MusicaNova Orchestra Finished Unfinished: Schubert and Bruckner

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Repetoire:

Anton Bruckner, Symphony in F Minor, WAB 99

Franz Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B Minor, D. 579 (“Unfinished”) (as finished by William Carragan)

Anton Bruckner’s Symphony in F Minor, sometimes called “00,” is the first one he wrote. It was never performed during his lifetime—it received its premiere in 1924, a month after what would have been the composer’s 100^th birthday. MusicaNova will celebrate Bruckner’s 200^th birthday with this early example of the composer’s greatness.

Franz Schubert famously never finished his Eighth Symphony. Renowned musicologist William Carragan took up the challenge, mostly using Schubert’s work to fill in the gaps. Carrragan’s inspired completion of Schubert’s unfinished symphony gives a peek at what might have been.