Franz in Vienna
Adella Premium Content
•
1h 7m
MOZART Divertimento No. 2
SCHOENBERG Variations for Orchestra
At home in Austria, Franz Welser-Möst takes a walk through Vienna, a city steeped in centuries of music history as the home of many famous composers — including Mozart and Schoenberg — and the storied Musikverein. Best remembered for his modernist rejection of tonal music, Schoenberg nevertheless embraced tradition later in his life. His Variations for Orchestra pays homage to classical composers like Mozart, whose Second Divertimento complements this newer Viennese work.
Up Next in Adella Premium Content
-
The Linz Connection
MOZART Symphony No. 36 (“Linz”)
Written on a trip from Vienna to Salzburg, Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony was named for Franz Welser-Möst’s Austrian hometown. The Music Director recalls the cultural flowering he witnessed there as a student and reminisces about his earliest days as an aspiring conduct...
-
Alan Gilbert’s Colorful Soundscape
DEBUSSY 𝘓𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳 (The Sea)
CHIN 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢́ for Orchestra
BOULANGER 𝘋’𝘶𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘴 (On a Spring Morning)Light, shade, and color play an integral role in this luminously French program of Boulanger, Debussy, and Korean composer Unsuk Chin. Conductor Alan Gilbert reminisces about his days as a...
-
Peter Otto Brings it Home
WALTON Violin Concerto
First Associate Concertmaster Peter Otto shares his interpretation of Walton’s Violin Concerto — 83 years after its world premiere with The Cleveland Orchestra. Otto discusses the piece and its lineage, as well as his own sense of musical community.
