The Essence of Bruckner

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Royal Academy of Music: Duke's HallMarylebone Road, London, Greater London, NW1 5HT, United Kingdom

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Programme

Symphony no. 2 in C minor, WAB 102 (arr. Anthony Payne (world premiere of new arrangement))

Performers

Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock	Conductor

Robert Simpson’s celebrated essays ‘The Essence of Bruckner’ of 1968 compellingly advocated the wonders of Bruckner’s early symphonic work, and especially the Second Symphony. In this newly commissioned version for nineteen players by Anthony Payne — of Elgar 3 fame — the Royal Academy of Music is retrospectively re-igniting Schoenberg’s vision for the pioneering chamber Society for Private Musical Performance. This work joins the brilliant distillation of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony which Trevor Pinnock and Academy students recorded in 2012, and which will appear on the Linn label in May.

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Magical essence of Bruckner 2 revealed in a chamber arrangement at RAM

Ken Ward, 19th March

Before this chamber performance of Bruckner’s Second Symphony, Trevor Pinnock gave a short introductory talk, pointing out that, before the days of ubiquitous recording, music was always heard live, and chamber arrangements were an important aspect of disseminating music.

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