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Vienna’s Mecca for “Modern” Music: Pierrot Lunaire and more at the Schönberg Center

By Chanda VanderHart, 26 September 2015
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Reviewed at Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna on 24 September 2015
Programme
Bjelik, Other (Umkreisungen)
Berg, Four pieces for clarinet and piano, Op.5
Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire
Performers
Ensemble Kontrapunkte
Peter Keuschnig, Conductor
Wolfgang Klinser, Clarinet
Rainer Keuschnig, Piano
Katharina Rikus, Mezzo-soprano
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Chanda VanderHart
Chanda VanderHart
Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.