Finnish researchers have examined how concert hall acoustics can influence the emotional response of a listener. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
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It may have seemed politically naive of Paul Hindemith in 1933 to start planning an opera asserting the moral duty of an artist under a repressive regime, but like many intellectuals of the day, he didn’t take the Nazis seriously and hoped they would soon be out of power. Mathis der Maler would be his undoing and force him into exile in 1938. Hindemith later took themes from the opera and wove them into a large-scale symphony and the harmonic outline of the work brilliantly portrays the internal development of the artist. Christoph Eschenbach’s hyper-romantic way allied with the superb Hamburg orchestra would seem ideal for this reaffirmation of the Germanic symphonic tradition. The opening Concert of Angels promised much with impeccable intonation from blended wind and strings, but as the movement proceeded the conductor’s tendency to underline phrases with modifications of pulse allowed momentum to sag. The Entombment becomes ponderous. The Temptation of St. Anthony is grand and mighty but lacks bite. The Symphony in E Flat was the first major work Hindemith wrote after arriving in America so is an appropriate coupling. With Stokowski, Bernstein or Tortelier it is a breezy romp of a score. Eschenbach trudges, attempting…
How a childhood obsession with Mozart and his Requiem still speaks to me today. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
An intense and emotional evening of music making from a fine youth orchestra. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Asher Fisch returns for 2016 with a knockout Teutonic Trio. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Davis reinvigorates Mahler with his generous attention to detail. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Why WASO’s Chief Conductor can’t wait to get his hands on a chorus of Jews. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
From the holocaust to Isaac Stern, we learn a great deal about a musician whose middle name is ‘curiosity’. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
