Videos to help promote brass chamber music and its composers. The scope of this channel is limited to music that is originally composed for brass instruments - no arrangements. Requests are accepted! Email chamber5brass@gmail.com
The sound of brass is unparalleled and you can do so many great compositional things with it. It’s truly incredible how he has made a career of just churning out tons and tons of subpar, uninspiring brass music his entire second-rate career.
It’s a great piece! Though the time I got to play it, the trombone player was a retiring professor hard of hearing and he was off a beat the entire time for the rest of the movement 😅
Shame on me, I underestimated this piece the first time I listened to it. I still feel it may be a tad hard to win an audience with, but as a marriage of craftsmanship and expression, it's right up there with the great 20th-century scores. And may I put in a good word for the conductor Herbert Blomstedt, who in the recording world has arguably become Hindemith's best advocate?
I’ve been fascinated by this great and majestic piece since this recording came out decades ago. Incredible playing. Performances today are extremely rare.
Sure I love the Symphonic Metamorphosis, along with his amazing Symphony for Band. Hindemith's tonality is something that I love very much. His chromaticism, non-major scales, unique harmonies, yet all often grounded in a certain tonailty is amazing, especially to my ears, which have heard a lot. Messiaen is this way too. This Konzertmusik Op. 50 is one of my favorite works of his. The quirky opening section, which you'd never guess was in 3. The 4/4 section (in 8) is hauntingly beautiful. The string melody there, punctuated by light brass, grows to a stunning climax, taking a very long time to meander and build. It is almost as if this melodic line could continue forever........ and the ending in A, with the 3rd holding at the end.... sooooooo satisfying. And the 2nd part, with it's almost fugue, light jazzy melodies, lightness and humor.... then back to the heartbreakingly gorgeous melodies and tonalty, with roles reversed between the strings and brass. This doesn't last long, as the long melody returns to the strings... I'm so glad I no longer have to formally analyze these things... it always took the fun out of it for me, although could be interesting academically. I'm so glad this recording is out there... it is masterfully performed! And thanks to the poster for the score. Bravo!
