Works
(*) indicates a work in progress or in need of revision. Sample copies and (in some cases) recordings may be obtained from the composer.
Title | Instrumentation | Duration | Year |
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Weiter Übersetzungen | concertante bass clarinet in B flat, horn in F, trumpet in B flat, trombone, percussion (1 player), vibraphone, piano, harp, violins 1+2, viola, violoncello + double bass (All soli) | 15 mins | 2023 |
Leise | solo piano | 4 mins | 2023 |
Stillness | five meditations for solo piano | 6 mins | 2021 |
The Cities Still Burn and the Ash Still Falls! | 2 instrumental groups:
| 14 mins | 2021 |
Nachtskizze | soprano (+ hand percussion), flute, clarinet in A, violoncello and piano (Texts: German – Rilke and Brecht) | 10 mins | 2021 |
Extrahieren einer Klage | flute and clarinet in A | 9 mins | 2021 |
Lignes noires dans un champ de neige | solo piano | 5 mins | 2021 |
Scena da Dante | flute, cor anglais, bass clarinet in B flat, soprano saxophone in B flat, trombone, 2 percussionists (4 tom-toms, 3 suspended cymbals, tenor drum, bass drum, 2 tam-tams, guiro, claves, tubular bells, 4 tuned gongs), violin, viola, violoncello and double bass soli | 8 mins | 2021 |
Abendland – Waste Land | string trio | 4 mins | 2021 |
…la neige attend la neige… | solo piano | 8 mins | 2021 |
Empty Monologues | string quartet | 8 mins | 2020 |
Frost | seven movements for flute, oboe, bass clarinet in B flat, horn in F, vibraphone, harp, celeste, violin and violoncello | 6 mins | 2020 |
Grau – wieder | flute, bass clarinet in B flat and violin | 10 mins | 2020 |
Coda – i | a landscape for bass clarinet in B flat, harp and violoncello | 4 mins | 2020 |
Coda – ii | two instrumental groups:
| 8 mins | 2020 |
Coda – iii | flute and piano | 7 mins | 2020 |
Madrigals: Cantilena | clarinet in B flat and horn in F | 5 mins | 2019 |
Madrigals: Pastorale | oboe and harpsichord | 5 mins | 2019 |
Madrigals: Ombra | soprano and clarinet in B flat (Text – Guarini in Italian) | 10 mins | 2019 |
Die Insel | high voice and piano (Text: German – from Rilke – Neue Gedichte) | 4 mins | 2019 |
Murnau – A | flute, vibraphone and violoncello (Both works may be performed separately or together, in either order, as Murnau A + B or Murnau B + A.) | 4 mins | 2019 |
Murnau – B | flute, vibraphone and violoncello (Both works may be performed separately or together, in either order, as Murnau A + B or Murnau B + A.) | 3 mins | 2019 |
Űbersetzung – vierte Trakl-Musik | solo bass clarinet | 4 mins | 2018 |
Tristia A | soprano and piano (Text: Latin – from Ovid – Tristia) | 5 mins | 2018 |
Tristia B | expanded version for soprano and flute, bass clarinet in B flat (clarinet in B flat), piano and violoncello (Text: Latin – from Ovid – Tristia) | 8 mins | 2018 |
A Geometry of Stones | chamber orchestra: flute (piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet in B flat, bass clarinet in B flat (contra-bass clarinet in B flat), bassoon (contra-bassoon), 2 horns in F, trumpet in C, timpani, harp, violins I (4), violins II (4), violas (3), violoncelli (2), double bass (1). | 10 mins | 2017 |
Erste Trakl-Musik | oboe d’amore in A, bass clarinet in B flat, horn in F, vibraphone, harp | 10 mins | 2016 |
Zweite Trakl-Musik | bass flute | 11 mins | 2016 |
After Virgil | solo bass recorder (Adapted from Virgil Settings,1995) | 12 mins | 2016 |
Dritte Trakl-Musik | voice (any range), pre-recorded sounds and electronics (Text: German +/or any other language/s – Georg Trakl – from Helian) | 12 mins | 2013-2016 |
Tre piccolo canti | trumpet in C | 4 mins | 2015 |
*“…und Farblos…” | 9 musikalischen Objekten zum Einsetzen in eine Klanglandschaft for solo ‘cello and tape | 25+ mins variable | 2015 |
“…et fait l’abîme fleurant…” | second version – a redaction for solo clarinet in B flat | 8 mins | 2015 |
Ruh und Schweigen | soprano and clarinet in A (Text: in German – Trakl – from Ruh und Schweigen) Eine fragmentarishce Redaktion des Gedichte von Trakl | 6 mins | 2015 |
“Grau…” (Aus den Gedichten von Paul Celan abgeleitet) | soprano voice, treble (alto) recorder and violin (Text in German) | 11 mins | 2014 |
