Chronology
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27 February 1990
Composer portrait at the Vienna Musikverein
Vienna
On Tuesday, 27 February 1990, the Ensemble Kontrapunkte under Peter Keuschnig devotes a composer portrait to Pepl in the Brahms Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, as part of an extraordinary society concert. Pepl plays guitar and a guitar-to-MIDI system; the piano sound comes from the Bösendorfer computer grand 290 SE. The soloists are Christine Whittlesey (soprano), Josef Pitzek (double bass) and Rainer Keuschnig (piano), with Wolf Peschl presenting. The programme comprises 15 pieces by Pepl: “Avo”, “Winds”, “The Last Bars of Mankind”, “Trio”, “String Nr. 1”, “Schikaneder Delight”, “Die letzte Bastion”, “Vibes Nr. 1” and “Vibes Nr. 2”, and after the interval “Einsicht ins mich”, “Brown Butterflies”, “Snow”, “Herbstzeitlose Arbeitslose”, “Grogos” and “Tintenfischinki”. According to the programme booklet most of the works were written „innerhalb der letzten Wochen“ [“within the last few weeks”]; “Schikaneder Delight” dates from 1988, and the Ensemble Wien had already premiered “Grogos” in December 1989. According to the booklet the ensemble includes Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Peter Schreiber (oboe), Siegfried Schenner (clarinet), Werner Krenn (bassoon), Erwin Sükar (horn), Rainer Küblböck (trumpet), Georg Sumpik (violin), Peter Pecha (viola) and Leonhard Wallisch (cello). A cassette recording from the estate with five pieces, among them “Trio”, both versions of “Tintenfisch Inki” and “Zwei Klarinetten”, is in the sound archive for signed-in users.
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19 March 1990
“Pizzicat” at the Musikverein
Vienna
At the second Kontrapunkte concert of the year in the Brahms Hall, Pepl's “Pizzicat” is performed on Monday, 19 March 1990, between works by Blacher, Berio and Frank Martin; the performers are the Ensemble Kontrapunkte under Peter Keuschnig with Christine Whittlesey (soprano) and Josef Pitzek (double bass).
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17 February 1991
Seven works at ORF Studio Tyrol
Innsbruck
Seven works by Pepl were premiered at ORF Studio Tyrol (ORF: Austria's public broadcaster), played by the pianist Thomas Larcher.
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3 December 1991
Kronos Quartet at the Orpheum in Graz
Graz
On Tuesday 3 December 1991, as part of the Steirischer Herbst (festival of contemporary art in Graz), the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet performed “Moving Navel”, “String Quartet No. 8” and “Obsession”. The concert was arranged by Heimo Steps of gamsbART (Graz concert promoter); the pieces were transcribed from Pepl's recordings. The earlier website gives 1990 for “Moving Navel”.
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11 March 1992
Premiere of “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen”
Graz
STUDIO PERCUSSION graz performed the commissioned work for five percussionists with pre-recorded tape at the Orpheum, a concert venue, Graz, alongside works by Armin Pokorn and Wolfgang Muthspiel. The CD was released in 1995.
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6 May 1993
Premiere of “Über Kurz oder Lang” by the Artis Quartet
Vienna
The string quartet in three movements was written in February 1993 and premiered on Thursday 6 May 1993 in the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein (historic concert hall of the Society of Friends of Music). The ORF (Austria's public broadcaster) recorded the concert; a quiet passage is accompanied by a thunderstorm.
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1996
Federal composition grant
Vienna
The Austrian federal government supports Pepl as a composer with a composition grant of 60,000 schillings (about 4,360 euros). The Kunstbericht 1996, the government’s annual report to the Austrian parliament on federal arts funding, lists it among the individual grants of the department for music and the performing arts.
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19 October 1996
Premiere of “Exzentrik Egometrik” in Deutschlandsberg
Deutschlandsberg
At the 13th Jugendmusikfest Deutschlandsberg, part of the steirischer herbst (festival of contemporary art in Styria), Pepl’s “Exzentrik Egometrik” was premiered at the Laßnitzhaus on Saturday, 19 October 1996, played by the Altenberg Trio Wien, whose members from 1994 to 2004 were Claus-Christian Schuster (piano), Amiram Ganz (violin) and Martin Hornstein (cello), and repeated on Sunday, 20 October. In the second part of the evening the Österreichisches Ballett Theater presented Ernst Widmer’s “Die letzte Blume”. The archive of the steirischer herbst lists the evening as “ballett theater” with the Altenberg Trio and choreography by Christian Martinu, but names only Ernst Widmer and Mauricio Kagel as composers.
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May 1998
“Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen” at the Stefaniensaal in Graz
Graz
At the jazz subscription concert of the Graz music academy (today the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) in the Stefaniensaal in early May 1998, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz under Günter Meinhart played Pepl’s “Anspannen, Überspannen, Abspannen” and Minoru Miki’s “Marimba Spiritual”; Graham Collier then led the academy’s big band.
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