THE BRUCKNER ORCHESTRA LINZ WILL BE GUESTING WITH FOUR ORCHESTRA CONCERTS IN THE VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN IN THE 2024/25 SEASON.
The 4 concerts can be purchased as a subscription through the subscription service of the Landestheater at special conditions (-20% compared to single tickets).
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BOL IN VIENNA #1 | BRUCKNER 7
SUNDAY, 03 NOVEMBER 2024 | 7:30 pm
Musikverein Vienna | Great Hall
Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony was premiered on November 30, 1884, in Leipzig by the then 29-year-old Arthur Nikisch. It is a memorable date, as the sixty-year-old celebrated a long-awaited success. The subsequent Munich premiere in March 1885 by Hermann Levi was a triumph: “Bruckner is a genius,” “Finally, finally someone who draws from the full!” “The symphony stands before us as an imperishable tonal structure.” Bruckner must have been amazed when he read these reviews. Today, the Seventh is one of his most frequently performed symphonies. Bruckner dedicated it to the Bavarian “Fairy Tale King” Ludwig II, that bizarre monarch who liked to portray himself as the Swan Knight Lohengrin and financed Wagner’s lofty plans.
In the first part, Jean Sibelius’s 7th Symphony, completed exactly 100 years ago in 1924, will be heard. Jean Sibelius originally wanted to study with Anton Bruckner, but Bruckner had retired from academic teaching shortly before. The concert will feature a musical encounter between these two giants of music.
PROGRAM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
Markus Poschner // Conductor
BOL IN VIENNA #2 | ALPINE SYMPHONY
SATURDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2024 | 3:30 pm
Musikverein Vienna | Great Hall
By their nature, even the Bavarian Pre-Alps are always good for a mountain drama, as the young Richard Strauss experienced when he lost his way on the Heimgarten in 1879 and got caught in a thunderstorm. David Afkham, chief conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra, and the BOL lead into the sound massif of Strauss’ profound and musically unquestionably high-alpine narrative.
Before that, you will experience Matthias Goerne, one of the leading song interpreters of his generation, with selected songs by Hugo Wolf in a version for voice and orchestra.
PROGRAM
HUGO WOLF (1860-1903) Selected Songs for Voice and Orchestra
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 Symphonic Poem (1915)
Matthias Goerne // Baritone
David Afkham // Conductor
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS are now available on the Vienna Musikverein website
SUBSCRIPTIONS are now available on the Landestheater website
Free introductory lecture: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - Introductory lecture in the Brahms Hall with Norbert Trawöger (Artistic Director of the Bruckner Orchestra). Free tickets are available directly at the Musikverein box office.
BOL IN VIENNA #3 | BEETHOVEN’S OVERTURES
SUNDAY, 18 MAY 2025 | 3:30 pm
Musikverein Vienna | Great Hall
Everything has been said about the qualities of a magnificent prelude, it just needs to be performed: on this evening four times in a row, with Markus Poschner and the BOL practically and sensually examining the hypothesis that four Beethoven overtures together form something like the equivalent of a symphony. The familiar concert reality will be minimally shaken; programmatically, it is the opposite with Johannes Maria Staud’s powerful composition from 2023. At the center of the tremor is the soloist Christoph Sietzen, celebrated as a shooting star and a former BOL orchestra academy member.
PROGRAM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Fidelio Overture, Op. 72
JOHANNES MARIA STAUD (*1974) Whereas the Reality Trembles for Percussion and Orchestra
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Leonore Overture 1, 2 & 3 in C major, Op. 138 and Op. 72a
Christoph Sietzen // Percussion
Markus Poschner // Conductor
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS are now available on the Vienna Musikverein website
SUBSCRIPTIONS are now available on the Landestheater website
Free introductory lecture: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - Introductory lecture in the Stone Hall with Norbert Trawöger (Artistic Director of the Bruckner Orchestra) Free tickets are available directly at the Musikverein box office.
BOL IN VIENNA #4 | MAHLER’S FOURTH
SUNDAY, 29 JUNE 2025 | 11:00 am
Musikverein Vienna | Great Hall
Already turning towards heaven, Richard Strauss, in a farewell mood shortly before the end of his eventful life, sets to music poems by his contemporary Hermann Hesse and the Romantic Joseph von Eichendorff. The four of these last orchestral songs by Strauss in their own way form a bridge to Mahler’s Fourth, which in turn refers to Des Knaben Wunderhorn and thus also to poetry with almost unlimited half-life. Although the sky is “full of violins” in it, Mahler was not spared a hellish disappointment at the time: the premiere was a failure.
PROGRAM
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Four Last Songs, TrV 296 for Soprano and Orchestra
GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 4 in G major for Orchestra and Soprano Solo
Erica Eloff // Soprano
Markus Poschner // Conductor
TICKETS
SINGLE TICKETS are now available on the Vienna Musikverein website
SUBSCRIPTIONS are now available on the Landestheater website
Free introductory lecture: 10:00 am - 10:45 am - Introductory lecture in the Stone Hall with Norbert Trawöger (Artistic Director of the Bruckner Orchestra). Free tickets are available directly at the Musikverein box office.
PAST CONCERTS:
BOL IN VIENNA #1 | BRUCKNER 7
SUNDAY, 03 NOVEMBER 2024 | 7:30 pm
Musikverein Vienna | Great Hall
Anton Bruckner’s 7th Symphony was premiered on November 30, 1884, in Leipzig by the then 29-year-old Arthur Nikisch. It is a memorable date, as the sixty-year-old celebrated a long-awaited success. The subsequent Munich premiere in March 1885 by Hermann Levi was a triumph: “Bruckner is a genius,” “Finally, finally someone who draws from the full!” “The symphony stands before us as an imperishable tonal structure.” Bruckner must have been amazed when he read these reviews. Today, the Seventh is one of his most frequently performed symphonies. Bruckner dedicated it to the Bavarian “Fairy Tale King” Ludwig II, that bizarre monarch who liked to portray himself as the Swan Knight Lohengrin and financed Wagner’s lofty plans.
In the first part, Jean Sibelius’s 7th Symphony, completed exactly 100 years ago in 1924, will be heard. Jean Sibelius originally wanted to study with Anton Bruckner, but Bruckner had retired from academic teaching shortly before. The concert will feature a musical encounter between these two giants of music.
PROGRAM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
Markus Poschner // Conductor
