The "Schönberg Fest" in March celebrates 15 years of the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, which opened its doors for the first time in March 1998.
In this context, a Gala concert will take place on Saturday, March 16th at 19:30 CEST, including the highlight of the Schönberg Fest: a concert with Maestros Zubin Mehta and René Staar conducting members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Ensemble Wiener Collage. This special program includes the famous Chamber Symphony op. 9 by Arnold Schönberg as well as new works by Stankovski, Sánchez-Chiong, Deutsch, Wysocki, and Staar, many of which are world premieres.
Maestro Zubin Mehta conducts this concert in recognition of his first public concert in Vienna (Brahms-Saal, Musikverein) as a student of Hans Swarowski in 1958 with the same Schönberg piece.
PROGRAM:
Arnold Schönberg Kammersymphonie für fünfzehn Soloinstrumente Op. 9
Alexander Stankovski Spiegel-Maske-Gesicht für Kammerensemble
Jorge Sánchez-Chiong Three studies für Klarinette solo
Bernd Richard Deutsch Variationen für Klarinette, Akkordeon, Violine, Viola und Kontrabass
Zdzisław Wysocki Etüde 7 op. 54 No. 7; Etüde 102 op. 69 No. 18 (World Premiere)
René Staar 8 Bagatellen auf den Namen György Ligeti, Op. 14/3a No. 1 und 8
This concert has been made possible through the generous support of The City of Vienna, BMUKK, GFÖM / AKM, SKE / austro mechana and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
The Cast
| Conductors |
Zubin Mehta René Staar |
| Clarinet | Stefan Neubauer |
| Piano | Johannes Marian |
| Ensemble Wiener Collage | |
| Members of the Vienna Philharmonic | |
| Film Director | Matthias Leutzendorff |
The Venue
Arnold Schönberg Center
