Balz Trümpy
04.08.1946
Balz Trümpy was born in Basel and spent his childhood in Glarus. His musical education took place at Basel Conservatory with piano under Rolf Maeser and Paul Baumgartner, music theory under Jacques Wildberger and Robert Suter and composition under Gerald Bennett. He also studied composition with Luciano Berio in Rome, during which time he became Berio’s assistant. He has visited IRCAM (Institute of Research and Coordination in Acoustics) in Paris several times. He won the Basel Lions Club Arts Prize in 1977. He has taught composition and music theory at Basel Conservatory since 1979 and from 1982 to 1987 he was the deputy director of the conservatory. He lives in Nuglar near Basel.
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Trümpy Dublerstr. 10 CH-4412 Nuglar Fon: +41 (0)61 911 80 38 Fax: +41 (0)61 911 80 38 E-mail: balztruempy@bluewin.ch |
Scores
Stück für Streichorchester (piece for string orchestra) (1969)
Colourful sound surfaces alternate with melodic and rhythmically stamped passages.
Erleuchtetes Dunkel (1970, rev. 2006)
Order No: 5222, sFr. 12.00, € 8.00
Based on poems by Wolfgang Borchert and Max Bolliger.
Variationen (1972, rev. 2001)
Order No: 5223, sFr. 14.00, € 9.50
Luzifer (1973, rev. 1975)
Order No: 5224, sFr. 26.00, € 17.00
The musical development of the string quartet is in conflict with the 'hecklings' of the double bass.
Gesten, Figuren (1974/75)
Order No: 5201, sFr. 12.00, € 8.00
Two contrasting piano expressions are set against each other: The brilliant, technically orientated figure and the emotional writing finally transeunt the instrument's scope.
Libera (1975)
Order No: 5202, sFr. 54.00, € 35.50
A snippet of text from the Catholic Requiem Mass is phonetically ‘dissolved’, reassembled as loud formations and returned to its original unit.
Facetten (1976)
Order No: 5203, sFr. 14.00, € 9.50
This piece lays several musical levels along a single line. It is like an individual conversing simultaneously with various partners.
Code (1976)
Order No: 5204, sFr. 18.00, € 12.00
This piece deals with the deciphering of rules, making possible a joint language for the four instruments.
Relief (1976)
Order No: 5205, sFr. 54.00, € 35.50
An expanded version of ‘Gesten, Figuren’. Constructed from the "translation" of specific, pianist-like formulated musical ideas into an orchestral language.
Phasia (1976)
Order No: 5225, sFr. 24.00, € 16.00
Based on a poem by Bertold Brecht.
Anima (2. Fassung) (version 2) (1977/78)
Order No: 5219, sFr. 52.00, € 34.50
Texts: Anonymus, Heinrich von Morungen, Walter von der Vogelweide This three-part work is based on texts from a minnelied. The vocal line, which uses various sound modulations, is harmonically, melodically and rhythmically interwoven with the accompaniment.
Anima (3. Fassung) (version 3) (1977 (rev. 1983))
Order No: 5206, sFr. 60.00, € 40.00
Texts: Anonymus, Heinrich von Morungen, Walter von der Vogelweide This three-part work is based on texts from a minnelied. The vocal line, which uses various sound modulations, is harmonically, melodically and rhythmically interwoven with the accompaniment.
Fliessend (1979)
Order No: 5207, sFr. 22.00, € 14.50
(Parts available from the SME: Fr. 14.-)
The title is on the one hand an indication of how to play, and on the other a reference to the compositional approach with regard to the flow of time.
Zwei Lieder (two songs) (1984/85)
Order No: 5226, sFr. 12.00, € 8.00
After poems by Friedrich Rückert.
Polyptychon (1984/85)
Order No: 5216, sFr. 120.00, € 79.00
Three cycles, which can be performed each separately or in parts. Based on texts from the Mass, from the hymns of Orpheus, from the Oktoëchos, by Laotse, Castaneda, Meister Eckhart, and by the Sioux Indians. 14 Canons (sFr. 68.00) - 7 Motets (sFr. 42.00) - 7 Hymns (sFr. 44.00). Sponsored by the SME Lucerne.
Dionysos-Hymnen (2. Fassung) (version 2) (1986/88)
Order No: 5228, sFr. 40.00, € 26.50
Based on ancient Greek texts from the hymns of Orpheus.
Pas de deux (1986, rev. 2001)
Order No: 5229, sFr. 26.00, € 17.00
Drei kleine Stücke für Klavier (three small pieces for piano) (1986)
1. Wie eine Improvisation 2. Trio 3. Perpetuum mobile (published by: HBS Nepomuk, Aarau)
Vier Lieder (four songs) (1986/87)
Order No: 5209, sFr. 22.00, € 14.50
The four poems of this short song cycle are the contribution of Erika Burkart to the ‘Waldhandschrift’ (Wood Manuscript) - a collection in which Swiss writers express their grief over the destruction of forests.
Vier Gesänge (four songs) (1986/87)
Order No: 5231, sFr. 32.00, € 21.00
Based on poems by Jürg Signer, Ute Höllrigel, Eveline Hasler and Erwin Jaeckle.
Nacht (1988)
for mixed choir, flute, two clarinets and horn
Order No: 5211, sFr. 42.00, € 28.00
Night has probably never been praised higher and in so many facets by anyone other than Joseph von Eichendorff. For myself, his poems are equivalent to the music of Schubert and Schumann. A possible discovery of reality on the edge of the concrete, proceeding to point out another reality.
Emphatischer Gesang (1989, rev. 2000)
Order No: 5232, sFr. 14.00, € 9.50
Four expressive areas - combined organically or alternating abruptly - are set against each other.
Drei Klavierstücke (three piano pieces) (1989)
The secondary titles of these three pieces are: ‘Eingang und Kanon’ (Entrance and Canon), ‘Lied’ (Song), ‘Kanon und Ausgang’ (Canon and Exit). Both of the outer movements symmetrically encapsulate a central movement, the whole of which utilises the full dynamic range of the piano and is developed from a paraphrase taken from a short passage from the second movement of Schubert's G Major sonata.
Petrarca-Gesänge (1989)
Order No: 5212, sFr. 52.00, € 34.50
Texts: Francesco Petrarca Each of the four movements illuminates one of several aspects of love from the poet to Laura: The glorification, the steady sorrow in loss, the deceptive vision, and the final idolisation.
Vier Lieder (four songs) (1990)
Order No: 5214, sFr. 20.00, € 13.00
The four poems by Eichendorff are arranged so as to outline a day cycle.
Zwei Lieder (two songs) (1990)
Order No: 5233, sFr. 14.00, € 9.50
Based on poems by Heinrich Heine.
Modale Studien (1992)
Order No: 5234, sFr. 16.00, € 10.50
Four characteristic pieces based on modal melody.
Indianisches Lied (1994)
Order No: 5235, sFr. 10.00, € 6.60
Based on a text by the Laguno Pueblo Indians.
Tahesha (1995)
Order No: 5237, sFr. 54.00, € 35.50
A preliminary instrumental study for the second movement of 'Helios'.
Bläserquintett (wind quintet) (1995)
Order No: 5217, sFr. 46.00, € 30.50
The wind quintet is composed of three movements: 1. Leggero, 2. Tranquillo, 3. Pesante
Sunt etenim pinnae volucres mihi (1996)
for eight voices a-cappella
Order No: 5238, sFr. 56.00, € 37.00
After texts by Boethius, Carlos Castaneda und Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Passacaglia und Walzer (1997)
Order No: 5242, sFr. 18.00, € 12.00
A series of variations over a bass result in a cathartic waltz.
Konzert (concert) (1997/98)
Order No: 5240, sFr. 70.00, € 46.00
Zwei Stücke für Orchester (two pieces for orchestra) (1998)
Order No: 5241, sFr. 68.00, € 45.00
1. Aufschwung 2. Abgesang
4 Interludien (2000)
Order No: 5244, sFr. 34.00, € 22.50
(Score available from the SME/EMS: sFr. 38.-; € 25.00)
Four character pieces which, in numerous ways, transcribe the interplay of four hands into a musical meshwork.
Turn around (2001)
Order No: 5245, sFr. 10.00, € 6.60
For the 75th birthday of Hansheinz Schneeberger.
Intertwined Paths (2001/02)
for violin solo
Order No: 5246, sFr. 18.00, € 12.00
1. Interweave 2. Turn around 3. Up and down 4. Spread out 5. Descending 6. Taking turns These six pieces form an associated cycle, each of them represents the idea of a motion sequence in an imaginary sound room. It is about the tensile progression of movement and its form of expression - reaching from forging ahead to tentative exploration, from calmly flowing to clouded volatility. The sound room itself connects the six pieces in a labyrinthine way. ‘Intertwined Paths’ has been written on the request of Hansheinz Schneeberger and is dedicated to him.
EIS EROTA (2002)
Order No: 5247, sFr. 48.00, € 32.00
Sappho and Alkaios from the isle of Lesbos are amongst the most prestigious representatives of Greek lyrics strongly connected with the Orpheus saga. After the heavenly singer has lost his beloved Eurydice to the underworld and, spurned by his endless mourning, he seeks the love of other women. Bacchante tear him to pieces in an angry rage and cast his head into the sea. The tide washes it onto the shores of Lesbos - here his mouth is once again brought to speech by the lyric of the island. Mythological notions merge with personal experience and sufferance in connection with the erotic. Eros is the ‘weirdest God’ (Alkaois) whose effect is to rip open the abyss between the highest fulfilment and the degeneration towards death. The elemental force with which he encompasses man awakes in him an orpheic longing for immortality and the desire to overcome the underworld; simultaneously bringing even more painfully the forlornness of his wish to consciousness. While Alkaios attempts to forget in wild drunkenness and sexual indulgence, we eavesdrop on Sappho, and the dark tones of a wish for love in which pain resonates with the transient. EIS EROTA combines fragments from both poets to produce a dialogue on the subject of love and death.
