Volker David Kirchner
About Volker David Kirchner
Volker David Kirchner, born in Mainz on 25 June 1942, comes from a family with a long musical tradition. He studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory of Mainz from 1956-1959 with Günter Kehr (violin) and Günter Raphael (composition) and at the Cologne Musikhochschule from 1959-1963 where he also attended master classes of Bernd Alois Zimmermann. He was solo violist of the Cologne Rheinisches Kammerorchester (1962-1964), and after further studies with Tibor Varga in Detmold, he was taken on as violist in the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. As violist of the Kehr Trio, he toured South America, North Africa and the Near East, studying thoroughly non-European music.In parallel to his work as orchestra musician, he founded the Ensemble 70 in Wiesbaden in 1970 and worked as composer of incidental music at the Wiesbaden Hessisches Staatstheater from 1972-1974. Since 1988 Volker David Kirchner has worked as freelance composer; his work covers all genres, including numerous works for the music theatre and in particular chamber music and orchestral works. His opera Gilgamesh, commissioned by the Niedersächsische Staatsoper of Hanover on the occasion of the EXPO 2000, was premiered in May 2000, his latest opera Ahasver, commissioned by the Bielefeld Theatre, was firstly given in Bielefeld in May 2001.
Volker David Kirchner has been awarded numerous prizes and honours, including the Award of the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate for Young Composers, for his first opera Die Trauung (1974), the Arts Award of the Rhineland-Palatinate (1977), the Gutenberg Medal of the City of Mainz (1992), the Music Award of the Rheingau Music Festival (first prize, 1994) and, in 1995, the Composition Award of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the Kreissparkasse of Hanover. In 1992 he became a member of the advisory board of the Villa Musica Foundation in Mainz.
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: flute, horn, viola, cello and pianoProduct number: ED 9511Product TypeIn stockAs low as €18.99Incl. Tax -
für großes OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: large orchestra
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für Sopran, Mezzosopran, Alt, großes Orchester und TonbandComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, large orchestra and tapeLanguage: Ancient Greek, German
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ED 9373Product TypeIn stockAs low as €23.99Incl. Tax -
mit obligater KlarinetteComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: String quartet with obligatory Clarinet (b)Product number: ED 9374In stock€36.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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oder Die Besichtigung eines ZeitaltersComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Drei MeditationenComposer: Volker David KirchnerSeries: Cello Library
Edition Schott
Instrumentation: celloProduct number: CB 170Product TypeIn stockAs low as €14.99Incl. Tax -
für Sopran, Bass, Sprecher, zwei gemischte Chöre und großes OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soprano, bass, speaker, 2 mixed choirs and large orchestraLanguage: Latin
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MusikdramaComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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für OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerInterpreter: Bodo HersenOrchestra/ensemble: Blaeser Ensemble Mainz | Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden | Kreisler TrioConductor: Siegfried Koehler | Klaus Rainer SchoellMedia Type: CDProduct number: WER 61032In stock€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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für OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Full and study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Bildnisse II
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ED 7251In stock€36.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Hommage à W. A. MozartComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Full and study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Bildnisse III
Instrumentation: small orchestraProduct number: ED 8181 Q38359In stock€15.99Incl. Tax -
Hommage à W. A. MozartComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: small orchestra
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Choralvariationen
Instrumentation: 15 Solo stringsProduct number: ED 7880In stock€22.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
für 15 SolostreicherComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 15 solostrings
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Three PiecesProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €15.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerEdition: Piano reduction with solo partSeries: Konzert
Instrumentation: oboe and orchestraProduct number: ED 8944Product TypeIn stockAs low as €16.99Incl. Tax -
Ein deutsches MärchenComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Ein deutsches Märchen. Szenische Ballade in drei TeilenComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoSeries: Das kalte Herz
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Ein musikalisches Hors d'oeuvreComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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(Hommage à Picasso)Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons (2. also contrabassoon), 2 trumpets (C) and 2 trombonesProduct number: ED 8015In stock€32.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Abgesangsszene für Knabenstimme und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: boy's voice and orchestraLanguage: German
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Szenisches Requiem in zwölf BildernComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Oper in drei Akten nach dem Schauspiel von Witold GombrowiczComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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"Abgesang" für tiefe Stimme und großes OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: low voice and large orchestraLanguage: German
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nach Texten aus "West-östlicher Divan"Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: medium voice, horn, violin, cello and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 7556Out of stock€24.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Threnos in zwei Teilen nach der Orestie des AischylosComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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QuartetComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: clarinet, violin, cello and pianoProduct number: ED 8418In stock€50.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Threnos für OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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NotturnoComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: string sextetProduct number: ED 8327In stock€44.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Trilogie für Orchester (mit Knabenstimme)Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra (with boy soprano)Language: German
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Oper in drei TeilenComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Epitaph für drei Knabenstimmen und KammerensembleComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 3 boy's voices and KammerensembleLanguage: German
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für OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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PoemaComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: clarinet, horn, piano, violin, viola and celloProduct number: ED 8927In stock€44.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Szenische Momente nach Texten aus "Romeo und Julia" von William Shakespeare und Sonetten von MichelangeloComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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für Oboe und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: oboe and orchestra
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für Horn und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: horn and orchestra
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für Violine und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and orchestra
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14 StationenComposer: Volker David KirchnerEdition: Score and partsSeries: Oboe Library
Instrumentation: 2 oboes and cor anglaisProduct number: OBB 43Product TypeIn stockAs low as €21.99Incl. Tax -
nach Claudio Monteverdis Madrigal "Lamento della ninfa" aus "Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi"Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: horn and pianoProduct number: ED 7527Product TypeIn stockAs low as €12.99Incl. Tax -
Five TangosComposer: Volker David KirchnerSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9214Product TypeIn stockAs low as €14.99Incl. Tax -
Notturno für großes OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: large orchestra
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für Soli (SMezTBB), Chor und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: soloists (SMezTBB), choir and orchestraLanguage: Latin
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für Soli, Chor und OrchesterComposer: Volker David KirchnerInterpreter: Alison Browner | Mads Elung-Jensen | Balthasar Hens | Matthias Juettner | Maria Karb-Bienefeld | Johannes M. Koesters | Gregory Reinhart | Albert SchoenbergerConductor: Mathias BreitschaftChoir: Domkantorei St. Martin | Mainzer DomchorOrchestra/ensemble: Mainzer DomorchesterMedia Type: CDProduct number: WER 62622In stock€12.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Volker David KirchnerMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Score and parts, Score = FacsimileInstrumentation: altoflute, horn, viola d'amore, cello and pianoProduct number: ED 7364 Q46677In stock€39.99Incl. Tax