Compositions (Selection)
News: My "Variations on a Theme by Pergolesi" for oboe, cor Anglais, bassoon & contrabassoon had its world premiere at the 47th annual conference of the "International Double Reed Society" (IDRS) in Granada (Spain), on August 30, 2018.
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"Variatio delectat" for orchestra (9')
picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bs / 4 hns, 3 tr, 3 trb / timp, cymb, snare dr, woodbl, guiro / strings
Chamber Music & Solo Pieces:
a) Wind
"Just a Joke" for clarinet & bassoon (3'30') → YouTube
Woodwind Quintet (fl, ob, clar, hn, bs) (3 movements, 13')
→ YouTube
Three Pieces for Woodwind Quartet (fl, ob, clar, bs)
(14') → YouTube
Variations on a Theme by Pergolesi for oboe, cor Anglais,
bassoon & contrabassoon (15') → YouTube
"... Thoughts are Wandering ..." for oboe, bassoon & piano
(15')
Toccata capricciosa for woodwind octet → YouTube
(2 fl, 2 ob, 2 clar, 2 bs) (13') Original: piano four hands
"Moods" for brass quintet (2 tr, hn, trb, tb) (4 movements, 12')
→ YouTube
Horn Quartet (also as trio version; commissionend work for
the horn class of Musikschule Balingen/Württ.) (3 movements, 14')
→ YouTube
Trumpet Quartet (3 movements, 10') → YouTube
Trombone Octet (ATTB - ATTB) (3 movements, 15')
"Transitions & Variations" for trombone octet
(ATTB-ATTB) (9')
b) Strings, Piano
Three Caprices for violin solo (10') → YouTube
(also as version for viola)
String Quartet (4 movements, 23') YouTube: → 1+2 , → 3+4
Five Miniatures for Violoncello & Double Bass (8') → YouTube
Dialogues for guitar und double bass (18')
Double Bass Quartet (3 movements, 13')
Little Violin Trio for Advanced Learners (4 movements, 7')
Toccata capricciosa for piano four hands (13') → YouTube
Vocal works:
"Invictus" for mixed chorus & piano → YouTube
on a poem by W. E. Henley (from the same titled film about
Nelson Mandela). Decicated to Nelson Mandela. (8')
Five musical aphorisms by Wilhelm Busch
for mixed chorus & piano (11') → YouTube
Neruda Songs for baritone & piano
(songs on texts from "20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair"
by Pablo Neruda) (22')
Gloria for mixed chorus & organ or 3 trp + trb (7')
Motets for mixed chorus a cappella:
- Hohelied der Liebe (aus 1. Korinther 13) (8')
- Psalm 23 "Der Herr ist mein Hirte, mir wird nichts
mangeln" (6')
- Psalm 130 "Aus der Tiefe, Herr, rufe ich zu dir" (6')
Arrangements:
Five Beatles songs for woodwind quintet (fl, ob, cl, hn, bs)
Suite from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"
for cello sextet (25')