BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 (original version, ed. Nowak)

The trick is making these doors and rooms sound as if they all belong to the same larger structure-in other words, creating continuity, and unity despite difference. The rising minor ninth at the start of the final movement-what does it mean? If you think Bruckner is boring (I found an online forum...

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Published inFanfare (Tenafly, N.J.) Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 217 - 218
Main Author Tuttle, Raymond
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tenafly Fanfare, Inc 01.11.2024
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Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
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Summary:The trick is making these doors and rooms sound as if they all belong to the same larger structure-in other words, creating continuity, and unity despite difference. The rising minor ninth at the start of the final movement-what does it mean? If you think Bruckner is boring (I found an online forum debating this just the other day) then I suppose it could be a giant yawn, but I've heard it as keening or wailing until now, when this performance made me think of a coyote wailing in the near distance. (Are there other instrumental works, or songs, in which a rising minor ninth is prominent?) This release is accompanied by an excellent and thought-provoking essay by Volker Hagedorn that, without lapsing into technical jargon, shines a light on the harmonic tensions that Bruckner created in all three movements.
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ISSN:0148-9364