Sonate II (1937) by Paul Hindemith
I. Lebhaft
II. Ruhig bewegt
III. Fuge - Mäßig bewegt, heiter
David Kriewall, organ
University of Washington graduate recital
Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Seattle
June 8, 2014
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Program notes:
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), as performer (violist), teacher, conductor, theorist, and composer, was involved in almost every sphere of musical activity during his lifetime. Born shortly after Stravinsky, Bartók, and Schönberg, he was equated with them in terms of stature, yet he repudiated the general direction taken by the musical culture of his time. He deplored the “barbaric diversity of styles, total absence of some canon of beauty, senseless devotion to sound, emphasis on virtuosity and entertainment, and finally, esoteric escape, on the part of many musicians, from any responsibility toward society.”
His organ sonatas exhibit contemporary compositional techniques such as lack of key signatures, wide use of accidentals, variety in harmonic structures, dissonant counterpoint, and an emphasis on structural clarity. It is the ingenious and vital way in which Hindemith combines these elements with traditional features that gives his music great charm and appeal.
In the third movement (the fugue), Hindemith employs the figure B-A-C-H in the pedal, in homage to Bach.
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