Prom 56: Bruckner鈥檚 Fifth Symphony with Berliner Philharmoniker

1 Sep 2024, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 1 Sep 2024 Next Event

Proms 2024 Prom 56: Bruckner鈥檚 Fifth Symphony with Berliner Philharmoniker

19:30 Sun 1 Sep 2024 Royal Albert Hall

For their second night at the 麻豆社 Proms, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker present Bruckner鈥檚 grand Symphony No. 5, but not before Owain Park and the 麻豆社 Singers perform three of the Austrian composer鈥檚 most radiant motets.

Programme

- - Anton Bruckner
  - Os justi(5 mins)
  - Locus iste(4 mins)
  - Christus factus est(6 mins)
  - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major(81 mins)

Performers

麻豆社 Singers
Owain Park
conductor
conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko
conductor
conductor

Composers

Anton Bruckner

About This Event

Poor, homesick and misunderstood, Anton Bruckner plunged into despair during the winter of 1875. From the depths of his anguish came astonishing proof of his triumph of will: the composer鈥檚 spirited Symphony No. 5. For their second night at the 麻豆社 Proms, Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker fill the Royal Albert Hall with a work designed on no less grand a scale. Here the sternness and warmth of the composer鈥檚 four movements make for a majestic whole, concluding with one of the most overwhelming denouements in all of music. Before it, the 麻豆社 Singers, celebrating its centenary this year, offers the most sublime of palate-cleansers: three of Bruckner鈥檚 most radiant motets, inspiring testaments to the faith that kept his creative flame alive.

There will be no interval

Broadcast live on 麻豆社 Radio 3

Image: Kirill Petrenko 漏 Stephan Rabold