Georg Kroell

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Georg Kröll (born May 3, 1934 in Linz am Rhein ) is a German composer .

Life

Georg Kröll was born in Linz on the Rhine in 1934. He studied piano with Else Schmitz-Gohr and composition with Frank Martin and Bernd Alois Zimmermann at the Cologne Conservatory . On July 6, 1962 he took part in the Bonn stage for sensual perception - KONZIL with his work "Songs based on texts by Paul Pörtner, Helmut Heissenbüttel and Karl Krolow for soprano guitar-piano" and "Sonata for alto flute". Between 1960 and 1964 he participated several times in the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music and the International Music Weeks of the Gaudeamus Foundation in Bilthoven. During this time he began his pianistic activity as an interpreter of new music, as a chamber musician and accompanist. In 1962 he received the sponsorship award from the city of Cologne and was a scholarship holder of the Villa Massimo in Rome in 1969/70 . He has lived in Cologne since 1970 , where he was a member of the Composers' Association Group 8 Cologne from 1969 to 1972 . From 1964 to 1997 he taught composition and music theory at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne. Since 1986 he has been the artistic advisor to the Insel Hombroich festival .

Works

Orchestral works

  • Canto for soprano and orchestra, text: Ezra Pound , "Canto IV" (1962)
  • Variations for orchestra (1964/65)
  • STILL LEBEN , recordings for symphony orchestra (1970)
  • Parodia ad Perotinum , Organum for orchestra (1972)
  • Suite de balades , four ballads from the late 14th century set for orchestra (1977)
  • Four motets by Orlando di Lasso for choir and orchestra (1979)
  • The Little Robber , fairy tale for speaker and orchestra, text: Marcellus Schiffer (1980)
  • Deaths and goals for speakers and orchestra, text: Dylan Thomas (1981)
  • Wings and Diamonds , concert piece for trumpet and orchestra (1999)
  • Changing pictures , episodes for orchestra (2008/2010)

Chamber and ensemble music

  • Cerchi per pianoforte e strumenti (1960)
  • Sonata for violoncello and piano (1969)
  • Invocazioni for wind quintet (1969)
  • Second Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1972)
  • The Musicians and the Drummer for oboe (English horn), clarinet (bass clarinet, alto saxophone), trumpet (flugelhorn), cello, piano and conductor (1973/1996)
  • Canzonabile for bass recorder and guitar (1974/1993)
  • Re-sonat tibia for shakuhachi and guitar (1975)
  • Odhecaton , music for renaissance instruments (1979)
  • Capriccio sopra mi , trio for viola, violoncello and double bass (1982)
  • Capriccio II for ensemble (1983)
  • Dekatom , Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1984)
  • Schattenspiel , five pieces for bass clarinet and vibraphone (1986)
  • Pezzi bassi ed alti for double bass, harp, celesta and percussion (1986)
  • Five verses for saxophone quartet (1986)
  • Zwiegesänge for two clarinetists (1987)
  • Omaggio , Trio for violin, violoncello and piano (1989)
  • Rondell for flute and clarinet (1991)
  • Aria for oboe and organ (1992)
  • Quartet for baritone saxophone, trombone, violoncello and piano (1993)
  • Sonata pian e forte , septet for saxophone quartet and trio basso (1994)
  • Four studies / 14 stations for harp and piano (1994)
  • Round of talks for three treble recorders (1994)
  • Im Walde by György Kurtág , in canone alla quinta for two clarinets (1994) / saxophone and trombone (1996) / accordion / viola and accordion (2004)
  • 1st string quartet (1996/2006)
  • Versetto: Gloria tibi for clarinet, violin and viola (1998)
  • 2nd string quartet (2000/2001)
  • Deux chansons de Gilles Binchois arranged for three violas (2001)
  • "Like mountains, that exuberant ..." Music for viola, violin and violoncello (2001)
  • »Tant plus ayme«, Hommage á Binchois for flute, oboe and clarinet (2003)
  • Felix namque es , a Tallis transcription for ensemble (2005)
  • Outlook - insight , six pieces for two pianos (2008)
  • Doppelspiel , Variations for two violas (2009)

