In 1940, Paul Hindemith wrote a piece music based on themes written more than a century earlier by Carl Maria von Weber. He kept Weber's basic ideas intact, but gave then some inventive 20th century twists. Hear that piece on today's show: the "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber", by Paul Hindemith, from a concert at this year's BBC Proms.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Alexander Scriabin: Two Etudes: C-sharp minor, F-sharp minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Album: Alexander Scriabin - The Complete Etudes
Bridge 9287
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Orquesta del Lyceum de La Habana | Jose Mendez Padron, conductor
Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany
Edgar Oliviero: Sarahnade Mambo
Sarah Willis, horn | Orquesta del Lyceum de La Habana | Jose Mendez Padron, conductor
Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany
Stewart Goodyear: Piano Quartet
Jun Iwasaki, violin | Cynthia Phelps, viola | Mark Kosower, cello | Stewart Goodyear, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, The Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, WA
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
92nd Street Y, Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, NY
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545: I. Allegro
Christian Zacharias, piano
Album: 50 Best Piano
EMI Records
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
Aaron Copland: Our Town
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Album: Copland: Music for Films
RCA 61699
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in G minor, Hob. XVI:44
Christian Zacharias, piano
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
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