This Web 1.0 webpage is no longer maintained, but will remain online for
historical reasons. To stay informed on my compositional activities after
2014, please visit my Weblog. Thanks
for 15 good years! - S.H. 2015-10-22
This collection comprises my instrumental music for various
ensembles. The composition process was sometimes inspired by
algorithmic composition software, sometimes not. All music here can and
should be played live on stage, but here it is realized with virtual
instruments (=samples).
Learn more on Sykorujabing (2014) here (in German).
Learn more on Sonate 2006 (2014) here (in German).
Marianische Suite derived from "Tanz, Marie!", a
project with Würzburg-based dancer Andrea Kneis. It was composed for 3
pianos or 3 MIDI keyboards in 2012. The MIDI version here is
GM-compatible, it plays on any soundcard.
Improvisation für Blechbläser is a 2011 composition
for 8 different brass instruments: piccolo trumpet, trumpet, trombone,
wagner tuba, tuba, bass trombone, contrabass trombone and contrabass
tuba. It evolveld from a straight improvisation on a MIDI keyboard. To
play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special Edition
Brass Standard + Extended Libraries by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help
here.
2010 is an orchestral composition for Strings (Violas,
Double Basses), Brass (French Horns, Contrabass Tuba), Winds (Oboe,
Englishhorn, Bassoon), Piano, and Percussion (Marimba, Rails, Concert
Toms, and Cymbal). To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own
the following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings (Standard),
Brass (Extended), Woodwinds (Standard), Percussion (Standard). Get more
technical help here.
2005 is an orchestral composition for Strings (Violas
and Double Basses only), Brass (3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 8(!) French
Horns), Percussion (Vibraphone, Gongs, Crotales, Rails, Wind Chimes and
- last not least - a Thundersheet) and a Piano, which is tuned one
quarter-tone (50 cents) lower than all other instruments. The
composition's name fills a gap in the "Jahreszahlen" series. Back in
2005, I worked on a composition that primarily was called "2005", but
it developed in another direction and was renamed to "Cello Scene".
Later on, I continued the "Jahreszahlen" series with "2006" and so the
gap came into being. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own
the following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings (Standard),
Brass (Extended), Percussion (Standard). Get more technical help
here.
The Improvisation für Streichorchester is for a large
String Orchestra of Violins, Violas, Celli and Double Basses. It
evolveld from a straight improvisation on a MIDI keyboard in autumn
2009. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special
Edition Strings Standard Library by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help
here.
My second string quartet Streichquartett 2009 evolved
from a quick sketch done in summer 2009. It is my first composition to
use Vienna Instruments To play this composition via MIDI,
you have to own the Special Edition Strings Standard Library. Get more
technical help here.
2009 is a chamber music composition for Contrabass,
Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Piccolo Flute, Flute, Piano and
Vibraphone. The music was laptop-composed during a
"composer-in-residence" vacation in Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany)
in August 2009. The piece shifts between elegiac sections at the
beginning and at the end to a Reggae-like minimalistic section in the
composition's center. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to
own the following Special Edition Standard Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings, Woodwinds,
Brass, Percussion. Get more technical help here.
For Marimba emerged from a piano improvisation in
September 2008. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the
Special Edition Percussion Standard Library by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help
here.
2008 is a chamber music composition for Violin, Viola,
Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Flute, Oboe, Englishhorn,
Contrabassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piano and Marimba. The music
was laptop-composed during a "composer-in-residence" vacation in
Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany) in August 2007. A rhythmically and
harmonically freewheeling section in the composition's center is
sharply contrasted by two rigidly minimalistic sections at the
beginning and at the end of the piece. To play this composition via
MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Standard Libraries
by Vienna Instruments: Strings,
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion. Get more technical help here.
The Streichquartett 2007 (String Quartet 2007) was
composed very fast in the last days of February - 2007, of course.
2007 (Lieberose) is a chamber music composition for
Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Flute, Oboe,
Englishhorn, Contrabassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piano and Marimba.
