Jörg Duda


Jörg Duda is a German composer of classical music.

Life and career

Born in Munich, Duda was influenced by the church music of Scheyern Abbey. He took lessons in organ and improvisation with Harald Feller, in theory and composition with Dieter Acker. From 1988 to 1992 he studied church music at the Musikhochschule München. He studied choral conducting with Roderich Kreile and was a member in his choir Junge Kantorei München. He played organ concerts and worked as a Korrepetitor for the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Philharmonischer Chor München. From 1992 Duda studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter at the Musikhochschule Hannover and continued with Dieter Acker in Munich, completing the "Meisterklasse" in 1997.
From 1998 to 2022 Duda was Kantor of St Emmeram in Geisenfeld. He taught at times music theory at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Duda co-founded the Münchner Harmoniemusik and the piano quintet Cumulus. In 2007 he was awarded the Kulturförderpreis of Geisenfeld.
Duda composed especially in the fields of organ music, sacred choral music, chamber music for wind instruments and solo concertos. He has been inspired by Finnish authors and singers, such as Pirjo Honkanen, Lassi Nummi and Johann Tilli. His works are often commissioned by performers. He has collaborated with the chamber choir novAntica, alumni of the Musikhochschule München, who premiered in 1995 his Pater Noster for two mixed choirs. His motet Friede über Israel was commissioned and recorded in 2000 by Roderich Kreile and the Dresdner Kreuzchor. Duda composed four Finnish Quartets, each for a woodwind instrument and a string trio. The first was commissioned by bassoonist Lyndon Watts, premiered by him in 2001
and played again in Munich on 14 March 2011, together with the premiere of Bernd Redmann's Migrant and with the Basson Quintet of Graham Waterhouse. Duda's tuba concerto was composed for Andreas Hofmeir and premiered by him in Ingolstadt on 23 October 2010.
As a performer, he has promoted the works of local Geisenfeld composers such as Johann Feldmayr and Johann Kyrzinger.

Selected works

Orchestra

Lacrimae lucis Op. 22 for violin and large orchestra Poéme fantasque Op. 30/1 for large orchestra EXALTATION I Op. 31/1 for organ, 10 brass players and timpani EXALTATION II Op. 31 for flute and string orchestraSinfonia concertante I Op. 50 for 12 wind instruments, double bass, celesta, timpani and organSinfonia concertante II Op. 54 for piano and orchestra
  • Bassoon concerto Op. 66
  • Tuba concerto Op. 67/1

Choral music

  • Three motets Op. 3 for choir a cappellaNachtlieder Op. 10 for choir a cappella
  • Nine Finnish madrigals Op. 14 for choir and soloists a cappella
  • Magnificat Op. 17 for double choir a cappella Noë! Op. 21, Christmas oratorio for soloists, double choir, large orchestra and two organs Laudes naturae Op. 24, motet for soprano and double choir a cappella
  • Seven motets Op. 25 for choir a cappella, includingHarmony in music Op. 34 for men's vocal ensemble and piano Im Herbst Op. 37a cantata for three female voices and piano Missa "laetentur coeli" Op. 46 for soloists, choir, large orchestra and organ
  • Requiem Op. 60 for soloists, choir, large orchestra and organ

Lied

Sechs Lieder Op. 2 for mezzo-soprano and guitar Four Songs Op. 19 for bass-baritone, viola and pianoEXALTATION III Op. 31/3 for bass-baritone, horn, bass clarinet, cello and organ Magnificat II Marian kiitosvirsi Op. 43/2 for soprano and organ Puun rukous Op. 43/4a for bass and organ Fünf Psalmengesänge Op. 47 for bass and organ Sonnenaufgang Op. 49a for soprano, alto flute and piano Wanderer im Spätherbst Op. 49c for mezzo-soprano, flute and mandoline Verrinnend Op. 55a for alto, bassoon and piano Natura Finlandiae Op. 55c for bass and piano

Keyboard

  • Two piano sonatasFantasiestücke Op. 36 for organ in three volumesFiori musicali Op. 61

Chamber music

Sonatine Op. 1 for flute and guitarKAIHO Op. 23/3 for flute Elegie und Rhapsodie Op. 23/4 for alto saxophon and organ
  • Sonate Finnischer Sommer Op. 35 for flute and piano
  • Bassoon sonate Op. 52
  • Sonatinas Op. 62Fantasia II Op. 29 for tuba and harp
  • Duo Op. 44/2 for violin and celloDreamdance No. 1 Op. 55b/1
  • Four quartets Op. 41 Finnish Quartets for a wind instrument and string trio:Tre Quartetti animati Op. 57/1-3 for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoonQuartetto profondo Op. 57/4 for 2 horns and 2 bassoonsQuartetto semiserio Op. 57/5 for 4 bassoons Notturno Op. 44/1
  • Five string quartets
  • Five wind quintets for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
  • Two brass quintets
  • Quartet Op. 48/1 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano
  • Two quintets for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and pianoDivertimento Op. 33/4Cassazion Op. 42/3Suite en Sax Op. 33/3 for saxophone octet and tuba EXALTATION IV: Oiseaux grotesque „Komische Vögel“ Op. 40

Early works in "old style"

  • Three trios for clarinet, violin and cello
  • Trios for flute, clarinet and bassoon
  • Quartet in B for oboe, violin, viola and violoncello
  • Two wind quintets
  • Wind Octet
  • Missa in B for soloists, choir, flute, strings and organ
  • Missa brevis in Es for soloists, choir, clarinet, violin, double bass and organ