Anton Bruckner dedicated his Ninth Symphony to “my beloved God”. At the end of a lifetime’s spiritual striving, he poured both his unquenchable faith and his agonising doubts into one mighty final testament – and then died before he could complete it. In his first concert as Chief Conductor, Thomas Dausgaard offers one possible answer to Bruckner’s eternal question. This moving new completion of the unfinished symphony has been championed by Sir Simon Rattle, and after Dausgaard’s inspirational Bruckner performances in recent years, it should be a powerful way to launch a new chapter in the history of the ±«Óătv SSO – especially when set against a striking, new work by Scottish composer Helen Grime, the first in the orchestra’s Scottish Inspirations commissions.
Prelude: 6.45pm in the Recital Room
Thomas Dausgaard in conversation with Helen Grime.
The concert will be recorded for future broadcast on ±«Óătv Radio 3. Please note: there will be no interval.
