2025-2026 Season Main Stage Series
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104 “Romantic”
This concert does not feature an Inside the Music talk.
program run time: 2 hours
The PSO’s 28th season opens with two Austrian composers who were both considered masters of harmony. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner”, is a celebratory piece written in honor of the Mozart’s friend, Sigmund Haffner, a wealthy Salzburg merchant, upon the occasion of his elevation to nobility. The work is the epitome of the classical style, opening triumphantly with a brightness and exuberance that tells us it was intended to be performed outdoors. Anton Bruckner was, for most of his composing life, relatively unknown but is now recognized for raising the symphonic form to new heights. His Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major, WAB 104, “Romantic,” reflects the composer’s dramatic use of brass and genius for harmonic and melodic invention.
