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Musikland Tschechien entdecken: auf den Spuren großer Komponisten
https://reisefreak.de/musikland-tschechien-entdecken-auf-den-spuren-grosser-komponisten/
Musikland Tschechien entdecken
Tschechien ist ein Land, in dem Musik nicht nur in Konzertsälen lebt, sondern in Schlössern, Bürgerhäusern und historischen Gassen spürbar wird. Wer den Spu
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Mit Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Die Zauberflöte steht eines der bekanntesten und beliebtesten Werke des Opernrepertoires auf dem Spielplan des Stadttheaters Bielefeld. Die Inszenierung von Kai Anne Schuhmacher präsentiert den Klassiker in einer modernisierten Fassung, die musikalisch überzeugt, sich szenisch jedoch nicht durchgehend als glücklich erweist. Gesanglich bewegt sich der Abend auf einem sehr hohen Niveau. Auch die Bielefelder Philharmoniker unter der musikalischen Leitung von Robin Davis überzeugen und bilden eine hervorragende Grundlage für Mozarts vielschichtige Partitur. Besonders im zweiten Aufzug entfaltet die Musik ihre ganze Wirkung und beschert dem Publikum einige eindrucksvolle Momente. (Rezension der Premiere v. 10. Oktober 2026) […]
https://opernmagazin.de/musikalischer-glanz-in-kunterbunter-wohnwelt-mozarts-die-zauberfloete-in-bielefeld/
Haydn & Mozart at the National Concert Hall
Yesterday evening I once again travelled into Dublin for a concert by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland at the National Concert Hall. No rain this time, I’m glad to say, either going there or coming back!
The concert, under the direction of Artistic Partner Peter Whelan, was very definitely classical music in the sense that all three works were from the classical period of the middle to late eighteenth century.
First up we had Symphony No. 22 in E♭ Major by Joseph Haydn. This is usually known as “The Philosopher”. I tend to think of Haydn’s music as expertly crafted but mostly a bit “middle-of-the-road” for my tastes. This symphony, written in 1764 has four movements. I found the first movement Adagio rather plodding but there is much to enjoy in this work, and it was given a good performance last night. I don’t think the nickname “The Philosopher” was given to this work by Haydn, incidentally.
Then, after the usual reorganization on stage to accommodate the NCH’s Steinway, we had Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with soloist Jonathan Biss. Written in 1784, this is an enjoyable and entertaining piece, not perhaps as profound as some of the later piano concertos (Mozart wrote 27 altogether), but well worth listening to. I found it very witty and somewhat conversational in style, with lots of “call-and-answer” moments. It’s also interesting that the piano doesn’t start to play for quite a long time in the first movement. The three movements follow a standard fast-slow-fast pattern (Allegro-Andante-Alegretto/Presto). It certainly does motor towards the end!
The second half of the concert was devoted to another piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”. Composed in 1788, just 24 years after the Haydn symphony we heard in the first part, it demonstrated very powerfully how much the symphonic form had evolved in relatively short time separating the two compositions. The Jupiter symphony is not only brim full of ideas, but the themes are woven into a much richer fabric. The reason it is such a great symphony – one of the greatest of all, not just the greatest by Mozart – is that the whole is even greater than the sum of its wonderful parts. It’s a familiar part of the concert repertoire, of course, but does stand up to repeated listening. Last night’s performance was very enjoyable.
On the way home on the train I found myself wondering at what point and for what reasons the “Minuet” that appeared as a fourth movement in many classical symphonies like the two we heard last night became the “Scherzo” that was de rigueur for later symphonies (in the romantic era). Answers on a postcard please…
#HaydnSymphonyNo22 #JonathanBiss #JosephHaydn #NationalSymphonyOrchestraIreland #NSOI #PeterWhelan #PianoConcertoNo17 #SymphonyNo41Jupiter #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
Symphony No. 40 in G-moll KV 550: Molto Allegro
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_4jMxbwmVc
Mozart’s historic violin brings echoes of Vienna to Istanbul
A historic violin believed to have belonged to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his years in Vienna has been…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Istanbul #vienna #violin #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/turkiye/58233/
The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/16/the-secret-of-mozarts-genius-unlocked-has-a-teenager-succeeded-where-generations-of-musicologists-have-failed #ClassicalMusic #Music #Culture #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed?
