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freebruckner at Beethovenfest Bonn

Ab 19.30 Uhr

05.09.2025

Rekomposition von Anton Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7 in E-Dur

Stegreif's ‘freebruckner’ - a recomposition of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major - will be performed at the Rhein Sieg Forum as part of the Musikfest Berlin's fantastic festival programme of Beethovenfest Bonn. This programme combines Bruckner's symphonic music with improvisational freedom and brings the great themes of loss, grief and hope into the present.

Known today primarily as a composer of great symphonies, Anton Bruckner was also famous during his lifetime for his art of improvisation on the organ. freebruckner combines the two elements typical of Bruckner: symphonic music and improvisation. We present the 7th Symphony with improvisational freedom and chamber music lightness. The famous Trauermusik of the Adagio is taken as a starting point to reflect on the challenges and losses of our time. The 26 musicians expand the classical orchestral sound with saxophone, drumset, electric guitar and their own vocals. In the here and now, moving freely in space, by heart and without a conductor, a performance is created that breaks down the boundaries between performers and visitors, between composition and improvisation.

At the Rhein Sieg Forum freebruckner becomes a moving synthesis of the arts that reinterprets Bruckner's music, deeply touching and creating hope. We invite you to experience this touching symphony together!

photo: Patrick Hürlimann

Where?

Beethovenfest Bonn
Rhein Sieg Forum
Bachstraße 1
53721 Siegburg

Tickets

28€

Team

artistic management
Lorenz Blaumer

musical lead
Valerie Leopold

rekomposition & arrangement
Alistair Duncan

choreography
Lea Hladka

direction, scenography
Franziska Ritter

light design
Arnaud Poumarat

Trailer freebruckner | Stegreif YouTube
Luzerner Zeitung, 12.09.2024

»Eine Bruckner-Sinfonie in einem interaktiven Format: Es ist einer der stärksten Gänsehautmomente dieses Abend und Magie pur. Selten erlebt man die Dringlichkeit und den Ausnahmecharakter dieser Musik derart am eigenen Leib, wie es hier der Fall war.«

Partners

This concert is part of the festival programme of Beethovenfest Bonn 2025.

Production

freebruckner

Recomposition of Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E major | A work commissioned by the International Brucknerfest Linz to mark the 200th anniversary of Bruckner's birth

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