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 [log in to unmask]