Horst Lohse

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Horst Lohse (born March 16, 1943 in Kulmbach ) is a German composer .

Life

After training at the University of Education in Bayreuth (1964–67), Horst Lohse worked in Mainleus near Kulmbach as a primary and secondary school teacher and as a choir director from 1967–70 . 1970–72 he studied violin with Jürgen Geise and Hermann Kienzl and composition with Helmut Eder at the Salzburg Mozarteum . At the same time, he completed a degree in elementary music education at the Orff Institute of the Mozarteum with Wilhelm Keller , Hermann Regner and Barbara Haselbach. He attended master classes with Bogusław Schaeffer and the Austrian Ensemble for New Music . In 1972 Lohse moved to the University of Music in Würzburg . There he studied music theory and analysis with Klaus Hinrich Stahmer and composition with Bertold Hummel (1975/76 as a master student ). 1972-2005 he taught music model elementary school classes in Bamberg. From 1977–84 he was a lecturer at the University of Music in Würzburg, from 1987–93 he was a juror and lecturer at the composition courses of the Jeunesses Musicales in Weikersheim . In 1986 he was one of the founders of the “New Music in Bamberg” association, which he chaired in 1991. 1986-2010 he directed the days of new music in Bamberg .

Horst Lohse lives in Memmelsdorf . In addition to his musical work, he and his wife Sabine look after the artistic estate of his father-in-law Caspar Walter Rauh . Lohse's compositions are published by Edition Gravis .

Honors

Compositions

Stage works

Dance theater
  • The adventures of the beautiful Mahan . Ballet in 4 parts. Libretto : Horst Lohse (based on Nizami )
  • 1st version (1979/80), with piano for 4 hands and percussion (2 players). Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere October 10, 2007 Nuremberg ( Tafelhalle ). Mey Sefan, Angela Lamprianidou (dance), Boris Lisowski (performance), choreography : Alexandra Rauh, video projections : Frank Halbig, Olivia Toffolini / ZKM , Pegnitzschäfer- Klangkonzepte: Werner Dörrmann, Gottfried Rüll (piano), Roland Schmidt, Hermann Schwander (percussion )
  • 2nd version (1980/81), with orchestra. Duration: ~ 35 '
Scoring : 2 (+2 picc + A recorder ) .2 (+ Ob.d'amore + EH ) .3 (+ BKlar + TSax ) .1 (+ KFg ) - 1.1.1.0 - percussion (4) - celesta - piano - Strings: 8.6.4.4.3
  • 3rd version (1983), with large orchestra. Duration: ~ 35 '
Scoring: 3 (+ 3Picc + ABlfl) .3 (+ Ob.d'amore + EH) .3 (+ BKlar + TSax) .3 (+ KFg) - 4.2.2.1 - percussion (4) - 2  harps - harpsichord - Piano - celesta - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
Behind the stage: tape (heartbeats) - metal sheets - bird whistles - 2  flexatons
  • 4., extended version (2004/05): Mahan , with chamber ensemble (arrangement by Sorin Petrescu). Duration: ~ 60 '. Premiere: July 1st, 2005 Bamberg ( ETA-Hoffmann-Theater ). Ballet of the Timișoara Opera , choreography: Ionuț Sergiu Anghel, Ensemble Contraste: Ion Bogdan Ștefănescu (flutes), Dorin Cuibariu (clarinets / saxophone), Doru Roman (percussion), Sorin Petrescu (keyboard instruments), conductor: Sorin Petrescu
Instrumentation: flute / piccolo / alto flute a. a. - clarinet / bass clarinet / saxophone etc. a. - Percussion - piano / synthesizer
Theater for children
  • The Little Man Sapperlot (1971/72). A game for children based on a French fairy tale. Text: Horst Lohse. Premiere July 1973 Bamberg (Rupprecht School, 3rd grade). Head: Horst Lohse
Instrumentation: speaking roles, children's choir, recorder quartet, 2  glockenspiels , 2  metallophones , 2  timpani , small percussion
Incidental music
  • to the fairy tale game The Devil's Golden Hair by Gernot Schulze (1979). Premiere November 15th, 1979 Bamberg ( ETA-Hoffmann-Theater ). Director: Hans Wolff; Members of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , musical preparation: Horst Lohse
Instrumentation: 3 women and 3 men voices; Violin, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion (2)
Instrumentation: Voices and Choir (from the ensemble cast), guitar , sounding props : large tablets doses than rattling , enema - syringes (with and tuned to the pitches medicine bottles Triangle chipped rods) (Music partially pre-produced and leaked from tape), etc.

Vocal compositions

for solo voice and one instrument
1.  To the river (1984) ("Fair river! In thy bright, clear flow ...") - 2.  Eldorado (1984) ("Gaily bedight, / A gallant knight ...") - 3.  A dream (1994) ( "In visions of the dark night ...")
1.  Peace doves ("steadfastly breed which deaf ...") - 2.  Landscape with scarecrows ("Rooks sit in the shade ...") - 3.  White ravens ("White ravens are always in the air ...")
1.  The lambs cloud ( "It bleats a lambs cloud ..."; Palmström [1910] Part 3: Time poems ) - 2nd  gallows child's lullaby ( "Sleep, Little Child, sleep ...") gallows child's lullaby - 3.  The dance ( "A four quarters pig and a kick-off owl ... ")
  • Cave cave Dominus videt (2011/12). Reflections on the Madrid panel (The 7 Deadly Sins) by Hieronymus Bosch , for voice and organ (= part 3 of the Monumentum per Hieronymus Bosch ). Text: Michael Herrschel. Duration: ~ 10 '. WP October 26, 2012 Erlangen ( Neustädter Church ). Michael Herrschel (voice), Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck (organ)
  • Stranger Bird (2011/12). Scene for mezzo-soprano and piano. Text: Michael Herrschel. Duration: ~ 5 '. WP 8 December 2012 Lichtenfels (City Palace). Monika Teepe (vocals), Lorenz Trottmann (piano)
  • Fish songs (2012/13). Recital for speaking voice and guitar. Texts: Ingo Cesaro (based on pictures from the etching cycle Fish over Land by Caspar Walter Rauh , text arrangement for music: Michael Herrschel). WP March 9, 2013 Kronach ( Synagogue ). Michael Herrschel (speaker), Gernot Hammrich (guitar)
1.  Night bath - 2.  Help for the weak - 3.  Cocky fish - 4.  Tower of fish - 5.  Quick return - 6.  Sad end - 7.  Carved so deep
for solo voice and 2–4 instruments
  • Laetare Jerusalem (1975) for high voice, 2  organs (or organ with 2 players) and tam-tam . Text: Léopold Sédar Senghor (from Ethiopiques [1956]: «Laetare Jerusalem et… Je dis bien laetare mon cœur…» [ pour orgues et tam-tam au loin ]). Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere September 19, 1975 Nuremberg (Young Academy)
  • The Spirit of the Dead (1984). Five songs for medium voice, double bass and percussion (ad libitum). Texts: Edgar Allan Poe (from Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems [1829]). Duration: ~ 11 '
1.  Thy soul shall find itself alone ... - 2.  Be silent in that solitude ... - 3.  The night - tho 'clear - shall frown ... - 4.  Now are thoughts thou shall not banish ... - 5.  The breeze - the breath of God - is still ...
  • Rückert-Lieder (1987/88) for alto voice , flute  / alto flute, viola and harp . Texts: Friedrich Rückert . Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere May 14, 1988 in Schweinfurt (on the author's 200th birthday). Anne Salvan (alto), André Salm (flutes), Hermann Voß (viola), Rosmarie Schmid-Münster (harp)
1.  The world is cold and rough ( Liebesfrühling [1821], third bouquet - interlude, according to time: foreplay , no. 43) - 2.  With the hem of the dress (=  from Gelaleddin Rumi ; Liebesfrühling , third bouquet , no. 21) - 3.  turbidity was the weather ( Liebesfrühling , second Strauss , No. 15) -. 4.  When silent night ( Amaryllis [1812] No. 55) -. 5.  you're a shadow in the daytime ( children Todt songs [1833 / 34] - Song and Sorrow , No. 19)
  • "Written on a stone by the way ..." (1988ff.). Cycle for medium voice and ensemble. Texts: Poems from Nicaragua . Duration: ~ 15 '. WP (No. 1, 4, 5) June 8, 1988 Braunschweig (7th Synthesizer Music Festival / New Academy Braunschweig). Alrun Zahoransky (soprano), New Art Ensemble, conductor: Dieter Salbert
Ensemble: keyboard ( synthesizer or electronic organ ), electric guitar , electric bass , percussion
1.  Sinfonía en gris mayor ( Symphony in Gray Major ). Text: Rubén Darío ("El mar como un vasto cristal azogado ..." / "The sea reflects like a mercury mirror ..." [1891])
  • Revised version: La siesta del trópico (1988/2006) for medium voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone), clarinet in Bb, percussion and piano (or keyboard, or accordion ). Duration: ~ 5'30 ''. WP April 26, 2009 Nuremberg ( Neues Museum ). Irene Kurka (soprano), Ulrike Burger (clarinet), Sławomir Mścisz (percussion), Stefan Hippe (accordion)
4.  Que descansada vida ( What a comfortable life ). Text: Beltrán Morales (1945–1986) ("Andes que nada cálese un legítimo sombrero tejido a mano ..." / "First press a real, handmade sombrero deep into your face ...")
5.  Me seguían ( they persecute me ). Text: Gioconda Belli ("Con sus miradas de perros mal pagados ..." / "With the looks of badly paid dogs ...")
for solo voice and 5–7 instruments
Ensemble: flute, violin, cello, percussion and piano
  • Sabelita scenes (work in progress). Text: Michael Herrschel
2.  Lantern sermon - 4.  Dungeon wall - 9.  A secret dance - 17.  Foreign bird
  • No. 2/4/9 (Mezzo-Soprano - 1 [+ Picc + BFl] .0.1 [+ Eb-Klar + BKlar] .0 - 1.0.1.0 - Percussion [1]: Glockenspiel, vibraphone , marimba , cabasa , maracas , ratchet , 3  wood blocks , chimes , Cowbell , two steel tubes, 3  pools , sizzle cymbal, hi-hat , tom-tom , glass-gong, snare drum , 3  toms , bass drum - Harmonium - 1.0.0.0.0). WP April 29, 2012 Nuremberg ( Neues Museum ) Monika Teepe (vocals), Pegnitzschäfer sound concepts : Marion Ludwig (flutes), Ulrike Burger (clarinets), Wilfried Krüger (horn), Jonas Burow (bass trombone), Roland Schmidt (percussion), Gottfried Rüll (harmonium), Heinrich Rau (violin), conductor: Christian Gabriel
  • No. 17 (mezzo-soprano - 1 [+ picc + AFl] .1 [+ EH] .1.1 - 1.0.0.0 - percussion [1]: glockenspiel, vibraphone, chimes, tam-tam, 2  timpani - piano / harmonium). Premiere November 25, 2012 Fürth ( Church of the Resurrection ; 49th Church Music Days in Fürth). Monika Teepe (vocals), Ensemble Les esprits follets : Marion Ludwig (flutes), Beatrix Köhle (oboes), Günter Voit (clarinet), Wilfried Krüger (horn), Maria Castro (bassoon), Pauls Andersons (percussion), Sirka Schwartz- Uppendieck (piano / harmonium), conductor: Gerhard Jacobs
for solos, choir and ensemble / orchestra
  • Cantos sinfónicos (1973/74) for solos (SATB), mixed choir and orchestra. Texts: Federico García Lorca (from: Poema del cante jondo [1921]). Duration: ~ 23 '. Premiere June 16, 1985 Nuremberg ( Meistersingerhalle ). Dorothea Kaestner (soprano), Almuth Mahrt (Alt), Roland Wagenführer (tenor), Helmut Jotz (bass), teacher glee club Nuremberg, Nuremberg Symphony , Conductor: Burkhard Rempe. Recording ( BR )
Orchestra: 2 (+ picc) .2 (+ EH) .2 (+ BKlar) .2 - 2.2.1.0 - percussion (4) - harp - piano - strings
1.  Paisaje ("El campo de olivos ...") - 2.  El grito ("La elipse de un grito ...") - 3.  El silencio ("Oye, híjo mio ...")
  • Laetare Jerusalem (new version 1976) for high voice, mixed choir, 2 organs (or organ with 2 players) and tam-tam. Text: Léopold Sédar Senghor (from Éthiopiques [1956]). Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere May 25, 1987 Bamberg. Noriko Kishida (soprano), Bamberg Oratorio Choir, Karl-Heinz and Gabriele Böhm (organ), Klaus Karger (tam-tam), conductor: Hermann Dechant

Orchestral works

Scoring: 3 (+ picc) .3 (+ EH) .3 (+ BKlar) .3 (+ KFg) - 4.3.3.1 - timpani & percussion (2) - harp - piano (+ celesta ) - strings: 12.12.8.8 .6
Scoring: 3 (+ Picc) .2 (+ EH) .3 (+ BKlar) .2 (+ KFg) - 4.2.3.1 - Percussion (3): 1.) 4 timpani, metal plate, 1 pair of cymbals, claves, glockenspiel ; 2.) Snare drum, 2 bongos, 3 tom-toms, 3 cowbells, 2 tam-tams, 2 triangles, marimbaphone; 3.) Bass drum (with cymbals), 3 hanging cymbals, bell plates, 3 temple blocks, vibraphone - harp - strings: 12.10.8.6.5
  • La voce d'ombra (1984) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 13 '
Scoring: 3 (+ Picc + AFl) .3 (+ EH) .3 (+ BKlar) .3 (+ KFg) - 4.3.3.0 - percussion (3) - harpsichord (+ celesta) - harp - strings (14.12.10.8 .6)
Scoring: 4 (+ piccolo) .3 (+ EH) .3 (+ Eb-Klar + BKlar) .3 (+ KFg) - 4.4.3.1 - timpani & percussion (4) - harp - celesta - piano - strings: 14.12 .10.8.6
  • Miniatures-Suite (1986) for symphonic wind orchestra . Duration: ~ 6 '
Scoring: Picc.1.0.Es-Klar.3.0 - 3Hrn.4Trp.2FlgHrn.3Pos.2THrn.Baryt.2BTb - timpani - percussion (2): snare drum, hi-hat, bass drum, cymbal, triangle
1.  Zephyros (west wind) - 2. Skiron (north west wind) -  3.  Boreas (north wind) - 4.  Kaikias (north east wind) - 5.  Apeliotes (east wind) - 6. Euros (south east  wind) - 7.  Notos (south wind) - 8 .  Lips (southwest wind)
Minimum line-up: Elektronium 1/2 - Accordion 1 (4 players) - Accordion 2 (4 players) - Accordion 3 (4 players) - Accordion 4 (4 players) - Basso 1/2

Solos and orchestra / ensemble

  • La morte d' Orfeo (1979/88). Music for violoncello, 2 percussion and orchestra. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere October 21, 1988 in Nuremberg. Julius Berger (violoncello), Roland Schmidt, Martin Homann (percussion), Nürnberger Symphoniker , conductor: Klauspeter Seibel . Recording ( BR  / Ambitus [ Myths in Music , 1994])
Orchestra: 1 (+ picc) .1.1 (+ TSax or Bklar) .1 (+ KFg) - 2.1.1.1 - harp - strings: 6.4.3.3.2
  • From the depths (1990/91). Concert music for bass trombone and chamber ensemble (9 players). Duration: ~ 21 '. Premiere November 15, 1991 Nuremberg. Hermann Bäumer (trombone), ars nova ensemble, conductor: Werner Heider . Recording (BR)
Ensemble: 1 (+ picc + AFl) .1 (+ EH) .1 (+ BKlar) .0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion (1) - piano - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
1.  Mors ( death ) - 2.  Iudicium ( judgment ) - 3.  Infernum ( hell ) - 4.  Paradisus ( heaven )
Orchestra: 2 (+ 2Picc + SBlfl) .2 (+ EH) .2 (+ Eb-Klar + BKlar) .2.KFg - 3.2.3.1 - timpani & percussion (3) - celesta - strings: 10.8.8.6.4

Music for keyboard instruments

organ
1.  Ira ( anger ) - 2.  Superbia ( arrogance ) - 3.  Luxuria ( lust ) - 4.  Acedia ( indolence ) - 5.  Gula ( gluttony ) - 6.  Avaritia ( greed ) - 7.  Invidia ( envy )
Piano / fortepiano
  • Moments de Passion (1982/83). 12 piano pieces (based on moments from ETA Hoffmann's Bamberg diaries ). Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere October 14, 1983 Bamberg. Noriko Mizuno (piano). Recordings: 1983: Noriko Mizuno ( BR ); 2002: Andreas Weimer (Cavalli [ … à ETA Hoffmann ])
  • Solitude III (1985) for piano (dedicated to Noriko Mizuno). Duration: ~ 5 '. WP 11 July 1987 Bamberg. Noriko Mizuno (piano). Recording 1994: Noriko Mizuno (BR / Ambitus [ Myths in Music ]). - Motto from the 2nd scene of the Cantate du Narcisse [1938] by Paul Valéry : "Admire dans Narcisse un éternel retour ..."
  • Valses sentimentales et tristes (1998/99) for fortepiano (or piano). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere: May 16, 1999 Bamberg ( ETA-Hoffmann-Theater ). Egino Klepper (fortepiano). Recordings: 1999 (as a permanent installation for the ETA Hoffmann House in Bamberg); 2002 (Cavalli [ … à ETA Hoffmann ])
  • Dedicazione (2003)… a Silvia Belfiore, for piano. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere September 27, 2003 Heilbronn. Silvia Belfiore (piano). Photo 2007: Ortwin Stürmer (Cavalli [ … on the way… ])
  • La naissance du feu (2003) Hommage à Roberto Matta , for piano. Duration: ~ 8 '. WP February 12, 2004 Bamberg ( University ). Ortwin Stürmer (piano). Recording 2004 ( SWR , BR / Cavalli [ … on the way… ])
  • Nocturne memorialis DS (2006) for piano. Premiere November 25, 2006 Saint Petersburg (Festival "Sound Ways")
  • Gate to the Deep (2008). Hommage à Paul Klee see , for piano. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere October 18, 2008 Bleibach (goods hall). Ortwin Stürmer (piano)
spinet
  • Birgit's Toy (2004) for spinet and tape. Duration: ~ 6 '. WP October 21, 2004 New York ( Cooper Union ); as part of the event “Spinet Project, an Experiment on Gesamtkunstwerk” by Birgit Ramsauer . Jens Barnieck (spinet). Recording 2005 Bamberg ( BR )

Chamber music

Solos
  • Solitude I (1979) for oboe. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere October 3, 1979 Bamberg. Georg Meerwein (oboe)
  • Version for clarinet (1987). Premiere September 24, 1987 Bamberg. Martin Pfister (clarinet)
  • Solitude II (quasi un'elegia) (1980) for viola. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere: March 15th, 1980 Bamberg. Paul Hennevogl (viola). Recordings: 1989: Ulrich von Wrochem ( BR ); 2007: Martin Timphus (Cavalli [ … on the road… ])
  • Impromptu (1988) for natural horn (or French horn). Duration: ~ 3 '
  • Five portraits (1991) for brass solos. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere June 24, 1991 Bamberg (as part of a staged reading from the Odyssey ). Albrecht Mayer (oboe), André Salm (flute), Norbert Nagel (clarinet), Reinhold Möller (horn), Georg Klütsch (bassoon). Recording: Roseau Quintet (BR / Ambitus [ Myths in Music , 1994])
1.  Kalypso (oboe; ~ 3 ') - 2.  Nausicaa (flute; ~ 3') - 3.  Kirke (clarinet in Bb; ~ 4 ') - 4.  Pallas Athene (horn; ~ 3') - 5.  Penelope (Bassoon; ~ 3 ')
  • Time is a Boundless River (1993). Fantasy for violin (based on the painting of the same name by Marc Chagall ). Duration: ~ 12'30 ''. Premiere October 9, 1993 Bamberg. Eva Wengoborski-Sohni (violin). Recording 2007: Valerie Rubin (Cavalli [ … on the way… ])
  • Solitude IV (Eroberung der Stille) (1997/98) for bass clarinet. Duration: ~ 7–8 '
  • Hephaestus (1999) for percussion (Referring to the story in the power of Hephaestus [1978] by Franz Fühmann ). Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere October 28, 1999 in Munich. Thierry Miroglio (percussion). Recordings: 1999: Thierry Miroglio ( BR  / Berliner Bibliophilen Abend [ On the Hephaestus Network ]); 2000: Andrea Schneider (BR)
  • Netz (1999/2001) for percussion and tape. Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere October 26, 2001 in Lüneburg. Thierry Miroglio (percussion), Axel Singer, Egino Klepper (band realization). Recording: Thierry Miroglio (Berlin Bibliophile Evening [ In the network of Hephaestus ])
  • The sirens still in the ear (2004). Homage to Claude Debussy for horn. Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere September 1, 2004 Nuremberg (Dreieinigkeitskirche). Wilfried Krüger (horn). Recording ( BR )
  • Solitude V (Labyrinth) (2009) for guitar. Premiere November 20, 2009 Bamberg ( Villa Dessauer ). Ulf Gollnast (guitar)
Duos
  • Variations on “I stood on the river” (1962) for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 5 '
  • Sonatina (1971) for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 9 '
  • Imaginations (1972) for bass trombone and piano. Duration: ~ 9 '. WP May 14, 1973 in Würzburg. Michael Junghans (trombone), Hermann Beyer (piano). Recordings: 1973 (Deutschlandfunk, BR , SWF, NDR); 1985 (LP of the prize winners at Jugend musiziert )
  • Vedute (1973) for horn in F and piano (with live electronics). Duration: ~ 5 '
  • Alliances inusitées or: Rendezvous with Wagner (1976) for bassoon, trombone, 2 tapes and amplifier (referring to the pilgrims' choir from Tannhäuser ). Duration: ~ 12'30 ''. Premiere March 22, 1977 Bayreuth. Thomas Kiefer [bassoon], Christian Bohny (trombone), Werner Berndsen (band realization). Recording ( BR )
  • Lyrics (1976). Hommage à Maurice Ravel for violin and guitar. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere July 3, 1976 Bamberg. Max Kienastl (violin), Manfred Dahmer (guitar). - review
  • Version for viola and guitar (2008). Premiere June 21, 2009 Rome (Auditorium di Mecenate). Maurizio Barbetti (viola), Francesco Cuoghi (guitar)
  • Interlude (1988/89) for 2 clarinets (from the Brahms reflections - see under Octets ). Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere February 28, 1989 Leverkusen. Ensemble classic. Recording 1996: Ensemble Roseau: Norbert Nagel, Nikolaus Friedrich ( BR  / Ambitus [ Brahms reflections ])
  • Abschied (1993) for alto flute and guitar. Duration: ~ 3 '. Premiere October 9, 1993 Bamberg. André Salm (alto flute), Gernot Hammrich (guitar)
  • Version for viola and piano. Recording 2007: Martin Timphus (viola), Ortwin Stürmer (piano) (Cavalli [ … on the way… ])
  • Bird monument in dissolution (1993) for flute and piano (in memoriam Caspar Walter Rauh ). Duration: approx. 9 '. Premiere February 19, 1994 Bayreuth. Andreas Golembiowski (flute), Helmut Bieler (piano)
  • Allerlei Rauh (2000). 6 fantasy pieces for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 14 '. Premiere June 22, 2000 Weimar ( Liszt School of Music ). Mieko Kanno (violin), Silvia Belfiore (piano). Recordings: 2000: Mieko Kanno, Silvia Belfiore ( BR ); 2007: Valerie Rubin, Ortwin striker (BR / Cavalli [ … on the way… ]). - The titles refer to six sheets from Caspar Walter Rauh's etching cycle Curriculum (1958):
1.  Arguable birds - 2.  Finding the right note - 3.  In the bushes - 4.  Playing in the clock - 5.  Blown leaf - 6.  Under a hat
  • Prelude (2005) for bass clarinet and vibraphone . Duration: ~ 3 '
  • On the move (2006). Duo for violin and viola. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere October 30, 2007 Nuremberg ( University of Music ). Valerie Rubin (violin), Martin Timphus (viola). Recording (BR / Cavalli [ ... on the way ... ])
Trios
  • Lyrics (1976). Homage to Maurice Ravel . Trio version. Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein, Doru Roman, Sorin Petrescu (Cavalli [ Moments de passion ])
  • Transitions (1979) for 3 percussionists. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere: August 25, 1995 on the Waldstein in the Fichtelgebirge ( Festival Mitte Europa ). Leipzig percussion ensemble , conductor: Gerd Schenker
  • Brahms -Metamorphosen (1982/83) for piano trio . Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere April 29, 1983 Bamberg (Genberg Trio). Recording ( BR )
  • Moments de Passion (1982/83). Version for soprano / alto / baritone saxophone / Eb / Bb / bass clarinet, percussion / accordion / double bass and piano / celesta  / harpsichord / organ (together with the Trio Contraste). Duration: ~ 16 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein (saxophones / clarinets), Doru Roman (percussion / accordion / double bass), Sorin Petrescu (keyboard instruments) (Cavalli [ Moments de passion ])
  • Divergenz (1985) for viola, violoncello and double bass. Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere February 13, 1987 in Leverkusen. Trio Basso Cologne. Recordings: Ensemble recherche (BR); Trio Basso (BR)
  • Solitude III (1985). Version for alto saxophone, percussion and piano. Duration: ~ 5 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein (saxophone), Doru Roman (percussion), Sorin Petrescu (piano) (Cavalli [ Moments de passion ])
  • Comments I + III (1988/89) for string trio (from Brahms reflections - see octets ). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere February 28, 1989 Leverkusen. Ensemble classic. Recording 1996: Ensemble Roseau: Sören Uhde (violin), Reingard Krämer (viola), Mario de Secondi (violoncello) ( BR  / Ambitus [ Brahms reflections ])
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (1989; after Hieronymus Bosch ). Version for soprano / alto / baritone saxophone / Eb / Bb / bass clarinet / ocarina , percussion / double bass / accordion / guitar and celesta / organ. Duration: ~ 12 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein (saxophone / clarinets / ocarina), Doru Roman (percussion / double bass / accordion / guitar), Sorin Petrescu (keyboard instruments) (Cavalli [ Moments de passion ])
  • Greetings (1992). Rhapsody for 2 violins and piano with 3  metronomes . Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere June 26, 1992 Bayreuth. Eva Wengoborski-Sohni, Manfred Wengoborski (violins), Peter Großmann (piano). Recording (BR / Ambitus [ Trio con variationi , 1996])
  • Farewell (1993). Version for alto / baritone saxophone, guitar and piano. Duration: ~ 3 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein (saxophone), Doru Roman (guitar), Sorin Petrescu (piano) (Cavalli [ Moments de passion , 2001])
  • Allerlei Rauh (2000). Version for soprano / alto saxophone / Eb / Bb clarinet, percussion / guitar and piano. Duration: ~ 14 '. Recording 2001: Trio Contraste: Emil Sein (saxophones / clarinets), Doru Roman (drums / guitar), Sorin Petrescu (piano) (Cavalli [ Moments de Passion ])
1.  Arguing birds (soprano saxophone) - 2.  Finding the right note (clarinet in Bb, percussion / guitar) - 3.  In the bushes (alto saxophone) - 4.  Playing in the clock (clarinet in Bb) - 5.  Blown sheet ( Eb Clarinet) - 6.  Under one hat (alto saxophone)
Quartets