The music was laptop-composed during a "composer-in-residence" vacation
in Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany) in rainy summer 2006. It's in an
almost pure minimalist style.
Bernhard is a composition for string orchestra,
composed in 2006. Learn more about the composition's concept here (in German).
The Cello Scene for Cello, Contrabassoon, Celesta,
Harp and Percussion was composed in 2006.
2006 is an orchestral composition for Strings, Brass,
2 Pianos and 2 Marimbas. It consists of almost pure contrapunctual
minimal music in the tradition of Steve Reich. The music was
desktop-composed in spring and summer 2006 using a MIDI Keyboard and a
sequencer. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the
following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings Standard, Brass
Standard, Brass Extended, Percussion Standard. Get more technical help
here.
For Harp and For Guitar were created
in Autumn 2005 using Music Mouse by
Laurie Spiegel.
2004 is a chamber music composition for 2 Violins,
Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Flute, Oboe,
Englishhorn, Bassoon, Clarinet, and Percussion written in 2005. The
music was desktop-composed with a MIDI Keyboard and a sequencer.
2003 is an orchestral composition for Strings, Brass,
Celesta, Harp, Percussion and Piano, which is tuned one quarter-tone
(50 cents) lower than all other instruments. The music was
desktop-composed in 2003 using a MIDI Keyboard and a sequencer.
Clarinet Scene is a piece of chamber music for
Clarinet, Cello, Contrabass, Oboe, Englishhorn und Contrabassoon
written in 2001. Its musical base material was generated with Christian
Banasik's software AFSTS.
The Septett is an 8-piece suite of 7 small
compositions (the last set is a reprise of the first one) composed in
2001. It is written for 2 Trumpets, 2 Violas, Accordion, Guitar, Banjo,
Contrabass and Percussion (o.k. that's nine instruments, nevertheless,
no more than 7 musicians are playing simultaneously). Sets 1, 2 and 5
were written with the help of Paul Whalley's algorithmic composition
softwareTangent, Sets 3, 5, 6 and 7
are inspired by Lars Kindermann's sonification tool MusiNum. [Editorial Hint: Earlier versions of
this music were published here under "Theatermusiken" and "Morbient".]
This collection comprises my instrumental music for various ensembles. The composition process was sometimes inspired by algorithmic composition software, sometimes not. All music here can and should be played live on stage, but here it is realized with virtual instruments (=samples).
Learn more on Sykorujabing (2014) here (in German).
Learn more on Sonate 2006 (2014) here (in German).
Marianische Suite derived from "Tanz, Marie!", a project with Würzburg-based dancer Andrea Kneis. It was composed for 3 pianos or 3 MIDI keyboards in 2012. The MIDI version here is GM-compatible, it plays on any soundcard.
Improvisation für Blechbläser is a 2011 composition for 8 different brass instruments: piccolo trumpet, trumpet, trombone, wagner tuba, tuba, bass trombone, contrabass trombone and contrabass tuba. It evolveld from a straight improvisation on a MIDI keyboard. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special Edition Brass Standard + Extended Libraries by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help here.
2010 is an orchestral composition for Strings (Violas, Double Basses), Brass (French Horns, Contrabass Tuba), Winds (Oboe, Englishhorn, Bassoon), Piano, and Percussion (Marimba, Rails, Concert Toms, and Cymbal). To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings (Standard), Brass (Extended), Woodwinds (Standard), Percussion (Standard). Get more technical help here.
2005 is an orchestral composition for Strings (Violas and Double Basses only), Brass (3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 8(!) French Horns), Percussion (Vibraphone, Gongs, Crotales, Rails, Wind Chimes and - last not least - a Thundersheet) and a Piano, which is tuned one quarter-tone (50 cents) lower than all other instruments. The composition's name fills a gap in the "Jahreszahlen" series. Back in 2005, I worked on a composition that primarily was called "2005", but it developed in another direction and was renamed to "Cello Scene". Later on, I continued the "Jahreszahlen" series with "2006" and so the gap came into being. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings (Standard), Brass (Extended), Percussion (Standard). Get more technical help here.
