Harald Feller (organist)

Feller studied organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Franz Lehrndorfer and church music and deepened his studies with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris.[1] In 1978 he took over a teaching position at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich and in 1980 became a lecturer at the Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikpädagogik Regensburg. Since 1983 he has been professor for organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich.[1]

Feller can boast international concert activity and CD and radio recordings. He recorded the organ parts for the film Brother of Sleep.

• Stipendium der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
• Förderpreis für Musik des Bayerischen Staates[1]
• Grand Prix international du disque Liszt
• Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig (Venice)

• 1976: Felix Mottlpreis München
• 1978: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize
• 1979: 3rd prize in the competition of the Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg[2]
• 1983: Improvisation prize in Haarlem (Netherlands)[1]
• 2007: Composition Prize for the 100th Anniversary of the Berlin Cathedral.

Organ solo

• Diptychon (Bärenreiter)
• Danse sacrée (Verlag Böhm und Sohn)
• Te Deum for Organ (Schott)
• Poème funèbre for Organ (Schott)
• Due pezzi per l’organo
• „Gregorianische Miniaturen“
• „Suite Leonesa“
• Meditationsfantasie (Verlag Böhm und Sohn)
• „Nada“
• 4 pieces about BACH
• Fantasy for 2 organs
• For Young Persons Guide to the Organ (Schott)

Organ and other instruments

• Fantasy about a theme by J. Brahms for trumpet and organ (Schott)
• Sonate für Trompete und Orgel
• "Ettaler Sonata" for flute and organ
• "Panta rhei" for percussion and organ
• "Danse macabre" for percussion and organ
• Adagio for cello and organ

Organ and Orchestra

• Concertino festivo for organ, 8 brass instruments and percussion
• Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
• Symphony for Organ and Orchestra

Piano solo

• Die Planeten
• Three piano pieces on Gregorian themes
• Toccata
• Concertino for two pianos
• 4 Nocturnes
• Krabat - Suite, Twelve light character pieces based on literary motifs from the novel of the same name by Otfried Preußler
• Ragtime

Cembalo solo

• Toccata
• Suite
• Un petit concert for 3 Cembali

Chamber music

• Fantasy for trombone quartet (Edition Brand)
• 2 miniatures for oboe, piano, cello and double bass
• Sonata for flute and piano
• Heptameron for flute and piano
• Suite for flute and piano
• Gedanken for flute and piano (harp)
• Fantasy for 13 brass players
• Variations on an Old English Song for piccolo flute and Marimba
• Mouvements for bassoon, tuba, piano and accordion
• Prière for English horn and string quintet (or Organ)
• 5 miniatures for flute solo

Sacred Music

Choir a cappella

• Two Advent motets
• 4 Christmas motets for four- to eight-voice mixed choir (Verlag Helbling)
• Two motets after texts by Hildegard von Bingen (Verlag Helbling)
• Motet based on biblical texts for four-part mixed choir
• "Mantra" for 7-part mixed choir
• 22. Psalm for 8-part mixed choir
• "Missa mundi" for 7-voice mixed choir
• "Missa brevis" for 7-voice mixed choir
• Missa for 4-8-part mixed choir
• "In Nativitate Domini" for 3 male voices
• "Ave Maria" for 8-voice mixed choir
• "Our Father" for 7-voice mixed choir
• "Gott unser Ursprung" (J.Henkys) (Strube-Verlag)
• choral movements after the choral arrangements of Brahms
• carols

Choir with Instruments

• "Missa a 3" three-part mixed choir, flute, string sextet and organ (Verlag Strube)
• "Agnus Dei" for 4-6-part mixed choir, 4 brass instruments and organ
• "Missa canonica" for four-part mixed choir (solos ad lib.), 5 strings and organ
• Missa in Nativitate Domini for Soloists, choir and orchestra
• Feldafinger Messe for 7-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ
• Credo for 4 to 6-part mixed choir, orchestra and organ (own version, for choir and organ)
• Si è congedato (Text: Heinz Grill) Music for a deceased for four-part mixed choir and organ
• 3 Spirituals for four-part mixed choir and piano
• Messe brève for soprano solo, three-part women's (children's) choir and organ (Strube)
• Christmas song phrases

Soli with Instruments

• Canti mariani four Marienmotetten for mezzo-soprano, countertenor and orchestra (organ version)
• Requiem for 3 male voices and string sextet
• Michaelshymne (text Heinz Grill) for soprano, harp and organ
• Sonnengesang des St. Franziskus for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and organ (orchestral version with solos and choir)
• Mass 85 for three female voices, organ and harp

Liturgical music

• children's mass (Schott)
• Veni creator for 4-8-part mixed choir, large orchestra, parish singing and organ
• O sacrum convivium for baritone solo, four-part mixed choir, orchestra, organ and parish singing

Oratorical and scenic works

• Tolle lege or the Conversion of Augustin for 4-7-part mixed choir, 8 brass instruments, percussion and organ
• Oberuferer Christgeburtspiel for solos, choir and instruments

