5 episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20070702 | 20080804 | Donald Macleod explores Bruckner's time in Vienna, during which the composer produced his greatest and most enduring works. However, although his symphonies exude power, confidence and surety of purpose, Bruckner himself was neurotic, obsessive and wracked by self-doubt. Pange lingua for 4 part choir Choir of St Bride's Church Robert Jones (conductor) Mass No 3 in F minor (excerpts) Maria Stader (soprano) Claudia Hellmann (alto) Ernst Hafliger (tenor) Kim Borg (bass) Anton Nowakowski (organ) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Eugen Jochum (conductor) Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic: 1st mvt) Vienna Philharmonic Karl Bohm (conductor). | ||
| 20070703 | 20080805, Rptdtoday8.45pm | Donald Macleod continues his exploration of Bruckner's Vienna years, at a time when the musical life of the city was sharply divided. You were either a Brahmsian or a Wagnerian, and the two camps were as implacably opposed as mods and rockers. Abendzauber, for baritone solo, men's chorus, distant voices and 4 horns Markus Krause (baritone) Suddeutsches Vokalensemble Hornensemble Marie Luise Neunecker Rolf Beck (conductor) Os Justi, Gradual for 8 part choir Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) String Quintet in F (4th mvt) Ronald Hoogeveen, Rami Koch (violins) Zoltan Benyacs, Prunella Pacey (violas) Henk Lambooij (cello) Symphony No 5 in B (1st mvt) Berlin Philharmonic Gunter Wand (conductor) | ||
| 20070704 | 20080806 | Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's Te Deum, which the composer is said to have regarded as his greatest work, and the 7th Symphony, whose Adagio was Bruckner's monument to the man he always referred to as 'the Master', Richard Wagner. Christus factus est, Gradual for 4 part choir. Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Te Deum (excerpts) Jessye Norman (soprano) Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) David Rendall (tenor) Samuel Ramey (bass) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Symphony No 7 in E (2nd mvt) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert Von Karajan (conductor). | ||
| 20070705 | 20080807 | Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's epic Eighth Symphony and describes the spate of 'revision mania' that followed in its wake. Virga Jesse, Alleluia-verse for 4 part choir; Ecce sacerdos magnus, Gradual for 8 part choir, 3 trombones and organ Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Eugen Jochum (conductor) Symphony No 8 in C minor (2nd and 3rd mvts) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor). Donald Macleod introduces Bruckner's epic 8th Symphony and describes the spate of 'revision mania' that followed in its wake. Virga Jesse, Alleluia-verse for 4 part choir; Ecce sacerdos magnus, Gradual for 8 part choir, 3 trombones and organ Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Eugen Jochum (conductor) Symphony No 8 in C minor (2nd and 3rd mvts) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor). | ||
| COTW | 05 LAST | 20070706 | 20080808 | Donald Macleod concludes his look at Bruckner's Vienna years. The programme includes his astonishing Symphony No 9, on which Bruckner laboured, but failed to finish before his death. Psalm 150, for soprano, chorus and orchestra Ruth Welting (soprano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Vexilla regis, Hymn for 4 part choir Chorus of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Eugen Jochum (conductor) Helgoland, symphonic chorus for male voices and orchestra Male voices of the Berlin Radio Choir Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Symphony No 9 in D minor (1st mvt) New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia Johannes Wildner (conductor). |