Helmut Bieler

Helmut Bieler ( born June 7, 1940 in Gersfeld ( Rhön) ) is a German composer, pianist and professor of music didactics at the University of Bayreuth.

Life

Helmut Bieler grew up in Hofgeismar. After graduation in Bayreuth, he studied at the Munich Academy of Music composition (with Franz Xaver Lehner ( 1904-1986 ) and Fritz Schieri ), piano (with Friedrich Wuhrer and Aldo Schön) and music education. 1967-1979 he taught at the Arts High School in Bayreuth, then until 1994 as a professor of music didactics at the University of Bayreuth. In 1980 he founded the Ensemble Musica Viva Bayreuth, 1988, the time series of concerts of new music in Bayreuth, which he now heads together with Wolfram Graf.

Awards

Compositions

Stage Works

  • Memorandum for a grave Bell (1983). Short opera for soprano, bass, mixed choir and chamber ensemble. Libretto:? (after Friederike Kempner ). UA 1983 Zagreb ( Music Biennale; Pocket Opera Company Nuremberg)
  • Stolen Life (2009 /10). Chamber Opera. Libretto: Susanne Bieler (born 1969 ). UA May 7, 2010 Kaiserslautern (Pfalz Theatre, Workshop Theatre, directed by Uwe Drechsel, scenery and costumes: Thomas Mogendorf; dramaturgy: Andreas Bronkalla; Conductor: Andreas Hotz, with Geertje Nissen [ voice ], Daniel Böhm [ Leopold Stein ], Arlette Meissner [ Johanna Stein ], Steffen Schanz [ Jacob lilies mountain], Adelheid Fink [ Grete ] )

Vocal compositions

  • ... Et in terra pax? (1972 ) for soprano, speaker, flute, harpsichord and percussion. Text: Jochen Lobe ( b. 1937 )
  • Polymetry I ( 1972) for soprano ( vocalise ), flute, violin, piano and percussion. UA 1972
  • Voice above the strings (1973 ) for soprano ( Vocalise ) and clavichord / harpsichord
  • Version for soprano ( vocalise ), violin, clavichord / harpsichord, tape and live electronics (1974 )
  • Musicienne du silence. Text: Stéphane Mallarmé
  • Version I (1975 ) for soprano, flute, kantele / guitar, synthesizer and tape. UA 1975
  • Version II (1980 ) for soprano, bass flute, wing inside ( or synthesizer ), vibraphone and tape. UA 1980
  • The Ploughman from Bohemia. Oratory. Libretto: Dietrich W. Pretty ( after the work of John of Tepl )
  • Socket for speaker, 2 speakers, alto, baritone, organ, synthesizer, percussion and tape (1977, revised 1982). UA 1977 Bad Hersfeld. Revised version: UA 1978
  • Version for 2 speakers, organ, synthesizer, percussion and tape ( 1978)
  • Be calm, my soul (1977 ) for voice, flute, violin, organ and tape. Text: Psalm 62 UA 1978
  • Polymetry II (1980 ) for soprano ( vocalise ), flute, piano and percussion
  • Cet amour (1980 ) for soprano, guitar and percussion. Text: Wiltrud Schuster. UA 1981
  • Poème (1981 ) for soprano, flute, piano and percussion. Text: Wiltrud Schuster
  • Poème d' amour (1983 ) for soprano and piano. Text: Wiltrud Schuster
  • Miserere Domine (1984 /85). Pastoral Mass for alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, flute, oboe, bass trombone, 2 organs, percussion ( 2 players ) and string orchestra. UA 1985 Bayreuth
  • Psalm Songs (1988-1992) for medium voice and organ. Texts: from Psalms 88, 90, 103, 104 UA 1989/92
  • Four Songs (1990/ 91) for soprano, flute / piccolo / alto / bass / contrabass flute, piano and percussion. Texts: Vidyapati Thakur (1352 () -1448 ()? ). UA 1992
  • Oratio (1993 ) for baritone, mixed choir, flute and organ. Texts: the Bible. UA 1993
  • Credo in unum Deum (1994 ) for alto, baritone, cello, percussion and organ. Text: Wiltrud Schuster. UA 1994
  • Keep us God (1998) for mixed choir and organ. Text: Eugene Eckert
  • Two Songs (2003) for mezzo-soprano, horn and piano. Texts by Rainer Maria Rilke. UA 2003
  • Death is our risen through the window ( 2003). Elegy for baritone and ensemble. Authors: Matthias Claudius, Christine Busta, Song of Solomon. UA 2004
  • In the Shadow of the Cross ( 2007) for mezzo- soprano, baritone and ensemble. Texts: Psalm 121 and Christine Busta. UA 2007
  • Thanks Hanna and Ruth's suit ( 2010) for soprano, alto, horn, trombone, piano and organ. Text: Heide I. Bieler and Michael Herrschel. UA November 14, 2010 Fürth ( Church of the Resurrection; 47 Fürth Church Music Days; Monika Teepe [ Soprano ], Renate Kasch bodice [Alt ], Wilfried Krüger [ Horn ], Ralf Bauer [ trombone ], Sirka Schwartz Uppendieck [ piano ], Andreas König [ Organ ] )

