Five Orchestral Pieces

Work for large orchestra by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 16, composed in 1909 revised in 1922, and first performed in London, England, on 3 September 1912, conducted by Henry Wood. Schoenberg gave the five pieces the titles Premonitions, The Past, Chord-Colours, Peripetie, and Endless Recitative.

Schoenberg's pupil, Anton Webern, wrote Five Pieces for orchestra 1911-13, first performed at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) concert in Zurich, Switzerland, on 22 June 1926 (four of the five pieces last for less than one minute). Webern's five posthumous pieces for orchestra (1913) were performed in Cologne, Germany, on 13 January 1969.