Streichquartett, op. 3 / Lyrische Suite

Streichquartett, Op. 3 and the Lyrische Suite are chamber works by Alban Berg, composed in 1910 and 1926 respectively. Musically they chart Berg's progression from late-Romantic chromaticism towards the more advanced atonal and twelve-tone techniques of his later period, employing concentrated string textures, intricate motivic development and an expressionist harmonic language that situates them within the evolution of early 20th-century modernism.