Bruckner Journa logo

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

Bruckner  -  String Quartet in C minor

Schumann -  String Quartet in A minor, Op.41/1

Zehetmair Quartet

 

SALT LAKE CITY, USA                                   ABRAVANEL HALL                                      5-6 March 2010

Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4

Bruckner – Symphony No. 7

Utah Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SANTO DOMINGO          REGINA ANGELORUM CHURCH                11 April 2010

Bruckner -  Requiem  -  Ave Maria 1861  - Te Deum

Grupo Vocal Matisses - Orquesta In Art / Susana Acra-Brache

 

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA USA                         Alys Stephens Center                                    16 April 2010

Haydn - Symphony No. 22 (The Philosopher)                Bruckner - Symphony No. 5

Alabama Symphony Orchestra / Justin Brown

 

LIVERPOOL , UK                                     PHILHARMONIC HALL                                             1 MAY 2010

Brahms - Schicksalslied                        Bruckner - Symphony No. 7

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Vasily Petrenko

CONCERT LISTINGS

 

Concert listings: 4 pages of UK and selected international concerts  from July 2010 - October 2010 (See also Concert Listings)

Letter to the editor  and sundry other short items of interest to Brucknerians...

 

wp19a74f8a.png

wp71dd6718.png

wp06b31f16_0f.jpg