Werner Thärichen

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Werner Thärichen (born August 18, 1921 in Neuhardenberg ; † April 24, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German drummer , solo timpanist with the Berlin Philharmonic and composer .

Life

Thärichen studied composition and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, but also learned to play the flute and piano and was a drummer and timpanist in the orchestras of the Hamburg State Opera and the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. From 1948 to 1984 he was first principal timpanist of the Berliner Philharmoniker under Wilhelm Furtwängler and then especially under Herbert von Karajan and temporarily also on the board of the orchestra.

As a music maker, he left behind an oeuvre of more than 70 works. World premieres of his compositions were conducted by conductors such as Sergiu Celibidache , Eugen Jochum and Herbert von Karajan.

His Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra, op. 34 (1954), which he often performed himself as a soloist or as a conductor at home and abroad, became particularly well known . Up until the end he worked on his opera Nur 40 Tage about the biblical Jonah story, which is to be premiered in Potsdam in 2010.

Thärichen was professor of orchestral conducting at the University of the Arts in Berlin, honorary professor at Gei-Dai University in Tokyo and president of the Wilhelm Furtwängler conductor workshop in Mürzzuschlag in Austria. The jazz musician Nicolai Thärichen is his son.

tomb

He is buried in the Evangelical Churchyard Nikolassee .

Awards

In 1965 Thärichen received the Düsseldorf City Art Prize.

Works (selection)

Fonts

  • Timpanist Training: A textbook and workbook for studying for timpanists and percussionists . Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3793112772 .
  • Again and again Babylon or music as the language of the soul . Henschel, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3362006140 .
  • Bangs. Furtwängler or Karajan? . M&T Verlag, Zurich-Berlin 1987, ISBN 3726560114 .
  • Furtwängler studies. I. Contributions to the symposium of the 1st Wilhelm Furtwängler Days, Jena . With contributions by Werner Thärichen and others. Authors: Ries & Erler, Berlin 1998 ISBN 3876760100 .

Compositions

  • Sonata for piano op.28
  • Concerto for flute and string orchestra op.29
    WP Sergiu Celibidache, Aurèle Nicolet
  • String Quartet No. 1 op.31
  • Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra op.34 (1954)
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra op.36
    WP Lovro von Matačić , Helmut Heller
  • Wind octet op.40 (1960)
    Premiere October 1st, 1960 Berliner Festwochen
  • Concerto for oboe and orchestra op.46 (1967)
  • Duo for flute and oboe op.47
  • Tone levels for violin and piano op.49
  • Percussion Trio op.52
  • Concerto for marimbaphone, trombone and orchestra , op.53 (1974)
    Premiere February 28, 1974 in Bochum
  • The Timpani War "Batrachomyomachia" for 2 timpani, solo, chamber orchestra and orchestra op. 55
    WP Berliner Festwochen, Herbert von Karajan
  • Concerto for percussion and orchestra
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1
    WP Herbert von Karajan, Alfred Brendel
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2
    WP Sergiu Celibidache, Takahiro Sonoda
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra
    UA Eugen Jochum , Tibor de Machula

literature

  • Made to measure . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 1958, pp. 58 ( online - October 15, 1958 , Via Anaximanders Ende ).
  • Berliner Philharmoniker: Variations with Orchestra - 125 Years of the Berliner Philharmoniker , Volume 2, Biographies and Concerts, Verlag Henschel, May 2007, ISBN 978-3-89487-568-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State capital Düsseldorf - Düsseldorfer Stadtchronik 1965. Retrieved on February 7, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Thärichen, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German drummer, timpanist with the Berlin Philharmonic, composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuhardenberg
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 2008
Place of death Berlin