The Improvisation für Streichorchester is for a large String Orchestra of Violins, Violas, Celli and Double Basses. It evolveld from a straight improvisation on a MIDI keyboard in autumn 2009. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special Edition Strings Standard Library by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help here.
My second string quartet Streichquartett 2009 evolved from a quick sketch done in summer 2009. It is my first composition to use Vienna Instruments To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special Edition Strings Standard Library. Get more technical help here.
2009 is a chamber music composition for Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Piccolo Flute, Flute, Piano and Vibraphone. The music was laptop-composed during a "composer-in-residence" vacation in Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany) in August 2009. The piece shifts between elegiac sections at the beginning and at the end to a Reggae-like minimalistic section in the composition's center. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Standard Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion. Get more technical help here.
For Marimba emerged from a piano improvisation in September 2008. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the Special Edition Percussion Standard Library by Vienna Instruments. Get more technical help here.
2008 is a chamber music composition for Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Flute, Oboe, Englishhorn, Contrabassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piano and Marimba. The music was laptop-composed during a "composer-in-residence" vacation in Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany) in August 2007. A rhythmically and harmonically freewheeling section in the composition's center is sharply contrasted by two rigidly minimalistic sections at the beginning and at the end of the piece. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Standard Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion. Get more technical help here.
The Streichquartett 2007 (String Quartet 2007) was composed very fast in the last days of February - 2007, of course.
2007 (Lieberose) is a chamber music composition for Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Flute, Oboe, Englishhorn, Contrabassoon, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Piano and Marimba. The music was laptop-composed during a "composer-in-residence" vacation in Lieberose (Brandenburg / Germany) in rainy summer 2006. It's in an almost pure minimalist style.
Bernhard is a composition for string orchestra, composed in 2006. Learn more about the composition's concept here (in German).
The Cello Scene for Cello, Contrabassoon, Celesta, Harp and Percussion was composed in 2006.
2006 is an orchestral composition for Strings, Brass, 2 Pianos and 2 Marimbas. It consists of almost pure contrapunctual minimal music in the tradition of Steve Reich. The music was desktop-composed in spring and summer 2006 using a MIDI Keyboard and a sequencer. To play this composition via MIDI, you have to own the following Special Edition Libraries by Vienna Instruments: Strings Standard, Brass Standard, Brass Extended, Percussion Standard. Get more technical help here.
For Harp and For Guitar were created in Autumn 2005 using Music Mouse by Laurie Spiegel.
2004 is a chamber music composition for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Flute, Oboe, Englishhorn, Bassoon, Clarinet, and Percussion written in 2005. The music was desktop-composed with a MIDI Keyboard and a sequencer.
2003 is an orchestral composition for Strings, Brass, Celesta, Harp, Percussion and Piano, which is tuned one quarter-tone (50 cents) lower than all other instruments. The music was desktop-composed in 2003 using a MIDI Keyboard and a sequencer.
Clarinet Scene is a piece of chamber music for Clarinet, Cello, Contrabass, Oboe, Englishhorn und Contrabassoon written in 2001. Its musical base material was generated with Christian Banasik's software AFSTS.
The Septett is an 8-piece suite of 7 small compositions (the last set is a reprise of the first one) composed in 2001. It is written for 2 Trumpets, 2 Violas, Accordion, Guitar, Banjo, Contrabass and Percussion (o.k. that's nine instruments, nevertheless, no more than 7 musicians are playing simultaneously). Sets 1, 2 and 5 were written with the help of Paul Whalley's algorithmic composition softwareTangent, Sets 3, 5, 6 and 7 are inspired by Lars Kindermann's sonification tool MusiNum. [Editorial Hint: Earlier versions of this music were published here under "Theatermusiken" and "Morbient".]