Siegfried Behrend

Haiku Suite was composed after the poems of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho (1643-1694), who founded the poetry form, and for which he gave the name, Haiku. Composed by Siegfried Behrend for Flute and Guit...

Die Partitur ist teils traditionell, teils graphisch notiert, der Gitarrepart ist leicht, erfordert aber neue Spieltechniken.

From the series "Music for Mandolin" Volume 1.

Dem Stil nach ist diese Sonate in der Vorklassik angesiedelt. Ein sehr musikantisches Stück mit leicht ins Ohr gehender Melodik, harmonisch und rhythmisch einfach. Beide Stimmen sind absolut gleichwer...

From the serie "Music for Mandolin" Volume 17.

For Luigi Boccherini's (1743-1805) annually delivered quintet compositions to the Prussian court, he received the title and pay as a court composer from King Friedrich Wilhelm II. He could not decide,...

The piece is from the time when Behrend traveled through the world as ambassadors of music, commissioned by the Goethe Institute and the German Foreign Office. He performed for the Emperor of Japan, E...