Larry asks:

>Watching the PBS broadcast of the SSO first concert in their new venue,
>I was extremely taken with the Webern work, Langsamer Satz.  ...  Are
>there any other Webern pieces of similar ilk?

Try Im Sommerwind.

>Was this a transcription of a work for string quartet?

Yes.  The Carmina Quartet does a nice version.

>I am not familiar with Webern's works but would guess that this
>piece is quite atypical.

Yes.

Steve Schwartz