Chamber and ensemble music with singing

  • Magnificat for soprano and six instruments (1958)
  • Three songs for soprano, guitar and piano based on texts by Paul Pörtner , Helmut Heißenbüttel , Karl Krolow (1961)
  • Cantio for baritone, two cellos, double bass and organ, text: Psalm 111 »Beatus vir«
  • "... after all, hearing is the title of the study" for six vocalists (1972)
  • We have absolutely no ability to leave Klosterneuburgerstrasse , aria for mezzo-soprano and seven instrumentalists, text: Thomas Bernhard (1974)
  • Scene , motet for speaker, soprano and electronic organ, text: Hans Günther Adler (1975)
  • The Solitary Guest from Alabama , voice for medium voice and piano, text: Walt Whitman (1976)
  • John Donne has sunk in sleep , motet for treble, counteratenor, tenor and bass, text: Joseph Brodsky (1976)
  • ... da death - to be precise , cantata for three male voices and piano. Texts: Horaz , Homer , Moses Mendelssohn , Constanze Mozart , WA Mozart and Johann Christian Günther (1990)

Solo works

  • Sonata for alto flute alone (1959)
  • Estampida for guitar solo (1967)
  • Con licenza for treble recorder solo (1971)
  • Re-sonat tibia , version for flute solo (1979)
  • Solo parts, Capriccio III for flute (1983/1996)
  • Unround thread , Capriccio per viola sola (1987)
  • Diary for piano, work in progress (1987 / ...)
  • Two pieces for harp (1992)
  • Solo parts for violin (2002)
  • appassionato, morendo per violoncello solo (2004)

Discography

  • Diary , Arnan Wiesel (Pno), documentation Witten days for new chamber music 1991
  • Zwiegesänge , Beate Zelinsky / David Smeyers (clar.), Classic production osnabrück cpo 999 116-2
  • Five Versetten , Berlin Saxophone Quartet, Koch Schwann 3-1314-2
  • Diary , Arnan Wiesel (Pno.), BVHAAST 9613
  • Aria , Christian Schneider (Ob.), Ursula Emde-Ossenkop (Org.), Prezioso 800.020 (»Concertante Arias and Pastorals for Oboe and Organ«),
  • Parodia ad Perotinum. Organum , Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken, Hans Zender , Koch Schwann 3-5037-2 ("Time travel. 50 years of new music in North Rhine-Westphalia")
  • Round of talks , Trio Diritto, Cybele 260.501 ("Without compression - New Music for Recorders")
  • Versetto: Gloria tibi , ensemble recherche , Kairos 0012442KAI ("In Nomine, The Witten in Nomine Broken Consort Book")
  • Capriccio sopra mi , Trio basso Cologne, RCA / Deutscher Musikrat 74321 73594 2 (» Music in Germany 1950–2000 : Witten Days for New Chamber Music «)
  • Capriccio sopra mi, omaggio, versetto: Gloria tibi, Deux chansons de Gilles Binchois, "Like mountains, that exuberant ...", aunt plus ayme. Hommage à Binchoi , ensemble recherche / Ravinia Trio , Telos Music TLS 087 (Georg Kröll »à trois«)
  • Felix namque es , ensemble recherche, Coviello COV 60812 (»re _naissance transcriptions«)
  • We have absolutely no ability to leave Klosterneuburgerstrasse , documentation of the Witten Days for New Chamber Music 1969–2008
  • Diary for piano , Udo Falkner (Pno), 2012 Telos Music 2 CD TLS 119

literature

  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: On some aspects of Georg Kröll's music , in: Georg Kröll on his 60th birthday. Festschrift, ed. von der Insel Hombroich, Neuss 1994, 25-65
  • Heinz Bremer: Georg Kröll , in: Rheinische Musik 10th episode, Kassel: Merseburger 1998
  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: Building bridges in your own time. Trio compositions by Georg Kröll , in: MusikTexte No. 114, Cologne 2007, 9–13
  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: »Thinking ahead from a thousand points«. The "Diary for Piano" by Georg Kröll , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 2007, issue 6, 62–65

swell

  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: Georg Kröll , in: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, London 2002
  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: Georg Kröll , in: MGG 2, Kassel 2005
  • Jörn Peter Hiekel: Georg Kröll , in: Contemporary composers, ed. by Hanns-Werner Heister and Wolfgang Sparrer, Munich 1992ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerd Hergen Lübben : Stage for Sensual Perception - KONZIL (Bonn, 1961–1963) / INFORMATION · MATERIALS: Programs · Posters · Register , Bonn 1961/2012; P. 14 f., 20. (Accessed January 9, 2016.)

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personal data
SURNAME Kröll, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz on the Rhine