String quartets

  • Bagatelles (1971). Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere: January 12, 1972 Salzburg. Austrian string quartet
1.  Burlesque - 2.  Notturno - 3.  Intermezzo - 4.  Elegia - 5.  Arabesque
  • Quartet (1974) for 2 violins, viola and violoncello with additional instruments. Duration: ~ 9 '
  • 2nd version as a pure string quartet. Duration: ~ 9 '. WP June 9, 1975 in Würzburg. Thomas Berg, Walter Wutzler, Ortrun Riecke, Doris Laidler
  • Revised version: Harmonie du soir (2000) - see under quintets
  • Nachtstück III (2000) for string quartet with scordatures . Duration: ~ 11'30 ''. UA February 18, 2001 Erlangen (Music Institute at Castle Hill ). Hába Quartet: Marat Dickermann, Sha Ye (violins), Peter Zelienka (viola), Arnold Ilg (violoncello)
  • Night Piece IV (2001). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere: April 22nd, Bamberg (Bamberg String Quartet). Recorded in 2002. Bamberg String Quartet: Klaus Burmeister, Andreas Lucke (violins), Raphael Lambacher (viola), Karlheinz Busch (cello) (Cavalli [ … à ETA Hoffmann ])

Other quartets

  • La morte d' Orfeo (1977). Music for violoncello, percussion (2 players) and piano. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere August 3rd, 1977 Montepulciano (2nd  Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte ). Klaus Heitz, Dai Bowen, Michael Küttner, John Burdekin. Recordings (RAI, BR )
  • Retour (1977) for brass quartet (0.2.2.0 or 1.2.1.0). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere June 7th 1981 Berlin (members of the Berlin Brass Quintet). Recording: Members of the German Brass Quintet (BR)
  • Spells for bells (1994) for plate bells , 2 church bells (or tubular bells ) and hump gong . Duration: ~ 4 '. WP: February 14, 1995 Bamberg. Drum quartet of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
  • Chopin ianina (2010) for oboe, glockenspiel , harp and viola. WP August 22, 2010 Weikersheim ( Castle ). Ensemble Est! Est !! Est !!!: Simon Strasser (oboe), Michael Gärtner (glockenspiel), Miriam Overlach (harp), Martina Forni (viola). Recording 2010
  • Palingenesis (2013) for flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello. WP October 9, 2013 Erlangen (Redoutensaal). Austrian ensemble for new music : Irmgard Messin (flute), Andreas Schablas (clarinet), Ivana Pristasova (violin), Peter Sigl (violoncello). Recording ( BR )
Quintets
  • Nocturne - Aubade (1983) for woodwind quintet : flute / alto flute, oboe / cor anglais, clarinet, horn and bassoon. Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere: January 22nd 1985 Bielefeld. Members of the city's Philharmonic Orchestra . Recording 1989: Roseau quintet: Jörg Krämer (flutes), Josef Blank (oboes), Norbert Nagel (clarinet), Karl Reitmayer (horn), Karsten Nagel (bassoon) ( BR , Studio Franken )
  • A. Schmidts Monde (1995/96). Métaphores Lunaires for chamber ensemble (Flute / Piccolo / alto flute, clarinet (B) / bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello) with obligatory fanfare . Premiere May 3, 1996 Almada . Grupo de musica contemporânea de Lisboa "Jorge Peixinho", conductor: Aldo Brizzi. Recordings: 1996 Bayreuth: Ensemble Phorminx (( BR ); 2007 Bremen: oh-ton-ensemble, conductor: Benjamin Lang ( Nordwest-Radio )
1.  (Outside a silver claw hooked through the clouds; tore a thin one, pulled in again): […] (from From the life of a Faun [1952/53]) - 2.  […] - Soon the curved moon will turn reflected in the glass of the lakes. Beside the big stars -, […] (from Der Garten des Herr von Rosenroth [1942]) - 3rd  moon flew up, the narrow silver swallow, in the velvet of the night […] (from Enthymesis [1944–46]) - 4.  The moon sometimes emerged from the wildly confused crevices of the cloud, […] (from Der Junge Herr Siebold [1941]; cf. Theodor Däubler , Das Nordlicht [1910]), Part 1: The Mediterranean , Section 3: Venice - No. 23: A bull with a silver horn - 5th  […] when the moon rose and fell in the bright clods of clouds. (from Der Rebell [1941]) - 6.  Schweepte through the haze as a shining Flitzeboogn […] (from KAFF also Mare Crisium [1960]) - 7.  […] Veil with polka dots: the fabric was pulled past in large lengths, for hours, evenly, always over half the test lamp. (from Das steinerne Herz [1956]) - 8. The  moon dangled comfortably in the whirling movement, […] (from Der Rebell [1941]) - 9.  […]; il Mostro Giallo; […] (From Das Steinerne Herz [1956]) - 10th  […] - tumbling from the moonlight - […] (from Das Haus in der Holetschkagasse [1941]) - 11th  […] and there he hung up Copper gong, very low in the ether: the eclipsed moon. (from a school trip [1957]) - 12.  Mondmoos grew over the clouds; […] (From Das Steinerne Herz [1956]) - 13.  Completely empty: the sky: the dashing third moon left only 20 large stars, hot, the strong ones. (from Schwarze Spiegel [1951]) - 14th  […] glowing moon […] (from Der Garten des Herr von Rosenroth [1942]) - 15th  […] spun moonlight. (from Der Garten des Herr von Rosenroth [1942]) - 16.  Broad morning rough was pinned to the fleeing night with a flat moon needle. (from Die Umsiedler [1952])
