Bruckner2024
BRUCKNER2024 is a large-scale project since 2011 by the conductor Gerd Schaller with the aim of performing all symphonies of Anton Bruckner in all versions on the concert stage and recording them on CD. Gerd Schaller is the first conductor who has started to record all of Bruckner's symphonies in all versions on CD. The Project also includes not only all symphonies in all versions but also the intermediate variants. Project partners are the festival Ebracher Musiksommer, the Bavarian Radio – Studio Franken and the CD label Profil Edition Günter Hänssler. Over 20 CDs have already been released.
Anton Bruckner created true cathedrals of sound with his wonderfully emotional but at the same time highly complex music. But like no other composer, he repeatedly fine-tuned nearly all of his works, especially the symphonies, constantly striving for the ideal form and making changes. Therefore, there are different variants or versions of his symphonies existing, which Gerd Schaller and his orchestra, the Philharmonie Festiva, now are recording in their own artistic handwriting within the framework of BRUCKNER2024. The very possibility of being able to compare these different versions directly, interpreted by one and the same orchestra and conductor is intended to help listeners to even better understand the fascinating and multifaceted musical personality of Anton Bruckner.
The basis for this is Gerd Schaller's internationally acclaimed Bruckner cycle, in which several symphonies are already available in different versions on CD, but also the first oratorical and organ works have been published. The recordings of the still missing variants of the symphonies and the other works will be realised in the coming years and will be released on the label Profil Edition Günter Hänssler.
The editions used take into account the current state of musicology. However, this is not enough for Gerd Schaller. And so it is a major concern of his not to neglect the important findings of previous generations of editors. In some cases, he even includes the first printed editions of Bruckner's works, which also convey information that is important in terms of performance history and is worthy of tradition. As world premiere recordings, he has also recorded a number of intermediate versions in the editions of William Carragan. Most important for Gerd Schaller, however, is one's own critical research and dealing with the respective autograph. This led to the fact that he even created his own editions of several versions. Gerd Schaller would like to present the symphonies in editions that are not only based on knowledge that is currently favored and may already be outdated in a few years. Rather, he strives for a timeless overall view of all symphonies that are based on musicology and that are as timeless as possible. important performance-historical aspects are also taken into account.
Concerts

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Aktuell

Bruckner’s Symphony No 9 with Finale
The festive concert for Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday, which was recorded by Bavarian Television, can be experienced again:

BRUCKNER2024 goes into the final
The complete symphonic Bruckner
This year, BRUCKNER2024 is entering its grand finale. With the performances of Bruckner's third symphony in the Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen and the eighth symphony in the former Ebrach Abbey Church at the Ebrach Music Summer, a huge project that began in 2011 will end. In 2025, all of Anton Bruckner's symphonies will be available on recordings in all versions, recorded by the Philharmonie Festiva.

AND AGAIN AND AGAIN THE THIRD! ANTON BRUCKNER'S THIRD SYMPHONY AND ITS VARIOUS VERSIONS
A SYMPHONY FOR LIFE
It is rare for a symphony to follow a composer throughout his entire life. This was the case with Bruckner's Third Symphony. Here you can see the master of St. Florian's struggle to find the ideal form of his child. It is important to note that Bruckner often referred to his symphonies as his children, although he was busy with the child of the Third his entire life.

GERD SCHALLER ON BRUCKNER'S FINALE TO HIS 9TH SYMPHONY
The performance of Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony took place as part of the classical concerts of the Ebrach Summer Music Festival. The television broadcast of this concert is an opportunity for Gerd Schaller to reflect on the finale of Bruckner's Ninth:

NEW CD RELEASE: ANTON BRUCKNER'S THIRD SYMPHONY IN THE 1877 VERSION WITH THE PHILHARMONIE FESTIVA

New podcast on the Bruckner anniversary year with conductor and Bruckner expert Gerd Schaller
On 4 September, Anton Bruckner's birthday, the international jubilee year commemorating the great romantic composer Anton Bruckner has been officially proclaimed in many places around the world.

Bruckner concert at the Ebracher Musiksommer 2023

New album upcoming May, 5th!
On May 5th the Gerd Schaller’s new album will be released. After the great success of his arrangement of Anton Bruckner's ninth symphony for organ, which was even nominated for a Grammy Award in 2022, Gerd Schaller's new album picks up there again and offers a new organ arrangement of a popular Bruckner symphony.

Spotify playlist "This is Gerd Schaller"
Digital music enjoyment no longer works only via CDs. In the age of music streaming, other forms of use have gained in importance. A younger audience in particular is using playlists from music streaming providers these days.

Another building block for BRUCKNER2024

BRUCKNER2024 on the home stretch
As an interim result of the major project BRUCKNER2024, which began in 2011, Profil Edition Günter Hänssler has released a 20-CD box set containing the previous Bruckner recordings by Gerd Schaller with his Philharmonie Festiva.

Bruckner's Ninth arranged for organ by Gerd Schaller

Bruckners First in the Vienna version

Bruckner's quintet — arranged for large orchestra — is released on CD
Anton Bruckner's string quintet is one of the unknown works of the composer. Wrong, according to Gerd Schaller - who has now edited the piece for a large orchestra and recorded it on CD with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Bruckner's Ninth: Gerd Schaller's completion is released als score edition
BRUCKNER2024 ON CD
20 CDs have already been released as part of BRUCKNER2024, combined in a CD box, which will be available in a revised form from February 2022.
