(The composer has recordings
of the works marked with an asterisk (*). Please contact him for more information
or a copy).
Splinters for soprano
and symphony orchestra (2009) on a poem of Alissa
Valles; commissioned by
Charlotte Riedijk and Holland Symfonia.
This piece is an abbreviated version (for symphony
orchestra) of Fragments-20. The first performance is planned for september 2010 at the Gaudeamus
Festival.
Fragments-20 for soprano
and ensemble (2009) on a poem
of Alissa Valles; commissioned
by soprano Charlotte Riedijk and the Valerius
Ensemble. A staged performance is in preparation with video artist Huub Laurens and stage director Machteld van Bronkhorst.
Lamentos for flute
and cimbalon (2009). Commissioned
by Marieke Schneeman (flute) and Michiel Weidner (cimbalom).
Windkracht Acht (Beaufort Eight)
for eight flutes
(2009). Commissioned by Flute-octet Blow-up.
The darkling thrush – song cycle for mezzo-soprano
(or contralto) and wind quintet (2008).
Commissioned by the Ruah Wind Quintet and Cécile van de
Sant. Song cycle set to texts
by English poets (Sir Edward Dyer, Walt Whitman, Robinson Jeffers and
Thomas Hardy); common theme of the poems: animals.
Four pieces for flute, violin and double bass (2008).
Commissioned by Rick Stotijn. Première planned for the February 2010 concert series Jonge Nederlanders in the Concertgebouw by
Peter Verduyn Lunel - flute, Cecilia Bernardini - violin and Rick Stotijn – double bass.
Farewell
(dance, little sisters) (2007)
- for piano solo (*).
Music inspired by a sculpture by Sjef Voets. First performance by Paolo Giacometti, May 24, 2009 in
Museum de Pont, Tilburg.
Calmovivo (2007) - for string orchestra.
Commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta with financial support from the Fonds
voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. Performed March 2008 by Amsterdam Sinfonietta in the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw aan het Y.
Wagner's Dreams (2007) - song for baritone, violin,
viola, cello and piano on a poem
by Alissa Valles (*)
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Festival Haaglanden. Performed
September 2007 at the Haaglanden Festival in the Hague by Matthijs van de Woerd (baritone) and the Cristofori Quartet (Eva Stegeman - violin, Johannes Erkes - viola,
Eric de Wit - cello and Paolo Giacometti
- piano).
Juliana's (2006) - a theatrical piece
for soprano and harp on an original
text of Olaf Mulder.
Commissioned by Musica del Cuore (Caroline Erkelens - soprano and Anne Nydam-Koene - harp). Performed by Caroline Erkelens and Anne Nydam-Koene February 2007 in the
Concertgebouw.
Ourrichar Gangridge (2006) for female choir
on poems by Anneke Brassinga.
Commissioned by the Netherlands Youth Choir.
Clairobscure (2006) - for solo string quartet and string orchestra. Performed by the Zoroaster String Ensemble (dir. by Herman Draaisma)
June 2008.
Tehilim (2006) for baritone and large wind ensemble
(*).
Commissioned by Arne Visser. Performed by Ken Gould (solo) and an ad-hoc ensemble of wind players from the The Hague Conservatory
with Arne Visser as
conductor (June 2006).
Songs of Love and Merriment
- Six Elisabethan Songs (2005) for female voice
and harp.
Commissioned by Musica del Cuore (Caroline Erkelens - soprano and Anne Nydam-Koene - harp).
Murmurs and cries (2005) for flute and bassclarinet.
Commissioned by Ainoa Miranda - bassclarinet and
Melkorka Olafsdottir - flute.
Premiered by them December 2005 in the Badcuyp in Amsterdam (concert series of the Karnatic Lab).
Regardant … écoutant ... (Looking … hearing ...) (2004) – song cycle on
poems by Philippe Jaccottet (*).
Commissioned by Valérie Guillorit – soprano, Jacobien Rozemond – violin, Doris Hochscheid
- cello and Frans van Ruth – piano. These musicians
gave two performances of this
piece: March 2006 at the Chateau de Grignan (in Southern
France) in the presence of M.Jaccottet
himself and June 2006 in
the Bethaniënklooster in Amsterdam.
