Nikolaus Brass

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Nikolaus Brass, 2009 (after receiving the Music Prize from the City of Munich)

Nikolaus Brass (born October 25, 1949 in Lindau (Bodensee) ) is a German composer .

Life and work

Nikolaus Brass began to compose at an early age. After graduation in 1968 he graduated in Munich , Scotland and the Free University of Berlin , a medical school . He studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter in Munich, with Frank Michael Beyer at the University of the Arts in Berlin and with Helmut Lachenmann in Hanover . 1980-86 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses . There he met Morton Feldman , who had a lasting influence on his further musical thinking and work.

For many years worked as a physician Brass - first as a hospital doctor , from 1982 as editor of the journal Medical practice - and in parallel as a composer. The "concrete confrontation with the existential fragility of human existence, with departure and happiness, but also pain, infirmity and death acted like a compass in the search for expression."

Characteristic of his music were "flowing time processes, questions of order and disturbance, the [...] scanning of the acoustic outer surface for what it contains as an echo, as well as aspects of human existence" in a "permanent circle of losing and finding again."

Brass' works have been performed regularly at festivals since 1981. In 2008 his work was the focus of the International Weingarten Days for New Music.

His compositions Void (for piano) and Void II (for solos and orchestra) - named after the Voids , the “empty spaces” in the Jewish Museum Berlin that remind of the loss of life, culture and memory through the Shoah - were published in 2009 at the Klangwerktage in Hamburg juxtaposed with a group composition by young people who had dealt with the same topic. In an accompanying panel discussion , the architect of the Jewish Museum, Daniel Libeskind , and Nikolaus Brass discussed forms of commemoration in architecture and music.

Honors

Compositions

Stage work

  • memory (2012?). Musical theater nucleus, for butoh dance and singing. Premiere May 8, 2012 Munich (13th  Munich Biennale ; Gasteig , foyer in front of the Carl-Orff-Saal; Christian Stübner [Butoh-Tanz], Andreas Fischer [bass], choreography: Stephan Marria Marb, directors: Nikolaus Brass and Birgitta Trommler )

Vocal compositions

A cappella

  • Traumrede (1981) for 4 voices ( vocal quartet : soprano , alto , tenor , bass ). Texts: Hoheslied (German by Martin Luther ), Friedrich Hölderlin ( bread and wine ), Paul Celan ( Egypt ; Corona ). Duration: 20 '. Premiere September 12, 1981 Amsterdam ( Stedelijk Museum ; Schola Cantorum Stuttgart: Barbara Miller, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Wolfgang Isenhardt, Manfred Ackermann). Concert recording ( Radio France ). Production 1981 SDR (Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, direction Clytus Gottwald ). CD 1994 (Cadenza / Bayer Records [Atelier Schola Cantorum, Vol. 7])
  • Rose-Ausländer-Lieder (1986) for 4 female voices. Texts: Rose Ausländer (from Living in the Breath House [1985]: The Most Beautiful ; My House ; Behind the Walls ). Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere November 4th 1987 Stuttgart ( Planetarium ; Ensemble <belcanto>, direction: Dietburg Spohr). CD (Koch-Schwann / Aulos 3-1386-2)
  • Emerge tu recuerdo de la noche en que estoy (1991). Madrigal for 4 female voices (2  sopranos , mezzo-soprano , alto ). Text: Pablo Neruda . Duration: ~ 22 '. WP 1991 Graz (music protocol in Styrian autumn ; ensemble <belcanto>, conductor: Dietburg Spohr). Concert recording ( ORF )
  • lingua (1996) for 4 voices (SATB). Texts: Book of Wisdom and Nikolaus Brass. Duration: 12 '. Premiere 1996 Munich. Concert recording 1997 ( Studio Franken ; 25 years Ars Nova Nürnberg; Ensemble Exvoco)
  • New version 2000
  • I / Now (1996/2008). Text composition for one voice (with drums). Text: Nikolaus Brass. Duration: 5 '. WP June 30, 2008 Munich (Anno Kesting)
  • Erlkönig (2008). Scene for 3 voices ( soprano , mezzo-soprano , alto ). Text: freely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Der Erlkönig . Duration: 5 '. Premiere November 14, 2008 Kassel (Kasseler Musiktage; Ensemble <belcanto>, conductor: Dietburg Spohr)
  • Voice and Death (2010). Music for 7 voices (vocalises). Duration: 35 '. WP February 12, 2011 Stuttgart (éclat Festival; Theaterhaus ; Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart)
  • Benedictions (2010) for soprano (vocalises). Premiere March 26, 2011 Munich (Music Festival of the Munich Society for New Music ; Irene Kurka )

