Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1980s
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20 January 1989
Ten works at ORF Studio Tyrol
Innsbruck
Ten works by Pepl were premiered at ORF Studio Tyrol (ORF: Austria's public broadcaster); the titles have not survived.
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16 March 1989
“Ballade for Mr. Dinozo” at the Musikverein
Vienna
In the Brahmssaal, as part of the series “Freude an Musik”, the Ensemble Wien played Pepl's piece for strings, which is dedicated to Dino Saluzzi. The initiative came in 1988 from a telephone call by Josef Pitzek; Heckel, differing, names the Ensemble Kontrapunkte.
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14 December 1989
Premiere of “Grogos” in the Brahmssaal
Vienna
The commissioned work of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, a computer composition for the string quartet medium, was premiered, according to the programme booklet, by the Ensemble Wien. Pepl had handed over the score in person in November; Heckel names the Ensemble Kontrapunkte and “String I” for this evening.
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1990s
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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, 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).
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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 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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2000s
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1 April 2000
Premiere of “Zeitraffer”
Klosterneuburg
At the concert “Einkreisung” on Saturday, 1 April 2000, 7.30 pm, at the Schömer-Haus in Klosterneuburg (music series of the Essl Collection, artistic direction Karlheinz Essl), STUDIO PERCUSSION graz under Günter Meinhart gives the premiere of “Zeitraffer” for percussion ensemble and tape, between Iannis Xenakis' “Perséphassa” and Adriana Hölszky's “Jagt die Wölfe zurück”. The six percussionists stand in an ellipse around the audience. According to Heckel the composer was not present. In his programme note Pepl writes: „Ich bin Kind unsrer Zeit: Zeitraffer ist auch meine Devise.“ [“I am a child of our time: time-lapse is my motto too.”] Real-time composing, his working method, he calls „totale Improvisation im Sog der Geschwindigkeit des Augenblicks“ [“total improvisation in the pull of the speed of the moment”].
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