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Peter Wittrich
Country of origin:
Germany
Birthday:
November 28, 1959
Upcoming Performances
Concerto 2
March 23, 2025 |
Hamburg/Ottensen (Germany) , Marienkirche
Liturgische Bagatellen
August 3, 2025 |
Freising (Germany) , Stadtpfarrkirche St. Georg
About Peter Wittrich
The merging together of craftsmanship, inspiration and accessibility – the three pillars of artistic creation – confer upon each individual piece an unmistakable sound quality, which I see as the indispensable goal of any kind of contemporary composition. (My) music should communicate as rationally as a polished literary text, with the emotional impact of an atmospheric picture.(Peter Wittrich)
Peter Wittrich was born in Freising in Northern Bavaria on 28 November 1959. After his school-leaving exams he initially began training as a secondary school teacher at the Munich Academy of Music; soon afterwards he began to study composition with Professor Dieter Acker at the same institution, graduating with a master’s diploma.
While still a student he started winning prizes in composition, including first prize at the 1985 Erding international organ festival for the organ piece Fantasia on D-Eb-C-A. Numerous other prizes followed, especially for choral and instrumental works, such as a first prize for his ‘Sixteenth-Century Drinking Song’ in the composition class at the international Franz Schubert Choral Festival in Vienna (1997), first prize awarded by the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation in Vienna for Segnali capricciosi for trumpet and orchestra (1998) and first prize in 1999 at the international competition for European church music in Schwäbisch Gmünd with Hymnal Motet, a composition for choir and organ.
From 1989 until 2004 Peter Wittrich was a full-time lecturer in music theory at the College of Music and Drama in Munich; since 2004 he has been Professor of music theory and piano studies for schoolteachers at the same college.
The main focus of his creative work is in choral works, church music and instrumental pieces. In addition, he is particularly keen on engagement in education, composing for children and for young people.
With his ensemble Solisti Deo Gloria and the Peter Wittrich-x-tett, in parallel with the introduction of the new German Catholic hymnal he presents a varied palette of new song arrangements and re-compositions, producing extraordinary arrangements of dance music and light entertainment pieces.
This stylistic range is also reflected in his compositions. Chorales and the tradition of motet-writing are combined with jazz elements (Organ Blues, Missa in Blue), traditional melodies are set within highly structured compositions, some of them subtly infused with a hint of irony (Christmas Sonata) and contemporary detail is merged with archaically traditional foundations in a style that goes straight to the roots of the emotions.
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based on "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid"Product TypeIn stockAs low as €11.99Incl. Tax
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"Salve Regina"Composer: Peter WittrichSeries: Edition Schott
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"Hymns"Product TypeIn stockAs low as €16.99Incl. Tax
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"Pax"Composer: Peter WittrichEditor: Bernhard ButtmannSeries: Edition Schott
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Sagt, wo ich ihn findeEditor: Wilfried FischerArranger: Peter WittrichMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir and pianoLanguage: SpanishProduct number: ED 22457 Q43248E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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nebst einem Piloten in den Sanddünen, geheimnisvollen Planeten und merkwürdigen ErwachsenenComposer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: percussion, narrator and ensembleLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Concerto poetico for percussion and orchestraComposer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: percussion and orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Composer: Peter WittrichSeries: Double-Bass Library
Edition Schott
Instrumentation: double bass and pianoProduct number: KBB 16Product TypeIn stockAs low as €14.99Incl. Tax -
Aus TirolComposer: Peter WittrichAuthor: Singer PurMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir (SAATBB)Language: GermanProduct number: ED 20711 Q8163E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Zum 300. Geburtstag von Domenico ScarlattiPrint editionPrint editionIn stock€12.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Aus BöhmenComposer: Peter WittrichAuthor: Singer PurMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir (SAATBB)Language: GermanProduct number: ED 20711 Q8160E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Hommage à Hermann SchroederComposer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: organProduct number: ED 23913Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€29.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Jazz PartitaProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €11.99Incl. Tax
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nach einem Volkslied aus SchwabenMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir (SAATBB)Language: GermanProduct number: ED 20301 Q14779E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Jazz-Partita for OrganProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €15.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Peter WittrichEditor: Monika TwelsiekMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9055 Q19935E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Peter WittrichSeries: Edition Schott
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Composer: Peter WittrichEditor: Monika TwelsiekMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9055 Q19932E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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nach einem Volkslied aus SchwabenMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir (SAATBB)Language: GermanProduct number: ED 20301 Q14775E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt: ChileEditor: Wilfried FischerArranger: Peter WittrichMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choir and pianoLanguage: SpanishProduct number: ED 22457 Q43249E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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8 PiecesComposer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: Piano Moments
Instrumentation: pianoLanguage: French, German, EnglishProduct number: ZM35170Print editionPrint editionIn stock€18.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Poetic Miniatures for Piano DuetProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €13.99Incl. Tax
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Poetic Miniatures for Piano based on Antoine de Saint-ExupéryProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €12.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 22632 Q51936E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Humorous variations on a theme by Robert Schumann in barious styles from Bach to LisztComposer: Robert Schumann | Peter WittrichSeries: Edition Schott
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Composer: Peter WittrichMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: flute and altofluteProduct number: ED 23166 Q583226E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
Performances
Liturgical bagatelles
August 3, 2025 |
Freising (Germany) , Stadtpfarrkirche St. Georg