Secular choral music

• 5 choirs after texts by Christian Morgenstern for 4-part mixed choir
• 3 choirs after lyrics by Rilke
• Six German folk songs for eight-part mixed choir

Lieder

• Ave Maria for soprano (tenor) and organ (Schott)
• Der immerwährende Seelenkalender (Rudolf Steiner) for baritone (Mezzosopran) and piano (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag)
• Lieder after texts by R. Steiner and H. Grill for voice and piano
• Sanskrit song movements for voice and piano (Stephan Wunderlich-Verlag)
• Psalm 125 for soprano and organ
• 7 Christmas Songs for soprano and piano (orchestra)

Adaptations

for organ solo

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia for BWV 29 Ratswahlkantate
• Franz Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (Schott)
• Franz Liszt: Notturno No. 3
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ouverture
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio-Allegro-Adagio
• John Williams: Star-Wars-Suite

Instrumental music

• Ludwig van Beethoven: 3 flute clock pieces as sonata for flute and organ (2nd version with piano)
• Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich verlangen for 4 cellos
• Johannes Brahms: Fugue in A flat minor for 4 cellos
• Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concert for Trumpet and organ
• Henry Purcell: Sonata for trumpete and orgen
• Max Reger: Adagio from the cello solo suite, arranged for 4 cellos
• Christian Heinrich Rinck: Flute concerto for flute and organ
• Gioachino Rossini: Fantasy for clarinet and organ
• Robert Schumann: 4 sketches for 2 pianos
• Louis Vierne: Clair de lune and Naiades for flute, strings and harp
• Lefébure-Wély: 4 pieces for 8 brass instruments
• Works by Mozart, Rossini, Vierne, Vivaldi, Gluck for flute and organ

Vocal music

• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Dominica il post Pascha for female voices, strings and organ
• Otto Nicolai: Ein feste Burg (for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, four-part mixed choir, organ) (Verlag Strube)
• Max Reger: Requiem op. 144 for alto solo, choir and organ
• Louis Roessel: Kavatine for soprano, four-part mixed choir and organ (Verlag Helbling)
• Geistl. Songs by G. Bizet, A. Dvorak, H. Wolf and Max Reger for soprano, harp and organ
• Sacred songs, Arias and duets (by Beethoven, Brahms, G. Fauré, C. Franck, Mendelssohn, Mozart) for soprano and organ
• Sacred songs by Brahms, Beethoven, Wolf, Reger for soprano or baritone and chamber orchestra

Miscellaneous

• "Rag" for chamber orchestra
• "Communio" for flute and strings
• "Ohrensausen" (Gustav Meyrinck) Melodrama for narrator and piano

• Franz Liszt / Julius Reubke. Harald Feller an der Klais-Orgel des Münsters zu Ingolstadt (Calig; 1981)
• Concerts for Trumpet and Organ / Konzerte für Trompete und Orgel. Works of Purcell, Krebs, Neruda, Schilling. With Bernhard Schmid, trumpet (Aurophon; 1989)
• Die Orgel im Dom zu Passau. Works of Bach, Liszt, Schumann, Reger (Ars Musici; 1989)
• Richard Wagner. Bearbeitungen für Orgel. Arrangements of Liszt, Karg-Elert, Lemare, Feller (Ars Musici; 1991)
• Olivier Messiaen. La Nativité Du Seigneur (Calig; 1993)
• Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Duruflé, Charles Tournemire. Messe De La Pentecôte (Calig; 1993)
• Berühmte Orgelwerke des Barock – Famous Baroque Organ Pieces. Works of Carl P. E. Bach, Haydn, Händel. With the Capella Istropolitana (Classica D'Oro; 1994)
• Orgelimprovisationen zum Film „Schlafes Bruder“. Film music by Hubert von Goisern und Enjott Schneider (Ariola; 1995)
• Marcel Dupré. Chemin de la Croix (Calig, 1996)
• Phantômes: An Organ Spectacular. Works of Bach, Rossini, Vierne, Rota, Williams, Schneider (Oehms Classics; 2006)
• Geistliche Lieder der Romantik – Sacred Songs of the Romantic Period. With Susanne Bernhard, soprano; Maria Graf, harp (Oehms Classics; 2009)
• Nun freut euch, liebe Christen – Weihnachtliche Orgelmusik. Works of Reger (Oehms Classics; 2010)
• Der immerwährende Seelenkalender. Setting of The Calendar of the Soul of Rudolf Steiner. With Andreas Burkhart, baritone; Markus Bellheim, piano (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag; 2016)
• O Magnum Mysterium – Weihnachtslieder und Chöre von Harald Feller. With Susanne Bernhard, soprano; Markus Bellheim, piano; Carl-Orff-Chor Marktoberdorf, Conductor: Stefan Wolitz; Vokalensemble Animato (Stephan Wunderlich Verlag; 2017)

• Literature by and about Harald Feller in the German National Library catalogue
• Homepage von Harald Feller
• Discography (Discogs)
• Harald Feller - Toccata für Klavier (YouTube)