Simone Young
Date & Time
Fri, May 16, 2025, 20:00Sound sorceress Simone Young will be conducting the BRSO for the third time in a program that she herself has chosen. It includes Anton Webern’s Five Pieces for Orchestra, in which Webern condenses the atonal language established by Schönberg into a miniature form (the fourth movement consists of only six measures). This masterful aphorism forms an antipode to the grotesque atmosphere of Alban Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra, which the 29-year-old composer wrote as an apprentice piece for the 40th... Read full text
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Musicians
Simone Young | Conductor |
Maria Bengtsson | Soprano |
Michael Volle | Bariton |
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks |
Program
Anton Webern | 5 Pieces for Orchestra, op.10 |
Alban Berg | Three Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6 |
Alexander von Zemlinsky | “Lyric Symphony”, op. 18 |