NOSPR Chamber Musicians / Hindemith / Britten / Music as light as a feather

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Thursday

03.04.202519:30

Chamber Hall

Seats

Conductor

Maciej Tomasiewicz

Performers

flute

oboe

Tomasz Żymła – clarinet

Krzysztof Fiedukiewicz – bassoon

Krzysztof Tomczyk – French horn

Tomasz Hajda – trombone

Piotr Nowak – trumpet

Michał Żymełka – drums

violin

Katarzyna Jawor – violin

Aleksander Daszkiewicz – violin

Maria Shetty – viola

cello

Aleksandra Baszak – cello

Krzysztof Firlus – double bass

Piotr Sałajczyk – piano

Konrad Merta – accordion

Program

Paul Hindemith

Kammermusik for cello and ten instruments, op. 36 no. 3

Benjamin Britten

Sinfonietta, op. 1

Paul Hindemith

Kammermusik, op. 24 no. 1

Paul Hindemith is among the most underrated artists of the 20th century. Anyone who listens to his Kammermusik, op. 24 no. 1, a genuinely sparkling with ideas and light as a feather piece of music, will come to this conclusion. This architect of the cornerstone of historical performance and founding father of the famous Donaueschingen Contemporary Music Festival embodied the dominant ideals of the New Objectivity in German art of the 1920s, namely simplicity of means and communicativeness, in his Chamber Music series. It is a peculiar variety of neo-classicism, unjustly overshadowed by French or Russian music.

The third movement in Kammermusik (op. 36 no. 3) is essentially a chamber cello concerto with explicit references to Baroque music. It is not without reason, after all, that this entire series has been compared to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Surprisingly similar in its spirit tone, although referring to the classical form and not devoid of stronger emotional accents, is the Sinfonietta of the then-only 18-year-old Benjamin Britten, already heralding his extraordinary talent.

Adam Suprynowicz

Concert duration: approximately 70 minutes