List of compositions by Wolfgang Rihm
The compositional work of Wolfgang Rihm includes instrumental and vocal music as well as stage pieces. The boundaries between the genres (e.g. orchestral / chamber music) are fluid. Several pieces are defined in the subtitle as provisional approaches, with the option of further development.
Work or test series
- Swan scenes 1–5 (1979–81)
- Waltz (1979-2004)
- Double chants 1–3 (1980–2004)
- Tutuguri (1980-83)
- Characters (1981) / Ciphers (1982-2004)
- Stranger Scenes 1–3 (1982–84)
- Sound description 1–3 (1982–87)
- Sine nomine / Untitled 1–4 (1985–2004)
- Abgewandt 1–2 (1989/90) / Music in memoriam Luigi Nono , 1. – 5. Attempt (1990-92)
- Séraphin (1991-2007)
- - et nunc 1–2 (1992/93)
- Vers une symphonie fleuve 1–4 (1992–2000) / … fleuve V (omnia tempus habent) (1997–2000)
- Sphère (1992–94) / follow-up study (1992–94) / sphere after study (1994–2002) / sphere by sphere (1992–2003)
- Form / Two Forms (1993/94) / Hunted Form (1995–2002) / Hidden Forms (1995–97) / Dredged Form (1995–98) / Hunts and Forms (1995–2008)
- Via line 1-7 (1999-2006)
- Scraps 1-8 (1999-2004)
- Sotto voce 1–2 (1999–2007)
- Male (2000-03)
- Transformation 1–6 (2002–14)
Compositions by line-up
Instrumental music
For orchestra / ensemble
- Concertino (1967) for string orchestra
- Serenata (1968) for string orchestra
- Variations I (1969) for orchestra
- 1st Symphony (1969/70; Op. 3) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere February 5, 1984 Hanover (Lower Saxony State Orchestra; Conductor: Gerd Albrecht )
- Scoring: 2.2.2.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [4] - timpani - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Adagio (1969). Variations for strings. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere November 6th 1987 Tauberbischofsheim (Sinfonietta Tedesca; Conductor: Matthias Zwirner)
- Variazioni (Variations II) (1969/70) for orchestra
- Variations III (1970) for orchestra
- Six movements for string orchestra (1969/70)
- Trakt (1971; op. 11) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 10 '
- Scoring: 4.3.3.BKlar.2.KFg - 6.4.4.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- Segments (1971; op.12) for 18 strings (8.0.4.4.2). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere June 19, 1975 Bochum ( Bochum Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Othmar Mága )
- Concetti (1971) for ensemble
- Cast:?
- Magma (1973) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere February 20, 1987 ( Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Jacques Mercier)
- Scoring: 4.3.EH.4.3.Kfg - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [6] - piano - harp - organ - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- 2nd Symphony (1975; “first and last movement”) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere June 27, 1976 Berlin ( Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin ; Conductor: Hiroshi Wakasugi )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [6] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - organ - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Sub-Kontur (1974/75) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 27 '. Premiere October 23, 1976 Donaueschingen (Music Days; SWF Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ernest Bour)
- Scoring: 0.0.0.3 - 6.4.4.2 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - piano - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Night Rules (1976). 7 fragments for 15 strings (5.4.3.2.1). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 19, 1977 Berlin (RSO Berlin; Conductor: Hiroshi Wakasugi )
- Cuts and Dissolves (1976). Orchestra sketches. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere March 3, 1977 Paris ( Ensemble intercontemporain ; conductor: Michael Gielen )
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.2.1 - percussion [3] - harp - piano - strings: 3.0.2.2.2
- 3rd symphony (1976/77): see under vocal compositions
- Appearance. Sketch about Schubert (1978) for 9 strings (3.0.3.3.0) and piano (ad libitum). Duration: ~ 14 '. Premiere June 16, 1978 Baden-Baden (Wolfgang Rihm [piano]; Ensemble 13; conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- First swan song (1979) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere November 8, 1979 Kassel ( RSO Frankfurt ; Conductor: John Carewe)
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.1 - timpani [1] - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Fifth swan scene (1st version; 1979) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere January 12, 1981 Kiel (Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Walter Gillessen)
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- 2nd version (1979/83 [?]): See under vocal compositions with instrument (s)
- Waltz (1979) for ensemble. Duration: ~ 4 '
- Music Hall Suite (1979) for small ensemble (8 players). Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere October 3, 1980 in Stuttgart
- Scoring: 0.0.1.0.2ASax - 0.1.0.0 - percussion [1] - piano - strings: 0.0.0.1.1
- Lander (1979). Version for 13 strings (3.3.3.3.1). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere April 18, 1980 Baden-Baden (Ensemble 13, conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Nature morte - Still alive (1979/80). Sketch for 13 strings (3.3.3.3.1). Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere April 18, 1980 Baden-Baden (Ensemble 13, conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Tutuguri. Poème dansé (1981/82): see under stage works
- Pre- and post-study:
- Tutuguri I (1981). Music after Antonin Artaud , for orchestra. Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere March 14, 1981 Paris (Nouvel Orchester Philharmonique; Conductor: Hubert Soudant)
- Scoring: 1.2.2.1 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 10.8.6.4.2
- Tutuguri II (1981/82). Music after Antonin Artaud, for orchestra. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere March 3, 1982 Chicago ( Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Tutuguri III (1981). Music after Antonin Artaud, for orchestra. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere December 3, 1981 Karlsruhe (Kolberg Percussion Ensemble; Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 1.2.2.1 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [6] - harp - piano - strings: 18.0.6.4.2
- Tutuguri IV (1981/82). Music by Antonin Artaud, for orchestra and speaker (ad libitum). Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere May 20, 1982 Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Conductor: Cristóbal Halffter )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Tutuguri VI (Crosses) (1981): see under instrumental music for percussion (3–6 players)
- Black and Red Dance (1982/83). Fragment from Tutuguri. Poème dansé , for orchestra. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere February 10, 1985 Berlin (RSO Berlin; Conductor: Riccardo Chailly )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [6] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Vorgefühle (1984) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere August 25, 1984 Hamburg ( Philharmonic State Orchestra ; Conductor: Hans Zender )
- Orchestra: 2.2.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - celesta - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Shadow Piece (1982-84). Sound painting for orchestra. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere June 24, 1984 Karlsruhe ( Badische Staatskapelle ; Conductor: Christof Prick )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.1.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Fusées (1984) for orchestra (16 players). Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere March 31, 1985 Baden-Baden ( Ensemble intercontemporain ; conductor: Péter Eötvös )
- Scoring: 1.2.3.2 - 2.0.0.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Dis-Kontur (1974–84) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere October 10, 1975 Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Michael Gielen)
- Scoring: 4.3.2.5.2TSax - 4.4.4.2 - percussion [5] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - 2 pianos - strings: 10.10.10.10.10
- Trace (1984/85). Orchestra sketch. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere May 24, 1985 Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Conductor: Myung-whun Chung )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 3.3.3.0 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - celesta - strings: 6.0.6.6.3
- Departure (1985). Recording for orchestra. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere April 4, 1986 Zurich ( Junge Deutsche Philharmonie ; Conductor: Gary Bertini)
- Scoring: 5.4.5.4 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - strings
- Recording: Twilight and Outline (1985/86) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere December 17, 1986 Freiburg (Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Eberhard Kloke )
- Scoring: 4.3.5.3 - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - piano - strings
- Single versions:
- Twilight (1985). Recording for orchestra. Duration: ~ 5 '. Premiere September 29, 1985 Venice ( NDR Symphony Orchestra ; Conductor: Hans Zender)
- Scoring: 5.3.5.4 - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [6] - strings: 16.14.12.10.7
- Outline (1985/86). Recording for orchestra. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere May 5, 1986 Berlin ( Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin ; Conductor: Gerd Albrecht)
- Scoring: 5.3.5.3 - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - piano - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Unnamed I (1986) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere May 23, 1986 Munich ( Munich Philharmonic ; Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach )
- Scoring: 5.5.5.5 - 6.4.4.2 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - piano - organ - strings: 2.0.12.10.8
- Unnamed II (1987) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere October 30, 1987 Tokyo ( New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra ; Conductor: Michiyoshi Inoue)
- Scoring: 5.5.5.5 - 6.6.4.2 - percussion [6] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - piano - strings: 0.0.12.10.8
- Splitter (1987). Orchestra sketches for Oedipus . Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere August 29, 1987 Berlin (Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper ; Conductor: Jesús López Cobos )
- Scoring: 4.4.4.4 - 4.4.4.0 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - piano - 2 violins
- Sound description (1982-87)
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- Sound description I (1982–87) for 3 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere October 18, 1987 Donaueschingen (SWF Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Michael Gielen)
- Scoring: Picc.5.3.4.BKlar.KbKlar.0.KFg - 4.5.4.1 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - 2 pianos - strings: 1.1.0.4.4
- Sound description II - Inner Limit (1986/87): see under Vocal compositions with instrument (s)
- Sound description III (1984–87) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 43 '. Premiere October 18, 1987 Donaueschingen (SWF Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Michael Gielen)
- Danse (1987). An orchestral stenogram. Duration: ~ 5 '. WP July 20, 1987 Montpellier (Nouvel Orchester Philharmonique; Conductor: Marek Janowski )
- Scoring: 3.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timpani [1] - 2 harps - strings
- Compresenze (1985-87). Outlines and interventions for orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere June 4, 1987 Cologne (Philharmonie; Gürzenich Orchestra ; Conductor: Marek Janowski )
- Scoring: 5.3.5.3 - 4.5.3.1 - percussion [6] - harp - piano - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Farewell March (1987) for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones and percussion. Duration: ~ 3 '
- No Firmament (1988) for 14 players. Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere October 29, 1988 Berlin (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.0.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Three waltzes (1979–88) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. WP 6 July 1988 Flensburg (festival orchestra; conductor: Christoph Eschenbach)
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Waltz 1 ("Sehnsuchtswalzer") (1979–81). Duration: ~ 5 '. Premiere October 23, 1981 Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Werner Andreas Albert )
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Waltz 2 ("Urgent Waltz") (1986/87). Duration: ~ 5 '. Premiere February 21, 1987 Frankfurt am Main ( Junge Deutsche Philharmonie ; Conductor: Hans Werner Henze )
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Waltz 3 ("Brahmsliebewalzer") (1985-88). Duration: ~ 7 '. WP July 6, 1988 Flensburg (see above)
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - strings: at least 12.10.8.6.4
- Cipher cycle (1982–88) for 18 players. Duration: ~ 75 '. Premiere February 15, 1985 Frankfurt am Main (Ensemble 13, conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.2.BTrp.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- 1st cipher I - 2nd cipher II - Silence to be beaten - 3rd cipher III - 4th cipher IV - 5th picture (one cipher) - 6th cipher V - 7th cipher VI - 8th cipher VII - 9th Code VIII
- In addition, there are independent single versions (and another single piece [2004]):
- Chiffre I (1982): see under instrumental music for solo instrument (s) and orchestra / ensemble
- Chiffre II - Silence to be beaten (1983) for 14 (–15) players. Duration: ~ 14 '. Premiere November 30, 1983 London (London Sinfonietta; Conductor: Anthony Pay)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [1–2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- Chiffre III (1983) for 12 players. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere December 7, 1983 Karlsruhe (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.1.1.1 - 1.0.BTrp.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 0.0.0.2.1
- Chiffre IV (1983/84): see under instrumental music for smaller mixed ensembles (2–7 players)
- Image (one cipher) (1984) for 9 players. Duration: ~ 9 '. WP April 27, 1984 Witten ( Ensemble Modern ; Conductor: Bernhard Wulff)
- Scoring: 0.0.0.0 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Chiffre V (1984) for orchestra (17 players). Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere December 3, 1984 Paris (Théâtre de la Ville; Ensemble intercontemporain; Conductor: Gary Bertini )
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.BTrp.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Cipher VI (1985) for 8 players. Duration: ~ 6 '. WP April 12, 1985 Karlsruhe (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.0.0.BKlar.0.KFg - 1.0.0.0 - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- Chiffre VII (1985) for orchestra (14 players). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 15, 1985 Frankfurt am Main (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.BTrp.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 0.0.0.2.1
- Cipher VIII (1985-88) for 8 players. Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere April 23, 1988 Witten (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.0.0.BKlar.0.KFg - 1.0.1.0 - piano - strings: 0.0.0.2.1
- Nach-Schrift (a cipher) (1982–2004) for ensemble (17 players). Duration: ~ 10 '. WP March 14, 2004 Cologne ( musikFabrik ; conductor: Stefan Asbury)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.2.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Blick (1987/88). A sound for orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere April 25, 1988 Freiburg (Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Eberhard Kloke)
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 3.4 [1 from afar] .4 [1 from afar] .1 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.1.3.2
- Floating Encounter (1988/89) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 13 '. WP February 13, 1989 Ludwigshafen ( German State Philharmonic Rhineland-Palatinate ; Conductor: Leif Segerstam )
- Scoring: 4.3.3.0 - 4.3.4 [from afar] .0 - percussion [5] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.4.0.3
- The omens (1988/89). Fragment for orchestra (from Die Eroberung von Mexico - see under: Stage works ). Duration: ~ 8 '. WP February 12, 1989 Hamburg (Philharmonic State Orchestra; Conductor: Arturo Tamayo )
- Scoring: 4.4.4.4 - 4.4.4.0 - percussion [4] - harp - strings: 30.0.10.10.8
- Abgewandt 1 (1989) for chamber orchestra (11 players). Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere February 25, 1989 Karlsruhe (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.0.0.0 - piano - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- Unpainted picture (1989/90) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere May 17, 1990 Stockholm ( Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Conductor: Michel Tabachnik )
- Scoring: 3.0.3.0 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [4] - strings: 1.1.0.0.0
- Unnamed III (1989/90) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere February 23, 1990 Cologne ( Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Conductor: Arturo Tamayo)
- Scoring: 3.0.5.1 - 6.4.4.2 - percussion [4] - timpani [1?] - harp - piano - strings: 6.0.12.10.8 or 6.0.10.8.6
- Cantus firmus (1990). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (1st attempt), for 14 players. Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere September 17, 1990 Glasgow (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.0.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Ricercare (1990). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (2nd attempt), for 14 players. Duration: ~ 9 '. WP Turin (Ensemble Ex Novo; conductor: Claudio Ambrosini )
- Scoring: 0.0.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Averted 2 (1990). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (3rd attempt), for 14 players. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere November 11, 1990 Gütersloh (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 0.0.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Enclosure (1990). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (4th attempt), for 2 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere February 21, 1991 Milan (Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano; conductor: Lothar Zagrosek)
- Scoring: 3.3.3.2 - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [4] - harp - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- Into the open ... for orchestra
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- (1st version; 1990). Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere September 22, 1990 Glasgow (Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Conductor: Matthias Bamert )
- Scoring: 3.0.4.1 - 3.3.3.1 - percussion [5] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.2.6.4
- (2nd version; 1990-92). Duration: ~ 27 '. Premiere January 18, 1995 Santa Cruz, Tenerife ( Czech Philharmonic ; conductor: Gerd Albrecht)
- Scoring: 3.0.4.1 - 3.3.3.1 - percussion [5] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.2.6.4
- Dunkles Spiel (1988–90) for small orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere June 16, 1990 Zurich (Collegium Musicum; Conductor: Paul Sacher )
- Scoring: 0.0.1.1 - 2.0.2.0 - percussion [4] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.2.4.2
- Kalt (1989-91). Octet. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere February 16, 1991 Berlin ( New Music Group Hanns Eisler ; Conductor: Burkhard Glaetzner )
- Scoring: 0.1.EH.0.0 - 0.0.1.0 - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Séraphin project (from 1991):
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- Étude pour Séraphin (1991/92) for brass (0.4.4.0) and percussion (6 players). Duration: ~ 23 '. Premiere March 8, 1992 Karlsruhe (Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Séraphin. Attempt at a theater
- 1st state (1994): see under stage works
- 2. State (1993–96): see under stage works
- Etude d'après “Séraphin” (1997; working title: stages of remembering ) for instrumental and electronic sounds. WP 25 October 1997 Karlsruhe ( ZKM )
- Séraphin-Sphäre (1993–2006) for ensemble (player). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere September 29, 2006 Brussels (Philharmonie; Ensemble Recherche; Conductor: Titus Engel)
- Scoring: 1.1.1.0 - 0.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - 2 pianos - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
- La lugubre gondola / The Arctic Ocean (1990–92). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (5th attempt): see under instrumental music for solo instrument (s) and orchestra / ensemble
- Moment (1992) for 12 cellos. Duration: ~ 10 '
- - et nunc 1 (1992) for wind instruments and percussion. Duration: ~ 20 '
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- New version: - et nunc 2 (1992/93) for wind instruments and percussion. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere May 12, 1993 Vienna ( Wiener Symphoniker ; Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher )
- Scoring: 4.4.6.4 - 4.6 [2 from afar] .2.2 - percussion [4 {2 from afar}]
- Form / Two forms
- 1st version (19 ??). WP April 24, 1994 Witten (Asko Ensemble; Conductor: Jonathan Nott )
- 2nd version (1993/94) for 20 players in 4 groups of quintets. Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere July 14, 1996 Darmstadt (Orchestra of the State Theater ; Conductor: Marc Albrecht )
- Scoring: 2.0.2.0 - 2.3.3.2 - percussion [5] - piano (similar scoring as in Déserts [1954] by Edgar Varèse )
- Vers une symphonie fleuve I (1992–95) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere March 12, 1995 Hamburg (Philharmonic State Orchestra; Conductor: Gerd Albrecht)
- Scoring: 4.4.6.4 - 6.4 [2 from a distance] .2.2 - percussion [4 {2 from a distance}] - strings: 14.12.10.8.6 [7?]
