Five Pieces for Orchestra [SEP] inception
Five Pieces for Orchestra
The Five Pieces for Orchestra (Fünf Orchesterstücke), Op. 16, were composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1909. The titles of the pieces, reluctantly added by the composer after the work's completion upon the request of his publisher, are as follows:
The "Five Pieces" further develop the notion of "total chromaticism" that Schoenberg introduced in his "Three Piano Pieces", Op. 11 (composed earlier that year) and were composed during a time of intense personal and artistic
- Thames Festival: new pieces by Orlando Gough
- Sep - Christuskirche London: Bach Cantata
- Jul - Beethoven 9th Symphony with Forest Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jul - Christuskirche London: Bach Cantata
- Jun - Filming of "streets of London" arrangement by Peter Gritton for WDR German Television
- May - Christuskirche London: A cappella Concert
- Mar - Master class: Bach Cantata with Christoph Siebert
- Feb - St Matthew Passion with West-London Bach Consort
- Jan - Christuskirche London: Bach