Johannes shield

Johannes Schild (born October 16, 1960 in Rüdesheim am Rhein ) is a German composer and conductor .

Life

Johannes Schild studied composition and music theory at the music academies in Detmold and Würzburg with Dietrich Manicke and Zsolt Gárdonyi and conducting with David de Villiers . He is professor of composition , composition and music theory at the Cologne University of Music and Dance and lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Student (selection)

Henrik Albrecht , David Cavelius, Matthias Giesen , Esther Hilsberg , Gereon Krahforst , Marius Ruhland , Dres Schiltknecht, Andreas J. Winkler and Thorsten Wollmann .

Works (selection)

• Orchestral works
  • Metávasi - Three symphonic sketches (2011), commissioned by the Federal School Music Orchestra
  • "Your songs for us", incidental music (2004), commissioned by the Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen
  • " C'est la vie, mon ami ", film music (2000)
• Stage works
  • "Aya's Discovery", children's opera (2015)
  • "Sternherz" - a Christmas opera (2013)
• Vocal music
  • "Τι είναι η αγάπη" (Ti ine i agápi) cantata after Nikos Kazantzakis for solos, choir, violin and piano (2017)
  • "Song of the spirits over the waters" after JW v. Goethe for 8-st. Vocal ensemble (1993)
  • Three chants after Heinrich Heine for choir and 5 instruments (1989)
• Chamber music
  • Two portraits for clarinet & piano (1981/1992)
  • "Right in the middle of life" Fantasy based on Martin Luther for brass ensemble (1985)
  • Aria and Fugato for brass ensemble (1982), 1st prize in the composition competition of the EKD trombone works in 1982
  • Two pieces for flute & organ (1981)
• Organ music
  • Fresco for organ (2009), premier September 1, 2009 in Cologne Cathedral , soloist: Winfried Bönig
• Arrangements and adaptations
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck : Variations "My young life has an end" for string quartet
  • Eduard Künneke : Operetta " Der Vetter aus Dingsda " for salon orchestra
  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 , op. 70, piano reduction
  • Stage show "Gipsy Christmas" for orchestra
  • " Las-Vegas - Show " after Elvis Presley for orchestra

Publications

• Shostakovich and Wagner's ring: Some remarks on intertextual references. In: Sociocultural Crossings and Borders: Musical Microhistories ed. Rima Povilioniene, Ruta Staneviciute, Vilnius: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater 2015, pp. 443–455, ISBN 9786098071290
• Cheerful late bloom: Falstaff and Meistersinger juxtaposed. In: Verdi and Wagner, Cultures of Opera. Vienna ed a. 2014, pp. 112-149, ISBN 978-3-412-22249-9
• About Shostakovich's elective affinity with Mahler. In: Gustav Mahler and the Modern Music, Stuttgart 2011, pp. 167–220, ISBN 978-3-515-09902-8
• "... time becomes space here." Clay fields in Wagner's Parsifal. In: Functional Analysis: Music - Painting - Ancient Literature, Hildesheim 2010, pp. 311–371, ISBN 978-3-487-14532-7
• Some observations on the structure in Bach's "Clavier-Exercise". In: Bulletin / International Working Group for Theological Bach Research, Heidelberg 1988, pp. 134–146.

Web links

• Biography and audio samples
• John shield in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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