An eye towards heaven: Manfred Honeck on Bruckner

Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony

Manfred Honeck

Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony

Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony at the Salzburg Festival

Anton Bruckner monument, Vienna

Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony at the Salzburg Festival

By Mark Pullinger, 12 August 2024

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“always with an eye towards heaven, an eye towards God”

Stephen Pritchard, 28th November

Next June and July will see MS6’s latest in impressively starry music-focused cruises, a 15-day journey to many locations around the Mediterranean, aboard the opulent liner Explora I.

Bachtrack top ten: Johann Strauss II in Vienna

Mark Pullinger & Elisabeth Schwarz, 17th October

Take a guided tour in 3/4 time through Vienna as Mark and Elisabeth visit some of the key Strauss locations in the city.

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David Karlin, 28th May

Bachtrack’s 25,000th review marks 15 years of global classical music and dance coverage. Discover in-depth, professionally edited reviews in multiple languages from 37 countries – and tip your hat to our wonderful editors and reviewers.

Laid back intensity: Ryan Bancroft at the Royal Stockholm Phil

David Karlin, 15th November

Entering his second season in post, the young American Chief Conductor of the RSPO talks about how he got the job, Bruckner, Mozart, MacMillan and more.

Highest lustre: the complete Herbert von Karajan

Richard Bratby, 25th October

Deutsche Grammophon’s STAGE+ has assembled a comprehensive archive of Karajan’s recordings, concert films and opera performances – which did much to define the sound of classical music in the 20th century.

Journeys with Tonerl: Bruckner’s Austria

Hugo Shirley, 22nd October

Anton Bruckner, nicknamed “Tonerl”, spent his childhood in rural Ansfelden, Upper Austria. Tracking his life from there to Sankt Florian and Vienna, Bruckner would leave a lasting impression on musicians and listeners alike.

Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.