What comes to mind when thinking of the Allgäu? Large natural landscapes and tradition would be the simple answer. But what does that actually mean? How should we understand the term “tradition,” and how old must habits and customs be to qualify as traditional?
The work for wind orchestra with distant brass quartet was composed on the occasion of the 1300th anniversary of Gengenbach Abbey for the Gengenbach Town Band and is structured as a grand double fugue with three counterpoints. In this case, the two themes share the counterpoints throughout large sections of the piece, until, in the …
What we needed was a piece to close the first half of the concert, themed around “France,” that had fire. And of course, the French have plenty of that, but for wind orchestra, we just couldn’t find anything that really fit. So, I took the Farandole (by Ernest Guiraud, based on melodies from L’Arlésienne by …
The Marche Funèbre was composed during the journey to the funeral of a close friend, originally written for horn, trumpet, and organ. The wind orchestra arrangement was created for the KJO Esslingen and was recorded in November 2021.
A three-movement work composed for our wedding and premiered there by the Sonus Quintet. The first movement is rhythmically highly demanding, while the subsequent movements are more accessible and lyrical in character.
The late romantic style work was created for the composition competition of the Forchhammer-Stiftung (2022), where it won the 3rd place. The six-minute build-up to the grand finale is a real challenge for every wind band and demands solo play from all musicians, but low technical requirements (Grade 4-5).
Sky’s The Limit was commissioned by the Kreisjugendblasorchster Esslingen on the occasion of our first concert since the beginning of the pandemic. In addition, it is the focus of the project “Eine Frage der Vorstellung”, in the context of which this recording was realized by the KJO Esslingen by register: https://fragedervorstellung Additional choral parts were …
A charming little polka, composed for the 60th birthday of my uncle Simon and premiered at the celebration. While not strictly traditional in style, it clearly identifies as a polka and is written for either a traditional ensemble or wind orchestra
The 2nd orchestral sonata was written in 2020 and was recorded as part of the Orchester*stücke project. In the same year I was able to win a final place in the National Band Association / William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest with the work. In 2022 the piece took first place in the composition …
The orchestra sonata was created on the occasion of the youth music camp 2019 of the BVBW, to which I was invited as conductor and composer together with Dirk Mattes and Dominik Wagner. The piece, which is characterized by the late romantic style, follows the sonata form in a broad sense. Although it is not …