Alfred Hertel

Alfred Hertel

Alfred Hertel (born March 29, 1935 in Vienna ; † August 5, 2018 in Mödling ) was an Austrian musician , oboist .

biography

Alfred Hertel studied at the Conservatory of the City of Vienna and at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He was then oboist in the Bad Gastein spa orchestra, in the Vienna Chamber Orchestra , 1st oboist in the orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, then in the orchestra of the Vienna Burgtheater.

In the years 1952–1956 and 1959–1998 he was 1st oboist in the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria . Solo and chamber music concerts in Europe, the Far East, North and Latin America. There have been hundreds of radio, record and CD recordings, including TV recordings in which he participated, over the decades.

In 1954 he was an oboist in the Bad Ischl spa orchestra. In 1957 and 1958 he played the first oboe in the orchestra of the Mörbisch Seefestspiele . He started working at the Lilienfeld Summer Academy in 1985 .

Alfred Hertel was a member of ensembles of various genres: "Les Menestrels" Vienna, "The Series", "Niederösterreichisches Bläserquintett", "Convivium Musicum Vindobonense", "Ensemble Concertino Wien", Clemencic Consort and since 1982 member of the "Wind Ensemble of the Lower Austrian Tonkünstlerorchester" , Head: Werner Hackl. He was also an interpreter of the music of the 13th to 20th centuries as a specialist in double reed instruments of the respective epoch. It enabled world premieres of works by contemporary Austrian composers, some of which were dedicated to him.

For around 70 years he was to be found as a soloist, in ensembles and orchestras on concert stages at home and abroad, on four continents. He has promoted contemporary music since the 1950s and has performed works by composers such as Thomas Christian David , Karl Etti , Paul Hertel , Norbert Herzog , Kurt Anton Hueber , Bohuslav Martinů , Manfred Regall , Robert Schollum , Gerhard Stritzl and many others for many years .

He devoted himself to teaching at the Vienna Conservatory (today: Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna ) and at the Franz Schubert Conservatory Vienna.

Hertel was the son of the first horn player of the Vienna Radio Orchestra (today: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ) Otto Hertel and an older brother of the composer Paul Hertel . He was married to his wife Annemarie (* 1940) since 1959. The marriage has four children.

honors and awards

• 1981: Honorary membership in the Bach community in Vienna
• 1986: Awarded the title of professor
• 1998: Certificate of recognition for 50 years as a church musician by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
• 2000: Award of the Golden Decoration of Honor of the Province of Lower Austria
• 2001: Awarded the Golden Medal of Honor from the market town of Maria-Enzersdorf
• 2002: Certificate of Recognition from the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music
• 2003: Honorary membership of the "Venite" association
• 2003: Certificate of Honor from the Association of Women Writers and Artists Vienna
• 2004: Honorary membership in the "Musikverein St. Pölten 1837"
• 2006: Honorary membership in the orchestra "Concentus21"
• 2010: Honorary membership of the Lilienfeld Summer Academy

Publications on the person

• Wiener Oboenjournal (issue 5, March 2000) - portrait for the 65th birthday
• Wiener Oboenjournal (issue 26, June 2005) - Interview on the 70th birthday
• Wiener Oboenjournal (issue 46, June 2010) - cartoon drawing for the 75th birthday (cartoon title: " Prof. Alfred Hertel, Viennese original on French oboe and legend during his lifetime, double reed universalist, walking anecdote encyclopedia and analog oboist database ")
• Wiener Oboenjournal (Edition 66, June 2015) - Article on the 80th birthday
• orf.at - obituary
• noe24.at - obituary
• maria-enzersdorf.riskommunal.net - Obituary

