Femme fatale trifft Bruckner: die Wiener Philharmoniker in Luzern

Franz Welser-Möst dirigiert die Wiener Philharmoniker

By Phillip Richter, 06 September 2025

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“eine imponierende Klangsprache”

Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 5 September 2025

Berg, Lulu: symphonic pieces

Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109

Vienna Philharmonic

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

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Shared language and living history: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Phil

Chanda VanderHart, 19th March

Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and the Vienna Philharmonic meet in repertoire they know intimately, illuminating it through mutual understanding.

*****

Vienna Philharmonic closes Carnegie residency

Edward Sava-Segal, 1st March

Andris Nelsons pairs Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra with Sibelius’ Second Symphony to conclude the Vienna Philharmonic's latest Carnegie Hall residency.

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Contemplation and exuberance: Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 28th February

Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in the New York premiere of a solemn, modernist work paired with two high-spirited symphonies from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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A vanished Old World with the Vienna Philharmonic in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 20th January

A Vienna Philharmonic evening conjures a vanished world: Strauss’ muscular drama and intimate humour, Haydn’s inward gravity and a graceful waltz to close.

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The Vienna Philharmonic explores Central Europe with Jakub Hrůša

Chanda VanderHart, 11th December

At the Konzerthaus, the Vienna Philharmonic travels across the Austrian borders with Jakub Hrůša into the varied sound worlds of Hungary, Bohemia and Moravia.

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Phillip Richter

Phillip fokussiert sich auf die Klassiker der Konzert- und Opernwerke aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum: Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss, Bruckner, Mozart und Schubert sind seine Obsession. Neben Live-Erfahrungen im Konzerthaus schätzt und sammelt er Musik-Einspielungen auch ganz klassisch auf CD.

Femme fatale trifft Bruckner: Welser-Möst und die Wiener Philharmoniker beim Lucerne Festival