2005-07-11
Aster Lieder
for:
soprano, violin, viola and cello
duration:
15'
commission:
Domaine de Kerguéhennec (for the songs Im Herbst, Im Winter, Im Sommer)
first performance:
7.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Natalie Raybould, L’Instant Donné string trio (previous version as "Drei Aster Lieder": 17.6.07, Paris, Ircam, Festival Agora, Melody Louledjian, L’Instant Donné)
2007
Busque Amor novas artes, novo engenho
for:
countertenor, oboe and trombone
duration:
8’30”
commission:
Contrechamps
first performance:
3.10.07, Strasbourg, Festival Musica, Kai Wessel, Béatrice Zawodnik and Jean-Marc Daviet
2007-2008/2009-2010
Com que voz
a song concert upon sonnets by Luís Vaz de Camões and fados by Amália Rodrigues
for:
fado singer, baryton, large ensemble and live electronics
flute (also piccolo and G-Ffute), oboe (also English horn), clarinet in B flat (also basset horn and bass clarinet), bassoon (also Contrabassoon), horn in F, trumpet in B flat (also piccolo trumpet in B flat), trombone (also bass trumpet in B flat), percussion I, percussion II, Cimbalom and Percussion III, Portuguese guitar, Spanish guitar, harp, accordion, piano (also celesta - five octaves), violin I, violin II (also played with e-bow), viola, violoncello, double-bass and live electronics
duration:
about 1h 20'
commission:
Ircam, Casa da Música (Porto), Ensemble Modern and Radio France (1st version); Nieuw Ensemble (2nd version)
first performance:
first version: 17.2.08, Porto, Casa da Música, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Ensemble Modern, conductor Franck Ollu; revised version: 10.2.10, Utrecht, Vredenburg Leidsche RIjn, Cristina Branco, voice, Frank Wörner, baritone, Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Etienne Siebens.
1989-93
Concertino per voce e fischietti
for:
voice and ten players
duration:
about 3'
1985 (rev. 2003)
Die Aussicht
for:
voice, clarinet, viola and three percussion players
duration:
about 13'
first performance:
12.2.03, Geneva, Salle Communale de Plainpalais, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Rosemary Hardy, conductor Stefan Asbury
2003-10
Dir - in dir
for:
vocal sextet and string sextet
duration:
about 40'
first performance:
6.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Exaudi, L’Instant Donné, conductor James Week
1994
Due poesie francesi d’Ungaretti
for:
voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
duration:
about 7'
first performance:
20.10.94, Paris, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Ensemble Contrechamps, conductor Zolt Nagy
prizes:
1st prize at the 11. Internationalen Kompositionswandtbewerbs/Kompositionsseminars Boswil 1995
1995
Due poesie francesi di Beckett
for:
voice, bass flute, viola and percussion
duration:
about 5'
commission:
Archipel 1996 Festival in Geneva
first performance:
12.3.96, Geneva, Archipel, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Giorgio Bernasconi
2009-10
Due poesie francesi di Luca
for:
voice and ensemble
duration:
8'
commission:
French Ministry of Culture
1995-96
Due poesie francesi di Rilke
for:
voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and string quartet
duration:
about 9'
first performance:
5.10.95, Strasbourg, Musica, Ensemble Recherche, mezzo Katherine Ciesinski, conductor Pascal Rophé (revised version): 12.3.96, Geneva, Archipel, Ensemble Contrechamps, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Giorgio Bernasconi
2002
Godspell
for:
mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano/celesta and string quintet
duration:
about 10'
commission:
WDR Köln for Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2002 and Ensemble Cikada
first performance:
28.4.02, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Ensemble Cikada, Loré Lixenberg, Christian Eggen
2008-11
Horrido
for:
seven voices
2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, baritone, bass
duration:
about 13'
commission:
Commissioned by WDR, supported by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung and SACEM, for the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
first performance:
7.5.11, Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Schola Heidelberg, conductor Walter Nußbaum
2003-04
In dir
for:
vocal ensemble
soprano, mezzosoprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass
duration:
about 23'
commission:
French Ministry of Culture
first performance:
24.9.03, Stuttgart, Musik der Jahrhunderte im Theaterhaus Pragsattel, Neue Vocalsolisten
1992-1994/2005
L’ingenuo
for:
soprano, euphonium, horn and live electronics
duration:
about 15'
commission:
IRCAM, Paris
first performance:
provisional version: 26.2.94, Paris, IRCAM, Luisa Castellani, Gérard Buquet final version: 20.1.06, Paris, Grande Salle du Centre Pompidou, Claire Booth (soprano), Jens McManama (horn), Arnaud Boukhitine (euphonium), Thomas Goepfer (IRCAM computer music production)
1991-92/1993-2003
Least Bee
for:
voice and chamber ensemble
1st version: soprano, flute, trumpet, percussion, harp and cello; 2nd version: soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
duration:
about 15'
first performance:
of the 1st (incomplete) version: 24.10.92, Cologne, Ensemble Avantgarde, conductor Steffen Schleiermacher / of the 1st (complete) version: 21.4.94, London, Purcell Room, Capricorn Ensemble, Sarah Leonard / of the 2nd (incomplete) version: 29.1.93 New York, Focus! The new Europeans, the New Juilliard Ensemble, conductor Joel Sachs / of the 2nd (complete) version: 2.11.03, Brussels, Théàtre Marni, Festival Europalia, Divertimento Ensemble, soprano Margherita Chiminelli, conductor Sandro Gorli
1988
Quattro voci
for:
soprano, flute, clarinet and piano
duration:
about 13'
first performance:
25.2.89, Berlin, XII Musik Biennale, Micromégas Ensemble, soprano Gladys de Bellida
2011
Se taccio, il duol s’avanza
madrigali per dodici voci soliste e violino
for:
twelve solo voices and violin
S I,II,III A I,II,III T I,II,III B I,II,III
duration:
about 13'
commission:
KlangForum Heidelberg and Milano Musica
first performance:
24.10.11, Milan, Teatro Elfo Puccini, Festival di Milano Musica, Schola Heidelberg, violin Lina Uinskyte, conductor Walter Nussbaum
1988
Un recitativo
for:
voice and nine instruments
soprano, 1.1.1.1./1.0.0.0./string quartet
duration:
9'30"
first performance:
10.9.88, Cernobbio (Como), Festival Lario Musica, Quintetto Arnold, Arditti String Quartet, soprano Luisa Castellani, conductor Emilio Pomarico
prizes:
1st prize at the International Competition Premio Lario Musica 1988 in Como