Hans Georg Pflüger

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Hans Georg Pflüger (born August 26, 1944 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ; † March 9, 1999 in Bietigheim-Bissingen ) was a German composer .

Life

He studied composition with Henk Badings and Wolfgang Fortner as well as organ with Karl Richter and Fernando Germani (as a scholarship holder of the Italian government). He also studied song design with Hubert Giesen , conducting with Otmar Suitner as well as musicology, philosophy and art history. From 1950 he lived in Bietigheim-Bissingen . In 1961 he was a prize winner at the piano competition of the German Tonkünstlerverband. In 1977 he received the Rome Prize " Villa Massimo ". He died on March 9, 1999 in Bietigheim.

Pflüger's compositional work includes all important musical genres such as opera, ballet, oratorio, orchestral works, choral works, chamber music and lieder settings.

Catalog of works (selection)

  • Song cycles Lazarus (Heine) and Fragments (Hölderlin) (WP: Siegmund Nimsgern / Bruce Abel / Pflüger)
  • String Quartet (WP: Melos Quartet )
  • Metamorphoses for violin, piano, 13 wind instruments and percussion (WP: Schall / Davies / German wind soloists)
  • Voices ( Paul Celan ) for 36-part choir and percussion (WP: Südfunk-Chor)
  • Concert for horn and orchestra (premier: Hermann Baumann , Stuttgart Philharmonic - Hans Zanotelli )
  • Shining gate for orchestra (UA Stuttgart Philharmonic - Hauschild)
  • Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (WP: Saschko Gawriloff / Siegfried Palm , RSO Stuttgart - Albert)
  • AMA-DEUS for wind nonet (WP: Consortium Classicum)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra (WP: Oppitz, Badische Staatskapelle - Neuhold)
  • Balance for piano quintet, ballet music to "Black Angels" (WP Zanella / Staatstheater Stuttgart and Vienna State Opera)
  • Opera Die Perle (Küfer) (WP: Ludwigsburg Castle Festival )
  • Requiem MEMENTO MORI for baritone, choir and orchestra (WP: Siegmund Nimsgern , Capella Cracoviensis - Bader)
  • Yiddish Cholläm for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quartet ( WP : Consortium Classicum)
  • "The outside world is icy" (Sellin) for tenor, horn, percussion and strings (WP: Weller, Joy, Deutsche Kammerakademie - Goritzki)
  • Death fugue (Celan) for baritone, violin, piano and percussion (WP: Bruce Abel , Schall, Pflüger, Abel)
  • Patchwork for percussion and strings (WP: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Davies)
  • Capriccio for orchestra, 1985 (WP: Symphony Orchestra of the City of Ludwigsburg - Siegfried Bauer )

CDs (selection)

Hans Georg Pflüger - compositions

  • Metamorphosen (1988), Joachim Schall (violin), Dennis Russell Davies (piano), German wind soloists
  • String Quartet (1984), Melos Quartet
  • Rhapsody for violin, horn and piano (1983), Saschko Gawriloff (violin), Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Klaus Hellwig (piano)
  • Voices of Paul Celan (1981) for soloists, 36stimm.gem. Choir, percussion and piano, Südfunk Choir (Helmut Franz)
  • Impeto for horn and piano (1986), Hermann Baumann (horn), Leonard Hokanson (piano)
  • Frictions for string sextet (1974), string sextet Johannes Goritzki
  • Concerto for horn and orchestra (1983), Hermann Baumann (horn), Stuttgart Philharmonic conductor Hans Zanotelli

Hans Georg Pflüger - song cycles

  • Lazarus (Heine) - Von dir und mir (Theobaldy), Siegmund Nimsgern (baritone) - Hans Georg Pflüger (piano)
  • Fragments (Hölderlin), Bruce Abel (baritone) - Hans Georg Pflüger (piano)
  • The Geier (Beckett), Bruce Abel (baritone) - Wolfgang Rösch (violin)
  • Quaternary (Benn), John Bröcheler (baritone) - Ed Gerits (piano)

Hans Georg Pflüger - arrangements

  • Silent Night (1976): German Christmas carols, Bruce Abel (baritone), Annette Biswenger (mezzo-soprano) ea, Motettenchor Stuttgart, conductor Günter Graulich. Carus 83,132

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personal data
SURNAME Pflüger, Hans Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1999
Place of death Bietigheim-Bissingen