Excerpt: Compositions for heckelphone and keyboard accompaniment (chronological)
by Peter Hurd; reorganized and amended by Holger Hoos, editor-in-chief since 2020
version 2 (1 February 2022)
This collection is based on the catalogue of musical works requiring heckelphone or bass oboe instrumentation assembled by Peter Hurd beginning in 1998. For this new edition, the original version of the repertoire list has been edited for accuracy, completeness and consistency, and it has been extended with a number of newly discovered pieces.
Some entries could not (yet) be rigorously verified for accuracy; these were included nonetheless, to provide leads for future investigation, but are marked clearly. Pieces were selected for inclusion based solely on the use of heckelphone, bass oboe or lupophone, without any attempt at assessing their artistic merit. Arrangements of pieces not originally intended for these instruments were included when there was clear evidence that they had found a significant audience.
We gratefully acknowledge contributions by Crawford Best, Ulrich Brokamp, Michael Finkelman, Francis Firth, Alain Girard, Thomas Hiniker, Robert Howe, Gunther Joppig, Georg Otto Klapproth, Mark Perchanok, Andrew Shreeves and Michael Sluman.
Keyssner, August (1882-1958): Intermezzo (Am Hochzeitstag), op. 91, 1925 [?]this entry is only partially verified
Publisher: Heckel-Archiv (ms)
Remarks: for heckelphone and organ; written for the wedding of Else Heckel to Franz Groffy, and performance on that occasion by Heinrich Türk
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Heckel, Wilhelm Hermann (1879-1952): Meine Gedanken, 1946
Publisher: Verlag Gebrüder Schottstädt, Mainz (GS 10 118)
Remarks: concertino for bassoon (or heckelphone) and piano
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Smith, Leland (1925-2013): Sonata for Heckelphone (or Viola) and Piano, 1953
Publisher: San Andreas Press
Remarks: versions for viola and tenor saxophone also exist; it has been performed several times with the composer on heckelphone; a recording of the version of viola and piano has been released by Naxos in 2008
Duration: 10min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Mielenz, Hans (1909-1996): Concerto für Heckelphon und Orchester, op. 60, 1959
Publisher: ms
Remarks: for heckelphone and large orchestra; based on a 12-tone-series; first recording and broadcast in November 1982 by Georg Otto Klapproth (heckelphone) and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie under Reinhard Peters; first live performance on 5 May 1985 in Darmstadt, Germany, by Georg Otto Klapproth (heckelphone) and the Staatstheaterorchester Darmstadt under Hans Drewanz; a version for heckelphone and piano also exists
Duration: 14min
Tags: heckelphone; orchestra, solo, keyboard instrument
Konietzny, Heinrich (1910-1983): Rezitativ für Heckelphon und Klavier, 1965
Publisher: ms
Remarks: written for Georg Meerwein
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Eyser, Eberhard (1932-): Trezza, 1983
Publisher: STIM, Stockholm
Remarks: for heckelphone (or viola) and piano; dedicated to Björn Uddén; premiere 8 June 1990 in Oradea, by Sandor Joszef Thurzo (viola) and Magda Schmidt (piano)
Duration: 8min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Eyser, Eberhard (1932-): Pastorelles, 1983
Publisher: STIM 20738, Stockholm
Remarks: for heckelphone (or alto saxophone) and harp (or piano)
Duration: 8min
Tags: heckelphone; chamber music, keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Fenzl, Helmut Friedrich (1953-): Fantasia Obscura, 1985
Remarks: for bass clarinet or heckelphone and organ (or piano)
Duration: 3min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Mielenz, Hans (1909-1996): Elegie, op. 123, 1989
Publisher: Heckel-Archiv (ms)
Remarks: for heckelphone (or oboe) and organ (or piano, orchestra)
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, orchestra
Genzmer, Harald (1909-2007): Sonate für Heckelphon und Klavier (GeWV 253), 1993
Publisher: Edition Peters, Leipzig (EP 12832)
Remarks: for heckelphone and piano; written for Gunther Joppig
Duration: 12min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Vidjeskog, Patrick (1964-): Sonata in modo classico, 1999
Publisher: Music Finland (MF17932)
Remarks: for heckelphone (or cor anglais or tenor saxophone) and piano; dedicated to Tapani Salonen; premiere on 4 December 1999 in Helsinki, Finland, by Tapani Salonen (heckelphone) and Tarmo Järvilehto (piano)
Duration: 12min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Rønnes, Robert (1959-): Three Nocturnes (Hommage à Frederick Delius), 1982-2000
Publisher: TrevCo Music Publishing (68651)
Remarks: for bass oboe or heckelphone and piano; dedicate to A. Schmidt and R. Wolschina; premiere on 17 May 2000 in Lodz, Poland, by Axel Schmidt (bass oboe) and and Reinhard Wolschina (piano); the composer changed the original version to heckelphone in 2000 and also produced a version for bassoon and piano
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Vossebrecker, Roland (1965-): Für Heckelphon und Klavier, 2009
Remarks: premiere on 23 April 2010
Duration: 6min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Hamel, Peter Michael (1947-): Anverwandlungen, 2010
Publisher: Bayrische Landesbibliothek (ms: Mus.N. 152,154)
Remarks: for heckelphone and organ; versions for other instruments exist
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Urbaniak, Jacek (1949-): Heckelpol, 2010 [??]this entry has not (yet) been verified
Publisher: ms
Remarks: two mazurkas according to folksongs from Moravia, for heckelphone and piano
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Vossebrecker, Roland (1965-): Duett für ein Sopran- und ein Tenorinstrument mit Klavierbegleitung, 2011
Remarks: for one soprano and one tenor instrument; premiere on 25 November 2011 with oboe and heckelphone
Duration: 8min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe / Jesus bleibet meine Freude (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), 2012
Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; the original version is part of the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", written in 1723, for four-part choir, strings, oboe and trumpet; it is widely known under the English title "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring", and numerous arrangements exist
Duration: 4min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Mason, Quinn (1996-): Dragonfly, 2012
Remarks: for piano and heckelphone
Duration: 3min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Rheinberger, Josef Gabriel (1839-1901): Abendlied (aus: Sechs Stücke für Violine und Orgel) (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), op. 150, 2012
Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; original 1887 version for violin and organ dedicated to Benno Walter
Duration: 6min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Tansman, Alexandre (1897-1987): Sonatine (arrangement by Albrecht Bode and Iris Rieg), 2012
Remarks: arrangement for heckelphone and organ; original 1957 version for bassoon and piano; dedicated to Gustave Dherin
Duration: 12min
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument, arrangement
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Tipp, Devon Osamu (Devon Yasamune Toyotomi) (1991-): Heckelphone Sonata, 2012 [??]this entry has not (yet) been verified
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Bärenz, Martin (1956-): Sonatine für Heckelphon und Klavier, 2013
Remarks: commissioned by Georg Weiss
Tags: heckelphone; keyboard instrument
Tipp, Devon Osamu (Devon Yasamune Toyotomi) (1991-): Lithium Daphnae, 2011-2013
Remarks: for heckelphone (or bass oboe or lupophone), viola and piano; premiere on 7 October 2013 in Rostock, Germany, by Sabine Kaselow (bass oboe), Christoph Stark (viola) and Jenns Hoffmann (piano)
Duration: 6min
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe, lupophone; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here; a recording is available here.
Kram, Richard (1953-): Easy Miniatures for Heckelphone (or Bass Oboe), 2014
Remarks: for heckelphone (or bass oboe) and piano
Tags: heckelphone, bass oboe; keyboard instrument
Additional information can be found here.