Honoring important classical composers on the anniversaries of their births and deaths may not be the most imaginative tradition, but it is a longstanding one. And 2024 marks the bicentennial of Anton ...

Seven conductors share what it’s like to lead Anton Bruckner’s monumental symphonies, and why they resonate today. By David Allen Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at ...

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The Cleveland Orchestra will release a new audio recording of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst on August 16 as it prepares to perform the work on tour in Europe ...

When the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner finished writing his Third Symphony in 1873, he dedicated it to Richard Wagner, the creator of the monumental Ring cycle and arguably the preeminent figure in ...

People sometimes wonder what music means, especially when there are no lyrics and the title is generic. Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra provide a compelling answer for Anton ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An odd but fascinating pairing brought the U.S. premiere of Italian composer Silvia Colasanti’s Time’s Cruel Hand and the 1888 version of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 together on ...

In 2011 we will not be celebrating a round-numbered anniversary pertaining to Anton Bruckner (1824-96). The music world will be busy feting Liszt (born 200 years ago) or Gustav Mahler (died 100 years ...

When it comes to symphonies, very few composers have all of their symphonic utterances consistently performed. Of course, Beethoven sits atop the heap even if his First, Second, Fourth, and Eighth ...

It’s time to recognize the birthday of my favorite composer. I never expected to play the My Favorite Composer game. But when I saw that September 4 was the birthday of Anton Bruckner, I realized that ...

There is a legend that the greatest geniuses are acclaimed only long after they are dead. Once in a while it comes true. Last week in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall an audience acclaimed a composer who ...