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West Coast Brucknerthon XXVII

West Coast Brucknerthon XXVII

West Coast Brucknerthon XXVII
I have received the following information from the organizers of the West Coast Brucknerthon:

Join us on SUNDAY, August 31, 2025 for the 27th annual San Diego County Bruckner Marathon.
PLEASE NOTE: To work around scheduling conflicts, this year’s marathon is scheduled for the Sunday (not Saturday) before Labor Day.

This year we'll play the ten numbered symphonies preceded by the Overture in G minor. As always, the setting will be informal, with plenty of food and drinks to keep us going. We’ll also have our usual CD exchange; those unwanted CDs of yours could be someone else’s treasure.

This year’s line-up includes a combination of live and studio recordings performed by orchestras from 7 different countries. Highlights include Symphonies 1 through 4 played in sequence in their earliest surviving versions and a historic live recording of Symphony 5 conducted by Eduard van Beinum.

Here are the selected recordings in the order in which they'll be played:
- Overture & Symphony 0: Chailly/RSO Berlin (Decca CD, February 1988)
- Symphony 1 (1868): Shimono/Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra (Brain Music CD, 18 May 2023)
- Symphony 2 (1872): Bosch/Aachen Symphony Orchestra (Coviello SACD, 22&24 May 2010)
- Symphony 3 (1873): Nagano/DSO Berlin (Harmonia Mundi SACD, March 2003)
- Symphony 4 (1874): López Cobos/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Telarc CD, 10-11 February 1990)
- Symphony 5: Van Beinum/Concertgebouw Orchestra (Tower Records Decca CD, 12 March 1959)
- Symphony 6: Mena/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos CD, 10-11 July 2012)
- Symphony 7: Kreizberg/Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Pentatone SACD, June 2004)
- Symphony 8 (1890): Janowski/Suisse Romande Orchestra (Pentatone SACD, 2010)
- Symphony 9: Segal/SWF Symphony Orchestra (VMK Cosmus CD, 8 November 1985)

When: SUNDAY, August 31, 2025, beginning at 9:00 AM
Where: 9863 Fox Valley Way, San Diego, CA 92127

Please feel free to bring your favorite food and drinks (especially Bruckner's favorite beverage) to share. Contributions will be taken towards lunch and/or dinner. For more information, contact Ramón Khalona at rkhalona@hotmail.com or Dave Griegel at dkgriegel@cox.net. Please forward this invitation to others who may be interested. RSVPs are appreciated!

Be sure to brush up on your Bruckner trivia before the event, as the winner of the annual Bruckner quiz will walk away with a special prize. We look forward to seeing you on SUNDAY, August 31.

Ramón Khalona and Dave Griegel