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04 March 2024
Big Bruckner Weekend review – there’s
no escaping the challenges of his music, as
well as its pleasures
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Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Back-to-back performances of the Austrian composer’s last three symphonies plus his
‘Great’ Mass and String Quintet celebrated Bruckner’s 200th anniversary
Flora Willson
Mon 4 Mar 2024 12.59 GMT
Plenty of classical composers have a reputation these days. Some are good – think of
the celebrated jollity of “Papa Haydn” or Beethoven’s tantalisingly struggle-fuelled
inspirations. Others are less positive, from Rossini’s image as a workshy tunesmith to
