Encounterpoints I
for violoncello and piano (2014)
World premiere
24.01.2015: Klangbrücke Aachen, Claudius von Wrochem, violoncello, Andreas F. Staffel, piano
Videos/Audio
Claudius von Wrochem, Violoncello | Andreas F. Staffel, Klavier - Klangbrücke Aachen - (24.01.2015)
https://youtu.be/lIK_NHUsz1U
Fünf Begegnungen (Five encounters)
for violoncello and piano (2002)
World premiere
06.02. 2002: Stadttheater Aachen, Christoph Bubeck, violoncello, Andreas F. Staffel, piano
Further performances
24.09.2004: Oper Frankfurt, Christoph Bubeck, Andreas F. Staffel
Immersion
for saxophone and partially prepared piano (2019)
World premiere
16.05.2021
Potsdam Museum, Ensemble Junge Musik
Weitere Aufführungen
- 26.08.2021
Eröffnungskonzert Zepernicker Randspiele
Soundcloud
Andrei Lakissov (saxophone)
Nadja Zeljukina (piano)
26.08.2021
Opening concert Zepernicker Randspiele
https://soundcloud.com/user-815415716/immersion-fur-sopransaxophon-und-teilprapariertes-klavier-2019
Lascia Vibrare
for clarinet and piano
World premiere
01.06.2018: Kunsthaus sans titre, Potsdam, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Lascia Vibrare
Version for flute and clarinet
Suite "Sur bois"
for flute and piano (1999-2009)
[I. Épigraphes sur bois (Tombeau) | II. Air on Air | III. Embranchements (Courante) | IV. Les feuillets morts (Sarabande) | V. Langue du feux (Gigue)]
World premiere
09.06.2017
Encounterpoints, Musikstudio Ohrpheo, Erik Drescher, flutes and Pavlos Antoniadis, piano
Videos
Suite "Sur bois" (I - V)
Eric Drescher (C flute, alto and piccolo)
Pavlos Antoniadis (piano)
Premiere Musikstudio Ohrpheo Berlin (09.06.2017)
https://youtu.be/T_sG9tqehZE
Treibgut II
for tenor saxophone and accordion (2021)
WORLD PREMIERE
15.06.2021
BKA - Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), Andrey Lakissov, saxophone | Roman Yusipey, accordion
Treibgut II
for baroque oboe and accordion (2016)
World premiere
01.07.2016
Musikstudio Ohrpheo Berlin, Antje Thierbach, oboe, Susanne Stock, accordion
Further performances
- 28.08.2016
Rangsdorf, Gedock Galerie, Antje Thierbach, Susanne Stock - 12.10.2016
Musikhochschule Osnabrück, Antje Thierbach, Susanne Stock - 15.10.2016
Circle 1 Kreuzberg, Antje Thierbach, Susanne Stock
Videos
Treibgut II
Antje Thierbach | Baritonoboe
Susanne Stock | Akkordeon
Konzertsaal - Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler
Berlin am 5.11.2016
https://youtu.be/Jnn58NmoSmY
Treibgut II
for oboe and piano (2019)
Treibgut II (Flotsam II)
for oboe and guitar (2019)
World premiere
- 14.02.2020
Musikstudio Ohrpheo, Berlin, Antje Thierbach | oboe, Tobias Krebs | guitar
Videos/Audio
Antje Thierbach | Oboe
Tobias Krebs | guitar
Concert recording from 14.2.2020 (Musikstudio Ohrpheo Berlin)
Recording: Gianni A. Staffel
https://soundcloud.com/andreas-f-staffel/andreas-staffel-treibgut-ii
Über kurz oder lang (Sooner or later)
Seven pieces for violin and piano (2019)
[1. Close ups | 2. Inside out | 3. Als ob | 4. Aprèlude | 5. Outside in | 6. Desert Islands | 7. Fiddlesticks]
World premiere
22.05.2020
Musikstudio Ohrpheo Berlin (Streaming-Konzert), Andreas Neufeld, violin, Tatjana Neufeld, piano
Video
Andreas Neufeld, violin, Tatjana Neufeld, piano
Musikstudio Ohrpheo, 22.05.2020
https://youtu.be/K3PuuOjf3oU
Um Haaresbreite
Version for two violins (2016)
World premiere
05.11.2016: Musikstudio Ohrpheo (Berlin), Cecilia and Martin Gelland
Videos/Audio
Martin und Cecilia Gelland, Violins
Recording: Studio Lyricon Music Production Lübeck
https://youtu.be/wLB2Cve8qLQ
About
The piece is an arrangement of the fourth movement of my violin sonata from 2010, created in the summer of 2016. As the title suggests, it is about fine and subtle nuances of the bow stroke. (Such as hair, wood, hair with wood, bow tip, hair with fingernail, hair with fingertip...). While the first violin is tuned in perfect fifths, the strings of the second violin are tuned down a quarter tone (50 cents.). In the course of the piece, however, they are tuned up by an eighth tone. The first part is a very quiet, almost timeless, playaround of the concert pitch A with near and very distant natural harmonics. The middle section deals with the simultaneous interplay of bow and (fingernail) plucked strings. This creates a kind of "banjo effect". The climax is a false prime, played on two strings, which is pressed with an extremely pressed bow. Gradually, the light mood of the opening section returns - the notes become ever softer and sparser, the rests steadily lengthen, and finally lose themselves completely in the expanse.
The piece is dedicated to Martin and Cecilia Gelland, who premiered it in Berlin on 5.11.2016.