March 2013

Vol. 17, No. 1

What’s in the current issue?

THE BRUCKNER JOURNAL,

VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBER ONE,

MARCH 2013

 

This issue contains a wide variety of information about recent performances and new CDs, articles on Bruckner's works and reception, and news of current and future events which will be of interest to Brucknerians. 

 

Volume Seventeen, Number Two will be published in

July  2013.  Should you wish to contribute an article, short essay, letter or comment to the Journal, on any Bruckner-related subject, please contact either Ken Ward at brucknerjournal@gmail.com or Crawford Howie at acrhowie@blueyonder.co.uk.

ITEMS  IN THIS ISSUE

 

The Eighth Bruckner Journal Readers Biennial Conference Announcement

 

Anton Bruckner: a non-pathological view on his personality and implications for his approach to the task of composing.by  Malcolm Hatfield

 

Versions and Editions: Deryck Cooke’s Contribution Clarified  (Part two) by Dermot Gault                               

 

Eckstein, Steiner - and Bruckner  by Raymond Cox           

 

Bruckner on the Terraces  by Raymond Cox (The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army riff)

 

 

BOOK REVIEWS

Frederick Edward Harris Jr. Seeking  the Infinite - The Musical  Life of  Stanislaw  Skrowaczewski   review by Ken Ward

 

Keith William Kinder: The Wind and Wind-Chorus Music of Anton Bruckner

review by David Singerman       

CONCERTS REVIEWED

Bruckner at the BBC Proms

LONDON                                                     ROYAL ALBERT HALL

 

Symphony No. 8                     BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles         3 Aug 2012

Symphony No. 6                     BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  / Juanjo Mena                          7 Aug 2012

Symphony No. 9                     Wiener Philharmoniker / Bernard Haitink                                6 Sep 2012

 

 

 

 

CONCERT LISTINGS

 

Concert listings: - Bruckner performances worldwide

from  March 2013 - June 2013 (also published here: Concert Listings)

And sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians

Bruckner’s 7th Symphony as Landscape

- a painting by Edwina Broadbent

New Books

noted in The Bruckner Journal since November 2011

 

Seeking the Infinite -  The Musical Life of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Dr Frederick Edward Harris Jnr   (Create Space 2011) 634pp  ISBN 1439257744

www.seekingtheinfinite.com

 

 

The New Bruckner

Compositional Development and the Dynamics of Revision

Dermot Gault

Pub.: Ashgate ISBN 9781409400912

234 x 156 mm, 278 pages Hardback, Includes c.39 musical examples and 3 tables

978-1-4094-0091-2   £60.00  (£54 - On-line price at www.ashgate.com)

Contents: Preface - Introduction; tradition and innovation - Masses and early symphonies - The emergence of the 'Bruckner symphony' - Consolidation and revision - 4 masterpieces - Bruckner and his disciples - The 8th symphony - The final decade - Anomalies of history - Appendix Select bibliography -   Index

(Articles by Dermot Gault were published in Vol 6/1, Vol 8/3 and Vol 10/1 of The Bruckner Journal)

 

 

Simon Sechter’s Fundamental-Bass Theory and Its Influence on the Music of Anton Bruckner 
Frederick Stocken  Pub.: Edwin Mellen  ISBN10:  0-7734-3879-3  300 pages  £69.95 (discounts available) Contrary to the many commentators who presumed there to be a tension between Sechter’s theory and Bruckner’s mature musical language, this study demonstrates their compatibility. Using the Adagio of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, the case is made for fundamental-bass theory as a revealing tool for analyzing the composer’s music. 

 

Феномен Брукнера Вариации на тему: загадки и парадоксы гения

(The Bruckner Phenomenon:  variations on a theme:  the enigmas and paradoxes of a genius)

Anna Khomenia:  ISBN-13: 978-3-8465-1934-9  LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 2011  208pp  €79

CDS & DVDS REVIEWED

 

Bruckner - Symphony 3 (1889 version, ed Nowak)

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Marek Janowski

Pentatone SACD PTC 5186 449      Total playing time: 53:20

 

Bruckner - Symphony No. 3   (arr. piano Four-Hands Mahler/Krzyzanowski)

Liszt - Les Préludes (Liszt’s arr. for piano duo)

Piano Duo: Marialena Fernandes, Ranko Marković  Gramola CD no. 98948  

 

Bruckner - Symphony 1 (1877 version, ed Nowak)

Querstand CD Number: VKJK 1115  Total playing time: 49:51

Bruckner - Symphony 2 (1872 version, ed Carragan)

Querstand CD Number: VKJK 1214  Total playing time: 62:02

Bruckner - Symphony 9 (1894 Original Version. ed Cohrs)

Querstand CD Number: VKJK 1215  Total playing time: 59:21

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt

 

Bruckner - Symphony No. 7

Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim

DG CD 479 0320     Total playing time: 66:05

Bruckner - Symphony No. 7

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles

Hyperion CDA67916  Totlal playing time: 60:02

 

Choruses for Male Voices and Orchestra

Sibelius  - The Captive Queen Op.48

Debussy - Invocation

Strauss   - Mittagsruhe Op 76/2 (from Tageszeiten)

Bruckner - Helgoland

Schubert - Gesang der Geister über den Wassern

Grieg       - Land Sighting Op.31

Wagner   - Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (finale)

Lund Student Singers - Malmö Opera Orchestra / Alberto Hold-Garrido

Naxos CD - 8.572871

 

CONCERTS REVIEWED

Bruckner at the BBC Proms

LONDON                                                     ROYAL ALBERT HALL

 

Symphony No. 8                     BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles         3 Aug 2012

Symphony No. 6                     BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  / Juanjo Mena                          7 Aug 2012

Symphony No. 9                     Wiener Philharmoniker / Bernard Haitink                                6 Sep 2012

 

LONDON                                       ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL                                       18 OCTOBER 2012

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27                        (Martin Helmchen, pno)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 (Haas)                   Philharmonia Orchestra /  Christoph von Dohnanyi

 

MANCHESTER                                    BRIDGEWATER HALL                                          18 OCTOBER 2012

Wagner - Prelude & Liebestod

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4                            Hallé Orchestra / Markus Stenz

 

LONDON                                        ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL                                        25 OCTOBER 2012

Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 (Hilary Hahn)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 7                          London Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

 

MANCHESTER                                BRIDGEWATER HALL                                 16 NOVEMBER 2012

Bach - Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben No. 147

Bruckner - Symphony No. 9                         BBC Philharmonic / Juanjo Mena

 

LIVERPOOL                                    PHILHARMONIC HALL                                            24 NOVEMBER 2012

Bruckner - Psalm 150

Saint-Saëns - Organ Symphony

Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Dvořák - Te Deum                                  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir /  Claus Peter Flor

 

VIENNA                                       AUGUSTINERKIRCHE                                            25 NOVEMBER 2012

Bruckner: - Mass in D minor                    Chor & Orchester von St Augustin / Robert Rieder    

 

BROCKLEY, LONDON                              ST PETER’S CHURCH                                          1 DEC 2012

Beethoven - Overture, Egmont

Elgar - Serenade for String Orchestra

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 (1878/80)                           Harmony Sinfonia / Lindsay Ryan

 

BIRMINGHAM                                        SYMPHONY HALL                                        6 DECEMBER 2012

Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 (1887)                   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra /  Simone Young

 

PHILADELPHIA,USA                VERIZON HALL, KIMMEL CENTER                             24-25 JANUARY 2013

Wagner   -    Siegfried Idyll (Full-orchestra version)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 (ed. Nowak)                    Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin