Hans Uwe Hielscher

Market Church in Wiesbaden

Hans Uwe Hielscher (* 1945 ) is a German organist , carillonneur and composer .

biography

Hielscher studied church music at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold ( A-exam ). He completed his studies in Paris and Rouen. He also trained as a carillonneur in Utrecht . From 1969 to 1973 he was a church musician in the Protestant island church on Juist . Between 1973 and 1979 he worked at the old town Nicolaikirche in Bielefeld . From 1979 until his retirement in March 2010 he worked as an organist and carillonneur at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden . Here he initiated the year-round Saturday concert series “Organ Music at Market Time”, mostly played by himself, as well as organ concerts with international guest organists. He has been playing a New Year's Eve organ concert regularly since 1979, with his colleague Gabriel Dessauer von St. Bonifatius until 2010, and since then with his successor Thomas Frank .

In his retirement he will stay with the community with half a job. Thomas Jörg Frank was appointed as his successor on March 1, 2010 as the market church cantor.

From 1987 to 2004, Hielscher held the office of Kurhaus organist in the Wiesbaden Kurhaus . In 1985 he worked in an exchange program with Prof. Dr. Samuel Swartz as organist at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles . From 1986 to 1994 he taught regularly as visiting professor at the University of Redlands in California.

Hielscher has played over 3700 organ concerts worldwide in almost all European countries as well as on 70 tours in the USA and several times in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, South Africa, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok. Many of his radio and television recordings as well as most of the 18 CD recordings to date (published by Motette, IFO, Organophon and Wergo / Schott) are dedicated to French organ music of the late Romantic period, Anglo-American music and orchestral transcriptions. His organ compositions have been published by German and American publishers, as are his books "Alexandre Guilmant - Life and Work" and "Famous Organs of the USA".

Awards

• Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1985)
• Citizen's Medal of the State Capital Wiesbaden in Silver (2009)
• Certificate of Honor for Art and Culture of the State of Hesse (2020)

Works

Compositions for organ

• Suite française op.2
• Fanfares op.6
• Three chorale preludes op.8
• Variations on "Frère Jacques" op. 9
• Epitaph "In paradisum" op. 11
• Passacaglia in A minor op.12
• Variations on "Veni Creator" op. 14
• Pastoral op.15
• Fantasy on "Victimae paschali laudes" op. 18
• Three chorale preludes op.20
• Nocturne op.21
• Four chorale preludes to Christmas carols op.22
• Three chorale preludes to morning songs op.24
• Variations on "Amazing Grace" op. 26b
• Variations on "Immortal, Invisible God op. 31
• Chorale improvisations op.32
• Bavo Suite op.33
• Partita on "A ship is coming, loaded" op. 34
• Prière on " Kyrie, fons bonitatis " op. 36
• Festive Fanfares op.38
• California Wine Suite op.40
• "In dulci jubilo" con variazioni op. 41
• Grand Choeur op.42
• Fantasy on "We are in the middle of life" op. 43
• Preghiera op.44
• Christmas Fantasy op.46
• Mosaic - Ten miniatures op.47
• Variations on "Go out, my heart" op. 48
• Three Christmas Carols op.49
• Poème du Soir op.50
• Three American Folksongs op.51
• Carillon op.52
• Processional op.53
• Suite concertante op.54
• Partita "We plow and we scatter" op. 55
• Partita "How should I receive you" op. 57
• Fantasy on "Now everyone thanks God" op. 59
• Franconian Wine Dances op.60
• Variations on a Theme by Mendelssohn, Op. 61
• Four Marian Antiphone op.63
• Scottish Rhapsody op.64
• Intrade op.65

Compositions for voice and organ

• Deux Prières op.3
• O Jesu nomen dulce op.7
• Do not be afraid op.10
• I am the resurrection op.13
• Veni redemptor gentium op.23
• In paradisum op.25
• Hark, the herald angels sing op.28
• Lauda Sion salavatorem op.29
• Pentecost cantata "Come, Holy Spirit" op. 35
• Christmas Fantasy op.56

Compositions for brass and organ

• Processional for 4-part. Wind choir and organ op.16
• Sonatina in F major for trumpet and organ op.19
• Variations on "Amazing Grace" for Trumpet and Organ op. 26a
• Fantasia gregoriana for trumpet and organ op.45
• Christmas Fantasy for two trumpets, soprano and organ op.56

Compositions for carillon (tower carillon)

• Beiaard Suite op.27
• Variations on an old French folk song op.30
• Contrasts op.37
• Dansje op.39
• Variations on "Silent Night" op. 58

Edits for carillon

• Bölting, Ralf: Ragtime
• Cano, Antonio: Romanca d'Espagna
• Joplin, Scott: March "Cleopha"

Arrangements for organ

• Bédard, Denis: Danse
• Brahms, Johannes: Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue
• Goodwin, Ron: Miss Marple Theme
• Gounod, Charles: Marche funèbre d'une puppet
• Grieg, Edvard: Norwegian Dance op. 35/2
• Ketèlbey, Albert: By the Blue Hawaiian Waters
• Ketèlbey, Albert: Dance of the Merry Mascots
• Ketèlbey, Albert: In the mystic land of Egypt
• Ketèlbey, Albert: In a Chinese Temple Garden
• Mascagni, Pietro: Intermezzo sinfonico (from “Cavalleria rusticana”)
• Moszkowski, Moritz: Spanish Dance op. 12/2
• Pasini, Enrico: Scherzo Fantasia
• Sullivan, Arthur: The Lost Chord
• Suppé, Franz von: Overture to "Poets and Peasants"
• Warren, Harry: Chattanooga Choo-Choo

Arrangements for organ for four hands

• Ravel, Maurice: Boléro
• Saint-Saëns, Camille: Bacchanale (from "Samson and Dalila")
• Suppé, Franz von: Overture to "Poets and Peasants"

Fonts

• Alexandre Guilmant: Life and Work
• Famous organs of the USA
• The organ in the Marktkirche Wiesbaden
• French organ art of the late romantic period

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Anja Baumgart-Pietsch: Last Christmas on duty / On Christmas Eve the cantor sleeps next to his organ . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. December 24, 2009. Accessed on November 23, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Birgitta Lamparth: An organ like an orchestra . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. February 6, 2010. Accessed on January 6, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Works by and about Hans Uwe Hielscher in the catalog of the German National Library

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