The Adrian Boult society met on Friday 11 November for a
lecture delivered by writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley on the Second
Viennese school of composers.
Gavin touched on some fascinating questions, such as
whether or not the world is (as Schoenberg believed) naturally in a state of
dissonance, and how atonal music evolved gradually form the highly chromatic
tonal music that preceded it. It was a pleasure to hear an expert talk
about a subject he so obviously loves.
