Holmer Becker

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Holmer Becker

Holmer Becker (born January 30, 1955 in Fürth / Middle Franconia ) is a German composer .

Life

Holmer Becker was born in Fürth in 1955. After leaving school, he studied at the Academy for Music in Nuremberg . His composition teacher was Gottfried Müller . In 1986 he received the Talent Prize for Composition from the Theaterverein Fürth e. V.

His oeuvre includes works for solos, choir and orchestra as well as pure orchestral works, soloist concerts, vocal music, chamber music works and compositions for choir a cappella. In addition to numerous radio recordings, there are various CD productions. His works are performed in Germany, England, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain, but also in Japan and South America. Holmer Becker's compositions are largely published by the music publisher Edition Brendel , Berg and Nürnberg, and by the Hubertus Nogatz publishing house , Essen.

Holmer Becker has commissioned compositions for Graham Wade, Josef Blank, Norman Weidmann, Monica von Saalfeld, Othmar Müller , Susanna Artzt, the Pegnitzschäfer-Klangkonzepte , the Mittelfränkischer Tonkünstlerverband e. V. and numerous other musicians.

He lives with his wife Angelika near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate .

Works

Solos, choir and orchestra

Orchestral works

  • Preludio notturno - arabesque - finale for orchestra
  • Passacaglia for orchestra
  • Nocturno for orchestra. Text: Dan Albertson
  • Impromptu for four wind instruments and string orchestra
  • Intermezzo for string orchestra

Soloist concerts

  • Concerto for piano and orchestra
  • Concerto a 4 for clarinet, bassoon, violoncello, piano and orchestra
  • Divertimento for two flutes and small orchestra
  • Concertino for oboe and string orchestra

Vocal music

  • Song for soprano and small orchestra. Text: Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Song for voice and instruments. Text: Michael Morgental
  • Three songs for mezzo-soprano, bassoon, harp and string quartet. Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke, Joachim P. Harms and Juan Ramón Jiménez
  • Song for soprano, clarinet in Bb and piano. Text: Juan Ramón Jiménez
  • Four songs for bass baritone and piano. Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Three songs for mezzo-soprano and piano. Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Song for baritone and piano. Text: Juan Ramón Jiménez
  • Two songs for tenor, violoncello and piano. Texts: Dan Albertson
  • Five songs for soprano, violoncello and accordion (piano). Texts: Tomas Tranströmer
  • »Du hochgebauten Stadt« (2012) for soprano, woodwind quintet, timpani and piano. Text: Michael Herrschel
  • "Let the tribulation, fear and need come." Motet for mixed choir and string orchestra. Text: Angelus Silesius

Chamber music works

  • Nocturno for clarinet in Bb and piano
  • Arabesque for clarinet in B flat and piano
  • Ciacona for horn in F and piano (organ)
  • Fantasy for guitar
  • Praeambulum for two guitars
  • Canzonetta for accordion
  • Intermezzo for double bass solo
  • Recitative, Fughetta and Epilogue for flute and double bass
  • Sonata for violoncello solo
  • Duo for violoncello and double bass
  • Divertimento for violoncello and piano
  • Sonata for viola, violoncello and piano
  • 3 interludes for violin and piano
  • Trio for violin, viola and violoncello
  • Air for string quartet
  • Nocturno for saxophone solo
  • Sonata for flute solo
  • Impromptu for flute and piano
  • Pastorale for flute and piano
  • Fantasy for 11 wind instruments, timpani and piano
  • Canzonetta for oboe, string quartet and piano
  • Allegretto for harpsichord solo
  • Fantasy for flute, viola and harp
  • Prelude and gigue for organ manualiter

Piano works

  • Fantasy for piano
  • Impromptu for piano
  • Capriccio for piano
  • Fantasy for piano four hands
  • Divertimento for 2 pianos

Works for choir a cappella

  • "Do not be afraid". Motet for four-part mixed choir a cappella
  • "I am the light of the world". Motet for four-part mixed choir a cappella
  • "You are afraid in the world". Motet for six-part mixed choir a cappella
  • "Jesus walks on the sea". Motet for five-part mixed choir a cappella
  • "Therefore watch". Motet for four-part mixed choir a cappella
  • "Jesus and the Pharisees". Motet for four-part mixed choir a cappella

CD recordings (selection)

  • Holmer Becker - Chamber Music Works I
  • Holmer Becker - Chamber Music Works II
  • Amber Rose Guitar Duo 2 - Amber Rose Guitar Duo
  • Metamorphoses - Kurt Hiesl
  • Tenderness - Duo Rusinov
  • AccordeoNova 3 - Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra, Stefan Hippe, conductor
  • Oscillations - Fluctuations - Piano Duo Katja and Ines Lunkenheimer
  • CD - International - Alena Tichá, harpsichord, Vera Müllerová, piano

Audiovisual works

Versus with Ulrich Brüschke

  • impromptu
  • Nocturno
  • Divertimento

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Becker, Holmer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth