Anton Webern – you must know his name. One of the foremost composers of the past century. You might also know his music, since it is played in concert more often than you would expect.
In this program, you will hear music from no fewer than eleven concerts, from the 1980s to the 2010s. We shall take you for a trip along Webern’s work. Starting with the still-romantic Langsamer Satz (‘slow movement’) from 1905, we shall soon enter the early atonal phase, in which he wrote lieder and extemely brief instrumental pieces. Then, we shall hear the works that gave Webern posthumous fame: the twelve-tone works, where his once so intuitive way of composing turned into a system of all-encompassing control. At the end of the concert, an early Stockhausen work will show what made Webern so important for later generations.
In these two hours, you will hear about fifty individual pieces in total, many of them lasting under a minute. Do take the time for this music. It demands a listener’s utmost attention, every single note matters!
1. Langsamer Satz
2. Entflieht aus leichten Kähnen, Op. 2
3. 5 lieder, Op. 4
4. 4 lieder, Op. 12
5. 4 pieces, Op. 7
6. 3 small pieces, Op. 11
7. 6 bagatelles, Op. 9
8. 5 pieces, Op. 10
9. 5 lieder, Op. 3
10. 5 sacred songs, Op. 15
11. 3 lieder, Op. 25
12. Variations for piano, Op. 27
13. Chamber concerto, Op. 24
14. String trio, Op. 20
15. String quartet, Op. 28
16. Kreuzspiel (Stockhausen)
