Jelousy and lust to murder

Gesualdo - his life and work, dramatically driven by his cruel capital offense against his wife, whom he murdered within a sinful night of love, caught red-handed with her lover.

Schoenberg - excited by the reading of Richard Dehmel's "Weib und Welt", fueled by the erotic poetry and involved in his own love troubles. An enchantingly beautiful composition about blunders with consequences and tender forgiveness.