The eminent and prolific German composer Wolfgang Rihm has died. With some 500 works to his name – including operas, orchestral music, and chamber pieces – Rihm is said to have been one of the most frequently performed contemporary composers in Europe.

While no one would ever describe his music as a laugh riot, this is one of his more accessible works, helped along no doubt by the performance by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. The piece is called “Lichtes Spiel” (“Light Game,” or “Light Play”) and was composed in 2009. German-speakers might also detect it as a pun on “leichtes spiel” (“an easy job,” or more idiomatically, in English, “child’s play”).

Rihm, who lived with cancer for over a quarter century, died on Friday. He was 72 years-old.