This symphony's material is drawn from three scenes in the opera of the same name: the overture, a crowd scene from the second act, and the title figure's deathbed scene.
This symphony's material is drawn from three scenes in the opera of the same name: the overture, a crowd scene from the second act, and the title figure's deathbed scene. The principle melody, entitled "Es sungen drei Engel", first appears early in the first movement, "Concert of Angels", and recurs in the other two movements, The Entombment and The Temptation of Saint Anthony. The three movements represent three panels of the Isenheim Alterpiece, the masterpiece of the titular 16th century painter. FTP, name this symphony, the masterpiece of Paul Hindemith.
This symphony's material is drawn from three scenes in the opera of the same name: the overture, a crowd scene from the second act, and the title figure's deathbed scene.
Mathis der Maler (or Mathis the Painter)