accompanied by Crawford Howie
Kilenyi Medal Presentation
Gerd Schaller (r) receives the Kilenyi Medal of Honor from the Bruckner Society of America - Benjamin Korstvedt, president (m) and John Berky, executive secretary (l)
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Hertford College