Description:

Is Bruckner's Ninth really incomplete, or did the Austrian composer believe deep down inside that its three movements were enough? Even without a finale--he sketched one but never completed it--the Ninth is one of the most gigantic symphonies in history. The luminous slow movement with which it ends makes a statement so eloquent and complete that it's hard to imagine how the composer could have topped it with a finale. Acclaimed Brucknerian Jaap van Zweden, a former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra who became music director of the Dallas Symphony in 2008, plumbs its depths, while veteran Horacio Gutiérrez balances the evening with Mozart's sunny F-major Piano Concerto from 1784.

Related Concerts:

• November 21, 2009
  Mahler's Seventh Symphony
• November 28, 2009
  Mozart and Bruckner
• November 29, 2009
  Mozart and Bruckner
• December 12, 2009
  The Ring--Orchestral Adventure
• January 10, 2010
  Morales Plays Mozart
• January 15, 2010
  Mattila Debuts

Audio Samples:

BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 9

Concert Enhancements:

Free Pre-Concert Conversation one hour prior to concert (About Pre-Concert Conversations)

Program Notes:

November 27, 2009 Download Adobe Acrobat to view Program Notes.

Series Information:

Part of the Celebration Collection, and package Friday Eve B 5

Part of the Weekday Collection, and package Friday Eve B 5