Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowski Biennial “Signs & Wonders” and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker Biennale

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Two works from the last phase of their composers' lives, which, as part of the Signs & Wonders Biennale, ask what an end can sound like — and what follows it.Bernd Alois Zimmermann's “Stille und Umkehr” was written in 1970, four months before his suicide. The short orchestral work is sparse and, in addition to the usual string and wind apparatus, also uses dulcimer, accordion and singing saw. At the center is a single note: the “d”. It is precisely from this “d” that Bruckner's Ninth Symphony begins. He hasn't finished the finale anymore; an Adagio of around half an hour is the last complete sentence he has left behind.

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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Vladimir Jurowski conductor

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Bernd Alois ZimmermannSilence and Repentance

Anton BrucknerSymphony No. 9 in D minor

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin Vladimir Jurowski conductor

Program: Bernd Alois Zimmermann Stille und Umkehr Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor