20th Century Masterworks

We explore the “Romantic side” of three 20th century masters in this broadcast: Webern, Schoenberg, and Ives. The program opens with Webern’s Straussian Im Sommerwind or “In the Summer Breeze.” That’s followed by Schoenberg’s lush tone portrait of the doomed lovers Pelleas and Melisande. After a first half dominated by the Second Viennese School, we then return to local shores with a performance of a work premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 1951: The Symphony No. 2 by insurance-exec-by-day/composer-by-night, Charles Ives. Alan Gilbert conducts.