大象传媒

Donald Macleod explores five personality traits of the strange genius Anton Bruckner.

Donald starts with Bruckner鈥檚 obsessive tendencies 鈥� from bar-counting to full-blown 鈥榥umeromania鈥� which landed him in a sanatorium. We hear about Bruckner鈥檚 unshakeable religious belief, his influential divine visions, and his music for the church. Next, his veneration for Wagner - he was transformed by the experience of hearing Tannha眉ser, and paid frequent tribute to the man he was wont to call 鈥渢he master of all masters鈥�. Bruckner was also one of music history鈥檚 great re-thinkers. His many musical revisions were driven by artistic insecurity, criticism and his constant search for proportion and balance. Finally, Bruckner鈥檚 superstitious nature is explored, particularly his fear of writing a ninth symphony.

Music featured:
Locus iste, WAB23
Symphony No 1 in C minor
Mass No 3 in F minor, WAB 28 (Kyrie)
Symphony No 5 in B flat, WAB105
Germanenzug (The Germanic Host), WAB 70
Mass No 1 in D minor, WAB 26 (Sanctus)
Ave Maria, WAB 6
Mass No 2 in E minor, WAB 27 (Credo)
Os iusti, WAB 30
Ecce sacerdos magnus, WAB 13
Virga Jesse, WAB 52
Psalm 150, for soprano, chorus and orchestra, WAB 38
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg, Act 3 (鈥楨hrt eure deutschen Meister鈥�)
Symphony No 3 in D minor, WAB 103
Christus factus est, WAB 11
Symphony No 7 in E, WAB 107
Symphony No 2 in C minor, WAB 102
Symphony No 4 in E flat, WAB 104 (鈥楻omantic鈥�)
Symphony No 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Te Deum, WAB 45

Presenter: Donald Macleod
Producer: Chris Barstow for 大象传媒 Wales

For full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Anton Bruckner: /programmes/m0000xj9

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we鈥檝e featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z