Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (1873 Version)

Featuring

Gerd Schaller
Philharmonie Festiva
Anton Bruckner

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Composition History

Bruckner visited Richard Wagner in Bayreuth in 1873 to offer him two symphonies for dedication, and Wagner was particularly impressed by the Third.

Performer Biography

Gerd Schaller, acknowledged as a significant contemporary interpreter of Bruckner, founded the Philharmonie Festiva in 2008, an orchestra composed of musicians from top German ensembles.

Composer Biography

Bruckner's persistent revisions of his Third Symphony, despite rejections from the Vienna Philharmonic, contradict the common image of him as a shy, insecure provincial composer.

Notable Performances

The premiere of Bruckner's Third Symphony in 1877 was a painful failure, forcing Bruckner himself to conduct after the sudden death of his patron, Johann Ritter von Herbeck.

Composition History

After his visit to Wagner, Bruckner had to send a note to confirm which symphony Wagner had accepted for dedication, resulting in a unique document with both composers' signatures.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bruckner's numerous revisions of his works, which he called "improvements," stemmed from his lifelong search for the ideal form and his desire for his music to be performed.

Composition History

Anton Bruckner began sketching his Third Symphony immediately after completing his Second Symphony, choosing the key of D minor, which he had also used in his discarded 'Symphony No. 0'.