After studying composition with Rudolf Kelterborn 1964-69, Martin Christoph Redel continued his studies with Giselher Klebe, Johannes Driessler and Isang Yun * 1979 professor of composition at the Music Academy of Detmold, director since 1993 * 1974 founder of the 'Ensemble Kontraste' * Combines free, atonal or dodecaphonic texture with principles of tonality * 1967 first major work, Movimento variato for orchestra, showing his tendency towards jazz-related rhythmic patterns * Extension of sound range through noise sources in Dispersion(1972) * 1981 Traumtanzfor percussion and strings * 1982 displays his roots in musical tradition in Bruckner-Essay for orchestra * In more recent works he focuses on smaller-scale composition, such as the Visions fugitives for accordion and percussion (1993) * Numerous awards for an output numbering some 50 works
Works by Martin Christoph Redel include: Interplayfor seven instruments (1975) Dreamdance(Traumtanz) for percussion and strings op.30 (1981) Bruckner-Essay for orchestra op.31 (1982)
Britten's pacifist masterwork, combining war poetry by Wilfred Owen with the Latin Requiem Mass, is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers.
