The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is an integral part of a city rich with a history of important composers and performers. Hear them perform a stunning program live from Carnegie Hall.
The incomparable orchestra is joined by maestro Franz Welser- Most for an exploration of enduring scores by influential composers from their native land and a contemporary work from a composer who is creating in Vienna today. The program includes Bruckner's magnificent and genial Sixth Symphony and Mozart's Symphony No. 28, paired with Johannes Maria Staud's On Comparative Meteorology.
Program at a Glance
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200
As he reached his late teens, Mozart suddenly grew into a potent and masterful symphonist. The Symphony No. 28 in C Major, though rarely played today, is one of the finest of these early symphonies. It is something of an undiscovered jewel among his works, with four movements of outstanding quality and variety.
Johannes Maria Staud On Comparative Meteorology
Young Austrian composer Johannes Maria Staud says his music springs from "all kinds of influences, from literature to visual arts, from philosophy to science ... from conversations with friends to rambling in nature ... As a composer, you go through life with open antennas." His orchestral showpiece On Comparative Meteorology was inspired by Staud's passion for the surreal stories of Bruno Schulz, who created "a bizarre world ... with a hyper-realistic language of incomparable colorfulness."
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 6 in A Major
Although he was labeled by his contemporaries "the Wagner symphonist," Bruckner's symphonies are actually the farthest thing from the Romantic/Wagnerian celebration of self. Instead, they are spiritual quests and homages to God, in whom he fervently believed and whom he sought to glorify in his music. The Sixth Symphony is one of his loveliest and most melodious works, one filled with memories of his rural Austrian homeland.
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