Verklarte Night

Verklarte Night (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 is one movement string sextet for two violins, violas and cello composed by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in 1899. Born in 13 September, 1874, Schoenberg is the master of the twelve tone technique. It is a highly romantic piece and was the first chamber music written as a symphonic poem. Later in 1917, Schoenberg arranged the original string sextet for string orchestra and finally revised it in 1943. The music is inspired by Richard Dehmel poem and his strong feelings after meeting Mathilde Von Zemlinsky whom he later married, and is divided into 5 sections.

With an overall duration of 32 minutes, the poem describes a man and a woman walking through a dark forest on a moonlight night. On walking, the woman confesses that she is pregnant with the child of another man. The poem perfectly reflects the emotions of the man and woman. The slow sad introduction in the beginning slowly leads to bright and happy ending when the man forgives and accepts the woman for

I could perfectly feel the love and forgiveness scenario reflected in the beautiful poem. The poem was so emotional that listening to every beats of it, I could feel tears rolling down my eyes and my heart getting painful. Although there was a sad beginning when woman apologized her mistake but at last, there was a happy conclusion which I loved the most. As a listener, I feel music should be such which can beautifully narrate a story, take me deep into emotions and as the music ends leaves the listener with a happy and jolly mood. And, this was the piece I was exactly wandering of. The perfect combo of emotions and story made me feel I heard the best piece. I feel piece like these can make any people cry. Not only is this piece emotionally touching and heart melting, but also intellectually engaging. This piece carries a beautiful message of forgiveness given by man to woman which is absolutely the best