July 2008

Vol. 12, No. 2

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VOLUME TWELVE, NUMBER TWO, JULY 2008

THE BRUCKNER JOURNAL

 

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 Twelve, Number Three will be published in November 2008.  If you would like to contribute an article, short essay, letter or comment to the Journal, please contact either Ken Ward at brucknerjournal@googlemail.com or Crawford Howie at acrhowie@blueyonder.co.uk.

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski in Scotland - January 2008 - an interview with the octogenarian conductor   -

                                                                                        by Alan Munrow

Bruckner Symphony No. 9...fourth movement - ‘Another point of view’ - by Florence Bishop

Music and Mysticism in the Weimar Republic - The Case of Anton Bruckner and Erich Schwebsch -

                                                                                         by Dr Nicholas Attfield

On Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony -   by Ian Beresford Gleaves

Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946-2001) - A survey of his Bruckner performances (1983-99) - by Martin Spiteri

The Mystery of the “Gerd Rubahn” Symphony No.3 - by John Berky

CD REVIEWS

Symphony No.7, LPO/Tennstedt on LPO - 0030; Symphony No.8, LPO/Tennstedt on LPO - 0032; and Stuttgart Radio SO/Norrington on Hänsler Classics reviewed by Colin Anderson.

 

Keilberth’s performance of Symphony No.8, Peter Jan Marthé’s 5th ‘reloaded’ from St Florian, and Maximianno Cobra’s version of the 9th - all reviewed by The Pink Cat.

 

Janowski and the Suisse Romande’s performance of the 9th reviewed by Raymond Cox

Erwin Horn’s organ arrangement performances of Rott, Kitzler, Mahler and Bruckner on the Motette label are reviewed by Crawford Howie and Franz Zamazal.

CONCERT REVIEWS

SCOTLAND - 3 reviews of performances in Scotland: the 4th Symphony in Edinburgh by the Scottish Sinfonia 18/Nov/2007, Motets  by the Napier Chamber Choir in St Giles Cathedral 2/March/08, and the 4th Symphony by the BBC Scottish SO under Stanislaw Skorwaczewski. “If this man is conducting in a town, city or country near you, move mountains to attend!” writes Alan Munro.

BROMLEY, UK - George Banks reviews the performance of the 7th Symphony by Bromley Symphony Orchestra 19/Jan/2008 in the Ravensbourne Hall.

SHEFFIELD, UK John Langstaff’s performance of Sibelius and Bruckner’s 6th symphonies with the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra, 19/April/2008, reviewed by Paul Coones.

DALLAS, USA - Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Günter Herbig performed Symphony No.7, 15-17/May/2008 reviewed by Eric Lai.

LONDON, UK - Performances of the 7th (23/May/2008) and the 6th (1/June/2008) by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis reviewed by Ken Ward.

CONCERT LISTINGS

Concert listings: 3 pages of UK and selected international concerts  listed by conductor of performances from  July 2008  to end of October 2008 (See also Links - Concerts), including:

 ***** BRUCKNERTAGE 2008 - ST FLORIAN *****

and

THE BRUCKNERFEST 2008 - LINZ