The Expressionist Painter
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): 2/5. The Expressionist Painter: Donald Macleod looks at Schoenberg's marital crisis, which he transformed into music and paintings.
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
2/5. The Expressionist Painter
Donald Macleod explores the effect on Schoenberg of his wife's affair, a personal crisis which he transformed into music as well as paintings, forming an important friendship with the artist Kandinsky.
Wenn Ich Heut Nicht Deinen Lieb Beruhre (Das Buch der Hangenden Garten, Op 15)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Iain Burnside (piano)
String Quartet No 2 (3rd, 4th mvts)
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Arditti Quartet
Three piano pieces, Op 11
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Five orchestral pieces
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor).
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- Tue 18 Mar 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 18 Mar 200820:45BBC Radio 3
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