Category: Chamber Music
This Piano Score along ELEGY "BEYOND THE LONGING" is featuring a wonderful melody which can be performed on various instruments such as violin, viola, flute, clarinet, sax.
The world-premiere was (1) at the Easter Festival in Arco (Italy) with Friedemann Eichhorn, conducted by Juheon Han, also (2) at the production with WDR Cologne for the CD "Movie.Themes made in Germany" (Label SOLO MUSICA) with Friedemann Eichhorn, the WDR-Funkhausorchester, conducted by Frank Strobel.
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Duration: 5 minutes
Publisher of notes/sheet music: Ries & Erler Musikverlag , NR. 00165 , 2026
Instrumentation: violin (or any other soprano instrument) & piano (organ)
Introduction: This elegy is very cinematic: it was composed as the closing credits music for Florian Baxmeyer's 2013 psychological drama ‘Ohne Dich’ (Without You) for Odeon-TV Wiesbaden on behalf of Degeto/ARD. Martina (played by Stefanie Stappenbeck) mysteriously and suddenly loses her beloved boyfriend during a sailing holiday in Brittany. The search for the missing or dead man becomes a nightmare between hope, hallucination and a longing that turns into delusion.
This highly emotional motif has become one of my favourite melodies, which I have quoted and varied in several compositions: in BARAKA – BLESSING POWER for violin and piano, in the oratorio KABBALA – WEGE DES LICHTS (Kabbalah – Paths of Light), in the concerto for four cellos and orchestra PIK, KREUZ, DIAMOND & HEART, where it serves as the motif of the ‘Queen of Hearts’.
World premiere: 20.10.2025, Arco 2025 Italy
Performers at world premiere: Friedemann Eichhorn (Violine), mit dem Orchester des Festivals „Pasqua Musicale Arcense“, Dirigent: Juheon Han
Records: SOLO MUSICA (Munich) and SOLITON (Poland), 2025
Performers on recording: Aufgenommen im Februar 2024 bei der der WDR-Rundfunkproduktion und CD „Movie-Themes made in Germany“ Label Solo Musica - Friedemann Eichhorn, mit dem WDR-Funkhausorchester, Dirigent: Frank Strobel
Aufgenommen im Juli 2025 für das Label SOLITON (Polen) und der CD "Dreamin for a better world", mit Lukasz Dlugosz (Fl) und Roman Perucki (Orgel)
