Hans Eugen Frischknecht

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Hans Eugen Frischknecht (born May 8, 1939 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss composer , organist , choir director and harpsichordist .

Life

Hans Eugen Frischknecht graduated from the Swiss Music Education Association (SMPV) as a piano teacher after graduating from high school . From 1959 to 1962 he studied composition with Boris Blacher , counterpoint with Ernst Pepping , organ (final exam) with Michael Schneider and twelve-tone music with Josef Rufer at the Academic University of Music in Berlin. From 1962 to 1964 he continued his training with Olivier Messiaen (analysis courses), in organ with Gaston Litaize and in harpsichord with Robert Veyron-Lacroix at the Conservatoire de Paris . Until 1969 he studied music theory (teaching diploma) with Theo Hirsbrunner and Jörg Ewald Dähler at the Bern Conservatory .

As an organist and harpsichordist, he has given concerts in Europe and the USA. From 1964 to 2002 he was organist and choirmaster at the Evangelical Reformed Johanneskirche in Bern's Breitenrain district. In 1970 he founded and took over the management of the IGNM vocal soloists in Bern. He conducted a. a. 1980 the world premiere of Manfred Trojahn's madrigal . From 1983 to 2003 he taught improvisation and theory at the Bern University of the Arts in Biel.

From 1977 to 1988, Frischknecht was President of the Berne City Association of the International Society for New Music (IGNM). From 1978 to 1990 he was President of the local Swiss Music Education Association (SMPV) in Bern. He was also the longstanding President of the SMPV Presidents' Conference. In 2002/03 he was a founding member of the L'art pour l'Aar festival in Bern.

In addition to organ, piano and harpsichord pieces, he mainly composed chamber music and choral works. They were made in Europe and the United States, etc. a. performed by the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra and the Ensemble Sortisatio .

Frischknecht is married to the organist Eliane Kneuss and lives in Muri near Bern.

Awards

Works

Orchestral music

  • Farben (1978) for symphony orchestra
  • Orgorchestra (1990) for organ and orchestra
  • A House of Pianos (1990) for 24 pianos
  • Music (2006) for 15 wind instruments
  • Concerto 1 (2013) for 18 orchestral instruments

Chamber music

  • 3 pieces for small embalo (1963)
  • Monody (1963-1964). Organ music 1 for organ solo
  • Composition for oboe and organ (1964)
  • String Quartet (1964)
  • 5 pieces for flute and organ (1965)
  • Duo for clarinet and violin (1966)
  • Quiet for rabbits (1966). Organ music 1 for organ solo
  • Composition for violoncello and organ (1967)
  • Trio for flute, oboe and harpsichord (1967)
  • Piano music in 5 parts (1968)
  • Composition for violin and piano (1968)
  • For two (1970) for two pianos or piano four hands
  • Wettspiele (1971) for 2 young cellists
  • Composition for flute, clarinet and tape (1971)
  • Es ein Wort ergangen (1972) for organ solo
  • Game music for old instruments (1973) for 3 recorders, 2 viols, trombone and positive
  • Development (1977) for harpsichord
  • Klangflächen (1977) for piano
  • Schwarze Kla-4-klänge (1978) for piano
  • Fantasia for violin, percussion and organ (1980)
  • Rondeau for flute and guitar (1981)
  • All about the piano (1983)
  • Composition for 2 trumpets and organ (1984)
  • Klanggruppierungen (1984) for 3 flutes, 2 clarinets, trumpet, trombone and piano four hands
  • Impulse for clarinet ensemble (1986) for 5 clarinets and 2 bass clarinets
  • Dis-Kont (1988) for four trombones
  • Labikiel (1990) for flute and harpsichord
  • Competitions for two violins (1990)
  • Stereophonie (1991) for 5 flutes
  • Trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano (1993)
  • Clav Cemb (1994) for 2 harpsichords
  • Flutes im Raum (1996) for 2 piccolos, 9 flutes and 3 alto flutes
  • Octet for three wind instruments and five strings (1996) for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass
  • Actions - Réactions (1998) for percussion and organ
  • Quintet (1999) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
  • 5 pictures for harpsichord (2000)
  • 5 pictures for flute (2000)
  • FanSolSi (2001) for piano
  • 4 pieces (2001) for violin and organ
  • 4 pieces (2002) for violin and piano
  • FanSolSi (2002) for violin
  • FanSolSi (2003) for horn
  • 4 pieces (2003) for violin and piano
  • Quartet (2005) for flute and three strings
  • 4 pieces (2005) for trumpet and organ
  • 4 pictures (2005) for drums
  • 18 pictures (1988–2006) for piano
  • Saiten - Pfeifen (2007) for harp and organ
  • Klee Impressions (2008). 7 short pieces for oboe (English horn), bassoon, viola and guitar
  • Stereophonie (2009) for 5 trumpets
  • Quartet (2009) for transverse flute, baroque violin, baroque bassoon and harpsichord

