H.C3.B6lderlin-Lieder Song cycles (Killmayer)

a first cycle hölderlin-lieder, setting 19 poems late period, composed between 1982 , 1985. tenor voice accompanied piano or orchestra. orchestral version premiered in munich on 3 februar 1986 peter schreier bayerisches staatsorchester, conducted wolfgang sawallisch. piano version first performed on 23 august 1989 part of festival frankfurt feste, christoph prégardien , siegfried mauser.

a second cycle, setting 18 poems late period same scoring tenor voice composed between 1982 , 1985. orchestral version premiered @ salzburg festival on 14 august 1987 peter schreier , orf-symphonieorchester, conducted lothar zagrosek. piano version first performed, first cycle, on 23 august 1989 prégardien , mauser. singer recorded in 2010 4 songs of second cycle, songs robert schumann , gustav mahler titled wanderer, in arrangement small ensemble composer. reviewer notes killmayer demonstrates real affinity romantic poet , describes arrangement highly attractive scores spare , finely wrought chamber accompaniments .

a third cycle, setting 7 poems late period tenor , piano, composed between 1983 , 1992. premiered in vienna on 22 november 1991 wien wien modern prégardien , mauser. recorded in 2017 markus schäfer , mauser, 2 cycles after trakl, in 2017, titled sommersneige (summer s end).

prégardien , mauser recorded 3 cycles in 1992. reviewer gramophone notes killmayer thought of poet s last period possessed special understanding of reality . describes moments of dissonance, , unusual textural dispositions , focused on simple chordal , melodic patterns, not create atmosphere of expressionistic anguish, suggest calm, joyous acceptance of inevitable .