Stephen Johnson discusses Schoenberg's String Quartet No 2, explaining how the work defined the composer's movement away from traditional tonality and embraced dissonance. Show more
Presenter and pianist Sarah Walker describes the experience of learning and performing Schoenberg's Suite for Piano, Op 25, for her MA recital. Show more
Gillian Moore, director of music at Southbank Centre in London, talks about Alban Berg's relationships with the women in his life, as well as his last operatic creation, Lulu. Show more
Tom McKinney recalls his 'first contact' with the music of Webern, specifically the Five Pieces for Orchestra, and taking part in a performance of it as a professional musician. Show more
Journalist Bethany Bell remembers living in Modling, a town near Vienna where Schoenberg lived, and where on walks with Berg and Webern he devised his radical ideas for music. Show more