organ

  • 5 preambles for organ (1961)
  • Fantasia (1962) for organ
  • Crystallizations (1964) for organ
  • Suite (1967) Tonal - Atonal (1977–1984) for organ
  • Questioning (1977) for organ
  • Tangles (1984) for two organs
  • Farbschimmerungen I (1987) for organ
  • Organ Sketches (1988)
  • Farbschimmerungen II (1989) for organ
  • Two solos with a quiet intermezzo (1991) for organ
  • 5 liturgical pieces (1974–1993) for organ
  • Two extended organ sketches (1993)
  • Equal - Unequal (1994) for organ
  • 5 simple pieces in new notation styles (1997) for organ
  • 4 pieces (1997) for 24-tone organ
  • Organo pleno (2000) for organ solo
  • Sesquialtera (2000) for organ solo
  • Nov - Org (2005) 9 images for dynamic organ
  • Pictures (2008–2016) for a large organ
  • FanSoSi (2013) for organ
  • 3 pieces (2014) for an organ positive

Choral music

  • Voice strings (1976) for female choir and a piano with 4 players.
  • Ohn-Mächtige (1980) for nine-part choir. Text: Hans Eugen Frischknecht
  • “Jehan Alain, Facteur d'orgue” (1996) for mixed choir. Text: Jehan Alain
  • Psalm 113 (1997) for three-part choir and piano
  • Springboard (1999) for female choir, 2 mixed choirs, 4 choir groups (female voices), 2 choir groups (male voices), piano four hands, 2 percussionists, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 6 flutes, 2 cellos, 2 violins, tinkling metal rods.
  • Dona nobis pacem (2000) for mixed choir. Text: Bible
  • «So does peace need you» (2001) for mixed choir
  • «Cantons» (2005) for female or youth choir

Vocal music

  • rosa loui (1969). 7 songs for alto and piano. Text: Kurt Marti
  • Vocalizations (1975) for 5 voices
  • De l'Australopithèque à l'homme (1986) for voice and piano. Text: Gudrun Ryhming
  • Psalm of Hope (1988) for soprano, oboe and organ.
  • A New Creation Story (1994) for 12 voices. Text: South American texts
  • 5 impressions of the Apocalypse (2007) for soprano, flute, percussion and organ. Text: Regula Riniker
  • D Moving - Schmärz (2008) for a singing violinist. Text: Guy Krneta

synthesizer

  • Color Chart (1988) for synthesizers

Discography (selection)

  • Organ Works (Pro, 1992)
  • Music for my friends (Classic, 1995)
  • Festival l'art pour l'Aar 2003 (Müller & Schade, 2005)
  • Festival l'art pour l'Aar 2005 (Müller & Schade, 2006)

Fonts (selection)

