Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony grows from a broad melody shared by cellos and horn. Its course embraces the solemn Adagio and the Scherzo’s insistent pulse before the finale brings the opening back into the radiance of E major. i Work Information Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) Title: Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Year of composition: 1881–1883; further changes made before the first edition of 1885 First performance: 30 December 1884, Neues Theater, Leipzig; the theatre orchestra, including musicians of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Nikisch Genre: Symphony Musical period: Late Romantic Structure: Four movements Duration: Approx. 60–75 minutes, depending on the performance Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 Wagner tubas, contrabass tuba, timpani and strings; cymbals and triangle at the climax of the Adagio, with differences between editions and performing choices. The Wagner tubas appear in...