Lucerne Festival: Simon Rattle conducts Britten and Bruckner

Another late summer highlight at Lucerne Festival: Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker presenting works by Benjamin Britten and Anton Bruckner. Britten gethered eight musical-poetic night pieces together under the title 'Nocturne': Musical settings of English poets throughout the centuries perfomed by tenor Ian Bostridge. This cycle of orchestral songs is coupled with Bruckner's 'Swan Song,' his last symphony, which was unfinished and which he dedicated to 'Dear God' - Symphony No. 9 in D minor.