Metamorphoses of four sound elements from Beethoven’s, Bruckner’s and Mahler’s Ninth Symphonies and Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony Metamorphoses of four sound elements from Beethoven’s, Bruckner’s and Mahler’s Ninth Symphonies and Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ In this orchestral work, Christian Jost deals with the theme of transition, both as a phase within a musical work and as a phenomenon …
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Suspense
While composing my opera Hamlet, I became more aware than ever of how incredibly important intrinsic tension is for modern musical theatre. Such tension is created through dramaturgically placed impulses, which are usually introduced instrumentally, then build up and discharge in the action on stage. Suspense is a purely orchestral realisation of such forces of …
Taipei Horizon
for orchestra My two-month summer stay in Taipei as composer-in-residence with the National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan felt like watching a film in widescreen format. Day and night temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius and 95% humidity transported me into a living Cinemascope experience. Because I enjoyed every second, a minimum of sleep intensified the already intense …
BerlinSymphony
for large orchestra Berlin, Torstrasse 4 o’clock in the morning in October. The temperature is pleasant. A lukewarm, light breeze blows through the night. For a moment, the traffic has disappeared from the city. Life stands still for a breath. Before my breath returns from its slow-motion deceleration to a steady rhythm, a fox crosses …
ShanghaiOdyssey
for large orchestra Shanghai, now the most populous city in the world, captivates with a combination unique in Asia of state-of-the-art skyscrapers and magnificent European-style colonial buildings reflected in them. In fact, the city is characterised by exciting contrasts, both in its external form and internally. I have taken up this principle in my Shanghai …
The Woman in the Gardens of Suzhou
for orchestra
Eismeer
Eismeer – Sea of Ice Concerto for saxophone quartet, vibraphone and orchestra Concertante poem in three movements based on the painting ‘The Sea of Ice’ by Caspar David Friedrich for saxophone quartet, vibraphone and strings Commissioned by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald on the occasion of the Caspar David …
Lontano doloroso
Lontano doloroso Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra Commissioned by Symphonie Orchester Biel/Solothurn and Bochumer Symphoniker „Over the course of a life as a composer, the compositional ideal “less is more“ resurfaces intermittently. Some works are not at all interested in this maxim and others are magically attracted by the concept of paring down to …
Die Jahreszeiten
Die Jahreszeiten – The Seasons Rain, Fog, Heat, Hail for solo cello and string orchestra Unlike in Vivaldi’s famous original, the seasons in my work, should they even last longer, do not have a clear separation or distinct changes between them, but rather paint a contemporary, darker picture of the climate change surrounding us. Thus, …