Jürg Frey
15.05.1953
Jürg Frey studied in Zurich and Geneva where he graduated with a concert diploma in clarinet under Thomas Friedli. He studied composition under Urs Peter Schneider in Bern and trained in Basel as a teacher of the Alexander Technique. Frey continues to perform as a clarinettist at numerous premieres and world premieres. He was co-founder of the Lenzburg Music Forum, and has been artistic director of the Aarau concert series 'Moments Musicaux' for more than ten years. In 1991 he was prize winner at the Boswil International Composition Seminar. He was awarded a sabbatical year (1986 and 1996) and received financial assistance for his stay in Berlin by the Canton of Aargau.
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Jürg
Frey Hebelweg 2 CH-5000 Aarau Fon: +41 (0)62 822 20 04 E-mail: jufrey@dplanet.ch |
Scores
Orchester I (1986)
Order No: 1106, sFr. 26.00, € 20.00
The orchestra is used throughout in a chamber music fashion.
A Few Rooms Around Town (1988)
Order No: 1107, sFr. 29.00, € 22.00
What did he leave us? A few poems, a few drinks, a few rooms around town, a few friends (Morton Feldman on Frank O'Hara). The piece pays tribute to the mutual affection and rapport between these two men.
Klaviertrio (piano trio) (1989)
Almost exclusively homophonic and tranquil throughout.
Zwei langsame Sätze (two slow movements) (1984/90)
Order No: 1105, sFr. 21.00, € 16.00
First movement: a wide-reaching arch. Second movement: small-scale, two-voice experiments.
In memoriam Ludwig Hohl (1978/92)
Order No: 1177, sFr. 16.00, € 12.00
Der Mensch gleicht einem Hauche (1993/94)
Order No: 1112, sFr. 16.00, € 12.00
Text: Bible / Liturgy Text: Psalms 144,4.At the heart, danger, desolation, and fragility are what most characterise this piece. The choice of notes is limited, and only collectively can their meaning be known.
Aufzählung. Licht. Tänzerin am Rand (1995/96)
Order No: 1117, sFr. 23.00, € 18.00
Discs
Jürg Frey: string quartets
Streichquartett
(Unbetitelt) VI
Zwei allerletzte Sächelchen
Streichquartett II
(Quatuor Bozzini)
Jürg Frey: Klaviermusik 1978 - 2001
Klavierstücke 1-6
Sam Lazaro Bros
Zwei allerletzte Sächelchen
Invention
Klavierstück Arrangement I, II, III
In memoriam Cornelius Cardew
Klavierstück
Wer macht das Stück?
Wen XXVII
(John McAlpine)
Nono - Frey - Violinduos
Luigi Nono: "hay que caminar" sognando
(Becker, Merkel)
Lucier - Wolff - Schlothauer - Frey
Christian Wolff: Dark as a Dungeon
Christian Wolff: Exercice 17
Christian Wolff: Six Melodies Variation
Burkhard Schlothauer: aus atem
Jürg Frey: Mit Schweigen wir's gesprochen
(Jürg Frey)
IANUS - Daniel Studer
(Silvia Schiavoni; Jürg Frey; Giancarlo Schiaffini; Alfred Zimmerlin; Daniel Studer)
Luiz Alves da Silva
Andreas Stahl: rufen wir charon? Und wenn er nicht kommt?
Mischa Käser: Musik zu Dufay
Jürg Frey: Der Mensch gleicht einem Hauche
Pelayo Arrizabalaga: Bolero para el fin del Milenio
Balz Trümpy: Indianisches Lied
Conrad Steinmann: Fünf Monodien
(Luiz Alves da Silva; Urs Hänggli; Mischa Käser; Anne Piguet; Jan Schacher; u.a.)
Robert Walser und die Schweizer Musik
Jürg Frey: Lachen und Lächeln
Anette Schmucki: Am Fenster
Edu Haubensak: Sechs Walserminiaturen
Christoph Neidhöfer: Vier Lieder nach Robert Walser
Daniel Glaus: Sechs Lieder
Aleksander Gabrys: Da ich ein Knabe war
Urs Peter Schneider: Robert Walser Trilogie
(Erika Radermacher; Urs Peter Schneider; Chiharu Sato; u.a.)
Further Discs:
CD Wandelweiser EWR 9608: Mit Schweigen wird's gesprochen
CD Wandelweiser EWR 9601/02:: Sam Lazaro Bros
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