Im Labyrinth (2002)
for piano
Order No: 5243, sFr. 36.00, € 24.00
'Im Labyrinth' is a loose collection of 21 pieces for piano and are comparable to the 'Album für die Jugend' by Schumann. Various play and notation techniques of varying difficulty are used throughout.
Streichquartett (string quartet) (2000/01)
(Parts: Fr. 70.-; € 46.-)
Six movements convoluted into a series consisting of ten parts to be played attacca.
Introduktion und Aria (2002/03)
Order No: 5249, sFr. 12.00, € 8.00
This virtuosic solo piece unites the complete palette of the clarinet's classical expressionistic possibilities.
A Valediction (2003)
Order No: 5250, sFr. 38.00, € 25.00
After poems by John Donne. The intricacy of the piano part highlights the complexity of the metaphysical poetry of Shakespeare's contemporaries.
A Valediction (2003/04)
Order No: 5251, sFr. 76.00, € 50.00
After poems by John Donne. Orchestral version of the six songs for bass and piano. The orchestra highlights the complexity of the metaphysical poetry of Shakespeare's contemporaries.
Carmen Sibyllae (2003)
Order No: 5252, sFr. 24.00, € 16.00
After texts from the Sibylina Oracle. The simultaneously forboding yet salvational Sibylline Oracle in alternation between noise and exstatic song.
A Dialogue (2003/04)
for two sopranos and piano
Order No: 5253, sFr. 40.00, € 26.50
After texts by Andrew Marvell. The voices are as a singular unit or in a dialogue with the complicated piano accompaniment.
Invocatio Domini (2004)
Order No: 5254, sFr. 40.00, € 26.50
After Psalms 116. Glorification of the soul and relive its torments.
La Notte Bella (2004)
for baritone and piano
Order No: 5255, sFr. 16.00, € 10.50
After poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti. The headline-like length of the texts is reflected in the formal compendiousness of the lieder.
Duetti Concertanti (2004/05)
Order No: 5256, sFr. 34.00, € 22.50
The reference to old forms and techniques stands in dialectical tension to the expressive complexity of the four pieces.
Wendungen (2005)
for two violas
Order No: 5257, sFr. 24.00, € 16.00
Gespräch (1') Uneins (1'40) Vexierspiegel (0'50) Wechselgesang (2') Schatten (1'20) Fantasie (5'30) Kreisel (2')
Ballade (2005)
Order No: 5260, sFr. 18.00, € 12.00
Drei Haikus (2006)
for voice and piano
Order No: 5258, sFr. 12.00, € 8.00
Texte: Martine Lovis (French).
Vier Stücke (four pieces) (2006)
Order No: 5261, sFr. 14.00, € 9.50
Proteus (2006/07)
Order No: 5259, sFr. 58.00, € 38.00
Daimon (2009)
for 14 baritones and 14 strings
Order No: 5262, sFr. 60.00, € 40.00
Discs
Intertwined Paths
Wendungen
(Schiller, Branca)
Im Labyrinth
(Vonmoos)
Ballade
(Hiwatari)
Introduktion und Aria
(Bieri)
Intertwined Paths
(Schneebürger)
Carmen Sibyllae
(Widmer, Würsch)
Balz Trümpy: Orchesterwerke
Proteus
(Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Olari Elts)
Violinkonzert
(Kamilla Schatz; Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja)
Zwei Stücke für Orchester
(Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago)
International Competition for Musical Performers Geneva CIEM 1994
Fritz Voegelin: Ecstatic Prelude
Eric Gaudibert: Jardins d'est
Renzo Rota: Colour-Frame
Balz Trümpy: Nachtgesang
William Blank: Nachtmusik
Jost Meier: A l'origine
(Bieler Sinfonieorchester)
Rudolf Kelterborn: Canto appassionato
(Orchestre de la Suisse Romande)
Hansheinz Schneeberger
Kolja Lessing: Metaphysische Muse in einer von der Abendsonne beleuchteten Strasse
Friedemann Treiber: Prélude
Balz Trümpy: Intertwined Paths
Eric Gaudibert: Capriccio
Heidi Baader-Nobs: Duo pour Hansheinz
Elliott Carter: 4 Lauds
(Hansheinz Schneeberger)
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.)
Balz Trümpy
Anima
(Barbara Fuchs; Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel; Olivier Cuendet)
Dionysos-Hymnen
(Kurt Widmer; Violoncello-Ensemble; Balz Trümpy)
Polyptychon
(Basler Madrigalisten; Fritz Näf)
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