Uwe Lohrmann

Uwe Lohrmann (born December 9, 1936 in Karlsruhe ; † November 17, 2018 in Heidelberg ) was a German composer , organist and choir director . He lived in Heidelberg.

Life

From 1948 to 1952 Uwe Lohrmann was a singing boy with the Regensburg Cathedral Choir (" Domspatzen ") under the direction of Theobald Schrems . Due to an intended adoption by stepfather Hans Baumann (died shortly before the end of the war in 1945 - father Kuno Lohrmann had died in 1937), he was known in Regensburg under the name of Uwe Baumann.

The sound ideal of this world-famous choir shaped the conductor Lohrmann. He studied at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe with Gerhard Nestler (scientific subjects) and privately with Otto Mazerath (conducting) and worked as a choir director and organist; first in Karlsruhe , Lampertheim and from 1960 in Heidelberg.

From 1964 he studied again at the Evangelical Church Music Institute in Heidelberg , organ with Herbert Haag and conducting with Kurt Thomas (courses and master classes). After completing this course with B and A exams, there was a postgraduate course with the composer Wolfgang Fortner , who taught at the Freiburg University of Music / Institute for New Music Freiburg , but lived in Heidelberg like Lohrmann. Final artistic examination for composition and music theory.

As early as 1964, Lohrmann also taught at the Heidelberg University of Education ( organ , piano , harpsichord , hymnology , instrument science, history of organ building ) and directed the orchestra of the “PH” until 1997 and the choir until 2000. Most recently Lohrmann was senior teacher there and taught composition , Organ and choir direction. From 1964 to 1971 he was also a cantor at the Pfingstberggemeinde Mannheim . Lecturer for theoretical subjects at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Heidelberg-Mannheim .

Uwe Lohrmann lived in Heidelberg. His works have been (premiered) performed by prominent interpreters mostly in Heidelberg and Frankfurt , but also in Moscow , Kazan , Rome , Indianapolis , Hiroshima and other places. Radio recordings were made by Südwestfunk and Hessischer Rundfunk, among others. He was also considered an organ expert and gave the historical source “The organ. According to the principles of the latest organ building art ”by Heinrich Sattler (1857) with an afterword newly published (Beltz Verlag Weinheim , 1996). Uwe Lohrmann was married to Reinhild, geb. Arendt, and had three grown children. He died shortly before his 82nd birthday after a serious illness.

style

In terms of style, the composer Lohrmann is shaped by studying with and close contact with Wolfgang Fortner, with whom Lohrmann and his wife were on friendly terms. Lohrmann also worked as a composer with Fortner, for example creating the passion music for the renewal of the Oberammergau Passion Play (1977) by arranging and orchestrating various works by Franz Xaver Richter . Composers such as Anton von Webern and the greats of music history from Palestrina to Bach to Bruckner , of whom he repeatedly performed works as an active organist and choir conductor, were also influential in Lohrmann's work .

Lohrmann's music has strong individual traits and brings contrapuntal elements of Schönberg's twelve-tone technique (though without row organization) in connection with traditional harmonic structures.

Works

Chamber music:

• Extension for 2 pianos 1976
• Solo for Harry Sparnaay (bass clarinet solo) 1979
• Canzon (flute, viola, harpsichord, organ) 1981
• Design (trumpet and piano) 1986
• Discrètion Trio for flute, bassoon, piano 1990
• Sons for 4 saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) 1992
• Per-siffl-âge for solo instruments 1993
• Periods for percussion (4 players) 1996
• Trois mouvements for woodwinds (2 oboes, oboe d'amore, English horn, bassoon) 2002
• Portrait (violin solo) for Nobuhiko Asaeda 2004
• Licht und Schatten Trio for violin, cello and piano

Organ works:

• Concerto per Organo 1968
• Maintenant (organ and string orchestra) 1979
• Sulamith (organ and tape) 1980
• Sculpture (organ solo) 1984
• Three miniatures (organ solo)
• Antiphon - Fantasia - Organum (organ and sound carrier) 2001
• Fantasia (organ solo) 2001
• Introduction (organ solo) 1999

Choral works à cappella:

• 10 Christmas carols in traditional phrases 1991
• Sicut cervus desiderat (motet for eight-part mixed choir or solo parts à cappella) 2000
• Pater noster (motet for 10-11 parts, mixed choir or solo parts à cappella) 2004

Vocal works for solo voices:

• Seeing (soprano, drums, keyboard samples) 1995
• Alone with himself (soprano, keyboard samples) 1995
• In principio (vocals solo quartet, trombone, keyboard, organ) 1996
• Susanna in the bath (soprano, organ) 1996
• Abel stand up (text: Hilde Domin, for soprano and piano) 1999
• Pater noster (alto solo, solo instruments, piano, harmonium)
• "Natus" for 8 votes 2016

Works with or for orchestra:

• Sound poem (orchestra) 1st version 1982 / 2nd version 1984
• Cry - Kyrie (major solo line-up) 1985
• Gloria - Praise of Wahnsinns (choir, orch., Percussion, 2 organs) 1986
• Epitaph (orchestra) 1987
• Sound piece (orchestra)
• Symphonic piece (orchestra) 2004
• Commemorating the victims of Hiroshima (for 2 string orchestras) 2005
• Concerto for violin and orchestra 2006

Web links

• Works by and about Uwe Lohrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Uwe Lohrmann

Individual evidence

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