Bertold Hummel

Die Fantasia II entstand auf Anregung des Schweizer Cellisten Julius Berger und wurde beim Cello-Festival 1993 in Kronberg/Ts. von ihm uraufgeführt. Das Werk verarbeitet die vertonbaren Buchstaben der...

With the Eight Fragments Bertold Hummel has successfully created a most impressive work. Uncommonly concentrated in the evoking of atmosphere and reflecting the texts strongly, these dark grey songs -...

A harmonically and rhythmically interesting yet not too challenging work in a moderately contemporary idiom which is suitable for recitals or competitions.

Despite the Concertante Overture being almost 60 years old, the piece nevertheless captures listeners through its young and carefree freshness. The string orchestra is joined by solo winds and percuss...

Despite the Concertante Overture being almost 60 years old, the piece nevertheless captures listeners through its young and carefree freshness. The string orchestra is joined by solo winds and percuss...

Hummel wrote three versions of the four-minute fantasias: the original version for basset horn as well as versions for solo bass clarinet and solo bassoon. The most effective version undoubtedly is th...

The title of this piece refers to a melody written over a vowel for singing exercises to train the agility and control of pitch and its timbre. To accompany it, this edition for clarinet and piano app...

The composer keeps interrupting the recurring theme of Drigo by surprising stops and cadential interjections. Here as well, the mischievous gestures referring to a Harlequin cannot be missed while at...

Bertold Hummel is famous for being a versatile composer with regard to different musical genres. The piece 'in honorem', dedicated to Klaus Hashagen on the occasion of his 70th birthday, was recorded...

It was on the initiative of Stefan Eblenkamp, the percussionist, and the inspiration Bertold Hummel got from the paintings by Andreas Felger that made him compose these eight movements. The individual...

Hummel verarbeitet das Tonmaterial im gemäßigt modernen Satz, die polyphone Stimmführung verdichtet sich am Ende zu kraftvollen akkordischen Blöcken. Die Paraphrase ist harmonisch interessant, die tec...

In seinem Arrangement präsentiert Bertold Hummel das im Original zweistimmige Klavierstück in patchworkartiger Verteilung auf vier Stimmen und erschliesst auf diese Weise vier Percussion-Spielern glei...

Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad lib.) oder Streichorchester