Frankfurt: Bruckner, Wagner & Schoenberg

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Wagner, Schoenberg and Bruckner at their most heartfelt. Exploring the nature of love itself, Wagner brings to life the tragic beauty in the story of Tristan und Isolde, while in a single movement of intense lyricism Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht reveals his feelings for the woman he would later marry. Arguably his most popular work, Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony is a musical monument to Wagner. Sensuous string melodies give way to a final brass fanfare, closing the programme with a grand orchestral flourish.