Honorary conductor Herbert Blomstedt conducts Bruckner

It was an ongoing issue for Bruckner to overcome the torment of his soul: the introverted loner suffered because no woman ever wanted to have anything »serious« to do with him – and he was also humiliated by the constant critique of his works. Therefore, his symphonies seem for large parts like epiphanies of a man struggling with himself. Herbert Blomstedt says that they represent »the longing for the eternal« and that Bruckner »takes listeners i...