A two-part film in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg presented by Alexander Goehr 1: Crossing the Frontier: 1874-1914 with the BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor Pierre Boulez with Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by David Atherton with Mary Thomas (reciter) and Dorothy Dorow (soprano) DELME STRING QUARTET with Janet Price (soprano) Michel Beroff (piano)
In the Erwartung sequence Suzanne Hywel
The words of Schoenberg spoken by ALFRED BURKE Narrator LYNDON BROOK
Photography PETER BARTLETT Sound MIKE SAVAGE
Film editor PETER WEST Director BARRIE GAVIN
A co-production of BBCtv and RM Productions (Munich) Part 2: next Sunday
BBC Music Guide: Schoenberg Chamber Music, 45p, from bookshops Serial story: page 5