Steven Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>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.

Which received its world premiere in 1961 - in Seattle....

Also the Passacaglia, Op.1, is far from atonal, although a darker work
than either mentioned so far.

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

Indeed.  try the Symphony or the Concerto for the "real" Webern.

Deryk Barker
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