Bruckner 8: The Cycle Continues

Monday June 15, 2009	7:30 pm	Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier — Place des Arts	Buy single tickets from Place des Arts’ web site
Wednesday June 17, 2009	7:30 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée [Conference at 6:30pm] Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
Thursday June 18, 2009	8:00 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée [Conference at 7pm] Salle Désilets — Cégep Marie-Victorin
Monday June 22, 2009	8:00 pm	Le Conseil des arts de Montréal en tournée [No pre-concert conference] Église Saint-Nom-de-Jésus

Description

The Symphony No. 8 is the last completed, monumental work in the symphonic genre by the “minstrel of God,” Anton Bruckner. It is also one of the grand summits of the entire symphonic literature.

The composer recalls, in this work, the struggle that must occur for the artist to accomplish, according to Christian spirituality, his essential mission: to reveal Divine Truth. To build his cathedral of sound, Bruckner calls on impressive orchestral forces that include the famous Wagnerian tubas. A spiritual experience not to be missed!