
compositions
music theatre
Freedom Papers piece of verbatim theatre with music for 15 actors, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 double bass, 1 clarinet (2019)
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Luzifers Leid a dramatic operetta, libretto by Stephan Teuwissen, for narrator, 2 sopranos, 1 mezzosopranos, 1 tenor, 2 baritones, violin, trombone, bass clarinet and accordion (2023)
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works for chamber orchestra
Don Juan at Forty poem by Ron Butlin for baritone, 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet in B flat, 1 contrabassoon and strings (orchestrated 2013)
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Lingua Franca text by Heinrich Heine for variable chamber orchestra instrumentation and a few singers unisono, commissioned by Orchestra Con Anima, Freiburg im Breisgau - appropriate for a school orchestra (2021)
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works for large orchestra
Tour et Retour for piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, snare drum, triangles, tubular bells, and strings (2013)
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Sola Caritate (Glaube - Liebe - Hoffnung) for mezzosoprano, baritone & orchestra to a text by Christoph Weber-Berg, Ernst Weber and Samuel Jakob (2017)​
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Lingua Franca version for large orchestra (2023)
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works for solo piano
Variations, Additions and Distractions (1997)
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Color, Form and Dissolution (1998)
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Compression of the Elements (1999)
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15 Vignetten für Klavier (2000) available at Certosa Verlag
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Sieben Trifft Fünf (2008)
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Three Bagatelles (2012-13)
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Cells Emerging and Colliding (2021)
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A Prism of Sound (2023)
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works for 4-hand piano
Spirals Unwinding (2002)
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works for organ
Ins Ungewisse (Into the Unknown) (2022)​
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other chamber music works
Drei mechanische Inventionen for oboe and violoncello (1996)
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Sonate for violin and piano (1996)
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Pentamotivo for violin solo (1999) available at Certosa Verlag
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Impasse for violin and piano (2000)
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Khanti trio for flute, violin and piano (2002), version for flute, alto flute and piano (2020)
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Aus den Schatten for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2005)
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Precarious Paradise for trumpet and piano (2005) available at Certosa Verlag
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Aurora Empor for panflute, viola, Cello and harp (2006) (link: first piece on the program)
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Shifting Accents for marimba, accordion and double bass (2014, version available for violin, accordion and piano, 2023)
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Wind Up & Unravel for string quartet (2015)
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Five Duets for two violins (2015-16)
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A Melancholy Break for melody instrument and piano (2018), versions available for violin, cello, trumpet, or alphorn (recording of version for cello and piano available upon request)
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Dante's Dream for string quartet (2020)
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Stolen Goods for string quartet (2020)
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Full Circles for cello, marimba and small percussion instruments - one performer (2020)
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vocal ensembles
Animalische Geschichten with piano accompaniment to poems by Christian Morgenstern (1998):
Igel und Agel (solo)
Der Walfafisch (solo)
Die Drei Spatzen (men’s trio)
Der Heroische Pudel (SATB quartet)
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Der Einsiedler by Joseph von Eichendorff for 4-part women’s choir, flute, violin and 4-hand piano (2000)
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Taub Raum Stumm to a poem by Johanna Lier for 3-part women’s choir a cappella (2001)
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Die Zunge to a poem by Johanna Lier for 3-part women’s choir a cappella (2002)
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verlassen hassen münzen to a poem by Johanna Lier for 3-part women’s choir a cappella (2002)
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Nachtbesuche to texts by Friedrich Rückert for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin and piano (2004)
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Die Knigge-Kantate to texts by Ernst Meister, Rudolf Hans Fürrer and Julia Schwartz for vocal quartet and piano (2012)
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songs with piano accompaniment – poems in german
