Bernd Hänschke

Bernd Hänschke (born December 1, 1948 in Duisburg ) is a German composer .

Hänschke studied school music at the State University of Music in Cologne . At the same time he studied composition with Joachim Blume and Hans Ulrich Humpert . A second degree in composition (1980–1983) in the master class of Hans Werner Henze in Cologne fundamentally changed his style.

Since 1974 he has been working as a high school teacher in Moers .

His catalog raisonné shows works of all genres, often showing a tendency towards the theatrical, the scenic. Since he almost always seeks contact with the other arts in his music, he collaborated with the painters Christof Heyduck and Hans Werner Berretz (Ha Webe), which resulted in large cyclical works and art videos in which the two arts influence each other.

In 1989 he founded the Henze Chamber Ensemble . Since then, as conductor and artistic director of this ensemble, he has been committed to the chamber music of Hans Werner Henze, and above all to works by students of Henze, without making a dogma out of them.

In 1998, together with the Danish composer Mogens Christensen , he initiated “ EuHenzeNord ”, a German-Danish joint project in which, in addition to the Henze chamber ensemble, the two Danish ensembles “Ensemble Nord” and “Euterpe” were involved.

Since 1996 he has been a permanent guest conductor of the “ Luis Casas Romero ” festival in Camagüey , Cuba , in close collaboration with the festival's co-founder and chief artistic director, the English composer David Paul Graham . This engagement culminated in 1999 and 2000 in two international music theater projects, the dance theater project "Ebbó" and the international joint opera "El Caballero de la Triste Figura". He was also involved in both projects as a composer.

Since 2000 he has been a lecturer at the University of Music Detmold , Dortmund department, the Ensemble Neue Musik.

Works

Works for one player

• En minature for guitar (1982)
• Quasi una Sonata for guitar (1983)
• Fantasia per Rilke for piano (1984/96)
• Capriccio for marimbaphone (1991/93)
• Entrance for piano with electronic backing band (1994)
• Concert scene 1 - Reflections on Schubert for piano with electronic backing band (1995)
• Bird of Night for bass recorder (1995)
• Bird of Night for bass clarinet (2001)
• Bird of Night for bassoon (2001)
• Bird of Night for alto saxophone (2001)
• I breathe in the realm of the dreamed up for violin (1995)
• Until then the snow falls for double bass (1996)
• Pachelbel's dream for piano with electronic backing band (1997)
• Immagini for piano (1998)
• Arlecchino for cello solo (1999)
• Faded noise for piano with electronic backing band (1999)
• The almost inaudible flaps of the Schiller butterfly for piano with electronic tape (2001)
• Study in blue for piano (2003)
• Monodrama for double bass and electronic tape (2004)
• Monologue for clarinet and electronic tape (2004)
• Monologue for clarinet with obligatory organ (2004)
• Arlecchino II for violoncello and electronic tape (2004)

Chamber music for two players

• The Darkness of a Heartbeat for two guitars (1985)
• From old flowers for two guitars (1989)
• Poemi for flute and percussion instruments (1990)
• Changeant II for violoncello and piano (1993)
• The almost inaudible keying of the Schiller butterfly, version for piano 4 hands (2000)
• Mirages for violoncello and marimbaphone (2004)
• Mirages for violoncello and piano (2004)

Chamber music for three players

• From a heartbeat to the dark, version for violoncello, marimba and piano (1991)
• Rondeau for violoncello, piano and percussion instruments (1995)
• Dark songs for violin, violoncello and piano (1997)
• Wozzeck - sketches, version for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2004)
• Hommage à Bartók for clarinet, violin and piano (2004/2005)

Chamber music for four players

• Entrata for two trumpets, horn and trombone (1987)
• Between Night and Time for flute, guitar, violoncello and marimbaphone (1992)
• Watercolors for flute, oboe, violin and viola (1995)
• Glasklang, 1st string quartet (2000)
• Fingers Spun from Meerschaum, 2nd String Quartet (2001)
• Hommage à Celan, 3rd string quartet with electronic sounds (2001)
• Roman sketches I, for clarinet, violoncello, piano, percussion instruments and electr. Playback (2003)
• Roman Sketches II, occupation see above (2003)
• Wozzeck - sketches, for clarinet, violoncello, piano and percussion instruments (2003)
• Prometheus for flute, bassoon (alt. Bass clarinet), cello and marimbaphone (2004)

Chamber music for five players

• Hommage à Celan, for clarinet, guitar, string trio and electronic sounds (2001)
• Hommage à Celan, 3rd string quartet with organ (2001)
• Concert scene I - Reflections on Schubert, version for piano and string quartet (2001)
• Prometheus for colored light wings, bassoon, violoncello and marimbaphone (2004)

Chamber music for six players

• Changeant I for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion instruments (1992)
• Waiting in the raspberry forest for flute, clarinet, guitar, violoncello, piano and percussion instruments (1998)

