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)   (for more information please contact me here)

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Blued Trees   a WIP contemporary opera which is a family drama with ecocide as its roots, based on existing artwork by Aviva Rahmani and a libretto by Catherine Filloux   (2023)   (for more information, including a link to the first performance of several scenes, please contact me here)

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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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La tierra bajo mis pies   for string quintet and single woodwinds (2024)

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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)