The Elmhurst Symphony Association, in partnership with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, will present “Majestic Bruckner” on March 9-10. 2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer ...

I’m midway through exploring a cycle of symphonies by Heinz Winbeck, a German contemporary composer very much in the Bruckner tradition. I’ll report back next week, but, as a stopgap, here’s an ...

There is a certain poetic justice in an 88-year-old conductor’s being asked to direct a valedictory symphony by a 72-year-old composer. At least the Chicago Symphony Orchestra seems to think so. Thus ...

On the occasion of Bruckner's anniversary, the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Thielemann recorded a complete Bruckner cycle for the first time. In addition to the well-known ...

Zubin Mehta, at 89 an L.A. icon, returns to the L.A. Phil, of which he is conductor emeritus, to conduct one of his ...

I’m midway through exploring a cycle of symphonies by Heinz Winbeck, a German contemporary composer very much in the Bruckner tradition. I’ll report back next week, but, as a stopgap, here’s an ...