Shattered Porcelin
This is a video of Christoph von Dohnanyi leading the Arnold and Ruth Black Pick-Up Philharmonia in a strong, stoic, and crisp rendition of Webern’s orchestration of Bach’s Musical Offering BWV 1079 in Royal Albert Hall.
http://instantencore.com/video/details.aspx?Source=youtube&SourceId=qV0U-lB45RY
Bach originally dedicated the work to Frederick the Great in 1747 (thus the term ‘Musical Offering.’ Webern begun rekindling this piece in 1934, when another authoritarian figure was coming into view in Deutschland.
