Wind Association Berlin

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Wind Association Berlin
Wind Association Berlin
Wind Association Berlin
General information
Genre (s) Chamber music
founding 1966
resolution 1993
Founding members
Bernd Casper
Hermann Wolfframm
Klaus Gerbeth
Siegfried Schramm
Dieter Buschner
Dieter Hahnchen
Last occupation
Bernd Casper
Flute , piccolo ,
alto flute, drums
 Hermann Wolfframm
Siegried Schramm
Dieter Chicken
Oboe , english horn ,
drums
 Dieter Wagner
(since 1971)
Horn , drums
 Christian Wagner
(since 1990)
former members
Horn, drums
 Dieter Buschner
(until 1983)
Horn, drums
 Wolfgang Stahl
(1983–1990)
Oboe, english horn,
drums
 Klaus Gerbeth
(until 1971)

The Berlin Wind Association was a woodwind quintet with piano or harpsichord . The association existed from 1966 to 1993 and made outstanding contributions to the performance of new music .

history

In 1966 six musicians from the orchestras of the State Opera Unter den Linden , the Komische Oper Berlin and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin founded the Berlin Wind Association. It was the first ensemble in the GDR that dealt intensively with new music , which at first was not always welcome. The premiere of Chamber Music I with tape by Paul-Heinz Dittrich caused a scandal during the 1971 International Music Biennale and led to Dittrich's teaching position at the University of Music being terminated.

In addition to regular concerts with exclusively new music, it was a particular concern of the Berlin Bläservereinigung to reach a wide audience with programs from different musical epochs. The focus, however, was on works by young composers of new music from the GDR. The sonata for wind quintet + piano by Friedrich Goldmann was heard in over 70 concerts. Compositions by Georg Katzer and Paul-Heinz Dittrich also achieved high performance numbers.

In 1986 Georg Katzer received first prize in the composition competition "Reiner Marie Jose" in Geneva for his harpsichord concerto in the inclusion of the Berlin Wind Association.

With the fall of 1989, the framework conditions for chamber music deteriorated. The financing of the composition commissions and the associated special fees for their rehearsal and production of the performance material by the Kulturfonds der DDR, publishers, academies and large companies were omitted. No new sponsors were found. In addition, the financial possibilities of broadcasters in West and East Germany for concert recordings and chamber music productions were restricted. The "Deutsche Schallplatte" with the label Eterna and Nova, which is important for chamber music, was dissolved. The organizers' interest in new music mainly shifted to world premieres. Furthermore, the exemption of members from orchestral service for chamber music concerts was no longer guaranteed.

The Berlin Wind Association and the “Hanns Eisler New Music Group” from Leipzig ceased operations. The last concert of the Berlin Wind Association with compositions of new music from the GDR era took place in Turin in 1993 .

Works and performances

Since chamber music literature for wind instruments is manageable, the harpsichordist and pianist of the group arranged compositions from the 16th and 17th centuries - including those with singing - for this instrumentation. In addition, composition commissions were given to contemporaries. 50 paid commissioned works were created. Among these was also z. B. the opera R. Hot by Friedrich Goldmann. The world premiere took place in the Apollosaal of the German State Opera. A few years later another 20 performances with the soloist ensemble of the Dresden State Opera followed in Dresden . The Blind after Maeterlinck by Paul-Heinz Dittrich was premiered in the Berliner Ensemble with actors from this theater. Victor Bruns composed a concerto for 5 wind instruments with secondary instruments and orchestra .

Among the composers commissioned by the Wind Instruments Association were Reiner Bredemeyer , Paul Dessau , Paul-Heinz Dittrich, Friedrich Goldmann, Jörg Herchet , Helge Jung , Georg Katzer, Hermann Keller , Nicolaus Richter de Vroe , Friedrich Schenker , Christfried Schmidt , H. Johannes Wallmann , Ruth Zechlin , Helmut Zapf . In addition, there were GDR premieres of works by Edison Denisow , Helmut Flammer , Hans Werner Henze , Klaus Huber , Chen Yi , compositions from Denmark, France, Iceland, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the USA.

In the course of 27 years, around 120 radio productions and around 85 concert recordings were made in Germany and abroad.

