TITLE: The Cleveland Orchestra: Franz in Vienna | |||
Director: Clyde Scott Genre: Concert Format: HD Composer: Mozart, Schoenberg Contributors: Franz Welser-Most, Company: The Cleveland Orchestra & Lumahai Productions Runtime: 68' minutes. ID: 475. |
SYNOPSIS
September 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg's birth. Conductor Franz Welser-Möst contrasts Mozart´s Divertimento No.2, KV 131, written by the 16-year-old with the mature Arnold Schoenberg´s Variations for Orchestra op. 31 in this concert of the Cleveland Orchestra. A Divertimento, he explains, is entertainment with a lot of dance music. Schoenberg´s Variations are varying a twelve-tone melody, but underneath you discover dance elements taken from folk music, a nostalgic memory of the Vienna of his childhood.