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Date: 25.08.2005
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On Thursday 15 September, 成人快手 Radio 3 presents
Webern Day, 60 years to the day after the Austrian composer's
dramatic death.
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His complete works - about five and a half hours in
total - will be broadcast in order of composition throughout the day,
showcasing the entire creative output of one of the 20th century's most
influential composers.
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Webern's works will be placed into Radio 3's regular
schedule and introduced by Radio 3 presenters, along with guests including
Webern biographers Malcolm Hayes and Katherine
Bailey as well as composer Julian Johnson.
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Webern Day continues into the evening, when Andrew
McGregor and guest panellists discuss his life and work, focussing
on the music he wrote between 1924 and his untimely death in 1945.
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In the aftermath of the Second World War, on the evening
of 15 September 1945, Anton Webern stepped outside his house for a cigar
and was shot dead by a cook in the US military in mysterious circumstances.
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Not well-known in his own lifetime, Webern's reputation
soared after his death.
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He saw his music as part of the Austrian tradition,
continuing the line from Mozart, through Beethoven and Schubert, to
Mahler; his works in turn having a profound influence on future composers.
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Unique for their brevity and concision, the effect of
Webern's works - as his teacher Schoenberg put it - is as if a novel
were to be contained within a single sigh.
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Broadcast details:
Webern Day
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Thursday 15 September
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Morning on 3, 7.00-10.00am
Webern's early works presented by Sandy Burnett.
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CD Masters, 10.00am-noon
Opus 1 to Opus 6 presented by Rob Cowan.
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Afternoon Performance, 2.00-3.40pm
Opus 7 to Opus 15 presented by Louise Fryer.
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Making Tracks, 3.40-4.00pm
Kinderst眉ck presented by Angellica Bell
and Adrian Dickson.
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Webern Night, 9.00pm-midnight
Opus 16 to Opus 31 presented by Andrew McGregor
with Julian Johnson, Malcolm Hayes, Katherine
Bailey and others.
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Saturday 10 September
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Discovering Music - Listening to Webern, 2.00-3.00pm
Stephen Johnson takes a close look at the music of
this great Austrian figure - who still provokes bewilderment in certain
quarters - and explores what there is to hear in Webern.
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Sunday 11 September
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Music Matters with Tom Service, 5.45-6.30pm
Sir John Tavener contemplates the "Divine
Vacuity" of Webern's music.
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Sunday Feature - Serialism's Son and Daughters,
9.30-10.15pm
Ivan Hewett seeks traces of Schoenberg's
12-tone compositional technique in the music of the last 80 years.