  • Rhythms and duration values ​​in the Livre d'Orgue by Olivier Messiaen . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 22 (1968) 1, pp. 1–12.
  • Church music on the wrong path . In: Music and worship 22 (1968) 1.
  • Youth and the avant-garde . In: Schweizerische Musikzeitung 116 (1976) 4, pp. 273–277.
  • The sacred music of Olivier Messiaen . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 32 (1978) 6, pp. 189–199.
  • Comparative Music Theory . In: Schweizerische Musikzeitung 119 (1979) 5, pp. 262–268.
  • How loud should an organ be . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 34 (1980) 5. pp. 157–164.
  • Composer - ivory tower - layman . In: New Music for Young People and Laypeople (1980), pp. 23–26.
  • Sentences to chorales from the church hymn book . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 43 (1989) 3. p. 126.
  • Sacred music and organ music in recent years . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 44 (1990) 5. pp. 233–247.
  • In memory of Olivier Messiaen . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 46 (1992), p. 273.
  • An outline of music history since 1945. A guide for music students . In: Schweizer Musikpädagogische Blätter 85 (1997) 2, pp. 84–88. ( Digitized ; PDF; 157 kB)
  • Taken the raisins out of the cantional sentences . In: Musik und Gottesdienst 55 (2001) 3, pp. 52–56.
  • From the Roman wind chest to the quarter-tone organ. Forays into Swiss organ building . In: Musik & Kirche 74 (2004), 1, pp. 26–33.
  • One or more eight rivers? In: Musik und Gottesdienst 62 (2008) 1, pp. 18–23. ( Digitized )
  • Potential and limits of a musical language. Olivier Messiaen's “Modes à transpositions limitées” under the microscope. In: Dissonanz 104 (2008), pp. 32–34.

literature

  • Frischknecht, Hans Eugen. In: Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Second part: additions and extensions since 1937 . Volume 1, Heinrichshofen, 15th edition, Wilhelmshaven 1974, ISBN 3-7959-0087-5 , p. 211.
  • Hans Eugen Frischknecht . In: Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern (Ed.): “From alphorn call to synthesizer sound”. Swiss music from 150 years of the City Hall of Lucerne (Kornschutte). August 17 - September 11, 1991 . Walter Labhart, Endingen 1991, ISBN 3-9520167-0-5 , p. 89.
  • Hans Eugen Frischknecht . In: Hans Steinbeck, Walter Labhart (Hrsg.): Swiss composers of our time. Biographies, catalog raisonnés with discography and bibliography . Amadeus, Winterthur 1993, ISBN 3-905049-05-8 , pp. 127-129.
  • Frischknecht, Hans Eugen . In: David M. Cummings (Ed.): International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory . 14th edition, Melrose Press, Cambridge 1994, ISBN 0-948875-71-2 , p. 333.
  • Theo Hirsbrunner : Improvisations, noted. The composer Hans Eugen Frischknecht. In: dissonance. 63 (1998), pp. 26-31.
  • Hans Eugen Frischknecht . In: Daniela Philippi : New Organ Music. Works and composition techniques from the avant-garde to the pluralistic modern age . Bärenreiter, Kassel [u. a.] 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1587-5 , p. 507.
  • Frischknecht, Hans Eugen. In: Peter Hollfelder : Piano Music. International chronological lexicon. History. Composers. Works. Supplement, Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 3-7959-0855-8 , p. 80.
  • Frischknecht, Hans Eugen. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 125.
  • Stephan Thomas: The Aare and New Music . In: Schweizer Musikzeitung 10 (2007) 12, p. 5. (Interview)
  • Theo Hirsbrunner: Hans Eugen Frischknecht. Improvisations, noted. In: Au carrefour des mondes, édition dissonance. 1 (2008), pp. 129-136.
  • Bruno Spoerri : Hans Eugen Frischknecht . In: Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Music from nothing. The history of electroacoustic music in Switzerland . Chronos, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-03-401038-2 , pp. 79-80.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Kürschner's Musicians Handbook, 2006.
  2. ^ International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, 1994.
personal data
SURNAME Frischknecht, Hans Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer, organist, choir director and orchestra player
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen