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| Composer | Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Late night lunaire: Schoenberg's Pierrot with Claire Booth
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A midsummer night but no moonshine for this madness in the Britten Studio.
A virtuosic Pierrot lunaire at Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden
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Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden celebrates Schoenberg's anniversary with a virtuosic and gripping performance of his unique song cycle Pierrot lunaire, featuring Michaela Selinger as the moon-drunk clown.
Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor
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What do you get for the composer who made – and also kind of broke – everything? Arnold Schoenberg’s well-documented phobia of the number 13 aside, he could not have asked for a superior tribute in his 150th anniversary year.
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StockholmSchönberg's Pierrot lunaire
Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire
Andreas Alin; Mats Allard; Joakim Wendel
ParisBoulez - Ensemble intercontemporain
Debussy, Boulez, Schoenberg
Ensemble intercontemporain; Pierre Boulez; Frédérique Cambreling; Anja Silja
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Bachtrack top ten: Arnold Schoenberg
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Who's afraid of Arnold Schoenberg? His music was met with great hostility from critics and audiences, but his revolutionary “serial” method became the foundation for musical modernism in the 20th century.
Romantic expressions: Arnold Schoenberg before serialism
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Schoenberg is known as the inventor of serialism, but he also worked in lush Romanticism and anguished Expressionism. Enjoy this exploration his early work.