Wilhelm Killmayer

'Humour plays a role, and my pieces are also an attempt to entertain people.' Words not often associated with contemporary music, but Wilhelm Killmayer wants to place fun and seriousness side by side....

Die kurze Messe aus dem Jahr 1955 für gemischten, achtstimmigen Chor a cappella besteht aus den Teilen Kyrie, Gloria und Agnus Dei; sie enthält kleine solistische Einschübe, die aus dem Chor besetzt w...

Wilhelm Killmayer's Sappho-Lieder bring together a previously unpublished, expressive cycle for soprano and piano based on texts by the ancient poet Sappho. The collection, which lasts around 30 minut...

für Tenor und Klavier oder Orchester

Tenor und Klavier oder Orchester

Kompositionsjahr: 2013.

Oboe, Klarinette (A), Fagott, Horn (F), 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass

As implied in the title only the white keys are used. These three serene pieces explore the specific sonority of the white keys from the lowest register to the very top.

Unlike the highly virtuoso Études d'exécution transcendante by Franz Liszt,these études by Wilhelm Killmayer are written 'in a deliberately anti-virtuosomanner, without chroma, i.e. with seven tones a...

From 19th-century tradition, we know numerous examples of clarinet sonatas which were transcribed for viola. In the present edition Killmayer's piece, originally written for viola and piano, is arrang...

The work 'Huit Poésies de Mallarmé' is one of many lyrical settings by Wilhelm Killmayer. The focus is almost entirely on the vocal part, with long sustained notes, chords or motivic fragments in the...

Sopran und Klavier