Current Issue

July 2010

Vol. 14, No. 2

What’s in the current issue?

THE BRUCKNER JOURNAL,

VOLUME FOURTEEN, NUMBER TWO,

JULY 2010

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 Fourteen, Number Three will be published in

November 2010. Should you wish to contribute an article, short essay, letter or comment to the Journal, please contact either Ken Ward at brucknerjournal@gmail.com or Crawford Howie at acrhowie@blueyonder.co.uk.

ITEMS IN THIS ISSUE

A Historical Overview of the Recordings of Mass No. 2 by Hans Roelofs (part 1)

Low Brass Instruments and Pitch in Vienna after 1862 by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs

Bruckner’s Hymnal A paper delivered at the Fourth Bruckner Journal Conference University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England June 25, 2005 Revised 2006, 2010 by William Carragan

Timed Structure Tables for Bruckner Symphonies: No.3 by William Carragan

Martin Scherber (1907-1974) by F M Kurras

A Bruckner appreciation evening in Malta report by Martin Spiteri

BOOK REVIEWS by Crawford Howie :

Music and Monumentality. Commemoration and Wonderment in Nineteenth-Century Germany. Alexander Rehding

Some recent publications

(1) Bruckner Tagung 2005 Bericht - Theophil Antonicek, Andreas Lindner and Klaus Petermayr (ed), (Linz, 2008)

(2), Anton Bruckner als Linzer Dom- und Stadtpfarrorganist. Aspekte einer Berufung - Elisabeth Maier (Vienna, 2009)

(3) IBG Studien & Berichte Mitteilungsblatt 72 (June 2009)

(4) IBG Studien & Berichte Mitteilungsblatt 73 (November 2009)

CDs & DVDs REVIEWED

Recordings of Symphonies 4, 6 & 9 in performances from SWR SO Baden-Baden & Freiburg / Sylvain Cambreling (Glor Classics) and Aachen Symphony Orchestra / Marcus Bosch (Coviello Classics), reviewed by The Pink Cat.

Bruckner – Chöre / Klaviermusik (Choral and Keyboard Music) Chorvereinigung Bruckner 09 and Kammerchor der Anton Bruckner Privatuniv. Linz / Thomas Kerbl; Ensemble Linz; Josef Sabaini (violin), Mariko Onishi (piano) and Philipp Sonntag (organ)

Brucknerhaus – Liva 034 (2009) reviewed by Crawford Howie

CONCERTS REVIEWED

OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN 27 FEBRUARY 2010

Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Sara Jonsson, soprano)

Bruckner - Symphony No. 9

Hertford Bruckner Orchestra / Paul Coones

TWO LONDON CONCERTS

BARBICAN CENTRE 3 March 2010 ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL 18 February 2010

Stravinsky - Rite of Spring Mozart - Symphony No. 39

Bruckner - Symphony No. 3 (1889) Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 (1878/80 - almost)

Vienna Philharmonic / Lorin Maazel Philharmonia Orchestra / Kurt Masur

LONDON WIGMORE HALL 15 March 2010