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    CONTEMPLATIONS       2011
                                         lyrical pieces for solo cello and chamber orchestra                          
                                    
                                         no. 1 réminiscences
                                         no. 2 nature morte
                                         no. 3 printemps
                                         no. 4 chanson sans paroles
                                         no. 5 ariette
                                         no. 6 apparition
                        
                                         duration: about 30 minutes
                                         instrumentation: solo cello and ensemble (16 players): 
                                                                    flute, alto flute, a clarinet, bass clarinet (also 2nd a clarinet), 2 french horns /
                                                                    celesta, tubular bells and tamtam / harp / 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass
                                    
                                         first performance of no. 2 - 6: leipzig, 2011/11/22
                                                                                            paul jakob fricke (solo cello), franz schreker ensemble, hannes pohlit (conductor)


    2 SONGS AFTER POEMS OF MAX DAUTHENDEY (ZWEI LIEDER NACH GEDICHTEN VON MAX DAUTHENDEY)
                                         2010/20111
                                         for soprano and piano
                                         nr. 1 "die nebel fallen in das land" / nr. 2 "und nächte werden aus allen tagen"


                  




    LA CHAPELLE DE FRANçOIS LISZT 
    
                                    for orchestra
        
                                2010
            
                            a composed interpretation of three piano works of franz liszt
                
                        (commissioned by the thüringer symphoniker saalfeld-rudolstadt in occasion of franz liszt's 200th birthday)

    
                              
                              

                 
                       work parts: (1) ANRUFUNG              -                  (2) MEDITATION                   -                     (3) ALLELUJA
                                         duration: about 20 minutes
                                         instrumentation: symphony orchestra (2[picc]/2/2/2[cb] - 4/2/3/1 - timp/2 - hp - strings)

                                         first performance: saalfeld, 2011/01/21
                                         thüringer symphoniker saalfeld-rudolstadt, conductor: daniel huppert

    [note: all audio excerpts and score examples are under the copyright of the composer. copying and publishing without permission by the author or by the GEMA is illegal.]

 

 

    SEXTET FOR STRINGS (SEXTETT FÜR STREICHER)
                                         2009/2010
                                         (I. DER WIND - II. LIEBESGESANG - III. LAMENTO - IV. TRÄUME)
                                         instrumentation: string sextet (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos)
                                         duration: about 33 minutes

                                         first performance: leipzig 2010

    SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS (SINFONIETTA FÜR STREICHER) [2nd version of SEXTET FOR STRINGS]
                                         2010
                                         (I. DER WIND - II. LIEBESGESANG - III. LAMENTO - IV. TRÄUME)
                                         instrumentation: string orchestra 
                                         duration: about 33 minutes



    CHAMBER SYMPHONY  2007-2009
                                         for 11 solo instruments
                                    
                                         I. EKLOGE
                                         II. PROMENADE
                                         III. SCHERZO
                                         INTERMEZZO
                                         IV. NACHTSTÜCK
                                         V. SONATE

                                         instrumentation: flute (picc/alto fl), oboe (cor angl), clarinet (bass cl), bassoon, french horn /
                                                                     harp / 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass / [conductor]
                                         duration: about 70 minutes
                                         first performance: leipzig, 2009/05/21
                                    

    NACHTSTUECK for small orchestra (NACHTSTÜCK für kleines orchester)
                                         2007/2008
                                         orchestration: chamber orchestra (1/1/1/1 - 1/0/0/0 - 0 - harp - strings)
                                         first performance: gotha, 2009/01/06, thüringen philharmonie gotha, conductor: hannes pohlit


 
    FOUR SYMPHONIC PIECES FOR STRING QUARTET (VIER SYMPHONISCHE STÜCKE FÜR STREICHQUARTETT)
                                         2007
                                         I. praeludium - II. ballade - III. kantilene - IV. finale
                                         instrumentation: string quartett (2 violins, viola, cello)
                                         duration: about 40 minutes


    TRANSCRIPTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS

    franz liszt / hannes pohlit
    VIA CRUCIS
                                         transcription for solo voices, organ and large ensemble
                                         2011
                                         instrumentation: 
                                         solo voices (soprano, alto, counter tenor, baritone)
                                         large organ
                                         ensemble (17 players): flute, alto flute, a clarinet, bass clarinet (also 2nd a clarinet), 
                                         2 french horns /celesta, tubular bells / harp / 2 violins, 2 violas, 3 cellos, 1 double bass      
                                         duration: about 35 minutes


                                   
     
                                   
      first performance: leipzig, 2011/11/22

    hugo wolf / hannes pohlit
    THREE SACRED SONGS (DREI GEISTLICHE LIEDER aus dem "spanischen liederbuch")
                                         2011
                                         nr. 1 "mühvoll komm' ich und beladen" 
                                         nr. 2 "herr, was trägt der boden hier"
                                         nr. 3 "wunden trägst du, mein geliebter"

                                        
                                         instrumentation: 
                                         solo voice (mezzo soprano)
                                         ensemble (15 players): flute, alto flute, a clarinet, bass clarinet (also 2nd a clarinet), 
                                         2 french horns /celesta, / harp / 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass      
                                         duration: about 12 minutes
                                         first performance: leipzig, 2011/11/22


    franz liszt / hannes pohlit
    CHAPELLE DE GUILLAUME TELL (from "années de pelerinage", 1st book)
                                         orchestration
                                         2008
                                         instrumentation: large orchestra (2 fl, 1 picc; 2 ob, 1 cor angl; 2 clar, 1 bass cl; 2 bass, 1 cb - 4/3/3/1 - timp, 
                                         2 perc - harp - organ (ad lib.) - strings)



    jorge zulueta / jean-louis bachelier / jacobo romano
    UN TANGO POUR MONSIEUR LAUTREC
                                         latin opera (1999/2000)
                                         orchestration: hannes pohlit
                                    
                                         first performance: ludwigshafen/rhine (theater im pfalzbau), 2000
                                         production: theater detmold / conductor: matthias foremny



    and many other orchestrations and arrangements for large orchestra, chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble

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