Peter Kiesewetter

Peter Kiesewetter ( born May 1, 1945 in Marktheidenfeld; † 3 December 2012) was a German composer.

Life

Kiesewetter studied composition with Günter Bialas from 1966 at the Munich Academy of Music, where he remained subsequently joined as a lecturer in music theory, ear training and tuition. In parallel, he studied music and worked as a journalist, including as a juror for the Prize of the German Record Critics. As a freelance employee of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, he composed the music for many feature and radio play productions of the School Radio.

A stay in Israel in 1991 was a key experience for Kiesewetter and shaped his future work. Many of his pieces have titles in Hebrew.

As a lecturer in composition Peter Kiesewetter initially worked at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich; In 1991 he became honorary professor of composition at the Munich Academy of Music, in 1992 professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. Due to a serious illness he had to give up teaching.

Honors, Memberships

Compositions (selection )

 

Orchestral works

  • Purgatorio ( Symphony No. 1, Op 50): see vocal compositions
  • (? 1990 ) Symphony No. 2 UA in Tel Aviv ( Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Lior Shambadal [ * 1950 ] )
  • Balajla (1998) for oboe d' amore and 14 strings ( 8.0.3.2.1 )
  • Canti Zoppi - Habanera ( op.30c, 1999/2000, by Domenico de ' Giovanni) for salon orchestra
  • Prometeo ( piccola mitologia by gran orchestra, op 87), recording 2002 ( BR- school radio )

 

Vocal compositions

  • Days Songs (op. 14, 1982) for soprano, horn and piano. Texts: Diepoldsberg of High Castle, Wolfram von Eschenbach. UA March 4, 1982 Nuremberg ( Adelheid Maria Thann [ Soprano ], Wilfried Krüger [ horn ] Peter Kiesewetter [ piano ] ). - New version (1985). UA March 14, 1992 Nuremberg ( Tafelhalle; Klangkonzepte Ensemble of the New Pegnitz Shepherds )
  • Canti Zoppi ( op.30, 1999/2000, by Domenico de ' Giovanni)
  • Op.30a: Canti Zoppi for soprano, flute and piano
  • Op.30b: Canti Zoppi for soprano and piano
  • Sancti Francisci Lauds Creaturarum (Op. 45 )
  • Op.45a: for soprano, obbligato viola and 22 strings (1991 )
  • Op.45b: for soprano, viola and organ ( 2001)
  • Five Songs (Op. 38) for mixed choir, clarinet, horn and piano (1988 )
  • Purgatorio ( Symphony No. 1, Op 50). Texts: Michelangelo and Torquato Tasso ). UA 1990 Munich (Musica Viva ). Recording 1990 ( Adelheid Maria Thann [ Soprano ], Martin Haselboeck [ Organ], female choir of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Alicja Mounk )
  • Fair (op. 58) for four -to nine- part mixed choir a cappella ( 1992-93), commissioned by the South German Radio, UA 1993 at the Festival of European church music in Schwäbisch Gmünd
  • Musica Mariana (op. 59 ) for 4 - to 7- part mixed choir a cappella. Text: from the Latin Bible. UA August 4, 2001 Augsburg (University)
  • Tefila Lemoshe (1994 ) for soprano and bass zither. Text: Psalm 90 (Hebrew )
  • Bereshit (op. 70, 1995/96 ). Azione sacra for vocalists, announcers, zither, percussion and viola. Texts: from the first book of Moses. Recording 2001 ( Ensemble Bereshit: Adelheid Maria Thann, Martina Koppelstetter [ singing], Caroline Finch, Adelheid Maria Thann, Peter Kiesewetter [ Voiceovers ], Georg Glasl, Leopold Hurt [ zither ], Tobias Kastle, Rudolf Bauer [ drums ], Kelvin Hawthorne, Gunter Pretzel [ Viola ] )
  • The 104th Psalm ( op. 88, 2002) for 5- part mixed choir a cappella, UA 2003 Assumption Church Munich -Sendling
  • The 36th Psalm ( op.89, 2004) for soprano and mixed choir, UA 2004 St.Bernhard Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Exsultet, op.93 (2003 ) for soprano and organ, UA Easter 2003 St.Bernhard Fürstenfeldbruck
  • Antigone, op.96 (2004) for voice and piano, UA 2004 Brecht Literature Festival Abraxas Augsburg
  • Trionfo della morte - Monumentum / palimpsest, op.98 (2004) for mezzo- soprano, baritone, viola, harp, piano, UA 2004 Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich
  • Vergine Bella, op.99 (2004 ) for soprano, lute and organ, UA 2004 monastery church Fürstenfeld
  • Hoho, dear Hans, WoO/15 (1987, text by Georg timber) for four - part choir a cappella, UA 1987 Munich
  • Christians, sing with joyful hearts, WoO/16 (1987, by Michael Haydn ) 4stimmigen for mixed choir a cappella, UA 1987 Munich

