David Philip Hefti

The Cadenzas for the Concertos for flute and orchestra by W. A. Mozart were written in 2022 and are dedicated to the flautist Philipp Jundt and the harpist Marie-Pierre Langlamet.

With "Sternenregen – Mosaik for Flute Solo", Edition Kunzelmann presents a fascinating and sonorous piece for solo flute. Composed in the spring of 2024 as a poetic resonance of the flute concerto "Vi...

Dedicationes is a collection of dedication miniatures that the composer wrote for friends on the occasion of special events. Over the years, these dedications have grown into a rich and colourful musi...

'à la recherche...', for clarinet, viola and piano, gropes its way forward slowly, in a manner almost fragile, searching for a binding form for itself. Thus ever greater contrasts emerge between clear...

Whole passages from the Double Concerto Sechs Klanginseln have been wrested from their context, restructured and formed into a round dance. The result is a colourful mosaic that places the original mo...

'Mormorando', music for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, refers to individual movements of Elliott Carter's 'Eight etudes and a fantasy'. These two works were composed for the same ensemble, 70 year...

This work was composed in 2017 to a commission from the CAMERATA BERN and is dedicated to the violinist Antje Weithaas. The world première took place on 14 May 2017 in the Paul Klee Centre, with the C...

'Prima nocte', Music for the first nocturnal vigil for chamber orchestra, is the first of four compositions to refer to the Roman vigils. This work utilises quartertone harmonies and revolves around t...

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Zerrissene Stille was written in 2025 for the Zug Sinfonietta and is dedicated to the memory of Wolfgang Rihm. Following the eighth string quartet Gesänge der Sehnsucht, Zerrissene Stille is Hefti's s...

At the End of Time, String Quartet No. 7, was composed for a ballet evening with Schubert's string quartet Death and the Maiden. In addition to alienated quotations, this mourning music is usually ina...

Immerse yourself in a world of profound emotion and sonic poetry with "Gesänge der Sehnsucht" (Songs of Longing, String Quartet No. 8), published by the renowned Edition Kunzelmann. In this setting fo...

The Six sound islands were composed for a concert programme entitled 'Reigen' (round dance) that the composer curated, and were intended to provide an atmospheric bridge between dances by Ligeti, Bart...

The Five Concertini for string orchestra is a tribute to Antonio Vivaldi, who composed over 500 solo concertos. The work consists of five micro-concertos for the five section leaders of the string orc...

This Fanfare for Wolfgang, for solo piccolo trumpet, was composed to celebrate the 70th birthday of Wolfgang Rihm. What could be better suited as his 70th-birthday greeting than a fanfare?

Whole passages from the Double Trumpet Concerto Final(ment)e have been wrested from their context, restructured and formed into a coda. The result is a colourful mosaic that places the original motive...