Werner Parecker

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Werner Parecker (born March 5, 1979 in Hildesheim ) is a German church musician and composer .

Life

Parecker studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Wolfgang Kreuzhuber, Albert Anglberger and others and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Peter Planyavsky , Martin Haselböck , Wolfgang Sauseng and others, Catholic church music and composition . He passed the A-exam and received two magister artium degrees . Parecker expanded his studies with master classes with organists such as Daniel Roth , Christopher Stembridge, Lorenzo Ghielmi , Lucy Hallmann Russel and Michael Radulescu .

From 2007 to 2013 Parecker was district cantor of the Catholic parish Pope Johannes (KKPJ) in Hamm-Heessen . Since August 2013 he has been the regional cantor of the Catholic provost church of St. Nikolaus in Kiel and a certified organ expert for Schleswig-Holstein . He is also a member of the Church Music Commission for the Archdiocese of Hamburg .

Appearances as a soloist and ensemble musician have taken him to important organs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United States (Wichita, New York) and as an ensemble singer at the operas of Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. Werner Parecker's works were also premiered by the soloists Julia Henning, Susan Gouthro, Elisabeth Flechl, Anne Görner, as well as the Kiel Philharmonic, the Bremer Handbell Choir and the Elbtonal Percussion . ZDF broadcast the world premiere of the Messe des clochettes as part of the television service on May 20, 2018 .

Works

Compositions

Organ works

  • Fantasy in D minor (1996)
  • Fantasy in G minor (1996)
  • Toccata in D minor (1997)
  • Intermezzo in D major (1997)
  • Imperial March (1997)
  • Choral prelude : What God does is well done (1997)
  • Prelude in C major (1998)
  • Mystery (1998)
  • Contemplation (1998)
  • Intermezzo in F (1998)
  • A Little May Dance (1998)
  • Choral Prelude: Rosary Queen (1998)
  • Air (1998)
  • Meditation in d (1999)
  • Elevation toccata (1999)
  • Chorale Prelude: The Wheat Grain Must Die (1999)
  • Prologue and Symphonic Toccata (for two players) (2003)
  • Organ phantasy (reworking of the phantasy in d from 1996 with a new fugue) (2007)
  • Ciacona (2000)

Piano works

  • Imagination in It (1999)
  • Little Harpsichord Concerto (1998)
  • Sehnsucht in D flat minor (2000)
  • Ballad (2000)
  • Ballad Irrésolu des pensées (Indecisive Thoughts) (2008)
  • Danse des Esprits (Dance of the Spirits) (2010)
  • Rêve (Dream) (2010)
  • Sweet Home (2012)

measure up

  • Mass in C minor (for mixed choir and piano) (1997)
  • Missa solemnis (for orchestra and mixed choir) (1998)
  • A Mass for the Holy Stephen (for large orchestra, mixed choir, children's choir, solo soprano, boy solo) (2011)
  • Mass des clochettes (for harp, handbells, female choir, solo) (2018)

Liturgy of the Hours

Choral music

With instruments
  • Lied cantate Silent Night (strings, oboe, mixed choir) (2000)
  • Cantata Great God, we praise you (orchestra, organ) (2006)
  • Cantata A house full of glory looks (brass, timpani, organ, mixed choir, soprano solo, boy) (2013)
  • Cantata O you happy (organ, strings, bass solo, mixed choir) (2014)
  • Cantata Guter Gott, we thank you ( mixed choir, orchestra) (2016)
  • Motet Now say thanks and praise the gentlemen (mixed choir, organ) (2016)
  • Motet Because he has commanded his angel over you (harp, mixed choir) (2016)
  • Psalm 150 (mixed choir, orchestra) (2016)
  • Cantata From the Glory of God (female choir, orchestra) (2018)
A cappella
  • Motet Saint Joseph, Scion from David's Tribe (2006)
  • Motet Popule meus (2012)
  • Motet In monte oliveti (2012)
  • Motet Agnus Dei (2015)
  • Motet There is a ship coming (2016/2017)
  • Motet Lobgesang des Zacharias (2016)

Psalms

  • Psalm 146 in three parts (organ and tenor) (2002)

Songs for soprano and piano

  • Art song Why Eva? (2010)
  • Art song on the Blocksberg (2010)
  • Art song No more sound (2010)
  • Art song Love's secret (2007)
  • Art song Love's knitting - Why (2007)
  • Art song Pentru Parinti (with female choir) (2008)

Songs with orchestra

  • Christmas carol (for orchestra, soprano solo, bass solo and mixed choir) (2010)
  • Christmas carol New Prince, New Pomp (for orchestra, mixed choir and soprano solo) (2006)
  • Put me as a sign on your heart (soprano solo, mixed choir, piano, strings) (2016)
  • Art song girls longing (strings, harp, solo soprano) (2018)
  • Art song The Mother Of God (strings, piano, solo soprano) (2019)

Orchestral works

  • Priére sincére de Notre Dame (2004)
  • In memoriam (2006)
  • Birthday Overture (2005)

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 1 I cry out to you in dire straits (large orchestra, solos and choir) (2002–2006)
  • Symphony No. 2 pour organo et orchestra (2006/2007)
  • Symphony No. 3 Phantasmagoria (String Symphony ) (2009)
  • Symphony No. 4 orchestral suite (2008-2010)
  • Symphony No. 5 Pipe Energy for organ (with string orchestra, choir, harp and timpani) (2013)
  • Symphony No. 6 Via crucis Symphonic poem about the 14 Stations of the Cross (large orchestra, organ, background choir)
  • ראו הגואל reU ha goEl - Let us see the Savior (Poetry about the Nativity) (2017)

Works for individual instruments

flute
  • Meditation (flute solo) (2004)
  • Scherzo (organ and flute) (2007)
  • Chanson sans mots (piano and flute) (2012)
cello
  • Sonata di poesia (two cellos and piano) (2005)
clarinet
  • L'imagination de la vie (organ and clarinet) (2012)

Oratorios

  • Mystical oratorio Tabula Smaragdina based on texts by Hermes Trismegistos (2015) (3 organs, large symphony orchestra, mixed choir, soloists)
  • ... and forgive us our guilt Oratorio based on texts by Martin Luther and the Psalms of King David (2017) (large symphony orchestra, mixed choir, soloists, hurdy-gurdy, handbells, organ)

Fonts

  • The organ landscape of Heessen, the Catholic parish of Pope Johannes Heessen (Westphalia). A documentation. Berges, Hamm 2007. [31. S./ill.]

Discography

  • 2005: Due Violoncelli e Pianoforte. (CD)
  • 2009: inspiration. (CD)
  • 2013: Pipe-Energy. Organ variety. (CD; symphony for organ and orchestra, recorded in the parish church_St._Stephanus (Hamm) with the participation of the ensemble Kammerton , the choir group Pope Johannes and percussionists from the Musikhochschule Münster )
  • 2017: Our Father ... and forgive us our debts. (CD; oratorio composed on the occasion of the 100th birthday of the choir of St. Martin's Church in Nortorf )
  • 2018: Organ meets Hollywood. (CD) arranged according to original scores and played by Werner Parecker on the Führer / Paschen organ of the catholic provost church St. Nikolaus in Kiel

Awards

  • 2011, winner of the Dr.-Emil-Löhnberg-Kulturförderpreis of the city of Hamm in the field of church music.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RK Werner Parecker. In fanfare for organ. Organ concerts in St. Heinrich 2014/15. Flyer of the Catholic parish of St. Heinrich , 2014, p. 2.
  2. ↑ Werner Parecker. In: 500 years of the Reformation. Program ball of the support group music in the church Flemhude, 2017, p. 1.
  3. ↑ http://www.werner-parecker.de/Musik/Werkverzeichnis.html
  4. ↑ a b Entries on Werner Parecker in the catalog of the Hamm City Libraries ; accessed on January 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ CD recording in St. Stephanus , WA.de , May 27, 2013.
  6. ^ Gunda Meyer: A separate oratorio for the anniversary. Kiel News , April 29, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Parecker, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, organist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim