SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2020 WITH FOUR PREMIERES
On September 4th in Lamole (Chianti/Italy)... and then further performances in Impruneta/Firenze, in Castelina/Siena- was the premiere of the CONCERTINO FOR BASSOON & STRINGS "ODE TO HARMONY", composed in August: Jonas Alexander Beckmann (bassoon), Laura Sophia Hummel (solo violin) and the orchestra BELLA MUSICA of the Mozarteum Salzburg, conducted by Stefan David Hummel.
On 8 October, Christuskirche Dormagen gave a concert entitled "The Language of the Universe and Freedom" with a show of works by Enjott Schneider to mark his 70th birthday and with two premieres:
Organist Georg Wendt played the UA of the SILENT PRELUDES. ABOUT INSECTS & THE MICRIBIOTIC WORLD for organ, sound design and video projection With the young virtuoso Mechthild Drop (Netherlands) on the piccolo trumpet he also played the three-movement concerto "L'ANGELICA FARFALLA. DIAMONDS LOST IN THE DARKNESS OF PAST" for trumpet and organ.
On 16 October, the opening concert of the 45th “Fränkische Musiktage” featured a world premiere - remarkable in times of the Corona pandemic: Enjott Schneider's "BEETHOVENS SCHÖPFUNG" for soloists, choir and ensemble (commissioned for the Beethoven Year 2020) was performed by soloists, choir and ensemble of the Süddeutsche Kammerchor, conducted by Gerd Jennemann. Further concerts followed in Frankfurt's Deutschordenskirche, in the “Bergkirche” of Gründgau and in the Basilica of St. Martin in Bingen. Highlight and great honour was the participation of Monika Grütters, Minister of State for Culture and Media, who was able to make a fiery plea for the preservation of culture in these times of crisis of the pandemic.
News
NEW CDS in the beginning of 2021
Three new CD production let start the year 2021 full of hope: "eine Beethoven-Hommage NUR WER DIE SEHNSUCHT KENNT" (Enjott & Friends, Nomination for the "Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik" 2/2021), MOMENTS OF SILENCE "HACKBRETT IN CONCERT" with intimate settings of instruments, and a r3CD-Set "MUSIK IN DOKUMENTARFILMEN als HÖR-REISEN ZUM FREMDEN UND UNBEKANNTEN"
NEW COMPOSITIONS - early in 2021
In contrast to the performers on stage - singers, soloists or ensembles - who are subject to a real professional ban, the composers can still compose and write their works.... even if the performances are permanently cancelled or have been postponed to a frustrating distance. Self-motivation has become arduous, vital flow is something other than the momentary paralysis of being winged. Nevertheless, twelve works have already been written in this year 2021.....
2 CD-Projects in November 2020
Two CD-Projects in month of November 2020: "JUBILISSIMO" for brass & organ, recorded in June in Essen cathedral is now released nin November. And a new CD "Beethoven 250 Years" was recorded in Great concert Hall of University of Music in Munich....
New Musical Works...published and freshly composed in summer 2020
"Despite Corona!"... some few musical works were composed and published in Summer and Autumn 2020:
August 2020 Worldpremiere "WUHAN 2020"
SYMPHONIC POEM "WUHAN 2020" - was commissioned by China government in month of February - and the Premiere should take place 6th of March, and was postponed till August 2020.
