Paul Hindemith - Die Harmonie der Welt Symphonie (1951)

Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. In the 1920s, he became a major advocate of the Neue Sachlichkeit (new objectivity) style of music. Notable compositions include his song cycle Das Marienleben (1923), Der Schwanendreher for viola and orchestra (1935), and opera Mathis der Maler (1938). Hindemith's most popular work, both on record and in the concert hall, is likely the Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, written in 1943.

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Symphonie „Die Harmonie der Welt“ (The Music of the Spheres)
Dedication: Geschrieben für Paul Sacher und das Basler Kammerorchester zum
fünfundzwanzigsten Geburtstag des Orchesters

I. Musica Instrumentalis (0:00)
II. Musica Humana (10:42)
III. Musica Mundana (20:30)

BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

Description by Joseph Stevenson
This symphony is drawn from an opera about Johannes Kepler, the great astronomer who deduced the laws of orbital motion. Kepler was looking for the exact, perfect geometrical forms -- circles, squares, equilateral triangles, and the like, that he believed must describe planetary motion. He called concept "The Harmony of the Universe, " (in German, Harmonie der Welt). Ironically, he discovered that there are no such relationships concerning spacing of the planets, and also that they move not in circular but in elliptical orbits, and not even at constant speeds. The symphony has three movements, "Machine Music, " "Human Music, " and "World Music." The three movements progressively seek to illuminate higher and higher spheres of musical/astrological imagery and musical purity. The music itself is high-minded and seeks to be free from human passions (except the passion for enlightenment), and seems at times to glow with an inner radiance.

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