dance macabre

[In memoriam Ingrid Kreutz]

Soprano recorder & live electronic [2006]

Composition commission on the occasion of the ERTA competition 2006 for Maria Hofmann [double 1st prize winner].

The composition was based on the medieval dance of death “ad mortum festinamus” (We are hurrying towards death) from the medieval Codex Libre Vermell de Montserrat and was inspired by the text and melody of the medieval dance of death, which indicate that death is an event awaited with joy and that life until then was understood as a kind of stage or preparation for life after death, because life does not end with death, but only finds its real beginning in eternity. The ostinati of the flute notes played live are condensed by the software into a complimentary rhythm that accompanies the electronically processed sounds of the cemetery gate of the Münsterland Anabaptist village of Schöppingen.

Releases on CD:

Hahne/Dorothee Oberlinger: Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart [2007] newsic CD2007008 Limited Edition

Releases mp3:

Hahne/Dorothee Oberlinger: Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart (iTunes mp3 Download)
Hahne/Dorothee Oberlinger: Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart (amazon mp3 Download)

Sheets, Score & Software :

Noten & Max/MSP Software [Mac & PC]

For further information and performances see also:

dance macabre (Duo-Version)
dance macabre (Quartett-Version)

Performances:

  • 6. December 2023 London: Festival Unboring
  • 7. November 2023 Altötting (D): Favourite Pieces 2023 – Maria Dorner-Hofmann
  • 20. April 2023 Birmingham (UK): Recorder Future
  • 18. April 2023 Vienna (A): Raum für Notizen – Otto Hashmi & Karø Goldt
  • 24. January 2023 Zurich (CH): Contemporary Music Studio
  • 24. November 2022 Zurich: Chamber Choir ZHdK – dance of death
  • 20. October 2022 Eggenfelden (D): concert of change – Maria Hofmann
  • 21. October 2022 Eggenfelden (D): concert of change – Maria Hofmann
  • 22. October 2022 Eggenfelden (D): concert of change – Maria Hofmann
  • 23. October 2022 Eggenfelden (D): concert of change – Maria Hofmann
  • 24. September 2022 Wien (A): Contempo – ERTA – Vortrag D. Hahne
  • 16. June 2020 DLF Kultur: Forum Conzert RIAS Chamber Choir
  • 6. June 2020 Stahnsdorf (D): Forum Concert RIAS Chamber Choir
  • 23. November 2019 Augsburg: Zeitfestival – danse macabre
  • 23. November 2018 Mönchengladbach: 12. Gladbacher Nachtmusik – Grand Guerre – Dance Macabre
  • 12. April 2018 Zürich: Zeitfestival – danse macabre
  • 5. April 2017 Eggenfelden (D): danse macabre | Maria Dorner-Hofmann
  • 1. February 2017 Eggenfelden: dance macabre – Maria Dorner-Hoffmann
  • 22. January 2016 Wien: Diplom Florian Huber
  • 1. October 2014 Graz (A): Bachelor Konzert Lisa Zink
  • 2. November 2014 Birmingham (UK): Birmingham International Recorder Festival
  • 1. June 2014 Bolzano (i): „eLab – electroacoustic laboratory“
  • 23. May 2014 Hall in Tirol: eLab_electroacoustic laboratory in concert
  • 6. February 2014 »HEXEN GMBH« TANZBAR_BREMEN
  • 7. February 2014 »HEXEN GMBH« TANZBAR_BREMEN
  • 8. February 2014 »HEXEN GMBH« TANZBAR_BREMEN
  • 14. February 2014 »HEXEN GMBH« TANZBAR_BREMEN
  • 15. February 2014 »HEXEN GMBH« TANZBAR_BREMEN
  • 19. January 2014 München: Jugend Musiziert – Sophia Schambeck
  • 10. June 2013 Poitiers (F): Examen Céline Debroas
  • 8. November 2012 Vienna: recorder evening class Prof. H.M. Stiegler
  • 14. October 2012 E medio cantus – Chorkonzert Totentanz
  • 21. October 2012 E medio cantus – Chorkonzert Totentanz
  • 4. April 2012 E medio cantus – Chorkonzert Totentanz
  • 4. September 2011 Nettersheim: commentari – Hahne/Stegmann
  • 28. June 2011 Masterkonzert Abschlußprüfung Domenika Seidl
  • 26. May 2011 Kulturspiegel: Michael Bauer – Kurz die Lyrik
  • 26. May 2011 Kulturspiegel: Michael Bauer – Kurz die Lyrik
  • 27. March 2011 Nettersheim: Musische Experimente
  • 11. February 2011 Berlin: concert diploma Julia Galler
  • 24. July 2010 WDR3: Variationen – Dorothee Oberlinger
  • 28. May 2010 Birmingham (UK): Final recital – Emma Wade
  • 22. April 2010 Kulturspiegel: “Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart”
  • 22. April 2010 Kulturspiegel: “Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart”
  • 13. December 2012 Kulturspiegel: “Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart”
  • 6. July 2009 Berlin: Live Electronic & Blockflöte: “Le città invisibili”
  • 8. June 2009 Düsseldorf: Konzertexamen Nadja Ammari
  • 9. May 2009 Tacherting: Maria Hofmann – ‘Recital’ – Solokonzert
  • 30. November 2008 Stuttgart: Klangraum – Festival – Dorothee Hahne
  • 14. November 2008 Unna: Internationales Komponistinnen Festival – Around Midnight
  • 17. October 2008 Bergisch Gladbach: Peripheries
  • 20. September 2008 Freiburg: Beste Interpretation eines Werks einer Komponistin
  • 15. June 2008 Borken: commentari
  • 3. May 2008 Steiermark (A): ERTA “Spin” Maria Hofmann
  • 8. April 2008 Salzburg (A): “Spin” – Maria Hofmann – Blockflöte
  • 9. March 2008 Karlsruhe: “dance macabre” Jugend Musiziert LW BaWü
  • 30. August 2007 MDR Musiksommer: ensemble newsic – Spinnereimaschinen
  • 3. June 2007 Köln: Musik aus Mittelalter & Gegenwart
  • 5. May 2007 Eggenfelden: Maria Hofmann – Blocklöte
  • 24. March 2007 Solothurn (CH): ERTA Tagung Abendkonzert
  • 1. March 2007 Bozen (I): “Long Night of recorder” – Maria Hofmann
  • 4. November 2006 Feldkirchen (A): ERTA Int. Wettbewerb Finale – UA dance macabre
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