Sound recordings

• MUSIC FOR OBOE - ALFRED HERTEL - ORF Landesstudio Niederösterreich
• THE BLUE HOUR - PAUL HERTEL
• PROJECT WORLD PREMIERE - Creatives Centrum Wien - CD-EPU 9901 (1999)
• KULINARIUM - ÖGZM / Creatives Centrum Wien - EPU 0301
• FIPPS, THE APE - TRIO ARABESQUE - Werner Pelinka / Kinderklang KKM CD 6013-2
• MOZART - MOZARTISTEN (Alfred Hertel: English horn) - KKM CD 3108-2
• FESTIVAL MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE - played on original instruments (Alfred Hertel: Zusammenarbeit, Sopran-Krummhorn, Altpommer) - KKM CD 3006-2
• CON SENTIMENTO - KoRo-1-2001
• EDITION THOMAS CHURCH VOL. 2 - benefit concert (2001)
• CONCERT PIECES ANTAGONISMS TRIO # 79 DEVELOPMENTS I - MAXIMILIAN KREUZ- EPU 9302
• BELLA ITALIA with the Trio Wien Münster Wien (2006)
• KREUZKLÄNGE - 14 sounding images for iron and wood - Mitterdorf
• THE MOST BEAUTIFUL JEWELS FOR ORGAN AND OBOE - Jubilee composers - Wienerwald Dom / Eichgraben
• MUSICAL WALK THROUGH THE CHURCH YEAR - Ev. Church Tulln / Lower Austria (2012)
• VOX COELESTIS - from the spiritual song to the Wienerlied - St. Elisabeth Vienna 4 - LC 11451 (2013)
• TONE TYPE - GERHARD STRITZL
• GALLERY SEVEN - Junge Kunst - The seven most remarkable organs of the Lilienfeld district - JK001
• CHRISTMAS MUST BE QUIET - Joseph Haydn Konzertverein / Choir of the Prayner Conservatory

CD productions with Harmonia Classica Records

• CHAMBER MUSIC 2 - No. 12 - HCR 017 (2001)
• HARMONY TODAY ?! - No. 17 - HCR 022 (2002)

CD productions with Edition Walcker

• ENSEMBLE JUNGE KUNST - Pottenstein (2007)
• ORGAN AND OBOE - Grafenwörth (2007)
• ANNIVERSARY CONCERT - St. Othmar Mödling (2007)
• LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Lilienfeld Abbey (2008)
• HÄNDEL + SCHUBERT + RANDHARTINGER - Peterskirche Vienna (2008)
• HOMAGE TO JOSEPH HAYDN on the occasion of the 200th year of death - Lilienfeld Abbey (2009)

Web links

• Alfred Hertel at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vienna Oboe Journal. (PDF) 5th edition. Society of Friends of the Vienna Oboe, March 2000, accessed on August 17, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Vienna Oboe Journal. (PDF) 26th edition. Society of Friends of the Vienna Oboe, June 2005, accessed on August 17, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Vienna Oboe Journal. (PDF) 46th edition. Society of Friends of the Vienna Oboe, June 2010, accessed on August 17, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Vienna Oboe Journal. (PDF) 66th edition. Society of Friends of the Vienna Oboe, June 2015, accessed on August 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Oboist Alfred Hertel is dead. Noe.orf.at, August 19, 2018, accessed on August 19, 2018 . 
6. ^ Musician Prof. Alfred Hertel died. Retrieved September 4, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Honor medal holder has died. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
8. ↑ MUSIC FOR OBOE - ALFRED HERTEL. 150 003-1. Retrieved September 4, 2018 . 
9. ↑ PAUL HERTEL - THE BLUE HOUR. GRAMOLA CD No. 98711 / EPU 9303, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
10. ↑ KREUZKLÄNGE. Catalog number 201101. KIM Creativ !, accessed on September 4, 2018 . 
11. ↑ THE MOST BEAUTIFUL JEWELS FOR ORGAN AND OBOE. (PDF) October 4, 2009, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
12. ↑ KEY. Retrieved September 4, 2018 . 
13. ↑ CHAMBER MUSIC 2. Harmonia Classica Records, accessed on September 4, 2018 . 
14. ↑ HARMONY TODAY ?! Harmonia Classica Records, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
15. ↑ ENSEMBLE YOUNG ART. CD no. 20051008 October 8, 2005, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
16. ↑ ORGAN AND OBOE. CD no. 20070429. Edition Walcker, April 29, 2007, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
17. ↑ ANNIVERSARY CONCERT - Live from St. Othmar Mödling. CD no. 20070830. In: ANNIVERSARY CONCERT - Live from St. Othmar Mödling. Edition Walcker, August 31, 2007, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
18. ↑ LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. CD no. 20080601. Edition Walcker, July 3, 2005, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
19. ↑ HÄNDEL + SCHUBERT + RANDHARTINGER. CD no. 20081119th Edition Walcker, November 19, 2008, accessed September 4, 2018 . 
20. ↑ HOMAGE TO JOSEPH HAYDN ON THE 200TH YEAR OF DEATH. CD no. 20090705. Edition Walcker, July 5, 2009, accessed September 4, 2018 .