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Cathedral of Sound

Simone Young, AM Conductor

MOZART Symphony No. 36 Linz
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5

One of the most exciting and groundbreaking conductors of our time, Simone Young needs little introduction. Her recordings of Bruckner’s Symphonies established her at the forefront of the repertoire and her interpretation of his architectural Fifth Symphony will be a glorious highlight of the season.

Bruckner’s music is a mighty ‘cathedral of sound’, with lingering whispers of melodies and great surges of blazing orchestral textures. This is a symphony filled with a wondrous joy to delight the senses… {more below}

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{cont} Such grandeur finds its equal in Mozart’s exquisitely elegant Linz Symphony No. 36. One of Mozart’s finest, this symphony was composed in an astonishing four days, though its perfectly proportioned phrases and easy grace belie its quick conception. The drama of Mozart’s music is in the hands of a modern master in a concert that will exalt the spirit.

Simone Young, AM – Conductor

Simone Young is one of the leading conductors of her generation. She regularly conducts a broad range of operatic and symphonic repertoire for major international opera companies and orchestras and has received many awards. Simone is General Manager and Music Director of the Hamburg Staatsoper and Music Director of the Philharmonic State Orchestra, Hamburg.

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'The music is deeply emotional and anyone who likes Beethoven and who has a fleeting acquaintance with Wagner is going to find the Bruckner symphonies really compelling' Conductor Simone Young
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