With instruments

Choir: 8S.8A.8T.8B (S4-8, A4-8, T4-8 and B4-8 each also play triangle and metal stick)
Orchestra: 2 (+2 Picc ) .2.2.3 TSax .3 BarSax .0 - 0.3.3.1 - percussion (3 players: [1.]  marimba , two high pool, 7 hubcaps, fanfare, Schwirrholz , Styrofoam pieces, two metal hammers; [2.]  Steel Drums [des'-g ''], 5 Chinese gongs [des'-f '], 1-tuned glass [c'], Hi-Hat , 5  Cowbells , 3 wood Bongos [1 high, 2 deep] , 2  flexatons , wooden blocks [deep], 2 pieces of styrofoam, large wooden hammer; [3.]  vibraphone , 4 tuned glasses [f "- as"], 3 deep bongos, 1  temple block [high], buzzers, buzzers) - strings : 10.0.5.5.5
1.  Introit (choir and percussion); 2.  Meditation I (choir and drums); 3.  Meditation II (choir and percussion); 4.  Intermediate music - our father (drums: bells, steel drums ); 5.  Prayer (choir and drums)

Orchestral works

  • Landscape of the Past (1985/86). Music for orchestra. Duration: 28 '. Premiere October 14, 1988 Donaueschingen ( Music Days ; SWF Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Matthias Bamert ). Production ( SWF ). Instrumentation: 3 (+3 Picc ) .Afl (+ pic) .3. EH .3. Bkl .2.2 Kfg - 4.3.Btr.3.Kbps.1 - percussion (3 players) - 2 pianos - harp - strings: 12.12.12.8.8
  • similar sounds (1999/2000). Music for orchestra. Duration: 28 '. Premiere February 9, 2001 Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Robert HP Platz ). Concert recording ( SWR )
Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 6.3.3.1 - percussion (5 players) - harp - strings

Works for solos and orchestra

Orchestra: 2 (+ picc) .2.2.2 - 0.2.2.2 - Strings: 10.0.8.4.2
  • music by numbers III (2007/08) for violin, accordion and chamber orchestra. Duration: 22 '
Orchestra: 2.0.2.0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion (2 players) - strings: 5.5.4.3.2
Strings: 3.3.2.2.1
  • In the open (2009). Concerto for violin, double bass and small orchestra. Duration: 17 '. Premiere May 26, 2010 Düsseldorf (Helge Slaatto [violin], Frank Reinecke [double bass]; Heinrich Heine Symphony Orchestra Düsseldorf, conductor: Desar Sulejmani)
Orchestra: 1.1.1.1 - 1.0.0.0 - Strings: 3.3.2.2.1 or 5.5.3.2.2

Chamber music

Solos

for keyboard instruments
  • Songs on the Run (1983). Piano music II. Duration: 16 '. Premiere 1983 Stuttgart ( SDR ; Bernhard Wambach). Recording 1983 (SDR)
  • Void (I) (1999) for piano. Duration: 13 '. Premiere November 30, 1999 Munich (real-time hall in the Einstein cultural center; Monika Stöhr). Production 2004/05 (Col Legno [Brass Chamber Music, Vol. 1])
  • Separator (2009) for accordion. Duration: variable (max. 20 '). WP June 20, 2009 Fürstenfeldbruck (Kai Wangler)
  • Dialoghi d'amore V (2009/10) for piano
  • Pieces for Empty Hands (2011) for piano. Premiere May 25, 2012 Munich (23rd  Pentecost Symposium ; Seidlvilla ; Masako Ohta)
for percussion instruments
  • Discuss phonetic transcription / texts / the situation (1984/85). Music for a drummer. Duration: 16 '. WP February 4, 2010 Stuttgart (éclat Festival; Theaterhaus , Hall T 3; Franz Bach)
for wind instruments
  • Tanze Du Ungeheuer… (1987) for flute. UA 1989 Dresden ( Days of Contemporary Music ; Carin Levine ). - The title alludes to the picture Tanze Du Ungeheuer to my gentle song (1922) by Paul Klee
  • Salut / Adieu (1994/97). Two pieces for clarinet. Duration: 9 '. WP 1998 Munich
    • Version for flute / alto flute (1996). Duration: 9 '
    • Version for trumpet and trombone (1994/2008): see under Duos
for string instruments
  • Songlines I (2006) for violin (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 12 '. Premiere December 1, 2007 Hamburg (Rudolf Steiner House; Helge Slaatto)
  • Prologue - Intermission - Songlines III (2006/07) for viola (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 29 '. Premiere March 24, 2007 Munich (Christ Church on Dom-Pedro-Platz; Klaus-Peter Werani)
  • Songlines V (2007) for violoncello (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 12 '. Premiere November 7, 2008 Weingarten ( University of Education ; Erik Borgir)
  • Epilog (2007) for double bass (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 10 '. Premiere December 1, 2007 Hamburg (Rudolf Steiner House; Frank Reinecke)
  • Flucht (2009) for double bass. Duration: 6 '
for zither
  • Idyll (1979)

Duos

for keyboard instruments
  • Passatempi per due pianoforti (for 2 pianos; 1978/80). Duration: 28 '. Premiere March 20, 1981 Cologne (Funkhaus des WDR ; Yukiko Sugawara, Gunhilde Cramer). Recordings: 1983 (WDR), 1985 ( Radio Bremen )
1.  Intrada - Concerto canonico - 2.  Andante e Capriccio - Aria
  • Toys (1993). Music for 2 pianists. Duration: 16 '. Premiere 1994 Stuttgart-Wangen ( Theaterhaus ; Yukiko Sugawara, Gunhilde Cramer). Production 1995 (WDR)
1st  lot (1st etude: chords ) - 2nd  semicolon (2nd etude: scales ) - 3rd  yellow and blue (3rd etude: concealed touch ) - 4.  You shouldn't frighten me (4th etude: resonances; using the chorale Out of deep need I scream to you ) - 5.  Nothing at all (1. Fantasy: Cancer canon ) - 6.  Blown away (2. Fantasy: Figures) - 7.  Ab (5. Etude: Caccia , narrowing rhythmic patterns)
  • Echofantasie for PK (2004/05) for accordion and organ. Duration: 13 '. WP (first version) October 5, 2004 Munich ( St. Bonifaz Abbey ; Hans Maier [accordion], Kaori Maier [organ]). WP (new version) April 10, 2006 Vienna. - The title refers to the echo fantasy for organ by Peter Kiesewetter
  • Dialoghi d'amore III (2008) for accordion and piano. Duration: 7 '. Premiere December 3rd, 2009 Karlsruhe ( ZKM ; Anne-Maria Hölscher [accordion], Florian Hoelscher [piano])
for wind instruments
  • Salut & Adieu (1994/2008). Version for trumpet and trombone. Duration: 9 '. Premiere November 7, 2008 Weingarten ( University of Education ; Ensemble Ascolta: Markus Schwind [trumpet], Andrew Digby [trombone])
Salute (trumpet) - Adieu (trombone)
  • Salut II (2009) for trumpet and trombone. Duration: 6 '. WP May 23, 2009 Mönchengladbach (Ensembliade)
  • Dialoghi d'amore VI (2009/10) for 2 clarinets. Duration: 5 '. Premiere September 1, 2010 Bonn (clarinet duo David Smeyers / Beate Zelinsky)
for a keyboard instrument and another instrument
  • A due (2003). Music for violin and accordion. Duration: 25 '. WP October 19, 2003 Digne-les-Bains (cultural center; Hugo Noth [accordion], Susanne Schütz [violin]). Production 2004/05 (Col Legno [Brass Chamber Music Vol. 1])
  • music by numbers (1998) for violin and piano. Duration: variable (20–40 '). Premiere May 8, 1999 Munich (real-time hall in the Einstein-Kulturzentrum; Geoffry Wharton [violin], Christie Becker [piano]). Production 1999 ( BR )
  • Version for violin and accordion (2005; arrangement: Hugo Noth). Premiere October 23, 2005 Digne-les-Bains (Susanne Schütz [violin], Hugo Noth [accordion])
  • Version for clarinet and piano (2006). Duration: 16 '. Premiere September 9, 2006 Hamburg (Rudolf Steiner House; Udo Grimm [clarinet], Tatjana Prelevic [piano])
  • Version for soprano saxophone and accordion
  • Schatten (2007) for horn and accordion. Duration: 15 '. World premiere June 12, 2007 Trossingen (Francis Orval [horn], Hugo Noth [accordion])
  • unknown (2011) for Sheng (Chinese mouth organ ) and organ. Duration: 19 '. WP February 5, 2011 Munich- Schwabing ( Church of the Redeemer )
  • Ton (2011) for double bass and piano. WP July 10, 2011 Oberschleißheim ( Lustheim Palace ; Stephan Lanius [double bass], Masako Ohta [piano])
for string instruments
  • Songlines II (Dialoghi d'amore I) (2007) for 2 violins (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 12 '. WP February 22, 2008 Stockholm (new music festival; Duo Gelland : Cecilia and Martin Gelland)
  • Songlines IV (2006) for violin and double bass (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 12 '. Premiere October 11, 2006 Munich ( Gasteig , Carl-Orff-Saal / Festival Sound Actions ; Helge Slaatto [violin], Frank Reinecke [double bass])
  • Songlines VI (Dialoghi d'amore II) (2007) for violin and viola (from the Songlines cycle ). Duration: 10 '. WP October 29, 2008 Yerevan (Helge Slaatto [violin], Anette Slaatto [viola])
  • Postscript (2009). Commentary for viola and violoncello. Duration: 7 '. WP February 4, 2010 Stuttgart ( Theaterhaus , Hall T 3; Klaus Peter Werani [viola], Hanno Simons [cello])
for zithers

Trios

String Trios
  • Morgenlob (1981/83) for violin, viola and violoncello. Duration: 18 '. Premiere June 12, 1984 Angers (German String Trio). Recordings 1984 ( Radio France ), 1985 ( SDR ), 1997 ( Deutschlandradio Berlin ; Trio Recherche)
  • Gloss (2009). 2nd string trio. Duration: 17 '. WP July 29, 2009 Munich (Trio Coriolis: Michaela Buchholz [violin], Klaus Peter Werani [viola], Hanno Simons [cello])
Other trios
  • Trio ( piano trio ; 1989/91/97) for violin, violoncello, piano. Duration: 37 '. Premiere 1997 Munich ( Gasteig , Small Concert Hall; Geoffry Wharton [violin], Roman Guggenberger [cello], Christie Becker [piano]). Production 1997/99 ( BR ; Ensemble Köln). CD 2004/05 (Col Legno [Brass Chamber Music, Vol. 1])
  • Salut - Veni - Adieu (1994). Music for oboe / English horn , alto flute and piano. Duration: 20 '. Premiere October 27, 1996 Lindau (Heilig-Geist-Spital; Trio Papillon: Thomas Richter [alto flute], Gerhard Schnitzler [oboes], Monika Stöhr [piano])
Salut (oboe) - Veni (trio) - Adieu (alto flute)
  • Version for 2 flutes and piano (1998). Duration 20 '. WP 1998 Munich (Gasteig, Small Concert Hall; Munich Flute Trio). Concert recording (BR). CD 2005 (Cavalli Records)
  • Salut & Adieu (1994/97) for clarinet: see under Solos
  • Salut & Adieu (1994/2008) for trumpet and trombone: see under Duos
  • Kenosis (1999) for wind trio (flute, oboe, clarinet). Duration: 20 '. UA 7 May 2000 Witten (Rudolf Steiner School; Ensemble recherche [Trio Recherche]). Concert recording WDR
  • Seven Thoughts (2001). Music for piccolo, accordion and percussion. Duration: 8 '. WP 11 October 2003 Munich (real-time hall in the Einstein cultural center; ensemble piano possibile )
  • Twombly Music (2005) for violin, guitar and accordion. Duration: 12 '. Premiere October 23, 2005 Digne-les Bains (Susanne Schütz [violin], Andreas Higi [guitar], Hugo Noth [accordion]). - The sentence titles refer to images by Cy Twombly :
1.  Orpheus - 2.  Apollo and the Artist - 3.  Mars and the Artist - 4.  Venus
  • Dialoghi d'amore IV (2008) for oboe, clarinet (in Bb) and trumpet (in C). Duration: 17 '. WP 10 December 2008 Munich (sound campaigns)
  • Piano Trio No. II (2015). Duration 25 ', premiered November 25, 2015 Dresden, elole piano trio

Quartets

String quartets
  • Untitled (1996). Music for string quartet. Duration: 9 '. Premiere September 27, 1996 Munich ( Praterinsel ; Xsemble Munich). Concert recording 1999 ( BR ). Production 2005 (BR; Auritus Quartet). CD 2006 (Col Legno [Brass String Quartets, Vol. 1])
  • Arrangement for string orchestra (2008): see under orchestral works
  • New version (2002). Duration: 56 '. Premiere October 8, 2005 Munich ( Muffathalle ; Auritus Quartet). Production 2005/06 (BR / Col Legno [Brass String Quartets, Vol. 1])
  • Remember and Forget (2004). Quartet No. 3. Duration: 28 '. Premiere September 25, 2004 in Munich (Max-Joseph-Saal der Residenz ; Auritus-Quartet: Key-Thomas Märkl, Leopold Lercher [violins], Klaus-Peter Werani [viola], Stefan Trauer [cello])). Concert recording (BR). Production 2006 (BR / Col Legno [Brass String Quartets, Vol. 1])
  • Quartet No. 4 (2008). Duration: 55 '. Premiere November 8, 2008 Weingarten ( University of Education ; Auritus Quartet). Recording ( SWR )
1.  Catalog of memory - 2.  symbolum crucis - 3.  quod est - 4.  Dialoghi d'amore I - 5.  super omne
Other quartets
  • Lost and Found (2005). Music for Saxophone Quartet ( S . A . T . Bar ). Duration: 12 '. Premiere October 7, 2005 Munich ( Muffathalle ; saxophone quartet Le Fou Rohr)

Quintets

  • Songlines cycle (2006/07) for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass. Premiere October 24, 2009 Munich ( heavy riders ). - The title refers to the novel The Songlines (" Traumpfade ") by Bruce Chatwin
Prologue (viola) - Songlines I (violin) - Songlines II (Dialoghi d'amore I) (2 violins) - Intermission (viola) - Songlines III (viola) - Songlines IV (violin and double bass) - Songlines V (violoncello) - Songlines VI (Dialoghi d'amore II) (violin and viola) - Epilog (double bass). CD 2010 (Neos Music; without No. II&VI)
  • Ruf (Dialoghi d'amore VII) (2009/10) for basset horn , horn, violin, viola and double bass. Duration: 28 '. Premiere June 27, 2009 Munich ( Musica Viva ; Museum Villa Stuck ; Soloists of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra )
  • Spur (2011) for 2 clarinets and string trio . Duration: 22 '. WP February 6, 2011 Fürstenfeldbruck (Kulturwerkstatt Haus 10 / Klosterareal Fürstenfeld; clarinet duo Zelinsky / Smeyers, Trio Coriolis). Recording 2011 (WDR)

Sextets

  • Kata (1996/97). Music for ensemble. Duration: 17 '. Premiere July 4th 1997 Munich ( Musica Viva ; Bayerischer Rundfunk , Studio 2; Xsemble Munich). Concert recording (BR)
Instrumentation: bass clarinet , baritone saxophone , contrabassoon , trumpet, horn, trombone
  • Last Verses (1998) for 6 instruments. Duration: 19 '. Premiere September 15, 1999 Munich (real-time hall in the Einstein cultural center; ensemble piano possibile ). Production 2000 (BR)
Instrumentation: bass flute, clarinet, violin, cello, drums, piano

Septets

  • Signs and Signals (2004/05). Music for 7 instrumentalists. Duration: 19 '. Premiere January 22, 2005 Munich ( Gasteig , Carl-Orff-Saal; Xsemble Munich)
Instrumentation (players distributed around the room): basset horn , horn, drums, accordion, piano, violin, viola
Prologue - feelings - 1st signal with 3 echoes - 2nd signal (canon) with 3 echoes - 3rd signal - aftermath
  • turned away (2006). Music for the hearing. Duration: 20 '. Premiere February 13, 2007 Stuttgart (éclat Festival; Theaterhaus , Hall T2; Ensemble Ascolta). Concert recording ( HR )
Instrumentation: trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, electric guitar , piano, violoncello
13 sections: cover picture. Entrada - turned away 1-8 / intermissions 1 & 2 / Echo - rest

octet

  • Nachtmusik (1978/81) for ensemble (8 instruments). Duration: 16 '. Premiere November 1982 Boswil ( Old Church ). Recordings 1982 ( SWF ), 1983 ( WDR ), 1984 ( RAI )
Instrumentation: clarinet, trombone, 3 percussionists, violin, viola, violoncello

Nonet

  • No I (1997). Music for 9 players. Duration: 25 '. Premiere November 23, 2001 Bludenz (Remise; Ensemble SurPlus , conductor: James Avery ). Concert recording ( ORF )
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, clarinet / basset horn , drums, dulcimer , piano, violin, viola, cello

Texts by Nikolaus Brass

Essays and glosses
  • Residual risk . Nikolaus Brass answers Peter Niklas Wilson's polemic in the magazine MusikTexte . - Abridged version: cheap set up in the secondary . Reply to Peter Niklas Wilson's comment on Max Nyffeler's column. Neue musikzeitung, 52nd year, No. 10 (October 2003), p. 12
  • History and experience. To compose and meaning . In: MusikTexte , No. 113 (May 2007)
  • Lost in translation . Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 2 ( a tempo , February 2009)
  • Being and appearance . Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 3 ( a tempo , March 2009)
  • Who are you actually composing for? . Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 4 ( a tempo , April 2009)
  • Discretion - please keep your distance! Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 5 ( a tempo , May 2009)
  • The animation of the blind spots . Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 6 ( a tempo , June 2009)
  • Cuddling in the crisis? Neue Musikzeitung, vol. 58, No. 7 ( a tempo , July 2009)
  • Unmistakable sense of coherence . Memory of Reinhard Schulz . Neue musikzeitung, 58th year, No. 9 (September 2009)
  • Why it makes sense not to be afraid: the Hamburg Sound Work Days 2010 . nmz online, December 7, 2010
Broadcasts

Portraits

magazine
  • Reinhard Schulz : On the trail of the infinite. To the music of Nikolaus Brass
  • Meret Forster: Listening while composing. The composer in conversation
  • Marco Frei: Expression of the existential. To the string quartets
Broadcasts
  • Werner Pencil Steiner: Portrait of Nikolaus Brass . Bayerischer Rundfunk , August 22, 1990
  • Workshop . Deutschlandradio Berlin November 13, 1996 and December 3, 1997
  • Reinhard Schulz : On the expression of silence. Portrait of Nikolaus Brass . Deutschlandradio Berlin, February 8, 1999
  • Carolin Naujocks: I write what I hear . Workshop, Deutschlandradio Berlin, May 16, 2006
  • Meret Forster: Listening while composing. The composer Nikolaus Brass . MDR Leipzig, January 25, 2007
  • Yvonne Petitpierre: In personal dialogue with tradition. The composer Nikolaus Brass . Deutschlandfunk Cologne, October 11, 2008

CD productions

  • Chamber Music, Vol. 1: Void  / A Due  / Trio . Col Legno (2005)
  • String Quartets, Vol. 1: Nos. 1-3. Auritus Quartet. Col Legno (2006)
  • Orchestral Works, Vol. 1: Structures of Echo - Lindauer Beweinung  / Void II . Neos Music (2007)
  • Songlines . Neos Music (2010)
  • Trio . On: "Structure and surface". elole piano trio . Beoton (2010)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Helmut Rohm: Commentary on the CD Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
  2. ^ Biographical note in Ricordi
  3. ↑ Meret Forster: Review of the CD Songlines  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BR-Klassik , February 17, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.br-online.de  
  4. ^ Gerhard Rohde: Composed ways into the innermost part of human existence . Neue Musikzeitung , 57th year, No. 12/08 (December 2008)
  5. ^ Hamburger Klangwerktage 2009: Conversation with Daniel Libeskind and Nikolaus Brass , on kampnagel.de, accessed on February 10, 2020
  6. ↑ Residual risk Nikolaus Brass answers Peter Niklas Wilson's polemic in the magazine "MusikTexte"
  7. ↑ a tempo (2009/02) , on nmz.de
  8. ↑ a tempo (2009/03) , on nmz.de
  9. ↑ a tempo (2009/04) , on nmz.de
  10. ↑ a tempo (2009/05) , on nmz.de
  11. ↑ a tempo (2009/06) , on nmz.de
  12. ↑ a tempo (2009/07) , on nmz.de
  13. ↑ Unmistakable feeling for coherence , on nmz.de
personal data
SURNAME Brass, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau (Lake Constance)