Bennett Gerald
(1942)
Biography
Born in New Jersey (USA). Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1964. Taught from 1967 until 1976 at the Basel (Switzerland) Conservatory, from 1969 until 1976 Director of the Basel Conservatory. From 1976 until 1981 Department Head at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), Paris. Since 1981 professor of Music Theory and Composition at the Hochschule for Music in Zurich. 1985 co-founder of the Swiss Center for Computer Music. Co-founder (1983) and from 1986 until 1992 Secretary of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM). Since 1993 member of the International Academy of Electroacoustic Music. Compositions published by Edition Modern & Tre Media and Mnémosyne, recordings published by Wergo and Jecklin, writings published by Gallimard, Oxford University Press, Eulenburg, MIT Press etc. Lives outside Basel, Switzerland.
Work list
Klavierstück (piano piece) (1965)
Duration: 11' 00"
Duration: 11' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Quatre Images (1965)
for soprano, flute and piano
Manuscript
for soprano, flute and piano
Manuscript
Chances are (1977)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Winter (1980)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Vier Verse (eher elegisch) (1984)
for violoncello
Manuscript
for violoncello
Manuscript
Auf schwanker Halme Bogen (1985)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Offertorium: confirma hoc (1986)
for viola and tape
Part of the "Missa in festo pentecostes" by various Swiss composers.
Manuscript
for viola and tape
Part of the "Missa in festo pentecostes" by various Swiss composers.
Manuscript
Kyotaku (1987)
for shakuhachi and tape
Duration: 21' 21"
for shakuhachi and tape
Duration: 21' 21"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Les rayons de la liberté (1989)
A fantasy
for tape
A fantasy
for tape
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Weisst du s noch? (1990)
for clarinet and piano
Duration: 16' 00"
for clarinet and piano
Duration: 16' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Rainstick (1993)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Three Dances of the Angel (1993)
for shakuhachi and percussion
Duration: 15' 00"
for shakuhachi and percussion
Duration: 15' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Sestina (1987-1996)
for 12 voices a-cappella (2.2/2/3/2/1)
Over a text by Francesco Petrarca and a madrigal from Cipriano da Rore "Crudele acerba inexorabil morte".
Duration: 15' 00"
for 12 voices a-cappella (2.2/2/3/2/1)
Over a text by Francesco Petrarca and a madrigal from Cipriano da Rore "Crudele acerba inexorabil morte".
Duration: 15' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Une dernière clairière (1996)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Im Eismeer (1997)
A Schuhmann piece
for tape
Duration: 13' 00"
A Schuhmann piece
for tape
Duration: 13' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Yume (1997)
for 5 shakuhachi
Duration: 21' 00"
for 5 shakuhachi
Duration: 21' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Sextett (1998)
for flute, clarinet, string trio and piano
Duration: 13' 00"
for flute, clarinet, string trio and piano
Duration: 13' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Vêpres Vénitiennes (1999)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Textures of Time (2000)
for recorder trio
Duration: 16' 30"
for recorder trio
Duration: 16' 30"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Textures of Time II (2002)
for 3 clarinets
Duration: 16' 30"
for 3 clarinets
Duration: 16' 30"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Ringing Surprise (2002)
for piano
Duration: 8' 00"
for piano
Duration: 8' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Aki no kaze / Autumn Wind (2002)
for shakuhachi and flute
Duration: 4' 00"
for shakuhachi and flute
Duration: 4' 00"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Un Madrigal gentile (2004)
for tape
Manuscript
for tape
Manuscript
Bote (2007)
for orchestra
Duration: 11' 30"
for orchestra
Duration: 11' 30"
G. Ricordi & Co. Bühnen- und Musikverlag GmbH
Diskographie
Andreas Gutzwiller - Schweizer Kompositionen für Shakuhachi (Grammont Portrait/ Musikszene Schweiz Nr. MGB CTS-M 61, 2000)
Moster, Tobias
Bräm, Thüring: One in two (1998)
Bennett, Gerald: Aki no kaze / Autumn Wind (2002)
Kessler, Thomas: Irasshaimase (1999)
Interpreters:
Schneeberger, HansheinzMoster, Tobias
Works:
Mäder, Urban: Windstriche I (1998)Bräm, Thüring: One in two (1998)
Bennett, Gerald: Aki no kaze / Autumn Wind (2002)
Kessler, Thomas: Irasshaimase (1999)
Info: www.fonoteca.ch
Missa in Festo Pentecostes (Jecklin Nr. JD 617, 1987)
Schiller, Christoph
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Alleluja 1 zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Wettstein, Peter: Sequenz zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Wildberger, Jacques: Communio zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Haselbach, Josef: Alleluja II zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Bennett, Gerald: Offertorium: confirma hoc (1986)
Interpreters:
Graf, KathrinSchiller, Christoph
Works:
Holliger, Heinz: Introitus zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1986)Lehmann, Hans Ulrich: Alleluja 1 zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Wettstein, Peter: Sequenz zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Wildberger, Jacques: Communio zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Haselbach, Josef: Alleluja II zu "Missa in festo Pentecostes" (1985)
Bennett, Gerald: Offertorium: confirma hoc (1986)