Shouldn't someone really be looking into this? Hindemith is an important enough 20th century composer that surely some professional ensemble (probably not the Berlin Philharmonic) could be convinced to make the the premiere recording/performance of a "new" concerto of his. ...if there is one.
I believe this subtopic branched from the thread about promoting broader awareness of the lute. Well, here's a way to do that. ...if it is. Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 8/17/13, howard posner <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [LUTE] Re: Hindemith lute concerto To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 8:05 PM On Aug 17, 2013, at 4:08 PM, David Tayler <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, there was a concerto for Iadone. This seems like a more definitive statement than the one you posted six years ago. Have you acquired new information since? Or am I reading too much into it> On August 13, 2007, David Tayler wrote: > there may be anecdotal evidence for a more elaborate concerto as > Joseph Iadone several times described playing > a lute concerto to me back in the late 60s, early 70s. Iadone was of > course heavily involved in Hindemith's Collegium at Yale. > > From the description, it seems more likely that this piece was > either an arrangement or a piece written for Hindemith's students, > possibly a reworking of the > material for one of the other concertos. But that is conjecture; I > don't have my notes from that time, his wife might know. There are > probably some Hindemith works still out there. > > I never pursued looking for the piece, because Iadone always > commented about how the lute was completely drowned out by the orchestra, > although I suppose modern recording techniques could fix that in a > jiffy. His wife might know. > > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