By Tom Service
US student Linus Chen-Plotkin has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns. Turns out Mozart’s music moves in the least predictable way
#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #TheGuardian #TomService
Symphony No. 41 in C-Dur (Jupiter) KV 551: Andante Cantabile 🇨
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsNk-7j9lpY
Don Giovanni review – reality recedes in visually dizzying Mozart tour de force
By Clive Paget
Royal Opera House, LondonThis revival of Kaspar Holten’s 2014 staging puts the focus on the Don’s psychology. Aigul Akhmetshina’s Elvira is a standout performance in a strong cast
#Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #RoyalOperaHouse #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #TheGuardian #ClivePaget
https://www.europesays.com/iran/282330/ Tehran Symphony Orchestra to perform pieces by Mozart #Iran #Tehran #TehranSymphonyOrchestra #VahdatHall #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
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🎵 Requiem d-moll, KV 626: III. Sequenz: No. 6. “Lacrimosa” (Chor)
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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K....
https://www.europesays.com/at/350950/ Schüttkasten Unternalb – Serenaden mit einem mythisch-betörenden Instrument: der Panflöte #AndreeaChira #AT #Austria #ChristophAngerer #ConciliumMusicumWien #Entertainment #HaydnGesellschaftWien #Österreich #Panflöte #Schüttkasten #Serenaden #SyrinxConsort #Unterhaltung #Unternalb #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
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Symphony No. 40 in G-moll KV 550: Finale: Allegro Assai 🔚
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9k_nBFsUo
https://www.europesays.com/cz/184120/ Z centra Salcburku někdo ukradl přes 200 zlatých sošek Mozarta #Entertainment #Rakousko #Salcburk #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #Zábava
If one has talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will out....There is nothing in this thing of learning out of books. Here, here and here [the ear, the head, the heart] is your school. If everything is right there, then take your pen and down with it; afterwards ask the opinion of a man who knows his business.
-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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A Tribute to Mozart Takes a Thievish Turn
Hundreds of gold statuettes of Austria’s most famous composer disappeared from his hometown of Salzburg, officials said…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/us/816025/
A Tribute to Mozart Takes a Thievish Turn
Hundreds of gold statuettes of Austria’s most famous composer disappeared from his hometown of Salzburg, officials said…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #arttheft #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #Design #Entertainment #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/857792/
A Tribute to Mozart Takes a Thievish Turn
Hundreds of gold statuettes of Austria’s most famous composer disappeared from his hometown of Salzburg, officials said…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #arttheft #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #CA #Canada #Design #Entertainment #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/860619/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/640786/ A Tribute to Mozart Takes a Thievish Turn #ArtTheft #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Design #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/at/337296/ Er freut sich schon! – David Garrett spielt auf originaler Mozart-Geige #AT #Austria #DavidGarrett #Entertainment #KlangBlickMomente #Österreich #österreichischen #Salzburg #Unterhaltung #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
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🎵 Piano Sonata no. 15 in C major, K545
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major...
https://www.europesays.com/at/307772/ 100 Stück verschwanden – Künstler zeigte Diebstahl von Mini-Mozarts an – Kronen Zeitung #AT #Austria #Hörl #Österreich #OttmarHörl #RepublicOfAustria #RepublikÖsterreich #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/at/288724/ „Falco Meets Amadeus“ kommt wieder nach Linz ins Brucknerhaus #AT #Aufführung #Austria #bühne #Falco #Linz #Musik #Österreich #show #Tour #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
Mozarts Requiem im dritten Chorkonzert in Wuppertal
Fast 1400 Besucher waren am Mittwochabend zum Chorkonzert in die Histor…
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https://www.europesays.com/de/1172900/
https://www.europesays.com/de/1172900/ Mozarts Requiem im dritten Chorkonzert in Wuppertal #Chorkonzert #Chorkonzerte #DE #Deutschland #enden #Germany #grandiosen #Konzert #Kurrende #Kurrenden #Mädchen #Mädchenkurrende #NordrheinWestfalen #Requiem #Saisonabschluss #Sinfonieorchester #SOW #wohlklingenden #wohltönenden #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #Wuppertal
“Adagio and Rondo, K. 617” (https://youtu.be/u8njeKyBv2w?is=E2SE_VEeM4TzTlp-) is a quintet composed by Mozart in 1791(ish). It’s a companion piece to “Adagio in C major, K.356” (https://youtu.be/QkTUL7DjTow?is=77s3tYLAea11CS0I). Both were composed during the final years of Mozart’s life for blind, German Glass Armonica virtuoso Marianne Kirchgessner ( June 5, 1769-December 9, 1808)🇩🇪.
#BaroqueSun #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #MarianneKirchgessner #GlassArmonica
“Adagio in C major, K.356” (https://youtu.be/QkTUL7DjTow?is=77s3tYLAea11CS0I) was composed by Mozart around 1790. While it’s known for it’s melodic simplicity, the use of the Glass Armonica gives it a memorably beautiful and fragile tone
#BaroqueSun #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #GlassArmonica
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra explores home, heritage and belonging at An Appalachian Summer Festival | Entertainment https://www.byteseu.com/2145474/ #CalidoreStringQuartet #charlotte #CharlotteSymphonyOrchestra #ClassicalMusic #concert #Entertainment #festival #music #NorthCarolina #orchestra #PeterAndTheWolf #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/fr/1021024/ Un manuscrit inédit de Mozart dévoilé en France #concert #Divertissement #Entertainment #FR #France #musique #MusiqueClassique #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/188997/ Un manuscrit inédit de Mozart créé en France #Concert #Divertissement #Entertainment #France #Musique #MusiqueClassique #Suisse #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/187827/ Un manuscrit inédit de Mozart a été découvert à Paris #ArtsEtDivertissement #BnF #classique #Culture #découverte #Divertissement #élève #Entertainment #fête #GenreMusical #Littérature #musicien #Musique #Musiques #Paris #Suisse #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://www.europesays.com/ee/210789/ Mustjala festival toob Saaremaale Eesti kooritipud #AareTammesalu #ArvoPärt #BordóSárkány #DaniilBulayev #EE #Eesti #EestiFilharmooniaKammerkoor #EestiKeel #EestiKooritipud #EestiKultuurkapital #EestiRahvusmeeskoor #Entertainment #Estonia #Estonian #GiovanniBonato #GiovanniGabrieli #GregooriuseKoraal #KlassikalineMuusika #koorilooming #Maksimštsura #meelelahutus #Mikküleoja #MustjalaFestival #NoémiGyőri #Saaremaa #SaaremaaVald #vanamuusika #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
¿Qué contiene el manuscrito de Mozart hallado en París tras 248 años? #Mozart #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #ManuscritoInedito #MusicaClasica #Paris #BibliotecaNacionalDeFrancia #HistoriaDeLaMusica #Cultura #Flauta #Arpa #FranceMusique #felizsabado #20dejunio
Regierungsignoranz und journalistische Arroganz
„Die Zweifel des Wissenschaftlichen Diensts hinsichtlich der Rechtsgrundlage für die Datenabfrage seitens der anfragenden Behörde teilt die Bundesregierung nicht.“ Bundestag Drucksache 21/6312 Eine typische Antwort auf eine Anfrage der Fraktion der LINKEN im Bundestag zum Verfahren bei der Vergabe des Buchhandlungspreises in diesem Jahr. Leider wird das zur Gewohnheit, zu einer ganz schlechten! Man fühlt sich ja auch nicht, siehe Dobrindt, an juristische Entscheidungen gebunden. Oder […]https://www.kritische-masse.de/logbuch/2026/06/regierungsignoranz-und-journalistische-arroganz/
Se ha encontrado en #París un #manuscrito #inédito de #Mozart: 20 minutos de música que se escuchará por primera vez y supone “un enorme descubrimiento”
:mindblown: :mindblown: :mindblown: :mindblown: :mindblown:
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🎵 Piano Concerto no. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation Concerto": III. Allegretto con moto
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Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Maj...
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#AlbertMarcœur - "B.B." (Label Frères, 2001)
"I would like to possess the technique of #IgorStravinsky, the delicacy of #MauriceRavel, the grace of #HenryPurcell, the sensitivity of #ClaudeDebussy, the mischief of #WolfgangAmadeusMozart, the imagination of #BélaBartók, the fantasy of #ÉricSatie, #TheloniousMonk’s humour and #PierreBoulez’s bank account." - Albert Marcoeur, 2026
Symphony No. 41 in C-Dur (Jupiter) KV 551: Andante Cantabile ©
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vfU4cmdx-s
On Apr 23, 1775: Opera "Il Ré Pastore" (The Shepherd King) by #WolfgangAmadeusMozart is first produced in Salzburg.
‘Amadeus’ Review: Jefferson Mays Shines as a Funny, Frothing Salieri in a Gorgeously Mounted and Essential Revival at the Pasadena Playhouse
#Variety #News #Reviews #Amadeus #DarkoTresnjak #JeffersonMays #PasadenaPlayhouse #SamClemmett #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://variety.com/2026/legit/reviews/amadeus-pasadena-playhouse-review-jefferson-mays-1236674354/
‘Amadeus’ Review: Jefferson Mays Shines as a Funny, Frothing Salieri in a Gorgeously Mounted and Essential Revival at the Pasadena Playhouse
Symphony No. 40 in G-moll KV 550: Molto Allegro 〽
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPD6E7SbT1U
270 years ago today, #WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Austrian musical prodigy and #composer (The Marriage of Figaro; Jupiter Symphony), born in Salzburg, Austria (d. 1791).
