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Performances of Arnold Schönberg's Masterworks in Barcelona, Tourcoing, Paris, and Munich

Apr. 11, 2024

Eun Sun Kim leads the Orquestra Simfónica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and soprano Heidi Melton in performances of Arnold Schönberg's one-act monodrama, Erwartung alongside Beethoven's Seventh Symphony at L'Auditori in Barcelona on April 12-13.

In addition to Schönberg's original version for soprano and orchestra, versions of Erwartung for medium voice and orchestra and soprano and chamber ensemble are also available from Universal Edition.


Jessye Norman sings "Da kommt ein Licht" from Schönberg's Erwartung

On April 19-20, Sir Simon Rattle leads the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bavarian Radio Chorus, and MDR Chorus in performances of Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder at the Isarphilharmonie in Munich. The acclaimed roster of soloists includes Stuart Skelton, tenor; Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Josef Wagner, bass-baritone; Peter Hoare, tenor; and Thomas Quasthoff, speaker.


"Seht die Sonne" from Gurre-Lieder performed by the chorus of Dutch National Opera

Finally, Schönberg's Pelleas und Melisande will be performed by Les Siècles, under the baton of François-Xavier Roth on April 28 at the Théâtre Raymond Devos in Tourcoing and on April 30 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.

Schönberg wrote Pelleas und Melisande in 1902 after Strauss had recommended to him Maurice Maeterlinck’s five-act drama with its sequence of mood and scene paintings heavily laden with symbolism. The first performance in Vienna in 1905, under Schönberg’s direction, unleashed a grand furore. The compser recalled, "one of the critics suggested putting me in a mental institution and keeping manuscript paper out of my reach."  


Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5/Arnold Schönberg/Lucerne Festival, 2003/Pierre Boulez, conductor

To learn more about Arnold Schönberg, visit universaledition.com, and read "On the 150th Birthday of Arnold Schönberg" by Universal Edition here.

Arnold Schönberg
Erwartung, Op. 17 (1909)
monodrama in one act
for soprano and orchestra
30'

Gurre-Lieder (1900-1911)
for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
text (Ger) by Jens Peter Jacobsen
8.5.7.5-10.6.btpt.6.btbn.1-timp-perc-4hp-cel-str
130'

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