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Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023: Semyon Bychkov conducts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Eighth Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall, where the composer once improvised on the organ.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2023 with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov - performed in the Royal Albert Hall where the composer once improvised on the organ.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Semyon Bychkov conducts the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. The composer described the finale of his symphony – the last he would ever complete – as ‘the most significant movement of my life’. It’s the culmination of a career, perhaps even of an era: music of ‘blazing calm’ and impossible grandeur in which the shattering terror of the opening finally finds not just resolution but transcendence.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Jan 2024 18:15

Music Played

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No.8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Jan 2024 18:15

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