An original song composed by my great-grandfather Clayton Knechtges (known professionally at the time as Bob Clayton) and copyrighted in 1940.  My brother Eric Knechtges is playing piano, my wife Julie Martin is singing back-ups, and I am singing, playing guitar, bass and horns.

Time And Tide

Patrick Owen, cello
Sarah Bob, piano

Composed in the autumn of 2010, originally as the second movement of my sonata for violin and piano (from 2011, commissioned by violinist Erik Rohde). I adapted the movement as a standalone work for cello and piano in 2013. The title says all there needs to be said about the music and the meaning behind the music -- it is a letter, in music, of love, loss, and letting go.

Recorded on April 24, 2016.

A Letter To Say I Love You, And Goodbye (2010)

The lyrics from "Felicity" is a Poem by Thomas Traherne (* 1636; † 1674).
I wrote the score in 2016 for Nikolaus Maler and the "Jugendkammerchor Koblenz", who first performed it in Oktober 2016 in Koblenz.

This recording is a life-recording from a concert in Abtei Himmerod, also performed by Nikolaus Maler and the "Jugendkammerchor Koblenz", conducted by Manfred Faig.

Perhaps there is a bit too much resonance....

Felicity, op. 35 for bassoon and choir

Piece for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble
Adam Frey, solo euphonium, with the Miami University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Gary Speck


Aporia

From John Kratus's November 6, 2009 concert "Small Acts of Subversion."

Electric piano and voice: John Kratus, Orchestra arrangement: Eric Knetchges, Conductor: Sara Jones, Keyboard: Mike Vasas, Flute & piccolo: Virginia Anderson, Oboe: Katie Gyhra, Clarinet: Stephen Cook, Trumpet: Andrew Jarema, French horn: Jennie Bowman, Violin: Laura Rasmussen, Corinna Smith, Byron Valentine, Viola: Kristen Terreri, Cello: Eli Bender, Erin Little, Singers: Theo Batzer, Jennie Bowman, Sheena Dhamsania, Katie Kilgore, Justin Marcero, Parks Peyton, Michael Romanik, Lauren Schroeder, Larissa Stenzel, Lauren Walters

Aporia

Eric Knechtges

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