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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Composer of the Week: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Episode 4: The Wanderer

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

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Episode 4: The Wanderer

The Wanderer

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), The Wanderer

Donald Macleod on Schoenberg's moves between Germany and Austria, and further afield.

Donald Macleod focuses on Schoenberg's moves between Germany and Austria, and further afield. With Six Little Piano Pieces, Op 19, Pierrot Lunaire and Piano Pieces, Op 33 a and b.

Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's life from five different viewpoints. Part of Radio 3's season: Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Today the composer's moves between Germany and Austria - and further afield.

Schoenberg never really knew where to call home. In Europe he had moved frequently between Vienna and Berlin as well as further afield, and the developing political situation in pre-war Germany and Austria made permanency impossible for him. From the thirties he lived in the states - but this was an exile rather than a homecoming. Donald explores the composer's relationship with the places he lived.

Pelleas and Melisande Op 5 (extract: Lebhaft, Sehr Rasch)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robert Craft, Conductor

Six Little Piano Pieces Op 19 1911
Glen Gould, Piano

Pierrot Lunaire Op 21
Sonia Bergamasco, Speaker
Contempoartensemble
Mauro Ceccanti, Conductor

Piano Pieces Op 33a & b
Maurizio Pollini, Piano

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 36
Pierre Amoyal, Violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, Conductor


Part of Radio 3's "Breaking Free - the minds that changed music", exploring the music of the Second Viennese School.

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Donald Macleod explores Schoenberg's life from five different viewpoints

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