Alfred Felder
02.09.1950
Alfred Felder was born in Lucerne and studied violoncello and composition at Lucerne Conservatory. After receiving his teacher's diploma with distinction for violoncello he went on to gain his soloists diploma from the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He was the solo cellist of various chamber orchestras; from 1977 until 1983 he was a member of the Festival Strings Lucerne. Alfred Felder has appeared in concerts as a soloist and chamber musician in most countries including Canada, India, China and Japan.
As a composer he has received numerous commissions for works from, for example, the city of Zurich, the Tonhalle Society Zurich, the Festival Strings Lucerne, the Zurich Chamber Soloists, the Swiss Philharmonic and the Forum for New Music to name but a few. His orchestral works have been performed at various festivals including in Tokyo at the Osaka Festival, in South Africa, in New York, in Russia and at the IMF Lucerne.
Alfred Felder collaborated intensively with Martin Spühler of Ricketwil who developed various sounding objects from metal, wood and concrete. With these sounding objects he performed improvised and notated music for violoncello and sounding globes (3 players) in diverse concerts including at the 'Klangtage Rotes Ohr' in Augsburg.
The compulsory pieces for the International Shlomo Mintz Violin competition were by A. Felder (Capriccio and Variations for Violin solo).
Three CDs of his work have been published by VdE Gallo and two CDs by roccosound. Alfred Felder's works are published by the Swiss Music Edition SME, Lucerne. All his manuscripts have been donated to Zurich's central library.
He lives with his family in Winterthur.
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Scores
... pasar por la calle... Passacaglia für Streicher (1986)
Order No: 6603, sFr. 20.00, 13.00
Passacaglia in four movements: "Ich bin, ich weiss nicht wer; ich komme, ich weiss nicht woher; ich gehe, ich weiss nicht wohin; mich wunderts, dass ich so fröhlich bin." From the 'cherubinischen Wandersmann' by Angelus Silesius.
Dschen (1989)
Order No: 6621, sFr. 10.00, 6.60
Cercles (1992)
Order No: 6618, sFr. 20.00, 13.00
Nachtgesang (1993)
for flute,viola and harp
Order No: 6605, sFr. 20.00, 13.00
(Parts available from SME: Sfr. 20.-; 13.50)
The spirit of the healing ritual "night song" of the Navajo Indians translated into music.
4 Collagen über Texte von Mani Matter (1993)
Order No: 6606, sFr. 30.00, 20.00
Texts: Mani Matter 1. "wenn doch nume die..." (4) 2. "oberi und underi" (3) 3. Ballade vom Nationalrat Hugo Sanders (5) 4. us emene lääre Gygechaste (5) Four of Mani Matters timeless texts, this time a little different. Can be performed and ordered singularly (sFr. 14.-, 10.-, 12.-, 14.-)
==-== (1994)
Order No: 6607, sFr. 14.00, 9.50
-- -- "das Nachgebende", luftige, weiche ----- "das Feste", ostinate, erdige
Vision, music for strings (1994/95)
Order No: 6608, sFr. 36.00, 24.00
A journey inside us:"All of a sudden I was surrounded by a fire coloured cloud..." (R. Bucke).
Song of the Sky (1996)
Order No: 6609, sFr. 24.00, 16.00
On searching for ones own identity, one finds ones own songs.
Night Chant (1996)
for violoncello and piano
Order No: 6610, sFr. 22.00, 14.50
(Cello part available from SME: Sfr. 18.-; 12.00)
An attempt to produce in music the secretive and magic text of the Indian ritual 'Night Chant'.
Im See ist Feuer (1990/97)
for violin, viooloncello and orchestra
Order No: 6604, sFr. 38.00, 25.00
Double concert; scored for orchestra: strings and two percussionists. "The fire below and the sea above battle and defeat one another " from the symbol GO out of the Chinese oracle book I Ging.
Regen über der Wüste (1997)
Order No: 6611, sFr. 10.00, 6.60
Text: Eva Eisenmann-Westphal.
Apache Clown Dance (1998)
for clarinet solo (in Bb)
Order No: 6612, sFr. 12.00, 8.00
Clowns are very important in the dance rituals of the Apache Indians. They can be jocular but are also holy. Attempt to be the holy clown while you play the Apache Clown Dance.
Fussspur (1998)
for flute solo
Order No: 6613, sFr. 14.00, 9.50
"We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own." (Sir Arthur Eddington, 1882-1944).
Elemente - 4 Tonbilder für Orchester (1999)
Order No: 6614, sFr. 38.00, 25.00
(Material and CD available from composer)
Walking in the Paths of the Warrior (Feuer) Teacher (Wasser) Visionary (Luft) Healer (Erde).
Traviata-Fantasie (2001)
Order No: 6640, sFr. 24.00, 16.00
A fantasy about the opera 'La Traviata' by Giuseppe Verdi.
Labyrinth (2002)
for violin, viola and violoncello
Order No: 6643, sFr. 16.00, 10.50
(Parts: sFr. 20.-; 13.50)
Each instrument has its own individual character and its own tempo. It is like three wanderers with the same destination but each choosing a different route and each walking at a different pace. The wanderers occasionally meet, walk a while together then separate again.
... zu den Rändern ... (2002/03)
for viola, bass clarinet and piano
Order No: 6645, sFr. 18.00, 12.00
(Parts: sFr. 20.-; 13.50)
Based on a picture by the Lucerne painter Thyl Eisenmann. Delicate, subtle colour tones possessing an intensive force.
Rhythm (2003)
for piano solo
Order No: 6642, sFr. 26.00, 17.00
There are five fundamental life rhythms: the chaotic, the flowing, the staccato (detached) the lyrical and the rhythm of silence.
Song of the Blue Lizard (2004)
Order No: 6646, sFr. 12.00, 8.00
To be played very freely, like an improvisation.
Dreamlines (2004)
for 2 clarinets and basset horn
Order No: 6647, sFr. 18.00, 12.00
"The dream of a man is all that he possesses."
all songs are good (2004)
for flute (afl), clarinet (bcl) and piano
Order No: 6648, sFr. 32.00, 21.00
(Flute and clarinet parts: sFr. 30.-; 20.00)
This piece is concerned with the journey into another reality, a reality where one can encounter various magical animals.
Mullah Nasrudin (2007)
Order No: 6649, sFr. 12.00, 8.00
Mullah Nasrudin is simultaneously a sage, a fool, a master, a beggar, a magistrate, a teacher and a doctor figure in the Arabian tree. He appears in many stories, each of which can be perceived as superficial and funny but also contain a hidden proposition. It is for the latter reason that the stories of Nasrudin are deeply anchored in the tradition of Sufism (Islamic mysticism) where the Sheikhs use them as teaching stories for their dervishes. The first written reference of such a Nasrudin story can be found as far back as the 13th century. The name Nasr ed-Din means "victory of the faith". Nasreddin is always in the Muslim faith! A historical Nasrudin most probably lived between the 13th and 14th centuries in Anatolia or Persia where he worked as a spiritual teacher. Konya in Turkey and Iran are his probable last resting places. As with other people from tradition, the present day Nasrudin is not an authentic historical figure. He is known in all Islamic regions, including Afghanistan, Iran and Tadzhikistan, with many local miracles being ascribed to him.
Sagemattler-Walzer (2008)
Order No: 6650, sFr. 22.00, 14.50
Adaptation of 2 waltzes from the dance orchestra "d'Sagemattler" from Unterägeri (um 1840).
this longing (2009)
for piano solo
Order No: 6651, sFr. 22.00, 14.50
Over the romantic lyrics by Jelaluddin Rumi.
9ten Novemb. 1828 Tagebuch Robert Schumann (2009)
for clarinet, viola, piano and percussion
Order No: 6652, sFr. 18.00, 12.00
Discs
Martin Werner plays
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 90, D. 899
Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Ausschnitte)
Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71 (Ausschnitte)
Frédéric Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Sergej Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Sergej Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Alfred Felder: Song of the blue lizard
(Martin Werner)
Discs:
CD Gallo-493: Ballade für Violoncello solo, Cembalo und Streicher
CD Gallo-569: Metamorphose, Impressionen über ein Bild von Thyl Eisenmann, pasar por la calle...
CD swiss pan: Fussspur, Musik für Flöte solo
CD Gallo 1133: Fantasie über die Oper "La Traviata"
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