Interview
Herbert Blomstedt talks about Paul Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” Herbert Blomstedt conducts the “Symphonie fantastique”
In this concert from February 2014, conductor Herbert Blomstedt juxtaposes musical portrayals of two artists: In Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique we experience the highs and lows of a musician’s life, including drug-taking and death. The Renaissance artist Matthias Grünewald is the focus of Paul Hindemith’s symphony Mathis der Maler which was premièred by Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1934.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert Blomstedt
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