Beyond B A C H - the Answer of Schoenberg

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(http://vienayyo.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/arnold-schonberg/)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Variazioni per orchestra op.31 (1926/1928)
Sinfonie Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Bruno Maderna, conductor
(life, Köln, 1961, Oct 8)
Introduktion. Mäßig, ruhig
Thema. Molto moderato
Variation I. Moderato
Variation II. Langsam
Variation III. Mäßig
Variation IV. Walzertempo
Variation V. Bewegt
Variation VI. Andante
Variation VII. Langsam
Variation VIII. Sehr rasch
Variation IX. L'istesso tempo, aber etwas langsamer
Finale. Mäßig schnell
cover image: painting by Wassily Kandinsky(video by The Wellesz Company)

(The B A C H motif)

(Musica Nova)

Halsey Stevens interviewing Arnold Schoenberg

Schoenberg in 1948

Arnold Schoenberg discussing with American composer Halsey Stevens at the University of Southern Carolina in 1949.

(video by VladekMeyer83)

A few words about Halsey Stevens: he was a composer and music educator, and the definitive exeget of Bartók works.

(Musica Nova)

Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht

(video by Cristian Florea)

I watched yesterday on TV an excerpt from Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. I was amazed to realize how nice it sounded for me, and I meditated at the long road that atonality went over all these long years, to tame our sensibility.

I looked today on youTube to find Verklärte Nacht and I had the joy to discover these three videos: Cristian Florea conducting the Moldavan Chamber Orchestra from Chisinau.

(video by Cristian Florea)

(video by Cristian Florea)

(Musica Nova)