Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau

German composer
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IntroGerman composer
PlacesGermany
isMusician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
BirthRegensburg
The details

Biography

Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (born 1963 ) is a German composer of classical music.
He was born in Regensburg and studied composition with Wilhelm Killmayer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, continued in a masterclass with Hans-Jürgen von Bose from 1992 to 1994. He has been teaching music pedagogy at the Regensburg University.

Selected works

  • Der Jäger von Fall, opera after a libretto by Wilhelm Killmayer (1991)

Orchestra

  • Times Square Music for large orchestra Orchester (1990)
  • Running Riot for brass band and orchestra (1993)
  • ...mild und leise..., Tristan's death for large orchestra (2010)

Chamber music

  • Klavierquintett für Paul Celan, piano quintet (1990)
  • Berührungen for piano 4 hands and conga (1999)
  • The Day After Rendevouz for violin, tuba and tape (1992)
  • Silence invades the breathing wood for soprano, violin, viola, cello and small percussion (2011)
  • Takte und Gewichte, string quartet (2001)
  • In der Schwebe for cello and piano (2009)
  • Yolimba läßt grüßen, variations on a theme by Wilhelm Killmayer for violin and piano (2010)
  • Duo concertant for two pianos (1997)

Vocal

  • Zwei Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, songs for baritone and piano on poems by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1979): op.1/1 (Freundliche Vision), op.1/2 (Traum durch die Dämmerung)
  • Missa in excelsis, mass for women choir (2002)
  • tierisch gebildet, cantata for speaker, choir and instruments after poems by Christian Morgenstern (2004)
  • Zwei Lieder für tiefe Stimme (two songs for a low voice) on Italian texts by Aldo Palazzeschi (2008): 1) Il Passo delle Nazarene 2) Il segno

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