Martin Derungs

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Martin Derungs (born May 12, 1943 in Chur, GR , Canton of Graubünden) is a Swiss musician and composer .

Live and act

Derungs received his first music lessons from his father and from the Chur cantor Lucius Juon. From 1962 he studied organ with Luigi Favini, piano with Hans Andreae and composition with Paul Müller at the Zurich University of Music . In 1967 Derungs obtained the soloist diploma for organ at the Basel Music Academy with Eduard Müller. Further composition studies followed from 1967 to 1971 with Günter Bialas in Munich. From 1971 to 1974 Derungs worked as an editor for the shortwave broadcaster “Deutsche Welle” in Cologne. 1980 to 1984 he had a teaching position for harpsichord , figured bass and chamber music at the State University of Music in Karlsruhe. Since then he has lived in Zurich as a freelance composer and harpsichordist. From 1978 to 1987 Derungs worked as a program designer for the Zurich Oberland Music College, from 1979 to 1984 as President of the Musicians' Cooperative Switzerland and from 1980 to 1989 as a member of the foundation board of the Künstlerhaus Boswil . In 1987 he was awarded a year of work by the city of Zurich, and from 1993 to 1996 he presided over the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein . Influenced by the avant-garde currents of the time, Derungs composed mainly instrumental works from the end of the sixties, with the recorder playing a special role as a frequently used instrument to this day. From the mid-seventies onwards, he increasingly composed compositions in connection with literary texts, and since 1986 also in the form of stage works. Derungs calls another group of works that have been created since the mid-1990s and refer to historical music in a variety of ways, «Music about music».

Works (selection)

  • 4 poems for tenor and chamber orchestra , op. 1 (1966–1968)
  • Septet , op. 2 (1966–1967), for flute, clarinet, bassoon and string quartet
  • «Dämmrig blau ...» , op. 3 (1967), for baritone and piano (texts: Christian Morgenstern )
  • "Attack ... rest ... volatilize" , op. 4 (1968) for organ
  • Trio for flute, (bass) clarinet and piano , op.5 (1968)
  • Interpolation , op.6 (1968) for 11 strings
  • Ich kom, know nit woher (1968) for 2 voices, 4 versions, op. 7 (1968–1969) for 23 strings
  • «Quasi ...» , op. 8 (1969) for violin and harpsichord
  • Tre soli , op. 9 (1970) for a wind, a string and a chord instrument
  • Organ playing for an organist and two registrants , op.10 (1970)
  • Play back , op. 11 (1970) for violin and piano with tape
  • Recercar sesto sopra fa-fa-sol-la-fa ( Girolamo Frescobaldi ) (1970), arrangement for melody instrument and organ
  • Essay , op.13 (1971) for two viols da gamba
  • Interdependenz , op.14 (1971) for wind quintet (Fl, Engl-Hn, Bassett-Hn, Fag, Hn)
  • Frame , op.12 (1972) for oboe solo (with tape and piano)
  • Three pieces for male choir , op.15 (1972)
  • Canto , op.16 (1973) for baritone, mixed choir and ensemble (texts: Pablo Neruda )
  • «Notturno ...» , op. 17 (1973) for flute and chamber orchestra
  • From Märchenzeit , op.18 (1973) for lute, guitar, harp and harpsichord
  • Von Instruments (1974) for voice, small percussion, xylophone, guitar, single-string piano and cello (Texts: Bertolt Brecht )
  • Steps to Andreas (1974), radio play music (texts: Günter Eich )
  • Kanon , op.19 (1974) for flute and harpsichord (possibly also picc, bl-fl, xyl, tape, slide projector)
  • Variations for two ensembles , op.20 (1976) for Renaissance consort (recorders, crooked horns, Pomeranian, zinc, Rankett, bass-dulcian, percussion) and jazz combo (trp, 2 pos, sax, perc)
  • Saul and David (1976) incidental music for the summer theater in Zurich
  • Three texts (1976–1989) for soprano, oboe and organ (texts: Sappho , Arthur Rimbaud , Dylan Thomas )
  • Wettinger Klosterspiel (1977) incidental music for mixed choir, flute, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, guitar, piano and violin (texts: Silja Walter ), stage arrangement: Jost Andreas Müller
  • Giarsun. Songs based on poems by Leta Semadeni , op. 21 (1977–1998) for low voice, melody instrument, guitar and vibraphone (also versions for medium voice, recorder and harpsichord or for low voice, double bass and accordion) (Texts: Leta Semadeni) , 1st Giarsun , 2nd November , 3rd Lilli da Giarsun , 4th Viadi da Not ; a. First version 1977: for low voice, melody instrument, guitar and vibraphone; b. New version 1992: for medium voice, recorder and harpsichord. c; New version 1998: for low voice, double bass and accordion.
  • Ludwig van (Mauricio Kagel) (1978), arrangement for fortepiano , ensemble and tape
  • Etter Heini (1978), incidental music for flute, viola da gamba and double bass
  • 3 canons (Festschrift Lucius Juon ) (1978–1993) for 3 voices (texts: August Wilhelm Schlegel ), Chinese, folk song; 1. The difficult thing is not the path (Chinese), 2. The past must form our future (AW von Schlegel), 3. I am en arme Gigerbueb (Baselland, Röselichranz)
  • Echos de détresse (1978) for 2 pianos (or piano and harpsichord). Co-composer: Heinz Marti
  • Leuthold , op. 23 (1976–1979) for baritone, children's voice, speaking choir, unanimous mixed choir and ensemble (texts: Heinrich Leuthold)
  • Small piece (1979) for viola and piano (or harpsichord)
  • Heimat , op. 22 (1978–1982), 3 songs for medium voice, piano and speaking choir ad lib. (Texts: Heinrich von Laufenberg, Heinrich Leuthold, Lisel Bruggmann), 1. I want me to be at home (Heinrich von Laufenberg), 2. Homesickness (Heinrich Leuthold), 3. Home (Lisel Bruggmann)
  • Winter exiting (1982) for mixed choir
  • Faits divers (1983) Film music for soprano and 2 harps, silent film by Claude Aztant-Lara
  • 3 Preludes , op.25 (1983) for piano
  • Faits divers , op.27 (1983) Ragtime for 2 harps (or harpsichord or piano)
  • 924 , op. 26 (1984–1985) for piano, wind instruments and 2 percussionists
  • CEG , op. 28 (1985) for cello and a keyboard instrument
  • Variations, Länders und Lied , op. 24 (1976–1986) for baritone, violin, piano and percussion (texts: Heinrich Leuthold), arrangement by Leuthold
  • The bell rang so loud that the clapper flew out (1986), electronic incidental music for in situ , Chur; a scenic project in four parts based on La Canzun da Sontga Margriata
  • Hornung , op. 29 (1986) for horn
  • Studio per pianoforte , op. 30 (1986)
  • Kaleidoscope , op.31 (1987) for violin
  • Four songs , op.32 (1986) for female voice and piano (texts: Dora Koster )
  • Mr. Fitzwilliam's Dream of Venus and Adonis (John Blow) (1986), opera, music by Martin Derungs and John Blow . After the song collection Amphion Anglicus and the mask play Venus and Adonis by John Blow. Instrumentation: soloists; Flute, trumpet, piano, organ.
  • Der Baseballengel , op. 33 (1984–1986), opera in 1 act (texts: Charles Bukowski (Jost Andreas Müller, Martin Derungs)); Instrumentation: deep bass, tenor, contrabass (or alto), baritone, soprano, tenor, male choir, female choir, saxophone quintet, harpsichord / piano / harmonium (at least 2 players), double bass, drums (2)
  • The Naples Frieze (1987), film music for flute and piano; Award-winning film portrait by Gaudenz Meili about the Bernese artist Markus Raetz and his work The Naples Frieze
  • Trio per archi , op.34 (1987)
  • Passion , op. 35 (1987–1991) for flute quartet; also version for recorder quartet (1991)
  • Contrasti sospesi , op. 36 (1988) for wind quintet
  • «To know ...» , op. 40 (1988) for harpsichord (speaking voice ad libitum)
  • Bündner Wirren , op. 37 (1987–1989) Scenes around Jürg Jenatsch (Texts: Markus Schmid)
  • Der Diamant , op. 38 (1990) for two male choirs and deep gong (texts: Gottfried Keller ); 1. Confederation , 2. All or nothing
  • Three pieces for guitar , op. 39 (1989–1990)
  • Anna Göldi , op. 41 (1989–1990), texts: Kaspar Freuler (Martin Markun)
  • "O old fragrance ..." , op. 43 (1989) for flute, clarinet, piano, viola, cello and tam-tam
  • Donozella (1989) for 2 recorders
  • un violon aveugle ... , op.42 (1990) song for soprano and piano (texts: Georges Schéhadé)
  • Anna Jenatsch. Oratorio scenes , op. 45 (1990–1991) for speakers, singers, choirs and instruments (texts: Markus Schmid-Lengersdorf)
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra , op. 46 (1990–1992)
  • Scene teatrali , op. 47 (1991–1992) for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
  • Colori , op. 48 (1991–1997) for recorder; Cycle: Cornice (S) - Cromatico (A) - Rosso-azzurro (A) - Nero (B) - Giallo (S) - Verde (T)
  • Concerto for recorder, double bass, harpsichord and strings , op.49 (1993)
  • Concertino , op.50 (1993) for recorder and chamber orchestra
  • Threnos , op. 51 (1993) for bass, choir, percussion and organ (texts: Martin Luther King , Jewgeni Jewtuschenko ), 1. When Israel was in Egyptland , 2. My Lord, what a morning
  • Algordanzas , op. 52 (1993) for 7 performers (texts: Arnold Büchli, Friedrich Nietzsche )
  • Fanfare contre la fausse paix (1993) for wind orchestra (any scoring)
  • La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina ( Francesca Caccini ) (1993), opera (texts: Ludovico Ariosto ; additional texts from Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Additional music by Martin Derungs), for 4 sopranos, alto, tenor, mixed Choir, recorder, percussion, harpsichord, 2 viols, strings.
  • Wahnfried (collage from Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung ), op. 53 (1993) for piano
  • Étude pointillistique , op. 54 (1994) for orchestra
  • I Pagliacci ( Ruggiero Leoncavallo ) (1994), opera; instrumental new version for 15 instruments
  • Trio for flute, viola and harp , op.55 (1994)
  • Kassandra, Representation of a Myth , op. 56 (1994–1995) for voice and cello (texts: Christa Wolf ; Gian Gianotti)
  • Ballet suite “La Strada” (Nino Rota) (1995); Arrangement of the film music for La Strada by Federico Fellini for 18 instruments
  • Temi estratti da “La strada” ( Nino Rota ) (1995) for violin
  • Nachtstück , op.57 (1995) for violin
  • Ars orationis , op. 58 (1995) for organ
  • Elegie , op. 59 (1996) for ten-string guitar
  • Cinderella , op. 60 (1996) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, 5 actors, recorder, 3 flutes, horn, guitar, violin and double bass (texts: Robert Walser ; Gian Gianotti, Martin Derungs)
  • Das Schloss (1997), incidental music for in situ , Chur, (Texts: Franz Kafka ; Wolfram Frank)
  • Brackets and lines , op. 61 (1998) for baroque violin and positive organ
  • Idyll , op. 62 (1998) for chamber orchestra
  • Dreifalls , op.63 (1999) for 4 female voices, clarinet, percussion, piano and viola (texts: Daniil Charms )
  • Fantasy , op. 64 (1999) for violin, piano and orchestra; on the unfinished concert movement by WA Mozart , KV 315 f, Appendix 56
  • Three Poems by John Donne , op. 65 (1999) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass, recorder (bass recorder), violin, viola (viola da gamba) and organ (texts: John Donne ); 1. A Lecture upon the Shadow. 2. Twickham Garden. 3. Holy Sonnet X.
  • -ludes (preludes, interludes and aftermaths to GF Handel's Sonata in B minor) , op. 66 (1999), for flute and harpsichord
  • A Set of Pieces , op. 67 (1999–2000) for 3 recorders
  • Cantiga , op.68 (2000) for countertenor and violin (texts: Cecilia Meireles)
  • 1 year , op. 69 (1999–2000) for piano (or any mixed scoring)
  • Vistas chi's müdan , op. 70 (2000) for clarinet, cornet, violin, viola and double bass
  • Vogel-Urtheil , op.71 (2000) for soprano, clarinet and percussion (texts: Friedrich Nietzsche)
  • Hulda oder die Alpsucht , op. (1999), music-scenic panopticon for school choir, school orchestra and rock band; (Texts: Albrecht von Haller , Vincenzo Todisco, Leo Tuor, Brigitte Brunies, Anna Maria Bacher, Remo Fasani, Luisa Famos , Maurice Chappaz ); Joint work with Marco Todisco (jazz-rock pieces)
  • Two new scenes for Robert Walser's “Cinderella” , op. 78 (2001) for alto, bass, recorder, flugelhorn, guitar and double bass (texts: Robert Walser)
  • 37 Fragments , op.73 (2001) for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola da gamba, cello, violone, harpsichord / organ and theorbo (texts: Friedrich Nietzsche, Pier Paolo Pasolini , Gabriela Mistral , Luisa Famos)
  • Songs of Prince Vogelfrei , op.74 (2001) for soprano, alto, speaking choir, flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, cello and piano (texts: Friedrich Nietzsche)
  • 2 pieces for 4 treble recorders , op.75 (2001)
  • Walls and (closed) windows , op.76 (2001) for string quartet
  • Ode to the Sea , op.77 (2001) for male choir (texts: Albin Zollinger )
  • On to Narragonia , op.79 (2002), suite for orchestra and children's choir (texts: Warren Thew , Peter Richner, Saro Marretta)
  • Report (Requiem) , op. 80 (2002) for speaker, 6 solo voices and ensemble; Text from Tremolo Trümmer by Klaus Merz with 6 poems by Martin Merz
  • Ferm aint il spazi , op.81 (2002) for male choir (Texts: Warren Thew)
  • Intents dal destin , op.82 (2002) for soprano and flute (texts: Warren Thew)
  • Eisblume (II) , op.85 (2004) for strings
  • yesterday (freezing ...) , op.86 (2004) for string sextet
  • 5 Esquisses , op.88 (2005) for piano solo
  • Fior 'di Ghiaccio , op.90 (2005); Eisblume III for violoncello / viola and fortepiano
  • Au-delà du regard , op.92 (2006) for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, speaker and orchestra (texts: Nadia Tuéni)
  • «... including ...» , op. 98 (2007–2008) for mixed choir, soprano and baritone solo, saxophone quartet and conga (texts: Dante Alighieri , Rashid Jassim , Abdelaziz)
  • Memory , op. 103 (2009), string quartet over a 12-tone series by Hans Schaeuble
  • 9 poems by Anna Maria Bacher , op. 111 (2011) for soprano, viola and piano
  • The unknown bird (2015), Opera semibuffa in German and Arabic; A modern oriental fable by Rashid Jassim (world premiere May 12, 2015 in Zurich)

Awards

Discography (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Naples Frieze - Film by Gaudenz Meili with music by Martin Derungs, 1988
  2. ↑ Government awards the Bündner Kulturpreis 2009 to Martin Derungs. link-grischun.ch, September 27, 2009, accessed on April 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Label page ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Derungs, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur