Frank Michael Beyer

Frank Michael Beyer ( born March 8, 1928 in Berlin, † April 20, 2008 ) was a German composer and exponent of the New Music.

  • 2.1 Ballet
  • 2.2 Orchestra
  • 2.3 Chamber Orchestra
  • 2.4 Solo Instrument (s ) and Orchestra
  • 2.5 Ensemble and Chamber Music
  • 2.6 Instrumental Solos
  • 2.7 song
  • 2.8 edits

Life

Beyer was born as the son of the writer and art historian Oskar Beyer and his wife Margaret, née Lowenfeld, in Berlin. He spent his childhood in Dresden, Crete, Athens and Liechtenstein. He studied from 1946 to 1949 composition and church music at the School of Church Music in Berlin. In the period 1950-1953 Piano studies followed in Leipzig.

Beyer continued his composition studies continued in Berlin with Ernst Pepping and " virtuosic organ playing " with Joseph Ahrens at the Academy of Music in Berlin ( now University of the Arts Berlin). Johann S. Bach and the Viennese School, most notably Anton Webern, the composer are the largest influence on the development Beyers. The example of his parents' house in dealing with music was also of great importance. He learned in his childhood already know the music of Bach; his father published in the 1920s in Berlin furrow publishing a book on Bach.

Beyer was from 1950 to 1963 worked as a church musician, both as a concert organ performer and conductor. He has taught as a lecturer at the School of Church Music in Berlin, and later at the Academy of Music. From 1968 to 1993 he was professor of composition at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. In 1964 he initiated the series " Musica sacra nova ". From 1970 to 1985 Beyer was the lead member of the Berlin Bach - days. Between 1986 and 2003 he held the position as Director of Music at the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1990 he initiated the Institute for New Music at the University of Arts Berlin and the Berlin orchestra conference, which he headed then. From 1986 to 2006 he was a member of the Senate of the Academy of Arts.

Beyer was also represented ( Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights ) on the board of GEMA.

Honors and Awards

(Selection)

List of Works

Ballet

  • Birth of the dance (1987 ), UA ( under the ballet titled " Orphic scene " ) 1988 German Opera Berlin / Choreography: Tom Schilling
  • The Window (1991 ), contains music from "Greece" (1981) and " Action " (1991), UA 1992 Hannover

Orchestra

  • Rondeau imaginaire (1972 ), UA 1973 Radio - Symphonie- Orchester Berlin / Lorin Maazel
  • Crosstalk (1975 ), UA 1976 Philharmonic Orchestra of the City Nuremberg / Jiri Belohlavek
  • Notre -Dame- Music (1983 /84), UA 1984 Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hubert Soudant
  • Birth of the Dance (1987, after the ballet ), UA 1989 Radio - Symphonie- Orchester Berlin / Lothar Zagrosek
  • Sound Goals (1996, rev.2001 ), UA 1997 Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin / Lothar Zagrosek
  • Fuga Fiammata (1999/2000), UA 2001 the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ulf Schirmer

Chamber Orchestra

  • Ricercare I ( 1957), UA 1958 Radio - Symphonie- Orchester Berlin / Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Insurance (1968), UA 1968 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Hans Zender
  • Concertino a tre (1974 ), UA 1974 Schwetzingen
  • Strings fantasies after a motif of JS Bach (1977, also version for string quintet ), UA 1980 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Greece - Music for three string groups (1981 ), UA 1982 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
  • Liturgia (after the String Quartet No.3 " Missa " ) ( 1996), UA 1997 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
  • Passionato con Arietta - Elegy for Strings ( 2005), UA 2006 Diez an der Lahn

Solo Instrument (s ) and Orchestra

  • Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra ( 1967)
  • German Dances for cello and double bass with chamber orchestra (1982 ), UA 1984 Berlin
  • Mystery Sonata for orchestra with solo viola (1986 ), UA 1987 Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin / Sylvain Cambreling
  • Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra ( 1986), UA 1987 Hansjörg Schellenberger / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Erich Leinsdorf
  • Music of the Early - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1992/ 93), UA 1993 Kolja Blacher / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hanns -Martin Schneidt
  • Canto di giorno for Violoncello and Orchestra (1998 /99), UA 1999 Michael Sanderling / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Giuseppe Mega
  • Canzona di Ombra for Oboe and Strings ( cadenza and finale to the Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra in 1986 /2003)
  • Concerto for Viola and Orchestra " Notte di Pasqua " ( 2003-04/06 ), UA 2007 Tabea Zimmermann / Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin / Jonathan Stockhammer
  • Meridian - Concerto for Flute and Strings Ensemble ( 2004/ 05), UA 2008 Emmanuel Pahud / Potsdam Chamber Academy / Michael Sanderling

