Mir mit dir
10 Vor-und Nachgedanken zu den Beethovenschen Violinsonaten

„die Liebe fordert alles und ganz mit Recht, so ist es mir mit dir, dir mit mir.“
So schrieb Beethoven im berühmten „Brief an die Unsterbliche Geliebte“, der den Historikern bis heute Räts... [more]

TAMAM SHUD
For contrabass Solo
Auftragswerk des Internationalen Musikwettbewerbs der ARD/ Commissioned by the ARD International Music Competition

“Tamam Shud” is a Persian phrase meaning (roughly) “it is ended” or “it is finished”.
But it is also the name of one ... [more]

Hämmerklavier XXIII: musica viva
(für Udo Zimmermann)

Dieses Stück ist eine Hommage an den Komponisten Udo Zimmermann, der die Münchener Konzertreihe „musica viva“ von 1997 bis 2011 künstlerisch leitete. Ich habe versucht, die Titel aller 116 Stück... [more]

Live performance des Geigers Piotr Szewczyk beim Spoleto Music Festival USA
Live performance of violinist Piotr Szewczyk at the Spoleto Music Festival USA

Idyl

Writing for any solo instrument is always a difficult task for a composer. With the piano it’s the enormous amount of classic pieces already in existence that weigh down on you. With most other solo instruments it’s the limitations in polyphonic writing and the difficulty to defi... [more]

alien

I have always been fascinated with concepts of a totally „alien“ music, whose laws are different from the one’s that we know and accept. Even though there are always people who try to formulate “generic” laws how music should function and who try to explain concepts of beauty wi... [more]

Moritz Eggert:

alien (2005)

For Genevieve Lacey

some performance notes:

- The player uses three different microphones. These microphones should be placed in a way that they are a) close to each other b) don’t interfer with each other (altho... [more]

alien, Ausschnitt/excerpt, performed by Genevieve Lacey

Hämmerklavier XIV: The trouble with trills

I always wanted to work with textures where all the notes are played at once, quasi a "Black on Maroon"-like sound. I am also contemplating a huge orchestra piece where all players play all the time. It is simply the excessivity that int... [more]

Hämmerklavier XII:
Highway 61: (Memphis – Cleveland – Tallulah – Natchez - Baton Rouge)


Well down 61 highway
I belong this road I know

You know that 61 highway
We belong this road I know

She ran from New York city... [more]

Translation:
For this piece the piano has to be prepared in the following way:
1) place a (drinking) glass lying down on the indicated strings (close to the far bridge). The glass should be as cylindrical as possible (having no extensions of any kind), i.e. a cocktail glass or a thin b... [more]

Excerpt from the piece (beginning)

Ausschnitte aus dem Stück, gespielt von Stephan Stiens

http://www.stephan-stiens.de/Images/Filmausschnitt_Eggert.htm

Der Titel meines Stückes bezieht sich auf die gleichnamige Sammlung von Erzählungen (Deutscher Titel: „Die Tausend Träume von Stellavista“, Suhrkamp) des englischen Autors J.G. Ballard.
„Vermilion Sands“ (zu deutsch etwa: „Zinnoberrote Dünen“) ist eine seltsame Stadt in e... [more]

The title of my piece refers to the story collection by the english author J.G. Ballard of the same name (also published as „The 1000 dreams of Stellavista“).
„Vermilion Sands“ is a weird city in an undefined desert, a kind of imaginary Palm Springs, in which a mixture of bored and decadent ... [more]

VERMILION SANDS







1) There are TWO guitars needed for this piece: one with ordinary (natural) strings (Guitar I) and one with steel strings (Guitar II).
2) Guitar I is played ordinarily. Guitar II is placed flat in front of the gui... [more]

VERMILION SANDS







1) Für dieses Stück werden zwei Gitarren benötigt: Eine mit Darmsaiten (Gitarre I) und eine mit Stahlsaiten (Gitarre II)
2) Die Gitarre I wird normal gespielt. Die Gitarre II liegt vor dem Gitarriste... [more]

The drumset is quite rarely used in contemporary composition. It still seems to be deeply rooted in popular music, and is mostly identified with the various forms of rock music.
I have listened to and played a lot of rock music - something that seems to be a common factor for all composers of... [more]

NEMESIS


Das „Drum-Set“, also Jazz- oder Rockschlagzeug, wird in Neuer Musik selten verwendet. Es scheint immer noch fest in der populären Musik verwurzelt zu sein, und wird vornehmlich mit den verschiedenen Formen der Rock-Musik identifiziert.
Ich habe viel Rock-Mu... [more]

excerpt from the piece, played by Richard Moore

Ausschnitt aus dem St�ck in dem Film "One Man Band" von Klaus Voswinckel, Naomi Graham, Blockfl�te
Excerpt from the piece from the film "One Mand Band" by Klaus Voswinckel, Naomi Graham, recorder

BREATHLESS
In this piece the player uses three different types of recorders: soprano, alto (in F) and alto (in G). Inspired by the ancient Greek “aylos”-playing techniques these recorders are very often played in pairs at the same time, in different combinations. Sometimes the vocal element (... [more]

The possibility of having one performer play two recorders at the same time has always held a fascination for me. Not only did I feel that this technique had not been fully explored - I was also drawn to the intensity that a playing technique like this automatically demands by a performer(especially... [more]

AUSSER ATEM

In diesem Stück werden drei verschiedene Blockflöten benutzt, Sopran-, Alt in F- und Alt in G- Blockflöte. Das Besondere ist, daß über weite Strecken des Stückes zwei Flöten auf einmal gespielt werden, in verschiedensten Kombinationen. G... [more]

Im Sommer 1993, während der Arbeit an dem sehr komplexen und durchstrukturierten Orchesterwerk "Vexations" (ungefähr: "Quälereien" oder "Kränkungen") tröstete ich mich in müden Stunden mit dem Gedanken an mein nächstes Stück, das ganz intim und einfach sein so... [more]

In the Box

„In the Box“ was originally written for Malte Burba, who was looking for a showpiece for the specially constructed “triple trumpet”. So it is no surprise that the piece makes a lot of use of the new possibilities of this trumpet, which has two soundcones and two sets of val... [more]

Ausschnitt aus dem Stück, gespielt von Sebastian Hess, aus dem Film "One Man Band" von Klaus Voswinckel
Excerpt from the piece, played by Sebastian Hess, from the film "One Man Band" by Klaus Voswinckel