Anton Webern

Anton Weberns Langsamer Satz for string quartet was performed as part of the My GAIA concert during the Festivals 2012 edition Composed in 1905 Langsamer Satz is in traditional sonata form and in the key of C Major it would be another twenty years before Webern turned to twelvetone technique Langsamer Satz premiered in 1962 seventeen years after Weberns death and has the longest playing time of any piece in his body of work