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Applause like this was new for the notoriously unsuccessful Anton Bruckner: After the premiere of his Seventh Symphony, he was “applauded for a quarter of an hour at the end” – and the work’s appeal endures to this day. Herbert Blomstedt suspects that the popularity of the Seventh lies in the fact that its themes are simple and have a “Wagnerian breadth”. Blomstedt himself is an authority on Bruckner, as his concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker have repeatedly demonstrated. His performances are acclaimed for their fine sensitivity for the emotional depth and the dramatic tension of this music.
Artists
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert Blomstedt conductor
Programme
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E major
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Duration ca. 1 hour and 15 minutes
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
19:15
with Johannes David Wolff
Series F: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
19:15
with Johannes David Wolff
Series M: Concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker
Main Auditorium
49 to 156 €
Introduction
18:15
with Johannes David Wolff
Series AK: Compact
Background
Biography
Herbert Blomstedt
“Being a conductor is a good profession for growing old, because it is always a challenge – and when you grow older, you need challenges,” says Herbert Blomstedt, born in 1927, whose collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker spans five decades. The Swedish‑American conductor is frequently praised for his humility. “My task is to let the music say as much as possible, and for me to say as little as possible,” he says. Even when he has conducted a work many times, he continually reconsiders his interpretation: “I take a lot of notes, because I study the scores very closely so that every note gains its own particular meaning.”
Herbert Blomstedt, who trained in Uppsala, New York, Darmstadt, and Basel, made his debut in 1954 with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Over the course of his career, he has served as chief conductor in San Francisco, Leipzig, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Dresden. His former orchestras, as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, have all appointed him Honorary Conductor. Even today, he regularly conducts those orchestras he refers to as his “family.” Blomstedt is convinced that in musical matters there can be no absolute certainty: “Self-doubt is my constant companion. Self-doubt is good. The opposite – too much certainty – is deadly in art.”
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