Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20170102 | Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon on 3 comprising EBU and BBC performing groups as part of Radio 3's celebration of the Second Viennese School. Set in the context of the composers who influenced them, there'll be music from Bach, Mozart, Richard Strauss and Schoenberg's teacher Zemlinsky, along with Schoenberg's first important work, Verkl䀀rte Nacht. 2pm Schoenberg: Verkl䀀rte Nacht, Op.4 RTVE Symphony Orchestra Leopold Hager (conductor) Bach: Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV.1041, for violin and string orchestra Rachel Podger (director) BBC National Orchestra of Wales c.2.45pm Webern: Entflieht auf leichten K䀀hnen, Op.2 2 WDR Radio Chorus Robert Blank (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No.1 in E, Op. 9 Basel Sinfonietta Duncan Ward (conductor) c.3.10pm Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Op.23 BBC Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Berg: 3 Pieces, Op.6, for orchestra Oliver Knussen (conductor) c.3.55pm Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op.11 Alberto Menendez (horn) BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena (conductor) Mozart: Symphony in D major, K.121, (Finale) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles (conductor) 4.25pm The World of the Second Viennese School in 5 Objects Tom McKinney looks at Richard Gerstl's curious 'Laughing Self-portrait', a painting which epitomizes the artist's demise at the height of expressionism. Penny Gore presents music by Schoenberg, Bach, Weber, Zemlinsky, Berg, Strauss and Mozart. | |
| 02 | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | 20170103 | Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon on 3 comprising EBU and BBC performing groups as part of Radio 3's celebration of the Second Viennese School. Today's programme includes three pieces written in 1909: Schoenberg's Buch der hangenden Garten, Berg's Piano Sonata no.1 and Webern's 6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6. Plus highlights from a concert performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with two composers who were a great influence on Schoenberg, Mozart and Mahler. 2pm Schoenberg: Buch der h䀀ngenden Garten, Op.15 Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Gerold Huber (piano) Webern: 6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6 Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra Susanna M䀀lkki (conductor) c.2.40pm Berg: Piano Sonata, Op.1 David Huang (piano) c.2.55pm Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate - motet K.165 Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Donald Runnicles (conductor) 4.25pm The World of the Second Viennese School in 5 Objects Tom McKinney tracks down three asteroids that mark the achievements of the Second Viennese School, visiting the Institut fur Astronomie at the University of Vienna, and explores the idea of a new musical universe that was so central to Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. Penny Gore presents music by Schoenberg, Webern, Berg and Mozart. |
| 03 | 20170104 | Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon on 3 comprising EBU and BBC performing groups as part of Radio 3's celebration of the Second Viennese School. Today includes Berg's Altenberg Lieder, the first performance of which so shocked the audience that it caused a riot. Plus Schoenberg's 2nd Chamber Symphony, and the suite drawn from Berg's unfinished opera, Lulu. 2pm Berg: 5 Altenberg Lieder, Op.4 Ruby Hughes (soprano) BBC Philharmonic John Storgards (conductor) Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op.38 Andrew Gourlay (conductor) c.2.40pm Berg: Lulu Suite Mahler Chamber orchestra Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor) 3.25pm The World of the Second Viennese School in 5 Objects Tom McKinney explores the Schoenberg's new take of chess, his Koalitionsschach, and finds out how it connects to the composer's own experience of the First World War. Penny Gore presents music by Berg and Schoenberg. | |
| 04 | Breaking Free: The BBC Philharmonic Live | 20170106 | Breaking Free - the minds that changed music. Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon on 3 comprising EBU and BBC performing groups as part of Radio 3's celebration of the Second Viennese School. Today begins with a live concert from the BBC Philharmonic. Martyn Brabbins conducts the orchestra in a Schoenberg-themed concert, including his work as an arranger. Then back to the studio with Penny Gore, and performances of Webern's Variations for Orchestra and Berg's Chamber Concerto Op.8 2pm BBC PHILHARMONIC LIVE Presented by Tom Redmond Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Schoenberg: Six Songs Op 8 Brahms orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor Susan Bullock (soprano) Martyn Brabbins (conductor) c.3.25pm - back to the studio with Penny Gore Webern: Variations, Op.30 Ulster Orchestra Jurjen Hempel (conductor) c.3.45pm Berg Chamber Concerto, Op.8 Nicholas Angelich, piano Renaud Capu瀀on, violin Paolo Beltrami, clarinet Alberto Biano, bassoon Federico Cicoria, oboe Vittorio Ferrari, horn Stefano Franceschini, clarinet Corrado Giuffredi, clarinet Bruno Grossi, flute Floriano Rosini, trombone Marco Schiavon, oboe Stefano Semprini, bassoon Ricardo Serrano, horn Maurizio Simeoli, flute Elena Schwarz, conductor 4.25pm The World of the Second Viennese School in 5 Objects Tom McKinney explores the mind of Schoenberg, the father of serial music, through the intriguing games that he invented - from his playing cards to tiddlywinks and his love of tennis. Live from Salford, the BBC Philharmonic performs music by Brahms and Schoenberg. |