This morning starts a brand new symphony as well as the next 16-day leg of my 144-day journey through the symphonic works of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). My listening space this morning is Baker Book House, one of the largest and greatest bookstores in the Midwest. Their hours are 7am to 11pm. Let that … [Read more…]
This morning’s conductor of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (WAB 103), nicknamed “Wagner,” is German-born Eugen Jochum (1902-1987), unarguably one of the most highly respected interpreters of Anton Bruckner’s music who ever lived. The orchestra is the Staatskapelle Dresden. I encountered Mr. Jochum five times before in my 144-day journey: on Day … [Read more…]
This morning’s conductor of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 1 in C Minor (WAB 101) is Kurt Masur (1927-2015), another person about whom I knew nothing and had never heard of until I started this project. Masur was born in Germany and died just last year at the age of 88 in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. According … [Read more…]