Beethoven’s “3rd”, the (H)eroica, and Bruckner’s “2nd” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Beethoven's Third Symphony premiered was 7 April 1805. The work has had a profound impact on composers and their symphonies that followed, including Bruckner.
Manfred Honeck conducts the New York Philharmonic: Bruckner’s 9th Symphony
Bruckner's 9th Symphony is in the same key as Beethoven's 9th Symphony, D Minor. Coincidence? Deliberate? Regardless, tune in at 7:00 pm to hear it.
Bernard Haitink guest conducts the Philharmonic (New York) in Bruckner’s 7th (Symphony)
The two symphonies on tonight's program come from later in each composer's career. They are both considered masterworks of the form and of their era. Enjoy!
Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s 25th Piano Concerto with the New York Philharmonic
Mozart's Piano Concerto plus Bruckner's 3rd Symphony (in D Minor), same key as Beethoven's 9th Symphony, which is not an accident.
Semyon Bychkov leads the CSO in Bruckner’s 8th Symphony on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Bruckner's 8th Symphony in C minor is his last.....and like many of his other symphonies, it exists in more than one version.