RICHARD RUDOLF KLEIN

Published tracks

→Evening cantata based on words by Paul Gerhardt and Christoph Von Grimmelshausen
→ For congregational singing (or baritone solo), mixed choir, flute, and string orchestra.
→Publisher: Möseler

→Scene with comments based on words by Lieselotte Holzmeister and sayings by Angelus Silesius
→For a speaker, mixed choir, piano four hands (organ part instead of piano for the composer), and percussion (three players).
→Premiere: Wiesbaden, April 23, 1978. Hessian Singing Community, Conductor: Wolfgang Hauck
→Publisher: Fidula

→Love and wedding songs for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, and orchestra (1,1,1,1 – 2,0,0 – str.) or piano.
→Text based on the Song of Songs: Eva Rechlin
→Premiere: Hattersheim, April 21, 1985. Anneliese Meyer, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Höchst Chamber Choir, Hattersheim Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Michael Adam
→Publisher: Tonger

→Three female voices and string orchestra or three female voices and organ (piano).
→Text sources: “Ave Maria,” New Testament, The Leich (Walther vd Vogelweide).
→Premiere: Flörsheim, 27.2.1994. Bel canto ensemble (Dietburg Spohr, Carola Schlüter, Margarethe Rohrbeck), Collegium Instrumentale Alois Kottmann
→Publisher: Ferrimontana

→For mixed choir and large orchestra (2,2,2,2 – 2,3,3 – PS – Str.) or for mixed choir, piano, and percussion.
→Texts: Schi-King (Klabund), Laotse (Klabund), Fiona Macleod (Hans Trausil).
→Premiere: Frankfurt (Alte Oper), October 2nd, 1994. Mixed choir, children's choir, and orchestra of the Frankfurt schools, conductor: Wolfram Erb
→Publisher: Ferrimontana

→Based on words by Werner Bergengruen for four female voices and piano.
→Premiere: Wiesbaden (Hessian state parliament), March 15, 1998. Vocal ensemble “Cantando Cantabile,” Frank Walter (piano), conductor: Arnulf Reinhardt
→On CD “Between Dream and Waking”
→Publisher: Daimonion

→Madrigal comedy based on the comedy “Les femmes savantes” By Jean Baptiste Molière for soloists, mixed choir, and piano.
→Premiere: Selters, 12/1/1996. Hessian Singing Community, Conductor: Wolfgang Hauck
→Publisher: Daimonion

→Aphorisms based on themes by WA Mozart and words by JW von Goethe for soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra.
→UA: Landau-Nußdorf, March 12, 2006. Jutta Zech-Kuruc, mixed choir and instrumentalists, conductor Klaus Hoffmann
→Publisher: Daimonion

→Cantata based on Irish texts for bass solo, mixed choir, and piano.
→Publisher: Daimonion

Christian Harper · Richard R Klein - Cantatas

unPublished tracks

Praise of Music, Small Cantata (1957)
Summer Evening Music, Small Cantata (1960)
Viva la musica, cantata for mixed choir, short version (1960)
Cheerful Diptych, for Orchestra
Cantata of thanks and petition, small cantata (1959)

Still lies the world, winter cantata for cantor, mixed choir, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, and Vc (1951)
Now that the day has passed, cantata for alto (baritone) solo, mixed choir, and chamber orchestra

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Richard Rudolf Klein's instrumental compositions weave a tapestry of timeless melodies and harmonies. From orchestral masterpieces to intimate chamber music, his instrumental works capture the essence of his creative journey through music history.

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