Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Beatrice Rana in Bruckner & Clara Schumann

Anton Bruckner said that the opening of his Seventh Symphony came to him in a dream, and the finished work has long been the best-loved of all his symphonies – a soaring, deeply-felt spiritual epic, aglow with the beauty of the natural world. In other words, it’s perfect for the Lucerne Festival and its superb, handpicked Festival Orchestra, and this performance under Yannick Nézet-Séguin should be one of the highlights of 2024’s Bruckner bicentenary celebrations. Clara Schumann’s youthful Piano Concerto reveals a more intimate kind of romanticism, and few living interpreters bring more eloquence and insight than the “truly reflective” (Gramophone) Italian pianist Beatrice Rana.

Soloist: 

Beatrice Rana (Piano)

Ensemble: 

Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Conductor: 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin