Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith wrote music that thinks like Bach and speaks in a lean modern tongue: dense counterpoint, clear forms, and harmony that uses every chromatic note without abandoning tonality. His sonatas for ordinary and unlikely instruments remain essential working repertoire.
The catalogue runs from neo-Baroque chamber concertos to Gebrauchsmusik meant for real occasions and real players. What keeps returning to the stand is the instrumental writing: the horn sonata, the tuba sonata, the harp sonata, and the piano Nachtstück from the 1922 Suite share the same clear architecture and restless chromatic energy. Forms stay classical; the harmony walks freely across the twelve tones while still pulling toward a home pitch. The result is music that asks for craft and pays it back with shape, grit and song, whether the line sits under the fingers of a pianist at midnight or in the hands of a brass or harp soloist.
Compositions by Paul Hindemith appear on
Especially... 7 Pieces for Harp
Alice Giles is unquestionably Australia’s finest harpist. First Prize at the 8th Israel International Harp Contest at twenty-one launched a solo career that has taken her around the world, with many works written expressly for her.