Ensemble and chamber music

  • String Quartet I (1954 /56)
  • Concerto for Organ and seven instruments (1966 /69) UA 1969 Peter Black / Kassel Ensemble
  • String Quartet II ( 1969) UA 1969 Assmann Quartett, Berlin
  • Wind Quintet (1972 ) UA 1973 Berlin, Quintet of the SWF Baden -Baden
  • De lumine - Music for chamber ensemble ( 1978) UA 1979 " new work" Hamburg / Dieter Cichewiecz
  • Trio for oboe, viola and harp (1980 ) UA 1981 Mannheim, Heinz Holliger / Ursula Holliger
  • " German Dances" for cello and double bass (1980 ) UA 1980 Vienna, Jörg Baumann / Klaus Stoll
  • Fantasia concertante per due violini (1982 ) UA 1984 Hofheim, Boeckheler / Assmann
  • Fantastica Passacaglia for Piano Trio (1984 ) UA 1986 Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart Piano Trio
  • String Quartet III " Missa " (1985) UA 1985 Berlin, Wilanów Quartet
  • Symphonies for eight voices (1988 ) UA 1989 Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
  • Architettura per musica for ensemble (1989 ) UA 1989 Berlin, musica viva - ensemble Dresden
  • Sanctus for Saxophone Quartet (1990 )
  • Gesta Romanorum for ensemble (1990 )
  • Action for percussion ensemble (1991 ) UA 1993 Supernova Percussion Ensemble Berlin
  • Canciones for clarinet and ensemble ( 1991) UA 1991 Alois Brandhofer / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Peter Keuschnig
  • Clarinet Quintet (1992 ) UA 1993 Stuttgart, Ulf Rodenhäuser
  • Nänie for two guitars (1994 ) UA 1994 Lüneburg, Evers / Weigel
  • " Wind sound " for String Trio ( 2000) UA 2003 Stuttgart, Ingolf Turban / Kolja Lessing / Wen-Sinn Yang
  • What Orpheus saw - sound images for string quartet (2003) UA 2004 Berlin, Vogler Quartet
  • Voca for three trumpets (2004) UA 2004 Hamburg
  • Light trails for Piano Trio ( 2006) UA 2008 Kempen, Trio Wanderer
  • Among the Islands - Suite for nine instruments (2005/ 06) UA 2008 Munich, cond Konstantia Gourzi
  • Choreography - Three Dances for mythical twelve cellos (2007)

Instrumental solos

  • Toccata in Re for Organ ( 1952) UA 1953 Berlin, Frank Michael Beyer
  • Lays for Organ ( 1957)
  • Variations for piano (1957 )
  • Sonata for viola and organ ( 1962)
  • Tiento for Flute and Organ ( 1965)
  • Toccatas sub communione for Organ ( 1970) UA 1970 Nuremberg, Peter Schwarz
  • Chaconne (1970 )
  • Tiento II for Organ ( 1972) UA 1973 Berlin, Frank Michael Beyer
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano ( 1977) UA 1978 Berlin, Saschko Gawriloff / Lothar Broddack
  • Canti dei misteri for Organ ( 1979)
  • Mass movements ( Josquin / Beyer ) for organ (1979 )
  • Canzonetta for Guitar (1980 )
  • Avanti - 15 Piano Pieces for Young Players (1983 )
  • Melos I and II for Viola (1983/1990)
  • The bells of Speyer for Organ ( 1984)
  • Echo Bass Flute ( 1985)
  • Hymn " seasoning of the forest" for organ (1992 )
  • Night Piece for Oboe and Piano ( 1993) UA 1994 Dusseldorf, Christian Schneider / Frank Michael Beyer
  • Taglied for cello and piano (1998) UA 1998 Berlin, Georg Faust / Rolf Koenen
  • Imago for cello (2002)
  • As a distant song for oboe ( Cadenza to Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra, to separate Performance, 2004/ 05)
  • Metamorphoses - Homage to A. Scriabin for Violin ( 2007) UA 2008 Berlin, Viviane Hagner

Singing

  • Biblical scenes for mezzo- soprano and tenor (or soprano and baritone) and ensemble ( 1955)
  • Language of lovers for baritone, choir and chamber orchestra ( Hölderlin ) ( 1961)
  • Lavatio - manifestations of Christ for mixed choir a cappella (1962 )
  • Maior Angelis for soprano, female choir and ensemble ( 1970) UA 1970 Berlin, Catherine Gayer / Chamber Choir Ernst Senff / Frank Michael Beyer
  • Canticle of Moses et Agni for eight -part choir a cappella (1976 ) UA 1977 Berlin, Monteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner
  • Et resurrexit - choir motets for twelve -part chorus a cappella (2001/ 02) UA 2003 Berlin Radio Choir / Simon Halsey

Edits

  • Three Psalms for baritone and piano by Boris Blacher, arranged for baritone and ensemble by Frank Michael Beyer (1943, arr.1966 )
  • Musical Offering - The contrapuntal phrases: ricercare a 3, Fuga canonica & 9 canon by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged for chamber orchestra by Frank Michael Beyer for performance along with Bach ricercare a 6 in the arrangement by Anton Webern ( arr.1985 ) UA 1985 Berlin, London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson
  • Cadenza for dolce Andante in C Major for Flute and Orchestra KV 315 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 2007) UA 2008 Berlin, Emmanuel Pahud

Student

  • Preethi de Silva ( b. 1942 )
  • Nikolaus Brass ( b. 1949 )
  • Thomas Schmidt -Kowalski (1949-2013)
  • Gerhardt Müller- Gold Boom ( b. 1953 )
  • Sebastian Gottschick (* 1959)
  • Detlev Glanert ( b. 1960 )
  • Hanspeter Kyburz ( b. 1960 )
  • André Werner ( * 1960 )
  • Konstantia Gourzi ( b. 1962 )
  • Orm Finnendahl ( b. 1963 )
  • Isabel Mundry ( b. 1963 )
  • Marc Lingk ( b. 1964 )
  • Since then, Charlotte (* 1965)
  • Style Oliver Simon ( b. 1966 )
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