Stuart was good enough to invite me to see the final dress rehearsal of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck last night. A fantastic piece of art, I thought - visually, narratively, and sonically. Highly recommended. Atonal (rather than purist 12-tone) music, in the right hands, can be incredibly evocative of modern life and emotions. I would tend to point to Berg and his cohort Anton Von Webern as the most successful to my ears, rather than Arnold Schoenberg, the forefather of the movement and Webern and Berg's teacher.

Anyone else listened to much of this music and care to sound in?

It also made me wonder what happened to our high-minded idea to choose a "classical" piece of music for each music club. I think John Adams signalled the death of that (and rightly so....apologies to whoever proposed him). I think we should should start it up again for the next meeting.