Male choir
Michel HostettlerLa Marguerite (1968)for male a-cappella choir
Texts: Paul Fort
Duration: 3' 00"
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Frédéric BolliDrei Lieder nach romantischen Gedichten (1982-1983)for three-part male a-cappella choir
Texts: Novalis, Clemens Brentano, Ludwig Uhland
Duration: 10' 00"
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Andreas Stahl... questa ... condanna (1991)for male choir (min. sixteen singers)
Texts: Roberto Succo
The condemnation to life with all its difficult to digest contradictions is the topic of Roberto Succos poems and the basis of this piece. Its coordination without a conductor and its demand for the highest and deepest tones and plucky soli parts make it a demanding piece for the choir. Dedicated to the Zurich Gay Male Choir and supported by the SME Lucerne.
Duration: 15' 00"
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Bernhard SieberPsalm 130 (1966)for male choir ( and double-bass)
Duration: 2' 24"
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Bernhard SieberAbendwolke (1973)for male choir (2T2B)
Texts: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Duration: 2' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiDrei russische Volkslieder (1971)for four-part male choir
Sonja - Lied der Wolgaschlepper - Petruschka.
Duration: 9' 00"
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Frédéric BolliIm Anfang war das Wort (1990-1991)for male choir and string quintet (2vn.va.vc.db)
Duration: 15' 00"
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Pierre ThomaCanto (1997)for a cappella choir with 10-12 male or female voices
Mixture between singing and sound poetry. The lyrical parts alter with sequences where the voices play percussion or electronic sounds.
(Commissioned by the city of Lancy)
Duration: 7' 30"
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(Material: sFr. 34.-; € 34.-)
Rudolf JaggiZwölf Uhr (1985)for male choir (TTBB) or mixed choir
Texts: Anonymus
Duration: 3' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiFünf Spirituals (1969-1990)for four-part male choir
Good News - Go Down, Moses - Sometimes, I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Nobody Knows - O When the Saints.
Duration: 15' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiCrambambuli (1992)for four-part male choir
Texts: Wittekind
Melody before 1750. Writing: Jaggi.
Duration: 3' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiZ'Aesch bigott dehei (1993)for male choir T1/T2/B1/B2
Duration: 3' 00"
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Balz TrümpySo fülle denn den Wanderschlauch (2011)2 songs
for male choir
Texts: Wilhelm Busch
The songs centre around the topic of walking, about which Busch wrote ironic poems.
Duration: 4' 00"
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Balz TrümpyEin Märchen (2012)for male a cappella choir
Texts: Sabine Gisin
A half serious, half ironic text about a touring male choir.
Duration: 4' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiWas ghört me da im enge grüene Tal? (2003)for male a-cappella choir (TTBB)
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Rudolf JaggiVier heitere Chorlieder für alle Chorgattungen (2004)for mixed choir (SAMez), female choir (SSA) or male choir (TTB) (or all three choir categories simultaneously)
Texts: Wilhelm Busch, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1. Humor (W. Busch)
2. Höflichkeit (W. Busch)
3. Die Frösche (J.W. von Goethe)
4. Die Hasen (anonymous)
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Rudolf JaggiIm Wald (2005)for four-part male choir
Texts: Emanuel Geibel
Version in G-major.
Duration: 3' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiSchon perlt der Wein im Becher (2005)for male choir TTBB
Texts: Theodor Körner
Duration: 3' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiBiel-Bängge (2006)for male choir (T1/T2/B1/B2) or female choir (S1/S2/A) or two-part childrens choir
Duration: 3' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiVo Schönebuech bis Ammel (2008)Folksong
for male choir T1/T2/B1/B2
Duration: 4' 00"
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Rudolf JaggiBasel 2010 (2010)for male choir T1T2B1B2
Texts: Tumasch Clalüna
1st prize winner at the International Choir Competition in Cork.
Duration: 8' 30"
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Rudolf JaggiIm Santyhans (2011)for male choir T1T2B1B2 and four brass instrumentalists and timpani (2tpt in b/2tbn/3timp)
Texts: Martin J.P. Schwitter
Duration: 4' 30"
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(Parts: sFr. 29.-; € 22.-)