| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 30-May-2012 City Halls: Concert Hall | The New Century: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Schubert, Schoenberg and Berg |
Few quotations have surprised, delighted and saddened me as much as this remark by Schoenberg: "There is nothing I long for more intensely than to be taken for a better sort of Tchaikovsky. People should know my tunes and whistle them." This was one of several anecdotes offered by Discovering Music's Stephen Johnson in the pre-concert talk on "The New Century". In the first of two concerts, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presented a programme of works by Schoenberg, Berg and Schubert. Schubert? In the new century?Read full review... | |