for orchestra
Author archives: Sabine
Portrait – for solo violin
For this short, elegiac piece, each player is invited to imagine a portrait of their choice. Musically inspired by contrasting works such as ‘Portrait for Tracy’ by jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sarabande in D minor, it is programmed as a compulsory piece at the 2014 PACEM IN TERRIS Bayreuth International Music …
Rumor Images
for cello and piano The chamber music “Rumor Images” is part of the music of the opera “Rumor”
lautlos – for cello solo
‘Lautlos’ (Silent) was composed in the context of Christian Jost’s choral opera Angst – 5 Pforten (Fear – 5 Gates), a journey into the depths of fear. Like the opera, ‘Lautlos’ is based on a mood of uncertainty, searching, even resignation on the one hand, and desperate, rebellious outbursts on the other. The work’s linguistic …
lautlos II – for cello solo
Like its predecessor lautlos I, my work lautlos II for solo cello follows the idea of an inner dialogue between the player and their instrument. The player must take care to seamlessly blend the fragmentary elements together so that a flowing “speech” is communicated. Nevertheless, the individual sound and rhythm sculptures should be given enough …
Vibraphon Konzert
Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra “My piece is based on Mozart’s Moorish Funeral Music and will use its cantus firmus as its musical nucleus. The compositional look back at one of the most confessional works in music history is transformed into the present day and takes a compositional journey into jazz. The Masonic brotherhood, which …
Sieben Samurai
Sieben Samurai – Seven Samurai Symphonic poem for seven taiko drummers and symphony orchestra Seven Samurai is a large-scale symphonic poem based on motifs from the film Seven Samurai by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. A masterpiece of film history that remains as relevant today as it was when it was made over 70 years ago. …
OdysseeSymphonie
OdysseeSymphonie An orchestral journey in five movements for large orchestra The Odyssey Symphony is a large-scale symphonic project consisting of five self-contained orchestral works based on modern human metamorphosis. Human life as the epitome of a permanent journey. Journey also in the sense of movement or ‘trans-port’, discovery and experience. Life as a symbol of …