Category: Pädagogik

Brummen. Kreiseln for accordion with choral top (2011)

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Instrumentation: Accordion and choral top (1 player) Duration: ca. 5‘ WP: 4.11.2011, Klangwerkstatt Berlin (Susanne Stock) Further performances: a.o. Weimar 17.11.2012, Heinrichsruh 24.11.2012, Brandenburg/Havel 20.3.2013, Berlin 7.5.2013, München 8.6.2013, Dresden 12.3.2017 Introduction: A partly improvisational duet for one player in space notation where the sounds of the accordion are combined with the spinning noise and…

Sonatine for cello solo (2000)

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…en forme de quatres petites hommages: I. (á J.S.Bach?) II. (á G. Scelsi) III. (á B.A.Zimmermann) IV. (á G.Ligeti) Publisher: Currently unpublished. Score is available for free, please contact me by e-mail. Duration: 5′30” Difficulty: middle – advanced Special techniques: Quarter tones, rapid change between different bowing techniques, artificial harmonics FP: 17.11.2000 Lübeck (I/IV, Tobias…

Karhunlaulu (Bärenlied) for cello duo (1999)

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Publisher: Ms. Duration: ca. 4 Minutes FP: Dresden 1999 Difficulty: for (advanced) beginners (1st and 4th position), both parts equally demanding Special techniques: easy natural harmonics, pizzicato-glissando Introduction: Karhunlaulu (Bärenlied) is a friendly melodic piece in 2/4 with a somewhat clumsy accompaniment and a slightly melancholic middle section in 3/8.

Palimpsest for piano (1998, rev. 1999)

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Publisher: Ms. Duration: ca. 5′- ca. 14′ FP: April 26, 1998, Dresden (Sibylle Wolf), FP: (revised version) March 15, 1999, Helsinki (Benjamin Schweitzer) Further performances: May 6, 1998, Dresden Oct 22, 2002, Berlin Oct 24, 2002, Berlin Feb 23, 2003, Basel (Swiss premiere, C.R. Hirschfeld) April 4, 2003, Stein am Rhein June 3, 2003, Berlin…

Baba Yaga (Tour de force in 125 Takten) für Orchester (1996/2019)

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Besetzung: Picc-2-1(2. Ob optional)-2-Bkl(oder BarSax)-2, 4-2-3-0, Pk, Schl. (3), Str. (min. 8-6-6-6-2, Celli geteilt) Dauer: ca. 7 Minuten Verlag: Schott Music (in Vorbereitung) Auftragswerk des Vereins der Freunde und Förderer des Gymnasiums Johanneum zu Lübeck, Abteilung Musik zum 125. Jubiläum des Gymnasiums Johanneum zu Lübeck UA: Venedig, 24.4.1997 (Sinfonieorchester des Johanneums zu Lübeck/Heinz Arlt) UA…

Palimpsest II for any wind instrument, any string instrument and one percussionist (1998)

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for any wind instrument, any string instrument and one percussionist Publisher: Ms. (performance material upon request) Duration: ca. 7′-ca. 14′ Difficulty: requires ability to work with graphic notation. Also in frequent use for improvisation lectures at music conservatories FP: September 11, 1998, Dresden (Malte Burba, Trumpet, Johannes Prappacher, Viola, Albrecht Riermeier, Percussion) Further Performances: Mar…