Three masterpieces conducted by Pierre Boulez

This is a long video. What is especially dear to my heart is the "Lulu Suite" by Berg. Whereas "Wozzeck" was not twelve-tone but actually atonal, "Lulu" IS a twelve- tone opera......and trust me, this music will NOT hurt your ears! Stay tuned for a performance of Stravinsky's "Firebird"......it's a blast!

Bodily functions in opera?

Notice that in opera bodily functions are almost never mentioned, with the only exception(that I know of) being Act I scene 4 of Alban Berg's opera "Wozzeck". The doctor goes on and on about how he caught Wozzeck urinating in the street. Almost comical if the story wasn't so bleak and stark.

Wozzeck....a 20th Century classic!

To the Memory of an Angel

Berg's heart felt memorial to the death of Manon, daughter of Walter Gropius and Alma Maria Mahler(widow of Gustav Mahler). This work was the last composition by Berg and was not premiered until shortly after his death in 1935. This is one of the greatest Violin Concertos of the Twentieth Century.

Listen carefully and enjoy! It "won't hurt your ears"!

Lyrical music

Time to post music by Alban Berg. Even as he was a tall man, he was a giant in the early 20th Century. He worked with both Schoenberg and Webern to advance the cause of both atonality and serialism. This has always been one of the composer's most well known works.

This won't "hurt your ears", either!

LISTEN AND ENJOY!