DECEMBER 1877 Vienna gives Bruckner’s Third a wretched reception
Sunday 16 December 1877 was a day Anton Bruckner would never forget. He found himself standing on the podium in Vienna’s glittering Musikverein… with the orchestra having made a swift exit. Behind him in the auditorium just a couple of dozen audience members remained. The cause of this very public abandonment? The premiere of his Third Symphony.
The signs weren’t good to
