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Composers of the Week: Schoenberg, Berg and Webem

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Christopher Cook.
5: Politics and Intrigue. George Perle talks about hidden messages in the music of Alban Berg. And Christopher Cook laments the premature death of Anton Webern in 1945 at the hands of a trigger-happy American GI. Berg Lyric Suite
New York Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez
Webem Variations, Op 30
Hollywood Film Studios' Orchestra, conductor Robert Craft
Schoenberg String Trio, Op 45 Schoenberg Ensemble
Berg Lulu (Act 3, scene 2)
Paris Opera Orchestra/Pierre Boulez Repeated next Friday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook.
Talks:
George Perle
Unknown:
Alban Berg.
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Anton Webern
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Robert Craft
Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Lulu:
Teresa Stratas (soprano)
Jack:
Franz Mazura (baritone)
Grafin:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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