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Composers of the Week: Schoenberg, Berg and Webern

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With Christopher Cook.
3: Revolutions. The dissolution of old orders during the first ten years of the 20th century produced highly personal solutions to musical idiom and style. Anthony Payne and Alexander Goehr talk about the new methods of composition formulated by Schoenberg and his pupils.
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire (excerpts) Jane Manning (soprano), Nash Ensemble, conductor Simon Rattle
Webem Im Sommerwind
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Webem Six Bagatelles, Op 9 Kronos Quartet
Webern Five Sacred Songs, Op 15 Dorothy Dorow (soprano), Schoenberg Ensemble, conductor Reinbert de Leeuw
Webem Symphony Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez
Berg Wozzeck (Act 2, scene 4)
Berlin Staatskapelle , conductor Daniel Barenboim
Repeated next Wednesday 11.30pm See also 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook.
Unknown:
Anthony Payne
Unknown:
Alexander Goehr
Soprano:
Jane Manning
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Soprano:
Dorothy Dorow
Conductor:
Reinbert de Leeuw
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Berlin Staatskapelle
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Wozzeck:
Franz Grundheber (baritone)
Marie:
Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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