  • G – A – M – E – S, or of the difficulties of playing along (1996). Scene for 5 young players (flute and 4 violins). Duration: ~ 7 '. WP May 5, 1996 Erlangen. Students of the Bamberg Music School
  • Harmonie du soir (1974/2000) for string quartet and percussion. Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere: June 25, 2000 Bayreuth. Pegnitzschäfer sound concepts
  • Doppelter Abschied (2009) for 5 instrumentalists (clarinet in A, horn, viola, percussion and accordion). Duration: ~ 4 '. WP April 26, 2009 Nuremberg ( Neues Museum ). Pegnitzschäfer sound concepts: Ulrike Burger (clarinet), Wilfried Krüger (horn), Ken Hutchins (viola), Sławomir Mścisz (percussion), Stefan Hippe (accordion), conductor: Horst Lohse
Sextets
  • Six interludes for six (1973) for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and piano. Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording: New German piano quartet and members of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra ( BR , first broadcast July 1976)
  • Night pieces I / II (1999) for string trio , percussion (2 players) and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere October 16, 1999 Orléans. Ensemble Europeo Antidogma Musica, conductor: Enrico Correggia. Recording 2002: Trio plus: Valerie Rubin (violin), Martin Timphus (viola), Markus Mayers (cello), Hermann Schwander, Sławomir Mścisz (percussion), Andreas Weimer (piano) (Cavalli [ … à ETA Hoffmann ])
  • Blue Spot (2004) for saxophone ensemble (S.2A.T.Bar) and drum set. Duration: ~ 3 '. WP July 2, 2004 Kulmbach ( Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich -Gymnasium). Ensemble management: Edgar Stübinger
Septet
Octets
  • Movement (1972) for recorders (1 player), percussion (6 players) and harpsichord. Duration: ~ 5–6 '. Premiere May 19, 1972 Salzburg (Orff Institute at the Mozarteum )
  • Brahms reflections (1988/89). Four commentaries and an interlude to the Serenade No. 1 in D major op.11 by Johannes Brahms (in the original version reconstructed by Jorge Rotter ), for ensemble (1.0.2.1 - 1.0.0.0 - strings: 1.0.1.1.0). Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere February 28, 1989 Leverkusen. Ensemble classic. Recording 1996: Ensemble Roseau: Jörg Krämer (flute), Norbert Nagel, Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinets), Karl Reitmayer (horn), Karsten Nagel (bassoon), Sören Uhde (violin), Reingard Krämer (viola), Mario de Secondi (violoncello ) ( BR  / Ambitus [ Brahms reflections ])
Commentary I ( string trio ) - Commentary II (septet: flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon and string trio) - Interlude (2 clarinets) - Commentary III (string trio) - Commentary IV (septet: flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon and string trio)
Nonet
  • Phoenix (1983). Homage to Scriabine . Music for chamber ensemble (9 players) (referring to the “ mystical chord ”). Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere November 19, 1983 Nuremberg. ars nova ensemble, conductor: Werner Heider . Recordings (SWF, BR  / Ambitus [ Myths in Music , 1994])
Scoring: 1 (+ BFl) .0.1 (+ BKlar) .0 - 0.0.1.0 - Percussion (2): 1.) Vibraphone (with metal chain), glockenspiel, 3 hanging cymbals (high, with metal chains), snare drum, triangle , Chimes (glass and wood); 2.) Marimbaphone, 2 hanging cymbals (low), tam-tam, 3 tom-toms, tubular bell (f sharp), chimes (metal) - piano (with felt mallets and metal chain) - strings: 1.0.1.1.0
  • Rounds and Interludes ( Rondi ed intermezzi ; 1986/87) for brass quintet and percussion (4 players). Duration: ~ 14 '. Premiere May 3, 1987 Bamberg. Members of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Horst Lohse
Larger ensembles
  • Floating for Strings (1972) for 12 solo strings (6.0.3.2.1). Duration: ~ 10 '. WP May 14, 1973 in Würzburg. University ensemble for new music, conductor: Bertold Hummel . Recording ( BR )
  • Exercises (1972) for 11 brass instruments (4.3.3.1). Duration: ~ 5 '. WP May 14, 1973 in Würzburg. Wind ensemble of the Musikhochschule , conductor: G. Langenstein
  • Ghaselen (1976). Music for old instruments. Duration: ~ 12–13 '
Ensemble (5–10 players): sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorder , treble a. Alto cross pipe , shawm , pommer , rauschpfeife , small, treble, alto, tenor and bass krummhorn , bagpipes , glockenspiel (bells), sistrum , darrabukke , tambourine , fiddle ( viola da braccio ), pardessus de viole, Alto, tenor and great bass viol , lute , theorbo , psaltery , hook harp , clavichord ( harpsichord )
1.  abrash - 2.  heftkar - 3.  ashkali
  • April Music (1982). Introduction and variations with theme on a song by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , for 12 solo violins. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere September 20, 1987 in Bamberg. Members of the Bamberg Symphony and their students, conductor: Horst Lohse

