Fact file
| Year of birth | 1874 |
| Year of death | 1951 |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Period | 20th century |
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TokyoPelleas und Melisande
Hirao, Yashiro, Schoenberg
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Kazuki Yamada; Hisako Kawamura
StockholmHarding meets Widmann x 2
Britten, Widmann, Schoenberg
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Harding; Carolin Widmann; Andrew Staples
BergenBeethoven's Ninth
Schoenberg, Beethoven
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Sara Jakubiak; Marita Sølberg; Ingeborg Gillebo; Bror Magnus Tødenes
GothenburgPierrot Lunaire Melodrama
Sciarrino, Schoenberg, Bartók, Milhaud
Patricia Kopatchinskaja; Musicians from Gothenburg Symphony
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Musical transfigurations in Belfast
Rafael Payare and the Ulster Orchestra present a programme of music that looks both backwards and forwards from composers who were musical visionaries.
Intangible cosmos: Eötvös' Multiversum
Composer-conductor Peter Eötvös’ attempt to portray the concept of parallel universes in music remained strangely earthbound in its UK premiere.
Leonskaja's Schubert thrills the Pierre Boulez Saal
A pair of A minor sonatas demonstrate the composer's evolution over his lifetime; the Wanderer Fantasy shows the pianist's mastery of phrasing.
Inevitable solitude in the Ricci/Forte's new diptych
Performing arts duo Ricci/Forte throw what feels like the entire directorial arsenal at this production.
Tetzlaff's superb Berg with the Cleveland Orchestra
Early works by Schoenberg and Webern filled out an austere program.
List of works
3 Pieces for piano, Op.114 Lieder, Op.2Chamber Symphony no. 1 in E major, Op.9Chamber Symphony no. 2, Op.38Das Buch der hängenden Gärten Op.15ErwartungFive Orchestral Pieces, Op.16Friede auf Erden, Op.13Gurre-LiederKaiserwalzer, Op.437Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice, Piano and String Quartet, Op.41Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5Phantasy for violin and piano, Op.47Piano Concerto, Op.42Pierrot LunaireSechs Stücke für Männerchor, op.35: VerbundenheitSix Little Piano Pieces Op.19String Quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor, Op.10String Quartet no. 3, Op.30String Trio, Op.45Three songs for low voice and piano, Op.48 (Drei Lieder für tiefe Stimme und Klavier)Variations on a Recitative for Organ, Op.40Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (arr. E. Steuermann for piano trio)Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for orchestra, Op.4Verklärte Nacht, (Transfigured Night) sextet for strings, Op.4Violin Concerto, Op.36
