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Rental Partner: Thalia Symphony Orchestra presents
War and Peace
Pieces by Hindemith, Elgar, and Haydn
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Presented by Thalia Symphony Orchestra. For questions about this event, please contact Thalia Symphony Orchestra at info@thaliasymphony.org.
“War and Peace”
Paul Hindemith – Mathis der Maler
Aaron Copland – An Outdoor Overture
Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 103 (“Drumroll”)
Featuring music from the 1930s and the 1790s, Thalia Symphony Orchestra’s April concert asks the question: what is the role of the artist in times of political turmoil and social upheaval?
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Aaron Coplands (1900-1990) Outdoor Overture from 1938- the same year as the Anschluss (Nazi Germanys occupation of Austria) and the Munich Agreement (beginning the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia)- is a wakeup-call to America.
Paul Hindemiths (1895-1963) monumental symphony Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) from 1934- the year Hitler officially became Führer- was denounced by the Nazis as degenerate after one performance and banned. A kind of sketch for the full opera Mathis der Maler, the three movements are inspired by panels of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald (c. 1475-1528).
Written in London, Joseph Haydns (1732-1809) Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major from 1795- in the middle of the wars following with the French revolution- opens with a terrifying timpani roll (hence the nickname Drumroll for this symphony) that surely audiences must have understood as an echo of the violence occurring on the Continent and a foreshadowing of worse to come.
Presented by Thalia Symphony Orchestra. For questions about this event, please contact Thalia Symphony Orchestra at info@thaliasymphony.org.
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