Arnold Schoenberg - Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez)

From the Theater an den Wien, Vienna, 2004 Pierre Boulez conducts a Triple Bill. Watch it here: Anja Silja - Pierrot Ensemble Intercontemporain Pierre Boulez - conductor Sets and Costumes by Gilles Aillaud Lighting by Dominique Borrini Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: A vocal melodrama around the Pierrot poems of Albert Giraud, Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21, is a startling work of raw expressionism. Notorious as the most shocking atonal musical work of its time, it is scored for a small ensemble and a soprano employing Sprechgesang. Acclaimed for her acting abilities, the celebrated German singer Anja Silja takes the role of Schoenberg’s Pierrot: not simply the traditional figure of pathos but a dislocated, splintered personality who rasps out tortured and often violent fantasies. © Licensed by Digital Classics