- Vers une symphonie fleuve II (1992–95) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. WP 14 May 1995 Karlsruhe (Badische Staatskapelle; conductor: Günter Neuhold )
- Scoring: 4.4.6.4 - 6.4 [2 from a distance] .2.2 - percussion [4 {2 from a distance}] - strings: 14.12.10.8.7
- Vers une symphonie fleuve III (1992–95) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere October 25, 1995 Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti )
- Scoring: 4.4.6.4 - 6.4 [2 from a distance] .4.2 - percussion [4 {2 from a distance}] - timpani [1] - strings
- In-Schrift (1995) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere July 7, 1995 Venice ( Württemberg State Orchestra ; Conductor: Gabriele Ferro )
- Scoring: 3.0.3.1 - 4.3.6.1 - percussion [5] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 0.0.0.7.7
- Pol - Kolchis - Nucleus (1991–96) for ensemble (13 players). Duration: ~ 18 '. WP November 13, 1996 Badenweiler (Ensemble intercontemporain; conductor: Pierre Boulez )
- Scoring: 0.0.2.0 - 1.2.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- pole
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- 1st version (1995): see under instrumental music for smaller mixed ensembles (2–7 players)
- 2nd version (1996) for 13 players. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere November 7, 1996 Cologne (Ensemble Recherche; Conductor: Kwamé Ryan)
- Scoring: 0.0.2.0 - 1.2.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - 0.0.1.1.1
- Kolchis (1991): see under instrumental music for smaller mixed ensembles (2–7 players)
- Nucleus (1996) for 13 players. Duration: ~ 7 '. WP November 13, 1996 Badenweiler (see above)
- Scoring: 0.0.2.0 - 1.2.1.0 - marimba - percussion [1] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Hunted form for orchestra
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- 1st version (1995/96). Duration: ~ 13 '. WP April 13, 1996 Philadelphia (Ensemble Modern; Conductor: John Adams )
- 2nd version (1995-2002). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere March 28, 2003 Graz (Klangforum Wien; Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling)
- Scoring (in both versions): 2.1.2.1 - 2.2.2.1 - percussion [3] - harp - electric bass - piano - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- Ernster Gesang (1996) for orchestra
- Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere April 25, 1997 Philadelphia ( Philadelphia Orchestra ; Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch )
- Scoring: 0.1.4.3 - 4.0.3.1 - timpani [1] - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Ernster Gesang mit Lied (1996/97): see under Vocal compositions with instrument (s)
- Verborgene Formen (1995–97) for ensemble (21 players). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 18, 1997 Berlin (Ensemble Modern; Conductor: Peter Rundel )
- Scoring: 2.1.2.1 - 2.2.2.1 - percussion [3] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Compacted Form (1995–98) for ensemble (14 players). Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere December 1, 1998 Frankfurt am Main (Ensemble Modern; Conductor: George Benjamin)
- Scoring: 1.0.EH.0.BKlar.0 - 0.1.1.0 - drums [2] - guitar - harp - piano - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
- Vers une Symphonie fleuve IV for orchestra
- 1st version (1997/98). Premiere September 22, 1998 Dresden ( Sächsische Staatskapelle ; Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli )
- 2nd version (1997-2000). Duration: 30 '. Premiere May 5, 2001 Munich (Munich Philharmonic; Conductor: Gary Bertini)
- Scoring: 4.4.6.4 - 4.6.4.2 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - strings
- Mirror and River (1999). Postplay and prelude for orchestra. Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere January 2, 2000 Hamburg (NDR Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Christoph Eschenbach)
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings
- In question (1999–2000) for ensemble (8 players). Duration: ~ 17 '. WP May 22, 2000 Vienna (Ensemble Recherche)
- Scoring: 0.0.EH.0.BKlar.0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion [1] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Question (1999–2000) for female voice and ensemble (8 players): see under Vocal compositions with instrument (s)
- In the beginning (1998–2000) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere March 13, 2000 Bremen (Philharmonic State Orchestra Bremen, conductor: Günter Neuhold)
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.0 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Jagden und Formen (1995–2001) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 55 '. WP November 15, 2001 Basel (Messe; Ensemble Modern ; Conductor: Dominique My)
- Scoring: 2.1.2.1 - 2.2.2.1 - drums [3] - harp - piano - guitar - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- New version (2007/08): see under stage works
- Metamorphosis (2002–13). Music for orchestra
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- Metamorphosis 1 (2002). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 14, 2002 Frankfurt am Main (NDR Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Christoph Eschenbach)
- Scoring: 2.1.2.1 - 4.1.2.0 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- Metamorphosis 2 (2005). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere September 2nd, 2005 Leipzig (Gewandhaus; Gewandhausorchester; Conductor: Riccardo Chailly)
- Scoring: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings
- Reading the Scriptures (2001/02). Four pieces for orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere March 16, 2002 Berlin (German Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Kent Nagano)
- Scoring: 2.1.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timpani [1] - 2 harps - organ - strings
- Blick auf Kolchis (2002) for ensemble (10 players). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere October 25, 2002 Basel ( Fondation Beyeler ; Ensemble Recherche)
- Sphäre um Sphäre (1992–2003) for ensemble (11 players). Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere October 27, 2003 Paris (Ensemble Recherche; Conductor: Lucas Vis )
- Scoring: 1.1.1.0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion [1] - harp - 2 pianos - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
- Two Other Movements (1st version; 2004) for orchestra. Duration: ~ 38 '. Premiere March 10, 2005 New York ( Avery Fisher Hall ; New York Philharmonic ; Conductor: Lorin Maazel )
- Scoring: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Will Sound (2005/06) for ensemble (17 players). Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere February 16, 2006 New York ( Carnegie Hall ; Ensemble Alarm Will Sound; conductor: Alan Pierson)
- Scoring: 1.1.0.ASax.TSax.1 - 1.1.1.0 - drums [3] - accordion - piano - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
- Stop and Repeat (2007). A farewell waltz for Manfred Reichert, for ensemble (12 players). Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere November 15, 2007 Karlsruhe ( ZKM ; Ensemble 13; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Scoring: 1.1.1 (in A) .1 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion [1] - piano [4 hands; also harmonium] - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- Concerto “Séraphin” (2006-08) for 16 players. Premiere September 17th, 2008 Berlin (Radialsystem; musikFabrik; conductor: Emilio Pomàrico )
- Dionysus - An opera fantasy based on texts by Friedrich Nietzsche , (2009-2010). Libretto based on Nietzsche's Dionysus dithyrambs by the composer. A composition commissioned by the Salzburg Festival . WP: Salzburg July 27, 2010
For solo instrument (s) and orchestra / ensemble
- Piano (s)
- Concerto (1969) for piano and 8 instruments. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere October 3, 1987 Vienna (Ensemble Musica Viva Karlsruhe; Conductor: Norbert Krupp)
- Ensemble: 1.1.0.1 - 0.1.1.0 - strings: 1.0.1.1.0
- Fantasia (1969/70; op. 4) for string orchestra with obbligato piano
- La musique creuse le ciel (1977–79) for 2 pianos and orchestra. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere November 14, 1980 Cologne ( Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky [pianos]; Cologne RSO ; conductor: Mario di Bonaventura)
- Orchestra: 4.4.4.4 - 6.4.4.1 - percussion [3] - 2 harps - strings
- Chiffre I (1982) for piano and 7 instruments. Duration: ~ 8 '. WP April 22, 1983 Saarbrücken ( Aloys Kontarsky [piano]; members of the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Bernhard Kontarsky )
- Ensemble: 0.0.1.1 - 0.1.1.0 - Strings: 0.0.0.2.1
- La lugubre gondola / The Arctic Ocean (1990–92). Music in memoriam Luigi Nono (5th attempt)
- Version for piano and 2 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere September 14, 1992 Duisburg (Bernhard Wambach [piano]; Duisburg Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Alexander Lazarew)
- Version for 2 pianos and 2 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere October 8, 1994 Graz (Christine Asleitner, Wim van Zutphen [pianos]; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Friedrich Goldmann )
- Orchestra (in both versions): 3.3.3.2 - 4.4.4.1 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - harp strings: 4.0.2.4.2
- Sphere. Contrafacture with piano counter body (1992–94) for piano, wind instruments and percussion. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere May 9, 1994 Munich ( Siegfried Mauser [piano]; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Alexander Lazarew)
- Orchestra: 4.4.6.4 - 4.6 [2 from a distance] .2.2 - percussion [4 {2 from a distance}]
- Derivatives:
- Follow-up study (1992–94) for piano: see under instrumental music for keyboard instruments
- Sphere according to study (1994–2002) for 6 players: see under instrumental music for smaller mixed ensembles (2–7 players)
- Sphäre um Sphäre (1992–2003) for ensemble (11 players): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Sotto voce (1999). Notturno for piano and small orchestra. Duration: ~ 14 '. Premiere May 22, 1999 Berlin ( Daniel Barenboim [piano and conductor]; Berliner Philharmoniker)
- Orchestra: 2.2.1.1 - 2.0.0.0 - timpani [1] - harp - strings: maximum 10.8.6.6.4
- Sotto voce 2 (2007). Capriccio for piano and small orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. WP July 21, 2007 Erl (Passionsspielhaus; Nicolas Hodges [piano]; Haydn Orchestra ; conductor: Tito Ceccherini)
- Orchestra: 2.2.1.1 - 2.0.0.0 - timpani [1] - strings
- 2nd piano concerto (2014). Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere August 25, 2014 Salzburg (Großes Festspielhaus; Tzimon Barto [piano]; Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra; conductor: Christoph Eschenbach )
- Orchestra: 2.1.3.2 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- organ
- Unnamed IV (2002-04) for organ and orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere August 27, 2003 Lucerne (Leo van Doeselaar [organ]; Concertgebouw Orchestra ; conductor: Riccardo Chailly )
- Orchestra: 3.1.EH.3.1.2KFg - 5.2.4.2KbTb - percussion [4] - 2 harps - piano - strings: 24.0.10.8.6
- violin
- Lichtzwang (1975/76). First music for violin and orchestra (in memoriam Paul Celan ). Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere April 3, 1977 Royan (János Négyesy [violin]; SWF symphony orchestra; conductor: Ernest Bour)
- Orchestra: 4 [+ 4Picc] .0.4 [+ Eb-Klar, + Bklar] .4 [+ Kfg] - 4.3 [+ Btrp] .2.1 - percussion [5] - timpani [1] - harp - electronic organ - strings: 0.0.10.8.6
- Time sung (1991/92). Second music for violin and orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere June 13, 1992 Zurich ( Anne-Sophie Mutter [violin]; Collegium Musicum; conductor: Paul Sacher )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 1.2.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - strings: 1.1.4.4.2
- Third Music (1993) for violin and orchestra (in memoriam Kurt Kocherscheidt ). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere May 7, 1993 Baden-Baden (Gottfried Schneider [violin]; SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden ; conductor: Michael Gielen )
- Orchestra: 0.0.4.4 - 3.0.2.1 - percussion [5] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - accordion - strings: 0.0.10.8.6
- Coll'arco (2007/08). Fourth music for violin and orchestra. WP 11 September 2008 Leipzig (Carolin Widmann [violin]; Gewandhausorchester ; conductor: Riccardo Chailly )
- Light Play (2009). A summer piece for violin and small orchestra. Premiere November 18, 2010 New York (Anne-Sophie Mutter [violin]; New York Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor: Michael Francis )
- Poem by the painter (2014). Poeme du Peintre. WP January 9, 2015 Vienna (Renaud Capuçon [violin]; Wiener Symphoniker; conductor: Philippe Jordan)
- viola
- Viola Concerto (1979–83). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere November 13, 1983 Berlin (Eckart Schloifer [viola]; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin ; Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek )
- Orchestra: 3.0.3.1 - 4.2.2.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 12.0.8.6.4
- Second viola concerto - Via Line IV (2000–02). Duration: ~ 32 '. Premiere March 24, 2002 Budapest (Pest Redoute; Tabea Zimmermann [Viola], Junge Deutsche Philharmonie ; Conductor: Hans Zender )
- Orchestra: 2.0.EH.2.0.KFg - 2.0.2.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: minimum 8.8.4.4.2, maximum 14.12.10.8.6
- violoncello
- Monodrama (1982/83) for violoncello and orchestra. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere October 9, 1983 Graz ( Siegfried Palm [cello], Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Hans Zender )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 6.6.6.6.6
- Styx and Lethe (1997/98). Music for violoncello and orchestra. Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere October 18, 1998 Donaueschingen (Lucas Fels [violoncello]; SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden ; conductor: Hans Zender)
- Orchestra: 4.1.1.4 - 4.1.3.1 - percussion [1] - harp - piano - strings: 16.0.0.8.6
- Concerto in one movement (2005/06) for violoncello and orchestra. Duration: ~ 25 '. WP August 15, 2006 Salzburg ( Festival ; Steven Isserlis [cello]; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen ; conductor: Paavo Järvi )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [1] - harp - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- String duo
- First double vocal (1980). Music for viola, violoncello and orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere January 18, 1984 Baden-Baden (Hirofumi Fukai [viola]; Walter Grümmer [cello]; SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden; conductor: Jan Latham König)
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 6.0.3.3.3
- String trio
- Chamber concert (1968) for string orchestra and 3 solo strings
- String quartet
- Sector IV from “Morphonie” (1972/73) for string quartet and orchestra. Duration: ~ 40 '. Premiere October 19, 1974 Donaueschingen ( Musiktage ; Wolfgang Hock, Karl Steeb [violins], Enrique Santiago [viola], Anton Käsmeier [cello]; SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden ; conductor: Ernest Bour )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.Bklar.2.Kfg - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - electronic organ - strings
- Concerto (2000). Dithyrambe for string quartet and orchestra. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere 25 August 2000 Amsterdam ( Concertgebouw ; Arditti Quartet ; Concertgebouw Orchestra ; conductor: Riccardo Chailly )
- Orchestra: 2.2.3.2 - 2.2.2.0 - percussion [4] - harp - piano - celesta - strings: 6.6.4.4.2
- oboe
- Music for oboe and orchestra (1993–95)
- New version (2002). Duration: ~ 23 '. Premiere November 9, 1995 Basel (Thomas Indermühle [oboe]; RSO Basel; conductor: George Benjamin )
- Orchestra: 0.1.1.2 - 0.0.3.1 - percussion [1] - harp [1] - strings: 0.0.6.6.3
- clarinet
- Music for Clarinet and Orchestra - Over the Line II (1999). Duration: ~ 37 '. Premiere November 12, 1999 Munich ( Musica Viva ; Jörg Widmann [clarinet]; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Sylvain Cambreling )
- Orchestra: 2.1.0.1 - 2.0.0.0 - percussion [2] - harp - celesta - strings: 12.10.8.6.4 [-5]
- bassoon
- Psalmus (2007) for bassoon and orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere July 27, 2007 Munich (Pascal Gallois [bassoon]; Bavarian State Orchestra ; conductor: Kent Nagano )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.3 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - strings
- Trumpet
- Gebild (1982–97) for piccolo trumpet , percussion (2 players) and strings (6.6.4.4.2). Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere September 7, 1997 Lucerne ( Håkan Hardenberger [piccolo trumpet]; Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester; conductor: Joseph Swensen)
- trombone
- Folds die Sternhaut (1969) for trombone and chamber orchestra
- Canzona per sonare - Via Line V (2002) for alto trombone and 2 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere May 17, 2002 Schwetzingen ( Schlosstheater ; Mike Svoboda [trombone]; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Stefan Asbury)
- Orchestra: 0.2.0.2 - 2.2 WTb .0.2.2 - percussion [3] - 2 harps - piano - strings
- Wind duo
- Sign I - Doubles (1981). Music for bass flute (also piccolo), double bass clarinet (also E flat clarinet) and 2 orchestral groups. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere June 8, 1986 Turin ( Roberto Fabbriciani [flutes]; Ciro Scarponi [clarinets]; Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino; conductor: Farhad Meshkat)
- Orchestra: 5.3.4.1 - 4.5.4.1 - percussion [5] - piano - strings: 0.0.0.4.4
- harp
- The Singer's Pieces (2000–01). Music for harp and ensemble. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere March 17, 2001 Paris (Frédérique Cambreling [harp]; Ensemble intercontemporain ; conductor: Pierre Boulez )
- Ensemble: 2.1.3.1 - 2.0.2.1 - percussion [3] - piano - strings: 0.0.2.2.1
- New version (2008) [?]
- Drums
- Dunkles Spiel (1988–90) for 4 percussionists and ensemble: see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Mixed duos
- Second double vocal (1981–83). Music for clarinet, violoncello and orchestra. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere August 7, 1983 Hitzacker ( Eduard Brunner [clarinet]; Wolfgang Boettcher [cello]; I Fiamminghi; conductor: Rudolf Werthen)
- Orchestra: 0.2.0.2 - 2.0.0.0 - Strings: at least 10.8.6.4.3
- Scene (1998) for trumpet, percussion and orchestra. Premiere November 1, 1998 Karlsruhe ( Reinhold Friedrich [trumpet], Robyn Schulkowsky [drums]; Badische Staatskapelle ; conductor: Kazushi Ōno )
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- New version (1998/99): Marsyas . Rhapsody for trumpet, percussion ( marimbaphone , 7 drums ) and orchestra. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere March 24, 2000 Lucerne ( Reinhold Friedrich [trumpet], Robyn Schulkowsky [drums]; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie ; conductor: Steven Sloane)
- Orchestra: 3.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Third double voice (2004) for clarinet (in A), viola and orchestra. Duration: ~ 32 '. WP April 14, 2005 Minneapolis (Minnesota Orchestra Hall; Burt Hara [clarinet], Tom Turner [viola]; Minnesota Orchestra ; conductor: Osmo Vänskä )
- Orchestra: 2.1.2 (in A) .1 - 2.1.1.0 - harp - strings: 10.10.10.6.4
For smaller mixed ensembles (2–7 players)
- Duos
- Violin and piano
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- Violin Sonata (1969)
- New version: Duo Sonata (1971)
- New version: A violin sonata (1971-75)
- Hecton (1972). Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere December 5, 1972 (János Négyesy [violin], Cornelius Cardew [piano])
- Face (1992/93). Drawing for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere May 9, 1993 Cologne ( Thomas Zehetmair [violin], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- Version for violoncello and piano: Von weit (1993) - see under Other Duos
- Phantom and Escapade (1993/94). Piece fantasies for violin and piano. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere July 1, 1996 Johannisberg ( Ulf Hoelscher [violin], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- Other duos
- Siebengestalt (1974) for organ and tam-tam. Duration: ~ 15 '. WP Frankfurt am Main
- Von weit (1993) for violoncello and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere November 19, 1994 Stuttgart (Hans Peter Jahn [violoncello]; Yukiko Sugawara [piano])
- Fetzen 4 (2004) for viola and accordion. Duration: ~ 4 '. WP March 6, 2004 Brussels (Christophe Desjardins [viola], Teodoro Anzellotti [accordion])
- Trios
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- Trio (1972). Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere July 10th, 1988 Salzau (Gottfried Schneider [violin], Julius Berger [cello], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- Foreign scene I – III. Attempts for piano trio. First episode ( concerning Robert Schumann ) (1982-84). Duration: ~ 45 '. Premiere November 21, 1984 Gelsenkirchen ( Saschko Gawriloff [violin], Siegfried Palm [violoncello], Bruno Canino [piano])
- Stranger Scene I (1982). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere August 17th, 1992 Salzburg (Odeon Trio)
- Stranger Scene II (1982/83). Character piece. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere June 8, 1984 Düsseldorf (Saschko Gawriloff [violin], Siegfried Palm [cello], Bruno Canino [piano])
- Stranger Scene III (1983/84). Duration: ~ 10–15 '. Premiere November 21, 1984 Gelsenkirchen (see above)
- To Bálint (2007): see under Vocal compositions with instrument (s)
- Other trios
- Trio (1970) for violoncello, piano, percussion and tape
- Paraphrase (1972) for violoncello, percussion and piano. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere April 25, 1976 Witten (Gaby Schumacher [violoncello], Christoph Caskel [drums], Hubert Henck [piano])
- Deploration (1973) for flute, violoncello and percussion. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere February 2nd, 1976 Tübingen (Exempla Nova Ensemble Hamburg)
- Chiffre IV (1983/84) for bass clarinet, violoncello and piano. Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere February 3, 1984 Hamburg ( Wolfgang Meyer [clarinet], Susanne Eychmüller [violoncello], Bernhard Wambach [piano])
- On the horizon (1991). Silent scene for violin, violoncello and accordion ( dedicated to Mauricio Kagel ). Duration: ~ 5 '. WP January 19, 1992 Cologne ( Philharmonic ; Saschko Gawriloff [violin], Siegfried Palm [cello], Teodoro Anzellotti [accordion])
- Singing piece (2002). A trio fantasy for clarinet, violin and piano. Duration: ~ 30 '. WP Hong Kong (Verdehr Trio)
- Three Preludes to an Island (2003) for flute, violin and percussion. Duration: ~ 5 '. WP March 1, 2003 Freiburg im Breisgau (Ensemble Recherche)
- Über den Linie VI (2004) for alto flute, violin and violoncello. Duration: ~ 15 '. WP January 20, 2005 Cologne (Philharmonie; Emmanuel Pahud [flute], Daniel Sepec [violin], Jean-Guihen Queyras [cello])
- Counterpart (2006). Trio for double bass saxophone, percussion and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. WP February 12, 2006 Stuttgart ( Trio Accanto )
- Quartets
- Little Waltz (2004) for clarinet, violoncello and piano for four hands
- Schrift-Um-Schrift (1993–2007) for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere November 3, 2007 Cologne ( GrauSchumacher Piano Duo ; Franz Bach, Katarzyna Mycka [drums])
- Quintets
- Kolchis (1991) for 5 players. Duration: ~ 5 '. WP January 14, 1992 Vienna ( Klangforum Wien ; Conductor: Beat Furrer )
- Instrumentation: percussion [1] - harp - piano - cello - double bass
- Blick auf Kolchis (2002) for ensemble (10 players): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Bonus (2001). Birthday quintet for cor anglais, 2 trumpets, trombone and harp. Duration: ~ 3 '. Premiere November 11, 2001 Frankfurt am Main ( Ensemble Modern ; Conductor: Franck Ollu)
- Four studies on a clarinet quintet (2002). Duration: ~ 35 '. WP March 12, 2003 Badenweiler ( Jörg Widmann [clarinet], Minguet Quartet)
- Interscriptum (2000-02). Duo for string quartet and piano. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere November 21, 2002 Wiene ( Siegfried Mauser [piano]; Minguet Quartet)
- Fetzen 3 (2002) for accordion and string quartet. Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere August 31, 2002 Agathenburg (Teodoro Anzellotti [accordion], Arditti Quartet)
- Male over Male (2000–03) for clarinet and strings (0.0.2.1.1). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere November 11, 2003 Karlsruhe (Jörg Widmann [clarinet]; Ensemble 13; conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Fetzen 5 (2004) for accordion and string quartet. Duration: ~ 3 '. WP April 25, 2004 Witten (Rudolf Steiner School; Teodoro Anzellotti [accordion], Arditti Quartet)
- Fetzen 6 (2004) for accordion and string quartet. Duration: ~ 2 '. WP April 25, 2004 Witten (see above)
- Fetzen 7 (2000-04) for accordion and string quartet. Duration: ~ 5 '. WP April 25, 2004 Witten (see above)
- Fetzen 8 (2004) for accordion and string quartet. Duration: ~ 4 '. WP April 25, 2004 Witten (see above)
- Sextets
- Figur (1989) for 4 double bass trombones, harp and percussion. Duration: ~ 3 '. Premiere November 12, 1989 Frankfurt am Main (Mutare Ensemble; Conductor: Gerhard Müller-Hornbach)
- Pol (1st version; 1995) for 6 players. Duration: ~ 6 '. Premiere May 7, 1996 Basel (ensemble of the IGNM ; conductor: Jürg Henneberger)
- Instrumentation: bass clarinet - harp - percussion - viola - cello - double bass
- 2nd version (1996) for 13 players: see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Sphere according to study (1994–2002) for 6 players. Duration: ~ 30 '. WP March 12, 2002 Karlsruhe ( ZKM ; Siegfried Mauser [piano], Ensemble 13; conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Instrumentation: percussion [2] - harp - piano - 2 double basses
- Septet
- En plein air (2004/05) for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet . Duration: ~ 13 '. WP March 13, 2005 Badenweiler (Hotel Römerbad; Janne Thomsen [flute]; Jörg Widmann [clarinet], Sarah O'Brien [harp], Minguet Quartet)
For 1–6 strings
- Solos
- Grat (1970) for violoncello. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere March 22, 1972, Darmstadt (Horst Hornung)
- Über die Linie [I] (1999) for violoncello. Duration: 22 '. WP April 5, 1999 Cologne ( Heinrich Schiff )
- Via Line VII (2006) for violin. Duration: 20 '. Premiere September 15, 2007 Frankfurt am Main ( Alte Oper ; Carolin Widmann )
- duo
- Duomonolog (1986–89) for violin and violoncello. Duration: ~ 10 '. WP October 11, 1989 Badenweiler (Irvine Arditti [violin], Rohan de Saram [cello])
- Trios
- String trios (violin, viola, cello)
- [No. 1] (1968)
- [No. 2] (1969)
- String trio (1971; op.9). Duration: ~ 12 '. WP 14 October 1976 Heidelberg (members of the Assmann Quartet)
- Music for 3 strings (1977). Duration: ~ 60 '. Premiere July 31, 1978 Darmstadt (Stefan Czapary [violin], Eckart Schloifer [viola], Ulrich Heinen [violoncello])
- Other trios
- Verzeichen - Studium (1986) for viola, violoncello and double bass. Duration: ~ 8 '. WP June 2, 1986 Insel Hombroich (Trio Basso Cologne)
- In nuce (1994) for viola, violoncello and double bass. Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere November 28, 1994 Berlin (Ensemble Recherche)
- Quartets
- String quartets (2 violins, viola, violoncello)
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- Quartet in g (1966). Duration: ~ 22 '. Premiere September 14, 1997 Berlin ( Philharmonie ; Leipzig String Quartet )
- Quartet (1968). Premiere September 13, 1997 Berlin (Philharmonie; Arditti Quartet )
- Quartet No. 1 (1970; Op. 2). Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere June 15, 1987 Hamburg (Roland Greutter, Melin Moon, Jakob Zeijl, Bernhard Gmelin )
- Quartet No. 2 (1970; op.10). Duration: ~ 13 '
- Tristesse d'une étoile (1971)
- Inside . Quartet No. 3 (1976). Duration: ~ 30 '. WP 3rd April 1977 Royan (Bernese String Quartet)
- Quartet No. 4 (1980/81). Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere November 12, 1983, Badenweiler ( Alban Berg Quartet )
- Untitled . Quartet No. 5 (1981-83). Duration: ~ 27 '. WP December 9, 1983 Brussels (Arditti Quartet)
- Intermediate look: “Do it yourself!” (1983/84). Duration: ~ 5 '
- Blue book . Quartet No. 6 (1984). Duration: ~ 45 '. WP June 14, 1986 Frankfurt am Main (Arditti Quartet)
- Changes . Quartet No. 7 (1985). Duration: ~ 17 '. WP July 19, 1986 London ( Kronos Quartet )
- Quartet No. 8 (1987/88). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere January 17, 1989 Milan (Arditti Quartet)
- Between the Lines (1991). Duration: ~ 3 '. Premiere November 18, 1991 Vienna (Arditti Quartet)
- Contribution to the Schleedoyer II joint project (with Rolf Liebermann , Nigel Osborne, Henri Pousseur )
- Quartet No. 9 (quartet movement; 1992/93). Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere November 13, 1993 Badenweiler ( Emerson String Quartet )
- Quartet No. 10 (1993-97). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere September 20, 1997 Berlin (Arditti Quartet)
- Quartet No. 11 (1998/2007). Premiere January 18, 2009 Essen (Philharmonie; Takács Quartet)
- Shreds (1999). Duration: ~ 3 '. Premiere June 23, 1999 Munich (Arditti Quartet)
- Quartet No. 12 (2000/01). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere June 23, 2002 Reggio Emilia (participant in the string quartet competition)
- Scraps 2 (2002). Duration: ~ 4 '. WP May 17, 2002 Insel Hombroich (Arditti Quartet)
- Quartet study (2003/04). Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere September 16, 2004 Munich ( ARD International Music Competition ; Quatuor Ebène)
- Grave (2005; in memoriam Thomas Kakuska ). Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere January 28, 2007 Vienna (Alban Berg Quartet)
- Quartet No. 13 (2011). Duration ~ 23 '. WP January 19, 2012 Cité de la Musique Paris (Arditti Quartet)
- Gesture to Vedova (2015). Duration: ~ 11 '. WP October 21, 2015 Fondazione Vedova Venice (Minguet Quartet)
- Different quartet line-up
- Canzona (1982) for 4 violas. Duration: ~ 25 '. WP June 6, 1982 Stuttgart (members of the Württemberg State Orchestra )
- quintet
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- Canzona nuova (1982/2006) for 5 violas. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere September 29, 2007 Strasbourg (Palais du Rhin; with Christophe Desjardins)
- sextet
- Protocol, a dream (1987) for 6 cellos. Duration: ~ 5 '. Premiere October 22, 1987 Graz (cello ensemble Heinrich Schiff )
For 1–5 wind instruments
- Solos
- Kleine Echophantasie (1986) for trumpet. Duration: ~ 1 '
- Four times (2000). Piece for clarinet in A. Duration: ~ 16 '. Premiere October 31, 2000 Karlsruhe ( Jörg Widmann )
- trio
- Grund-Riss (2006). Study for contrabass clarinet, contrabass trombone and contrabass saxophone. Duration: ~ 10 '. WP August 15, 2006 Darmstadt ( Ernesto Molinari [double bass clarinet], Uwe Dierksen [double bass trombone], Marcus Weiss [double bass saxophone])
- Quintets
- Sine nomine I (1985). Study for 5 brass instruments. Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere January 27, 1986 Cannes (Gabrieli Quintet)
- Instrumentation: horn - small trumpet in C - trumpet in C - trombone - double bass trombone
- Quintet for winds ( woodwind quintet ; 2003). Duration: ~? '. WP September 13, 2003 Lucerne (Ensemble Vienna-Berlin: Wolfgang Schulz [flute], Hansjörg Schellenberger [oboe], Norbert Täubl [clarinet], Milan Turković [bassoon], Stefan Dohr [horn])
- 1. Adagio - Moderato - 2. Scraps - 3. Valse Lente - 4. Cantabile
For percussion (3–6 players)
- Tutuguri VI (Crosses) (1981) for 6 percussionists. Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere September 20, 1981 Cologne (Kolberg Percussion Ensemble; Conductor: Manfred Reichert)
- Piece (1988/89) for 3 percussionists (bongos, cymbals, block of wood). Duration: ~ 4 '. WP April 21, 1989 Witten
For keyboard instruments
piano
two-handed
- Three piano pieces in H (1966)
- Three piano pieces (1966/67)
- Four Elegies (1967)
- Six Preludes (1967)
- trois bagatelles pour piano (1967)
- Five Monologues (1968)
- Piano pieces 68/69 (1968/69)
- Five piano pieces (1969)
- Piano pieces
- No. 1 (1970; op.8a). Duration: ~ 13 '
- No. 2 (1971; op.8b). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere December 10, 1971 Karlsruhe (Gunther Hauer)
- No. 3 (1971/99; op.8c) - see under: piano four hands
- No. 4 (1974). Duration: ~ 13 '
- No. 5 ( Tombeau ; 1975). Duration: ~ 13 '. Premiere May 28, 1976 Stuttgart ( Herbert Henck )
- No. 6 ( Bagatelles ; 1977/78). Duration: ~ 15 '. WP October 12, 1978 Graz (Käte Wittlich)
- No. 7 (1980). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere August 4th, 1980 Darmstadt (Bernhard Wambach)
- Lander (1979). Duration: ~ 9 '
- Version for 13 strings (1979): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- March (1979). Duration: ~ 2 '
- Brahmsliebewalzer (1985). Duration: ~ 5 '. WP October 19, 1986 Karlsruhe (Michael Baumann)
- Follow-up study (1992-94). Duration: ~ 25 '. WP July 26, 1994 Darmstadt ( Siegfried Mauser )
- Dialogue I – V (1999; in memoriam Alfred Schlee , Paul Sacher , Heinrich Klotz , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht , Hermann Wiesler ). Duration: ~ 16 '. WP March 2, 2000 New York ( Ursula Oppens )
- On another sheet (2000; on the 75th birthday of Pierre Boulez ). Duration: ~ 3 '. WP March 25, 2000 London ( Royal Festival Hall ; Rolf Hind)
- Two small oscillations (2004/05). Duration: ~ 2 '
- Wordless (2007). Two pieces for voice ad lib. and piano. Duration: ~ 5 '
- 2 lines (1999-). Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere 2012 version 28.10.2012, Bad Reichenhall, Nicolas Hodges (also Madrid, Berlin etc.)
