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Thorsten Pech in front of the Elberfeld cemetery church

Thorsten Pech (born November 3, 1960 in Wuppertal ) is a German church musician .

Life

From 1976 to 1980, Pech studied Protestant church music ( B-exam ) at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf with Hanns-Alfons Siegel (organ), Alberte Brun (piano), Hartmut Schmidt (choir conducting). After completing his postgraduate studies in the organ and participating in various master classes (including Daniel Roth , Anton Heiller ), he completed his artistic maturity examination with Hans-Dieter Möller in 1983 . Pech graduated from his conducting studies in Vienna with Julius Kalmar in 1985 with a diploma.

He has been active as a cantor and organist since 1977, first in Düsseldorf , since 1997 in Wuppertal- Elberfeld at the Old Lutheran Church on Kolk and the Friedhofskirche , and since 2016 as a full-time cantor at the churches mentioned. In 1992, Pech also took up a freelance activity as a concert organist and conductor, which took him through numerous concert engagements at home and abroad.

He has been artistic director and choir director at the Bachverein Düsseldorf since 1989, and in 2003 he took over as conductor of the concert choir of the Volksbühne Wuppertal cultural community. In 1998 he was awarded the title of Music Director by the Association of German Professional Choir Directors. In 2016 he was a laureate of the Enno and Christa Springmann Foundation .

Audio documents (excerpt)

  • Soli Deo Gloria : Bachverein Düsseldorf and Thorsten Pech (direction and organ)
  • Organ hike through Elberfeld - Thorsten Pech plays the organs of the cemetery church (Sauer), Kreuzkirche (Beckerath), Resurrection Church (Peter) and Kolk (Klais)
  • The Klais organ of the Old Lutheran Church on the Kolk, Wuppertal-Elberfeld : Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • The cheerful organ - Thorsten Pech plays the Klais / Sauer organ of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Wuppertal
  • Josef Gabriel Rheinberger - The organ work - Thorsten Pech plays the Klais / Sauer organ of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Wuppertal
  • Bach meets ... European musical traditions : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Romantic impressions : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Music and meditation in the church's annual circle : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ) in the Huysburg monastery
  • Music in the cultural capital of Weimar : Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach Trumpet Ensemble and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Trumpet and organ in the Bergkirche Schleiz : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Masterpieces trumpet and organ in the Christ Church Schwelm: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • The Cathedral : Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach Trumpet Ensemble and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Trumpet and organ at the Klais organ of the parish church Bonn-Endenich : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • Festive wind music for the Dresden Frauenkirche : Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach trumpet ensemble and Thorsten Pech (organ)
  • There is joy in you : Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ) in the Christ Church in Schwelm

Compositions (excerpt)

Thorsten Pech at the Sauer organ in the Elberfeld cemetery church
  • Elegy on an Easter theme Christ has been purchased for Corno da Caccia and organ (WP 1998, Wuppertal)
  • Dresden fanfare for 5 trumpets, 2 corni da caccia, timpani and organ (composed for the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche, premiere 1999, Dresden)
  • Intrada and chorale Sonne der Gerechtigkeit for brass ensemble (WP 2000, Wuppertal)
  • Rhythm for brass ensemble (WP 2000, Wuppertal)
  • Roman mass for 4–8 male voices (WP 2000, Rome, St. Peter's Basilica)
  • Hommage à BACH for trumpet and organ (WP 2001, Wilhelmshaven)
  • Swedish night for Corno da caccia / trumpet and organ using traditional Swedish folk melodies (WP 2001, Neukloster / MV)
  • Romantic Christmas suite about Finnish Christmas carols for Corno da Caccia and organ (WP 2002, Wuppertal)
  • Evocation for trumpet and organ, using the song Wir sind nur Gast auf Erden (premiere 2002, Wuppertal)
  • Mass for male voices and organ (WP 2002, Vienna, Votive Church)
  • Fantasia pro pace (Fantasia for Peace) for trumpet / Corno da caccia and organ using the chorales Von Gute Mächten and Ein Solid Burg (WP 2003, Wuppertal)
  • Romantic fantasy BRUCKNER on motifs from works by Anton Bruckner; in memoriam Sergiu Celibidache, for 4 trumpets, Corno da caccia, timpani and organ (WP 2003, Weimar, Herderkirche)
  • Variations on the hymn Veni creator spiritus (WP 2003, Düsseldorf)
  • Meditation in Tempore Pentecoste for Corno da caccia and organ using the Pentecost choirs Heilger Geist, du Tröster and Komm, heiliger Geist (WP 2004, Wuppertal)
  • The Cathedral using an Engl. Traditionals (WP 2004, Bonn)
  • In the Highland for trumpet / corno da caccia and organ using traditional English and Scottish highland melodies (WP 2005, Wuppertal)
  • Passio Jesu Christi for trumpet and organ using the chorale O Sadness, o Herzeleid (WP 2005, Viersen)
  • Méditation romantique e Chorale festive with the chorale Lobe den Herren, die mightigen König , for trumpet (Corno da caccia ad lib.) And organ (WP 2005, Wuppertal)
  • Japanese gardens for 2 trumpets (2 Corni da caccia) and organ using traditional Japanese melodies and themes (WP 2005, Wuppertal)
  • WAGNER paraphrase on motifs from Richard Wagner's operas for 4 trumpets, corno da caccia, timpani (cymbals, tubular bells ad lib.) And organ (premiere 2007, Weimar, Herderkirche)
  • Prière (prayer) for Corno da caccia and organ on the thoughts of the 121st Psalm and using the chorale Mein schönste Zier und Kleinod bist (WP 2010, Wuppertal)

Web links

Commons : Thorsten Pech  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on Thorsten Pech , Westdeutsche Zeitung (online, as of September 4, 2012)
  2. ^ Enno and Christa Springmann Foundation. In: springmannstiftung.de. Retrieved January 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ http://www.bachverein-duesseldorf.de/plaintext/chor/chorcd/index.html
  4. ↑ http://www.corpete.com/html/disk.html
  5. ↑ http://www.koebl.com/german/r-1533-elegie.html
  6. ↑ http://www.koebl.com/german/trompete/6-und-mehr-trompeten/dresden-fanfare.html
personal data
SURNAME Bad luck, Thorsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal