Chamber Music

Rilke-Lieder für Alt-Stimme

Der Panther – Liebeslied – Herbst

The Chilean pianist, composer and specialist in piano teaching theory Alfonso Bögeholz, who was born in 1933, studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Santiago de Chile and at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. The Rilke songs date back to 1956 in Cologne. The expressive and at the same time gentle settings unlock the Rilke texts in such a way that the listener is made aware of deeper levels of meaning.

Duet for Oboe and Bassoon

This expressive work in three movements gives both instruments a variety of mood, whereby the individuality of the characters reminds us of a dialogue between two people.

Sonata for flute and piano

Sonata para Flauta Traversa y Piano

This expressive work, composed in 1959 in Cologne, belongs with its exciting density to the musical tradition of the first half of the 20th century, and allows the performers plenty of space for virtuosity and intense dialogue.

Inventions

Invenciones para Piano

The composer’s intention is that these two- and threepart inventions, inspired by Bach, be understood as a synthesis of several epochs: baroque, romantic and modern. Utilizing the available possibilities of the modern piano, the moods of the inventions conduct a dialogue in which the most varied human feelings are expressed.

Sonata for Violin and Piano

This expressive sonata in the classic style covers a broad span from the main movement form of the sonata across an arcing melodic flow in the second movement to reach a happy virtuoso rondo.

Three Songs with French Texts

for Mezzo Soprano and Viola

In these three settings of texts by Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Moreau, the sounds as well as the meanings of the words are depicted phonetically and tonally by both the voice and the viola.

Sonata for Violin and Piano

The first movement gives musical expression to specific sound qualities, such as “soaring,” “dark,” and “bright.” The second movement takes its inspiration from the Violin Sonata in A-major by J. S. Bach. The sonata ends with a “furioso.”

Three Madrigals

for Voice and Viola

The three madrigals, based on texts by Carlo Gesualdo, Henry Pousseur and Cervantes, wonderfully blend voice and viola in a profound interpretation of the texts.

Three Madrigals

for Voice and Viola d'amore

The three madrigals, based on texts by Carlo Gesualdo, Henry Pousseur and Cervantes, wonderfully blend voice and viola d’amore in a profound interpretation of the texts.

Der Ring des Nibelungen

In „Ringmusik“, various scenes from Richard Wagner’s enormous Opus are juxtaposed to form an associative musical experience.

Tetraktys

Quartet for flute ensemble: Piccolo flute, flute, alto flute, bass flute, contra bass flute (ad. lib. bass flute)

It´s hardly conceivable that music based on a number game, could ooze such a feeling of ease, sonorous and enchanting to both player and audience. [Contemporary music for contemporaries]

Duett mit zwei obligaten Augengläsern

for Viola and Violoncello

Beethoven’s Duo, first published in 1939 by Dr. Fritz Stein at C. F. Peters, presents a humorous dialogue in which lightness and joy of playing must seize the performers. In the present edition, special emphasis has been placed on an accolade distribution that requires only a single page turn.

This edition can only be ordered from the publisher.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Adaption for 14 woodwinds

The present “Pictures at an Exhibition” disregards all common orchestral arrangements by calling for a wind instrumentation in the style of the “Gran Partita”, based on the original piano version, and thus suitable for concerts in this instrumentation as a spectacular program addition.

Der Rosenkavalier

edited as a suite for 14 wind instruments

Der Rosenkavalier as chamber music: the suite presents, in chronological order, this opera so to speak in fast motion. Many of the passages, beloved by the wind players, are also heard in this reduced instrumentation.
Performance time: approx. 36 min.