New arrangements of the “Te Deum” and the “Mass in D minor” by Sebastian Bartmann for the Bruckner anniversary in 2024: Both were premiered under the baton of Arndt Martin Henzelmann. Henzelmann now answers five questions about the new versions from the conductor’s perspective.
María Guinand writes in CARUS Highlights about Anton Bruckner’s “Mass in E minor” – a dramatic but intimate masterpiece.
Bruckner’s symphonic works are sufficiently covered in the literature. On the other hand, his a cappella choral works eke out a shadowy existence and are usually treated only as by-products. Very wrongly, as choral conductor Jan Schumacher finds, who – also in view of the Bruckner anniversary year 2024 – has dealt with this aspect of the Austrian composer’s oeuvre for his contribution.
