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Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony

Live at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms: Semyon Bychkov conducts the Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Eighth Symphony, performed in the hall where the composer improvised on the organ.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) (84 mins)
[There will be no interval]

´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Semyon Bychkov conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. The composer described the finale of his symphony – the last he would ever complete – as ‘the most significant movement of my life’. It’s the culmination of a career, perhaps even of an era: music of ‘blazing calm’ and impossible grandeur in which the shattering terror of the opening finally finds not just resolution but transcendence.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 8 In C Minor

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story: A Boy Like That; I Have Love

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Music Arranger: Irwin Kostal.
    • Bernstein: Symphonic Dances and Songs from West Side Story.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Sep 2023 19:30

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