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#27gennaio 1756 nasce Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, famoso compositore musicale austriaco 🇦🇹
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Heute vor 270 Jahren wurde der österreichische Komponist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart geboren.
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“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of #genius. Love, love, #love, that is the soul of genius.” - #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of #genius. Love, love, #love, that is the soul of genius.” - #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
Bologne, Mozart and Mendelssohn at the National Concert Hall
Last night I went to another concert by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. This performance was conducted by NSOI’s new “Artistic Partner” Peter Whelan, shown on the programme cover above. The NCH was by no means full, which was a shame, but the concert was warmly appreciated by those of us there in the audience and no doubt by those listening on the radio.
The first item on the agenda was a new one to me, the overture to the Opera L’Amant Anonyme by Joseph Bologne who went by the title Chevalier de Saint-George. He was born in Guadeloupe; his father was a plantation owner and his mother a slave; Saint-George was the name of his father’s plantation. He became an accompished musician, composer and soldier and a member of the Louis XVI’s personal bodyguard. The music we heard is clearly of the same world as Mozart (of whom Bologne was a contemporary) and very enjoyable to listen to. I wonder if we’ll ever get the chance to hear the whole Opera?
After that – and a long pause before she came on stage, that made me worry that something was amiss – we heard Ellinor D’Melon playing the Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, written when Mozart was only 19. This is a lovely piece and was played very nicely by Ellinor D’Melon. Apparently Albert Einstein – himself a keen amateur violinist – said that the second movement Adagio “seems to have fallen straight from Heaven”. It is indeed beautiful to listen to, and does have a sense of unity about it that makes you think it must have been conceived and composed in one go. The play Amadeus seems to have been responsible for perpetuating the idea that Mozart often composed in his head, then wrote the results out without corrections or revisions. That is largely untrue, but it is true that he could construct complex sections in his mind’s ear before setting them down on paper. If he did ever compose a piece entirely from start to finish, then the 2nd movement of this Concerto would be it.
(I can’t resist adding an anecdote suggested by this. A while ago I had to arrange a special sitting of a class test for a student who, for good reasons, couldn’t take the assessment with the rest of the class. I wrote a different paper and invigilated the student myself; there were just the two of us in the room for the test, which was to last 50 minutes. Not anticipating any difficulties I sat at a table in the corner and got on with other stuff. About 15 minutes in, I was concerned that the student hadn’t written anything at all; he seemed just to be reading and re-reading the paper. The questions were not meant to be all that difficult, so it surprised me that the student appeared to be struggling. I didn’t interrupt though. Then, about 5 minutes later the student sat up, grabbed a pen and started to write. Not more that 10 minutes after that he announced he had finished and handed me his script. It contained a perfect answer to everything that had been asked, no corrections or crossings out, and it took up less than one page of A4. I was impressed.)
After the wine break we heard the Symphony No. 3 in A minor (“Scottish”) by Felix Mendelssohn. Inspired by a visit to Scotland in 1829 – the first movement was actually composed that year in Edinburgh – it wasn’t completed until over a decade later and should probably be No. 5, but who’s counting? I’ve never really found it very Scottish, actually, but that doesn’t matter either.
It’s a piece consisting of four movements, with little or no break between them. The first movement starts with a slow theme, like a hymn, but then becomes much more reminiscent of the Hebrides Overture Mendelssohn composed in 1830. The landscape of the other three movements is very varied, sometimes cheery, sometimes lush, sometimes tempestuous. The final movement Allegro Vivacissimo has a marking guerriro (“warlike”), which in parts it is, but it also has calmer and more reflective passages before the rumbustious finale. I suppose many people consider Mendelssohn a bit Middle-of-the-Road, but I always find his music very pleasurable and this was no exception.
I always enjoy watching the musicians in these concerts, and could see last night that they were all enjoying themselves hugely. I’d like to single out the sole member of the percussion section, Tom Pritchard on timpani. He had to work hard for nearly all of this performance, as the timpani are kept very busy this work, and did an excellent job.
#ChevalierDeSaintGeorge #EllinorDMelon #FelixMendelssohn #JosephBologne #LAmantAnonyme #MendelssohnSymphonyNo3 #MozartViolinConcertoNo3 #NationalConcertHall #NationalSymphonyOrchestraIreland #PeterWhelan #WolfgangAmadeusMozart
Die #Musik steckt nicht in den #Noten sondern in der #Stille dazwischen.
