Werner Heider

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Werner Heider (born January 1, 1930 in Fürth  / Middle Franconia ) is a German composer , pianist and conductor .

Life

1945–51 Heider studied with Willy Spilling in Nuremberg and at the Munich University of Music . From 1949 he worked for the Bavarian Radio  / Studio Franconia . In his compositions he is interested in strict construction principles as well as a dialogue between contemporary music and jazz ( Third Stream ). He participated in the Colloquium musicale by Carla Henius in Rome; as a pianist he founded a. a. the Ensemble Confronto and a trio with Oliver Colbentson (violin) and Hans Deinzer (clarinet).

The conductor was Werner Heider u. a. at the podium of the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Bamberg Symphony , the Nuremberg Philharmonic and Symphony , the Rhenish Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of the South German , Saarland and Hessian radio . In 1968 he founded the ars nova ensemble nürnberg in collaboration with Klaus Hashagen , of which he is conductor and artistic director to this day.

Werner Heider has premiered numerous works by colleagues and recorded them for radio and record. a. by Minas Borboudakis , Horst Lohse , Karola Obermüller and Martin Smolka .

His own compositions were u. a. Performed by the conductors Péter Eötvös , Michael Gielen , Bruno Maderna , Jun Märkl and Hans Zender .

Werner Heider lives in Erlangen . He is the father of the drummers Tilo and Peter Heider.

Honors

Compositions

Stage works

  • Models (1964). Ballet for dancers, instruments, texts and images. Libretto: Leonhard W. Fischer. Duration: ~ 20 '
1.  Sign - (past each other) (3 ') - 2.  Signals - (towards each other) (6') - 3.  Communications - (with each other - against each other) (9 ')
Orchestra: 1.1.1.ASax (or EH) .1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion (4) - harp - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
  • Vice versa. Getou fir three guides (1980). Musical scene for soprano, tenor, bass and tapes (zither collage). Text (Franconian): Werner Heider. Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording (Trio Exvoco; ProViva [ Exvoco ])
  • SAX (1983-87). 3 pieces for alto saxophone (scenic ad libitum). Duration: ~ 9-10 '. Recording (No. 3: Jean-Michel Goury; Erol [ Myriad ])
1.  Jogging (to be played while running) - 2.  Relaxing - 3.  Demonstrating (with bass drum)

Vocal compositions

  • Gamba songs (1954) for soprano and 2 viols. Texts: Anonymous (No. 1), Christian Weise (No. 2), Andreas Gryphius (No. 3). Duration: ~ 9 '
  • Glimpses of Night (1958) for soprano, piano and small orchestra ( dedicated to Carla Henius ). Text: Frank Marshall Davis ( Four Glimpses of Night ). Duration: ~ 14 '
1.  Eagerly… - 2.  Night is a curious child… - 3.  Peddling… - 4.  Night's brittle song…
Orchestra: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - timpani, percussion (2) - harp - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
  • Sensemaya (1960). 3 pieces for 3-part mixed choir, clarinet and bongos. Texts: Nicolás Guillén (from Rumba Macumba and Black Orpheus , German by Jahnheinz Jahn). Duration: ~ 10 '
1.  A song for children of the Antilles - 2.  I was walking down a path - 3.  Sensemaya (singing to kill a snake)
  • Picasso Music (1965/66) for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin and piano. Text: 3x3 poems by Pablo Picasso (1935), German by Paul Celan . Duration: ~ 10 '
  • Picasso Music II for soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, viola, cello and double bass. Duration: ~ 18 '
  • Book of hours (1972) for 12 voices (3S.3A.3T.3B) and 12 wind instruments (2 [+ Picc] .1.EH.1.BKlar.2 - 2.1.1.0) (dedicated to the mother). Text: Eugen Gomringer . Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere May 1972 Erlangen (Matthäuskirche). Recordings (members of the choir and symphony orchestra of the SDR ), (Schola Cantorum Stuttgart, Nürnberger Bläserensemble, conductor: Clytus Gottwald )
1.  Preface (a cappella) - 2. [Text part 1] - 3.  Sound surface contents - 4. [ Text part 2] - 5.  Brass mosaic - 6. [ Text part 3] - 7.  Meditation - 8. [Text part 4] - 9.  Epilogue (a cappella)
  • Commission (1972) for voice (baritone) and chamber ensemble. Text: after Ezra Pound (1916). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere December 1972 Stuttgart ( Süddeutscher Rundfunk ). Recording (William Pearson [baritone], ars nova ensemble, conductor: Werner Heider; Thorofon)
Ensemble: 1.0.1.0 - 0.0.1.0 - percussion (2) - piano - electric organ - strings: 1.0.0.1.1
1.  Change of mood (Schramm) - 2.  Standstill (Meidinger-Geise) - 3.  Junikäfer (Pastior) - 4.  Drei Felder (Becker) - 5.  Piece without words (piano solo) - 6.  On the move (Scherm; singing solo) - 7.  Interim balance (Hamm) - 8.  History (Schnetz) - 9.  The forgotten growth (Bektaş) - 10.  About tooting and blowing (Mateen)
  • Three poems by Günter Grass (2003) for voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone) and piano. Duration: ~ 7'30 ''
  • Our Poets (2003). A dedication for 8 speaking voices and percussion (ad libitum). Duration: ~ 4 '
  • Six songs for peace (2006/07) for vocal quartet. Texts:?. Duration: ~ 12 '. WP July 13, 2007 ( Hilliard Ensemble )
  • Visionen (2007) for baritone, string quartet , harp and soprano saxophone. Text: Gerd Scherm . Duration: ~ 14 '
  • … Im Sinn (2007) for 2x3 vocal soloists (or mixed choir a cappella). Text: Werner Heider. Duration: ~ 2'30 ''
  • Piano piece with Rückert song (2007) for baritone and piano. Duration: ~ 4 '
  • Thanks ("With how many voices / did you speak to me ..."; 2009) for voice. Text: Peter Horst Neumann (from: Pentecost in Babylon [1996]). WP January 24, 2010 Erlangen (Redoutensaal; Monika Teepe [soprano])

