Comments on: Can Someone Convince Me Bruckner is Awesome? http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/ A beginners guide to classical music, by someone who switched at 23 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-29097 Ben Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:10:01 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/#comment-29097 Nope... still don't get him. Nope… still don’t get him.

]]> By: cadwern http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-28198 cadwern Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:07:00 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/#comment-28198 O unbeleiver, has thou not seen/heard the light? Pity the lost soul that hast not bathed in his majesty , been steeped in wonder at the architecture of his sublime cathedrals of sound. O unbeleiver, has thou not seen/heard the light? Pity the lost soul that hast not bathed in his majesty , been steeped in wonder at the architecture of his sublime cathedrals of sound.

]]> By: Ken - Sydney http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Ken - Sydney Fri, 18 May 2007 07:28:45 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/#comment-32 "Flatulent" is the word I apply to Bruckner. OK - "awesome" might apply but my attention wanders. But then, I don't get Mahler either. I think it's because my attention goes from the baroque then a landing on Beethoven, particularly the string quartets, and then on to Shostakovich and the 20th century. “Flatulent” is the word I apply to Bruckner.
OK – “awesome” might apply but my attention wanders.
But then, I don’t get Mahler either. I think it’s because my attention goes from the baroque then a landing on Beethoven, particularly the string quartets, and then on to Shostakovich and the 20th century.

]]> By: JF http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-30 JF Wed, 16 May 2007 10:47:40 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2007/05/can-someone-convince-me-bruckner-is-awesome/#comment-30 Bruckner is certainly not a composer for the impatient. But to hear him at his most purposeful, the Symphony #9 is as good a choice as any. Perhaps better, from your point of view, since he died before finishing the finale so there are only three movements. "Awesome" is definitely the word for this music. Also, there's a superb introduction to the Ninth in BBC Radio 3's "Discovering Music" series. It's at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/ram/cdmbruckner9.ram. Bruckner is certainly not a composer for the impatient. But to hear him at his most purposeful, the Symphony #9 is as good a choice as any. Perhaps better, from your point of view, since he died before finishing the finale so there are only three movements. “Awesome” is definitely the word for this music.

Also, there’s a superb introduction to the Ninth in BBC Radio 3′s “Discovering Music” series. It’s at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/ram/cdmbruckner9.ram.

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