Konzertmusik für Klavier, Blechbläser und Harfen, Opus 49

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

General Info

Year: 1930
Duration: c. 21:00
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Schott Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental   |   Study Score Only: $27.95

Instrumentation

Full Score
Horn I-II-III-IV
Trumpet I-II-III
Trombone I-II
Tuba
Harp I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This work was premiered by the Chicago Symphony on October 12, 1930 with Hugo Kortschak, conductor, and Emma Lübbecke-Job, pianist. It is dedicated to the commissioner of the work, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. She was an American patron of chamber music who commissioned composers such as Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, and Anton Webern.

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Berlin Philharmonic (Paul Hindemith, conductor)
• Audio CD: Summit Brass (Carl Topilow, conductor)
• Audio CD: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (Werner Andreas Albert, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Recent Performances

• Orchestre National de Lyon (David Robertson, conductor) 1 & 3 April 2004
• Aspen Music Festival (Scott Terrell, conductor) 26 July 2004
• Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble (Paul Archibald, conductor) 3 March 2005
• Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (Thompson Hanks, conductor) 23 July 2007
• DePaul University Wind Ensemble (Donald DeRoche, conductor) 24 April 2008
• New England Philharmonic (Richard Pittman, conductor) 1 November 2008
• Norfolk Chamber Consort (David Zeisler, conductor) 30 March 2009
• University of Southern California Wind Ensemble (H. Robert Reynolds, conductor) 1 November 2009
• Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra - 11 January 2010
• Wayne State University Wind Symphony (Douglas Bianchi, conductor) 20 April 2010

Additional Works for Winds by this Composer

• Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Opus 41
• Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Opus 50
• Septet
• Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (tr. Wilson)
• Symphony in B-flat

Additional Resources

• Paul Hindemith - Official Website