Alban Berg (1885-1935) Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an angel' (26:05 m

Venue of Concert: La Scala, Milan Concert date: 24/03/2025 -1- Anton Webern (1883-1945) - Langsamer Satz (11:37 min.) **Langsamer Satz** (Slow Movement) is a single-movement string quartet composition by Anton Webern, completed in 1905 during his studies with Arnold Schoenberg.[1][3] ## Composition Background Webern, aged 21, wrote the piece amid romantic inspiration from hiking with his cousin Wilhelmine Mörtl, whom he later married; diary entries describe ecstatic love filling the universe, evoking influences like Schoenberg's *Verklärte Nacht*. Intended as the first movement of a full quartet, it remained unfinished and was lost until rediscovered in the early 1960s by scholars Hans and Rosaleen Moldenhauer in an Austrian attic. Premiered publicly in 1962 by the University of Washington String Quartet in Seattle, it reflects Webern's early post-Romantic style before his atonal turn.[2][3][5] ## Musical Characteristics Marked *Langsam, mit bewegtem Ausdruck* (Slow, with moving expression‎), the roughly 8-minute work follows sonata form in C minor (or E-flat major per some sources), blending Brahmsian rhetoric and sonority with innovative effects like tremolo sul ponticello. It features chromatic tonality, sweeping melodies, dramatic turmoil, yearning, and tranquil lyricism across four sections plus coda, showcasing contrapuntal skill amid rich harmonies.[3][4][5][1] ## Notable Recordings - Emerson String Quartet (1992): Emphasizes its length and expressiveness.[2] - SWR Symphonieorchester members (2023): Recent live performance.[6] - Novus Quartet: Available on Spotify.[8] 출처 [1] Langsamer Satz für Streichquartett (1905) https://www.kammermusikfuehrer.de/werke/4017 [2] Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz {Slow Movement} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGDHGk_49w [3] Langsamer Satz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langsamer_Satz [4] Langsamer Satz (Webern, Anton) https://imslp.org/wiki/Langsamer_Satz_(Webern,_Anton) [5] Langsamer Satz, ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) https://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org/individual-program-notes/anton-webern-(1883-1945)/langsamer-satz [6] Webern - Langsamer Satz für Streichquartett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKz0bLgnjh0 [7] Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQXyVVm75bY [8] Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/0R2qyLsZ2RGLTVuWYqaRWS [9] Adagio (Langsamer Satz) | Anton Webern https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/60643/Adagio-Langsamer-Satz--Anton-Webern/ -2- Alban Berg (1885-1935) Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an angel' (26:05 min.) I. Andante - Allegretto II. Allegro (ma sempre rubato) - Adagio Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin -3- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Adagio, from 'Sonata No. 3 in C for Solo Violin, BWV 1005' (encore) (4:05 min.) Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin -4- Richard Wagner (1813-1883) / Henk de Vlieger (1953), arranger, 2005 Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute (54:50 min.) Vorspiel Versammlung der Meistersinger Gesang der Lehrbuben Sachsens Monolog Vorspiel III Taufspruch Züge der Zünfte - VIII Tanz der Lehrbuben Aufzug der Meistersinger Walthers Preislied Schlussgesang Performers for whole concert: La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra Daniele Gatti, conductor 음반) Richard Wagner / Parsifal - Prelude to Act I (12:35) Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado, conductor