Hindemith's three piano sonatas date from 1936, when the composer was under pressure from the Nazis over his opera Mathis der Maler. Malcolm MacDonald's notes suggest that Hindemith saw the piano as ...
We don't hear enough of composer Paul Hindemith (1895- 1963). Two years ago, his 1940 Cello Concerto proved a revelation when the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra programmed it with soloist Johannes ...
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Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown, performs sonatas by Mozart, Weber, Hindemith and Beethoven at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell ...
Composers have long taken inspiration from landscape, and much of Daniel Elms’ absorbing Islandia is rooted in the ambience, sights and sounds of his home city, Hull. If you’ve not been there, book a ...
Edward Gardner starts Britten’s Piano Concerto with amazing ferocity and drive. Winds and horns make light work of their repeated quavers, and Howard Shelley relishes the fast tempo when he makes his ...
From the moment that Shura Cherkassky bustled on to the stage, you knew that you were going to enjoy yourself. There was a flamboyance to his public persona, but that only enhanced the magic: he ...