- Rembrandt's Ox, Suddenly in the Louvre (2014). A piano piece. Duration: ~ 3 '. WP June 18, 2014 Paris ( Cité de la musique )
four hands
- Piano piece No. 3 (1971; op.8c). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere July 17, 1972 Karlsruhe (Gunther Hauer, Stefan Ammer)
- New version (1999)
- Several short waltzes (1979-88). Duration: ~ 12 '
2 pianos
- Movements (1970; Op. 6)
- Mask (1985). Duration: ~ 11 '. Premiere March 8, 1986, Badenweiler ( Anthony & Joseph Paratore )
- Über-Schrift (1992-2003). Duration: ~ 30 '. WP January 16, 2005 Vienna (Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher)
organ
- Three Fantasies (1967). Duration: ~ 17 '
- Contemplatio (1967). Duration: ~ 4 '
- Fantasy (1968). Duration: ~ 12 '
- Variations (1969)
- Pietà (1969)
- Three Organ Pieces (1969)
- Parousia (1970; op. 5)
- Sinfoniae I - Mass (1971). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere June 15, 1972 Nuremberg ( Sebalduskirche ; Peter Schwarz)
- Clamatio (1971/72) for organ and notes
- Bann, Nachtschwärmerei (1980). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere May 31, 1980 Ludwigsburg (Gerhard Hess)
Vocal compositions
A cappella
- Four Motets (1968) for mixed choir a cappella. Texts: from the Old Testament
- Crucifixus (1968) for 4-part mixed choir a cappella. Text: from the Latin liturgy. Duration: ~ 4 '
- With closed mouth (1982) for 8 voices (2S.2A.2T.2B; vocalises). Duration: ~ 2 '. Premiere November 24, 1982 Cologne ( Musikhochschule )
- Quo me rapis (1990) for 2 mixed choirs (SATB) or 8 solo voices. Text: Horace (quoted in: Adam Lux, Via Charlotte Corday - Paris, July 19, 1793). Duration: ~ 11 '. WP Stuttgart ( vocal ensemble Frankfurt , conductor: Ralf Otto )
- Seven Passion texts (2001-06) for 6 voices. Texts: from the Responsorien of Holy Week - Liturgy . Duration: ~ 33 '. WP (No. 1 & 2]) April 13, 2001 Rome ( Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli ; Singer Pur : Hedwig Westhoff-Düppmann [soprano], Klaus Wenk, Markus Zapp, Andreas Hirtreiter [tenors], Thomas E. Bauer [baritone], Marcus Schmidl [bass]; (No. 3): March 18, 2003 Berlin ( Sophienkirche ; Singer Pur: Claudia Reinhard [soprano], Klaus Wenk [tenor], Markus Zapp [tenor], Andreas Hirtreiter [tenor], Guido Heidloff [ Baritone], Marcus Schmidl [bass])
- 1. Tristis est anima mea - 2. Ecce vidimus eum - 3. Velum templi scissum est - 4. Tenebrae factae sunt - 5. Caligaverunt oculi mei - 6. Recessit pastor noster - 7. Aestimatus sum
- Extension: Vigilia (2001-06) - see under: Vocal compositions with instrument (s)
With instrument (s)
- Three songs based on texts by Günter Eich (1967)
- Two songs based on texts by Oskar Loerke (1968) for soprano and 5 low strings (0.0.2.2.1). Duration: ~ 7 '
- 1. Dark Angel - 2. Lone One
- Six songs based on texts by August Stramm (1968) for voice and orchestra
- Psalm 64 (1968) for soprano, mixed choir and ensemble
- Ensemble: 4 bassoons - strings: 0.0.7.5.2
- Requiescat (1969) for voice and 4 instruments. Text: Oscar Wilde [1]
- Abendlang (1969) for voice and string orchestra. Texts: Georg Trakl
- Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum (1970; op. 7) for soprano and ensemble. Text: Psalm 42 (Latin). Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere November 13, 1994 Stuttgart (member of the Neue Vocalsolisten; Ensemble Varianti; conductor: Manfred Schreier)
- Ensemble: bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, percussion [1-2], piano, organ, violoncello, double bass
- Gesänge (1968–71; op. 1) for voice and piano. Texts: Friedrich Hölderlin , Stefan George , August Stramm, Rainer Maria Rilke , Oskar Loerke, Georg Trakl, Georg Heym , Franz Büchler (1904–1990). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere September 19, 1971 Karlsruhe (Erika Margraf [vocals], Gunther Hauer [piano])
- Downfall (Trakl) - Spiritual Twilight [2] (Trakl) - Half of Life (Hölderlin) - Midsummer ban (Loerke) - Evening (Stramm) - Patrol (Stramm) - War grave (Stramm) - Assault (Stramm) - Song (George) - Spring (Büchler) - Desperate (Stramm) - Robespierre (Heym) - Early Spring (Rilke)
- Four poems from “Atemwende” (1973) for voice and piano. Texts: Paul Celan . Duration: ~ 12 '. WP February 19, 1975 Freiburg (Juliane Lauden [mezzo-soprano], Michael Baumann [piano])
- 1. In the rivers north of the future - 2. The numbers, in the bundle - 3. Standing, in the shade - 4. Thread suns
- Darkened (1974). 5 poems for mezzo-soprano and ensemble. Texts: Paul Celan (from Schneepart ). Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere November 14, 1974 Karlsruhe (Erika Margraf [mezzo-soprano]; members of the Badische Staatskapelle ; conductor: Hans-Joachim Haarbeck)
- Ensemble: flute, percussion [2], vibraphone , harp, organ, violoncello
- O Notte (1975) for baritone and small orchestra. Text: Michelangelo [3] . Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere November 29, 1976 Karlsruhe (Klaus Kirchner [baritone]; Badische Staatskapelle; conductor: Frithjof Haas )
- Orchestra: 1.0.1.Bklar.1 - 0.0.0.0 - harp - strings: 0.0.2.2.1
- Concert aria (1975). Telepsychogram for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Text: Telegram from Ludwig II to Richard Wagner . Duration: ~ 12 '
- Orchestra: 4.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [4–5] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Alexanderlieder (1975/76) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and two pianos. Texts: Ernst Herbeck . Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere June 12th 1976 Cologne (Carla Henius [mezzo-soprano], William Pearson [baritone], Bernhard Kontarsky and Georg Kröll [piano])
- 3rd Symphony (1976/77) for soprano, baritone, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra. Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche , Arthur Rimbaud . Duration:?. Premiere November 15, 1979 Berlin (Inga Nielsen [soprano], Gerhard Faulstich [baritone], reinforced chamber choir Ernst Senff, Berliner Philharmoniker , conductor: Michael Gielen )
- Orchestra: 4.4.6.6 - 6.4.4.2 - percussion [6–7] - timpani [1] - 2 harps - mandolin - piano - celesta - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Hölderlin Fragments (1976/77) for voice and piano. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere March 29, 1977 Paris ( Carla Henius [soprano], Bernhard Kontarsky [piano])
- Fragment 57 - Fragment 92 - To My Sister (Fragment 19) - Fragment 14 - Fragment 27 - Empedocles on Mount Etna (Fragment 17) - Fragment 38 - Shape and Spirit (Fragment 22) - Song of the Swedes (Fragment 4)
- Version for voice and orchestra (1977). Premiere November 28, 1982 Mainz (Wolfgang Müller-Lorenz [baritone]; SWF symphony orchestra ; conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2.TSax - 2.1.1.1 - percussion [1] - harp - piano - strings: 4.4.4.4.4
- New Alexander songs (1979). Five poems by Ernst Herbeck for baritone and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere June 29, 1980 Hamburg (Richard Salter [baritone]; Helmut Wambach [piano])
- 1. The woman in me - 2. Autumn - 3. I don't like all of you - 4. Two sails! (after Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ) - 5. The lilac
- Lenz Fragments (1980) for tenor and piano. Duration: ~ 15 '. WP Strasbourg
- 1. December 28th 1775 - 2. I want to put an end to the gnawing complaints ... - 3. Feel all pleasure, feel all pain ... - 4. To the sun - 5. Song for the German dance
- New version: 5 poems for voice and orchestra (1980). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere November 16, 1982 Mainz (Anne Gjevang [mezzo-soprano]; SWF symphony orchestra; conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek )
- Orchestra: 3.3.1.2 - 0.1.2.1 - percussion [1] - harp - strings: 12.0.0.6.4
- Wölfli-Liederbuch (1980/81) for bass-baritone, piano and 2 large drums (ad libitum). Texts: Adolf Wölfli . Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere November 1, 1981 Graz (as part of a performance of Wölfli scenes ; Wolfgang Müller-Lorenz [bass baritone]; Wolfgang Bozic [piano]; Franz Nedorost and Johannes Ebner [drums]; libretto / director:?)