 

Chamber Music

  • La Caccia for percussion quartet (1989). Recording: Cabaza Percussion Quartet
  • Bat -Kol (1990 ) for flute and organ
  • Hed (1990 )
  • Version for violin and piano (or other duo ensemble )
  • Version for Dulcimer Quartet
  • Shir (1990 ) for viola
  • Jeshimon ( desert after 1991? ) For Zither
  • Shoshanim (1993 )
  • Version for tenor dulcimer
  • Version for viola and harp
  • Shoshanim (1994 )
  • Version for viola and harp
  • Version for tenor dulcimer
  • Bat -Kol (1994 ) for flute and organ
  • Shalah - Nirga
  • Version for dulcimer and pianoforte (1995 )
  • Version for tenor dulcimer and piano (2002)
  • Gil (Joy) for Zither
  • Volume 1 (1994 /95): Stop right hand. Game and concert pieces for 1-4 Diskantzithern
  • Selection from Volume 1:
  • Concert Suite Vineta (1994). Fantasy Pieces for alto or Diskantzither solo
  • Concert Suite La Batalla (1994). Spanish Miniatures for 4 Diskantzithern
  • Volume 2 (1995 /96): First engagement of the left hand. Game and concert pieces for 1-4 Diskantzithern
  • Selection from Volume 1 and 2: Gil for Beginners ( 1994-96 )
  • Labyrinth, op.71 (1995 ) for harp, double bass and drums. Recording 2002 ( Konstanze light, Axel Ruge, Tobias Kastle )
  • Alla Ingharese ... for wind quintet (1998, after Beethoven's Rondo 'Rage over a lost penny [ Op 129; ~ 1795/98 ] )
  • A Masque, Op.77 / 2 ( 2000) for Nay and Kushnay (flute and oboe)
  • Excentriques, op.77 / 3 ( 2003) Bagatelles for violin and piano
  • In the eye of the hurricane, op.82 (1998 ) for percussion quartet. Recording 1998 ( Cabaza Percussion Quartet )
  • Ariston Men hydor, op.92 (2002) on texts by Pindar for 4 bass and 4 percussionists
  • Passatempo, op.94 (2003) for piano four hands, UA 2003 Braunschweig
  • Sphinx, op.100 (2005 ) for clarinet, piano, violin and cello, UA 2005 Bluval Festival Straubing

 

Hörspielmusik

  • The series Once Upon a Time - Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (production: Educational Radio of the BR, 1995, Munich Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Antony Beaumont; Speaker: Rolf Illig [ Narrator], Leo Bardischewski, Richard Beek, David Bennents, Anne -Marie Bubke, Thomas Holtzmann, Karin Kernke, Helga Roloff, Siemen Rühaak, Helmut rod [* 1929 ] Jochen Striebeck, Rudolf Wessely and others)
  • To a scene from Hannele Assumption of Gerhart Hauptmann (production: Educational Radio of the BR, 1990s? )

 

Student of Peter Kiesewetter

  • Joseph Hauber (1944 )
  • Nikolaus Brass ( b. 1949 )
  • Eberhard Adamzig (* 1950)
  • Klaus K. Hubler ( b. 1956 )
  • Magret Wolf ( b. 1960 )
  • Helga Pogatschar ( b. 1966 )
  • Jörg Duda (* 1968)
  • Kastle Tobias (* 1968)
  • Leopold Hurt ( b. 1979 )
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