Volker David Kirchner

Volker David Kirchner (born June 25, 1942 in Mainz ; † February 4, 2020 in Wiesbaden ) was a German composer .

Life

Kirchner came from a family of musicians. After studying (1956 to 1959) with Günter Kehr ( violin ) and Günter Raphael ( composition ) at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz , Kirchner attended the Cologne University of Music from 1959 to 1963 , where Bernd Alois Zimmermann was one of his formative teachers . He expanded his training at the Detmold University of Music with Tibor Varga .

He had his first employment from 1962 to 1964 as principal violist with the Rheinisches Kammerorchester Köln, which was followed by an engagement with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt (1966–1986). He played the string quartet with Ulf Hoelscher, among others . Concert tours with the Kehr Trio have taken him to South America, North Africa and the Middle East. These tours stimulated him to become intensively involved with non-European music. In 1970 he co-founded the Ensemble 70 in Wiesbaden and worked with the director and painter Marian Czura on his first major stage work, Riten .

From 1972 Kirchner worked as a composer for incidental music at the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden; Since 1986 Volker David Kirchner has been a freelance composer; his work included all genres and is played worldwide. In addition to a huge body of chamber music with different ensembles, it included over 20 large orchestral works, 10 solo concerts, numerous works of secular and sacred vocal music as well as 13 stage works.

With his Belshazar , Kirchner was the opening composer of the Festival Opera of the 20th Century at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 1985 . In 1990 the West German music festival Musikkultur heute opened in Moscow with the world premiere of Kirchner's Requiem in the Tchaikovsky Hall with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg and the State Academic Choir Riga under the direction of Gerd Albrecht . His opera Gilgamesh , a work commissioned by the Lower Saxony State Opera in Hanover on the occasion of EXPO 2000, premiered in May 2000 as the opening piece of EXPO 2000. At the invitation of Walter Fink , he was the third composer in the annual composer portrait of the Rheingau Music Festival in 1992 . Volker David Kirchner's opera Savonarola premiered in Kiel in 2011 and his Gutenberg opera in Erfurt in 2016.

Works

Stage works

• Rites for small sound theater (premiered in 1971 at the Steierischer Herbst in Graz, then played at the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden)
• The wedding (premiere April 27, 1975 at the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden)
• The five minutes of Isaak Babel , scenic requiem in twelve images (1977–1979. WP April 19, 1980, Wuppertal)
• The cold heart according to Wilhelm Hauff (1980. Premiere 1981, Wiesbaden, new version 1987, premiere of the new version on October 27, 1988 in Munich at the State Theater on Gärtnerplatz)
• Belshazar (1984/85. WP 25 January 1985 at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich )
• Erinys , Threnos in two parts after the Oresty of Aeschylus (1986–89. WP April 15, 1990, Wuppertal)
• Inferno d'amore (Shakespearion I) based on Shakespeare and Michelangelo (1992. World Premiere March 12, 1995, Hanover, Ballhof, Lower Saxony State Theater)
• Labyrinthos (Shakespearion II) (1994/95. Premiere October 17, 1997 in Mainz for the opening of the Small House of the Mainz State Theater)
• Gilgamesh , commissioned by the Lower Saxony State Opera in Hanover on the occasion of the EXPO 2000 (1996–98. WP May 20, 2000 in Hanover at the Lower Saxony State Opera)
• Ahasver , commissioned by the Bielefeld Theater , (1998–2000. WP 2001)
• Savonarola (WP 2011 Kiel)
• Gutenberg (2011–12, WP Erfurt March 24, 2016)
• The Prince of Thebes (2011-13)

