Christian Ridil

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Christian Ridil

Christian Ridil (born June 12, 1943 in Breslau ) is a German composer , choir director and musicologist .

biography

Christian Ridil attended the Regensburger Domspatzen high school, where he gained his first musical experience. From 1963 he studied school music and composition with Günter Bialas at the State Music Academy in Munich. From 1968 to 1984 Ridil taught school music at the Justus-von-Liebig-Gymnasium in Neusäß near Augsburg. In 1976 he founded the Augsburger Vokal-Ensemble (AVE) together with other former Regensburger Domspatzen and directed it until 1987. The AVE became known far beyond the borders of Augsburg in numerous concerts, radio and vinyl recordings, as well as world premieres.

From 1980 to 1983 he was a lecturer at the Catholic University in Eichstätt, and he also studied musicology at the University of Augsburg from 1980 to 1986. In 1984 he was appointed to the Musicological Institute of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In addition to the music theory courses and seminars, he led the Frankfurt University Music, which consisted of choirs, orchestras and chamber music ensembles.

With the chamber choir of the JWG-Universität Frankfurt, founded in 1987 (selection ensemble), numerous concerts in Germany and abroad were presented in addition to a series of media publications (CDs, TV). a. Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Mexico.

From 1992 to 1993 he taught at the College of New Jersey in Trenton (USA) as an Exchange Professor. In 1994 he was appointed university music director in Frankfurt am Main. In June 2010, Ridil received an honorary doctorate from the Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Catalog of works (selection)

Choral music a cappella

  • The seven words of Jesus on the cross for solo baritone and 5st. according to Choir a cappella (1965)
  • Morning prayer (Eichendorff) for 4–8 st. according to Choir ac (1968)
  • Ave Maria for 6h. according to Choir a cappella (1974)
  • God be gracious to us and bless us (psalm transcription: Rom. Guardini), motet for 4–8 st. according to Choir a cappella (1975)
  • The Lord is King (Ps. 92, after the translation from Rome. Guardini), motet for 4–8st. according to A cappella choir (1978)
  • At night (Horst Lange) for 6–8 hours. according to Choir a cappella (1979/80)
  • Two songs of David (Old Testament) for 3st. Upper choir a cappella (1983)
  • Five songs from autumn (Monika Taubitz) for 4 st. according to Choir a cappella (1983)
  • Five pieces for the upper choir : Ave Maria , O head, full of blood and wounds , Love may cry too , See, I am sending my angel before you , Requiem: Soul, do not forget it, the dead! (1987)
  • Five underground musical canons for choir ac / instr. ad libitum (1987-1989)
  • Give your judgment to the King, O God (Psalm 71, translation from Rome. Guardini). Motet for 4–8 st. according to A cappella choir (1989)
  • Fuga vocalistica for 4pcs. according to A cappella choir or vocal quartet (1989)
  • House sayings . 6 aphorisms based on old house inscriptions for 3–4st. according to A cappella choir (1990)
  • Ständchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) for male choir a cappella (1993)
  • Nordwind und Südwind (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) for male choir a cappella (1993)
  • In a quiet night . Passion chorale motet for 5 - 8 st. according to Choir a cappella (1995)
  • Missa Alba for 4pcs. according to Choir a cappella (1995)
  • Psalm 8 for 16st. according to Choir a cappella (4 choirs) (1996)
  • Become light! . Choral motets for 4pcs. according to Choir a cappella (2000)
  • Sehnsucht (J. Fr. von Eichendorff) for 6-part acc. A cappella choir (2003)

Choral music with piano / organ

  • Wish list (KHFrank) for 2st. Children's choir and piano (1981)
  • Harvest song (Gottfried Tollmann). Seven hymn aphorisms for 3st. Upper choir and organ (1987)
  • The fairy tale of Bishop Hatto for 4 hours. mixed choir and piano (1998)
  • Ooh-wakka-doo-wakka-day . Medley for gem. Choir and piano; after Gilbert O'Sullivan (2000)

Works for solos, choir and orchestra

  • Lied vom Glück (B. Brecht) for alto solo, choir and small orchestra (1965)
  • Larisa (HMEnzensberger) for solo baritone, 2 clarinets, harpsichord, double bass and snare drum (1966)
  • Paddy Fingal , scenic ballad (W.Brandes) for children and Orff instruments (1969)
  • Being human in Christ , German fair for speakers, choir, wind instruments and rhythm section (1970) Printed by: Laumann, Dülmen / Westf.
  • Of the damned and blessed (Angelus Silesius). Great cantata for soprano solo, baritone solo, choir and orchestra (1987)
  • Student songs (Viktor v. Scheffel) for chromonics, 4–5st. according to Choir and 4 percussionists (1990)
  • Head and brain . Mini-Opera for children (11 instrumentalists, 3 actors, 15 minutes duration) (1991)
  • Keep us, Lord, by your word . Small chorale partita for 5 brass instruments and choir (2000/2001)
  • Gaudeamus - Songs of Joy for speakers, 1-9 choirs, piano 4 hands, 4 trumpets and percussion (4 players) (2001–2003)
  • Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd - State in fide for 8st. according to Choir (double), 4st. Upper choir, 8 brass instruments and organ (2007) Printed by: Bärenreiter, Kassel

