Franz Xaver Frenzel

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Franz Xaver Frenzel (born October 8, 1945 in Mauterndorf ) is the artist name of the Austrian composer Friedemann Katt .

Life

Friedemann Katt was born in Mauterndorf (Austria) in 1945. He enjoyed early support from his father, the composer Leopold Katt . At the University of Music in Vienna he studied composition with Alfred Uhl.

Katt played as an organist in the Heiligenkreuz Abbey , was a music educator in Baden near Vienna from 1967 and since 1989 has devoted himself to composition mostly under the pseudonym "Franz Xaver Frenzel". Katt lives in Ried im Innkreis .

The artist name "Franz Xaver Frenzel" enables Katt to devote himself to baroque music as a postmodern composer without any constraints . The fictional character Frenzel is now viewed by him, sometimes in a self-deprecating way, like a second existence:

"Some of my compositions are ascribed to Frenzel, but all of the Frenzel compositions are mine."

- Katt

Friedemann Katt has become known far beyond the country's borders as the “only living baroque composer in Austria”.

Highlights:

  • Commissioned composition of a lullaby for the birth of the first child of the Japanese heir to the throne
  • Performance of the angel oratorio at the ceremony of the Republic of Austria to mark the 50th anniversary of the State Treaty in 2005.
  • Honored by the Linz Bruckner Orchestra on November 27, 2005
  • World premiere of the Ried Symphony (festive symphony in B flat) with the Bruckner Orchester Linz under the direction of Russell Davies on February 8, 2007 in Ried im Innkreis, composed for the anniversary "150 years of the city of Ried im Innkreis"
  • World premiere of the Wolkenmacher Suite for orchestra with the Brucknerbund Orchester Ried on November 10, 2007
  • World premiere of the Symphonie in G (Swinging Symphony) with the Inn-Salzach-Euregio Youth Orchestra on August 6, 2009
  • World premiere of the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (C minor) in the Brucknerhaus, Linz (May 13, 2012)
  • World premiere of the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (A minor) with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor: Kálmán Berkes, soloist: Lui Chan ) on October 5, 2012 in Ried im Innkreis
  • World premiere of the suite for symphonic wind orchestra ("Landshut Suite") on November 24, 2012 in the State Hall of Landshut Town Hall

Works

Chamber music

  • Sonata for violin and piano (G major)
  • Sonata in A minor
  • Sonata in G major
  • 2 sonatas (G minor / D minor)
  • Trio Sonata in F major (Concerto)
  • Trio sonata in C
  • Trio Sonata in G minor
  • Sonata in swing
  • Trio in C
  • Concerto for 4 violins
  • String Quintet in B flat major
  • String Quartet (Mandello)
  • String Quartet No.1 (Agitato)
  • Im Weingart'l for string quartet
  • Trio sonata in D major
  • Hunting music for the Prince of Heiligenkreuz
  • Concerto for oboe and organ (B flat major)
  • Birthday quintet in A minor

Brass

  • Trumpet and Organ Volume I (Christmas, Wedding and Birthday Concert)
  • Concerto in F
  • Sonata for trombone and piano
  • Praeamblum
  • Fantasia
  • Turmbläsereyen for (2 trumpets / 2 trombones or wind quintet)
  • Concert piece
  • Concerto a Cinque
  • Sinfonia sacra

Recorder ensemble (bamboo flutes)

  • In the Weingartl
  • Turmbläsereyen (recorder quartet / bamboo fl.)
  • Pastoral music
  • Canzones and Cantos
  • Travel shoe

Religious music

  • German fair
  • Missa Refugium nobis
  • Missa brevis
  • Creed
  • Sinfonia sacra
  • Laudate Dominum
  • Angel oratorio "de sanctis Angelis"

piano

  • 3 preludes
  • Fugue in G minor
  • 6 Inventions Manus
  • Fairy tales for Kristina
  • Sonata for harpsichord
  • Eleven little preludes (for Kristina)
  • Organ dances for piano
  • Sonata facile for piano 4 hands

Opera

  • Merlin

Orchestral works

  • String symphony in F
  • Concerto grosso il castello
  • Concerto in F
  • Sinfonia concertante in G minor
  • Concerto for viola and string orchestra
  • In Weingart'l, musical. Pictures for string orchestra
  • Concerto for oboe and orchestra
  • Organ concert in C
  • Eyne Water and Hunting Symphony at Schönbrunn
  • Ballet music with a large minuet for orchestra
  • Orchestral Suite No. 1 from the Stainprunner Codices
  • The suite with the open strings for chamber orchestra. and a voice facile
  • Double flute concerto
  • "The Cloud Makers"
  • Rieder Symphony (festive symphony in B flat)
  • Swinging Symphony (Symphony in G)
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra (A minor)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra (C minor)
  • Landshut Suite for symphonic wind orchestra

From the "Stainprunner Codices"

  • Suite # 1
  • Suite # 2
  • Suite number 3
  • Adil-Besim Suite
  • Canzones
  • Concerto per voce a basso continuo
  • Cantos No. 1
  • Cantos No. 2
  • Cantos No. 3

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Frenzel, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katt, Friedemann (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Mauterndorf