Albert Schoenberger

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Albert Schönberger (born May 12, 1949 in Augsburg ) is a German organist and church musician . From 1985 to 2010 he was cathedral organist at the High Cathedral in Mainz.

Life

Albert Schönberger spent his childhood and youth in Münster am Lech . Here he started playing the organ. He studied at the church music school in Regensburg , where he received the B-exam and baccalaureate for organ, and at the State University of Music and Munich , where he graduated as a church musician. In 1981 he became cathedral organist in Mainz and lecturer at the Episcopal Institute for Church Music in Mainz ; 1983 also lecturer for artistic organ playing and organ improvisation at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. After his predecessor Monsignore Heino Schneider retired in 1985, Bishop Karl Lehmann appointed him on March 1st as the new cathedral organist at Mainz Cathedral . In 1994 he gave up teaching at the university. On April 25, 2010, Schönberger retired with a festive vespers. In 2011 he received the Peter Cornelius plaque from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for his services in the field of music care and music creation .

In addition to his focus on improvisation , Schönberger has recently been involved in composing. His works for organ, soprano & organ as well as mixed choir are well received. In particular, oratorios for soloists, strings, wind instruments, organ and speaker stand out from his compositions. He understands his music as a "fade-in", with which textual statements that form the background for his music experience a special underline or emphasis and emphasis. His baptismal hymn Bless this child as well as the Mainz Bible chants he invented also attract a lot of attention. His first cantata on the Advent song O komm, o komm Emanuel , for speaker / baritone, soprano, wind quintet, 2 trumpet solos and organ was premiered on November 29, 2005 in Mainz Cathedral.

Schönberger understands his music as a sound image that should take the listener with him when working out a thought or topic. His concept of music as an "extension of the musical-liturgical-theological thought", which he presents in concerts, organ matinees and organ evenings, has become known far beyond the Mainz diocese. In addition, he was able to make a name for himself on an international level through concerts and masterclasses in specialist circles.

Since the conception of the Mainz cathedral organ and the difficult acoustics of the cathedral did not favor baroque organ literature, for example by Johann Sebastian Bach , the focus during his activity as Mainz cathedral organist was more on works of the Romantic, Modern and Free Improvisation periods.

Compositions

Christmas Oratorio

After his retirement, Schönberger created a Christmas oratorio with episodes from the Gospel of Luke under the motto "... and peace on earth ...". It was premiered on the 3rd Advent 2018 in the New Apostolic Church Weimar.

selection

  • Goodbye in heaven: children and young people as victims of National Socialism (oratorio)
  • reconciliation
  • Power up the door - Cantata for organ, 4-5-part mixed choir and trumpet ad lib. (Rhythmicon-Musikverlag, Mainz)
  • Christ has risen - chorale fantasy for organ
  • Live on until death - oratorio for soloists, speakers, choir & orchestra
  • The Beatitudes - for 4stg.gem. Choir (Rhythmicon-Musikverlag, Mainz)
  • Because we have to obey God more than people - The Passion of Franz Jägerstätter - Oratorio for speakers, soloists, choir, organ & orchestra
  • the Innsbruck jakobus fair for 4stg. according to Choir, Organ, Alphorn, 2 Trp. And 2 Pos. (Rhythmicon-Musikverlag, Mainz)
  • The MAINZER CREDO - symphon. Creed in 7 pictures for 2 choirs, soloists, speakers, organ & orch. (Rhythmicon-Musikverlag, Mainz) - The work was published for the 25th Bishop's Jubilee composed by HH Karl Cardinal Lehmann and premiered on June 8, 2008 in the High Cathedral in Mainz. Organophon has it as a live recording on CD
  • 12 sounds of the cross - to Franz Werfels “The true story of the restored cross” (Holocaust event LESUNG & MUSIK on January 27, 2008 in Mainz)
  • The Innsbruck song of St. James - f. 4stg.gem. Choir, organ and wind instruments (Rhythmicon-Musikverlag, Mainz)
  • Now all thank God - Intrada for 4-5 wind instruments & organ
  • Your word is like light in the night - new spiritual song for soloist, congregation, organ and wind instruments (premier for the Year of the Bible, live at Phoenix)
  • Praise God, you Christians (and "Now all thank God") for 11 wind parts (premiere 2005, Mainzer Dom)

Audio documents

  • Goodbye in heaven
  • A house of glory looks - organ sounds from the Mainz Cathedral
  • Musical treasures from the high cathedral in Mainz
  • Christmas organ sounds from the high cathedral in Mainz
  • Music in the Mainz Cathedral
  • Brass and organ music from the High Cathedral in Mainz (1994)
  • Missa moguntina
  • Big mass for 4 solo voices, choir, orchestra and organ op.27
  • Holy Night
  • The organs in the High Cathedral in Mainz
  • The MAINZER CREDO - live recording of the world premiere of the symphonic creed for 2 choirs, soloists, speakers, organ & orchestra (for the 25th anniversary of the bishop of Karl Cardinal Lehmann), Mainz
  • The true story of the restored cross v. Franz Werfel with music "12 Kreuzklänge" by Albert Schönberger (music and direction. Albert Schönberger)
  • Adeste fideles - Adventl. and Christmas. Improvisations for organ & trumpet (at IFO-records)
  • Because we have to obey God more - the passion of Franz Jägerstätter - ORATORIO for choir, soloists, speakers and orchestra
  • Haydn and Mozart in Baroque churches in Mainz . Albert Schönberger and the Mainz Chamber Orchestra in the Seminary Church (Augustinerkirche)
  • Festive wind and organ music in St. Wolfgang, Dieburg
  • The bird of paradise - magical flute and organ sounds , recorded with Renate Kehr on the historic Stumm organ in the Augustinerkirche in Mainz, on the historic Geissel organ in Gau-Bischofsheim and on the Oberlinger organ in St. Martin, Hermeskeil, built in 1994, III / 34. (1999)
  • The Best of Albert Schönberger . Free improvisations on the organs of the Mainz Cathedral and the Augustinian Church in Mainz
  • Cathedral organist Schönberger at the organs in the High Cathedral in Mainz
  • Musical greetings from the Mainz Cathedral
  • Praise the gentlemen - fantasies and improvisations
  • Mainz Chamber Orchestra - Selection 2011 . Chamber music CD recorded with the Mainz Chamber Orchestra
  • Renate Kehr - Mainz Chamber Orchestra . Albert Schönberger as a contributor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cathedral organist Albert Schönberger retires
  2. ↑ 375 years parish Münster am Lech, page 37 (PDF; 6.1 MB), accessed on July 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Awarded the Peter Cornelius plaque to Albert Schönberger. (No longer available online.) Department of Education, Science, Youth and Culture, 2011, archived from the original on March 21, 2011 ; Retrieved March 12, 2011 .
  4. ^ Karl-Heinz Veit: Albert Schönberger delights Martinroda with an oratorio. December 27, 2018, accessed December 25, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Karl-Heinz Veit: Happy-sounding message about an entertaining hour and a half. December 23, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Weimar premiere of the Christmas Oratorio in the NAK on Sunday, December 16, 2018. December 26, 2018, accessed December 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schoenberger, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg