Bräuninger, Jürgen

 

b Stuttgart, 13 September 1956

 

Jürgen Bräuninger studied in Stuttgart with Ulrich Süsse and Erhard Karkoschka, and at San Jose State University with Allan Strange and Dan Wyman. He has been lecturing in composition and music technology at the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa since 1985. Besides many works for various ensembles/soloists and electronic media (some in collaboration with Matthew Brubeck, Sazi Dlamini, Feya Faku, Ulrich Süsse, and Dan Wyman as well as poet Ari Sitas), he has also contributed to film scores (e.g. Lawnmower Man) and a number of Jay Pather’s Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre productions (e.g. A South African Siddhartha and Ahimsa-Ubuntu). His more recent composition ihlathi is available on Southern Cones: Music out of Africa and South America (Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 10), others can be heard on dUrban Noise and scraps Works (Claremont GSE AM31, available through EMF) and on Mike Rossi and Ulrich Süsse – Two In One (CD MRUS 4074).

 

Orchestral Works: 

Timesteps 

1984 16' for chamber orchestra (14 players), first performed by members of the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Hankinson (conductor). 

Saxomanie 

1981 12'30 for saxophone(s) solo and orchestra, commissioned by Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart (Studiotage leichter Musik - Wolfram Rörig), 

first performed by Bernd Konrad (saxophone/s) and Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Stuttgart, Werner Andreas Albert (conductor). 

Available on: Vibraphony-Saxomanie, Ornament Records, CH-7.924

Chamber Music:

13 very short movies 4 saxophones 0 electronics 

2002 ca. 8'00 for saxophone quartet, first performed by Stockholm Saxophone Quartet.

 

Film Music:

The Lawnmower Man 

contributing composer and complete score realization, Allied Vision Lane Pringle Productions in association with Fuji Eight Co. Ltd., distributed by New Line Cinema Corporation (worldwide), USA 1992 

The Dead Pit 

orchestration and additional music, Cornerstone Production Company, USA, distributed by Skouras, 1989

 

Computer Video:

Xherone 

1986 23' commissioned by Tage für Neue Musik Stuttgart 1986, realized at Vista Sound Studio, Monte Sereno, California and CADRE Institute, San Jose, California.

 

Computer Installations:

Xherone 1.2 

1989 an interactive video/music Installation - Joel Slayton (art director), Kelvin Chan (systems engineer) - for National Computer Graphics Association Arts Conference, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA., June 1-30, 1989 

Xherone 1.1 

1988 an interactive video/music Installation - Joel Slayton (art director), Kelvin Chang (systems engineer) - for San Francisco State University, Distinguished Artists Forum, 1988

 

Audio Book:

Mrs. Faust Remembers 

1986 54' written by David Basckin, directed and composed by Jürgen Bräuninger, performed by Catherine Farren and Peter Larlham, recorded at Gerald LaPierre Electro-Acoustic Music Studio, University of Natal and Mike Westcott Studio, Durban (voices). Limited private edition.

Tape/cd and Acoustic Instruments:

Yinkosi Yeziziba 

12'00 collective composition with Sazi Dlamini, Kompositionsauftrag des/ commissioned by Südwestrundfunk, Germany for umrhube and udloko musical bows, vocals, percussion and electronic sounds, first performed by Sazi Dlamini. 

sloggin with a zol 

2000 7'00 for piano, pianist with leg rattles, electronic sounds and words by Ari Sitas, first performed by Marcel Worms. 

ihlathi 

1999 4'30 for umakhweyana, electronic sounds and poem by Alfred Temba Qabula, first performed by Angela Impey. 

Available on: Leonardo Music Journal Vol.10 CD Companion, MIT Press. ISAST 10 EMF CD 027. 

Morphology 

1996 for trumpet, saxophone, piano, double bass, sampled sounds 

 

I : LOVE AT FIRST SIGH 3'59 

 

II : CADAVRES EXQUIS 4'34 

 

III : FRÖHLICHER KANNIBALISMUS 3'38 

first performed by Brian Thusi, Dusty Cox, Nishlyn Ramana, Lex Futshane. 

 

CURTAINS

1995 1'15 for solo wind instrument and tape, first performed by Dusty Cox. 

... anywhere far (ensemble) 

1991 21' collective composition with Ulrich Süsse for instruments and tape realized at Gerald LaPierre Electro-Acoustic MusicStudio, University of Natal and Studio für elektronische Musik, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by SÜDPOOL Ensemble. 

... anywhere far (orchestra) 

2002 16' collective composition with Ulrich Süsse for string orchestra, soloists, projections and tape realized at Gerald LaPierre Electro-Acoustic MusicStudio, University of Natal and Studio für elektronische Musik, Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Bernd Ruf, cond.), Gregor Hübner (vl.), and Patrick Bebey (fl., perc., sanza). 

Barnsley's Chaos Game 

1990 7'30 for flute, piano, and tape, first performed by Lara Allen and Christine Lucia. 

Between Nowhere And Now Here - Again 

1986 10'30 for piano and tape realized at Electronic Music Studio San Jose State University, first performed by Christine Lucia. 

YEAH! 

1984 20' collective composition with Ulrich Süsse for 2 pianos and 2 clarinets and tape realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Darius Brubeck (piano), Paul Schwarz (piano), Bernd Konrad (clarinet), Evan Ziporyn (clarinet). 

Between Nowhere And Now Here 

1984 6'30 collective composition with Ulrich Süsse 

for variable instruments and tape realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Darius Brubeck (piano), Paul Schwarz (piano), Bernd Konrad (clarinet), Evan Ziporyn (clarinet).

D-ART-S 

1981 10'03 collective composition with Ulrich Süsse for vibraphone and tape realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, commissioned by Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart, first performed by David Friedman (vibraphone). 

Available on: Vibraphony-Saxomanie Ornament, CH-7.924 

V 

1982 9' collective composition with Ulrich Süsse for vibraphone and tape realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, commissioned by Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart, first performed by David Friedman (vibraphone).

 

Tape and Solo Dancers: 

The Tam Tam Tape 

1979/80 realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Claudia Romey (pantomime). 

Available on: Elektronische Musik: konkret-instrumental-vokal, Ornament Edition Neue Musik, CH-7.921 

Panta Rhei 

1978/79 11'40 words: Wieland Geisenhainer, voices: Claudia Romey and Ulrike Götz, realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Luitgard Feiks (dance). 

 

"___________________" 

(for (sometimes sixteen) 

Steinway-Grand-Piano(s) 

and Her (She's the One)) 

1977/78 10'20 realized at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik Stuttgart, first performed by Claudia Romey (movement).

Electro-acoustic Tapes:

Baboon-Part 3 

1988 7'30 a Durban Soundscape Project, stereo tape collage realized at Gerald LaPierre Electro-Acoustic Music Studio University of Natal. 

The Shape of Things to Come 

1986 14'50 quadrophonic tape collage realized at Gerald LaPierre Electro-Acoustic Music Studio University of Natal. 

Bass-Auf

1984 6'41 collective composition with Ulrich Süsse, stereo tape collage realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart (Bernd Konrad - saxophones, clarinets). 

Available on: Vibraphony-Saxomanie Ornament, CH-7.924

 

Multimedia / Music Theatre:

Transfigured Ritual 

2003 14' for trumpet, piano, violoncello, electric bass, page turner, DVD and simultaneous projection of Maya Deren's 1946 silent film Ritual in Transfigured Time. 

first performed by Marcus Wyatt, Michael Blake, Helen Hucksley, Julia Rynam, and Carlo Mombelli at National Arts Festival Grahamstown. 

Saro-Wiwa / Requiem 

1996 poems by Alfred Temba Qabula for reciter, trumpet, saxophone, piano, double bass, sampled sounds 

 

I: PETROLEUM / TO YOU NIGERIA ca 3' 

 

II: NIGERIAN ENTROPY ca 4'30 

 

III: NIGHT OVER NIGERIA ca 5'30 

 

IV: LAMENT ca 2' 

 

first performed by Jerry Pooe, Dusty Cox, Brian Thusi, Nishlyn Ramana, Lex Futshane. 

 

A Composition of Note 

1995 3' for reciter, radio microphone and tape, first performed by Colin Moss. 

So it goes 

1988 44' 'assorted sketches' for four strings, voices and quadrophonic tape (Version 1.0: Sort of an Introduction, Vienna 1827, Interlude, Reflex and Bone Rattle, Between Nowhere And Now Here - Already Again, The Oranges & Lemons Attempt, The Oranges & Lemons Variations, Another Interlude, Thou Pluckest Me Out, Karl's Son, White Bodies Naked, Durban 1987) first performed by Natal Philharmonic String Quartet, Richard Salmon and Lara Allen. 

Music for a Multivision 

1981 multivision on arts education in Baden-Württemberg, produced by the Secretary of Sciences and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, first performed in Landespavilion, Baden-Baden. 

Inside Insects I 

1981 12' for electronic ensemble and visuals, first performed by Ulrike Götz (voice & bottle), David Mason (voice & saxophone), Helmut Weber (e-piano), Ulrich Süsse (synthesizer), Jürgen Bräuninger (additional sounds). 

Facephase 

1981 23' realized at Studio für elektronische Musik at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, first performed by Gerhard's Marionetten Schwäbisch Hall. 

Kleid-Klang 

1980 for 'Klangkleider' and quadrophonic tape, first performed by Mirjam Hermelink and Angelika Holzinger. 

Pinba(ch)ll 

1980 collective composition with Ulrich Süsse und David Mason for pinball machine, soprano, piano, vocoder, harp, mbira, conga and octet.

 

Graphic Score:

String Bandits 

1983 11'30 for electric guitar and violin, first performed by Pat and Allen Strange.

 

Keyboard Solo:

Windspiel 

1980 8'50 for organ, first performed by Ulrich Süsse. 

Russian Dolls 

1990 6'30 for piano (this piece also exists in form of a multitrack MIDI file), first performed by Christine Lucia. 

 

Theatre Music / Incidental Music / Dance Drama: 

Home (J Pather) 

2003 (Playground: Introduction + Shrieks + Thabo's Ties) 

Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre National Arts Festival Grahamstown, 27+28+29 June 2003. 

Thathamachance (J Pather) 

2001 ca. 20' Soundscape/collage for two CDs and two CD-players set to random play. Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre FNB VIta Dance Umbrella, Johannesburg, 10 March 2001. 

Laws of Recall (J Pather) 

2000 24' Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre (processing and re-arrangement of W.A. Mozart's Requiem) Jomba! Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Durban, 21 August 2000. 

A South African Siddhartha (J Pather) 

1999 82' Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre (with additional music by Deepak Ram, Philip Glass/Ravi Shankar, Paul Schwarz and from The Mahabharata Original Soundtrack) National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown 1999. 

FNB Vita Contemporary Choreography and Dance Awards 1999/2000: Best Choreography. 

Shifting Spaces Tilting Times (J Pather) 

1998 25' Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre 

Opening of International Writers Festival, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Durban, 2.3.98 - Wits Theatre, Johannesburg, FNB Dance Umbrella, 19-20.3.98 -Playhouse Drama, Durban, 'Back2Back' dance season, 28-31. March 1998. 

Unclenching The Fist (J Pather) 

1997 6'26 additional music ('Unclenched Fist') for Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre, Playhouse, Durban. 

Ahimsa-Ubuntu (J Pather and F Meer) 

1995 40' Springfield College of Education, Institute for Black Research book launch 'The South African Gandhi'; guest of honour: Shrimati Sonia Gandhi, special guest: President Nelson R. Mandela - 10/9/95 11.15 SABC CCV (excerpts) and 24/9/95 22.00 SABC TV1 (complete). 

Ahimsa-Ubuntu (J Pather and F Meer) 

1996 70' Playhouse: Opera, Durban and India/Sri Lanka tour October/ November 96. 

Charred Loving (A Sitas) 

1993 National Festival of the Arts Grahamstown 

directors: Junaid Achmed and Ari Sitas 

Mrs. Faust Remembers (D Basckin) 

1986 National Festival of the Arts Grahamstown 

director: Dennis Schauffer 

Raskolnikoff 1990 (A Dostojewski) 

1981 Theater Tri-Bühne Stuttgart 

director: Michael Koerber 

Hungrige Träume in Duft erlöst (M Koerber) 

1982 Theater Tri-Bühne Stuttgart 

director: Edith Bäumker 

Romeo und Julia (W Shakespeare) 

1981 Theater Tri-Bühne Stuttgart 

director: Michael Koerber 

Von der Freundlichkeit der Welt (B Brecht) 

1981 Theater Tri-Bühne Stuttgart 

director: Edith Bäumker 

Medea (Euripides) 

1980 Theater Tri-Bühne Stuttgart 

director: Michael Koerber