Ever since their premieres, Schoenberg's scores have dismayed audiences and Provoked disapproval and controversy. Now, long after the composer's death, his music Is still by tradition difficult to listen to, even though many of his works are held to be classics of our time.
Michael Hall offers an approach to the problem of listening to Schoenberg's music, and examines the background, the wit, the style and the method of this 'Reluctant Revolutionary'. Musical examples played by ALAN GRAVILL (piano)
Producer ANDREW KUROWSKI
I Brahms and Schoenberg' tomorrow evening at 7.30pm)