Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Variations for Orchestra Op. 31 (1926–28) is an orchestral piece a set of variations on a theme composed by Arnold Schoenberg and is his first twelve-tone composition for a large ensemble. Premiered in December 1928 by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler it was greeted by a tumultuous scandal.The theme of the piece is stated in measures 34–57. The orchestration includes a flexatone.
