Adolph Herseth, Paul Hindemith & CSO, 'Academic Festival Overture' (Johannes Brahms)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor. He composed the Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau, which had notified him that it would award him an honorary doctorate in philosophy. Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a German / American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He is considered one of the greatest German composers of all time. Adolph Herseth (1921-2013) was principal trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1948 until 2001, and served as principal trumpet emeritus and conductor from 2001 until his retirement in 2004. He is considered one of the greatest trumpeters of all time. Adolph Herseth, principal trumpet Paul Hindemith, conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concert recorded live on April 7, 1963.