Hartmut Haenchen conducts Bruckner's 9th Symphony

Bruckner's Symphony No. 9

'Haenchen is one of the most interesting conductors of our time. His Eighth Symphony by Bruckner was one for the annals', wrote Erik Voermans last spring in Parool; he had never even heard the Adagio so beautifully. Haenchen spent years researching the symphonies of the Austrian composer and concludes the Bruckner cycle with his old orchestra with the incomparable Ninth Symphony. It is one of his most famous symphonies, which has everything it takes to make another stunning impression.

Ricercare and Mors Aeterna

Before Bruckner's symphony, Haenchen conducts works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Willem Jeths. The opening is Bach's Ricercare BMW 1079 from the 'Musikalisches Opfer', a unique collection of music that the composer dedicated to Frederick the Great of Prussia. The orchestra plays the work in Anton Webern's beloved orchestration. Mors Aeterna is on the stands by the Netherlands' first Composer Laureate. The work, which Jeths wrote for the NTR Saturday Matinee, is a preliminary study for his later Requiem.