Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

We mark the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner's birth with principal artist Adam Fischer.

The Symphony No. 5 embraces the range of human experience, from humour to the sacred.

Considered by many to be his symphonic masterpiece, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 represents the culmination of the first period of his time in Vienna. He relocated to the city in 1868 from Linz, where he was the organist at the ‘Old’ Cathedral and produced many of his fine choral works.

Curiously, Bruckner never heard this symphony performed by an orchestra. This performance, using instruments of the type that would have been familiar in Vienna at the time, gives us the rare chance to hear the symphony its composer imagined.

We continue our blossoming relationship with Adam Fischer, acclaimed for his performances and recordings of the complete symphonies of Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler.

Part of Southbank Centre Season 2024/25.

"The pungent earthiness of the OAE’s playing matched Fischer’s characterful approach."

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A student participating in an open workshop with violinist Matthew Truscott and other members of the OAE

Japanese conductor Masaaki Suzuki conducts the OAE with singer Florian Stortz

OAE musicians run a workshop in a school classroom

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Monday 13 January 2025, 19:00

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We mark the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner's birth with principal artist Adam Fischer.

"The pungent earthiness of the OAE’s playing matched Fischer’s characterful approach."

Did you know you can support the OAE?

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We mark the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner's birth with principal artist Adam Fischer.

"The pungent earthiness of the OAE’s playing matched Fischer’s characterful approach."

Did you know you can support the OAE?

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