We'll play Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in the original version, and Mahler's Seventh -- the least accessible, known, and played of Mahler's works.

* 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.

The Wagner tuba, a modified member of the horn family, appears in Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and several other works by Richard Strauss, Béla Bartók, and others ; it has a prominent role in Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E Major.

Bruckner's symphonies are all in four movements ( though he was unable to complete the finale of the Ninth ), starting with a modified sonata allegro form, a slow movement in ABA ’ B ’ A ’’ form ( except in the Study Symphony, the First and the Sixth ), a scherzo in 3 / 4 time, and a modified sonata allegro form finale.

With the exception of Symphony No. 4, none of Bruckner's symphonies has subtitles, and most of the nicknames were not thought up by the composer.

The last, completed in 1863, was then Bruckner's Study Symphony in F minor.

Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor ( sometimes called by Bruckner " das kecke Beserl ", roughly translated as " the saucy maid "< ref > Schōnzeler ( 1970 ): 67.

Bruckner's first great success was his Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, more commonly known as the Romantic Symphony, the only epithet applied to a symphony by the composer himself.

Symphony No. 7 in E major was the most beloved of Bruckner's symphonies with audiences of the time, and is still popular.

The final accomplishment of Bruckner's life was to be his Symphony No. 9 in D minor which he started in August 1887, and which he dedicated " To God the Beloved.

Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony requires a continuous roll on a single drum for over two-and-a-half minutes.

* February 11-Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony is premiered in Vienna

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is premiered in Vienna with Hans Richter conducting.

* March 21-Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 is performed for the first time publicly in Vienna, conducted by Hans Richter.

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, known as Romantic

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 6

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, Romantic

Several years later, he recorded the original version of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9.

Admired orchestral records include Debussy's La mer and Nocturnes, Dvořák's 9th Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Brahms's 4th Symphony and Mahler's 1st and 9th symphonies with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven's 3rd and 5th Symphonies, and Schumann's 3rd Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Brahms's four Symphonies, Bruckner's 7th, 8th and 9th symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic, and Dvořák's 7th and 9th Symphonies with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

On 29 November 2005 Mehta appeared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performing Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 5

Whereas Haas for instance combined bits from the 1887 and 1890 versions of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor to make his edition of the work, Nowak put out two separate editions for the two versions.

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, sometimes referred to as dem lieben Gott

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 ( Bruckner ), " Wagner Symphony "

Common examples of maestoso tempo include Elgar's Land of Hope and Glory, the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, the first movement of both Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, as well as Chopin's Polonaise in A flat major, Op.

* Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, which only contains three complete movements and a draft of the fourth movement.

He added that he also stresses the works of these favorite masters on tour, especially Mahler's First and Fourth symphonies, and Das Lied Von der Erde, and Bruckner's Sixth -- which is rarely played -- and Seventh.

Bruckner's Eighth he refers to as `` my travel symphony ''.

Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies.

His works, the symphonies in particular, had detractors, most notably the influential Austrian critic Eduard Hanslick, and other supporters of Johannes Brahms ( and detractors of Wagner ), who pointed to their large size, use of repetition, and Bruckner's propensity to revise many of his works, often with the assistance of colleagues, and his apparent indecision about which versions he preferred.

The ancestors of Bruckner's family were farmers and craftsmen ; their history has been tracked back to the 16th century.

Bruckner's grandfather had gained the schoolmaster position in Ansfelden in 1776 ; this position was inherited by Bruckner's father, Anton Bruckner senior in 1823.

Music belonged to the school curriculum, and Bruckner's father was his first music teacher.

After Bruckner received his confirmation in 1833, Bruckner's father sent him to another school in Hörsching.

Bruckner's father died in 1837, when Bruckner was 13 years old.

Despite his musical abilities, Bruckner's mother sent her son to a teacher seminar in Linz.

Despite the difficult situation, Bruckner never complained or rebelled ; a belief of inferiority was to remain one of Bruckner's main personal characteristics during his whole life.

Prelate Michael Arneth noticed Bruckner's bad situation in Windhaag and awarded him a teacher's assistant position in St. Florian, sending him to Kronstorf an der Enns for two years.

This has been interpreted as a lone early sign of Bruckner's artistic ambitions.

Otherwise, little is known of Bruckner's life plans and intentions.

However, he was not without supporters ; Deutsche Zeitungs music critic Theodor Helm, and famous conductors such as Arthur Nikisch and Franz Schalk constantly tried to bring his music to the public, and for this purpose proposed ' improvements ' for making Bruckner's music more acceptable to the public.

Unlike his romantic symphonies, some of Bruckner's choral works are often conservative and contrapuntal in style ; however, the Te Deum, Helgoland, Psalm 150 and at least one Mass demonstrate innovative and radical uses of chromaticism.

Biographers generally characterize Bruckner as a " simple " provincial man, and many biographers have complained that there is huge discrepancy between Bruckner's life and his work.

" Numerous anecdotes abound as to Bruckner's dogged pursuit of his chosen craft and his humble acceptance of the fame that eventually came his way.

Sometimes Bruckner's works are referred to by WAB numbers, from the Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner, a catalogue of Bruckner's works edited by Renate Grasberger.