DECEMBER 2021

7

"Aren't You the Swan Turner?:" Ethics, Philosophy, and World Harmony in Paul Hindemith's Personal Manifesto
DMA Lecture Performance)

12:30pm | Morse Hall at The Juilliard School | New York, NY

Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher viola concerto is the composer's personal manifesto, his business card, his way of saying "This is who I am and this is what I care about" through music. The concerto cryptically encodes Hindemith's emotional state during the years leading up to his emigration from Nazi Germany in 1938. But the piece not only reflects the composer's sociopolitical circumstances at a particular time in history; it also encapsulates every aspect of Hindemith's artistic identity: his violist persona, his teaching persona, his theorist persona, his cultural background, his interest in engaging lay audiences, and his philosophy of music. Although the third movement is labeled as "variations," it unfolds in a much more complex way than this label suggests. The movement's thematic, harmonic, and formal anomalies respond to careful design that reflect Hindemith's philosophy of music. The lecture will conclude with a performance of the third movement of Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher.

P. Hindemith - Variationen "Seid ihr nicht der Schwanendreher?" from Der Schwanendreher

          Miki Aoki, piano

11

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

4:00pm | Grace Episcopal Church | Providence, RI

G. F. Handel - Part I from Messiah

​

For tickets, please contact the Brown University Music Department at (401) 863-3234 or music@brown.edu.

12

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

4:00pm and 6:30pm | Rosecliff Mansion | Newport, RI

G. F. Handel - Part I from Messiah

24

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

11pm | Trinity Church | Newport, RI

M. A. Charpentier - Midnight Mass for Christmas

SEPTEMBER 2021

25

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

3:00pm | Trinity Church | Newport, RI

J. S. Bach - Concerto for Violin in A Minor. Daniel Lee, violin

G. P. Telemann - Tafelmusic Suite in E Minor for 2 Flutes and Strings

J. Garth - Concerto for Cello in D Major. Theodore Mook, cello

26

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

3:30pm | First Unitarian Church | Providence, RI

J. S. Bach - Concerto for Violin in A Minor. Daniel Lee, violin

G. P. Telemann - Tafelmusic Suite in E Minor for 2 Flutes and Strings

J. Garth - Concerto for Cello in D Major. Theodore Mook, cello

OCTOBER 2021

3

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

3:00pm | United Congregational Church | Little Compton, RI

J. S. Bach - Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C

          Michael Bahmann, Frederick Jodry, harpsichords

G. Muffat - Sonata da camera V

J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

          Margaret Ziemnicka, violin; Katy Roth, flute; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord

17

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

4:00pm | Grace Episcopal Church | Providence, RI

G. F. Handel - Dixit Dominus

31

PROVIDENCE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

4:00pm | Christ Episcopal Church | Westerly, RI

J. S. Bach - Concerto for Two Harpsichords in C

          Michael Bahmann, Frederick Jodry, harpsichords

G. Muffat - Sonata da camera V

J. S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

          Margaret Ziemnicka, violin; Maximillian St. George, flute; Michael Bahmann, harpsichord