Wieland Meinhold

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Wieland Meinhold, 2013

Wieland Meinhold (born January 22, 1961 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German organist and composer .

Live and act

Wieland Meinhold received his musical training and studies in Jena , Weimar , Berlin and Budapest . (Courses with Lionel Rogg , Ewald Kooiman , Gaston Litaize ). Between 1985 and 1989 he was an aspirant and lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Weimar . From 1983 to 2001 he was city organist at the Marienkirche in Mühlhausen , where he led the international concert series. From 1998 onwards he held temporary visiting professorships abroad. In 1999 the doctorate to Dr. phil. In December 2002 he was awarded the honorary title "University Organist" by the Erfurt University in a certificate.

Concert tours and appearances as an organist and harpsichordist have taken him to 41 countries around the world.

So far 18 CD productions have been made. Work for radio, film and television stations in various countries, his own compositions for the organ , commitment to new music and repeated world premieres round off his field of activity. Since 2010, he has also been actively concentrating on gymnastics and aerial artistry .

His father is the Jena university professor and writer Gottfried Meinhold .

Wieland Meinhold is married to the soprano Mirjam Meinhold (opera ensemble Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar ). Together they form the Duo Vimaris .

Discography (selection)

  • Thuringian organ romanticism (works by Franz Liszt ) Artifex 0503 / Sauer organ of the Marienkirche Mühlhausen
  • The Schlosskapelle Saalfeld / Saale (works by Bach , Kirnberger , Franck and Mendelssohn Bartholdy ) Artifex 0502 / so
  • Bells, improvisations, transcriptions (works by Sibelius , Meinhold, Elgar ) Artifex 0504 / so
  • Weimar organ music (works by Bach and Töpfer ) Motette- Verlag Düsseldorf 11851 / organ of the town church Bad Berka
  • Weißenfelser Organ Concert (works by Handel , Bach, Krieger and Hoyer) Motet 11951 / Voigt organ of the Weissenfels Castle Church
  • Mühlhausen organ works (works by Ahle , Bach, Beutler, Meinhold and Steinhäuser ) Motet 12351 / Sauer organ of the Marienkirche Mühlhausen
  • The organ of the Augustinian Church in Gotha in a duo with Mirjam Meinhold , soprano (works by Bach, Messiaen , Langlais and Guilmant ) Motet 12601 / Schmid organ
  • The historic Wagner organ of the Marienkirche in Treuenbrietzen (works by JS Bach) Motet 12811
  • Erfurt & Europa I (Baroque works) Motet 13111 / Compenius organ of the Michaeliskirche Erfurt
  • Erfurt & Europa II (Baroque and Pre-Classical works) Motet 13291 / Compenius organ of the Michaeliskirche Erfurt
  • Gubener Kirchenmusik I (works by Boyce , D. Purcell, Bach, R. and C. Schumann , Fauré and Dubois) with Walter Klingner , oboe / English horn (SongVision-Coolmusic / Wuppertal 1995)
  • Organ music in the Marienkirche in Grimmen (works by Buxtehude , Bach, Lachner and Lindberg) together with Wilfried Koball, organ
  • Allt under Himmelens fäste (organ music from Norway to Italy) Leuner Records / Jehmlich organ of the Hohenstein-Ernstthal town church

Compositions

  • Burlesque (for flute solo / 1978) World premiere at Belvedere Palace near Weimar
  • 4 organ-COLOR paths (levels: gray on damp / ascent: white with edges / curves: yellow in splinters / gliding: ultramarine over velor) (for organ solo / 1991) first performance Marienkirche Mühlhausen / Thuringia
  • Homage á Sebastiaen - three metamorphoses over the final bars of Kyrie from Bach's organ mass BWV 671 for organ solo (1999) premiered at Peterskirche Görlitz
  • Two MecklenburgSequenzen - I Strelitziade, II Pourrerika (for organ solo / 2003) World premiere at the Schlosskirche Schwerin
  • (D) Erfurter Schleimspuren (for organ solo / 2009) World premiere at Stiftskirche Kaiserslautern

Publications

  • Wieland Meinhold: The work of Carl Steinhauser in Mühlhausen - an example of the job profile of Thuringian teacher cantors in the 19th century . (Dissertation) Druck & Verlag Mühlhäuser Druckhaus C. Schröter Mühlhausen 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wieland Meinhold | Album discography. Retrieved December 28, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Meinhold, Wieland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)