Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Zimmermann once characterised himself as being 'a mixture of monk and Dionysos from the banks of the Rhine'. Large-scale, explosive works of all genres are balanced by an almost ascetic reticence. The...

Zimmermann once characterised himself as being 'a mixture of monk and Dionysos from the banks of the Rhine'. Large-scale, explosive works of all genres are balanced by an almost ascetic reticence. The...

With this work, Zimmermann created a score just as transparent as effective and witty which is based on the vigorous melody of the Rhenish dances.

1. Stimme in B / Melodiestimme (Violinschlüssel): Klarinette, Trompete, Flügelhorn, Sopran-Saxophon

1. Stimme in B / Melodiestimme (Violinschlüssel): Klarinette, Trompete, Flügelhorn, Sopran-Saxophon

These two movements were originally intended for Kleine Suite for violin and piano (ED 7564), but were exchanged for the 'official' second movement published in the suite. Over the course of the revie...

Again and again, there happen to be possibilities to bring early and previously unpublished music by B. A. Zimmermann to light - as is the case with this 'Song of Abelone' on a poem by Rainer Maria Ri...

Again and again, there happen to be possibilities to bring early and previously unpublished music by B. A. Zimmermann to light - as is the case with this 'Song of Abelone' on a poem by Rainer Maria Ri...

Wörtlich übersetzt ist das Libretto ein 'kleines Buch', ein 'Büchlein'. Doch nicht irgendein Büchlein. Seit es Opern gibt, gibt es die Textbücher dazu. Oft erzählen die Universalsprache Musik und der...