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Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in c minor

Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Bruckner's Symphony No. 8

  • Main Hall
  • from 20,00
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Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Bruckner's Symphony No. 8

Musicians

  • Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Manfred Honeck conductor

Works

  • Bruckner

    Symphony No. 8 in c minor

The music fragments are from another concert. Visitors will hear a different performance in the concert to be ordered.
  • This concert has no intermission

About the concert

In the Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Bruckner Cycle, Manfred Honeck conducts the Eighth Symphony.

Bruckner's Symphony No. 8

Anton Bruckner, who was deeply religious, built great musical cathedrals to honour God. The monumental Eighth Symphony is a perfect example. Using simple motifs and themes as building blocks, he creates awe-inspiring forms. Bruckner’s Eighth is a mighty fortress and a thrilling ride from darkness into light. Its world is, by turns, complex, gracious, peaceful, and turbulent – Bruckner invites you in, takes you along, and never lets you go. The long opening theme of the first movement also contains the seeds for the other two themes. In the Finale, Bruckner ultimately achieves a grand climax of the symphony by juxtaposing four themes from different movements. The composer called his Eighth Symphony ‘a mystery.’

Bruckner Orchestra

On October 2, 1920, the Concertgebouw Orchestra gave the Dutch premiere. In one of the newspapers, the performance was called ‘most splendid’; in another, the reviewer noted ‘that many attendees’ left the hall before the finale. The time was not yet ripe for Bruckner. Not until the 1950s did the Concertgebouw Orchestra truly become a Bruckner Orchestra.

  • Genre

    Orchestra

  • Organizer

    Concertgebouworkest

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Tickets

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  • Drinks are included in the price of admission. When the price category 'Online sprint under 30' is available, you can order 1 ticket 4 hours before the start of a concert.

  • Prices do not include transaction fee: € 5 per order.

Sound and vision

Honeck c Todd Rosenberg
© Todd Rosenberg