Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg was born on this day in 1874 | His signature works include Verklärte Nacht (1899), Gurre-Lieder (1901/11) and Pierrot Lunaire (1912), Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1939) and A Survivor from Warsaw (1947) | In this clip, violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianist Glenn Gould perform Schoenberg's Phantasy for Violin and Piano in 1966 | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/composer-arnold-schoenberg-born-on-this-day-1874/ | The Violin Channel

🎼 Schoenberg’s Op. 11 was one of the first truly atonal piano works.⁠ No key. No home. Just raw tension, fractured lyricism, and emotion stretched to its limits.⁠ ⁠ And in 1972, a young Mitsuko Uchida brought it to life in the semi-finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition — with clarity, boldness, and eerie inevitability.⁠ ⁠ 📽️ This footage is incredibly rare. A glimpse of one of the world’s most revered pianists at the very beginning of her journey, fearlessly tackling one of the m