Enjott Schneider: Partituras medio

Commissioned for the International Choral Festival 'Europa cantat', this little cheerful madrigal was written in 2006 by the composer Enjott Schneider (*1950) from Munich. The Latin text ('Trinklied'...

Nocturnes have a long tradition - from the notturni by Mozart and Haydn via the nocturnes of the Romantic era to Chopin who elevated the genre to fascinating character piece: He created ambivalently s...

A musical fun piece with an astonishing outcome: Even played backwards, Bach's famous Toccata in D minor is a decent, indeed brilliant piece which is nice to listen to.

In the center of this work is the melody of the middle section Moon reflected on the Erquan Spring (Erquan Yingyue) composed 1949 by the blind Erhu player Hua Yanjun. The melody rapidly spread through...

Enjott Schneider, professor of music theory and film composition at the Munich Academy of Music, is one of the most versatile composers of our time. His oeuvre ranges from classical choral and instrum...

Nocturnes have a long tradition - from the notturni by Mozart and Haydn via the nocturnes of the Romantic era to Chopin who elevated the genre to fascinating character piece: He created ambivalently s...

This work drew its inspiration from the famous picture of the Virgin Mary 'Gnadenbild Mariahilf' (1537) by Lucas Cranach the Elder which shows Mary as a woman of delicate beauty and modest sensuality...

Advent is a magical and mysterious season stretching across several long weeks: It is a culture of waiting. Hoping in the dark and in obscurity. Humility, quiet and togetherness - without the commerci...

'Sonnengesang' [Canticle of the Sun] is part of world literature and has had a decisive influence on Italian poetry. It is considered to be the 'lullaby of the Italian language'. The musical setting o...

St. Nicolas Church in Leipzig: the 9th of October 1989 saw the last great peace prayer with the Beatitudes, followed by the momentous non-violent peace demonstration. The famous film composer Enjott S...

St. Nicolas Church in Leipzig: the 9th of October 1989 saw the last great peace prayer with the Beatitudes, followed by the momentous non-violent peace demonstration. The famous film composer Enjott S...

St. Nicolas Church in Leipzig: The 9th of October 1989 saw the last great peace prayer with the Beatitudes, followed by the momentous non-violent peace demonstration. The famous film composer Enjott S...

With his 'Omaggio a Vivaldi' Enjott Schneider drew a musical portrait of the Italian Baroque master. Whereas the first movement illuminates the topic of Vivaldi's scandalous relationship with the prim...

Enjott Schneider's Concerto for violoncello takes up the Sumerian legend of the bird deity 'Dugud' in archaic scenes. Legend has it that Princess Emeshe was impregnated by the hermaphrodite - half eag...

In 'Kinderfreuden' Enjott Schneider perfectly manages to set the five - partly absurdly funny - poems by Wilhelm Busch to music. The texts of 'Die Tute', 'Verfrüht', 'Kurz und grob', 'Selbstgefällig'...