Compositions (Selection)

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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')