Prom 74: Vienna Philharmonic

6 Sep 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 6 Sep 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 74: Vienna Philharmonic

19:30 Fri 6 Sep 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner鈥檚 monumental Eighth Symphony. Klaus Sonnleitner 鈥� the present-day successor to Bruckner as organist at St Florian鈥檚 Abbey in Linz 鈥� sets the scene with a sequence of works by Bach, one of Bruckner鈥檚 idols.

Programme

- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Cantata 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir', BWV 29 鈥� Sinfonia(5 mins)
  - Chorale Prelude 'Allein Gott in der H枚h sei Ehr', BWV 662(8 mins)
  - Chorale Prelude 'Komm, Gott Sch枚pfer, heiliger Geist', BWV 667(3 mins)
  - Chorale Prelude 'Vor deinem Thron tret' ich hiermit', BWV 668(5 mins)
  - Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543(10 mins)
- - interval
- - Anton Bruckner
  - Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)(85 mins)

Performers

Klaus Sonnleitner
organ
organ
Vienna Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Who better to open tonight鈥檚 Prom than Klaus Sonnleitner, present-day organist at St Florian鈥檚 Abbey, Linz, where Bruckner himself became organist almost 160 years ago.

Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner鈥檚 Eighth Symphony, a vivid realisation of the self-doubting composer鈥檚 lifelong ambition to build upon the legacies of Beethoven, Schubert and Wagner.

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