Orchestral works

  • Musica Gagerniana for large school orchestra (1987/88)
  • et hi tres unum sunt . Sacred concert for 3 solo violas and string orchestra on a motif by Claudio Monteverdi (1991/92)
  • Brahms en France . Concerto for bassoon and chamber orchestra (1994)
  • Talking plaques . Memorial music to EB for String Orchestra (1994)
  • 1st Symphony: Pictures of a City for large orchestra (1996/98)
  • Pictures of a City . 1st symphony for orchestra (1996–1998)
  • Attacco for large brass ensemble and small percussion (1998)
  • Les jardins du Pan . Concerto for flute and orchestra (1999)
  • De profundis . Sacred concert for string orchestra, 3 timpani and percussion (2000)

Organ music

  • Meditations (On Glory To You, Christ ) for Organ (1967)
  • Voci per tromba e organo (1973)
  • Preces ad Mariam ( Marienandacht ) for 6 brass instruments and organ (1974)
  • Corale cambiamente for organ (1979)
  • Dies Pentecostes . Four liturgical organ phorisms at Pentecost (1991)
  • Quatre pièces for oboe and organ (1997)
  • I hoped in you Lord . Fantasia for organ solo (2001)

Chamber music

  • Divertissement for flute, violin and piano (1968)
  • Choroi for tenor trombone and 3–5 timpani (1968)
  • Missa brevis for violin and piano (1968)
  • Mobile musicale for 2 oboes and bassoon (1977)
  • Suite for flute solo (1977)
  • Altenberger Variations for two 4-part recorder choirs (1978)
  • Dark Duos for violoncello and bassoon (1978)
  • Communications for woodwind quartet (1979)
  • Septet ( laughing and crying at any hour ) for flute, oboe, bassoon and string quartet (1980/85)
  • Three Opitz sonnets for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and string trio (1984)
  • Variations on a Stoltzer cantus firmus for treble recorder (1985)
  • Welcome and Farewell and Farewell (Goethe) for baritone and piano (1985)
  • Ballad from the unfaithful servant for gem. A cappella choir, treble recorder, string quintet and guitar (1989)
  • Trioviolin start . Six pieces for the very first interplay of three violins (1989) Printed by: Tonger, Cologne
  • Square concert for chromonica, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and harpsichord (1990)
  • Missa sopra un sogetto di Palestrina for soprano solo and string quartet (1991)
  • Heptameron for oboe, trumpet, viola and violoncello (other instruments ad libitum) (1991)
  • Ciacona variata for brass instruments (1992)
  • The meeting . Four Humoresques for Brass Quintet (1993)
  • Prayer for Peace (Text: Max Herrmann-Neisse). Song in 5 sections for medium to high voice and piano (1994)
  • Exploratory talks on the sidelines of the mouse conference . Duos for soprano recorder and transverse flute (or treble recorder) (1995)
  • MEYENMUSICK . Variations on a Breslau Mailied from the 16th century for 4 horns in F (1995)
  • Quasi una Sonatina for treble recorder and piano (1995)
  • Deux Danses Macabres . Octet f. Fl (also A-Fl, Picc), Klr (also Baßklr.), Tr, Pos, Schlg, Vl, Kb, Klv (1995/96)
  • Crossover Passacaglia for horn (F) and double bass (1996)
  • Tempus inquietum . Quartet for guitar and string trio (Vl, Va, Vc) (1996)
  • ... ad ... aspra . Sextet for Fl (also Picc), Fg, Vl, Va, Vc, Klv (1997)
  • Sisifo . String Quartet (1997) Serenata piccola per 2 Contrabbassi (1998)
  • Praising the All Saints for S-Solo, Fl, Va, Kb, Schlgzg. and Celesta (1998)
  • Fairy tale pictures for flute (s) and percussion (1999)
  • Tres non faciunt collegium musicum . Trio for flute, clarinet (B-flat) and horn (F) (2001)
  • ... tetigi, tactum ... for flute and guitar (2002)

Piano music

  • Variations on an East Prussian equestrian song for piano (1991)
  • against Elise .... for Ludwig . Paraphrase for celesta solo (1994)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dohr.de/autor/ridil.htm
personal data
SURNAME Ridil, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, choir director and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw