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Radio 3 in Concert: Bruckner Symphony No. 2

Bruckner Symphony No. 2

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Bruckner Symphony No. 2

Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Bruckner and Midori plays Detlev Glanert's Beethoven-inspired Violin Concerto No. 2, 'To the Immortal Beloved'.

The ‘immortal beloved’ is the addressee of a famous unsent love letter Beethoven wrote in 1812, discovered among his papers after his death. Ever since, the letter has spawned endless speculation, books, a film and, in 2020, a violin concerto. German composer Detlev Glanert describes the concerto he wrote for Midori as a ‘musical translation’ of Beethoven’s letter. Midori says Glanert’s Violin Concerto No. 2 ('To the Immortal Beloved') is ‘incredibly beautiful, very lyrical, full of drama and tension’.

For Bruckner, well-received premieres of his symphonies were very much the exception to the rule of critical and public ridicule and rejection. Sadly, the success of the Symphony No.2’s first performance in 1873 Vienna was short-lived and it’s still rarely performed. But for those who enjoy the symphonic Bruckner template there’s much that will be happily familiar, from static block-like themes and sudden silences, to massive orchestral perorations and relentless ostinatos.

Recorded last month at the Grand Studio, NDR, Hanover and introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Detlev Glanert: Violin Concerto No. 2 ('To the Immortal Beloved')
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor

Midori (violin)
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)

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