10. Philharmonisches Konzert: Mach dein Glück! by Bruckner, Gubaidulina, Da (2023/2023), Direttore d'orchestra Gabriel Feltz, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germania

After Anton Bruckner had fought for recognition for decades, had been torn apart by criticism and tried with great difficulty to assert himself in the Viennese music world, the sixty-year-old dreamed one night of his friend Ignaz Dorn. In the dream, the violinist is said to have dictated a musical theme to the composer and said: "Watch out, you'll make your fortune with this one!" And indeed: the dreamed-up theme laid the foundation for Bruckner's long-awaited breakthrough, his seventh symphony. The masterfully composed music unfolds an impressive arc of suspense and captivates the audience to this day. A real success story that underlines: sometimes happiness does come in your sleep. The history of Bruckner's Symphonic Prelude, on the other hand, is full of complications, coincidences and mistakes in musicology. For example, the composition was long attributed to Gustav Mahler and the original manuscript was destroyed in 2008 with the estate of its rediscoverer. The fact that we now know his real background and can perform the work is a real stroke of luck. In 1971 Sofia Gubaidulina set the fate of a small piece of chalk, which dreams of drawing fantastic fairytale worlds, imposing castles and the endless wide sea to music for Radio Moscow in her fairytale poem – expressive music far from any childishness, but full of longing and hopes.