On this site you will find audio samples mainly from the two general fields “Contemporary Music” and “Traditional music styles” like Jazz or Latin Music. In addition, there are excerpts from arrangements at the bottom of this page. Currently, most of the audio samples are composed in traditional musical language, but the main focus of my work is in contemporary music. This is also due to the problem-free realizability of traditional styles in the digitally produced audio samples.
ETUDE Nr. 3 “UNBEWUSST”
Unbewusst – Beginning from 3 Choreographische Etüden – CLICK TO VIEW
from Drei Choreographische Etuden für Gitarre (1978/79) – T. Bocklenberg
Performer: Thomas Bocklenberg
RIFFS
from Kleine Stücke für Laute Nr.1 (2013) for Lute 7 courses – T. Bocklenberg
Performer: Thomas Bocklenberg, Arciliuto. Recording 2013.
MORNING DANCE OF LUTOR
from Kleine Stücke für Laute Nr.3 – 2013 for Archlute – T. Bocklenberg
Performer: Thomas Bocklenberg, Arciliuto. Recording 2013.
2 Extracts
MONDFEDER – Prelude
Mondfeder page 1 – CLICK TO VIEW
from 4 Preludes mit Intermezzo für Orchester (2008) – T. Bocklenberg
Prelude 4 (Mondfeder) is commissioned by Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Musikschule Dormagen e.V. 2008. The perfomance is possible for youth orchestra. A special focus is on rhythmic realization.
Mondfeder is part of a cycle of 4 sets, which is composed as images for the ear: sceneries in space, on the moon or in unknown worlds. Titles like Cosmic Bowl or Mare Undarum gives a hint.
Extracts as digital audio sample
RICERCAR I
Ricercar 1- audio sample 1 – CLICK TO VIEW
Ricercar 1 – audio sample 2 – CLICK TO VIEW
for Lute and Theorbo, 1 player (1989)
T. Bocklenberg
Performer:
Michael Freimuth. Production ICEM – Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen.
Recording: Thomas Bocklenberg
Experimental composition with many special playing techniques and sound effects.
RING
for 2 Guitars (2012) – T. Bocklenberg
Extract as digital audio sample bar 1 – 74
Extract as digital audio sample bar 153 – End
SAMBA ALEGRIA
Page 1, system 1 – CLICK TO VIEW
for Flute and Guitar (2003) – T. Bocklenberg
Performer:
Stefan Wagener: Flute, Thomas Bocklenberg: Guitar. Recording 2007.
The performance duration is c. 3:10 min. The piece was composed when Thomas Bocklenberg was guitarist, arranger and composer of a tango ensemble.
SCHERZO EX ANIMA II
Page 4, system 1 – CLICK TO VIEW
for Guitar and Piano (1989) – T. Bocklenberg
This piece lives on the steady flow of a rhythmic and melodic pattern, which is reminiscent of the South American Milonga. Guitar and piano are merged closely. The image shows the beginning of the main section with its typical rhythmic structure in the piano. You can here this passage at the beginning of the audio sample.
3 Extracts as digital audio sample
TANGO TIENTOS
for 2 Pianos (2003) – T. Bocklenberg | Extracts as digital audio sample
Elegante, poco riservato, bar 1 – 37
Con forza, poco a poco agitato, bar 74 – 91
Secco e brusco, bar 142 – 166
Brioso e Finale, bar 207 – End
TANGO TIENTOS – Version for Guitar Quartet
for Guitar Quartet (2003) – Terz Guitar, Guitar 1, Guitar 2, Quint Bass Guitar
T. Bocklenberg | Extracts as digital audio sample
Elegante, poco riservato, bar 1 – 37
Con forza, poco a poco agitato, bar 74 – 91
Secco e brusco, bar 142 – 166
Brioso e Finale, bar 207 – End
TANZ
Romanze & Tanz – Beginning – CLICK TO VIEW
from Romanze und Tanz (1994) for Lute 10 courses – T. Bocklenberg
Performer: Thomas Bocklenberg – Recording 2013.
Romanze und Tanz is written for the Neuss-based painter and graphic designer Prof. Hans-Georg Lenzen. The lute was one of several instruments he played.
Notation in french tablature.
Zamba Humoristica
Zamba Humoristica – Beginning – CLICK TO VIEW
for 2 Guitars (1982) – T. Bocklenberg
This piece was inspired by the great Argentine musician Eduardo Falu. The Zamba is actually a slower, elegant Argentinian couple dance. The dancers are replaced by the two guitars, “caressing” each other – in different moods.
The sound of harmonics in the slow middle section is reproduced here only as a normal guitar tone.
ARRANGEMENTS
3 Renaissance Dances – Variations after Mainerio
Variations after Dances from “Il primo libro di balli a quatro voci” (1578) by Giorgio Mainerio (ca.1535‐1582)
for Mandolin Orchestra with Harp (there is also a version without harp)
1. Schiarazula Marazula – extract as digital audio sample bar 1-83
2. Ungarescha & Saltarello – extract as digital audio sample bar 39-130
3. Putta Nera Ballo Furlano – extract as digital audio sample bar 60-end
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Thomas Bocklenberg
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