Philippe Herreweghe & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées

Anton Bruckner's symphonies are undisputedly among the pinnacle works of the 19th century. However, we have become accustomed to hearing them performed on modern instruments whose sound does not correspond to the intentions of their creator. Bruckner wrote for string instruments with gut strings, which are both softer sounding and more blendable, and from 1868 onwards decidedly for Viennese woodwind and brass instruments, whose colours were different to those we know from the instruments commonly used today. The result is a completely different overall sound that allows Bruckner's music to appear in a new light. For the first time in the world, all eleven of Bruckner's symphonies will now be performed in their original sound as part of the International Bruckner Festival Linz 2024, a journey of discovery in eleven concerts that can only be heard as a cycle at the Brucknerhaus Linz and exclusively in Austria.

Programme:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704)
Battalia. Suite in D major, C 61 (1673)

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 (1884-87)  "Version 1887"

Cast:
Ars Antiqua Austria
Gunar Letzbor | Violin & Conductor
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe | Conductor