227 reactions · 14 shares | Pianist Francesco Piemontesi takes “total, joyful command” (The Guardian) of Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto in performances with the CSO on November 14-16, led by Marek Janowski and also featuring the awed silences and towering brass chorales of Bruckner’s Third Symphony. Get tickets → cso.org/ps/24524 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

Anton Bruckner was many things: A humble peasant turned acclaimed organist, an eccentric obsessed with death and numbers, and a late-blooming composer whose symphonies and choral works were monumental in scale. Learn about Bruckner’s fascinating life and music ahead of performances of his Eighth Symphony by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Christian Thielemann on October 20-25. Get tickets → cso.org/23358 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

8.5K views · 213 reactions | Available June 16, the latest #CSOResound release features Riccardo Muti and the CSO in an acclaimed performance of Bruckner’s formidable Ninth Symphony! Preorder your copy today on iTunes, Amazon.com or cso.org/store. | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

42K views · 2.7K reactions | Listen to all 11 Bruckner symphonies with conductor Christian Thielemann now! viennaphilharmonic.lnk.to/brucknerLF Bruckner started composing his 5th Symphony in a time of deep personal depression. Nonetheless, or precisely because of this, the Symphony becomes a manifesto of unrestricted artistic willpower in which the composer reaches new heights of Symphonic composition. | Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker | Facebook