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Arnold Schoenberg’s modernist masterpiece “Pierrot lunaire” in a rare staged performance. The program begins with a set of new preludes inspired by “Pierrot.”
Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire is one of the seminal works of musical modernism, a work as challenging as it is gripping, a kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria in twenty-one brief, gemlike movements. Written for chamber ensemble and reciter, whose vocalizations are poised between speech and song, Pierrot lunaire leads us through the “moonstruck” fantasies of the title character, that clown-like figure from the commedia dell’arte tradition. By turns comic, grotesque, disturbing, and ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Seating is general admission, and tickets for the general public are $20, with special pricing for UIW students, staff, and faculty. Pierrot lunaire will be sung in the original German, with English subtitles.
Phone: 210-829-3855
Email: mtwright@uiwtx.edu
Website: https://www.uiw.edu/chass/academics/departments/music/uiwmusicevents.html
LOCATION
4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209