Harald Feller (organist)

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Harald Feller
Harald Feller (2022)
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Occupations
  • Organist
  • Choral conductor
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
OrganizationsHochschule für Musik und Theater München

Harald Feller (born 1951 in Munich)[1] is a German organist, choral conductor and composer teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was awarded the 1983 Grand Prix du Disque Liszt.

Career[edit]

Feller studied organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Franz Lehrndorfer and church music and deepened his studies with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris.[1] In 1978 he took over a teaching position at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich and in 1980 became a lecturer at the Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikpädagogik Regensburg [de]. Since 1983 he has been professor for organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich.[1]

Feller can boast international concert activity and CD and radio recordings. He recorded the organ parts for the film Brother of Sleep.

Awards[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Compositions[edit]

Organ solo
  • Diptychon (Bärenreiter)
  • Danse sacrée (Verlag Böhm und Sohn)
  • Te Deum for Organ (Schott)
  • Poème funèbre for Organ (Schott)
  • Due pezzi per l’organo
  • „Gregorianische Miniaturen“
  • „Suite Leonesa“
  • Meditationsfantasie (Verlag Böhm und Sohn)
  • „Nada“
  • 4 pieces about BACH
  • Fantasy for 2 organs
  • For Young Persons Guide to the Organ (Schott)
Organ and other instruments
  • Fantasy about a theme by J. Brahms for trumpet and organ (Schott)
  • Sonate für Trompete und Orgel
  • "Ettaler Sonata" for flute and organ
  • "Panta rhei" for percussion and organ
  • "Danse macabre" for percussion and organ
  • Adagio for cello and organ
Organ and Orchestra
  • Concertino festivo for organ, 8 brass instruments and percussion
  • Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
  • Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Piano solo
  • Die Planeten
  • Three piano pieces on Gregorian themes
  • Toccata
  • Concertino for two pianos
  • 4 Nocturnes
  • Krabat - Suite, Twelve light character pieces based on literary motifs from the novel of the same name by Otfried Preußler
  • Ragtime
Cembalo solo
  • Toccata
  • Suite
  • Un petit concert for 3 Cembali
Chamber music
  • Fantasy for trombone quartet (Edition Brand)
  • 2 miniatures for oboe, piano, cello and double bass
  • Sonata for flute and piano
  • Heptameron for flute and piano
  • Suite for flute and piano
  • Gedanken for flute and piano (harp)
  • Fantasy for 13 brass players
  • Variations on an Old English Song for piccolo flute and Marimba
  • Mouvements for bassoon, tuba, piano and accordion
  • Prière for English horn and string quintet (or Organ)
  • 5 miniatures for flute solo
Sacred Music

Choir a cappella

  • Two Advent motets
  • 4 Christmas motets for four- to eight-voice mixed choir (Verlag Helbling)
  • Two motets after texts by Hildegard von Bingen (Verlag Helbling)
  • Motet based on biblical texts for four-part mixed choir
  • "Mantra" for 7-part mixed choir
  • 22. Psalm for 8-part mixed choir
  • "Missa mundi" for 7-voice mixed choir
  • "Missa brevis" for 7-voice mixed choir
  • Missa for 4-8-part mixed choir
  • "In Nativitate Domini" for 3 male voices
  • "Ave Maria" for 8-voice mixed choir
  • "Our Father" for 7-voice mixed choir
  • "Gott unser Ursprung" (J.Henkys) (Strube-Verlag)
  • choral movements after the choral arrangements of Brahms
  • carols

Choir with Instruments

  • "Missa a 3" three-part mixed choir, flute, string sextet and organ (Verlag Strube)
  • "Agnus Dei" for 4-6-part mixed choir, 4 brass instruments and organ
  • "Missa canonica" for four-part mixed choir (solos ad lib.), 5 strings and organ
  • Missa in Nativitate Domini for Soloists, choir and orchestra
  • Feldafinger Messe for 7-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ
  • Credo for 4 to 6-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ (own version, for choir and organ)
  • Si è congedato (Text: Heinz Grill) Music for a deceased for four-part mixed choir and organ
  • 3 Spirituals for four-part mixed choir and piano
  • Messe brève for soprano solo, three-part women's (children's) choir and organ (Strube)
  • Christmas song phrases

Soli with Instruments

  • Canti mariani four Marienmotetten for mezzo-soprano, countertenor and orchestra (organ version)
  • Requiem for 3 male voices and string sextet
  • Michaelshymne (text Heinz Grill) for soprano, harp and organ
  • Sonnengesang des St. Franziskus for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and organ (orchestral version with solos and choir)
  • Mass 85 for three female voices, organ and harp

Liturgical music

  • children's mass (Schott)
  • Veni creator for 4-8-part mixed choir, large orchestra, parish singing and organ
  • O sacrum convivium for baritone solo, four-part mixed choir, orchestra, organ and parish singing