(Wolfgang Amadeus #Mozart)
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'I watched 400 movies in 2025 and only rated four of them a five star'
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Inside the life of Will Sharpe from mental health struggles to famous spouse
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Symphony No. 40 in G-moll KV 550: Andante 🇪🇺
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiESu1LNosE
Mozart and Bruckner at the National Concert Hall
I was worried I might have to miss last night’s concert by National Symphony Orchestra Ireland conducted by Anja Bihlmaier at the National Concert Hall. I bought the ticket some weeks ago and was looking forward to it, but I had been a bit unwell earlier in the week and didn’t want to go only to cough all the way through, possibly infecting others on the way. By Friday afternoon, however, I felt a lot better and took the decision to go for it. I’m very glad I did because I enjoyed the music enormously and didn’t cough or sneeze once!
There were only two items on the menu, another pairing of Mozart and Bruckner.
In the first half we heard the Piano Concerto No. 15 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played by Boris Giltberg. This piece was written in 1784 when the composer had reached the ripe old age of 28. It’s an enjoyable and entertaining piece, not perhaps as profound as some of the later piano concertos (Mozart wrote 27 altogether), but well worth listening to. It’s also regarded as one of the most difficult to play, though Boris Giltberg made it look easy enough and was clearly enjoying himself while he played it as I’m sure did the composer when he performed it for the first time in Vienna. The three movements follow a standard fast-slow-fast pattern; the last being a sprightly Rondo, part of which features in the soundtrack of an episode of Inspector Morse: Who Killed Harry Field?
After generous applause, Giltberg returned to the stage to play a very solo encore piece. I didn’t recognize it, but someone I know who was there told me it was by Robert Schumann but didn’t know the name. When I got home I spent a good half-hour going through recordings until I finally identified it as the Arabeske in C Major. Anyway, it was a very nice way to send us into the wine break.
After the interval we had Anton Bruckner‘s monumental Symphony No. 9, which was unfinished at Bruckner’s death in 1896. Insufficient material was recovered after the composer’s death to enable a reconstruction of the missing 4th movement, so this work is generally performed in its incomplete state with only three movements. Even so, it’s an immense work in both length and ambition, lasting over an hour in performance and calling for a large orchestra.
The majestic first movement (marked Feierlich, Misterioso; solemn & mysterious) with its soaring themes and thunderous climaxes always puts me in mind of a mountaineering expedition, with wonderful vistas to experience but with danger lurking at every step. At times it’s rapturously beautiful, at times terrifying. It’s not actually about mountaineering, of course – Bruckner meant this symphony to be an expression of his religious faith, which, in the latter years of his life must have been pretty shaky if the music is anything to go by.
The second movement (Scherzo) is all juddering rhythms, jagged themes and harsh dissonances reminiscent (to me) of Shostakovich. It alternates between menacing, playful and cryptic; the frenzied animation of central Trio section is especially disconcerting.
The last movement (Adagio) begins restlessly, with an unaccompanied violin theme and then becomes more obviously religious in character in various passages of hymn-like quality, still punctuated by stark crescendi. In this movement Bruckner doffs his cap in the direction of Richard Wagner, especially when the four Wagner tubas appear, and the movement reaches yet another climax with the brass bellowing out the initial violin theme. This dies away and the movement comes to an unresolved, poignant conclusion. With a long pause in silence as if to say “that’s all he wrote”, the concert came to an end.
Although I’ve loved this work for many years I’ve only ever heard it once before in concert. The live performance definitely adds other dimensions you will miss on a recording and I enjoyed it enormously. For one thing you can see how hard the musicians – especially the cellos and basses – have to work. The sight of a large symphony orchestra working together to produce amazing sounds is quite something.
The National Symphony Orchestra Ireland may not be the Berlin Philharmonic but I was generally very impressed, there was split note in the brass section near the end, but this was a minor blemish. The performance was very warmly received by the audience. The NCH wasn’t full, but it was quite a good attendance.
That’s not quite the end of my concert-going for 2025. I’m off to Messiah next week. Well, you have to, don’t you? It’s Christmas..
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#OnThisDay in 1791, #WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Austrian musical prodigy and #composer (The Marriage of Figaro; Jupiter Symphony), died at 35.
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#5dicembre 1791 muore Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, famoso compositore musicale austriaco 🇦🇹
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Symphony No. 41 in C-Dur (Jupiter) KV 551: Menuetto: Allegro 🐟
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#OnThisDay in 1787, Opera "Don Giovanni," with music by #WolfgangAmadeusMozart and a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, premieres at the National Theater of Bohemia in Prague.
