Description
Experience a special one-night-only event celebrating Bruckner’s transcendent Eighth Symphony conducted by Peter Oundjian. The Eighth is a spiritual masterpiece with a listening experience akin to entering a majestic cathedral. Music of sheer, breathtaking magnificence, the symphony was rewritten before its premiere when conductor Hermann Levi, one of Bruckner’s longtime champions, looked at the manuscript and deemed the work impossible to perform. The revised version, while magnificent, omits or rewrites some of the most beautiful passages of the original, significantly changing the effect of the piece. In a premiere performance by an American orchestra, the Colorado Symphony performs a new version from scholar Paul Hawkshaw which seeks to restore the original intent of a work Bruckner himself called “the most significant...of my life.”
Please Note: This event is not part of a Classics Subscription Package, but may be added on with a Subscriber discount, used with a Flex Pass voucher or included in a Custom Design Subscription Package.
Featured Artists
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Repertoire
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BVW 1048
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor
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Prelude: 6:30 PM (FRI) with Associate Conductor Wilbur Lin
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