Composer of the Week - Anton Webern - Episode 5

Anton Webern (1883-1945) 5/5. Donald Macleod reflects on Webern's intense love of his homeland Austria, which helped him through the difficulties of the Second World War until his death at the hands of an American soldier. Variations, Op 30 Ulster Orchestra Takuo Yuasa (conductor) Three Songs, Op 25 Halina Lukomska (soprano) Charles Rosen (piano) Im Sommerwind Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Variations for piano, Op 27 Barry Douglas (piano) Cantata No 2, Op 31 Christiane Oelze (soprano) Gerald Finley (bass) BBC Singers Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) Ideale Landschaft Svetlana Savenko (soprano) Yuri Polubelov (piano).