Bruckner concert at the Ebracher Musiksommer 2023

On August 20th, another Bruckner symphony will be performed in the Abbey Church of Ebrach! Gerd Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva will continue to further expand their Bruckner cycle with the late 1888 version of Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, the "Romantic". Hardly any other symphony was more thoroughly reworked by the composer than his Fourth Symphony, which received substantial changes ever since the revolutionary first version in 1874. In addition to Anton Bruckner himself, the conductors Ferdinand Löwe and Franz and Josef Schalk were probably also involved in the late version of 1888, making changes to the musical text that are thought to be authorised by Bruckner at a later stage. Due to the extremely turbulent history of the 1888 version of the work, it is still performed far less frequently than the much more popular intermediate version of 1878. Visitors to the concert can thus experience a paradox, because on the one hand the Fourth is one of Bruckner's most popular symphonies with the public, and on the other hand the 1888 version is performed so rarely that one can speak of a musical rarity at the same time!
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