Munich Philharmonic: Ives / BrucknerThomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
In celebration of the Bruckner Year, this concert programme under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock will be performed at St. Florian Abbey in Upper Austria as well as the Isarphilharmonie. Since the Celibidache era, Bruckner’s long-time home base has been a venue for outstanding Munich Philharmonic performances by the composer. Then as now, the Munich Philharmonic Choir takes on the demanding choral parts.
In celebration of the Bruckner Year, this concert programme under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock will be performed at St. Florian Abbey in Upper Austria as well as the Isarphilharmonie. Since the Celibidache era, Bruckner’s long-time home base has been a venue for outstanding Munich Philharmonic performances by the composer. Then as now, the Munich Philharmonic Choir takes on the demanding choral parts.
Among Charles Ives’ ten psalm settings, his 90th was far and away his most outstanding and, according to his wife, the only one he was entirely happy with. Ives was a master at combining hymn-like elements with modern choral sound effects and at creating an impressive intimacy by including four church bells in the instrumentation.
Bruckner’s Mass in F minor is a masterpiece of symphonic choral music. Its premiere was cancelled at the time because the conductor considered the work “too long and unsingable”. This turned out to be a somewhat premature assessment, as Bruckner himself proved with an acclaimed world premiere under his own baton.
Programme
- Charles Ives: Psalm 90 for mixed choir, organ and bells
- Anton Bruckner: Mass No 3 in F minor for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ WAB 28
Conductor and soloists
- Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
- Katharina Konradi, sopranos
- Eva Zaïcik, alto
- Benjamin Bruns, tenor
- Jean Teitgen, bass
- Munich Philharmonic Choir; Andreas Herrmann, rehearsal