Ensemble / orchestral works

  • Variations on two themes (1949) for string orchestra. Duration: ~ 13-14 '. Recording 1951 Nuremberg (strings of the opera orchestra , conductor: Alfons Dressel). Premiere 1990 (92?)
Topic I (moderately agitated) - 1st variation (in the same amount of time) - 2nd variation (lively) - 3rd variation (calmly flowing) - 4th variation (cheeky, agitated) - 5th variation. Giga (very lively) - Theme II (fresh and brisk) - 6th variation (dance-like) - 7th variation (left out) - 8th variation (theme I and theme II) - 9th variation. Quasi Fuga (somewhat agitated) - 10th variation (calm finish)
  • Toccata 1952 (1952) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 8-9 '
  • - be there - (1966). Music for 20 wind instruments (3.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1) (in memoriam Willy Spilling). Duration: ~ 4 '. Recording ( Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Werner Heider; Colosseum [ music in Nuremberg ])
  • Plan (1966) for strings (6.0.3.2.1). Duration: ~ 6 '
  • Edition (1969). Multiple music for variable line-ups. Duration: ~ 5-6 '. ~ 30 different versions, u. a .:
  • Edition A for chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [3] - piano - organ - strings: 1.1.1.1.1 strings - 2 vocal parts [vocalises])
  • Edition D for symphony orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 3.2.2.0 - percussion [4] - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4). Recording ( Federal Youth Orchestra , Conductor: Volker Wangenheim ; German Music Council )
  • Edition for accordion orchestra. Recording ( Nuremberg accordion orchestra, conductor: Irene Kauper-Meyer; IMS [ Accordeonova ])
  • Edition for plucked orchestra . Recording (Chamber Orchestra of the Association of German Plucked Musicians , Conductor: Siegfried Behrend ; Thorofon [ Requiem for Hiroshima ])
  • Edition for harp ensemble. Recording (First German Harp Ensemble; SPV [ Edition Klassik Vol. II ])
  • Synchronous ( Inventio II [see under Chamber Music  / Solos ] and Edition )
  • Pyramid for Igor Stravinsky (1971) for chamber ensemble (16 players). Duration: ~ 2 '
Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion (1) - harp - piano - harpsichord - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timpani (1), percussion (2) - harp - piano - electric organ - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
  • 1st Symphony (1975) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere January 1976 Erlangen (on the 100th anniversary of the non-profit theater and concert association). Recording ( Bamberg Symphony , Conductor: Werner Heider; Thorofon)
Unanimous - polyphonic - standstill - revival I - dissolution - revival II
Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion (3) - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
  • System III (1976) for 6 + 4 + 1 instrumentalists (from the fields of jazz, concert music, beat-rock-pop, electronics). Duration: ~ 12 '. Recording (ars nova ensemble, conductor: Werner Heider; Thorofon)
Cast:? (including synthesizers )
Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion (4) - piano - strings
  • Martinus Luther Siebenkopff (Music against a Mocking Picture) (1983) for ensemble (9 players). Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere June 27, 1983 Nuremberg ( St. Egidien ). Recording (ars nova ensemble, conductor: Werner Heider). - (The title refers to a woodcut by an anonymous artist - probably on behalf of Johannes Cochläus )
Scoring: 1.0.1.0 - 0.0.1.0 - percussion (2) - electric organ (or piano) - strings: 1.0.1.1.0
  • Der Dreiklang (1983) for accordion orchestra (at least 17 players). Duration: ~ 12 '. Recording ( Nuremberg accordion orchestra, conductor: Irene Kauper-Meyer; IMS [ Accordeonova ])
1st  register of thirds - 2nd  register of fifths - 3rd register of  octaves
  • Sinfonia (2000) for 10 brass instruments (1.4.4.1). Duration: ~ 12 '
1.  Concerti (~ 4'15 '') - 2.  Chorales (~ 4 ') - 3.  Out of the joint (~ 3'30' ')
  • Theater music. 2nd symphony (2001/02) for large orchestra (for the 100th anniversary of the Fürth City Theater ). Duration: ~ 21 '
1.  Prelude - 2.  Tragedy - 3.  Interlude - 4.  Comedy - 5.  Follow-up
Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion (4) - strings
  • Architektur (2004) for large orchestra. Duration: ~ 23 '
Scoring: 3 (+ picc) .3.3 (+ BKlar) .3 (+ Kfg) - 4.3.3.1 - percussion (4) - harp - strings