Chamber music for seven and more players

• Sonata in sette for flute, oboe, clarinet, marimbaphone, violin, viola and violoncello (1994)
• Pachelbel's Dream for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion instruments (1997)
• The almost inaudible flaps of the Schiller butterfly for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion instruments (1998)
• Faded noise for bass flute, English horn, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion instruments (May 4 - June 17, 1999)
• Concerto grosso, for two trumpets, harpsichord and string quintet (2000)
• Interludium I - Hommage à Celan, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and percussion instruments (2001)

Works for solo voice

• Three sonnets by Louïze Labé for soprano, cor anglais, guitar and organ (1981/82)
• I am screwed into this nothing, song cycle based on poems by Karl-Oskar Stimmler for mezzo-soprano, oboe, clarinet, viola, cello, piano and percussion instruments (1988/91)
• About love at the tea table, song cycle based on poems by Heinrich Heine for soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano (1988/98)
• We started the fire, song cycle for alto, alto flute, guitar, violoncello and percussion instruments (1990)
• On the needle tip - six satirical miniatures based on texts by Karl-Oskar Stimmler for voice, flute, oboe, viola, cello, piano and percussion instruments (1992)
• On the seventh floor of patience, chamber oratorio for mezzo-soprano, speaker, flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, percussion instruments and organ based on a text by Karl-Oskar Stimmler (1992)
• Alone you are poverty, song cycle based on poems by Karl-Oskar Stimmler for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe and vibraphone (199 *); 2nd version for soprano, violin and piano (1999)
• Niccolò for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, viola, cello, piano and percussion instruments, based on a text by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1996)
• Evtuchenko es un loco for soprano or mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, horn, viola and piano on a text by Pablo Neruda (1998)
• In Eins, for baritone, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and percussion instruments (2001)
• Shibboleth, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano and percussion instruments (2 players) (2001)
• Cavatina der Rosina, reworking of the cavatina from Rossini's “Der Babier” for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (ARTIVO, 2004)

Works for choir

• The Factory is Hell, for eight-part choir and chamber orchestra (1982)
• To Orpheus, two madrigals based on texts by Karl-Oskar Stimmler and Rainer-Maria Rilke for eight-part a cappella choir (1992)
• Anything has its time, for eight-part choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two trumpets, two trombones, organ and percussion instruments (1995); 2nd version for eight-part choir, flute, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, organ, percussion instruments and strings (string quintet or string orchestra) (1999)
• Das Eine, for mixed choir a cappella based on a text by Rose Ausländer (1995); 2nd version for mixed choir and orchestra (1996)
• Nothing left for a five-part female choir based on a text by Rose Ausländer (1996)
• O Savior, tear open the heavens, motet for four-part vocal choir, two four-part brass choirs and organ (1998)
• Mater dolorosa, for soprano (high mezzo-soprano), four- to eight-part choir, string orchestra and organ (2000)

Works for chamber orchestra

• Scene I from “Les jeux sont faits” (Jean Paul Sartre) for solo cello and chamber orchestra (1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1- piano, percussion and strings, 1985/86)
• Concerto for trumpet and chamber orchestra (1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - piano, 2 beats and strings, 1987–89)
• How dreams sound, 1st piano concerto after Neruda for piano and chamber orchestra (0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - piano - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1, 1990)
• Concert for guitar and chamber orchestra (1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - Schl., 1990/91)
• Concert scene I - Reflections on Schubert, 2nd piano concerto for piano and octet (clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet, solo or choral, 1993/94)
• Landscapes of the soul, concert scene II for oboe and chamber orchestra (recorder, 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 beats - 2 piano - 1 - 1 - 0 - 3 - 0, 1997)
• Julian - Prologue (1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - Schl. - Klav - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1, 1999)
• Concerto grosso for baroque ensemble (0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - harpsichord - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1, 2000)
• Prometheus, Concerto for Bassoon and String Orchestra (2004)

Orchestral works

• 1st Symphony - Hommage à Milhaud for chamber orchestra (2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - key - piano - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 -, 1992/93)
• Fantasia para orquesta, for large orchestra (1996)
• 2nd Symphony - Sinfonia concertante for violin, three oboes, two horns, piano, percussion instruments and strings (1997/98)

Works for solos, choir and orchestra

• Passio, oratorio for mezzo-soprano, baritone, mixed choir, chamber orchestra and organ on Latin texts from the Gospel of Luke (1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - Schl - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1) (2002)

Stage works

• Mose - scenic oratorio for children and young people (1983/85)
• 1984 - Music theater for various young soloists and (big) bands (1997)
• Scheinwelten, music theater for three singers and seven instrumentalists (Libretto: Jens Prüss; 1999–2000)
• Die Höhle des Montesinos, ballet (2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2 keys - piano - guitar - 1 - 1 - 2 - 0, 1999/2000)
• Les Jeux sont faits (Sartre), play with music for young soloists, choir and big band (2001/2002)
• Die Vögel, multimedia music theater (in cooperation with DP Graham) for soprano, tenor, baritone, clear, Vc, Schl, Klav u. electron. Playback (Libretto: Jens Prüss, 2002)

Web links

• Works by and about Bernd Hänschke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Bernd Hänschke