Ensemble and orchestral works

  • Concerto ( 1979) for flute, cello and ensemble. UA 1979 Nuremberg (ars nova ensemble )
  • Rondel ( 1983) for 8 Flutes and Orchestra. UA 1983
  • Concerto ( 1995) for viola and chamber orchestra. UA 1995.
  • Concentration and outbreaks (1995 ) for viola and chamber orchestra. UA 1995
  • Music for Orchestra ( 1996). UA 1996
  • Scenes ( 1998) for ensemble. UA 1998 ( Ensemble Sortisatio )
  • Correspondence (1998 ) for flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion. UA 1998
  • Permutation ( 1999) for string orchestra. UA 1999
  • Interludes (2000) for horn and ensemble. UA 2001
  • Introduction and Fantasia on " Grant us peace mercifully " (2002 ) for organ, percussion and orchestra
  • Impulse (2007) for saxophone and percussion 12. UA 2007
  • Concerto ( 2007/ 08) for piano and orchestra. UA September 28, 2008 Bayreuth (City Hall; Helmut Bieler [ piano ], Orchesterverein Bayreuth)

Chamber Music

  • Contrasts (1969 ) for harpsichord. UA 1970
  • Version for piano (1988). UA 1989
  • Dialogue ( 1971) for two harpsichords. UA 1971
  • Con - tra - con ( 1971) for clarinet and harpsichord. UA 1972
  • Esothén (1971 /72) for leaf inside. UA 1973
  • Quick Fingers (1973 ) for flute, harpsichord and percussion. UA 1974
  • Meeting (1973 ) for harpsichord and percussion. UA 1974
  • Music for Five (1974 ) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon ( wind quintet I)
  • Motion and Rest (1975 ) for Trio d' anches (oboe, clarinet and bassoon). UA 1975
  • Music from the Dark (1975 ) for organ and electronics. UA 1975
  • Version for tape (1976). UA 1977
  • Wave beats ( 1976) for soprano / alto / tenor / bass recorder, tenor viol and harpsichord
  • Recast: Ornaments (1983 ) for flute, violin, cello and harpsichord
  • Between Time and Space (1976 ) Sonata for clarinet, piano, percussion and tape ( radiophonisches material). UA 1976
  • Passacaglia (1977 ) for 1-2 melody instruments, piano ( ad libitum) and tape
  • Schemes and figures (1977 ) for piano
  • Version for piano and tape ( 1984/85 )
  • Capriccio (1977 /78) for soprano recorder, alto recorder / transverse flute and harpsichord. UA 1979
  • Cycle (1978 ) for guitar and percussion
  • Sounds and figures (1979 ) for piano and organ
  • Version for piano and tape ( 1980)
  • Version for two pianos and percussion ( 2 players ) ( 1983)
  • Meditation on Debussy Prelude " Canope » (1979 /80) for 2 Harpsichords / pianos. UA 1980
  • Simultaneously hear the sounds ... (1981 ) for piano
  • How rapid movement and dries (1981 ) for piano slowly. UA 1981
  • Pièce (1981 ) for flute / alto flute. UA 1982
  • Movements (1982 ) for flute / alto flute / bass flute and clarinet / bass clarinet. UA 1983
  • Reprises (1982 ) for alto saxophone, percussion and piano. UA 1982
  • Blocks and cracks (1983 ) for piano and percussion
  • Contours (1984 ) for piano
  • Sounding Colours ( 1985) for 4 saxophones. UA 1985 Washington
  • As a thin veil (1986 ) for flute / alto flute ( on a text by Gabriele waiter ). UA 1987
  • Fantasy ( 1987) for alto saxophone and organ
  • Three Preludes (1988 ) for piano. UA 1989
  • Duo (1989 ) for clarinet and cello. UA 1990
  • Version for flute / alto flute / bass flute and piano (or organ) (1989 )
  • Version for alto flute and cello (1990). UA 1991
  • Version for viola and cello (1990/ 91)
  • Silent Music ( 1990) for large bass flute and basset horn. UA 1991
  • Introduction and Fantasia on " Grant us peace mercifully " (1993 ) for organ and percussion
  • Trio (1991 ) for violin, horn and piano. UA 1991
  • Metamorphoses (1992 ) for organ solo. UA 1993
  • The time you have in hands (1993). Organ Chorale Prelude and organ meditation. UA 1993
  • Grant us peace mercifully (1993). Introduction and Fantasia for organ and percussion. UA 1993
  • Bright Night Thoughts (1993). Quintet II ( on texts by Else Lasker pupils). UA 1994
  • Response to Reger (1993). Quintet for Clarinet (in A), 2 violins, viola and cello. UA 1994
  • Discontinuations (1995 ) for flute / piccolo / alto / bass / contrabass flute, piano and percussion
  • Sound Changes ( 1995) for bass flute and tape. UA 1995
  • Version for tenor and bass recorder and tape ( 1995)
  • Version for bass flute and tape ( 1995)
  • Poetry and Movement (1996). Streichquartettsatz
  • Scenes ( 1996) for 3 guitars. UA 1997
  • Version for oboe, bassoon, guitar and viola (1997)
  • Epitaph - thoughts of Reger (1997) for alto flute and piano. UA 1997
  • Rhapsody (2000 ) for violin and piano. UA 2001
  • Moving surfaces ( 2002) for horn and organ. UA 2002
  • Seven Pieces for seven women (2002/ 03 ) for piano. UA 2003
  • Three Pieces for Three Women (2005 ) for piano. UA 2005
  • Top Trio ( 2004) for trumpet, organ and percussion
  • Autumn Music ( 2005) for cello and piano. UA 2005
  • Excursion ( 2006) for percussion (4 players). UA 2006

Discography (selection)

  • Audio recordings of contemporary chamber music vol 1 ( Symicon, 1995)
  • Ensemble Sortisatio ( Querstand, 2004) with the ensemble Sortisatio

Writings

  • The sacred music of Klaus Hashagen and his organ music. In: Klaus Bernbacher (ed.): Klaus Hashagen. Schneider Verlag, Tutzing 2003. ISBN 3-7952-1110-7, pp. 91-105 ( = composer in Bavaria, Volume 42 )
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