Transcended Bruckner with the BSO in Basingstoke

Von Elisabeth Schwarz, 03 Dezember 2017

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“the outstanding brass delivered a redemptive finale”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Anvil, Basingstoke, Basingstoke, am 1 Dezember 2017

Mozart, Klavierkonzert Nr. in 23 A-Dur, KV488

Beethoven, 7 Bagatelles for piano: Presto, Op.33 no.7

Bruckner, Symphonie Nr. 8 in c-Moll, WAB108

Bruckner, Locus Iste, gradual, WAB 23 (Arr Kevin Morgan)

Kirill Karabits, Musikalische Leitung

Robert Levin, Klavier

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Elisabeth Schwarz

Elisabeth is Bachtrack’s German Editor and Press Manager. After more than five years in London, she is now back in Vienna, spending more time at the opera and in cafés than her own living room. She also organises music projects for people who have experienced homelessness and works as a freelance translator and copywriter for classical music PRs.

Transcendent Bruckner from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Basingstoke