Solos and orchestra / ensemble

  • Capriccio (before 1948/49?) For piano and orchestra
  • Types (1948/52) for alto saxophone and orchestra. Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording 1952 (Marcel Perrin [saxophone], Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Werner Heider)
1.  Moody - 2.  Sentimental - 3.  Affectionate - 4.  Talkative
  • Moment musical (1953) for piano and string orchestra. Duration: ~ 2'30 ''
  • Concerto (1956) for trumpet, baritone saxophone and orchestra. Duration: ~ 12 '
  • Divertimento (1957) for jazz quartet and small orchestra. Duration: ~ 8 '. Recorded in 1961 (with the Modern Jazz Quartet [ The Modern Jazz Quartet & orchestra ])
  • Ritmica (1958). Combinations of a rhythm theme (by Gunther Schuller ) with orchestra and jazz combo. Duration: ~ 25 '. UA Hannover (North German Broadcasting). Recording (Reinhold Friedrich [trumpet], Enrique Crespo [trombone], Fritz Mensching [saxophone], Nürnberger Symphoniker , conductor: Werner Heider; German Association of Composers [ composers in Bavaria (39) ])
Topic - 1.  Fantasy (Spirituals) - 2.  Structure I - 3.  Improvisation I - 4.  Passacaglia (Spirituals) - 5.  Improvisation II - 6.  Structure II - 7.  Toccata (Spirituals)
  • Conflicts (1963) for percussion ensemble (6 players) and orchestra. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere 1963 Donaueschingen ( Music Days )
Orchestra: 3.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
1.  Ensemble I (approach - Allegro - Allegretto - Presto / Andante / Presto - Allegretto - Allegro - run out) - 2.  Monologue I (solo - orchestral cadenza - solo) - 3rd  revue - 4th  monologue II (orchestra - violin cadenza - orchestra ) - 5th  Ensemble II (quasi Rondo)
Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - timpani (1), percussion (4) - harp - piano - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
  • Stanzas (1965) for clarinet and chamber orchestra (17 players). Duration: ~ 9 '. Recording 1973 ( Hans Deinzer [clarinet], chamber orchestra of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Werner Heider; Colosseum [ music for clarinet ])
Orchestra: Picc.EH.BKlar.1 - 1.1.0.1 - percussion (2) - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.2.1.1
Orchestra: 1.2.2.1 - 1.1.0.1 - percussion (2) - strings: 6.0.3.3.2
  • - each other (1970) for trombone and orchestra. Duration: ~ 13 '. Recording ( Armin Rosin [trombone], Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Werner Heider; Colosseum Classics [ music in Nuremberg: from Albrecht Dürer's time to the present ])
13 stations: in front of each other - around each other - apart - against and next to each other - above and behind each other - inside each other - for and next to each other - with each other - below and on top of each other - one after the other - each other - next to each other - behind each other
Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 5.3.3.1 - percussion (3) - piano - strings
1st  call to - 2nd  call - 3rd  obituary after - 4th  to - 5th  obituary
Orchestra: 3.3.3.3.TSax - 4.3.3.1 - percussion (3) - strings: 8.7.6.5.4
Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - percussion (3) - strings
  • Schöne Aussichten (1991; based on poems from the volume Zukunftsmusik [1991] by Hans Magnus Enzensberger ) for horn and string orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '
1.  Mood of optimism - 2.  Litany of the Es - 3.  Tongue work - 4.  Valse triste et sentimentale - 5.  Summary
  • On the horizon (2002). Music for organ and orchestra (dedicated to the Reinhard Daeschler family). Duration: ~ 26 '
1.  Encounter (~ 5 ') - 2.  Opposites (~ 6) - 3.  Expanse (~ 7') - 4.  Two worlds (~ 8 ')
Orchestra: 1.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - percussion (3) - strings
  • Stations (2008) for oboe and orchestra. Duration: ~ 18 '

