麻豆社

Live from the Philharmonic Studio, Salford

Presented by Martin Handley

Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic perform Bruckner's Fifth Symphony.

BRUCKNER Symphony No 5 in B flat

This life-affirming work was written during a period in Bruckner's life when he was deeply unhappy. His Fifth Symphony is the only one that (bar a performance for two pianos!) he never heard performed. When he finished it in 1876 it was the most ambitious work he had written to date. Of all his symphonies, this one perhaps most merits the description "architectural" but the intricate counterpoint, unity of themes between the movements and the fugue which leads to the majestic and uncompromisingly optimistic ending make it special.

麻豆社 Philharmonic
Pietari Inkinen (conductor).