Mathis Der Maler Symphony, IPH 89 - II. Grablegung

By Composer Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

A look at a seminal German.

Stumm, Gross, ein Teil des Volkes, Volk selbst. Wenn man dir alles nahm (Silent, Gross, a part of the people, people themselves. If you took everything)

Und dich darob vergass: der Baum weiss nicht um seine Frucht. (And forgot about that: the tree does not know about its fruit.)

Und wenn sie dich gleich erschlügen: das Schöpfertum mit seinem Leibe zahlen, ist das schwer? (And if they fall for you right away: Creativity paying with your body, is that hard?)

Was du gesucht, gelitten, deinem Wirken gebe es den Segen der Unsterblichkeit (What you sought, suffered, your work gave it the blessing of immortality.)

Geh hin und bilde. (Go and educate.)

Mich hat in dir Gott selbst berührt, der Mund des Volkes sprach durch dich. (God has touched you, the mouth of the people spoke through you.)

Dem Kreis, der uns geboren hat, können wir nicht entrinnen  (We can not escape the circle that gave birth to us)

Auf allen Wegen Schreiten wir stets in ihn hinein. (In every way we always step into it.)

Über uns zeigt sich ein weiterer Kreis: die Kraft, die uns aufrecht Erhält. (Above us is another circle: the power that sustains us.)

Was wir auch beginnen: sollen wir uns echt Bewähren, muss unser Tun nach beiden Mitten weisen; (Whatever we begin with: if we are to prove ourselves properly, we must point our actions to both centers;)

Lasst uns dem Boden danken. Lasst uns den Himmel preisen. (Let us thank the ground. Let us praise the sky.)

let’s see if I can get the last 3 scenes on one post @monotonous-minutia​

that’s a lot of people in boxes

someone’s severely PO’d

Capito has had it with the Cardinal lol

oh look a tenor who actually considers others’ advice

someone’s horny for Ursula

but doesn’t want her to get too into it

this is a cool duet

NO URSULA YOU DESERVE BETTER

“uhhhhhhhhhhhh idk what just happened but this girl just went off”

OH OKAY

oh so he didn’t actually convert he just said he’ll be cutting back on the spending and stuff

ouch Capito just got fired lol

another cool ensemble

he’s got massive respect for Ursula we love to see it

yes girl <3

no hard feelings

what’s going on with the statue

poor Regina

girl you are NOT okay (she’s hallucinating her father’s corpse)

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

seriously she’s so adorable

he’s telling her stories to make her feel better <3

seriously these two are just so cute protect them

uh what is going on why is the Countess here

edit: apparently this is a vision Mathis is having

great point, Mathis

okay so he’s really starting to lose it

that was a very fast costume change

so was that

you’re weird

oh no it’s Regina’s dad from the grave

WELCOME TO ANXIETY

this is cool

WHAT IS GOING ON

this percussion here is cool

still weird

a lot of truth bombs in this scene

SEE THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING YOU CAN DO BOTH MATHIS

and there it is

cool effect

Ursula, welcome back; Regina, are you okay???

someone’s depressed

I mean, wouldn’t we all

oh honey

girls trying to help girls

SHE’S GIVING URSULA THE RIBBON BACK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY HERS BUT MATHIS GAVE TO HER I CAN’T

I CANNOT

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REGINA FUCKING DIED

poor Mathis

what’s going on

and why is he here

a broken man

shades of Simon Boccanegra

that’s nice of you

he prefers to go alone

oh this looks COOL

seriously he deserved better :(

starting at Scene 3 let’s go @monotonous-minutia​

creepy visual

it’s an assembly line but with passing books

yeah maybe y’all should have found a better hiding place for the books than “cover a pile with a blanket”

that’s new

presumably not how he means it but YES WOMEN ARE WONDERFUL

when you’re a woman in an opera

“no pressure or anything but would you be okay with marrying a Cardinal and changing the course of history”

alas...

she’s so right and she should say it

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I’m getting Eva Pogner/Hans Sachs vibes from this

OH NO THE RIBBON HE GAVE TO THE OTHER GIRL

is anyone else concerned about the red smoke

uh...okay

hear me out...what if your art can help

CALLED IT also this hymn is great

honey...

this duet is lovely

oh no oh honey

this opera just has a lot of great choral music

welcome to the revolution

oh honey

crazy times

well this scene is disturbing

YOU TELL ‘EM MATHIS

I’m pretty sure that’s not how this works

OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE WOMEN AREN’T PROPERTY CAN YOU LEAVE HER ALONE PLEASE

oh hey this guy’s back and getting them in line

understandable, but doesn’t excuse rape

now everyone’s depressed

this ensemble is cool

aww

BATTLE TIME

well rip

OH NO POOR REGINA

LITERALLY NO ONE FUCKING CARES ABOUT YOU

he’s just trying his best

and going through the wringer

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

idk anything about this opera except there is a painter dude apparently let’s see what we’ve got and how much we can get through tonight @monotonous-minutia​

idk what your problem is but this music is pretty at least

all in a day’s work (and seriously the music is gorg)

there’s always a gal...

y’all I’m reading the Wikipedia synopsis and trying to figure this plot out somewhat but literally I can’t lol this is gonna be something

welcome to the workshop also thank fuck someone is singing and might make this a little clearer

we love some good church hymns

what happened to you

oh honey

but what if you can’t

she’s so adorable

and also needs hugs

RUDE

what about, and this is just a thought, art can help make the world better?

DISCOURSE IS HAPPENING

definitely not relevant in 2022 what are you talking about

we love to see ordinary people demanding rights

“dude I am trying to do my artwork would you mind”

this duet is just FULL of Valid Points on both ends

welp

he’s trying his best

no one cares about your problems

uhhhhhhhhhh whatcha doin’ there

clever set change

ah, yet another entry in the index of operas with 16th/17th-century settings and Inter-Religious Discord

ya sure about that?

this guy is just counting the fighting choristers lol

mixed reception

what is that

edit: apparently it is a corpse/relic ig

the Protestants are calling BS

why hello again

would all politicians think like this

oh you two

DEFINITELY NOT STILL RELEVANT

thank you for saying no to burning books

I have a brilliant idea: how about you shut up

NOOOOOOOOOOOO I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU

new project!

but...

even more startlingly relevant discourse

now time for an economics class

not this bastard again

good point

the Cardinal: “oh...oh, fuck this is bad”

art as advocacy in action!

unless we don’t

YOU TELL ‘EM OFF

this is a cool ensemble

nice work

are you two okay???

anyway this is REALLY good so far but I’m gonna stop here for tonight because this is significantly longer of a work than I thought and also I’m tired

Symphony “Mathis der Maler” - 3. The Temptation of Saint Anthony (excerpt)