General:
Concert Music: 4 Orchestra compositions (listen to: Five Pieces for Orchestra), more than 20 chamber music works, (Eruptions for Alto Flute), a chamber ballet electronic music, songs (see the list of compositions below). Here is a link for a Concert Music playlist on Soundcloud.
Film/TV: music scores for 8 feature films and 4 TV series in Germany,
one independent film in the U.S. - IMDB:
Feature films: Childhood, Die Verfehlung (The Mistake), Coming Out (watch Trailer), So viele Träume, Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns
TV-films: Vater Mutter Mörderkind, Jeder träumt von einem Pferd
TV-series: Kanzlei Bürger, Großstadtrevier, A.S.
Concert & Film Music
Compositions:
Chamber Music:
HERBSTLIED – 15'
A musical poem for chamber orchestra
performed: 1984, Potsdam
conductor: Hans-Dieter Baum
KAMMERMUSIK II – 10'
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin, viola, cello & percussion
performed: 1985, Berlin Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”
ERWARTUNG (Expectation)
chamber ballet – piano
performed: 1986, Potsdam, as piano piece only
WANDLUNGEN (Changes)
A cycle of 4 compositions for different instrumentations each
1 STRING QUARTET – 11'
performed: 1988 Berlin – Busoni Award concert
Akademie der Künste
by NOMOS Quartett
2 WANDLUNGEN (2) – 10'
for flute, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, trombone, cello & percussion
performed: 1988, Berlin -
conductor: Christian Münch
3 WANDLUNGEN (3) – 14'
A CHAMBER SYMPHONY for 14 instruments
performed: 1987 Dresden, First Dresden Days (Festival for Contemporary Music
conductor: H. Richter
4 RICERCARE or WANDLUNGEN (4) - 12
for oboe, bassoon, horn, violin, viola & Mezzo Soprano (voice)
performed: 1989, Leipzig, Gewandhaus Tage
by members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
DUO FOR FLUTE AND CELLO – 5'
dedicated to Ruth Zechlin
performed: 1986, Berlin
PINOCCHIO – 12'
A scenic chamber music for children
for trumpet, accordion, 3 violins (players speak brief lines)
performed: 1987, Deutschlandsberg, Austria,
Jugendmusikfest – invited by Hans Werner Henze
RONDEAU POUR BRASS BAND – 10'
for a youth wind orchestra (3 flutes, 3 saxophones, bass clarinet, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba & percussion
performed: 1989, Deutschlandsberg, Austria, Jugendmusikfest
ERUPTIONS – Solo for Alto Flute – 6'
1988 Berlin – Busoni Award concert
Akademie der Künste
TRIO FOR FLUTE VIOLA AND HARP – 10'
performed: 1989, Berlin, Akademie der Künste
MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION PAUKEN & 2 PIANOS – 15'
performed: 1994 Berlin, Inventionen Festival
by Austrian Art Ensemble
SOLITUDE – 12'
For Violin Solo
performed: 1996 Berlin by Matthias Leupold
STRING TRIO – 16'
violin, viola, cello
performed: 1995 Berlin by Mattias Leupold, Henrik Schäfer, Matias Pinto de Oliviera of Modern Art Sextett Berlin
ASSIMILATIONS (1996) approx. 20'
for: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass & percussion
Orchestra music:
MEMENTO 7: Part II Adagio – 5' (25' total)
Joint orchestra composition by 7 composers from the Soviet Union and East Germany
performed: 1985, Berlin,
Biennale Contemporary Music Festival
FIVE PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA – 10'
DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
performed: 1991, Santa Cruz, CA
Cabrillo Music Festival
conductor: JoAnn Falletta
MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA (1986)
MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA (2) (1989)
A Long Way
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (1991)
Free full score available at:
https://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-manuscripts/a-f/carow-stefan/
With Sara Andon at the Wende Museum
With Benjamin P Carow at the Wende Museum
1/22/20 - UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS -
BRIGHTWORK NEW MUSIC - ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE CONCERT
SARA ANDON performs Eruptions for Alto Flute by Stefan Carow