Sound carrier

CDs

  • Music in the GDR - Vocal Music Vol. II Vocal Music
Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009): “Sing 'Lessing” - composition for baritone and 6 players based on Lessing's poems (1978), recording by WDR 1980, studio 16:02, 1995 Berlin Classics
  • Music in the GDR Vol. III - Instrumental Chamber Music
Friedrich Goldmann: Sonata for wind quintet + piano (1969/70), 1974, recording German record 12:39
Friedrich Schenker (* 1942): Tirilijubili - piece for virtuosos III, chamber concerto for piccolo flute with oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1979), recording from the GDR radio 1981 10:47 1995 Berlin Classics
  • "Music in Germany 1950–2000" "Concerts: Pieces for Ensemble"
Georg Katzer: Concert for harpsichord and wind quintet, live recording 1978, radio of the GDR 17:47
  • "Music in Germany 1970–2000" "Solo & Ensemble"
Friedrich Goldmann: “Sing 'Lessing” - composition for baritone and 6 players with Lessing poems (1978), recording by WDR 1980, 16:02, Goldmann as conductor CD 2001
  • Portrait CDs from the German Music Council and Wergo
Friedrich Goldmann: Wind Quintet (1991), recording by RIAS Berlin 1992 1994 Wergo 6265-2
Georg Katzer: Coming and going for wind quintet and piano (1981) recording German record 1985 13:35 1995 Wergo 6274-2
Helmut Zapf (* 1956): Klangklang III for wind quintet and piano, recording by DS Kultur 1991 13:44 CD Wergo 6528-2 1995
  • Music in Germany 1950–2000
Friedrich Goldmann: Cross section of the opera fantasy “R. Hot ”, The German State Opera and its world premieres, radio recording of the world première in 1977 with the Berlin Wind Association
  • Nova Rediscovered - New Music in the GDR
Friedrich Goldmann: "Compilation" - music for wind instruments (1976), recording of the GDR radio in 1979, 29:00
Paul-Heinz Dittrich (* 1930): Chamber music V for wind quintet and live electronics (1976), recording German record 1979, CD 2002 Berlin Classics
  • CU 64033 a CD series - tuba music
Hannes Zerbe: Ochsenkarren I with Dietrich Unkrodt tuba 0.57, Wind Quintet II 1987 7:28 CD 1994
  • Ars Vivendi CD
WA Mozart: Piano quintet in E flat major KV 452, recording on German record 1986 20:57
  • Berlin Classics - The Unknown Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in G major WoO 37 for piano, flute and bassoon, recording on German record December 75, CD 97

Records

  • Divertimento for wind quintet op.4 , 1974, NOVA 885040, (Hanns Eisler, 1923)
  • Sonata for wind quintet + piano , 1974, NOVA 885078, (Friedrich Goldmann, 1970)
  • Trio in G major for flute, bassoon and piano WoO 37 , 1977, ETERNA 826864, (Ludwig van Beethoven)
  • Compilation for 10 instruments; Chamber Music V for wind quintet and live electronics , 1979, NOVA 885151, (Friedrich Goldmann, 1976; Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 1976)
  • Chamber Music III for wind quintet with an epilogue for wind quintet and baritone , 1980, NOVA 885178, (Paul-Heinz Dittrich, 1974; Siegfried Lorenz, baritone)
  • 3 pieces for wind quintet , 1983, NOVA 885181, (Hans-Joachim Geisthardt, 1962)
  • Sing Lessing ; Composition for baritone a. 6 players based on Lessing's poems; tirilijubili chamber concert for piccolo; Concerto for harpsichord and wind quintet, 1983, NOVA 885222, (Friedrich Goldmann, 1978; Siegfried Lorenz, baritone; Friedrich Schenker 1976; Georg Katzer, 1977)
  • Chamber Music VII Epitaph on a Bohemian , 1986, NOVA 885255, (Christfried Schmidt, 1974)
  • Coming and going for wind quintet a. Piano , 1986, NOVA 885258, (Georg Katzer, 1981)
  • Quasi ancora una sonata for 5 wind instruments and piano , 1988, NOVA 885285, (Hermann Keller, 1984; Hermann Keller, piano)
  • Quintet in E flat major KV 452; De fynske Katarakter op.66 , 1988, ETERNA 729186, (WA Mozart; record of the "Nordiska Musikdagar" 1979, Ib Nörholm, 1976)

Awards

  • 1969: Artist Prize of the Berlin Music Biennale
  • 1979: Art Prize of the GDR
  • 1987: National Prize of the GDR for excellent performance in the interpretation of works of humanistic cultural heritage and contemporary creativity

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