Enjott Schneider - Psychogramme (Jürgen Geiger)

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Composer: Enjott Schneider

• Organ Symphony No. 2 "Die Marianische"
• Baumbilder
• Organ Symphony No. 15 "Psychogramm"

Jürgen Geiger, organ

Date: 2023

Label: Ambiente

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Description

Jürgen Geiger plays the organ at St. Ulrich & Afra in Augsburg. – The “soul” is the spiritual essence of every creature; in it, the timeless belonging to creation as a whole is manifested. In Organ Symphony No. 2, the Virgin Mary is depicted in four rather softly rendered images. In the “Tree Pictures,” following the tradition of the “Celtic Tree Calendar,” energetic characteristics of seven tree types are presented. Organ Symphony No. 15 was composed “in memoriam” on the 100th anniversary of the death of Max Reger, whose compositional style, as ingenious as it was eruptive, is so permeated by contrasts and obsessions that only a psychological analysis can comprehend this life lived between boundless excess and fragile introversion.

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Enjott Schneider (born 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German composer, musicologist and educator. He studied music and humanities at Freiburg, earning a doctorate under Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht. Schneider held academic posts in Freiburg and Munich, and later taught composition in Regensburg. He gained prominence in the 1980s as a leading film composer, scoring major German television series and films. His diverse output spans symphonies, operas, concertos and organ works, often blending styles from classical to rock. A prolific author and studio founder, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his music.

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Jürgen Geiger (born 1976 in Pfaffenwinkel, Bavaria) studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, earning concert diplomas in piano (with Michael Schäfer), organ and organ improvisation. Since 2001, he has served as a church musician in Munich and Weilheim while maintaining an active international performance career. He has appeared in major venues such as the Philharmonies in Berlin, Cologne and Munich, as well as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Renowned for his exceptional virtuosity, Geiger combines technical brilliance with deep musical sensitivity and expressive insight across both piano and organ.

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