To be comprehensive, he has to include well-known incidents (for instance, those involving Bruno Walter, Fritz Busch, Furtwaengler, and
Hindemith) and institutional developments (such as the establishment of a Reich Music Chamber, the role of the Hitler Youth, education, the Protestant Church, and so on) at the risk of being repetitive.
Some of the most vivid arose out of temporary separations from Gertrud, whom
Hindemith married in 1924.
With the onset of National Socialism in Germany,
Hindemith began almost immediately to feel the pressures of the party in conflict with his own proclivities--innovative, but decidedly unrevolutionary--as a composer;
Hindemith never abandoned tonality as had Schoenberg and his disciples, and always believed himself to be continuing, as opposed to breaking with, the great Austro-Germanic tradition that included Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner.
( Matthias the Painter, 1938; text by
Hindemith) is probably his best - known opera.
I was not familiar with pastorales by Gounod, Chaminade, Dohnanyi,
Hindemith, Fanny Mendelssohn and Bridge, and was delighted to find them in this collection.
But she's happy with the program for her last concert with the orchestra: Christopher Theofanidis' "Rainbow Body," Paul
Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" Symphony and the much-loved Symphony No.
At first glance, it may seem that Arnold Schoenberg and Paul
Hindemith would make an odd couple for a shared study.
While
Hindemith spent the 1920s writing lean music for small ensembles, his 1930 Concert Music For Strings and Brass is a cascade of sound, here brought thrillingly and powerfully to life by the Phil's strings and brass sections, including an opening which is the tricky musical equivalent of patting your head and rubbing your tummy.
Bernstein's Clarinet Sonata of 1942 - which nods admiringly in the direction of
Hindemith with a pre-echo of West Side Story - formed a bridge between Brahms and the jauntier late 20th century items after the interval.
Hindemith's Sonata for trumpet and piano and Helical Strake by Graham Fitkin, however, were totally different.
Every Sunday, the Boston Philarmonic was broadcast on the radio and one afternoon, I heard Serge Koussevitzky conducting
Hindemith's Mathis der Maler.
He was also associated with some of the most influential song composers of his time, including Paul
Hindemith, Aaron Copland, Ernst Bacon, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Leonard Bernstein.
Jaroslav Vogel and world-renowned composers -
Hindemith, Stravinsky, Prokofiev
So when the likes of David Matthews, Cecilia McDowall or Valentinas Bagdonas were exposed alongside Haydn or
Hindemith, Beethoven or Bartk it served only to remind us that all music was contemporary once.
Chisholm also brought many important composers to Scotland for the first time, including Bartok and
Hindemith, and these visits are fully described.
