Verlagsgruppe-Hermann

SKU: M7.VGH-2690-70

ISBN 9790206660412.

The music critic, an indispensable figure in the history of music between instinctive cosmopolitan curiosity, modern nature, and also an acquired know-it-all attitude, is now a dying species. Asked to contribute a short piano miniature for a concert in the Alte Schmiede in honor of the prominent Viennese music critic Karlheinz Roschitz, I wrote my piano piece Monsieur Moderne in May 2019. The impulse for the piece and its title was given by the originality of its dedicatee, who was very aware of his vocationand who knew how to defend his opinion with the vigor that one encounters in influential and notorious representatives of his profession to this day.

SKU: M7.VGH-1897-70

ISBN 9790206660313.

This was the composer's first large piano cycle, and was written as a preliminary study for the melodrama Just an Accident? op. 9 for 2 vocalists, jazz combo and orchestra. In these studies, the composer has already given shape to the individual musical ideas that are significant for the larger work, so that the metamorphosis from piano studies to melodrama is easily recognizable.

SKU: M7.VGH-1762-70

ISBN 9790206660290.

SKU: M7.VGH-546-70

ISBN 9790206660191.

Ständchen is the German word for Serenade, which is related to the word Stehen, which means Standing. Therefore, I invented the word Sitzchen, which would mean to serenade from a sitting position. I composed these two works for the 85th birthday of Ernst Krenek, the first for violin (to be played standing), the second for piano (to be played, of course, sitting). The half-step motion EE flatE, inherent in Ernst Krenek's name, became a horizontal motif in the violin piece and a vertical line in the piano piece. In the Ständchen, the opening and its repetitions are lyrically conceived as a chorus, whereas the dancelike contrasting interludes combine elements of the old and new worlds to portray Krenek's multi-faceted life between two continents. March-like and resounding bells characterize the appearance of the piano piece.