Lutz-Werner Hesse

Lutz-Werner Hesse (born April 30, 1955 in Bad Godesberg ) is a German composer , musicologist and university professor.

Life

Hesse first studied school music and composition with Professors Günter Fork and Jürg Baur at the Cologne University of Music and Dance (completion of the 1st and 2nd state examinations and artistic maturity examination ), later musicology , Latin philology and ancient history at the University of Cologne ( PhD degree). Since 1984 he has been a full-time lecturer, now a professor, the University of Music and Dance Cologne at the Wuppertal site for Musicology, music theory / music theory and ear training . Since 2009 he has been Managing Director of the Wuppertal site. In 1998 the Bergische Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (BeGNM) was founded on his initiative, and he was its chairman until the society was dissolved in 2012. The BeGNM organized the Bergische Biennale for New Music in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 . Since 2004 he has also been chairman of the Konzertgesellschaft Wuppertal , the support association for the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra. He was represented several times in juries of composition competitions, for example in October 2006 at the 2nd International Mandolin Competition in Osaka , Japan.

Compositional work

The focus of Hesse's compositional work lies in the chamber music and orchestral areas. He prefers genres that can look back on a rich tradition. There are now four string quartets (the fourth with alto solo) and u. a. four symphonies , the concerto for orchestra and one violin and one horn concerto each (composed for Ulrike Anima Mathé and Marie-Luise Neunecker and premiered by both with great success) and a concerto for mandolin and string orchestra. His most successful work to date is the composition Vita di San Francesco - Eleven Stations from the Life of St. Francis of Assisi for organ and thirteen gongs , which has now been performed over forty times.

Hesse received numerous composition commissions, such as B. for the Third Symphony for large orchestra and organ op. 34 for the 100th anniversary of the historic town hall on Johannisberg in Wuppertal and for the Franziskus-Visionen op. 36, an orchestral work for the Philharmonic Orchestra Kiel , the fourth symphony " … Got lost ”op. 47 for the Bergische Symphoniker , the“ Variations without a theme ”op. 45 for the symphony orchestra Wuppertal and“ The workshop of butterflies ”op. 58 for the Beethovenorchester Bonn and much more in chamber music and vocal genres. Unusual ensembles play a role again and again, such as the tuba quartet and the plucked orchestra.

Musicological work

The work in the musicological field applies above all to the works of the composers Ralph Vaughan Williams , Edward Elgar , Carl August Nielsen and Dmitri Schostakowitsch .

Spread and awards

Hesse's works were performed in many European countries, but also in the United States of America and Japan . The broadcasters of WDR, SR and SWR produced his works or recorded them at concerts. Hesse has won several composition competitions, such as B. 1986 and 1987 at GEMA's “Forum for Young German Composers”. In 2001 he received the “ Enno and Christa Springmann Foundation ” award . In the meantime, works by Lutz-Werner Hesse have also appeared on CDs that were published on the “col legno” label. The “Art and Culture Foundation” (now “Art Foundation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia”) sponsored the publication of a portrait CD in 1985 containing works from 1980 to 1995.

Works (selection)

Works for and with orchestra

• Three night pieces for large orchestra op. 5 (1984), premiered 1984 in Darmstadt, approx. 20 ', [S]
• First Symphony for large orchestra op. 12 (1985), premiered in 1986 in Ludwigshafen, approx. 17 ', [S]
• Concerto for Orchestra op. 13 (1986/1987), premiered in 1988 in Darmstadt, approx. 25 ', [S]
• Neue Wandererfantasie for orchestra op. 23 (1995/1996), premiere 1996 in Marl, approx. 15 ', [S]
• Second Symphony for large orchestra op. 24 (1990/97), premiered 1997 in Solingen, approx. 18 ', [S]
• Concerto for horn and orchestra op. 32 (1998/99), premier 2001 in Erfurt, approx. 25 ', [S]
• Third Symphony for large orchestra and organ op. 34 "Le Tombeau de Vierne" (1999/2000), premiered in 2000 in Wuppertal, approx. 50 ', [S]
• Scherzo for large orchestra op. 35 (2001), premier 2001 in Mönchengladbach, approx. 12 ', [S]
• Franziskus-Visionen for large orchestra op. 36 (2000/2001), WP 2001 in Kiel, approx. 20 ', [S]
• Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 38 (2001/02), premiered 2003 in Weimar, approx. 25 ', [S]
• Tian yu di - heaven and earth , concert for zheng and orchestra op. 42 (2003), world premiere 2004 in Wuppertal, approx. 35 ', [S]
• Variations without theme for large orchestra op. 45 (2005), premier 2006 in Wuppertal, approx. 40 ', [S]
• Infinite Landscape - Two Orchestral Pictures op. 44 (2004/05), WP 2005 in Sibiu / Romania, approx. 16 ', [S]
• Concerto for mandolin and string orchestra op. 53 (2006), approx. 20 ', [V&F]
• Fourth symphony for large orchestra op. 47 "… lost" (2006), premier 2006 in Solingen, 16 ', [S]
• Skytrain for symphonic wind orchestra (2007), premier 2007 in Düsseldorf, 4 '
• “The workshop of the butterflies”, music for orchestra based on the book by Gioconda Belli op. 58, (2008) WP 2009 in Bonn, approx. 45 ', [S]

Chamber music (vocal / instrumental)

• Five Bagatelles for Wind Quintet op. 2 (1981), premiered in 1981 in Aachen, approx. 9 ', [B]
• Sonata piccola for two guitars op. 11 (1986), premiered 1986 in Saarbrücken, approx. 7 ', [V&F]
• Partita for mandolin and guitar op. 20 (1995), premiered 1995 in Wuppertal, approx. 20 ', [V&F]
• Sonata piccola for mandolin and guitar op. 11a (1996), premiered in 1996 in Friedrichshafen, approx. 7 ', [V&F]
• Divertissement for flute and guitar op. 22 (1992/96), premiered in 1996 in Wuppertal, approx. 12 ', [V&F]
• String trio op. 51 (2007) premiered in 2007 by the “New Wuppertaler String Trio” in Wuppertal, approx. 20 '[M]
• Dialog for violoncello and organ op. 59 (2008), premier 2008 in Remscheid, approx. 8 '[M]
• Gesänge von Ferne , concertante fantasy for oboe and string trio op. 64, (2010), world premiere 2011 in Wuppertal [M]
• Introduzione e moto perpetuo for violin and 11 instruments op. 66 (2011), WP 2011 in Münster, approx. 9 ', [M]

Solo instruments

• Monologue for flute op. 8 (1985), WP 1985 in Wuppertal, approx. 6 ', [S]
• Movimenti per chitharra op. 15 (1988, new version 1992), WP 1988, new version 1992 in Wuppertal, approx. 17 ', [V&F]
• Preludes for solo mandolin op. 25 (1995/96), premiered 1997 in Wuppertal, approx. 17 ', [V&F]

Different line-ups

• Night and day pieces for plucked orchestra op. 31 (1998), premier 1998 in Friedrichshafen, approx. 16 ', [T]
• A Touch of China II op. 41 for Zheng and Zupforchester (2003), premier 2003 in Wuppertal, approx. 25 ', [T]
• Epitaph in memoriam Yasuo Kuwahara op. 62 for plucked orchestra (2009/10), world premiere 2010 in Osaka / Japan, approx. 13 '[T]

Publishers

• Gustav Bosse Verlag, Regensburg [B]
• J. Schuberth & Co, Frankfurt [S]
• Vogt & Fritz, Schweinfurt [V&F]
• Joachim Trekel, Hamburg [T]
• Manuscript [M]

Publications (selection)

• Studies on the work of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams . KBMf 134. Regensburg 1983
• Dmitri Schostakowitsch - A composer between cultural politics and artistic self-assertion. In: Music and Education 1/1984
• Elgar , Delius and Holst . In: Musica 4/1984
• Shostakovich and Mahler . In: Report on the International Dmitri Shostakovich Symposium Cologne 1985. Ed .: Klaus-Wolfgang Niemöller and Vsevolod Zaderackij. KBMf 150. Regensburg 1986
• Manfred Trojahn. 2nd symphony. In: Melos 4/1986
• A contribution to the history of the European symphonic. Ralph Vaughan Williams on the 30th anniversary of his death. In: Das Orchester 5/1989
• Metamorphosis and implementation. Notes on Carl Nielsen's 4th Symphony op. 29 “The Inextinguishable”. In: The Orchestra 1/1990
• Notation. In: Katja Kölle. Color notations - sound installations. Flensburg / Kiel 1991/92
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph. In: Weber, Horst (Hrsg.) Metzler Composers Lexicon. Stuttgart / Weimar 1992
• Late symphonic work? Some remarks on the orchestral works by Jürg Baur . In: Jürg Baur - aspects of his work. Ed .: Lutz-Werner Hesse, Armin Klaes and Arnd Richter. Wiesbaden 1993
• Paul Hindemith's three piano sonatas from 1936. In Musica 6/1995
• Contemporary chamber music with guitar. Three works by Eisler , Kuwahara and Pearson. In: Fritsch, Rolf (Ed.): 1st Guitar Symposium 1994. Series of publications “From the work of the Federal Academy”, vol. 21. Trossingen 1995
• Late work (introductory text to the chamber music cycle with works by Beethoven and Schubert from the Konzertgesellschaft Wuppertal 1997)

Web links

• Works by and about Lutz-Werner Hesse in the catalog of the German National Library
• New beginning: The dean is now a director of the Westdeutsche Zeitung from February 13, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bergische Biennale: The boss makes music himself , article from the Westdeutsche Zeitung from May 7, 2010.