Soprano Lucy Shelton talks about Schoenberg's masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire, sharing her thoughts on this masterwork one hundred years after the premiere in 1912 and what it is like performing it in advance of her appearance with Hebrides Ensemble on 31st May in the Fruitmarket, Glasgow.
Jessica Duchen, author and musician, talks about Messiaen’s famous Quartet for the End of Time and discusses the context in which it was written – A Prisoner of War Camp in 1940 – and the powerful emotions the work invokes.