- 1. Graab inscription - 2. Wölfli works like crazy
- New version: Wölfli-Lieder (1981/82) for bass baritone and orchestra. Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere November 28, 1982 Mainz (Wolfgang Müller-Lorenz [bass baritone]; SWF symphony orchestra; conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek)
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Driven Around, Whirled Up (1981). Nietzsche fragments for mezzo-soprano, baritone, mixed choir (SATB) and flutes (1 player). Duration: ~ 24 '. Premiere September 13, 1981 Frankfurt am Main (Monika Moldenhauer [mezzo-soprano]; Gerhard Faulstich [baritone]; Cornelie Thomas [flutes]; Frankfurt Chamber Choir; conductor: Hans M. Beuerle)
- Five final scenes (1979–81) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra. Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche, Novalis and Peter Huchel. Duration: ~ 82 '. Premiere September 18, 1983 Berlin ( Marjana Lipovšek [mezzo-soprano]; Richard Salter [baritone]; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; conductor: Hans Zender )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- First final scene (1979): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Second swan song (1979) for medium voice and orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche, Novalis . Premiere October 5, 1980 Karlsruhe (Christina Ascher [mezzo-soprano]; Badische Staatskapelle; conductor: Christof Prick)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Third swan scene (1979/80) for baritone and orchestra. Text: Peter Huchel (from The Ninth Hour [1979]). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere May 18, 1981 Freiburg (Morris Morgan [baritone]; Badische Staatskapelle; conductor: Klaus Weise)
- Orchestra: 3.2.2.2 - 4.1.BTrp.1.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Fourth final scene (1979/80) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Text: Friedrich Nietzsche. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 18, 1983 Berlin (see above)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- Fifth swan scene (2nd version; 1979) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra. Text: Friedrich Nietzsche. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere September 18, 1983 Berlin (see above)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- 1st version (1979): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Umsungen (1984) for baritone and 8 instruments. Text: Friedrich Nietzsche. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere September 12, 1984 Berlin ( Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau [baritone]; Philharmonic Octet: Conductor: Arturo Tamayo)
- Ensemble: clarinet in A - horn - bassoon - strings: 1.1.1.1.1
- This (1984). Oratorio for 4 voices, 2 speakers, children's choir, speaking choir, mixed choir (SATB), organ and orchestra. Texts: from the Graduale and the Vulgate as well as by Leonardo da Vinci . Duration: ~ 35 '. WP November 13, 1986 Vienna (Agnes Habereder [soprano], Klára Takács [alto], Robert Gambill [tenor], Roland Hermann [baritone], Alexander Goebel, Jost Meyer [speaker]; Vienna Boys' Choir ; ORF choir; radio symphony orchestra Vienna ; conductor: Lothar Zagrosek)
- Orchestra: 4.4.4.4 - 8.9 [3 from afar] .7 [3 from afar] .2 - percussion [8] - timpani [2] - strings
- Other Shadows (1985). Musical scene for high soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, speaker, mixed choir and orchestra. Text: after Jean Paul's speech of the dead Christ from the world structure that there is no God from the novel Siebenkäs . Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere September 6, 1985 Frankfurt am Main (Irmgard Ade [soprano], Eva Csapó [mezzo-soprano], Richard Salter [baritone], ?? [speaker]; Freiburg Cantorei; Ensemble Modern ; Conductor: Ernest Bour )
- Choir: 6S.6A.6T.6B
- Orchestra: 2.2.3.2 - 2.1.1.0 - percussion [3] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.1.2.1
- But what - (1986) for 2 female voices and orchestra. Texts: Pindar , German by Friedrich Hölderlin . Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere October 18, 1986, Heidelberg (Éva Csapó [soprano], Eleanor James [mezzo-soprano]; Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Heidelberg; conductor: Mario Venzago )
- Orchestra: 2.0.2.0 - 2.2.2.0 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - celesta - piano - organ - strings: 10.0.8.6.4
- Raumauge (1986). Final monologue of Prometheus, for mixed choir (SATB) and 5 percussionists. Text: from Prometheus, tied up by Aeschylus , in German by Peter Handke
- New version (1993/94). Duration: ~ 4 '. WP November 20, 1994 Stuttgart (Ensemble Varianti; conductor: Rupert Huber )
- Lowry-Lieder (1982–87) for voice and orchestra. Texts: Wolf Wondratschek ( The loneliness of men. Mexican sonnets [ Lowry songs ] [1983]). Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere January 10, 1988 Munich ( Gabriele Schnaut [mezzo-soprano]; Bavarian State Orchestra ; conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - strings
- 1. The night begins - 2. In hatred - 3. Dancers - 4. In the eye of the eagle - 5. Prayer - 6. Who was lonely for a long time - 7. The sun
- Sound description II - Inner Limit (1986/87) for 4 voices, 5 brass instruments and 6 percussionists. Text: Friedrich Nietzsche (from: The Wanderer and His Shadow. A book ). Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere October 18, 1987 Donaueschingen (Ingrid Ade-Jesemann, Monika Bair-Ivenz, Christa Muckenheim [soprano], Christine Whittlesey [mezzo-soprano]; Gabrieli quintet: Reinhold Friedrich, Klaus Schuwer [trumpets], Thomas Bernstein [horn], Hartmut Friedrich [Trombone], Stefan Bender [bass trombone]; Groupe de percussions de Den Haag; conductor: Willy Goudswaar)
- Nachtwach (1987/88) for 8 solo voices (2S.2A.2T.2B), mixed choir (SATB), 4 trombones and woodblock (played by the conductor). Text: from the Bible . Duration: ~ 8 '. WP April 27, 1988 Karlsruhe (Studio Vocale Karlsruhe; Conductor: Werner Pfaff)
- Départ (1988) for mixed choir (SATB), speaking choir (20 voices) and 22 players. Text: Arthur Rimbaud , from Les Illuminations . Duration: ~ 7 '. Premiere October 26, 1988 Vienna (Vienna Jeunesse Choir; Vienna Philharmonic ; Conductor: Claudio Abbado )
- Orchestra: 1.0.2.0 - 0.2.2.0 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - 2 pianos - organ - strings: 0.0.0.2.2
- My death. Requiem in memoriam Jane S. (1988/89) for soprano and orchestra. Text: Wolf Wondratschek. Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere August 16, 1990 Salzburg (Ingrid Haubold [soprano]; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Michael Gielen). - ( Jane Seitz [Jane Sperr, Juliane Sperr], film editor , † January 4, 1988)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 16.14.12.10.8
- Secret Block (1989) for 4 solo voices (SATB; vocalises), mixed choir (20 voices; vocalises), organ and orchestra. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere August 27, 1989 Frankfurt am Main (Rosemary Hardy, Mechthild Georg, Neil Jenkins, Johannes Mannov; Darmstadt Concert Choir; State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate; conductor: Leif Segerstam)
- Orchestra: 4.0.4.0 - 6.4.4.0 - percussion [7] - 2 harps - organ - strings: 1.1.6.6.6
- Woman / Voice (1989) for soprano and orchestra with soprano. Text: after Heiner Müller ( The order. Remembering a revolution [1979]). Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere October 22, 1989 Donaueschingen (Isolde Siebert, Carmen Fugiss [sopranos], SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden; conductor: Michael Gielen)
- Orchestra: 4.0.4.0 - 4.4.4.4 - percussion [7] - 2 harps - 2 pianos - strings: 1.1.0.6.2
- The Red (1990). Six poems by Karoline von Günderrode , for soprano or tenor and piano. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere November 22, 1991 Vienna ( Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- 1. Crimson - 2. Is everything silent and empty - 3. The boy's morning greeting - 4. The boy's evening greeting - 5. To Creuzer - 6. Do you love the dark
- Bildlos / Weglos (1990/91) for orchestra with 7 female voices (sopranos [vocalises?]; Raised). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere October 27, 1991 Vienna (Ensemble Anton Webern; Conductor: Claudio Abbado )
- Orchestra: 2.0.2.0 - 2.4.4.1 - percussion [6] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.1.7.7
- Four poems by Peter Härtling (1993) for medium voice and piano. Texts from Die Gedichte 1953–87 (1989). Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere November 27, 1993 Stuttgart (Mitsuko Shirai [mezzo-soprano], Hartmut Höll [piano])
- 1. Depression I - 2. Depression II - 3. Depression III - 4. Evening draft
- Farewell Pieces (1993) for female voice and small orchestra (15 players). Texts: Wolf Wondratschek. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere November 14, 1993 Badenweiler (Rosemary Hardy [soprano]; Ensemble Modern ; conductor: George Benjamin )
- Orchestra: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - accordion - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- O my soul was a forest (1994) for mezzo-soprano, alto, harp, viola, cello and double bass. Text: Else Lasker-Schüler , Now my soul slumbers (1910). Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere May 28, 1994 Berlin (Stella Doufexis [mezzo-soprano], Maria Kowollik [alto]; Nina Schlemm [harp], Brett Dean [viola], Richard Duven [cello], Peter Riegelbauer [double bass])
- Communio (Lux aeterna) (1995; from the Requiem of Reconciliation ) for alto, children's voice, mixed choir (both vocalises) and orchestra. Duration: ~ 6 '. WP 15 [18?] August 1995 Stuttgart (Liederhalle; Gächinger Kantorei ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ; conductor: Helmuth Rilling )
- Orchestra: 0.0.0.0 - 0.3.3.1 - percussion [4 {from a distance}] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 1.1.0.0.7
- Maximum est unum (1996) for alto, 4 sopranos, 2 mixed choirs (SATB) and orchestra with organ. Texts: Meister Eckhart , Nikolaus von Kues . Duration: ~ 35 '. Premiere November 17, 1996 Freiburg im Breisgau (Silke Marchfeld [Alt]; Freiburg Bach Choir ; Freiburg Bach Orchestra; Kay Johannsen [organ]; conductor: Hans Michael Beuerle)
- Orchestra: 4.1.1.1 - 1.3.4.0 - percussion [1] - timpani [1] - harp - organ - strings: 0.0.4.4.2
- Ernster Gesang mit Lied (1996/97) for medium voice (baritone) and orchestra. Text: words ascribed to Georg Büchner . Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere March 29, 1998 Hamburg (music hall; Johannes M. Kösters [baritone]; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Jac van Steen)
- Orchestra: 0.1.4.3 - 4.0.3.1 - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Single versions:
- Ernster Gesang (1996): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Lied (1997) for medium voice and orchestra. Duration: ~ 5 '. Text: words ascribed to Georg Büchner
- Scoring: 0.1.4.3 - 4.0.3.1 - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 0.0.7.6.5
- Three poems by Monique Thoné (1997) for medium voice and piano. Duration: ~ 3 '. WP April 4, 1998 Borgerhout (De Feniks Zaal; Judith Vindevogel [soprano], Alain Franco [piano])
- 1. Maybe somebody will come to me tomorrow - 2. It's unbearable - 3. I'll stay alone
- Apocryphal (1997). Singing for baritone and piano. Duration: ~ 3 '. Text: words ascribed to Georg Büchner . Premiere September 20, 1997 Berlin (Philharmonie; Johannes M. Kösters [baritone], David R. Coleman [piano])
- Nebendraußen (1998) for voice (baritone) and piano. Texts: Hermann Lenz , from Rosen und Spatzen (1991). Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere December 1, 1998 Cologne ( Philharmonie ; Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- 1. The hand movement - 2. Late year - November 3 - 4. Outside - 5. Your craft I - 6. Note - 7. Your craft II - 8. Petrification - 9. Compassion - 10. Love time
- German piece with Hamlet (1997/98) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra. Texts: Erich Mühsam , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Georg Herwegh , Ferdinand Freiligrath , Heiner Müller , Heinrich Heine , Gottfried Benn , Friedrich Hölderlin. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere May 18, 1998 Frankfurt am Main (Renée Morloc [mezzo-soprano], Dietrich Henschel [baritone]; German Symphony Orchestra Berlin , conductor: Gerd Albrecht)
- Orchestra: 3.2.2.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- Trigon (1993–99) for female voice and orchestra. Text: from Homer's Odyssey (in the Greek original). Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere November 18, 1999 Paris (Salome Kammer [voice]; Ensemble Modern; conductor: Dominique My)
- Orchestra: 2.0.2.0 - 2.3.3.2 - percussion [5] - harp - strings: 0.0.0.0.1
- Elements:
- Sphinxirène (19 ??)
