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Georg Friedrich Haas

Robert Worby presents a focus on the music of Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas. With Introduktion und Transsonation; Saxophone Concerto and String Quartet No 2.

Robert Worby presents a focus on the music of Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, with performances recorded earlier this year. Haas is a leading exponent of spectral music, whose use of micropolyphony, microintervals and overtones follows in the tradition of Ligeti.

In Composers' Rooms, Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits the home of Claudia Molitor on the Sussex coast.

Haas - Introduktion und Transsonation
Klangforum Wien
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Haas - Saxophone Concerto
Marcus Weiss (saxophone)
91Èȱ¬ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Haas - String Quartet No.2
Arditti Quartet.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 20 Sep 2014 22:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 22:30

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