Word: hindemith
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...affectation. They were at their best in a charming Hymn to Poseidon by Rameau, and Madrigals by Arcadelt, Banchieri, and Morley. A tendency for the first sopranos to get out of tune redeemed itself with sparkling performances of Two Hungarian Songs by Bartok and A Song of Music by Hindemith...
...hall). Dean Paul A. McGhee of N.Y.U.'s Division of General Education hopes to enlarge the series further by 1958, believes there is an audience for chamber music in lower Manhattan. This week at N.Y.U., the Totenberg Instrumental Ensemble, headed by distinguished Violinist Roman Totenberg, will play Bach, Hindemith's Trauermusik,. Vivaldi's Winter Concerto (from the Four Seasons...
Fresh from triumph as concerto soloist with the Pierian, sophomore David Hurwitz gave sonata recital on May 11 in Adams Dining Hall. Topnotch violin playing in solid Hindemith and Beethoven works, despite an occasional uneven bowing. Intonation accurate, tone never forced. Molds beautiful lines with much care; has great insight into phrasing of the music. A real musician's violinist in the best Mischa Elman tradition. For my money, the finest undergraduate violinist here in at least ten years; has the stuff of which great fiddlers are made. Jonathan Thackeray his partner at the piano. Formidable technique, but tended...
...complete contrast to this light-hearted parody was Hindemith's thorny Mathis der Maler, presented over the weekend in English by the B.U. Opera School. The costumes, lights, and staging were equal to and often above professional standards. The opera deals with Mathias Grunwald, the great 16th century painter and the place of the artist, or indeed of any man, in the world...
...music is Hindemith at his very best, reaching great emotional depth in the last act. The score does not compromise; it is a far cry from a Puccini or a Menotti opera. But the vocal lines float like ships on the great tidal wave of the orchestra, and, as the scenes go by, the music becomes more lyrical until at the end no one notices that the style is difficult and unfamiliar; the drama and the music have become a single experience in the listener's mind. Mathis der Maler is one of the most moving works of 20th century...