Immensely proud of my daughter Cosima who composed an accomplished solo harp piece at the beginning of the year, named Dreaming Willow (Träumende Weide), which was awarded a first prize in the Berlin Jugend musiziert composition competition. Luckily, it is also playable on the piano with a few decent alterations. I now took the opportunity to record the piece and uploaded it to my SoundCloud page. Hope you have at least as much fun listening as I had while learning and performing the music, and if so, please share and leave an appreciative comment.
Compositions
Streaming Releases #10–12
A selection of my piano music, composed during my years of study and adjunct teaching, is now available on all relevant streaming platforms. Performances all by myself. Please leave a fav or playlist add if you feel like it!
- Skulpturen, a four-part piano cycle (2009), represented here by the etude-like number Drei
- Novemberklage (2013), an extensive lament in sombre autumnal mood
- Kinderkaleidoskop (2015), a collection of short pieces dedicated to my then-four-year-old daughter
Performances by Young Harpists
My composition Song without Words for solo harp will be included as a compulsory piece in the 10th Competition for Harpists of the Verband der Harfenisten Deutschland. The event takes place in the Thüringer Landesmusikakademie Sondershausen, 1–5 May 2024. If you happen to be in Thuringia at the next weekend, please stop by! The piece will be performed by about 15 young contestants, aged 10–12 years, on 4 May, 9 am to 4 pm.
Streaming Releases #3–5
Some more releases of my music are live on all relevant streaming platforms: a solo piano piece, Fantasia come una Sonata, of 2003, as well as two choral works, Maienlied and Erstes Elegisches Gedicht, also composed some twenty years ago. During the next months I will add other pieces in chronological order. Many thanks to all the performers who agreed on making these recordings available! I’d be delighted if you stop by, have a listen, and leave some likes or playlist adds. #streamscometrue
Streaming Release #2
My second streaming release is out! Take a listen to the song Du schlank und rein wie eine Flamme, an excerpt from my Three Cantilenas on poems by Stefan George, composed in 2001, and recorded by Anna Hofmann and myself in 2004 at the Brahms hall of Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Free sheet music is available here. #streamscometrue