Peter Planyavsky

Peter Planyavsky ( born May 9, 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian organist and composer.

Life

During his time as a student at the Vienna Schottengymnasium Planyavsky studied at the Vienna Music Academy organ, composition and improvisation ( with Anton Heiller ), piano (with Hilde Seidlhofer ) and conducting (with Hans Gilles Berger). He graduated with diplomas for organ and church music in 1966. Subsequently, he worked for a year in an organ workshop ( intonation and installation ), 1968 he was organist in the Upper Austrian Schlägl.

From 1969 to 2004, Planyavsky organist at St. Stephen's Cathedral and in the years 1983 to 1990 with overall responsibility Dommusikdirektor. In 1980 he was appointed professor of organ, improvisation and liturgical organ playing at the Vienna Academy of Music and was also from 1996 to 2002 served as director of the department of church music. In addition, he regularly turns to the church music based work and writes articles in professional journals.

Concert tours and master classes led Peter Planyavsky in many European countries, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Korea, Canada and the United States. In his master classes, he focuses on Anton Heiller, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Baroque music, but especially to improvisation and liturgical organ playing. In addition Planyavsky is often served as a juror at competitions. Planyavsky recorded numerous LPs and CDs, such as recordings of all the organ works of Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn. In panel recordings, he demonstrated his art of improvisation.

As a conductor Planyavsky has emerged not only with the great works of church music, but was also active the concertos for organ and orchestra. So concerts by Alfredo Casella, Howard Hanson, Leo Sowerby, Ottorino Respighi, Aaron Copland and Jean Langlais were listed under his leadership, among others. Peter Planyavsky composed organ, choral and orchestral music. One of his compositional specialties is the parody; of the larger works of this kind has been the contented bus, the parody of a Bach cantata, performed more than 40 times.

In addition, worked and acts Planyavsky as an expert in numerous organ building projects. Particularly noteworthy in this context is the construction of the new Rieger organ in the Great Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, has been involved in the planning Planyavsky together with Ludger Lohmann, Martin Haselboeck, Gillian Weir and Olivier Latry.

Awards

  • State funding Prize for Music in 1991 for his choral compositions
  • Orlando di Lasso Medal ( 2004)
  • Gold Medal of the city of Vienna (2005)
  • Prize for Music of the Republic of Austria (2006)

Works (selection)

Compositions

  • Ecclesiastes. Cantata for baritone, narrator, choir, organ and drums. Commissioned by the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 2011.
  • WAP Mozart, not just A Little Night Music. , 2005.
  • P. P. Bach, Cactus tragicus. Cantata for soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra ( LWV 19204 ). , 2004.
  • HerzLosZeitLos. Elle opera, libretto by Walter Titz, 2004.
  • Wedding at Cana. Church opera, 1998.
  • Intermezzo for Organ. In 1994.
  • No Derivatives ( namely four) for trumpet and organ positive ( Ouverture, Mantanera, Elegia e Recitativo, Burlesca final ). 1989 /1990.
  • Three Miniatures for pedal recorder. In 1989. A musician playing flute and organ pedals.
  • The stewardess out of love, a highly bourgeois Singspiel. In 1987.
  • P. J. Haydn, Symphony arrival. In 1987.
  • Fantasy in memoriam A. H.. 1986.
  • WAP Mozart, Four Pieces for Trompetenuhr: Andante ma non troppo / Anonkel ma non poco / Largo ma non Largo / Rondo alla Turkey. 1985th ( Behind the mysterious pseudonym Vincent Carl Plagiavsky hides - he used his works with the monogram PVC sign for a hearing-impaired patron, he had a Trompetenuhr construct, for which the present pieces have been written.. )
  • The four men in the fiery furnace - A Biblical ballad for soprano and organ. In 1985.
  • P. P. Bach, The Contented bus. 1985 ( Madrigal Choir, a Green, evangelist and guide, policeman )
  • Perpetual motion. 1978th ​​( An attempt was made the piece come from nothing and make it disappear was up and Hide is written out and illustrated by means of the organ Grundzeitmaß is the 5/8-Rhythmus In the background melody Holy, holy. .. - also the song of the angels is a kind of music no end. )
  • Three serious talks for positive and harpsichord. 1978
  • Hanna and Eli - A Biblical ballad for soprano and organ. 1978
  • Danse triste. 1975
  • Veni, Quaeso, Veni Sancte Spiritus. 1974
  • Sonata II pro organo. 1973
  • Missa Viennensis. 1972
  • Toccata alla Rumba. 1971
  • Sonata I pro organo. 1968
  • Two Psalms for mezzo-soprano and organ. 1964
  • More Organ Works
  • Measuring

Writings

  • Moritz Reger and other sloping characteristics. Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag, Sankt Augustin, 2005, ISBN 3-928412-04-3.
  • Rescued from the Stephansdom. Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2007, ISBN 3-851671-88-0.
  • Anton Heiller. All registers of a life. Edition Va Bene, Vienna, 2009.
  • Catholic church music. Practice and liturgical backgrounds. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-7022-3094-4.
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