Discovering Music

Arnold Schoenberg

Schoenberg's 2nd Quartet

Saturday 6 January 2007 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)

Recorded in front of an audience at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge with the Quatuor Parisii and soprano Rachel Nichols, Stephen Johnson explores the ideas behind one of Arnold Schoenberg's most extraordinary pieces, the Second String Quartet. It takes the listener on a journey from the music of late romanticism to the expressionism of the early 20th Century.

Duration:

1 hour

Schoenberg's 2nd Quartet dur. 31 minutes (the online audio is truncated for rights reasons)

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