Mit Asche schattigen | two movements for chamber ensembles:
(6 players in total) | 17 mins | 2013-2015 |
L’ombre de l’eventail | soprano, clarinet in B flat, trumpet in C, percussion (1 player), piano, violin + violoncello (Text in French – Paul Claudel) | 1 min | 2013 |
Five Interludes for R.U.R. | tape Written and realised in collaboration with Hassina Sahkri and Clare Lesser. Commissioned by the American University of Sharjah, UAE | 25 mins | 2013 |
*Die Entstellungen des Geistes | two chamber orchestras (28 players in total):
| 16 mins | 2013 |
Shards | alto flute in G (bass flute in C + piccolo), bass clarinet in B flat, horn in F, cimbalom, harp, violin I, violin II, viola + violoncello | 40 mins | 2012 |
Scar (Ein Andachtsbild) | horn in F, cimbalom, percussion (1 player), double bass | 15 mins | 2008-2012 |
Hirten und weiβe Sterne | 2 amplified bass recorder head joints + speaking (Text in German – Georg Trakl) | 16 mins | 2012 |
Una traccia lontana | solo voice (any range) | 6 mins | 2012 |
Le Vestige II | any orchestral wind or brass instrument | 11 mins | 2012 |
*Con sangue I | bass saxophone in B flat and vibraphone | 7 mins | 2011 |
Losing You | alto flute in G, oboe d’amore in A and double bass | 16 mins | 2010 |
Interrogating Darkness | treble (alto) recorder (or clarinet in B flat), violin, ‘cello and tape | 35+ mins variable | 2010 |
Manifest | mezzo soprano, bass clarinet in B flat and horn in F (Text in German – extracts from Das kommunistische Manifest, K. Marx and F. Engels) | 10+ mins variable | 2010 |
Kerzen | five small pieces for viola and piano | 8 mins | 2008-2010 |
Altri lagrima lontanza | obbligato flute, piccolo, bass clarinet in B flat, piano, accordion, violin + ‘cello | 6 mins | 2009 |
Two Inscriptions | clarinet in B flat and piano | 3 mins | 2008 |
La Trépigneuse | solo piano | variable | 2008 |
Geschrieben an der Wand | treble (alto) recorder, oboe, bassoon, percussion (1 player), guitar and ‘cello | variable | 2008 |
Regenlieder | clarinet in A and viola | 12 mins | 2008 |
Andachtsbild I | bass clarinet in B flat, tenor trombone, percussion (1 player), harp, piano, viola and double bass | 5 mins | 2004 |
*Andachtsbild II | 2 flutes (1 + 2 doubling piccolos), clarinet in E flat, clarinet in B flat, alto trombone, tenor trombone, bass trombone, percussion (1 player), harp, piano, viola and double bass | 5 mins | 2004 |
*Andachtsbild III | solo piano | 5 mins | 2004 |
Les Noirs | solo piano | 4 mins | 2003 |
Advent | piccolo and flugelhorn in B flat | 3 mins | 2003 |
Briefe an... | amplified bass recorder (+ separate amplified bass recorder head joint and body) and live electronics (variable reverb and delay) | 17 mins | 2003 |
Shroud Tracing | three treble (alto) recorders (doubling stones) | 14 mins | 2002 |
“...et fait l’abîme fleurant...” | soprano (+ 3 suspended antique cymbals), clarinet in B flat, button accordion and double bass (Text: Arthur Rimbaud - Mystique from Les Illuminations in French) | 16 mins | 2002 |
Concerning the Ibis | soprano (+ finger cymbals), clarinet in E flat and button accordion (Text: extracts from Ovid - The Ibis in Latin) | 6 mins | 2002 |
Ferne Tränen I | cycle for mezzo soprano and small chamber ensemble (may be performed as three separate works): trombone, piano, button accordion and violin (Text in German - Andreas Gryphius - Tränen des Vaterlands) | 7 mins | 2001 |
Ferne Tränen II | cycle for mezzo soprano and small chamber ensemble (may be performed as three separate works): trombone, piano, button accordion and violin (Text in German - Andreas Gryphius - Tränen des Vaterlands) | 5 mins | 2001 |
Ferne Tränen III | cycle for mezzo soprano and small chamber ensemble (may be performed as three separate works): trombone, piano, button accordion and violin (Text in German - Andreas Gryphius - Tränen des Vaterlands) | 6 mins | 2001 |
“...für einen Augenblick die Tanzfigur...” | solo tenor recorder | 6 mins | 2001 |
Je sais les cieux crevant en éclairs | solo piano | 5 mins | 2001 |
Discourses Inscribed in Air | three recorder players S(A), A(T), T(B) | 10 mins | 2000 |
