“Unanswered Questions”: Musical Modernism between 1910 and 1920

The decade between 1910 and 1920 saw the First World War and the Russian Revolution. During the same period, dramatic upheavals also occurred in the world of European music: these were the years of the last works of Mahler and Debussy, of free atonality in the Second Viennese School headed by Schoenberg, of the scandalous premiere of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps and of experimental compositions by outsiders such as Leoš Janáček and Alexander Scriabin. Our playlist presents this exciting repertoire in performances by the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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Charles Ives The Unanswered Question Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 10 (performing version by Deryck Cooke): Adagio Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, op. 21, 1st Part Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Patricia Kopatchinskaja speaker Egor Egorkin flute Manfred Preis clarinet Krzysztof Polonek violin Naoko Shimizu viola Ludwig Quandt cello Tamara Stefanovich piano
Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps (revised 1947 version) Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker
Claude Debussy Jeux, Poème dansé Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker
Alban Berg Three Pieces for orchestra, op. 6 Daniele Gatti Berliner Philharmoniker
Béla Bartók Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz 48 (concert performance) Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker Rinat Shaham Mezzo-Soprano Gábor Bretz Bass Ulrich Noethen Speaker
Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, op. 21, 2nd Part Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Patricia Kopatchinskaja speaker Egor Egorkin flute Manfred Preis clarinet Krzysztof Polonek violin Naoko Shimizu viola Ludwig Quandt cello Tamara Stefanovich piano
Maurice Ravel La Valse, Poème chorégraphique for orchestra François-Xavier Roth Berliner Philharmoniker
Ferruccio Busoni Tanz-Walzer for orchestra, op. 53 Susanna Mälkki Berliner Philharmoniker
Rudi Stephan Music for Orchestra Kirill Petrenko Berliner Philharmoniker
Alexander Scriabin Prométhée – Le Poème du feu, op. 60 Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker Martha Argerich piano Berliner Singakademie Achim Zimmermann chorus master
Leoš Janáček Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra Jakub Hrůša Berliner Philharmoniker
Arnold Schoenberg Pierrot lunaire, op. 21, 3rd Part Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker Patricia Kopatchinskaja speaker Egor Egorkin flute Manfred Preis clarinet Krzysztof Polonek violin Naoko Shimizu viola Ludwig Quandt cello Tamara Stefanovich piano
Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp Berliner Philharmoniker
Edgard Varèse Amériques (1st Version from 1918−1922, revised 1997) Peter Eötvös Berliner Philharmoniker

“Unanswered Questions”: Musical Modernism between 1910 and 1920

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