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Jörg Iwer - the Composer

I. Operas and Choral Works

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Opera in one act
Auftragswerk des Stadttheaters Trier

Duration: ca. 80 min

First Performance: 1995, Stadttheater Trier

1 Scene

Cast:
Female voice (g-c3)
Choir (spoken text only), ca. 8-12 m/f


Orchestra:
Flute (also Altoflute and Piccolo)
Oboe
Clarinet (also Soprano Saxophon)
Trumpet
Percussion (Woodblock, Cymbal antique, Cymbals, Klangschale, 4-5 Tomtoms, Congas, Dijeridou)
Piano
Viola
Violoncello (both string instruments with pickup and Marshall-Amp)
2-channel tape recorder



Krümelnehmer

Comic opera in three acts after a short story by Günter Bruno Fuchs

Duration: ca. 120 min

First performance: 1999, Theater Nordhausen

10 scenes; to be realized as a simoltaneous stage or with moveble elements

Cast:
Krümelnehmer (Bariton)
Patenbrink (Tenor)
Isegrei (Sopran)
Kieselbratsche (Mezzosopran)
Paul de Paul (Baß)
Summerhouse gardener/ Park attendant/ Railway officer (Bariton od. hoher Baß)
Employment agency officer/ hurdy-gurdy-player (Tenorbuffo)
Jojo retailer (Bariton)
Depelmann, Porter (Baßbariton)
Father (Bariton)
Mother (Alt)
Passer-by (Tenor)
Child
Choir: SATBB

Orchestra:
2 Flutes (both also Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2. also English Horn)
2 Clarinettes (2. also Bassclarinet)
2 Bassoons (2. also Contrabassoon)

4 French Horns
3 Trumpets (2. and 3. also Flugelhorn)
3 Trombones (1. and 2. also Tenorhorn, 3. Tuba ad lib.)

Timpani, also Woodblock and Bongos
Percussion Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangel, Woodblock, Tempelblocks, Congas, Vibraphon, Xylophon, Marimbaphon; 1 - 2 Players)

Harp
Piano, also Synthesizer (Korg Prophecy)

Strings (Solo Viola with Pickup and Amp)

On the stage: Orchestrion (or Tape Recorder), French Horn, Trumpet (are played by members of the orchestra)


"...und hätte der Liebe nicht, so wäre nichts.."

(WITTENBERG 1517)
Oratorio in 11 parts, can be also played as scenic work
Comissioned by the Lutherstadt Wittenberg in connection with the EXPO 2000

Duration: ca 75 min

First performance: 2000, Theater Wittenberg

Cast:
Soli: 2 Sopranos, 2 Mezzosopranos, Tenor, 2 Baritons, Bass
Choir: SSAATTBB

or:

Soli: Mezzosoprano, high Bariton, Bass
And Soloist double quartet: SSAATTBB (with smaller soloist tasks)

Orchestra:
2 Flutes (both also Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2. also English Horn)
2 Clarinets
Bassclarinet
2 Bassoons (2. also Contrabassoon)
3 French Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones

Timpani
Percussion (3 players)

Harp
Piano
Synthesizer

Strings

On the stage:
Treble recorder
3 Trumpets in B
Fanfares in Es (vierstimmig; if possible, more than one player per part, otherwise 4 trumpets)
Kettle Drums


in preparation:

Prometheus

Opera after Aischylos

Duration: ca. 120 min

First performance: not yet planned

1 Scene

Cast:
Prometheus (Bariton)
Power (Tenor)
Force (Baß)
Hephaistos (Mezzosopran)
Okeanos (Alt)
Io (Sopran)
Hermes (Mezzosopran)

Chor (Vokalisen, pre-produced)
Speaking choir


II. Orchestral Works

Symphony in g "Strandgut"

I. Ouverture II.Scherzo con Trio III Nocturno IV Finale

First performance: 1991, Stuttgart, Liederhalle

Duration: ca 35 min

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-Timp-Perc-Hp-Str


Symphony in E flat "Le Semenze"

I. Canto diluviale II. Allegro cupo III. Ricercare

First performance: 1994, Villingen, Franziskaner-Konzerthaus

Duration: ca 27 min

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0 Timp-Perc -Hp-Str


Concerto for Violin, Wind instruments, Harp and Percussion

First performance: 1997, Villingen, Franziskaner-Konzerthaus, Solist: Demetrius Polizoides

Duration: ca. 22 min

Violin solo
2.1.Eh.2.BKlar.2-3.2.3.0 Timp-Perc -Hp-tape recorder


Scenes pour Percussion et orchestre

First performance: 2000, Villingen, Franziskaner-Konzerthaus, Solist: Reto Weber

Duration: ca 25 min

Solo: Djembe, 3 water drums, Ghatam
1.1.Eh.1.BKlar.1-1.1.2.0- Timp-Perc (2)-Klav-Str


The Bremen Town Musicians

A symphonic tale with the text of the Grimm brothers for narrator and orchestra
Auftragswerk des Stadttheaters Trier

First performance: 1994, Theater Trier, Narrator: Hans-Peter Leu

Duration: ca. 25 min

3 (2.3. also Picc).2 (2. also Eh).2.Bklar.2 (2. also CBas)-4.3.3.0- Timp-Perc (1)-Hp-Str

The Wolf and the seven little Kids

A symphonic tale with the text of the Grimm brothers for narrator and orchestra
Comissioned by the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival 2001

First performance: 2001, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Narrator: Hans Jürgen Schatz

Duration: ca 26 min

Tuba solo, concerto piccolo: Picc, Ob, Clar, Bsn, Trp, Vl, Vla, Vc
Orchestra: 1.EH.BCl.0-2.1.1.0-Timp.Perc.Hp.Pno-Strings

Night Piece

First performance: 1991, Stuttgart, Liederhalle

Duration: ca. 7 min

2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0-Timp.Pno. Str


Dramatic Ouverture

First performance: 1988, Detmold, Landestheater

Duration: ca. 8 min

2.2.2.2-4.2.3.0-Timp-Str


III. Instrumentations, Revisions

Ricercare a tre

from the "Musical Offering" by Johann Sebastian Bach

First performance: 1998, Mitteldeutsches Landestheater Wittenberg

Duration: ca 7 min

0.2.0.1-2.0.0.0-Str


Variations about "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"

after the "Canonischen Veränderungen" by Johann Sebastian Bach

First performance: 1998, Wittenberg

Duration: ca. 20 min.

2.1.Eh.2.2-2.3.3.0-Timp-Str Soli: SATB (or small choir)


First and last Fugue from "The Art of Fugue"

by Johann Sebastian Bach

First performance: 2000, Wittenberg

Duration: ca. 15 min

2.2.2.2-2.3.3.0.Timp Str. Soli SATB or small choir


Songs and Dances of the Death

by Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgski

First performance: 2001, Wittenberg

Duration: ca 20 min

Solo Voice: A oder B, Orchestra: 2.2.2.2-3.3.3.0-Timp-Str