Michael Radulescu

Michael Radulescu ( born 1943 in Bucharest ) is a German - Austrian composer, organist and professor German - Romanian origin.

  • 2.2.1 works for voice
  • 2.2.2 choral music

Life

Radulescu was born the son of a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarovsky at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Since 1959, he has performed as an organist in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. From 1968 to 2008 he taught as a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music.

As a composer he was influenced, among others, Paul Hindemith, Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg, Ligeti and Olivier Messiaen. He has worked as editor of the old organ music and was a jury member at international competitions. As an organist, he played among other things, the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

In 2005 he received the Golden Medal of the city of Vienna. In October 2007 he received the National Award for the music of the Austrian Ministry of Education and the Arts for his musical life's work.

Compositions

Instrumental music

Organ

  • Five Pieces (1972 )
  • Choral fantasy Jesus to the cross stood (1976 )
  • Choral Fantasy O man, bewail your ' big sin (1978 )
  • Seven Chorales for Passion (1981/1982)
  • Ricercari (1984 )
  • Epiphaniai (1988)
  • Resurrexit (2001)
  • Madrigali (2010)

Solo Works for Strings / Wind

  • Capricci for Treble Recorder ( Flute ) ( 1974)
  • Suonata for viola solo ( 1985)
  • Threnodia for solo cello (1984 )

Chamber Music

  • Sonata for Recorder ( flute ) and harpsichord ( 1967-1971 )
  • Melencolia Recercare for Recorder ( flute ) and percussion ( 1982)
  • Trio I for violin, viola and cello (1969 )
  • Trio II for violin, viola and cello (1971/1973)
  • Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1967 )
  • Sextet for two violins, two violas and two cellos (1994 /95)

Chamber Ensemble

  • Epiphaniai. Music for Organ, four clarinets, four trombones, two double basses and percussion ( 2 players ) ( 1987/1988 )

Orchestral works

  • Variations for large orchestra (1973 )

Vocal music

Works for voice

  • We middle solo in life ... [ Media Vita ] for alto; (UA May 9, 2004, Charleville- Mézières / F)
  • Sonetti Recitative à 6, for six solo singers a cappella (1985 )
  • A sacred concert for ten solo voices and percussion ( 2 players ) ( 1979)
  • Four Old Testament prayers for alto voice and organ ( 1979)
  • Ecce virgo. Sacred Concerto, version for soprano and organ ( 1982/1994/2001 )
  • De Poeta. ( The Wessobrunner prayer) version for soprano and organ ( 1988/1991/1998 )
  • Insurance for soprano and organ (1991/1998)
  • Veni. Music for soprano, flute and three percussion groups (1996 )
  • Soliloquia. Monologues for voice and orchestra (2007)
  • Soliloquia. Monologues for voice with two hanging basin ( 2008)

Choral music

  • German Mass in F for mixed choir (1976 )
  • Three motets for upper choir ( 1971)
  • Rex Coeli, for mixed choir (1980/1981)
  • De Lumine ... ... for 8- part mixed choir a cappella (2013 )
  • De poeta ( The Wessobrunner prayer) for four choirs and tubular bells ( 3 Players ) ( 1988)
  • German Zwölftonmesse for double choir and percussion ( 1969)
  • Beati for upper voices, double chorus, four flutes and two harps (1993 )
  • Ebla 's Song of Praise for mixed choir and organ ( 1986)
  • Noun music for three mixed choirs, two flutes and fanfare (1997)
  • De Ark ( i) - Four invocations, for choir and instruments (flute, clarinet, two bass clarinets, 3 trumpets, 2 double basses, drums ) (2010 )
  • Ebla 's Song of Praise for mixed choir and orchestra ( 1994)
  • Suffering and death of Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ. A PASSION, for alto solo, bass solo, two mixed choirs, 4 flutes, 4 double basses, 4 trombones, 4 viols, 2 percussion groups (2002-2003)

Writings

  • Bey a devoutly Musiq. Steps for the interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred sound speech based on its Passions and the B Minor Mass. In: Erwin Ortner, Wolfgang Sauseng, Andreas Peterl (ed.): Vienna contributions to organ and church music. Volume 2 Institute of Organ, Organ Research and church music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Vienna 2013.
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