Klaus Böwering

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Klaus Böwering (born June 28, 1936 in Wettringen ) is a German conductor, composer, cantor and music teacher.

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Klaus Böwering was born in Wettringen in Westphalia in 1936. After studying church music in Münster, he went on to study Kapellmeister at the Folkwang School in Essen, and then began his artistic career as a church musician, organist, conductor and composer.

From 1961 to 1988 Klaus Böwering was cantor at St. Dionysius zu Rheine , where he designed the construction of the new organ together with Hans Gerd Klais in 1976 . He gave numerous organ concerts there and on other large organs in Germany.

Since 1964, Klaus Böwering has headed the municipal music clubs Rheine and Gronau. His musical work has significantly shaped the cultural life of these cities.

In 1991 he founded the SOM (Symphony Orchestra of the Rheine Music School). Klaus Böwering also works as a guest conductor with the Overijßel Philharmonisch Orkest (today: HET Symfonieorkest ), the Prague Philharmonic , the Jonge Philharmonie Groningen and the Westphalian Symphony Orchestra Recklinghausen (today: Neue Philharmonie Westfalen ). A particularly fruitful collaboration connects him with the orchestra of the Staatliche Philharmonie Breslau , most recently with the world premiere of the "Kreisau Oratorio" by Mirosław Gąsieniec, dedicated to Helmuth James Graf von Moltke , in Waldenburg, Breslau, Rheine and Gronau. The sound bodies mature under the direction of Klaus Böwering, which is characterized by the combination of textual accuracy and tonal sensitivity, to the highest quality. He succeeded in “interpretations of high density and luminosity” (Recklinghausener Zeitung).

Compositional creation

As a composer he stands out among other things by setting the poems of Georg Trakl to music . Klaus Böwering's compositions are distinguished by their stylistic diversity and independence. Based on traditional instrumentation, they move in the field of tension between late romantic harmony and atonal expressivity.

Works

Orchestra songs and piano songs:

  • 8 Trakl songs (1982-86)
  • 2 Heym songs
 (1986)
  • Songs based on Ulla Hahn (1985) , Theodor Storm, Hermann Hesse

Works for choir, orchestra and organ:

  • Humanity (1988, after Georg Trakl)
  • I turned (1988)
  • Maria walked through a thorn forest
  • Sacred songs for mixed choir
  • Ave Maria (2015)

Works for piano and orchestra:

  • imitation

Awards

As a church musician, he was awarded the Gregorius Medal by the diocese of Münster in 1986 for his outstanding work. Other awards include the City of Rheine Culture Prize (1985), the City of Gronau's Golden Plaque (1995) and the City of Wroclaw's Silver Medal of Merit. In 2016, the Symphony Orchestra of the City of Rheine, which Klaus Böwering has directed since it was founded in 1991, was awarded the Steinfurt District Culture Prize.

Recordings

A record recording was made in 1976 on the Klaisorgel in Rheine with works by Franz Liszt , Klaus Böwering, Léon Boëllmann and Pierre Camonin .

Movie

The WDR -Television produced for his 60th birthday in 1996 a portrait (directed by Eva Schötteldreier ).

Web links

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  1. ↑ Martin Borck: Gronau. With passion and ease. Westphalian news . November 1, 2010, accessed March 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ References. www.gesanghaus.de. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  3. ^ List of recipients of the Gronau city badge in gold (PDF). gronau.de. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Paul Nienhaus: "Concentrated Power of Music" . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de [accessed on January 20, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Böwering, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor, composer, cantor, music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Wettringen (Münsterland)