Donald Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ... in a church in Austin Texas about ten years ago, a visiting string
>quartet (may have been the Coull) played Webern twice for the audience
>(can't remember whether it was the Five Movements or the Six Bagatelles),
>explaining that they were doing so because 'you don't get many chances
>to hear this music', and, if memory serves, moved closer to the audience
>for the second performance.  The playing was beautiful, the audience
>charmed and appreciative.

Oliver Knussen frequently repeats entire works by Webern immediately after
performing them the first time.

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