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Siegfried Matthus
12+ albums
germancontemporary classicalcomposerJumavocal
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Siegfried Matthus (born 13 April 1934, in Mallenuppen (now Russian: Задорожье Zadorozhye, Ozyorsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast), Landkreis Darkehmen, East Prussia) is a German composer and opera director living in Berlin and is one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers. Biography Matthus attended secondary school in Rheinsberg, followed by studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin. After graduating, he continued his studies in composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Hanns Eisler, and was shortly thereafter made the youngest composer in residence in the history of the Komische Oper Berlin by Walter Felsenstein. Matthus has written more than a dozen stage works.[2] The opera Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Cornet Christoph Rilke's song of love and death ) after Rainer Maria Rilke was completed in 1983, first performed in Dresden in 1985, performed also for example by the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1993.[3] The opera Graf Mirabeau (1987–88) is set during the French Revolution. It was commissioned for the 200th anniversary of Bastille Day and enjoyed simultaneous productions in both East and West Germany as well as Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and France. The opera has also been recorded by the Berlin State Opera. Other opera recordings include his Old Testament-based "opera vision" Judith (1984) by the Komische Oper Berlin and his Der letzte Schuss with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2003 he comp
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Concerto for 2 for Trumpet and Trombone
252Matthus: Nachtlieder: No. 1, Und die Erde war wüste und leer
203Violin Concerto: I. Allegro
124Violin Concerto: II. Theme nit variationen
105Symphony No. 2: II. Allegro assai
106Violin Concerto: V. Rondo
97Matthus: Nachtlieder: No. 4, Hier sind wir arme Narrn
88Matthus: Nachtlieder: No. 2, O schwarze Nacht
89Act I Scene 8: Lafayette besiegelt erbarmungslos die Niederlage Mirabeaus (Zeitungsjungen)
810Violin Concerto: III. Recitative - Cadence
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Matthus, S.: Graf Mirabeau [Opera]
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Matthus: Judith
Matthus, S.: Manhattan Concerto / Ariadne / Nachliche Szene Im Park / Holofernes's Aria From Judith
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Cool Rhythm
Matthus, S.: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 2
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Matthus: Graf Mirabeau
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Matthus, S.: Judith [Opera]
Matthus: Responso
Trumpet Music (Contemporary) - Hindemith, P. / Sauget, H. / Franke, B. / Thiele, S./ Bredemeyer, R. / Matthus, R.
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Musik für Tonband 1950-2000
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The Philip Smith Collection (Live)
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Siegfried Matthus: Judith (Opera) [Reuter]