Haitink and the outstanding RCM Orchestra play Bruckner 8

By Ken Ward, 27 June 2012

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Reviewed at Royal College of Music: Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, London on 26 June 2012

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

RCM Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Haitink, Conductor

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Ken Ward

Ken Ward spent most of his working life driving buses for Eastern National and London Buses. With a life-long enthusiasm for the works of Bruckner, he became editor of The Bruckner Journal in 2005 and was awarded The Bruckner Society of America 'Kilenyi' Medal of Honor in 2011.