
Georg Friedrich Haas was born in 1953 in Graz, a city in the east of Austria. His childhood was spent in the mountainous province of Vorarlberg, on the Swiss border. The landscape and the atmosphere of the place have left a lasting impression on his personality. The atmosphere was marked not so much by natural beauty in the accepted sense of the word. Rather, Haas experienced the mountains as a menace; he felt closed in by the narrow valley where the sun rarely penetrated. Nature for him represented a dark force.
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In Vain
Nacht-Schatten
In Nomine (2001) for bass flute, english horn, clarinet, piano, vibraphone, violin, viola and Violoncello
String Quartet No. 2
In Vain (2000) For 24 Instruments
Limited approximations: III. Limited approximations
…und… (first version)
String Quartet no. 1
Limited approximations: I. Limited approximations
Wer, wenn ich schriee, horte mich…
…aus freier Lust… verbunden…
In Nomine
Limited approximations: II. Limited approximations
Trombone Concerto
Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich…
…
Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich...
3 Hommages: No. 1, Hommage à György Ligeti
Hyperion
Solo for Viola d'Amore
I Can't Breathe
In Vain (2000) For 24 Instruments [Sylvain Cambreling: Klangforum Wien]
Guitar Quartet
3 Hommages: No. 3, Hommage à Steve Reich
3 Hommages: No. 2, Hommage à Josef Matthias Hauer
Geburtstagsgrüße aus Essaouira
hommage à ligeti for two pianos, tuned a quarter-tone apart (1985)
Nachtschatten
Octet for 8 trombones
Limited Approximations
Nacht, Scene 1: Denn schreiend stürzte Ödipus herein (Der Tenor, Der Bariton, Der Bass, Der Sprecher)
String Quartet No.2
Wer, wenn ich schriee, horte mich ... (1999)
wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich … (1999) for percussion and ensemble
… Einklang freier Wesen …
Nacht, Scene 3: Wie ist's mit dir? (Der Bariton, Der Tenor, Der Sprecher)
Violin Concerto No. 2: I. Präludium
In Vain for 24 instruments
De terrae fine
... und ... (2008)
Nacht, Scene 2: Ich habe nichts, ... (Der Tenor, Der Bariton, Der Bass, Der Sprecher)
Nacht, Scene 4: Eure Majestät (Der Sprecher)
Nacht, Scene 14: Und es bewirkt (Der Bass)
Nacht, Scene 5: Sie verzeihen, ... (Der Bariton, Der Mezzosopran)
Nacht, Scene 13: Es ist aus, Diotima! (Der Bariton)
Nacht, Scene 7: Mein Herz hält das Schweigen gegen dich länger nicht aus. (Der Bariton, Der Mezzosopran)
Haas: Blumenwiese
String Quartet No. 7
Nacht, Scene 10: Sitzt stumm am Tisch (Der Sprecher)
Nacht, Scene 12: Ihr wandelt droben im Licht (Der Tenor, Der Bariton, Der Sopran, Der Mezzosopran, Der Bass, Der Sprecher)
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