Prom 74: Magisterial Bruckner from Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic

By Rohan Shotton, 09 September 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 6 September 2013

Bach, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir - Cantata, BWV29 (Sinfonia, arr A Guilmant)

Bach, Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr' - chorale prelude in A Major, BWV662

Bach, Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist - chorale prelude in G Major, BWV667

Bach, Vor deinen Thron tret' ich - chorale prelude in G Major, BWV668

Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543

Bruckner, Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108

Klaus Sonnleitner, Organ

Vienna Philharmonic

Lorin Maazel, Conductor

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****1

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Rohan Shotton

Rohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.