Musical anniversaries in September
2024 is a year with multiple anniversaries in the worlds of music and literature: at St Botolph’s we have already marked some of these, and there are two more significant anniversaries in September. 4 September is the exact 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Austrian composer and organist Anton Bruckner. Many of his compositions are on a large scale including his settings of the Mass, which would not work liturgically at St Botolph’s; but some of his choral works