Hannes Taljaard
Hannes Taljaard is a South African classical music composer.
Taljaard's compositions have been performed in South Africa and Europe and he won first prize in the Flores Iuventutis competition in Ghent, Belgium in 1994/95. He is senior lecturer in composition and composer-in-residence
at the School of Music & Conservatory at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. He has taken masterclasses with American composer George Crumb and has taken private lessons with Belgian composer Wim Henderickx in Antwerp from 1996 to 2000. He has also attended the Darmstadt New Music Summer School. He is editor of academic publication The South African Music Teacher.
His compositions are influenced by African and Arabic music.Orchestral works
- Sarabande
Chamber music
- Komas, ‘n Koker en drie Spieëls
- Impromptu
- Nacht und Träume
- Metaphor I
- Introverz
- Movement for String Quartet
- Les Sarabandes For the Erasmus Trio
- Lullaby For Andrea Bressan and Saverio Tasca
- Sloka
Piano music
- Fünf zärtliche Bagatellen Fünf zärtliche Bagatellen
- Drie Nokturnes 1998 vir Bart se konsert in Lier. For Bart Meuris
- Two Lullabies
- En Rêve – Rêvant
Choral music
- Nova Cantica Sacra SATB, SSAATTBB, SMATbB, some with soloists
- Meditation I SSSS,AAAA,TTTT,BBBB
- Uittelrympies for children’s choir with violin, flute, cello and piano
- Raaiselrympies en snelsêers SSATbB
- Thula Sthandwa SMMA
- Rymelary SSATbB
- Thula Sthandwa SMATbB
Solo vocal works
- Song for Simeon Poem by Thomas Stearns Elliot
- Drei Gebete . Texts form the Lutheran Prayer Book
- Wiegieliedjies For Erica Eloff. Traditional texts.
- Wiegieliedjies For Erica Eloff. Traditional texts
- Easter Hymn – STABAT MATER For Erica Eloff. An English text by Hannes Taljaard translated into Latin by Willemien Viljoen and Hannes Taljaard
