Barbara Heller

The piano cycle 'The Year” - quite an obvious subject but still without example in the history of music when it was composed in 1841 - was published for the first time in 1989 and is probably Fanny He...

Composer Barbara Heller has been challenging the artistic imagination for many years by using a limited amount of musical material in her works. An example of this approach can be seen in her work as...

This collection tells little stories on the piano, written for some very young pianists. Each title sets a musical and technical challenge. Individual pieces may be put together to tell a longer story...

Barbara Heller compuso Inner Dialogue con un material sonoro formado por varias series de intervalos, que se unen a modo de diálogo. La compositora se centra en movimientos ascendentes y descendentes....

Female composers such as Germaine Tailleferre, Johanna Senfter or Grazyna Bacewicz are currently enjoying growing popularity again. This volume aims to encourage this and brings together pieces for A...

Patchwork, das 3. Streichquartett von Barbara Heller (Schott ED 20775), gibt es jetzt auch in der Version für Streichorchester. 'Patchwork' macht Freude mit seinem heiteren, luftigen und leichten Char...

En esta composición, Barbara Heller utiliza la canción Lalai, creada en Teherán en 1973. Es una canción de resistencia contra el régimen del sha y trata de una madre que canta una nana a su hijo y le...

Después de algunos experimentos con trompeta y violonchelo, Heller tuvo la visión de unas líneas de trompeta muy esquemáticas y solistas, que se formaban a partir de sonidos de violonchelo dispersos....

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

Patchwork, the third string quartet by Barbara Heller, with its cheerful and light character, is an enjoyable piece. Playfully flowing figures, often in pizzicato, alternate with 'still soundscapes'....

The pieces were written in the manner of diary entries, some can be played either on treble or descant recorder.'The recorder was my first instrument as a child and I learnt to play all manner of song...

Autumn Music for viola and piano is dedicated to the pianist Maria Grazyna Kulka. The string part of the original version for cello and piano (Schott CB 265) has been reworked for the Kulka Duo. Autum...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

To write new music for music lessons is the special concern of the composer Barbara Heller. This cycle was created in collaboration with two cello teachers. It consists of 7 pieces in common notation...

Barbara Heller's duet 'Herbstmusik' [Autumnal Music] for cello and piano is a short piece of 5-6 minutes' duration which is as vibrant and colourful as the season itself and a welcome addition to the...

The fourth volume in this series of female composers is dedicated to works of the 19th and 20th century. The pieces by Violetta Dinescu, Caroline Ansink, Myriam Marbe and Lucie Robert-Diessel have bee...

The edition 'Klangblumen' by Barbara Heller (originally for piano, ED 20374) is now available for flute too.Each of the 14 pieces has a particular focus, such as a certain interval, a special playing...

Barbara Hellers Klangblumen gibt es neben der Ausgabe für Klavier (Schott ED 20374) und Violine und Harfe (Schott VLB 136) nun auch für Harfe solo. Jedes der 17 Stücke weist einen besonderen Schwerpun...

The formal structure of this organ chorale with solo clarinet follows a Jewish death prayer. The solo clarinet represents the chant of the traditional prayer leader while the organ plays the response...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

In 1998 Barbara Heller created this exceedingly poetic song cycle. Filled with calm serenity 'Come una colomba' is steeped in the beauty of nature, colour and light. The poems by the father of modern...

In this composition Barbara Heller uses the song Lalai created in Tehran in 1973. It is a song of resistance against the Shah regime and is about a mother who sings a lullaby to her child and tells th...

Barbara Heller's collection 'For 4 Hands' contains short pieces for piano duet. The entertaining little pieces were created in Munich in 1962 during her time as teacher at the Youth Music School. The...