New York Concerts 1989

[john]

I have attached a link from YouTube which I have not seen before regarding the Bruckner 8th Concert from New York 1989.

youtu.be/zBeVIrXf7Co

[charlesb]

Thanks John. I am so pleased to have seen that video, including some of the rehearsal in Carnegie Hall.

[David]

Thanks also from me John.

This has prompted me to include some extracts from previous postings relating to this acclaimed performance.

Some recollections of this 1989 Carnegie Hall Bruckner 8 by colleagues involved in the performance were included in John Bridcut’s BBC documentary, Karajan’s Magic and Myth. We hear moving accounts from Clemens Hellsberg, VPO Violinist; Günther Breest of Deutsche Grammophon and Placido Domingdo.

I’ve been unable to locate the film on YOUTUBE although of course I could have missed it. However, the whole documentary is now available on the Chinese video site TUDOU. The references start at around 74 minutes. Be prepared initially for a minute or so of adverts. WEBROOT on my PC indicates that the site is trustworthy.

www.tudou.com/programs/view/6-3rl8cZl0U

There’s also available a review which appeared in The New York Times a couple of days after the performance - worth reading.

www.nytimes.com/1989/02/28/arts/review-music-karajan-leads-vienna-in-heroic-bruckner-8th.html

Regards David

[lohengrin]

Thank you very much indeed, John: I'm always hoping to find more documents about those fabled Carnegie Hall concerts, but I didn't know this particular video so far. The short footage of the 4th movement's coda rehearsal is thrilling.
Thanks again

[stuart]

Jan 19, 2019 14:09:28 GMT 1 john said:

I have attached a link from YouTube which I have not seen before regarding the Bruckner 8th Concert from New York 1989.

youtu.be/zBeVIrXf7Co

Many thanks John.

vK's face at the conclusion of B8 - if a picture ..........


Interestingly, when I stand on the front-room pouffe with my knitting needle (or local Chinese plastic chop-stick, my gestures are uncannily the same as vK's!!)