Les Branches | soprano and chamber ensemble: clarinet in B flat (bass clarinet in B flat), trumpet in C, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello (Text in French - Arthur Rimbaud from Le Bateau ivre) | 5 mins | 2000 |
Three Ancient Names | soprano, clarinet in B flat and violoncello (Text - three names from the Hecale of Callimachus of Cyrene) | 4 mins | 2000 |
Mobile | solo trumpet in B flat | variable | 2000 |
Soleil Noir | soprano and chamber ensemble: bass clarinet in B flat (contrabass clarinet in B flat), percussion, piano, piano accordion and violoncello (Text in French - Gerard de Nerval) | 17 mins | 2000 |
There is no rose | anthem for SATB a capella | 8 mins | 1999 |
Avernus | soprano and piano | 8 mins | 1999 |
Sorge | two studies for string trio (violin, viola + ‘cello) | 6 mins | 1998 |
Elegies III | flute (alto flute in G + stones), clarinet in A (stones), bass clarinet in B flat, piano, percussion [1 player]: (3 suspended cymbals, 2 triangles, marque tree, glass chimes, medium tam-tam, vibraphone, tubular bells + claves), violin, viola + ‘cello | 20 mins | 1998 |
Call | solo horn in F | 3 mins | 1998 |
Rain and Stone | (In Memoriam - Ted Hughes 1930 - 1998) bass flute, percussion [1 player]: (marque tree, medium suspended cymbal, crotale (b’), low tam-tam), harp + viola | 7 mins | 1998 |
Feuilles | solo piano | 4 mins | 1998 |
Beginning | solo ‘cello | 3 mins | 1998 |
Beginning | version for solo viola | 3 mins | 1998 |
*artemisia...lake waves...Artemis | ritual for two sopranos and vibraphone (text by Ezra Pound) | 10 mins | 1997 |
Anthem for an Anniversary | SATB + organ (text by Kathleen Norcross) | 6 mins | 1997 |
O ignis spiritus | trope for solo female voice (text adapted by Clare Lesser from Hildegard of Bingen - Latin, German + English text) | 20 mins | 1997 |
Deus miserere - Si ascendero | solo treble recorder | 8 mins | 1997 |
Remembrances of Nothing | solo flute and alto flute or tape (1 player + pre-recorded tape, or 2 players) | 15 mins | 1996 |
Elegies I | solo harpsichord | 8 mins | 1996 |
*Elegies II | string quartet | 20 mins | 1996 |
Charlie’s Farewell | solo clarinet in B flat | 6 mins | 1995 |
Schattenbilder | solo piano | 5 mins | 1995 |
Virgil Settings | (text - Virgil in Latin) solo female voice | 15 mins | 1995 |
Zwei Gedichte | (text - Nikolaus Lenau in German) high voice and piano | 10 mins | 1995 |
Liber Hymnorum II | solo ‘cello | 20 mins | 1994 |
Tränen... | (text - Andreas Gryphius in German) - high soprano, treble recorder, harpsichord and percussion | 25 mins | 1994 |
Snare | flute and piano | 25 mins | 1994 |
Gestures of Loss | large recorder group | 10 mins | 1994 |
Hymns and Fragments | (text - anon. Anglo-Saxon trans. David Lesser) soprano and ‘cello | 16 mins | 1993 |
*Element 1 | large orchestra | 15 mins | 1993 |
Liber Hymnorum I | solo ‘cello (adapted from Hymns and Fragments) | 8 mins | 1993 |
Orkney Aphorisms | obbligato clarinet in A, flute, violin, viola and ‘cello | 6 mins | 1993 |
Haiku | (texts by Basho, trans. L. Stryk) - soprano, obbligato oboe, flute (alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), marimba, harp, violin, viola and ‘cello | 20 mins | 1992 |
Eight Haiku | soprano and oboe (adapted from Haiku) | 10 mins | 1992 |
Five Fantasias from ‘Haiku’ | chamber ensemble (adapted from Haiku) | 10 mins | 1992 |
Nachtstücke | solo piano | 8 mins | 1991 |
Spells and Incantations | oboe and piano | 10 mins | 1991 |
Darkening Images | orchestra | 10 mins | 1990 |
Pages Condamnés | treble recorder and piano | 15 mins | 1989 |
Words in the Dark | solo treble recorder | 10 mins | 1988 |
Gloria tibi trinitas | large recorder group | 8 mins | 1988 |
*Kyrie | soprano and ‘cello | 6 mins | 1988 |
Ghosts | solo ‘cello | 15 mins | 1988 |
The Dawn of Dreams | solo viola | 12 mins | 1987 |
*Dreams of the Lost Land | solo violin, chamber ensemble and tape | 15 mins | 1986 |
Wavedark | recorder orchestra | 8 mins | 1985 |
Scape | solo 'cello | 17 mins | 1985 |
Te lucis ante terminum | bass recorder and piano | 10 mins | 1984 |
Three Pieces | oboe and piano | 6 mins | 1984 |
Passion Tropes | solo oboe | 12 mins | 1984 |