Mozart’s late symphony reveals effortless genius. Bruckner’s explores music on an infinite scale.
Program
MOZART: Symphony No. 39
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9
Artists
Marek Janowski, conductor
Venue
Music HallConcert Duration
Approximately 112 minutes, including intermissionSeries
Friday Evenings
Saturday Evenings B
What's Interesting
Mozart and Bruckner’s late symphonies explore drama on radically different scales. Mozart’s compact and wonderful Symphony No. 39 opens with plenty of pomp, interweaving effortless genius, elegance, and playfulness to the very end. Taking nearly a decade to write, Brucker’s last symphonic statement is a gloriously vast cathedral of sound built on foundations of infinite brass.