Music for keyboard instruments

piano

two-handed

  • Sonata (before 1948/49?) For piano
  • Toccata 1952 (1952). Duration: ~ 8-9 '
  • Modi (1959). Duration: ~ 9 '. Recording (Werner Heider; Thorofon [ my piano and I (1)])
1.  Points - 2.  Lines - 3.  Areas - 4.  Spaces
  • Landscape score (1968/69; answer to the graphic cycle landscape scores by Egon Eppich). Duration: ~ 7 '. Recording (Werner Heider; Deutsche Grammophon [ German contemporary music, series 2 ]; Thorofon [ my piano and I (1)])
  • Edition (1969). Piano version. Recording (Werner Heider; Thorofon [ my piano and I (1)])
  • Extras (1972/76/77). 15 pieces (dedicated to Tilo and Peter). Duration: ~ 45 '. Recording (Werner Heider; Thorofon [ my piano and I (2)])
1.  Beat-less (March 2, 1972) - 2.  Arm piece (August 23, 1976) - 3.  miniAtour (January 31, 1977) - 4.  five loud right white (October 5, 1976) - 5.  on beat ( December 31, 1976) - 6.  five quiet left black (September 14, 1976) - 7.  noMetro (December 13, 1976; with metronome) - 8th  Compagne (di Mozart) (February 4, 1977) - 9th  fist piece ( February 25, 1977) - 10th  self-talk with punctuation (September 28, 1977) - 11th  C-shadow (February 14, 1977) - 12th  for Fred Astaire (February 16, 1977) - 13th  in ... (July 11th 1977) - 14th  finger piece (December 1st, 1976) - 15th  percussion piano (October 3rd, 1977)
  • Adamah (1985; based on the gouache cycle of the same name [1982–84] by Werner Knaupp; dedicated to Marianne Redlefsen-Gutermann). Duration: ~ 18 '. Recording (Werner Heider; Thorofon [ my piano and I (1)])
  • Telephone (1986). Conversations (based on the picture of the same name by Richard Lindner ). Duration: ~ 8 '. WP Nuremberg ( Kunsthalle ). Recording (Werner Heider; Thorofon [ my piano and I (1)])
1.  swing & sway - 2.  talking - 3.  drive - 4.  light blues - 5.  bounce - 6.  talking - 7.  swing & sway - 8.  rocking
  • Steps for Miles (1991; in memoriam Miles Davis ). Duration: ~ 6 '
  • Kleinwelt (1992; dedicated to Friedrich Meyer). Duration: ~ 11 '. - (The title refers to the etching of the same name [1914] by Paul Klee )
  • Piano Playground (1994). 12 pieces for the youth. Duration: ~ 24 '
1.  - around black and white around - - 2.  Where is the 12 tone? - 3.  Sound-Magic - 4.  Twins - 5.  Strange Dream - 6.  Monster - 7.  Ancient History - 8.  Drummers - 9.  Labyrinth - 10.  Theater - 11.  Constellation - 12.  Trott-Fox
  • Martius Document (1994). Duration: ~ 10 '
  • Initials (1995). Etude (dedicated to the Reinhard Daeschler family). Duration: ~ 9 '
  • Run (1995). Duration: ~ 1 '
  • Hans Sachs Games (1996). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere 1996 Erlangen (on the 150th anniversary of the district hospital)
1.  Sachs = arts and crafts - 2.  Sachs meets Luther - 3.  Sachs against… - 4.  Sachs in Chicago - 5.  Sachs - the poet on the Schmausenbuck - 6.  Sachs trains at the Norisring
  • Pointed Mountains (1997). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere July 1997 on the Zugspitze (Werner Heider; for the exhibition with mountain pictures by Werner Knaupp)
  • Five presents (2003-06)
  • Excursion (2006). Duration: ~ 9 '
  • Stele for Stockhausen (2007) for piano. Duration: ~ 1'40 ''
  • Meteoros (2009) for piano. Duration: ~ 8'30 ''

four hands

  • Locomobile (1977). Duration: ~ 5 '. Recording (Vivienne and Dirk Keilhack; Colosseum [ music for 20 fingers ])
  • Cabaza (1998). Duration: ~ 3 '
  • With 20 fingers (1999). 8 pieces for the youth. Duration: ~ 19 '. Recording 2001 (Angelika Schemm, Erich Appel; BLR [ The four-handed piano ])
1.  drauflos - 2nd  level - 3rd  underneath and over it - 4th  Ramavana (Bali-Song) - 5.  To each his own - 6.  EA. Stele for A. E. - 7.  In line - 8.  Contradictions

2 pianos

  • El Mundo del Tango (1989). Duration: ~ 10 '
Harpsichord / fortepiano
  • Inventio III (1964) for harpsichord (dedicated to Mariolina de Robertis). Duration: ~ 5 '. Recording ( Elza van der Ven ; Colosseum)
  • Program I (1969) for harpsichord and tape. Duration: 3'39 ''. WP (Antoinette Vischer?)
  • L'Orologio curioso (1985). Cabinet piece for fortepiano (or harpsichord) (dedicated to Ernst Gröschel). Duration: ~ 5'30 ''
organ
  • Three Fantasies about Spirituals (1955). Duration: ~ 12 '
1.  “Somebody's knockin 'at your door” - 2.  Passacaglia: “I'm troubled in mind” - 3.  Toccata: “Joshua fit de battle of Jericho” - “Who'll be a witness for my Lord” - “ Listen to the Lambs ”-“ Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass ”
  • Inneres (1967/68; dedicated to Werner Jacob ). Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording (Werner Jacob; Psal [ Modern Organ Music ])
  • Six Spiritual Exercises (1987). Duration: ~ 23 '. Premiere October 31, 1987 Erlangen ( University ; for the inauguration of the new organ of the Church Music Institute; Walter Opp )
1.  blocks ("blocks") - 2.  ma seule voix ("my only voice") - 3.  deptanie nogami ("trampled underfoot") - 4.  facing back - 5.  svävande-förbi ("floating past") - 6.  la pace fragile ("the fragile peace")
  • Speranza (1988; dedicated to Olga Dobkowitz). Duration: ~ 10 '. WP 1988 Nuremberg ( Frauenkirche ; for the inauguration of the new organ)
  • In the Silence of Time (1994; for Klaus Hashagen's 70th birthday ). Duration: ~ 16 '. Recording (Jörg Fuhr; Arpeggio Brioso [ Franconian Organ Fantasy ])
  • Unique (1995). Sound-language (for musicians who play and speak at the same time). Duration: ~ 1'50 ''
  • Toccata and Blues (2003). Duration: ~ 10 '. WP June 26, 2005 Nuremberg ( Lorenzkirche , for the inauguration of the new Laurentius organ ; Matthias Ank ). Recording (Matthias Ank; Diamo [ The three great organs of St. Lorenzkirche Nuremberg ])
  • Memorandum for Werner Jacob (2006). Duration: ~ 3 '

Chamber music

Solos
  • Inventio I (1962) for violin. Duration: ~ 12'30 ''. Recording ( Saschko Gawriloff ; Colosseum)
  • Inventio II (1962) for clarinet. Duration: ~ 8'30 ''. Recording 1973 ( Hans Deinzer ; RCA Red Seal [ Music in Germany 1950–2000 ]; Colosseum [ music for clarinet ])
  • Catalog [I] (1965) for a recorder player (sopranino / alto / bass recorder). Duration: ~ 7 '. Recordings 19 ?? (Sebastian Kelber; Colosseum) 1994 (Dorit Peschel; Erlanger Music Institute [ Ex novo ])
1.  Entry - 2.  Game - 3.  Exit
  • Catalog [II] (1965) for a vibraphone player . Duration: ~ 7 '. Recording ( Siegfried Fink ; Colosseum)
  • DE Memorial (1975; in memoriam Duke Ellington ) for trombone ( dedicated to Armin Rosin ). Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere 1975 USA (International Trombone Association)
  • Laudate Lignum & Pendant (1980). 2 pieces for marimba . Duration: ~ 8 '+ 4'. WP Erlangen (?)
  • Drei Flute-Ornaments (1963/81) for flute. Duration: ~ 12 '
1.  Arrival (birthday music; 1981) - 2.  Unification (wedding music; 1963) - 3.  Farewell (funeral music; 1980)
  • 12 Signals (1985) for trumpet (or horn) (for Oskar Koller's 60th birthday ). Duration: ~ 6 '
  • End-Spiel (or: Spiel-End ; 1988) for violoncello. Duration: ~ 12 '
  • Verheißung (1988) for English horn (or horn, or alto saxophone) (in memoriam Erich Limmert). Duration: ~ 8 '
  • Examination (1992) for guitar (with scordature : Eb – A – D – G – B – E) ( dedicated to Reinbert Evers ). Duration: ~ 9 '. Recording (Reinbert Evers; Ambitus [ Chimère ])
  • Hands, Woods and Sticks (1993) for wooden percussion instruments (1 player). Duration: ~ 7-8 '
  • Treatise (1994) for double bass ( dedicated to Lizzy Aumeier ). Duration: ~ 7 '
  • Encore (1995) for clarinet. Duration: ~ 1'30 ''
  • Ent Grenzung (1997) for viola. Duration: ~ 11 '
  • Three personal recommendations (1997) for treble recorder. Duration: ~ 7 '
1.  Leap of luck - 2.  Beige - 3.  Mini skirt
  • Expression (1997) for guitar. Duration: ~ 7 '
  • ZZZ - Zeus - Zappa - Zorro (1998). Trilogy for baritone saxophone. Duration: ~ 8 '
  • “Polkamanisch” (1998) for soprano recorder. Duration: ~ 3 '
  • In the Height (2001) for 12 crotales (1 player). Duration: ~ 4 '
  • The unexpected. Reflection on the 11.9.2001 (2001) for bass clarinet. Duration: 5'15 ''
  • On occasion (1975-2003). 5 pieces for flute
1.  Auf-Trumpf (1975; ~ 1'30 '') - 2.  70 notes to the millennium (1999; ~ 2 ') - 3rd  lifeline (2001; ~ 2') - 4th  concept (2002; ~ 1 ' 20 '') - 5th  vernissage (2003; ~ 1'30 '')
  • Call (2004) for violoncello. Duration: ~ 6 '
  • Joloskarande (2004). Sonnet for alto flute. Duration: ~ 3 '
  • Five pieces (2004/05) on the accordion (for Lara). Premiere July 31, 2005 Erlangen ( Schlossgarten ; Stefan Hippe )
1.  Little waltz - 2.  Walk - 3.  Naughty boy - 4.  Morning song - 5.  “Don't want”
  • Orangerie-Blues (2005) for accordion. Premiere July 31, 2005 Erlangen (Schlossgarten; Stefan Hippe)
  • Ten Aphorisms (2007) for flute (on the Lamentationes by Orlando di Lasso ). Duration: 6'47 ''
  • Eight leaves (2007) for vibraphone. Duration: ~ 5 '
  • Four cello pieces (1995/2008). Duration: ~ 12 '
1st  fragment (1995; ~ 2'30 '') - 2nd  plucking piece - 3rd  sliding piece - 4th  dance piece
  • Motivirrungen (2008) for oboe. Duration: ~ 6 '
  • Events (2009) for bassoon. Duration: ~ 4 '
  • Solfeggio (2009) for oboe. Duration: ~ 3 '
Duos
  • Types (1948) for alto saxophone and piano. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere 1948 (?) Nuremberg ( Studio Franken )
1.  Moody - 2.  Sentimental - 3.  Affectionate - 4.  Talkative
  • Music for flute and piano (1949)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (~ 1949/52?). Duration: ~ 18-19 '
  • Sonata in Jazz (1954) for alto saxophone and piano. Duration: ~ 11 '. Recordings 1994 (Dale Wolford & Ivan Rosenblum; Gliddon [ More than Sax ]),? (Hans de Jong & Paul Hermsen; Cassa Nova [ Vintage of European Saxophone Music (4)]),? (Leo van Oostrom & Wolfgang Watzinger; Edition Sax [ Classic Sax ]),? (William Street & Roger Admiral; Arktos [ My very first solo ])
1.  Swing - 2.  Blues - 3.  Boogie
  • Dialog I (1960) for clarinet and piano ( dedicated to Hans Deinzer ). Duration: ~ 8 '. Recording 1973 (Hans Deinzer [clarinet], Werner Heider [piano]; Colosseum [ music for clarinet ])
  • Kunst-Stoff (1971) for clarinet (with live electronics), prepared piano and tape (in memoriam Colt [Werner Hörl]). Duration: ~ 14 '. WP Munich (?) ( Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts ; Hans Deinzer [clarinet], Werner Heider [piano]). Recording 1973 (Colosseum [ music for clarinet ])
  • Like the Andante, so it is (1976/81). Description for violin (with scordatura : G-D-A-flat-Eb; or for viola) and piano (dedicated to Lydia Heider). Duration: ~ 8 '
  • Gassenhauer (1984) for soprano recorder (or piccolo ) and snare drum . Duration: ~ 5-6 '. Recording in 1991 (Ensemble Archae.o.pteryx : Ulrich Ludat [recorder], Armin Sommer [drum]; SR )
  • Klopfzeichen (1986) for 2 percussionists (2 small drums, large drum ) (dedicated to Andrea and Wolfgang Schneider). Duration: ~ 11-12 '
  • Dance music (1988) for two players: piccolo / flute / alto flute / bass flute - clarinet in Eb / clarinet in Bb / bass clarinet (or double bass clarinet). Duration: ~ 11-12 '
1.  Two Left Feet Blowing - 2.  Fly Butterdance - 3.  Animalsteps
  • Percussion-Painting (1988) for 2 percussionists. Duration: ~ 7 '
  • Liaison (1992) for clarinet and bassoon. Duration: ~ 8 '
  • Kleinwelt (1992) for 2  vibraphones . Duration: ~ 11 '. - (The title refers to the etching of the same name [1914] by Paul Klee )
  • Fly Butterdance (or Dance Butterfly) (1988/97) for 2 violins. Duration: ~ 5 '
  • "Polkamanisch" (1998) for 2 vibraphones. Duration: ~ 3 '
  • Bliss. Five Inventions (1987/99) for flute and guitar. Duration: ~ 10 '. Recording (Elisabeth Riessbeck [flute], Klaus Jäckle [guitar]; NCA [ Nuances: new music for flute and guitar ])
  • Litany for a chord (2003) with trumpet and organ. Duration: ~ 10-11 '
  • 3x2 parts (2003) for 2 treble recorders. Duration: ~ 4 '
  • Three for Two and Two for One (2008). 5 pieces for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 12-13 '
  • Kreuzung (2009) for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 3 '
Trios
  • Moment musical (1953) for piano trio . Duration: ~ 2'30 ''
  • Musik im Treble (1970) for soprano recorder, harpsichord and percussion (or: piccolo, piano and percussion). Duration: ~ 6 '. WP (with Gerhard Braun [recorder]). Recording (Sebastian Kelber [recorder], Elza van der Ven [harpsichord], Gyula Rácz [drums]; Colosseum [ a master of the recorder ]; Sony BMG [ music in Germany 1950-2000 ])
Drums: glass bottles, tin cans, car brake drums , sand blocks, children's tin drums
  • La Leggenda di Sant'Orsola. Musica per Vittore Carpaccio (1981) for 3 tenor recorders. Duration: ~ 8 '. WP (recorder ensemble Gerhard Braun ). - (The title refers to the eponymous cycle of pictures [1495] by Carpaccio in the Galerie dell'Accademia , Venice). Recordings 1983 (recorder ensemble Gerhard Braun; Thorofon [ flautando: new music for recorder ]), 1996 (Ensemble Flûte Harmonique: Silke Jacobsen, Simone Nill, Stefan Möhle; Ambitus [ La symétrie ])
1.  Arrivo degli ambasciatori - 2.  Congedo degli ambasciatori - 3.  Ritorno degli ambasciatori - 4.  Partenza dei fidanzati - 5.  Sogno di Sant'Orsola - 6.  Incontro di Papa - 7.  Arrivo a Colonia - 8.  Martirio di Sant ' Orsola - 9th  Funerali di Sant'Orsola - 10th  Gloria di Sant'Orsola
  • Ritorno (1984) for 3  basset horns . Duration: ~ 13 '
  • Le Saint Esprit (The Huguenot Cross) (1986). Fantasy for a pianist and 2 percussionists (54 instruments). Duration: ~ 15 '. Recording (Werner, Tilo and Peter Heider)
1st  report - 2nd  collision - 3rd  signpost
Instruments: timpani , Small and Large drums , bongos , tom-toms , wooden drums, temple blocks , various pools , Gong , fanfare , Triangle , cowbells , Güiro , hi-hats , metal chimes , sheets, churches bell , marimba , vibraphone
  • Motivation (1990/91) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere January 22, 1992 Saarbrücken (woodwind trio of the radio symphony orchestra )
1.  disputes - 2.  Custom made - third  passages - 4.  concomitants - 5  Episodes - 6.  Between thoughts - 7  children's song in Claustrophobia
  • Directions (1992) for trumpet, trombone and piano. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere November 25, 1992 Braunschweig (Days of New Chamber Music; Trio Armin Rosin: Claude Rippas [trumpet], Armin Rosin [trombone], Susy Lüthy [piano])
  • Drei Rufe (1993) for 3 trombones (dedicated to Helmut Lederer). Duration: ~ 8-9 '. WP (No. 1 & 2) June 1993 Nuremberg ( Germanisches Nationalmuseum )
  • Polka Nera (2005) for 2 violins and piano. Duration: ~ 3'30 ''
Quartets
  • Old Man (1963). Jazz ballad for saxophone quartet
  • System I (1974) for a drum soloist and 3 assistants. Duration: ~ 5 '
  • WE (1978). Communications for string quartet . Duration: ~ 16 '. Recording (Kreuzberg string quartet; German Association of Composers [ composers in Bavaria (39) ])
1.  Walks (~ 4 ') - 2.  wrong ways (~ 5') - 3.  directions (~ 6 ')
  • Gallery (1983) for percussion quartet (dedicated to Erna and Hermann Sulzbeck). Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere July 23, 1983 Tennenlohe (for the 10th anniversary of Galerie Sulzbeck). Recordings 1989 ( Cabaza Percussion Quartet; cpo [ Cabaza Percussion Quartet (1) ]), 1984 ( University Percussion Trossingen, conductor: Hermann Gschwendtner ; WERGO [ Percussion today ])
Instruments: 4  small drums , 3  bongos , 2  congas , 2  timbales créoles, 2  tom-toms , 1  bass drum ; 5  temple blocks , 4 wooden drums, 2 wood toms, 2 wood Logdrums , 2  xylophone rods , 1 pair claves , 1  Güiro , 1  cabasa , 6  pools , 2 rivets basin (sizzle cymbals), 2  gongs , 1  fanfare , 3  cowbells , 2  hi-hat , 1  Chimes game, 4 car brake drums , 1  Crotale , 8  Flexatone , 4 sand blocks
  • September ways 1–30 (a musical diary) (1988–90) for 4 solo instruments. Premiere September 1990 Erlangen (Festival of Hearing)
  • Recording (for quartet; for complete performance )
  • 1-7 for bassoon. Duration: ~ 8 '
1.  Steps - 2.  Moods - 3.  Viewpoints - 4.  Exuberance - 5.  Situations - 6.  Experiences - 7.  Insights
  • 8-15 for harp. Duration: ~ 13 '
8.  unreasonable - 9.  Clear - 10.  Whimsy - 11  dubious - 12.  The same - 13.  Rising - 14  Single - 15  Floating
  • 16.-22. for tuba. Duration: ~ 8 '
16.  Static - 17.  Starting points - 18.  Sunday tones - 19.  Training - 20.  Increasing restlessness - 21.  Phlegmatic - 22.  Willful
  • 23-30 for accordion. Duration: ~ 10 '
23.  Increasing calmness - 24.  Compensation - 25.  Angry things - 26.  Gears and runs - 27.  Standstill - 28.  Changes - 29.  Uncertainties - 30.  Intentions
  • Ausspiel (for quartet; for complete performance)
  • Gong-Game (1990) for 12 gongs (4 players). Duration: ~ 9-10 '. Recording (Cabaza Percussion Quartet; cpo [ Cabaza Percussion Quartet (2) ])
  • Essay in Jazz (1958/98) for saxophone quartet. Duration: ~ 4 '. Recording (Berlin Saxophone Ensemble; Courage Records [ Cross Art ])
  • Version for accordion quartet (1997; arrangement: Herbert Bausewein)
  • Hundred rolls for the end of the millennium (1998) for 4 drummers (21 skin percussion instruments). Duration: ~ 9 '. Recording (Cabaza Percussion Quartet; cpo [ In the Eye of the Storm ])
  • Cabaza (1998) for 4  cabasas and xylophone (4 players). Duration: ~ 3 '
  • Gymnastics (2000) for saxophone quartet (SATBar). Duration: ~ 12 '. WP Nuremberg ( Studio Franken )
1.  Gymnastics - 2.  Relaxation - 3.  Twelve variable exercises (quartet: restless; duo: alternating; solo: swinging; duo: flowing; solo: grotesque; duo: rushed; quartet: stumbling; duo: erratic; solo: moody; Duo: gentle; Solo: even; Quartet: collective) - 4th  relaxation - 5th  gymnastics
Quintets
  • Nürnberger Bläsermusik (1954) for 2 trumpets and 3 trombones (or brass quintet : 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba). Duration: ~ 6 '
  • Edition (1973). Version for 5 clarinets. Recording 1973 (Klaus Kirschfink [Eb clarinet], Suzanne Stephens [Bb clarinet], Hans Deinzer [A clarinet], Wolfgang Meyer [basset horn], Peter Luehr [bass clarinet]; Colosseum [ music for clarinet ])
  • Inlays (1984/85) for wind quintet . Duration: ~ 15 '. Recorded in 1990 (Roseau quintet; TGF [ Roseau quintet ])
Prelude - Clarinet solo (+ quartet) - Intermezzo - Flute solo (+ quartet) - Intermezzo - Horn solo (+ quartet) - Intermezzo - Bassoon solo (+ quartet) - Intermezzo - Oboe solo (+ quartet) - Postludium
  • Unendlicher Gesang (2001) for 5 wind instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, soprano saxophone, trumpet) (dedicated to Walther and Annelie Fischer). Duration: ~ 33 '. Premiere 2002 Erlangen (for the 1000th anniversary of the city)
sextet
  • Variants of a variant by Mozart (2005) for accordion sextet. Duration: ~ 11 '

Commissioned by the German Harmonica Association, dedicated to the Nuremberg Accordion Ensemble and its director Marco Röttig, (WP 2006)

Septets
  • Essay in Jazz (1958) for 4 wind instruments, guitar, bass and drums
  • Passatempo (“Pastime”; 1967) per 7 solisti (clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, double bass - as in the story of the soldier by Stravinsky and Ramuz ). Duration: ~ 13 '
1.  Esposizioni - 2.  Sei minuti per Haydn (changes to a theme from the symphony with the bang and the imperial quartet )
  • Panorama (1993) for a jazz clarinetist and 6 chamber musicians. Duration: ~ 14 '. WP (Norbert Nagel [clarinet], ars nova ensemble)
  • Technophonie (1998) for 7 instrumentalists (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano, percussion) (in memoriam Klaus Hashagen). Duration: ~ 12 '. WP Nuremberg
1.  Introduction - 2.  Presentation (of the individual instruments) - 3.  Tutti - 4.  Duo (flute and piano) - 5.  Motifs - 6.  Duo (drums and piano) - 7.  Trio (strings) - 8.  Ten solos - 9th  movements (of the formations: wind instruments, strings, piano and percussion) - 10th  unison - 11th  groups with finals
Octets
  • The unexpected. Reflection on the 11.9.2001 (2001) for bass clarinet and ensemble (7 players). Duration: 5'15 ''
  • Reflexionen (2005) for wind octet (0.2.2.2 - 2.0.0.0). Duration: ~ 15 '
  • Broken Songs (2006) for a jazz guitarist and 7 chamber musicians. Duration: ~ 13 '
Nonet
  • Sound-Space-Sound (1999). Musical round game for 9 instrumentalists distributed around the room (1.1.1.SSax.0 - 0.1.0.0 - strings: 1.1.2.0.0). Duration: ~ 12 '. Recordings (Jörg Krämer [flute], Paulo Arantes [oboe], Eberhard Knobloch [clarinet], Günter Voit [soprano saxophone], Eckhard Kierski [trumpet], Ulf Klausenitzer, Hans-Peter Hofmann [violins], Hans Kohlhase, Gernot Adrion [violas ], Conductor: Werner Heider; amb / New Museum Nuremberg [ sound-space-sound ])
  • Report (2006) for 2 jazz soloists (saxophone, guitar) and 7 chamber musicians. Duration: ~ 11 '

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Movie

  • 1975: Werner Heider. A production by Saarland Radio / Television (15 minutes). Script and direction: Klaus Peter Dencker

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personal data
SURNAME Heider, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, pianist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürth , Bavaria