We had to come back in the grandest way possible. This work expresses great anguish but is finally about jubilation and love. It is not a piece for ordinary times, but it is perfect for our present moment.
Bruckner Symphony No. 8 - 80 minutes
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, conductor
To open the season, as we emerge from one of the darkest periods in recent American history, I turned, not to Beethoven, but to Bruckner: the Eighth, his greatest symphony. We had to come back in the grandest way possible. This work expresses great anguish but is finally about jubilation and love. It is not a piece for ordinary times, but it is perfect for our present moment. The BPO musicians are already full of anticipation: “I have been practicing for two months,” said our first trumpet back in July. I cannot wait to scale again the heights of this sublime masterpiece and share its spiritual vision with you.
Phone: 617-236-0999
Additional time info:
A pre-concert Guide to the Music with Benjamin Zander will take place at 6:45 p.m.
2021/10/15 - 2021/10/15
Symphony Hall
301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
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