Klaus Uwe Ludwig

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Klaus Uwe Ludwig at the gaming table of the Bergkirche in Wiesbaden, 2016

Klaus Uwe Ludwig (born September 16, 1943 in Göttingen ; † December 20, 2019 in Wiesbaden ) was a German church musician and composer .

Life

After graduating from high school, Ludwig studied Protestant church music in Heidelberg , where he passed his A-exam in 1966. 1967 followed the concert diploma with distinction. Professional stations were the Melanchthon Church in Mannheim , the City Church of Kitzingen and the City and District Choir of Regensburg . In 1977 he was appointed church music director. From 1978 to the end of 2008 he worked at the Luther Church in Wiesbaden and was then retired. In Wiesbaden, he founded and led the Bach Choir , the Bach Orchestra and the "Kleine Kantorei", in 2003 the choir was under his leadership the Culture Prize of the City of Wiesbaden awarded. He played world premieres of pieces by Zsolt Gárdonyi , Theo Brandmüller , Harald Genzmer , Claus Kühnl , Rolf Schweizer as well as his own compositions, and has published numerous recordings . He has worked as a concert organist , conductor, singer (bass baritone), pianist , instrument maker , director , arranger , lyricist , author and editor

Works

Ludwig created numerous compositions and published his own recordings. For the children's choir of the Bach Choir he wrote eight Singspiele to texts such as Die Regentrude ( Theodor Storm ), The Story of Kalif Storch ( Wilhelm Hauff ), The Clever Farmer's Daughter ( Brothers Grimm ), The Ghost of Canterville ( Oscar Wilde ), Jocko, the nephew (after The Monkey as Man , Wilhelm Hauff), The Kaiser and the Nightingale (after The Emperor's Nightingale , Hans Christian Andersen ), The Prince and the Swallow (after The Happy Prince , Oscar Wilde) and The Firebird and the scenic cantata Die Heinzelmännchen . Three of these pieces have been released on record .

Sound carrier

  • 1981 Johann Sebastian Bach Third part of the keyboard exercise (best list of the German record critics)
  • 1985 Zoltán Gárdonyi organ works
  • 1989 Sigfrid Karg-Ehlert Pictures from Lake Constance
  • 1995 Johann Sebastian Bach Leipzig chorales

Award

  • Certificate of Honor for Culture and Art of the State of Hesse, 1998

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b biography on klausuweludwig.de, accessed on November 1, 2012
  2. ↑ Obituary notice. In: VRM grief. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  3. Culture Prize of the State Capital Wiesbaden . Website of the city of Wiesbaden, accessed on January 30, 2020.
  4. World premieres on klausuweludwig.de
  5. Sound carrier on klausuweludwig.de
  6. organist at klausuweludwig.de, accessed 1 November 2012,
  7. ^ Catalog organ music, Breitkopf & Härtel. ( Memento from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. Volker Ellenberger: Sun and Shine . Review in: Organ - Journal für die Orgel 3/2012, page 58, accessed on January 30, 2020.
  9. a b works on klausuweludwig.de, accessed on November 1, 2012
  10. Sound carrier on klausuweludwig.de
  11. The Heinzelmännchen on klausuweludwig.de
  12. Singspiele - sound carrier on klausuweludwig.de
  13. Certificate of Honor for Culture and Art ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hmwk.hessen.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hmwk.hessen.de
  14. ^ Bergkirche Niedergründau: Journey through Europe's Romanticism - Organ concert at the Ratzmann organ . Website of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck , accessed on November 1, 2012