Het Ware Geweld (The True Violence) (2002/2004) – Opera on an
original libretto of Olaf Mulder. (*)
For promotional purposes a
CD has been made (November 2003) of several fragments from the opera with a condensed instrumental ensemble. Participants in this CD-production were: Jan-Willem Baljet – baritone, Marcel Beekman – tenor, Ken Gould– bass/baritone, Julia Bronkhorst – soprano, Myra Kroese – mezzo-soprano, Jeroen Sarphati and David Bollen – piano I and II, Raymond Honing
– flute, Jacob Goud – percussion.
Recording by Jan Maarten
van den Boom.
Twee psalmen (Two Psalms) (1990/2001) for baritone, three
horns and tuba. (*)
Performed by Ken Gould (baritone) and four brass players
in the synagogue (LJG) in The Hague
on November 2001 and May
2002.
Leeggelopen Zee, Versplinterd Glas (Emptied Sea, Shattered
Glass) (2001) – song
without words for viola and
piano on a poem by Yorgos Seferis.
(*)
Commissioned by Elisabeth
Smalt – viola. Performed by
her in October 2003 with
Frans van Ruth – piano in the concert series of the Leo Smit Foundation.
Blues? Hin da mit! (2001) for piano.
Commissioned by Marcel Worms. Performed by him in De Ysbreker
in November 2001.
B.G. & Co. (2000) for clarinet, cello and piano.
(*)
Commissioned by Marlies Klumpenaar, clarinet; performed several times by her with
Daniela Bock – cello and Sibylle
Wolf and Frans van Ruth – piano, amongst others at the occasion of her final
exam (Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam, April/May 2001).
Elef Lajla We-lajla (1001 Nights) (2000) for solo-violin (and voice and foot-bells). (*)
Commissioned by Jacobien Rozemond. Performed by her numerous
times in the period 2001 –
2004; première: May 2001 in the concert series of the Leo Smit Foundation; CD
release on Sol Classics (refer
to Web-page CD's).
Sonata for cello and piano (1999) (*).
Commissioned by Doris Hochscheid - cello and Frans van Ruth – piano; performed by them
several times; first performance: February 2000
in the concert series of the Leo Smit Foundation; CD release on Sol Classics (refer to Web-page CD's).
Drie madrigalen (Three Madrigals) (1998/1999) –
song cycle on poems by Petrarca,
Montale and Lucebert for soprano, clarinet
and piano.
Performance: April 2001 in Alkmaar by
Karin Ten Cate – soprano, Jos Ruiters – clarinet and Marianne Habets –
piano.
Tegen de tijd (Against Time)
(1997) – song cycle on poems by
Rutger Kopland for baritone,
clarinet and piano. (*)
Performance: June 1998 by
Ken Gould - baritone, Ivar Berix - clarinet
and Frans van Ruth – piano.
To Yodl or
not to (1996) for piano.
Performed several times by Ruth Rose
in 1997.
Herinneringen aan een gedroomd eiland (Memories of an Imagined Island) (1995/1996) – large work
for speaker, choir, piano
and percussion on poems by Yorgos
Seferis and Willem van Toorn.
Episoden (Episodes) (1994) for two pianos tuned in quarter tones. (*)
Performance: November 2001 in De Ysbreker
by Sara Crombach and Ruth Rose.
In Limine (On the Threshold) (1994/1995) – song cycle on
poems by Eugenio Montale for mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, cello and piano. (*)
First performance: June 1998 by
Myra Kroese - mezzo, Raymond Honing - flute, Jacobien Rozemond – violin, Doris Hochscheid
- cello and Frans van Ruth - piano; CD release on Sol
Classics (refer to Web-page
CD's).
De Vervalsing (The Falsification) (1993/1994) – comical opera. (*)
Performance: June 1994 in the Korzo
Theatre in The Hague by an ad-hoc
opera company under the direction of Nora
Tours; choreography: Hanna Samson.
Piano Trio (1992) for piano, violin and cello. (*)
Performance: June 1998 by
Frans van Ruth - piano, Jacobien Rozemond - violin and Doris Hochscheid - cello.