Angel Songs
Poets and composers have regularly been inspired by angels for texts, images or melodies. Peter Schindler has set to music an angel song cycle based on the wonderful lyrics of Hugo Ball, Martin Luther, Eduard Mörike, Friedrich Rückert, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, as well as Psalm 91, which can be performed at any time of the year, as a whole or partially, as a concert interlude or an encore, and of course during Christmastime. The six angel songs can be performed with different vocal settings (1- to 4-part S, SA, SSA or SATB) and piano accompaniment. All four vocal versions can be combined as desired and sung simultaneously, as well as – additionally or alternatively – with string quartet/quintet. For each song there is a descant notated in C or B flat ad lib. In this way, the songs can be compiled individually for singers of all ages and easily rehearsed and performed. All possibilities are open for the joint concert experience of adult and children’s choirs.
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Composer
Peter Schindler
| 1960Composer, pianist and organist Peter Schindler writes and performs music for ballets and theatrical performances, films and dramatic recordings, instrumental and choral arrangements, chansons and sacred works. He is particularly passionate about his compositions for children and young adults, which has come to comprise hundreds of humourous children’s songs (Kinderhits mit Witz). His full-length musicals include Geisterstunde auf Schloss Eulenstein (Witching Hour at Eulenstein Castle), Max und die Käsebande (Max and the Cheese Gang), König Keks (Cookie King), Zirkus Furioso (Circus Allegro), and SCHOCKORANGE. These musicals are some of the most frequently played pieces of their kind by children’s and youth choirs in German-speaking theaters and schools. With his first English musical Circus Allegro, Peter’s hugely sucessful work for all kids under 100 is now also accessible to audiences around the world. Personal details
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Composer
Peter Schindler
| 1960Composer, pianist and organist Peter Schindler writes and performs music for ballets and theatrical performances, films and dramatic recordings, instrumental and choral arrangements, chansons and sacred works. He is particularly passionate about his compositions for children and young adults, which has come to comprise hundreds of humourous children’s songs (Kinderhits mit Witz). His full-length musicals include Geisterstunde auf Schloss Eulenstein (Witching Hour at Eulenstein Castle), Max und die Käsebande (Max and the Cheese Gang), König Keks (Cookie King), Zirkus Furioso (Circus Allegro), and SCHOCKORANGE. These musicals are some of the most frequently played pieces of their kind by children’s and youth choirs in German-speaking theaters and schools. With his first English musical Circus Allegro, Peter’s hugely sucessful work for all kids under 100 is now also accessible to audiences around the world. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Friedrich Rückert
| 1788-1866Friedrich Rückert, geb. 1788 in Schweinfurt, gest. 1866 bei Coburg. Lyriker und Übersetzer. Professor für orientalische Philologie in Erlangen. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Peter Schindler
| 1960Composer, pianist and organist Peter Schindler writes and performs music for ballets and theatrical performances, films and dramatic recordings, instrumental and choral arrangements, chansons and sacred works. He is particularly passionate about his compositions for children and young adults, which has come to comprise hundreds of humourous children’s songs (Kinderhits mit Witz). His full-length musicals include Geisterstunde auf Schloss Eulenstein (Witching Hour at Eulenstein Castle), Max und die Käsebande (Max and the Cheese Gang), König Keks (Cookie King), Zirkus Furioso (Circus Allegro), and SCHOCKORANGE. These musicals are some of the most frequently played pieces of their kind by children’s and youth choirs in German-speaking theaters and schools. With his first English musical Circus Allegro, Peter’s hugely sucessful work for all kids under 100 is now also accessible to audiences around the world. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Adelheid Wette
| 1858-1916
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Songwriter / Librettist
Maik Brandenburg
| 1962
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Songwriter / Librettist
Hugo Ball
| 1886-1927
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Songwriter / Librettist
Eduard Mörike
| 1804-1875Eduard Mörike, geb. 1804 in Ludwigsburg, gest. 1875 in Stuttgart. Studium der Theologie. Von 1834 bis 1843 Pfarrer in Cleversulzbach. 1855 Hofrat, 1856 Professor. Bedeutender Lyriker und Prosaist. Freundschaft mit Johann Strauß und Paul Heyse. Personal details
Reviews
... Schindler erweist sich als erfahrener und mit allen stilistischen Wassern gewaschener Arrangeur, der vor allem im Pop- und Jazzbereich zu Hause ist und sich darauf versteht, leichte, aber nicht seichte Musik zu schreiben, die gut klingt und Laune macht. Das ist hier bestens gelungen.
Guido Krawinkel, Chorzeit, 11/2020
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