Christian Thielemann/ Vienna Philharmonic
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, 26th August 2020
Wagner and Bruckner are a classic concert pairing. One was a huge devotee of the other – Bruckner even studded the first version of his Third Symphony (dedicated to Wagner) with quotations from several of his operas – and they both painted on huge canvasses in their respective fields. In this Vienna Philharmonic concert at the Salzburg Festival though, Christian Thielemann, who largely built his reputation on these two composers, opened with non-operatic Wagner on a much more intimate scale, leaving the big brass guns to “Bruckner the trumpet” and a tremendous reading of the Fourth Symphony.
Elīna Garanča
© Salzburg Festival | Marco Borelli
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