A Big Night for Bruckner Boosters — artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

Fan clubs are not only for pop stars, or even for the living. Many of the greatest composers in the classical cannon have societies dedicated to studying, promoting and enjoying their music. The Bruckner Society of America, which was founded in 1931, was well represented Sunday evening at Avery Fisher Hall when Riccardo Chailly led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. It was a big night for Bruckner aficionados. It was the Gewandhaus Orchestra, after all, that gave the symphony its premiere in 1884, conducted by Arthur Nikisch. And Mr. Chailly is celebrated for his Bruckner, and recorded a complete Bruckner symphony cycle.

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