Bamberger Symphoniker - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - DVD

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9D minor, WAB 109Bamberger SymphonikerHerbert BlomstedtThere is often an occasion for great concerts, but there are rarely several good reasons for a concert recording of an outstanding musical event.2024 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. For the Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, Bruckner is a genius and the greatest symphonist since Beethoven. No composer is more closely associated with Herbert Blomstedt than Anton Bruckner. And no conductor has dealt with Anton Bruckner more intensively than Herbert Blomstedt.Probably the world's longest-serving conductor, with an eventful career spanning seven decades, Herbert Blomstedt celebrated his 97th birthday on July 11, 2024. Closely associated with him for years the Bamberg Symphony, which he has conducted in almost 200 concerts in Germany and over 20 concerts abroad.In honor of Anton Bruckner and Herbert Blomstedt, the Bamberg Symphony planned a special gift to their honorary conductor. On July 11, 2024, the day of his 97th birthday, Blomstedt conducted Bruckner's 9th Symphony in the Basilica of St. Florian, a place to which Anton Bruckner held close ties throughout his life. The great symphonist began his musical career as a Florian choirboy and later continued there as organist of St. Florian. Anton Bruckner was repeatedly drawn back to the abbey, where he found his final resting place under the organ.Recorded live at the Basilica of St. Florian MonasteryContains two bonus films A birthday serenade for Herbert Blomstedt's 97th birthdayHerbert Blomstedt on Anton Bruckner

Bruckner Symphony No. 9 [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2016 product/publication from C Major

Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the musical city of Leipzig are closely intertwined with each other Felix Mendelssohn, Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester, made the work an indispensable part of the concert hall repertoire and Arthur Nikisch, one of his successors, established in 1918 the worldwide tradition of performing this groundbreaking and pioneering work at the end of the year. The phenomenal Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhaus-kapellmeister from 1998 to 2005, once again conducted Beethoven's Ninth in Leipzig for the 2016 New Year celebrations. With his former orchestra, of which he has been Conductor Laureate since 2005 and with whom he enjoys a close friendship, he achieves a gripping interpretation of this monumental work. Under the direction of Blomstedt, together with his excellent musicians, the choirs, and an outstanding quartet of soloists led by the magnificent voice of Christian Gerhaher, the utopia of global freedom and humanity in Friedrich Schiller's InchOde to Joy,Inch penned in Leipzig in 1785, grows to overwhelming dimensions.