Composer of the Week - Anton Webern - Episode 2

Anton Webern (1883-1945) 2/5. Donald Macleod reveals how tragedy blighted Webern's early career, and considers the way his erratic, headstrong personality shaped the music he wrote. Schmerz, immer blick nach oben (Three pieces for string quartet) Dorothy Dorow (soprano) Schoenberg Quartet Five Movements, Op 5 (String orchestra version) Munchener Kammerorchester Christoph Poppen (conductor) Three Songs (Nos 1 and 2) Svetlana Savenko (soprano) Yuri Polubelov (piano) Entflieht auf leichten Kahnen, Op 2 Netherlands Chamber Choir Six Pieces, Op 6 The Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor) Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op 7 Jesse Mills (violin) Christopher Oldfather (piano) Six Songs, Op 14 Heather Harper (soprano) Members of the London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor).