Jörg Duda
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Jörg Duda is a German
composer of classical music.
. He took lessons in organ and improvisation with Harald Feller
, in theory and composition with Dieter Acker
. From 1988 to 1992 he studied church music at the Musikhochschule München. He studied choral conducting with Roderich Kreile and was a member in his choir Junge Kantorei München. He played organ concerts and worked as a Korrepetitor for the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
and the Philharmonischer Chor München. From 1992 Duda studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter
at the Musikhochschule Hannover and continued with Dieter Acker in Munich, completing the "Meisterklasse" in 1997.
Since 1998 Duda has been Kantor
of St Emmeram in Geisenfeld
. He taught at times music theory at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Duda co-founded the Münchner Harmoniemusik and the piano quintet Cumulus. In 2007 he was awarded the Kulturförderpreis (culture prize) of Geisenfeld.
Duda composed especially in the fields of organ music, sacred choral music, chamber music
for wind instruments and solo concertos. He has been inspired by Finnish authors and singers, such as Pirjo Honkanen, Lassi Nummi and Johann Tilli. His works are often commissioned by performers. He has collaborated with the chamber choir novAntica, alumni of the Musikhochschule München, who premiered in 1995 his Pater Noster for two mixed choirs. http://www.novantica.de/archiv.html His motet Friede über Israel was commissioned and recorded in 2000 by Roderich Kreile and the Dresdner Kreuzchor
. Duda composed four Finnish Quartets, each for a woodwind instrument and a string trio. The first was commissioned by bassoonist Lyndon Watts
, premiered by him in 2001 and played again in Munich on 14 March 2011, together with the premiere of Bernd Redmann
's Migrant and with the Bassoon Quintet
of Graham Waterhouse
. Duda's tuba concerto was composed for Andreas Hofmeir and premiered by him in Ingolstadt on 23 October 2010.
As a performer, he has promoted the works of local Geisenfeld composers such as Johann Feldmayr (1573–1635) and Johann Kyrzinger (1580?–1624).
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
composer of classical music.
Professional career
Duda was influenced by the church music of Scheyern AbbeyScheyern Abbey
Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria.-First foundation:...
. He took lessons in organ and improvisation with Harald Feller
Harald Feller
Harald Feller was a Swiss diplomat who saved Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.He replaced Maximilian Jaeger as head of the Swiss legation in Budapest, Hungary, in 1944. He supported Carl Lutz with the rescue of Jews under Swiss protection...
, in theory and composition with Dieter Acker
Dieter Acker
Dieter Acker was a German composer.-Selected works:Concertante* Musik for viola, harp and string orchestra Chamber music* Duo for viola and cello * Sonata for viola and piano...
. From 1988 to 1992 he studied church music at the Musikhochschule München. He studied choral conducting with Roderich Kreile and was a member in his choir Junge Kantorei München. He played organ concerts and worked as a Korrepetitor for the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
and the Philharmonischer Chor München. From 1992 Duda studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter
Peter Kiesewetter
Peter Kiesewetter is a modern classical composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Germany to Silesian parents.- External links :* *...
at the Musikhochschule Hannover and continued with Dieter Acker in Munich, completing the "Meisterklasse" in 1997.
Since 1998 Duda has been Kantor
Cantor (church)
A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
of St Emmeram in Geisenfeld
Geisenfeld
Geisenfeld is a town in the district of Pfaffenhofen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Ilm, southeast of Ingolstadt....
. He taught at times music theory at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Duda co-founded the Münchner Harmoniemusik and the piano quintet Cumulus. In 2007 he was awarded the Kulturförderpreis (culture prize) of Geisenfeld.
Duda composed especially in the fields of organ music, sacred choral music, chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
for wind instruments and solo concertos. He has been inspired by Finnish authors and singers, such as Pirjo Honkanen, Lassi Nummi and Johann Tilli. His works are often commissioned by performers. He has collaborated with the chamber choir novAntica, alumni of the Musikhochschule München, who premiered in 1995 his Pater Noster for two mixed choirs. http://www.novantica.de/archiv.html His motet Friede über Israel was commissioned and recorded in 2000 by Roderich Kreile and the Dresdner Kreuzchor
Dresdner Kreuzchor
The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. It has a seven century history. Today the choir has about 150 members from the age of 9-19 from Dresden and the surrounding region. Most of the boys live in a boarding school. The Choir Boys are also called "Kruzianer". The...
. Duda composed four Finnish Quartets, each for a woodwind instrument and a string trio. The first was commissioned by bassoonist Lyndon Watts
Lyndon Watts
Lyndon Watts is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher.-Professional career:...
, premiered by him in 2001 and played again in Munich on 14 March 2011, together with the premiere of Bernd Redmann
Bernd Redmann
Bernd Redmann is a German composer and musicologist.-Professional career:Bernd Redmann studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, music pedagogy and composition with Dieter Acker, and music theory. He was also enrolled for musicology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München...
's Migrant and with the Bassoon Quintet
Bassoon Quintet
Bassoon Quintet is short for the Quintet of Graham Waterhouse, composed in 2003 for bassoon and string quartet.- History :...
of Graham Waterhouse
Graham Waterhouse
Graham Waterhouse is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Piccolo Quintet, Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra, and works for speaking voice and cello,...
. Duda's tuba concerto was composed for Andreas Hofmeir and premiered by him in Ingolstadt on 23 October 2010.
As a performer, he has promoted the works of local Geisenfeld composers such as Johann Feldmayr (1573–1635) and Johann Kyrzinger (1580?–1624).
Orchestra
- Lacrimae lucis Op. 22 for violin and large orchestra
- Poéme fantasque Op. 30/1 for large orchestra (commission: Schulze Delitzsch Foundation)
- EXALTATION I Op. 31/1 for organ, 10 brass players and timpani (commission: Ingolstädter Orgeltage)
- EXALTATION II Op. 31 for flute and string orchestra
- Sinfonia concertante I Op. 50 for 12 wind instruments, double bass, celesta, timpani and organ
- Sinfonia concertante II Op. 54 for piano and orchestra
- Bassoon concerto Op. 66
- Tuba concerto Op. 67/1 (commission: Andreas Hofmeir, Ingolstädter Kammerorchester)
Choral music
- Three motets Op. 3 for choir a cappella
- Nachtlieder Op. 10 for choir a cappella (Mörike, Storm, Fischer, Goethe)
- Nine Finnish madrigals Op. 14 for choir and soloists a cappella (Lassi Nummi, Viljo KajavaViljo KajavaViljo Kajava was a Finnish poet and writer. His first collections of poems were released in 1935. During his 50-year career he published nearly 40 books, most of them poems. Kavaja's "Poems of Tampere 1918" has become a symbol of the pacifistic point of view of the Finnish Civil War.- External...
) - Magnificat Op. 17 for double choir a cappella (commission: Madrigalchor der Musikhochschule München)
- Noë! Op. 21, Christmas oratorio for soloists, double choir, large orchestra and two organs (commission: Roderich Kreile, choir of the Christuskirche München)
- Laudes naturae Op. 24, motet for soprano and double choir a cappella
- Seven motets Op. 25 for choir a cappella, including
- Friede über Israel (commission: Roderich Kreile, Dresdner KreuzchorDresdner KreuzchorThe Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. It has a seven century history. Today the choir has about 150 members from the age of 9-19 from Dresden and the surrounding region. Most of the boys live in a boarding school. The Choir Boys are also called "Kruzianer". The...
) - Lobet den Herr. Halleluja! (commission: Julian Chr. Tölle, Amadeuschor)
- Harmony in music Op. 34 for men's vocal ensemble and piano (Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Poe) (commission: Singphoniker)
- Im Herbst Op. 37a cantata for three female voices and piano (Mörike, Storm, Hölderlin, Rilke)
- Missa "laetentur coeli" Op. 46 for soloists, choir, large orchestra and organ
- Requiem Op. 60 for soloists, choir, large orchestra and organ
Lied
- Sechs Lieder Op. 2 (Hermann HesseHermann HesseHermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
) for mezzo-soprano and guitar (for Monika Fröhlich) - Four Songs Op. 19 (John KeatsJohn KeatsJohn Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not...
) for bass-baritone, viola and piano - EXALTATION III Op. 31/3 (Psalm 88Psalm 88Psalm 88 is the 88th psalm from the Book of Psalms, composed by sons of Korah....
) for bass-baritone, horn, bass clarinet, cello and organ (Artionale München) - Magnificat II Marian kiitosvirsi Op. 43/2 for soprano and organ (for Pirjo Honkanen)
- Puun rukous (prayer of the tree) Op. 43/4a (Lassi Nummi) for bass and organ (for Johann Tilli)
- Fünf Psalmengesänge Op. 47 for bass and organ (commission: Johann Tilli)
- Sonnenaufgang Op. 49a for soprano, alto flute and piano (commission: Trio Cantrajano)
- Wanderer im Spätherbst Op. 49c (Hesse) for mezzo-soprano, flute and mandoline (for Barbara Hesse-Bachmaier)
- Verrinnend Op. 55a (Theodor StormTheodor StormHans Theodor Woldsen Storm , commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer.-Life:Storm was born in Husum, at the west coast of Schleswig than an independent duchy and ruled by the king of Denmark...
) for alto, bassoon and piano (for Ruth Schorgg) - Natura Finlandiae Op. 55c (Lassi Nummi) for bass and piano (for Johann Tilli)
Keyboard
- Two piano sonatas
- Fantasiestücke Op. 36 for organ in three volumes
- Fiori musicali Op. 61
Chamber music
- Sonatine Op. 1 for flute and guitar
- KAIHO (longing) Op. 23/3 for flute (for Gergely Bodoky)
- Elegie und Rhapsodie Op. 23/4 for alto saxophon and organ
- Sonate Finnischer Sommer Op. 35 for flute and piano (for Brunhild Fischer)
- Bassoon sonate Op. 52 (for Brigitte Starck)
- Sonatinas Op. 62
- Fantasia II Op. 29 for tuba and harp (for Andreas Hofmeir)
- Duo Op. 44/2 for violin and cello
- Dreamdance No. 1 Op. 55b/1
- Four quartets Op. 41 Finnish Quartets for a wind instrument and string trio:
- No. 1 bassoon (commission: Lyndon WattsLyndon WattsLyndon Watts is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher.-Professional career:...
) - No. 2 oboe d'amore (A)
- No. 3 clarinet (E flat)
- No. 4 flute (G)
- Tre Quartetti animati Op. 57/1-3 for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
- Quartetto profondo Op. 57/4 for 2 horns and 2 bassoons
- Quartetto semiserio Op. 57/5 for 4 bassoons (contrabassoon ad lib.)
- Notturno Op. 44/1 (commission: Albana Quartett)
- Five string quartets
- Five wind quintets for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
- Two brass quintets
- Quartet Op. 48/1 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano
- Two quintets for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
- Divertimento Op. 33/4
- Cassazion Op. 42/3
- Suite en Sax Op. 33/3 for saxophone octet and tuba (for Hans Blume)
- EXALTATION IV: Oiseaux grotesque „Komische Vögel“ (after Joseph Fromm) Op. 40
Early works in "old style"
- Three trios for clarinet, violin and cello
- Trios for flute, clarinet and bassoon
- Quartet in B for oboe, violin, viola and violoncello
- Two wind quintets
- Wind Octet
- Missa in B (No. 2) for soloists, choir, flute, strings and organ
- Missa brevis in Es (Nr. 4) for soloists, choir, clarinet, violin, double bass and organ
External links
- Jörg Duda Edition Tilli
- Jörg Duda k.o.m. stage and music publishing house 2011
- Der Musiker und Komponist Jörg Duda Geisenfeld 2005