Diether Noll

Diether Noll (born September 22, 1934 in Merzig (Saar)) is a German composer .

Vita

Diether Noll grew up in Erfurt . First composition lessons as a student with Johann Cilenšek . From 1954 to 1957 he studied at the Liszt School of Music Weimar (conducting, piano, composition). Engagements as a conductor at theaters a. a. in Erfurt, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Potsdam. Until 1999 as conductor, conductor and repetitor at the Cottbus State Theater . Lecturer at the Musikhochschule Berlin from 1981 to 2000. Guest conductor a. a. at the Berlin State Opera , the Dresden State Opera , the Berlin Symphony Orchestra , in Hungary, Poland, Romania, the former CSR, in Estonia. Also regularly active as a pianist (song accompanist and chamber musician). In 2003 he won first prize in a composition competition organized by the “Brandenburgische Verein Neue Musik eV” for chamber ensembles. Diether Noll lives in Eichwalde today .

Works

• Because yours is the Reich (1955) oratorio. Text based on words from the Bible.
• König Drosselbart (1957) Children's opera. Text by Alexander Stillmark .
• Come on now, the Heiden Heiland Liturgical Christmas Concert (1958) Text after Jochen Klepper .
• Two Inventions for Orchestra (1960)
• Dies Irae Spiritual Concert (1962) text based on Werner Bergengruen .
• Divertimento for orchestra (1962)
• Cheerful Herbarium (Karl Heinrich Waggerl) for voice and instruments (1964)
• Epitaph for Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1964) Sacred concert
• Lord, there I am (1967) oratorio. Text by Michel Quoist .
• Be silent! for vocals and instruments. Text by Pablo Neruda (1969)
• Go down, Moses (1969) oratorio. Text by Dietrich Mendt .
• Four songs based on poems by Tudor Argezhi (1971) for voice, flute and harpsichord
• Josa with the Magic Fiddle (1972) children's opera. Text by Dietrich Mendt
• Missa nova (1973) Text of the Catholic Mass and Dietrich Mendt .
• Markus Passion (1979)
• The Christmas goose Auguste after Friedrich Wolf (1981) for voice and chamber orchestra
• Chantecler the Rooster (1983) children's opera. Text by the composer based on the children's book by Ira Joswiaskowski, Sinfonietta for orchestra (1984)
• Six songs based on poems by Eva Strittmatter (1985)
• Heavenly Peace A Chinese Requiem (1989) Text based on ancient Chinese poetry and contemporary evidence.
• Autumn thoughts . Five songs based on poems by Hermann Hesse (1991)

Also solo concerts for horn, harpsichord, flutes; 6 bagatelles for string orchestra; Concert music for chamber orchestra; Elegy and Toccata for horn and string orchestra; Chamber music: 3 string quartets, 2 piano trios, 2 violin sonatas, horn sonata, nonet, septet, sextet a. a .; Organ works and chorale preludes.

Web links

• Brandenburg cultural portal: Diether Noll