
York Höller (born 11 January 1944 in Leverkusen) is a German composer and Professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. He was awarded the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for his orchestral cycle, Sphären. Between 1963 and 1970 Höller studied at the Cologne Musikhochschule: composition with Joachim Blume and Bernd Alois Zimmermann, piano with Else Schmitz-Gohr and Alfons Kontarsky, and orchestral conducting with Wolfgang von der Nahmer. In parallel to this he studied musicology and philosophy at the University of Cologne.
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Der ewige tag
Wolkengesang
Windspiel
Spharen (Spheres): I. Wolkengesang (Song of the Clouds)
Regen-kanon
Schwarze Halbinseln
Erdschichten
Topic
Pensées (Reflections). 2nd Piano concerto.
Spharentrauer
Horizont
Feuerwerk
Mythos
Der Meister und Margarita: Vorspiel - Die Erzählung des Meisters [Live]
Duo Play for Piano for 4 Hands: Duo Play for Piano for 4 Hands: Figura ritmica - Live
3 Fragmente: I. Langsam
Spharen (Spheres): II. Windspiel (Wind Chime)
3 Fragmente: II. Bewegt
3 Fragmente: III. Sehr energisch
Spharen (Spheres): IV. Regen-Kanon (Rain Canon)
Spharen (Spheres): III. Erdschichten (Layers of Earth)
Zwiegestalt: I. Energico e decisio
5 Pieces: No. 1, Ruhig - Etwas schneller
Zwiegestalt: III. Capriccioso
Diaphonie
Zwiegestalt: II. Andante triste e doloroso
Der ewige Tag (The Eternal Day)
Spharen (Spheres): V. Feuerwerk (Fireworks)
Zwiegestalt: IV. Tranquillo misterioso e dolce
5 Pieces: No. 2, Sehr zart, poco rubato
Zwiegestalt: V. Agitato
Daydreams: Very Lively And Wild
Fanal
5 Pieces: No. 3, Sehr energisch, durchaus schroff
Daydreams: Very Agile In Tempo And Expression
Daydreams: Moderately Fast, With Veiled Expression
Piano sonata No. 2
Arcus (1978)
Arcus
Daydreams: Lively And Thoroughly Rough
Spharen (Spheres): VI. Spharentrauer (Mourning of the Spheres)
String Quartet No. 2: II. Ciacona: Lento
Partita: II. Fuga polimetrica. Vivo
String Quartet No. 2: III. Burletta: Giocoso
String Quartet No. 1, "Antiphon"
Daydreams: Rather Slow, In The Tempo Of Schubert's "Der Leiermann"
Daydreams: Very Still, Almost Dreamy
5 Pieces: No. 4, Pesante
5 Pieces: No. 5, Toccata. In tempo ferreo
Piano Sonata No. 1 "Sonote informelle": I. Sostenuto - Tempo I
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