Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Paul Hindemith, charting his rise and fall
Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith - A Boy's Remarkable Talent
Donald Macleod explores Hindemith's early years as a performer and composer, looking at the impact of World War I on him and his work. Including Stretta and the Violin Concerto.
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Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith - A Composer's new World
Donald Macleod looks at Hindemith's life as an exile in America, where he was the most performed European composer and where he taught composition at Yale.
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Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith - A Legacy
Donald Macleod examines Hindemith's final years, including the creation of his opera Harmonie der Welt and his fall from favour with the avant-garde.
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Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith - The Hindemith Case
Donald Macleod looks at Hindemith's experience under the Nazi regime in Germany in the 1930s, during which time his compositions were attacked as a 'perversion' of modern music.
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Composer of the Week - Paul Hindemith - The Sins of Youth
Donald Macleod explores Hindemith's radical and very productive years in the 1920s, which led to him being known as an 'enfant terrible'. With Kammermusick No 1 and Das Marienleben.
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