"March" from Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith

WILMINGTON SYMPHONIC WINDS - Wilmington, NC CONDUCTOR, Dr. John P. LaCognata KENAN AUDITORIUM, UNCW - November 2nd, 2014 The Wilmington Symphonic Winds closes their inaugural concert program with Paul Hindemith's "March" from Symphonic Metamorphosis. "Hindemith collaborated with choreographer Leonid Massine on a ballet utilizing music of Carl Maria von Weber. The project was eventually scrapped due to artistic differences between the parties. Hindemith felt he was just being used as an arranger, while Massine found the music too complex to dance to. The musical ideas were salvaged, three years later, when Hindemith completed his Symphonic Metamorphosis (1943). The work was originally written for orchestra, but the composer believed that it should be available for band, also. Hindemith asked his Yale colleague, Keith Wilson, to do the transcription, which was completed in 1961. The March is the fourth and final movement of the composition and is based on a piano duet by Weber. The two-bar opening statement by the brass is heard in several forms throughout the movement. The woodwinds underscore the sonorous melodies of the brass with a driving rhythm and articulation that carries the movement to its finale." - windband.org