C. CHAMBER MUSIC & ELECTRONIC MUSIC



4 for 4

(8:25)

1978
for woodwind quartet

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Colloquia ► 4 for 4



Ball in Play

(~ 10:00)

1979
for metallophone, mandolin, melodica & celesta



" . . . " ohne Worte (Without Words)

(~ 20:00)

1982
for string quartet with projector and electronic replay



December 1952

(31:00)

1979/1983
for multimedial setup and any number of players
after the graphic by Earle Brown



10 kleine Stücke (10 Little Pieces)

(~ 21:00)

1985
for melody instrument(s) & guitar

LABEL ► LISTEN ► 10 kleine Stücke



&

  

1990
2 movements for piano four−handed



4 Guitar Duets

(12:00)

1992

LABEL ► LISTEN ► für Gitarre(n) ► 4 Guitar Duets



Trialog

(9:00)

1995/2002
for flute, violoncello & piano

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Colloquia ► Trialog



Ost

(5:36)

1996
fugue for guitar quartet

Post (2:22) 1996
postlude to Ost for guitar trio

LABEL ► LISTEN ► für Gitarre(n) ► Ost & Post



Transit

(7:05)

1997
electronic tableau corresponding to the exposition with the same title at the Ruhrland Museum, Essen

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Skizzen und Collagen ► Transit



XII'52

  

1998
sound collage for Christmas



Reflektionen I

(38:00)

2004
12 paraphrases on Bernhard Trautvetter's poem Anfang (Beginning)

LABEL ► SEE ► Texts ► Reflektionen I: Anfang

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Reflektionen I



Poi Tui

(11:17)

2004
electronic music for fire dance

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Skizzen und Collagen ► Poi Tui



Passacaglia

(9:18)

2004
for 2 flutes, french horn, marimba, vibraphone, guitar, bass guitar and gongs

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Skizzen und Collagen ► Passacaglia



Groove Up

  

2004
for live-electronics, percussion, guitar and bass guitar



Suite to a Lost Friend

(5:25)

2005
small collection of musical footnotes on Sita Rajasooriya's literary fire performance at the Unperfekthaus Essen (2004)

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Skizzen und Collagen ► Suite to a Lost Friend



Reflektionen II

(16:06)

2005
remix of Hugo Ernst Käufer's text cycle Augapfeltiefe

LABEL ► SEE ► Texts ► Reflektionen II − IV ► Augapfeltiefe

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Reflektionen II – IV ► Reflektionen II



lvlxxiv

  

2005
meditation from the gasometer at Oberhausen
(gongs, cymbals & chimes: Ursula Reinhard and Hans-Werner Schneider)



Reflektionen III „Liebe Mitbürgerinnen und Mitbürger”

(17:48)

2006
(„Dear fellow citizens”)
electronic lingual composition about a text by Angela Merkel

LABEL ► SEE ► Texts ► Reflektionen III: Liebe Mitbürgerinnen und Mitbürger

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Reflektionen II − IV ► Reflektionen III



Weihnachtsleuchten (Christmas Glowing)

(1 h 17:00)

2006−2009
musical Advent calendar in different chamber-musical and electronic instrumentations

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Weihnachtsleuchten



Reflektionen IV

(3:58)

2006
electronic lingual composition about Gertrude Stein's text Reflections on the Atom Bomb

LABEL ► SEE ► Texts ► Reflektionen IV: Reflections on the Atom Bomb

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Reflektionen II – IV ► Reflektionen IV



Röslein (Roselet)

(4:30)

2006
music for a choreographic* by Thomas Zehnter
about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem Heideröslein and its musical setting by Franz Schubert
* = computer aided process of painting, to be watched on video

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Kunstmusik ► Röslein



2 Soundtracks for Choreographics by Thomas Zehnter

  

2007

Gelb (heaven) (3:11)

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Kunstmusik ► Gelb

Blau (time) (4:01)

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Kunstmusik ► Blau



Music for the audio drama Der Kuhhandel (Horse Trading)

  

2007

Präludium Pastorale for organ (3:11)
rape aftermath for 3 flutes & bassoon (3:11)
Karussellmusik (Music for a Merry-Go-Round) for organ (3:11)
Sterbemusik (Dying Music) for violoncello, harmonium & piano (3:11)



Wortwörtlich (Literally)

  

2007
for speaker and string quartet
on the text cycle by Hugo Ernst Käufer



pisquare

(20:45)

2008
electro-acoustical soundscape for an exhibition of circular and spherical objects

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Kunstmusik ► pisquare



T_4_4

(6:52)

2010
for flute, guitar and sound props
about the chapter The Mad Teaparty from Alice in Wonderland

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Colloquia ► T_4_4



D'accord

(33:00)

2014
a collection of pieces for accordion(s)

Sonata Verde for accordion solo
Rouge Rondeau for accordion quintet
WeißSchwarz (WhiteBlack) for accordion trio
Stradella for many accordions
Pastorale for accordion solo
Blue Horizon for 1 or 2 accordions

LABEL ► SEE ► Pictures ► Album Artwork ► D'accord

LABEL ► LISTEN ► D'accord



Three American Folksongs

  

2014
for chamber ensemle with electronic replay



Kindermund (Child's Mouth)

(23:37)

2015
electronic lingual composition / audio play
with the voice of a 20-month-old boy

LABEL ► LISTEN ► SprachMusikHörspiele ► Kindermund



LeLuLa

  

2015
for chamber ensemble



Sascha

  

2017
Variations on a Russian song for chamber ensemble



Über Wasser (On Water)

(28:00)

2018
for chamber ensemble of wind quintet, string quartet & piano

1. H2O
2. Lachrymae
3. Durst (Thirst)
4. Reflektion

LABEL ► SEE ► Scores ► Über Wasser

LABEL ► SEE ► Texts ► Über Wasser – 3 poems

LABEL ► SEE ► Pictures ► Album Artwork ► Fox Glacier

LABEL ► LISTEN ► Über Wasser



TageJahreLeben (DaysYearsLife)

(54:00)

2021
for voices (mixed choir, mezzo soprano and baritone) with marimba, harp, string quartet & piano

1. Vorfrühling (Early Spring)
2. Früher Morgen (Early Morning)
3. Aufbruch – Aus der Zeit (Breakup – Out of Time)
4. Zenith
5. Intermezzo
6. Equinox
7. Im Traum (Dreaming)

LABEL ► SEE ► Scores ► TageJahreLeben

LABEL ► SEE ► Texte ► TageJahreLeben − 7 poems

LABEL ► SEE ► Pictures ► Album Artwork ► Wallscape

LABEL ► LISTEN ► TageJahreLeben