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ENJOTT SCHNEIDER – Composer

"Schneider is without doubt one of the most skilled contemporary composers."
— Reinhard Schulz, Sueddeutsche Zeitung

"(..) Schneider, probably Germany's most productive composer, is able to master a huge range of musical genres, from the melodic miniature to the philharmonic Everest." — Klaus Umbach, Der Spiegel

NEW: Orbe Rotundo - Sister work to zu Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (Download Info Brochure)

As one of Germany's most renowned composers, Enjott Schneider has created a truly comprehensive oeuvre covering all musical genres. He shapes his musical material with a skillful balance between seriousness and comprehensibility, characterised by a concise semantic content and with cross references to music history. With his expressive music Schneider is able to address existential topics and to link sound and meaning, music and content. He wrote several operas, three symphonies as well as concertos and various works for diverse soloist and orchestra combinations. His compositions for children are interesting expansions for the orchestra repertoire.

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Brochures    Works for Orchestra (including the piano concerto Neidhart's Nightmare)
                   Opera & Music Theatre (in German)
                   Orbe Rotundo - sister work to Orff's Carmina Burana
CV    word document (dt-eng)

LISTEN to audio samples - extracts:

Orbe Rotundo (2010), sister work to Orff's Carmina Burana for 3 vocal soloists, choir and orchestra
Orbe rotundo I 1:38
Nostro contio 1:40
Iam vernali tempore 1:14
Ostera I 1:37
Hexensabbat 2:23
Jensel & Gretel 1:35
Trinklied 0:48
Hiemis 2:14

Piano Concerto "Neidhart's Nightmare" (2008), Minnelied for piano and orchestra
Preludio 2:03
Estatico 5:54
Saltarello 6:16

Works for orchestra:

Symphony No. 1: Song to Life (1999), for soprano, baritone, choir, organ and orchestra
Prologue — "Of Joy" 1:24
Scherzo — "I have undergone" 1:29
Adagio sostenuto — "Fragments" 1:52
"Dreams of the Lonely" 1:08
"How should the Birds sing" 1:59
Finale — "Da pacem" 3:34

Symphony No. 2: Sisyphos (2000) for percussion and orchestra
Allegro vivace — "Punished by Gods" 1:51
Vivo — "The Liberation of Sisyphos" 1:46

Symphony No. 3: Chinese Seasons (2007) for alto, sheng and orchestra
Summer 1:12
Winter 2:00
Spring 2:18

At the Edge of Time (2006) - Reflections on Mozart’s Requiem 6:30

Changes (2003) - Concerto for sheng and orchestra
Tschen —Thunder 4:14
Touei — The Lake 3:18

Organ concerto No. 1: Echo (2002) for organ and string orchestra
Dance 0:55
Finale — Presto 0:43

Organ concetro No. 2: Hiob (2007) for organ and orchestra
Prologue 1:30
Fragmentation 1:04
Eclipse of Stars 2:05
Landscape of Screams 0:49
Epilog: Kezia (Cinnamon Blossom) 1:27

Tinguely Machine … in Memory of Jean Tinguely (2004) for 12 brass players and orchestra
Part 1 1:25
Part 2 1:28

Phoenix - Mythological Poem (2001) for oboe, percussion and string orchestra
"In the Land Before Time" 1:11
Rondo perpetuoso 0:57
"... forever" 1:23

Vivaldissimo (2002) Concerto for 2 trumpets, harpsichord and string orchestra
Allegro 1:57
Adagio 1:15
Vivo 1:03

Brahms occasionally relooped (2008) - Variations on the finale of Brahms' 4th Symphony 1:47

Aimez-vous Brahms? (2008) - An almost-Hungarian Dance 4:45

Ali and the Enchanted Jug (2002) - A musical fairy tale for children
Ali 2:53
Playing the Flute 2:45
The White Ghost 3:20
The Enchanted Jug 2:45
Sound sample of the version for octet 1:25

Teatrissimo (1997) - Ratatouille for orchestra 4:37

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