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Die Nacht four songs to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (1994 - 95) - recording available upon request
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Drei Weihnachtslieder (1996) available at Certosa Verlag
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Ich bin nicht tot 5 songs to poems by Franz Werfel, Georg Trakl and Else Lasker-Schüler with piano accompaniment (2014)
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Ich, Frau 3 songs to poems by Friedrich Rückert with piano accompaniment (2020)
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Poetisches und Prophetisches to poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2022) (recording of version for cello and piano available upon request)
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songs with piano accompaniment - poems in english and french
Whispers of Heavenly Death settings of five poems by Walt Whitman (1993-94)
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8 Haikus words and music (1997-98)
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Songs of Love & Reflection poems by Sara Teasdale (2001)
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Don Juan at Forty for baritone to a poem by Ron Butlin (2010)
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A Tale of a Citizen and his Wife Elegy XV of John Donne for baritone and piano (2016)
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Délice et Tendresse 4 mélodies to poems by Paul Valéry for voice and piano (2016)
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Our Lady of the Snails to a poem by Regi Claire (2022)
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sacred works
Zwei Psalmen (Nr. 9 & Nr. 33) for choir a cappella (1994)
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Psalm 13 for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin and organ (1994)
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Psalm 142 for choir a cappella (1997)
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Psalm 103 for choir, violin and piano or organ (2007)
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In Kraft des Herrn vertilge ich sie (Psalm 118) for choir, accordion and piano (2013)
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Stabat Mater for soprano, mezzosoprano, alto, baritone, and organ (2023)
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other works for choir
Tre ombre in croce to Dante's Inferno Canto XVI, 1-90 for choir a cappella (2007)
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The Wind and the Weather texts by Christian Morgenstern, Sara Teasdale and Paul Verlaine for chorus a cappella (2015)
Der Wind als Liebender & Wind und Geige
Wild Asters (Kenyon Chamber Singers, conductor Benjamin Locke)
Épilogue I
The Wind (Kenyon Chamber Singers, conductor Benjamin Locke)
Nachtwind
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Let me not to the marriage (Shakespeare Sonnet 116) for chorus SATB and strings (2015)
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The Voyage of the Soul 10 poems by Walt Whitman for chorus a cappella (2017)
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Auf den Tod meiner kleinen Weckeruhr to a poem by Christian Morgenstern for Men's Chorus (2020)
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Wonders poems by Sara Teasdale for mixed chorus a cappella (2021)
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an tagen wie diesen for 3-part chorus SABar. and piano, poems by Ruth Näf Bernhard (2022)
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Wein-Walzer (Wine Waltzes) four songs about wine for mixed chorus, various poets (2022)
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Das Christkind im Wald for mixed chorus, poems by Anna Ritter (2022)
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Molten Blue for men's chorus, a commission for the Männerstimmen Basel and their conductor David Rossel (2022) - recording available upon request
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L’Albatros for mixed chorus SATB, to a poem by Charles Baudelaire (2022)
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vocal chamber music works
Zwei Reflexionen to poems by Rilke for soprano and violoncello (1995)
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The Ruins of the Heart five poems and four quatrains of Rumi for mezzo-soprano, oboe and percussion (1996)
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Lamento for female voice, tenorsaxophone, congas and piano (this film is the 1998 version, music was revised 2020)
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Zwei Elementarphantasien to poems by Christian Morgenstern for flute and voice (1999)
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Breaking Silence poems from „Histories of Desire“ by Ron Butlin for mezzo-soprano, clarinet in A and piano (2003)
One Life
The Painting Lesson
Today
A Ballad: In My House
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Denkmal einer Stunde to poems by Friedrich Rückert for soprano and piano trio (2011)
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Herso poems from Susana Gardner's book of the same name for voice and violin (2012)
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Five Fjords to texts by Zachary Schomburg for voice, violoncello and piano (2014)
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Aire de nocturno to a poem by Federico Garcia Lorca for voice, flute, alto flute and piano (2020)
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Auf der Welt allein poems by Rainer Maria Rilke for soprano, trumpet in Bb or C and piano (2021)