After triumphant performances of Anton Bruckner’s 5 th two seasons ago, SPM returns to the last great late romantic symphonist in his final complete work, the monumental Symphony No. 8, described as containing music of “sheer, breathtaking magnificence.”  You will hear everything from Bruckner’s “battles of demons” to his moments of transcendent light. Like his friend, Gustav Mahler’s, his symphonies embrace all of human experience and end with redemptive glory! One experiencers music like no other, and, in the end, is uplifted to the heavens. Reflecting the composer’s profound religious faith, we open the concert with a compelling arrangement for strings of Randall Thomposon’s beloved “Alleluia.”