Wagner, Bruckner and great cutlery: brilliant start to the symphonic season in Plauen and Zwickau | Free press

2023-09-21 17:51:00

The Clara Schumann Philharmonic set standards with the “Parsifal” prelude and 3rd symphony

The namesake of the Clara Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra in Plauen-Zwickau was not very enthusiastic about Anton Bruckner’s 3rd Symphony: “…a gruesome piece, nothing like scraps strung together and a lot of bombast, and also of outrageous length,” she wrote in a letter. Maybe she’d change her mind if she saw the first…

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