Anton Webern - Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6

Anton Webern (1883 - 1945) - Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6, original version (1909) I. Etwas bewegte [0:00] II. Bewegte [1:05] III. Zart bewegte [2:35] IV. Langsam. Marcia funebre [3:30] V. Sehr langsam [7:45] VI. Zart bewegte [10:11] Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez (1994) Anton Webern’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 were written in 1909, when Webern was in his mid-twenties. They were premiered in 1913, conducted by Arnold Schoenberg, who had a substantial influence on the work. Webern later revised the pieces, reworking the instrumentation and reducing the size of the orchestra. A typical performance lasts around 12 minutes. “In his Op. 6, Webern created music of unprecedented spareness of texture, while being downright garrulous compared to the micro-music shortly to come from his pen, e.g., the string quartet Bagatelles, Op. 9, the Orchestral Pieces, Op. 10, the Cello Pieces, Op. 11, and the much later (1934) Concerto for Nine Instruments: all of t