Program booklet for the event
Bruckner in the Mariendom
Anton Bruckner's Missa solemnis in B flat minor, composed in 1854, represents the sum of his engagement with tradition at the time and reveals influences from Johann Sebastian Bach, the Viennese classics and Franz Schubert, but also shows the considerable compositional skill he had acquired in the meantime, for example in the fugue work. The mass surprises with its unusual opening key of B flat minor, which lightens to B flat major as it progresses. In contrast, the famous Te Deum, which Bruckner completed 30 years later without a corresponding commission or the concrete prospect of a performance opportunity, begins in glistening C major. The outstanding importance that this hymn had for its creator is expressed not least in the fact that he described it as the "pride of his life" and "his best work".
The orchestral work Elysium by the then 40-year-old Canadian composer and conductor Samy Moussa, which refers to Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 (Romantic) in E flat major and was premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Christian Thielemann in Barcelona's Sagrada Família in 2021, acts as a 'sound bridge' between the ambitious mass composition by the almost 30-year-old and the masterful hymn to God, which he completed at the age of almost 60.
At this church concert, the voices of four excellent soloists and a large number of talented young choir singers from all over Upper Austria are entrusted with the service and prize of sound. The Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra, which accompanies them and is made up of the best young musicians in the state, is conducted by its patron Markus Poschner.
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Missa solemnis b-moll für Soli, vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, WAB 29 (1854)
Samy Moussa (* 1984)
Elysium für Orchester (2021)
Anton Bruckner
Te Deum C-Dur für Soli, vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, WAB 45 (1881, 1883–84)
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Missa solemnis in B flat minor for soloists, four-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ, WAB 29 (1854)
Samy Moussa (* 1984)
Elysium for orchestra (2021)
Anton Bruckner
Te Deum in C major for soloists, four-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ, WAB 45 (1881, 1883-84)
Fenja Lukas | Soprano
Michaela Selinger | Mezzo-soprano
João Terleira | Tenor
Alexandre Baldo | Bass-baritone
Mozart Choir of the Music High School Linz
Upper Austrian Youth Choir
Upper Austrian Youth Symphony Orchestra
Markus Poschner | Conductor