2007-2008 Season, Concert 2
November 15, 17 & 18, 2007
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
The second program couldn’t present a greater contrast to the first – two masterpieces that lie at the very heart of the European mainstream. Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, deservedly one of the most popular of all classical compositions, is a work I have conducted many times, always with the deepest affection and always amazed anew at its endless beauty. On the other hand, I will be conducting Bruckner’s magnificent, heaven-storming Fifth Symphony for the first time. The idea of programming it has come up time and again over the years, but I may actually have been a little intimidated by its overwhelming grandeur. It is likely that you have never heard the Bruckner Fifth in live performance. I can promise you that it will be a lasting memory.
-Benjamin Zander
Benjamin Zander, conductor
"Zander and his orchestra attacked it with such drive that it was impossible not to get swept up in the excitement."
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Sanders Theatre
Discovery Series, 7:30pm
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Jordan Hall
Pre-concert talk, 6:45pm
Concert, 8:00pm
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sanders Theatre
Pre-concert talk, 1:45pm
Concert, 3:00pm
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