Orchestral works

• Choral Variations for 15 solo strings (1967/68. Premiere 1968 in Zagreb with the Mainz Chamber Orchestra under Günter Kehr )
• Symphony I Totentanz for large orchestra (1980 premiered January 31, 1982 in Hanover, CD released by Wergo 1991)
• Symphony II Mythen for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, large orchestra and tape (1991/92. WP July 10, 1992 in Wiesbaden with the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate at the Rheingau Music Festival )
• Portraits I-IV (each with three-part orchestral cycles):
  • Portraits I (1981/82. Premiere September 14, 1983 in Wiesbaden with the orchestra of the Hessian State Theater under Siegfried Köhler )
  • Portraits II (1983/84. Premiere November 24, 1984 in Ludwigshafen with the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate under Leif Segerstam )
  • Portraits III - Hommage à WA Mozart (1989–1991. Premiere September 20, 1992 in Wiesbaden with the Mainz Chamber Orchestra under Klaus Arp)
  • Portraits IV (WP in Meiningen)
• The supper des Monsieur Papagenor , a musical hors d'oeuvre selected for connoisseurs and lovers of exotic songbirds (1992/93. Premiere November 28, 1993 in Wiesbaden with the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Hortus Magicus (1994, premiered August 14, 1994 with the National Youth Orchestra in the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) under Bernhard Klee)
• Do you want to twist your lyre to my songs? - Swan song for boy's voice and orchestra (1996), identical to the third movement of the Ghetto trilogy: Der Leiermann
• Ghetto trilogy (1996-99):
  • I: Singing in Fire (1998, premiered November 10th, 1998 in Neustadt / Weinstrasse with the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate)
  • II: Menuha (1999, premiered April 3, 2000 in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate State Philharmonic)
  • III: Der Leiermann (1996, premiered October 8, 1997 in Mainz, Rheingoldhalle, State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Memento (1999, premiered October 17, 1999 in Kiel Castle with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Kiel)
• Angelus Novus I for large orchestra
• Angelus Novus II for large mixed choir (2003)
• Angelus Novus III for choir and large orchestra, commissioned by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra for the 20th anniversary of the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt (premiere October 1, 2004 in the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin)
• From an old toy box - 7 children's pieces for soprano and small orchestra with an epilogue (2002/2003)
• Music for two orchestral groups, percussion, harp, celesta, piano (2003)
• Dawn clearing . Music for natural horn, two flutes and string orchestra (2005. WP 2007)
• Appearance (2006. World premiere on May 19, 2006 by the SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern under the direction of Per Borin)
• Orchestra cycle Job (three parts ) (2011)
• Orchestra cycle The mythical river (three parts : I. The mythical river II. Fog III. Schumann's Rhine trip) (2011–12)
• Exodus (2013)

Solo concerts

• Concerto for violin and orchestra (1981/82. Premiere October 5, 1984 by the Berliner Philharmoniker with Ulf Hoelscher and Gerd Albrecht )
• Night piece, variants on a Wagnerian accord connection for viola and small orchestra (1980/81; new version 1983) (premiered September 14, 1983 in Wiesbaden with the orchestra of the Hessian State Theater by Bodo Hersen under Siegfried Köhler )
• Schibboleth , Poème concertante for viola and orchestra (1989. Premiere 23 November 1990 by Tabea Zimmermann with the Young Philharmonic Orchestra Stuttgart under Manfred Schreier)
• Concert for oboe and orchestra (1997/98. Premiere November 5, 1998 in Frankfurt / Main by Fabian Menzel with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Eliahu Inbal )
• Concert for horn and orchestra (1996 premiered July 11, 1997 in Itzehoe by Marie-Luise Neunecker , commissioned by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival )
• Concert for trumpet and orchestra Remember Miles (2007–2008) (premiered in 2009, in the anniversary concert of the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate by Thomas Hammes under Karl-Heinz Steffens)
• Liturgie du silence for harp and string orchestra (2007)
• De Profundis for viola solo and orchestra (2008)
• Kaddish for violoncello solo and small orchestra (2010)
• Il Canto della Speranza concert piece for violin solo and large orchestra (2011)

Chamber music

Solo cast

• Luces y Sombras , 5 Tangos for piano solo (1999, premiered 2001 in Wiesbaden by Susanne Duch)
• Sonata for piano solo (1985/86. Premiere November 9, 1986 in Munich in the Studio for New Music of the Bavarian Radio by Nina Tichman )
• And Salomo spoke ... for cello solo (1987. Premiere May 1st, 1988 at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden by Stefan Breith, cello)
• From the Book of Kings - Three Meditations for Violoncello (three movements) (2000)
• Threnos for violoncello (2006), compulsory piece for the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin
• Pietà , Partita for violin solo - In memoriam Béla Bartók (Premiere 2002 in Rottweil by Nicolas Chumachenco )
• Con mortuis in lingua morta (2000. WP 2002) for organ
• Pierrot's Galgenlieder (2001) for clarinet
• Mandala cycle of variations on a Schönberg chord connection for piano (2006. premiered March 13, 2007 in the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, by Susanne Duch), also exists as a version for chamber ensemble, s. u.
• Review for piano (2010. Partial premier 2010, full premier on October 27, 2013 at the Karlsruhe Festival ZeitGenuss for music of our time by Sascha El Mouissi), for Walter Fink .

