Prom 74

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir - Cantata, BWV29 (Sinfonia, arr A Guilmant)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' - chorale prelude in A Major, BWV662
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - chorale prelude in G Major, BWV667
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Vor deinen Thron tret' ich - chorale prelude in G Major, BWV668
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)	Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

Performers

Klaus Sonnleitner	Organ
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel	Conductor

Who better to open tonight’s Prom than Klaus
Sonnleitner, present-day organist at St Florian’s Abbey,
Linz, where Bruckner himself became organist almost
160 years ago. Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna
Philharmonic in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, a vivid
realisation of the self-doubting composer’s lifelong
ambition to build upon the legacies of Beethoven,
Schubert and Wagner.

Tickets £18 - £68.

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Prom 74: Magisterial Bruckner from Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 9th September

The Vienna Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel brought a superb performance of Bruckner’s mighty Eighth Symphony to the penultimate night of the Proms, after a selection of Bach organ works from Klaus Sonnleitner.Clichés abound in writing about Bruckner symphonies. One which cannot be escaped, however, is the necessity for an absolutely solid grasp of long structure.

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