Oratorical and scenic works

  • Tolle lege or the Conversion of Augustin for 4-7-part mixed choir, 8 brass instruments, percussion and organ
  • Oberuferer Christgeburtspiel for solos, choir and instruments
Secular choral music
  • 5 choirs after texts by Christian Morgenstern for 4-part mixed choir
  • 3 choirs after lyrics by Rilke
  • Six German folk songs for eight-part mixed choir
Lieder
  • Ave Maria for soprano (tenor) and organ (Schott)
  • Der immerwährende Seelenkalender (Rudolf Steiner) for baritone (Mezzosopran) and piano (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag)
  • Lieder after texts by R. Steiner and H. Grill for voice and piano
  • Sanskrit song movements for voice and piano (Stephan Wunderlich-Verlag)
  • Psalm 125 for soprano and organ
  • 7 Christmas Songs for soprano and piano (orchestra)
Adaptations

for organ solo

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia for BWV 29 Ratswahlkantate
  • Franz Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (Schott)
  • Franz Liszt: Notturno No. 3
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouverture
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
  • John Williams: Star-Wars-Suite

Instrumental music

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: 3 flute clock pieces as sonata for flute and organ (2nd version with piano)
  • Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich verlangen for 4 cellos
  • Johannes Brahms: Fugue in A flat minor for 4 cellos
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concert for Trumpet and organ
  • Henry Purcell: Sonata for trumpete and orgen
  • Max Reger: Adagio from the cello solo suite, arranged for 4 cellos
  • Christian Heinrich Rinck: Flute concerto for flute and organ
  • Gioachino Rossini: Fantasy for clarinet and organ
  • Robert Schumann: 4 sketches for 2 pianos
  • Louis Vierne: Clair de lune and Naiades for flute, strings and harp
  • Lefébure-Wély: 4 pieces for 8 brass instruments
  • Works by Mozart, Rossini, Vierne, Vivaldi, Gluck for flute and organ

Vocal music

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Dominica il post Pascha for female voices, strings and organ
  • Otto Nicolai: Ein feste Burg (for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, four-part mixed choir, organ) (Verlag Strube)
  • Max Reger: Requiem op. 144 for alto solo, choir and organ
  • Louis Roessel: Kavatine for soprano, four-part mixed choir and organ (Verlag Helbling)
  • Geistl. Songs by G. Bizet, A. Dvorak, H. Wolf and Max Reger for soprano, harp and organ
  • Sacred songs, Arias and duets (by Beethoven, Brahms, G. Fauré, C. Franck, Mendelssohn, Mozart) for soprano and organ
  • Sacred songs by Brahms, Beethoven, Wolf, Reger for soprano or baritone and chamber orchestra
Miscellaneous
  • "Rag" for chamber orchestra
  • "Communio" for flute and strings
  • "Ohrensausen" (Gustav Meyrinck) Melodrama for narrator and piano

Discography (selection)[edit]

  • Franz Liszt / Julius Reubke. Harald Feller an der Klais-Orgel des Münsters zu Ingolstadt (Calig; 1981)
  • Concerts for Trumpet and Organ / Konzerte für Trompete und Orgel. Works of Purcell, Krebs, Neruda, Schilling. With Bernhard Schmid, trumpet (Aurophon; 1989)
  • Die Orgel im Dom zu Passau. Works of Bach, Liszt, Schumann, Reger (Ars Musici; 1989)
  • Richard Wagner. Bearbeitungen für Orgel. Arrangements of Liszt, Karg-Elert, Lemare, Feller (Ars Musici; 1991)
  • Olivier Messiaen. La Nativité Du Seigneur (Calig; 1993)
  • Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Duruflé, Charles Tournemire. Messe De La Pentecôte (Calig; 1993)
  • Berühmte Orgelwerke des Barock – Famous Baroque Organ Pieces. Works of Carl P. E. Bach, Haydn, Händel. With the Capella Istropolitana (Classica D'Oro; 1994)
  • Orgelimprovisationen zum Film „Schlafes Bruder“. Film music by Hubert von Goisern und Enjott Schneider (Ariola; 1995)
  • Marcel Dupré. Chemin de la Croix (Calig, 1996)
  • Phantômes: An Organ Spectacular. Works of Bach, Rossini, Vierne, Rota, Williams, Schneider (Oehms Classics; 2006)
  • Geistliche Lieder der Romantik – Sacred Songs of the Romantic Period. With Susanne Bernhard, soprano; Maria Graf, harp (Oehms Classics; 2009)
  • Nun freut euch, liebe Christen – Weihnachtliche Orgelmusik. Works of Reger (Oehms Classics; 2010)
  • Der immerwährende Seelenkalender. Setting of The Calendar of the Soul of Rudolf Steiner. With Andreas Burkhart, baritone; Markus Bellheim, piano (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag; 2016)
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Weihnachtslieder und Chöre von Harald Feller. With Susanne Bernhard, soprano; Markus Bellheim, piano; Carl-Orff-Chor Marktoberdorf, Conductor: Stefan Wolitz; Vokalensemble Animato (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag; 2017)

External links[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e mica – music austria (1994). "Harald Feller". music austria Musikdatenbank. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  2. ^ "Preisträger Orgelwettbewerb". Musik Fest ION – Wie alles begann und was bisher geschah. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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