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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Op. 31, Nos. 1, 2 ("Tempest") and 3 (Glenn Gould; Columbia; $5.98). Hindemith: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 and 3 (Glenn Gould; Columbia; $5.98). It is now a decade since the happy hypochondriac of music abandoned the recital stage to devote his life to producing radio documentaries in his native Canada, staying warm (he still wears sweaters and mufflers on the balmiest days) and, fortunately for the rest of the world, continuing to make some of the finest, most original and pleasantly outrageous recordings...
MATHER HOUSE DINING ROOM. I Solisti di Mather. Works for string orchestra conducted by Michael Harris. Hindemith, Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Sammartini. Free. Sunday, November...
...EVENING OPENED with Morgenmusik by Hindemith, an ensemble for two trumpets and two trombones first performed on a tower the morning of a German music festival. To duplicate the original effect the four instrumentalists performed the short piece of three movements in the gallery above the Sanders stage, with the orchestra and audience straining to watch. Blending might have been difficult, because of the extraordinary distance between the trumpets and trombones, but the four soloists maintained good ensemble, although they had some problems with intonation and rhythm...
...Hindemith, the audience had stopped rattling their programs and was ready for Starker. But he was not ready for them. He performed the first movement of Vivaldi's concerto in D major for cello--a violin concerto rescored for cello--as though his appearance were just another night shift on the assembly line. He payed little attention to the orchestra, which had difficulty adjusting to the soloist's rhythm. In the second movement, Starker finally shed his coldness, swaying his body to listen to the concertmaster and moving his eyebrows as he explored the beauty of Vivaldi's larghetto...
MEMORIAL CHURCH. Eileen Hunt, organist, in recital. Program of Dandrieu, Bach, Langlais, Hindemith, and Dupre. Free. Wednesday, October...