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Alban Berg
Born: 9th February 1885, Vienna, Austria
Died: 24th December 1935, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Alban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively small oeuvre, he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing "entire worlds of emotion and structure".
Berg was born and lived in Vienna. He began to compose at the age of fifteen.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Berg
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Further Reading: Berg
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Leonskaja celebrates the Second Viennese School
27th Sep 2024
Elisabeth Leonskaja's persuasive and engaging recital of piano works that are often misunderstood is an essential listen, whether mention of the Second Viennese School excites you or normally sends you running for the hills.
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A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
8th Sep 2023
The quartet - joined by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou - go out on a high after nearly fifty years of music-making, with a programme of early twentieth-century works themed around journeying and longing.
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Popular Works: Berg
- 3 Wozzeck-Fragments (8)
- 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (23)
- Adagio - 2nd movement of the Chamber Concert (9)
- An Leukon (8)
- Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments (38)
- Der Wein (18)
- Die Nachtigall (24)
- Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6 (39)
- Er klagt, daß der Frühling so kurz blüht (6)
- Erster Verlust (4)
- Ferne Lieder (6)
- Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (41)
- Fraue, du Süsse (4)
- Grabschrift (4)
- Ich will die Fluren meiden (4)
- Im Zimmer (7)
- Jugendlieder (10)
- Lulu (19)
- Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra (39)
- Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) (39)
- Lyric Suite - for soprano and string quartet (6)
- Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928) (35)
- Mignon (5)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (132)
- Regen (4)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (12)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1907 version) (10)
- Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version) (13)
- Sehnsucht I (5)
- Sieben frühe Lieder (77)
- Sommertage (4)
- Spaziergang (4)
- String Quartet, Op. 3 (39)
- Tiefe Sehnsucht (4)
- Traumgekrönt (4)
- Über den Bergen (4)
- Vielgeliebte schöne Frau (3)
- Vier Lieder, Op. 2 (26)
- Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) (104)
- Wozzeck (33)
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