APOCALYPTIK SYMPHONY– Bruckner - Christoph Campestrini and the MAV Symphony Orchestra L/5

He calls the dignified climax of the first movement ’the message of death’. The second movement is a Scherzo in triple meter. This movement is the portrait of a much talked-about symbolic figure of the time, the German Michel, who embodied the disappointments and fears associated with Prussian imperial ambitions. The third movement (Adagio) is an expression of deep emotions. The composition of the grand Finale was also inspired by a historical event: the meeting between Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Emperor Alexander III of Russia.

Conductor Christoph Campestrini was born in Linz and has many ties to the works of Anton Bruckner. A sought-after concert and opera conductor all over the world, he has been a welcome guest of our orchestra for many years.