Duo cast

• Three pieces for two pianos (2004)
• Lamento d'Orfeo for horn and piano (1986, premiered March 24, 1987 in New York, Town Hall, by Marie-Luise Neunecker , horn; Teresa Turner-Jones, piano)
• Tre Poemi for horn and piano (1986–89. WP Lamento d'Orfeo March 24, 1987 in the Town Hall in New York by Marie-Luise Neunecker , horn; Teresa Turner-Jones, piano. WP Danza d'Orfeo May 6th 1988 in Karlsruhe by Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn; Nina Tichman , piano)
• String play for violin and violoncello (1993, premiered August 7, 1993, Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker, Ulf Hoelscher , violin, Wolfgang Boettcher , violoncello)
• Jacob sat at Rachel's grave and wept , for violin and piano (2004)
• Krakow Elegy for viola and piano (2008)
• Three micro studies for viola and violoncello (2008)

Trio cast

• Piano Trio I Schumann in Endenich (1979, premiered November 18, 1981 Frankfurt / Main, CD released by Wergo)
• Piano Trio II Sunken Places (2004)
• Piano Trio III Stele (2006)
• Exequien for three cellos (2003. WP by Wolfgang Boettcher , Wen-Sinn Yang and others)
• In love , five pieces for horn, violin and harp:
  • Canto for horn and harp (2003)
  • Canto for violin, horn and harp (2003)
  • Bicinium I for violin and horn (2004)
  • Bicinium II for violin and harp (2004)
  • Amoretta for violin, horn and harp (2004)
• Wind trio Kreuzweg , 14 stations for 2 oboes and English horn (2001. premiered in 2002 in Rottweil by Ingo Goritzki and Christian Wetzel, oboes; Yeon-Hee Kwak, English horn)
• String Trio I Trauma (1999) (premiered in 2002 by the Trio Akhenaten at SWR Baden-Baden )
• String Trio II (2004)
• Stanzas I for clarinet, bass clarinet and piano (2007, premiered 2008)
• Strophes II for two clarinets and piano (2008. Premiere 2010)
• Stanzas III for clarinet, bass clarinet and piano (2008. Premiere 2010)

Quartet line-up

• String Quartets I-XVI
• Piano quartets I-III:
  • I: Echo and Narcissus (2005)
  • II: Psyche and Eros , commissioned by the Gewandhaus Leipzig (2010. WP 2010)
  • III: The Great Tango (2012. Premiere 2013 by the Fauré Quartet )
• Exil for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano (1994. premiered May 7, 1995, Stuttgart by the Ensemble Villa Musica : Ida Bieler , violin; Martin Ostertag , violoncello; Ulf Rodenhäuser , clarinet; Nina Tichman , piano)
• ... about memory, wisdom and pain for clarinet, piano, violin, cello (2009)
• Eco Veneziana for four violins (2009. WP 2009)
• Inner parts for horn, violin, viola, violoncello (2009)
• Three pieces for four horns (WP 2011)
• A quattro for two violins and two violas (2014)

Quintet

• String Quintets I-IV
• Mysterion for alto flute, horn, viola d'amore, violoncello and piano (1985 premiered February 16, 1986 by Hessischer Rundfunk )
• I want to please my eyes, Shulamith ... for alto flute, horn, viola, violoncello, piano (2001)
• Wind quintet Xenion (2003) (premiered by the wind quintet of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Berliner Philharmonie , commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker)
• Clarinet Quintet (2004. WP 2006)
• Oboe Quintet (2012)

Sextet cast

• String sextets I-IV:
  • I: Orphic Singing I (1975/76. Premiere October 9, 1976 in Mainz), there is also a string orchestra version from the same year
  • II: Orphic Singing II (1998, premiered May 5, 2000 in the Frankfurter Hof in Mainz by the Ensemble Villa Musica )
  • III: Gethsemani (1994, premiered June 10, 1994 in the Tonhalle Zurich by the Zurich string sextet)
  • IV: Like a natural sound (UA 2008, Kaisersaal Concerts Freiburg )
• Il Canto della notte I , Poema for clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and violoncello (1997/98. Premiere June 4, 1998 at the Festival Tensions by Christian Tetzlaff , violin; Tatjana Masurenko , viola; Boris Pergamenschtschikow , violoncello; Michael Collins , clarinet; Marie-Luise Neunecker , horn; Lars Vogt , piano)
• Il Canto della notte II , Poema for clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello (premiered in Munich by Radovan Vlatković , horn; Oliver Triendl, piano and others)
• Il Canto della notte III , Poema for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and piano (2005)
• Morendo for horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (2004)
• ... from Oberons Reich - Notturno for horn, 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello (2005. WP 2006)

Septet line-up

• Nachtmusik (1970) for flute (also piccolo), clarinet (also bass clarinet), viola, cello, double bass, piano and percussion (2 players) (premiered 1971 in Wiesbaden)
• Mandala 2 for clarinet, horn, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (2006)
• Lacrimae for six horns and harp (2008. WP 2008)

Octet cast

• The Blue Harlequin (1981) for flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets (C), 2 trombones (premiered May 1, 1981 in Ingelheim with the brass ensemble Mainz)
• Octet (in Schubert scoring: 2 violins, viola, violoncello, double bass, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn), (2009), (first sentence 1 2010 by the octopus ensemble of the NDR; first sentence 2 and 3: 2012 by the ensemble of the Hessischer Rundfunk in the broadcasting hall of the Hessischer Rundfunk )

Nonet occupation

• Nonet ... the waters still sing in their sleep for flute, bass clarinet, horn, harp, celesta, piano, violin, viola, violoncello (1976, rev. 2004)

Large chamber ensemble

• Mandala cycle of variations on a Schönberg chord connection , also exists as a version for solo piano, s. O.
• La Notte for large chamber ensemble (2011) (premiered on October 25, 2013 at the Karlsruhe festival ZeitGenuss for the music of our time)

Vocal music

• Drei Gesänge , Abgesang for deep voice and large orchestra (1974/75. Premiere December 15, 1976 in Wiesbaden with Glenys Linos, alto with Siegfried Köhler )
• Golgotha , epitaph for three boys' voices and chamber ensemble (1979, premiered October 23, 1983 by the Mainz Chamber Orchestra under Günter Kehr )
• Babel -Requiem for soprano, bass, speaker, two mixed choirs and large orchestra (1980), commissioned by the Hessischer Rundfunk (premiered October 2, 1980 in Frankfurt / Main by Eliahu Inbal )
• Missa Moguntina for solos, large choir, two echo choirs, large orchestra and organ (1992/93. WP Kyrie and Agnus Dei February 27, 1993, Mainz; WP of the complete work November 21, 1993, Mainz, Dom)
• From the 53 days of passion music for solos, mixed choir, male choir, boys' choir, speaker (evangelist) and orchestra. Commissioned composition for the 93rd German Catholic Congress in Mainz (1997, premiered June 11, 1998)
• Requiem - Messa di Pace for solos, choir and orchestra 1988 (premiered June 11, 1990 in Moscow at the "Musikkulter heute" festival by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra under Gerd Albrecht with Maria Bayo, soprano; Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano; Victor von Halem, Bass; then at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lübeck Cathedral; there is a live recording of this, published by Wergo 1991)
• Resurrection , commissioned composition for the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Culture (premiered on June 23, 2006 in Koblenz Vallendar under Werner Andreas Albert) for choir, boys' choir, speaker, orchestra
• Orfeo for baritone, horn and piano from "Die Sonette an Orpheus" by Rainer Maria Rilke (1986/87. Premiere 6 May 1988 for the opening of the European Music Festival in Karlsruhe by Hermann Becht , baritone; Marie-Luise Neunecker , horn; Nina Tichman , Piano)
• Three songs based on texts from "West-Eastern Divan" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for medium voice, horn, violin, violoncello and piano (1985/86. WP May 6, 1988 for the opening of the European Music Festival in Karlsruhe by Mechthild Georg, mezzo-soprano; Marie-Luise Neunecker , horn; Kreisler-Trio: Melitta Keller, violin; Johannes Wohlmacher, violoncello; Nina Tichman , piano)
• Song of a Byzantine Angel for female voice and string quintet (WP 2005 by Julia Ostertag)
• What you did to the least of my brothers, you did to me for chamber choir, choir, organ and six instruments (2006. WP 2007)
• Magnificat for soprano solo, children's choir, mixed choir, orchestra (2006. WP 2010)
• The speech of the dead Christ down from the world building ... based on Jean Paul for soprano and chamber ensemble (2006) (premiered 2012 in Frankfurt / Main by Julia Ostertag and the ensemble of Hessischer Rundfunks in the broadcasting hall of Hessischer Rundfunk )
• Song cycle Media vita in morte sumus for soprano, clarinet, horn, piano, percussion and string trio (2006-07. WP 2009, Mainz)
• Kassandra for soprano and orchestra (2008/09)
• Herbstgesänge for soprano and 12 instrumentalists (2009) (premiere 2012 by Julia Ostertag)
• Laterna Magica - A dance theater for 6 voices and orchestra (2011) (not yet premiered)
• Songs based on texts by Else Lasker-Schüler for female voice and piano (four of which were performed in 2012, a fifth on October 27, 2013 at the Karlsruhe Festival ZeitGenuss für Musik der Zeit, premiered by Julia Ostertag)
• Obsidian chants based on texts by Dana Obsidian for voice, horn, violin, violoncello, piano (2013) (premiered May 25, 2014 in Bad Bergzabern by Julia Ostertag, mezzo-soprano; John Stobart, horn; Christian Ostertag, violin; Martin Ostertag, violoncello ; Tilman Krämer, piano)
• Hagens Traum - vocal scene for baritone and piano (2013)
• Vigils. Four 6-part choral movements and three instrumental pieces (2014)

Awards and honors (selection)

• 1974 Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate for Young Composers (for his first opera "Die Trauung")
• 1977 Art Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• 1992 Gutenberg badge from the city of Mainz
• 1994 First winner of the Rheingau Music Prize
• 1995 Composition Prize from the Lower Saxony Sparkasse Foundation and the Kreissparkasse Hannover
• 1992 Artistic Advisory Board of the Villa Musica Mainz Foundation
• 2007 Peter Cornelius badge
• 2014 Prize for services to music culture from the Rhineland-Palatinate State Music Council

literature

• Birtel, Wolfgang: "Volker David Kirchner - a portrait", in: Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mittelrheinische Musikgeschichte 84 (2010), pp. 54–65.
• Birtel, Wolfgang: "The string quartets by Volker David Kirchner. An inventory", in: Almanach für Musik I (2011), ed. by Christoph Dohr, Cologne 2011, pp. 25–63.
• Böhmer, Karl: "About suffering, persecution and displacement", in: http://www.volkerdavidkirchner.de/site/ueber_boehmer.html .
• Ely, Norbert: "Volker David Kirchner (composing today)", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Vol. 143/4 (1982), pp. 21-25.
• Friedman, D .: "The Integrator", in: http://www.volkerdavidkirchner.de/site/ueber_friedmann.html .
• Halasz, Gabor: "Portrait of the composer Volker David Kirchner", in: http://www.volkerdavidkirchner.de/site/ueber_halasz.html .
• La Motte, Diether de: "Questions to young composers", in: Musica, Vol. 37/5 (1983), pp. 407-23.
• Thaler, Lotte: "Callers in the desert: A conversation with Volker David Kirchner", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Vol. 151 (1990), pp. 21-28.
• Thaler, Lotte: "Gesang der Schundenen Menschen. A conversation with Volker David Kirchner about his symphony Mythen", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Vol. 153 (1992), pp. 17-22.

Discography

1. Media vita in morte sumus - Vocal chamber music by Volker David Kirchner

   Content: Obsidian chants , There is a weeping in the world , Media vita in morte sumus ; Performers: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Krämer, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Matthias Würsch, Erich Michelsberg; Label: Coviello - COV 91502; Release date: January 1, 2015;

2. Divertimento KV 563 / string trio

   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, VD Kirchner; Artist: Trio Akhenaten; Label: Coviello - COVCD50308; Release date: May 1, 2004; EAN: 4039956503088

3. Oboe concerts (2 audio CDs)

   Kirchner, Goldmann, Denissow, Zim; Performers: Menzel, Kitajenko, RSO Frankfurt; Label: Hr Music; Release date: September 1, 2003; EAN: 4035714100162

4. Works for horn

   Beethoven, Schumann, Hindemith, Kirchner, Brahms; Performers: Marie Luise Neunecker, Lars Vogt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Frank-Peter Zimmermann; Label: EMI classics; Publication Date: 2003; EAN: 0724355754226

5. A litany for the 21st century

   Kirchner, Plagge, Burkhard, Cosma, Egea & Mahle; Performers: Javier Bonet, Aníbal Bañados; Label: Verso; Publication Date: 2003; Contents: I. Tre Poemi u. a .; EAN: 0675754449926

6. Portraits I / The Blue Harlequin / Trio / Night Piece

   Interpreter: Bodo Hersen, orchestra / ensemble: Bläser Ensemble Mainz, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden, Kreisler Trio; Booklet author: Karlheinz Funk; Conductor: Siegfried Köhler - Klaus Rainer Schöll; Contents: Portraits I for orchestra, The Blue Harlequin, Trio for violin, cello and piano, night piece for viola and small orchestra; EAN: 4010228610321

7. Missa Moguntina for solos, choir and orchestra

   Performers: Alison Browner, Mads Elung-Jensen, Balthasar Hens, Matthias Jüttner, Maria Karb, Johannes M. Kösters, Gregory Reinhart, Albert Schönberger; Booklet author: Volker David Kirchner; Choir: Domkantorei St. Martin, Mainz Cathedral Choir; Conductor: Mathias Breitschaft; Orchestra / Ensemble: Mainz Cathedral Orchestra; Contents: Kyrie - Gloria - Psalmus - Credo - Sanctus - Agnus Dei; EAN: 4010228626223

8. Symphony Dance of Death / Requiem Messa di Pace

   Performers: Maria Bayo, Imants Cepitis, Victor von Halem, Iris Vermillion; Booklet author: Margarete Sorg-Rose; Choir: Riga State Academic Choir; Conductor: Gerd Albrecht - Peter Gülke; Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin; Contents: Symphony Dance of Death - Requiem Messa di Pace for solos, mixed choir and orchestra; EAN: 4010228620627

9. Music in Germany 1950-2000

   Volker David Kirchner: Missa Moguntina ; Artist: Various; Label: Rca Red S. (Sony BMG); Publication Date: April 18, 2005; EAN: 0743217357122

10. Music in Germany Box 5

    Opera, operetta, musical (BOX SET); Volker David Kirchner, Udo Zimmermann, Siegfried Matthus, Walter Zimmermann, Wolfgang Rihm; Artist: German Music Council; Label: Rca Red S. (Sony BMG); Release date: November 4, 2002; EAN: 0743217366926

11. Orphic Chant II / Exile / Gethsemani / And Solomon spoke / Mysterion

    Artist: Ensemble Villa Musica; Label: Mdg (CODAEX); Release date: June 1, 1999; EAN: 0760623087122

12. Cello works of the 20th century

    Luigi Dallapiccola, Hans Werner Henze, Volker David Kirchner u. a .; Interpreter: Wolfgang Boettcher; Label: nimbus; Release Date: Aug. 30, 1999; EAN: 0710357561627

13. Tango Art

    Chopin, Smetana, Debussy, Piazzolla, Gottschalk, Kirchner; Interpreter: Susanne Duch, piano; Label: fortepiano; Release date: March 1, 2002; EAN: 9783795760885

14. Dances, pictures, sounds

    Janáček, Ravel, Kirchner; Interpreter: Susanne Duch, piano; Label: fortepiano; Release Date: 2007; EAN: 4260037370064

15. Duos for Viola and Violoncello

    Beethoven, Hindemith, Kirchner a. a .; Performers: Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag; Label: Coviello; Release Date: July 3, 2012; EAN: 4039956512080

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volker David Kirchner 1942–2020: Sound from people for people. In: Schott Music. February 4, 2020, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
2. ^ Volker David Kirchner. In: Schott Music. February 4, 2020, accessed February 4, 2020 . 
3. ^ Gutenberg , Website Theater Erfurt ( Memento from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Composers' workshop : Walter Fink on his 80th birthday. Rheingau Musik Festival, 2010, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; Retrieved August 5, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Volker David Kirchner honor in FAZ on 5 October 2012, page 46th
6. ↑ Volker David Kirchner received the award for services to music culture. Press release on the website of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Music Council, accessed on December 22, 2014.

Web links

• Works by and about Volker David Kirchner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Current list of works by Volker David Kirchner
• Official homepage of Volker David Kirchner
• Biography at Musikverlag Schott
• Information about Volker David Kirchner on Klassika