International Bruckner Festival Linz 2019
Estonia State Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Neeme Järvi; Estonian National Men's Choir
Anton Bruckner: a) Symphony No. 4 in E flat major WAB 104 (Fasung 1878/80), with the new finale; b) Heligoland, Symphonic Chorus G minor for four-part male choir and large orchestra WAB 71; b) "Volksfest" finale in E flat major from Symphony No. 4 WAB 104 (recorded on 22 September at Brucknerhaus Linz in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound). Presentation: Alice Ertlbauer-Camerer
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With the 4th Symphony, the Bruckner itself as Romantic The sometimes labyrinthine weave of different versions reached its peak: composed in 1874, he revised the work between 1878 and 1880, for which the so-called "Volksfest" finale was first created, which was replaced by a new final movement only a short time later. Including the renewed revision in 1888, there are therefore three independent versions and a total of four versions of the final movement.
The elements of folklore, which not only passed through the folk festival, as an expression of a romantic patriotism, with which Bruckner dressed up rural idyll as well as hunting and "holiday social life", grew in the same breeding ground as those so characteristic of the 19th century Men's singing clubs, which the composer himself formerly member and conductor of the Linzer Liedertafel Frohsinn felt deeply connected. This is also the tradition of the symphonic choir Helgoland, which Bruckner composed in 1893 while working on his 9th Symphony on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Vienna Men's Singing Association and whose performance by the only professional full-time men's choir in the world is a rare rarity.
(International Brucknerfest Linz)