student

literature

From Lohse

Together with Sabine Lohse
  • "Nobody knows whether this story was really true ...". About the origin and impact of the "fairy tales" by Caspar Walter Rauh . In: Caspar Walter Rauh: Fairytale. Stories and pictures . Edited by Marina von Assel (editing together with Bernd Romankiewicz, Sabine and Horst Lohse). Bayreuth 2006 (series of publications by the Bayreuth Art Museum, vol. 21). ISBN 978-3-935880-16-9
  • Commissioned works. Caspar Walter Rauh's art in architecture . In: Zeitzeug und Fantast. On the work of Caspar Walter Rauh . Edited by Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa. Hanover ( Wehrhahn ) 2011. pp. 155–168. ISBN 978-3-86525-181-7

About Lohse

  • Hans-Ulrich Fuß: “Brahms the Progressive?” Aspects of the Brahms image in homage compositions since 1970. In: Johannes Brahms. Sources - text - reception - interpretation . International Brahms Congress Hamburg 1997. Edited by Friedrich Krummacher, Michael Struck, Constantin Floros and Peter Petersen. Munich ( Henle ) 1999. pp. 553-577; here pp. 561–563 on the Brahms Metamorphoses (1982/83) and the Brahms Reflections (1988/89)
  • Maximilian Schnurrer: Battle of the buttons with winds and gusts. Horst Lohse: "Turm der Winde" for accordion orchestra (2005) . Neue Musikzeitung , volume 57, issue 6/08 (June 2008)
  • Michael Herrschel: Poetry, danced. Sebastian Albert & Caspar René Hirschfeld : "Lyrics" for guitar & violin . Works by D'Angelo, Lohse u. a. Neue Musikzeitung , volume 60, issue 7/11 (July 2011)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caspar Walter Rauh: Fairy tales in stories and pictures. Art Museum of the City of Bayreuth, 2006
  2. ↑ a b Maximilian Schnurrer: Battle of the buttons with winds and gusts. In: Neue Musikzeitung (NMZ) . June 2008, accessed April 28, 2019 (review).
  3. ↑ a b Michael Herrschel: Poetry, danced. In: Neue Musikzeitung (NMZ) . July 2011, accessed April 28, 2019 (review).

Web links

Texts in the works

  1. ^ Edgar Allen Poe: To the river. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, accessed April 28, 2019 (English, text of the poem).
  2. ^ Edgar Allen Poe: Eldorado. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, accessed April 28, 2019 (English, text of the poem).
  3. ^ Edgar Allen Poe: A Dream. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, accessed April 28, 2019 (English, text of the poem).
  4. ↑ Christian Morgenstern: The lambs cloud. In: Zeno.org . Retrieved April 28, 2019 (text of the poem).
  5. ^ Christian Morgenstern: The dance. In: textlog.de. Retrieved April 28, 2019 .
  6. ^ Edgar Allen Poe: Sprits of the Dead. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, accessed April 28, 2019 (English, text of the poem).
  7. ↑ Friedrich Rückert: When the night quietly walks on dark paths. In: Zeno.org . Retrieved April 28, 2019 (text of the poem).
  8. ↑ Friedrich Rückert: You are a shadow during the day. In: Zeno.org . Retrieved April 28, 2019 (text of the poem).
  9. ^ Rubén Darío: Sinfonía en Gris Mayor. Retrieved on April 28, 2019 (English, translation of the Spanish text (Rubén Darío) of the "Sinfonía en gris mayor" into English).
  10. ↑ Federico Garcia Lorca: Federico Garcia Lorca - Paisaje. (No longer available online.) Poetry Connection, archived from the original on February 18, 2008 (English, text of the poem).
  11. ^ Federico García Lorca: El grito. Johannes Beilharz, accessed on April 28, 2019 (Spanish, text of the poem).
  12. ↑ Federico Garcia Lorca: El silencio. In: versalia.de. Retrieved April 28, 2019 (text of the poem).
  13. ^ Theodor Däubler: A bull with a silver horn. In: Zeno.org . Retrieved April 28, 2019 (text of the poem).
personal data
SURNAME Lohse, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulmbach