OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRUCKNERFEST LINZ 2024:
PHILOSOPHER AND JOURNALIST LISZ HIRN IS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2024
This year, the opening speech at the renowned International Brucknerfest Linz on Sunday, 8 September at 10:30 am will be given by a remarkable woman: Austrian philosopher and publicist Lisz Hirn will deliver the keynote address at the opening ceremony in the Bruckner anniversary year.
Known for her profound philosophical approaches and her passionate promotion of dialogue between different cultures and traditions of thought, Lisz Hirn is one of Austria's most influential contemporary voices.
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Ceremonial opening of the International Brucknerfest Linz 2024
The hymns that open the ceremony as usual are followed by a Bruckner hymn composed by Wilhelm Floderer in 1894 and performed for the first time on 12 May 1895 at the unveiling of the memorial plaque at Bruckner's birthplace in Ansfelden with the Liedertafel "Frohsinn", of which he was choirmaster at the time.
All the early orchestral works written by the composer himself can be heard, which were composed during his apprenticeship with the Linz theatre conductor Otto Kitzler, which lasted from autumn 1861 to summer 1863 and ended with the composition of the "Study Symphony" in F minor. Although they still bear traditional traits, they already strike an individual tone and thus show their creator at the crossroads between an existence as a composer of functional music for everyday use and an existence as a symphonist. As is well known, Bruckner decided to take the latter path, even if it turned out to be a much rockier one.
The programme also pays tribute to him as a symphonist, albeit with a wink, as the composer declared that this was his "life's profession": The commissioned work InstAnt on looks back to the future and, following the motto "Bruckner's complete symphonies (slightly shortened)", roams through his eleven contributions to the genre in eleven minutes, adapting, arranging, spinning on, eavesdropping, rethinking, alienating and quoting. Who would be better suited to take on this challenge with as much fun and humour as Johannes Berauer, who was born in Wels and specialises in overcoming the boundaries between classical avant-garde, jazz and world music? And who would be more knowledgeable interpreters of such a piece than the Bruckner specialists of the orchestra named after him and its chief conductor?
Wilhelm Floderer (1843 –1917)
Bruckner Hymn in C major for mixed choir a cappella (1894)
Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896)
Overture in G minor, WAB 98 (1862-63)
March in D minor, WAB 96 (1862)
Three orchestral pieces in E flat major, E minor and F major, WAB 97, Nos. 1-3 (1862)
Johannes Berauer (* 1979)
InstAnt on for orchestra (2023-24) [first performance]
Chorhaus Frohsinn:
Linzer Singakademie
Hard-Chor Linz
Hard-Chor TNG – The New Generation
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Markus Poschner | Conductor
