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Take a deep breath and just feel A short listening recommendation for Bruckner

Bruckner’s monumental symphonies can be intimidating, so members of the Berliner Philharmoniker give their tips for the Bruckner listening experience.

A short listening recommendation

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The intimate strangers

Bruckner and Mahler were titans. Both men were symphonists whose works were unprecedented in their length. They had neither predecessors nor successors. They were close and simultaneously distant. A closer look at the lives of these two disparate symphonists.

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Portrait of Anton Bruckner. He is looking to his right side, holding documents in his hands.
Anton Bruckner (between 1925–1936) | Picture: Anton Huber (reproduction photographer), Wien Museum

The Misfit

Anton Bruckner never quite found his place in Vienna’s cultural circles. What drove this remarkable outsider?

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Fanning the flames

Today, concerts featuring Bruckner’s symphonies are among the Berliner Philharmoniker’s seasonal highlights, but this was not always the case. On the Bruckner tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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