While the image of Brahms as a turbulent and highly sensitive ‘Great Romantic’ is easily understood, Arnold Schoenberg is perhaps not the first composer to come to mind when we think of Romanticism in music. But Schoenberg’s string sextet Transfigured Night, written during his tonal, High Romantic period of composition, represents the height of this era’s fascination with intensified human emotions and feelings. Read the full review.
Australian Stage Online
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