HCMC – Bruckner’s Requiem

Thu 09 Mar 2017, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

From the organizer:

Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Oschestra and Opera’s performance on the 9th March 2017 is directed and conducted by the famous Belgian conducter Daniel Gazon. He is one of the most well-known and prestige conduter in Europe with 20th century repertoires. Daniel Gazon has been a regulier guest at the ISCM, Melos-Ethos, Ars Musica, Düsseldorf Kontrapunkt, Gaida and Warsaw Autumn international festivals.

In this show, Daniel Gazon alongside with HBSO’s artists will, for the first time perform the great Autrian composer Anton Bruckner’s Requiem, one of the most famous pieces of this genre. Anton Buckner is praised as on of the greatest composers of the 19th century for his symphonic and religious compositions. Requiem in D minor by Anton Bruckner is considered as the first recognized major work in his career.

The show will also introduce the Symphony No. 36 of the greatest musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This symphony have an iteresting background. For many other famous composers, it takes months or a year to complete a symphony, sometimes up to several years, as this is the largest, most complex genre for instrumental music. Meanwhile the Symphony No. 36 by Mozart was completed in 4 days, during a trip with his wife in Linz, Austria, in response to the proposal of a local Count.

Video of the show’s first rehearsal with conducter Daniel Gazon

Tickets

Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 VND, 80,000 VND for students (limited offer)

Booking and delivery: 08 3823 7419, Ms. Hương 098 987 4517, Ms.Huong Ly: 090 805 7972
At HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square
Online Booking: ticketbox.vn

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Listen to Anton Bruckner’s “Requiem” here: