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Große Gesten und Urgewalten: Riccardo Chailly dirigiert Wagner und Bruckner beim Lucerne Festival

By Rolf Kyburz, 26 August 2018
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Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 25 August 2018
Programme
Wagner, Rienzi, der Letze der Tribunen: Overture
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
Bruckner, Symphony no. 7 in E major, WAB 107
Performers
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
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Rolf Kyburz
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.