- Form / Zwei Formen (1993/94): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Responsory (1997) for female voice and ensemble. Text: from Homer's Odyssey (in the Greek original). Duration: ~ 7 '. WP April 25, 1997 Witten ( Salome Kammer [voice]; Asko Ensemble; conductor: Stefan Asbury)
- Ensemble: 0.0.0.0 - 2.3.2.1 - percussion [5] - harp - strings: 0.0.0.0.1
- In double depth (1999) for 2 female voices and orchestra. Text: Marinus van der Lubbe [4] . Duration: ~ 28 '. Premiere September 29, 1999 Berlin (Stella Doufexis [mezzo-soprano], Anna Larsson [alto]; Berliner Philharmoniker ; conductor: Claudio Abbado )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - 1–2 harps - celesta - strings
- End of handwriting. Eleven late poems by Heiner Müller (1999) for voice and piano. Duration: 25 '. Premiere March 17, 2000 Badenweiler (Hotel Römerbad; Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- 1. Hapless angel 2 [5] - 2. Nature morte - 3. Blueprint - 4. Empty time [6] - 5. Dream forest [7] - 6. In the real man ... - 7. With the return of color ... - 8 . ... And go further into the landscape ... - 9. God has like a shadow ... - 10. Drama - 11. Go Ariel bring the storm ...
- Three late poems by Heiner Müller (1998/99) for alto voice and orchestra. Duration: 12 '. Premiere March 12, 1999 Berlin (Iris Vermillion [Alt]; Berliner Philharmoniker; conductor: Péter Eötvös )
- Orchestra: 3.1.3.3 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [2] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- 1. Empty time [8] - 2. Black film [9] - 3. Thinking about Michelangelo [10]
- Silent Pieces (2000/03)
- Stilles Stück (2000) for baritone and 8 strings (2.2.2.2.0). Text: Hermann Lenz, Meeresluft . Duration: 8 '. Premiere October 18, 2000 Hanover (Yaron Windmüller [baritone]; Vogler Quartet , Arditti Quartet )
- Stilles Stück 2 (2003) for lyric baritone (or tenor), horn and strings (2.2.2.2.0). Text: Paul Fleming , In itself . Duration: 8 '. Premiere May 22, 2003 Munich ( Thomas E. Bauer [baritone]; Munich Chamber Orchestra ; Conductor: Christoph Poppen )
- Rilke: 4 poems (2000) for tenor and piano. Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke , group of poems: From the estate of Count CW (1921), 2nd row, No. 3, 6, 10, 11. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere February 2nd, 2002 Stuttgart (Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- Version for voice (tenor or soprano) and orchestra (2000–04). Duration: ~ 25 '. World premiere 10 December 2004 Basel (Christoph Prégardien [tenor]; Basel Sinfonietta ; conductor: Emilio Pomàrico )
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 4.0.2.1 - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 12.10.8.6.4
- Question (1999–2000) for female voice and ensemble (8 players). Text:?. Duration: ~ 40 '. Premiere October 28, 2000 Cologne (Salome Kammer [voice]; Ensemble Recherche)
- Ensemble: 0.0.EH.1.0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion [1] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- In question (1999–2000) for ensemble (8 players): see under instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
- Deus passus (1999/2000). Passion pieces according to Lukas , for 5 solos (S.Mezz.ATBar), mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra. Duration: ~ 100 '. Texts: Luke 22 : 19–24, 3, Jeremiah 53 : 4–5 (both in German by Martin Luther ); Verses from the gradual; Paul Celan, Tenebrae (from Sprachgitter [1957]). WP August 29, 2000 Stuttgart ( Juliane Banse [soprano], Iris Vermillion [mezzo-soprano], Cornelia Kallisch [alto], Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Andreas Schmidt [bass]; Bach Collegium Stuttgart; Gächinger Kantorei; conductor: Helmuth Rilling)
- Orchestra: 2.4.0.2 - 0.0.4.0 - percussion [2] - harp - organ - strings: 6.6.6.4.2
- … Fleuve V (omnia tempus habent) (1997–2000) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra. Text:?. Duration: ~ 100 '. Premiere October 26, 2000 Berlin ( Roman Trekel [baritone], Jia Lin Zhang [mezzo-soprano]; German Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Kent Nagano )
- Orchestra: 4.4.6.4 - 4.6.4.2 - percussion [7] - timpani [1] - harp - strings
- Six poems by Friedrich Nietzsche (2001) for baritone and piano. Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere October 23, 2002 Cologne ( Thomas Hampson [baritone], Wolfram Rieger [piano])
- 1. The lonely - 2. Autumn - 3. The wanderer (I) - 4. The wanderer (II) - 5. The wanderer and his shadow - 6. Venice
- Lavant chants (2000–01). Five poems by Christine Lavant (from Die Bettlerschale [1956]) for alto voice and piano. Duration: ~ 20 '. Premiere March 27, 2003 Frankfurt am Main (Marjana Lipovšek [mezzo-soprano], Anthony Spiri [piano])
- Astralis - Über die Linie III (2001) for small choir, violoncello and 2 timpani. Text: Novalis . Duration: ~ 25 '. Premiere January 23, 2002 Berlin (Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal; Rundfunkchor Berlin ; David Geringas [cello]; qUAdRUM percussion quartet; conductor: David Jones)
- Aria / Ariadne (2001). "Scenario" for soprano and chamber orchestra. Text: after Friedrich Nietzsche, Ariadne's lament [11] from the Dionysus dithyrambs . Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere January 22nd, 2002 Cologne ( Juliane Banse [soprano]; Munich Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Christoph Poppen)
- Orchestra: 0.1.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - harp - strings: 3.3.2.2.1
- Brentano Fantasy (2002). Seven poems for high voice (soprano or tenor) and piano. Texts: Clemens Brentano . Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere January 16, 2004 Frankfurt am Main ( Alte Oper ; Christine Schäfer [soprano], Julien Salemkour [piano])
- Insula felix (2003) for 2 solos, choir and small orchestra. Text: after Walahfrid Strabo [12] . Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere May 17, 2003 Stuttgart (Christine Schäfer [soprano], James Taylor [tenor]; Bach Collegium Stuttgart; Gächinger Kantorei; conductor: Helmuth Rilling)
- Orchestra: 2.2.0.1 - 1.0.0.0 - percussion [1] - strings: 6.6.4.4.2
- Europe after the last rain (2003). Eleven poems by Durs Grünbein (from After the Satires ) for soprano, alto, tenor and orchestra. Duration: ~ 48 '. Premiere September 4, 2003 Dresden ( Semperoper ; Christiane Oelze [soprano], Mariana Lipovsek [alto], Christoph Prégardien [tenor]; Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor: Kent Nagano )
- Orchestra: 3.2.3.3 - 4.2.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- Solo e pensoso (2004) for baritone (or tenor), viola and harp. Texts: 2 sonnets by Francesco Petrarca , in German by Rainer Maria Rilke and Rudolf Borchardt . Duration: ~ 9 '. Premiere April 28, 2004 Munich ( Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts ; Thomas E. Bauer [baritone], Klaus-Peter Werani [viola], Marlis Neumann [harp])
- Memoria (1994-2004). Three Requiem fragments for child's voice, alto part, 3-part mixed choir and orchestra. Texts: Nelly Sachs ( Who is calling? / Scene from the game Night Watch [ Close your eyes ]). Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere May 9, 2005 Berlin (Philharmonie; Cornelia Kallisch [Alt]; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Junge Deutsche Philharmonie; Conductor: Lothar Zagrosek)
- Orchestra: 2.1.1.1 - 2.3.3.1 - percussion [4] - timpani [1] - harp - strings: 1.1.3.2.7
- One and Two (2004). Five songs from the twilight, for baritone and piano. Texts: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Achim von Arnim , Theodor Fontane . Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere August 10, 2004 Ludwigshafen ( Peter Schöne [baritone], Olga Monakh [piano])
- Evening sensation [13] (Arnim) - Gingo biloba (Goethe) - Dämmrung descended from above [14] (Goethe) - Exit [15] (Fontane) - Words are the image of the soul [16] (Goethe)
- Three Hölderlin poems (2004) for soprano (or tenor) and piano. Duration: ~ 8 '. Premiere August 11, 2004 Bad Reichenhall (Mojca Erdmann [soprano], Axel Bauni [piano])
- Portrait: Anakreon (2004) for tenor, piano, harp, clarinet in A and violoncello. Texts: Eduard Mörike , poems and fragments from Anakreon and the Anakreonitic songs (1864). Duration:?. WP May 16, 2004 Stuttgart (Liederhalle; Markus Schäfer [tenor], Hartmut Höll [piano], Maria Stange [harp], Sebastian Kurzl [clarinet], Peter Tilling [cello])
- 2 Sprüche (2005) for baritone and piano. Texts: Friedrich Schiller . Duration: ~ 10 '. Premiere August 8, 2005 Bad Reichenhall (Peter Schöne [baritone], Axel Bauni [piano])
- Penthesilea Monologue (2005) for dramatic soprano and orchestra. Text: Final monologue from Penthesilea by Heinrich von Kleist . Duration: ~ 20 '. WP (in concert) August 20, 2005 Weimar (Gabriele Schnaut [soprano]; MDR symphony orchestra ; conductor: Dennis Russell Davies )
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- One part 1–3 (2004/05) for mezzo-soprano (vocalises) and ensemble. Duration: ~ 15 '. Premiere September 30, 2005 Strasbourg ( Françoise Kubler [mezzo-soprano]; Les Percussions de Strasbourg ; conductor: Luca Pfaff)
- Ensemble: 1.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 - percussion [6] - piano - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Zu singen (2006) for soprano and clarinet. Text: Friedrich Hölderlin (from Mnemosyne , 1st version). Duration: ~ 8 '. WP March 4, 2007 Tübingen ( Hölderlinturm ; Mojca Erdmann [soprano], Jörg Widmann [clarinet])
- Vigilia (2001-06) for 6 voices and ensemble. Texts: from the Responsorien of Holy Week - Liturgy . Duration: ~ 65 '. Premiere September 7, 2006 Berlin ( Philharmonie ; Singer Pur : Claudia Reinhard [soprano], Klaus Wenk, Markus Zapp, Manuel Warwitz [tenors], Reiner Schneider-Waterberg [baritone], Marcus Schmidl [bass]; musikFabrik ; conductor: Stefan Asbury )
- Ensemble: 0.0.1.0 - 1.0.2.1 - percussion [1] - organ - strings: 0.0.1.1.1
- Sonata 1 - 1. Tristis est anima mea - Sonata 2 - 2. Ecce vidimus eum - Sonata 3 - 3. Velum templi scissum est - Sonata 4 - 4. Tenebrae factae sunt - Sonata 5 - 5. Caligaverunt oculi mei - Sonata 6 - 6. Recessit pastor noster - Sonata 7 - 7. Aestimatus sum - Miserere (fragments from Psalm 51 )
- Heine on "Seraphine" (2006). Seven poems by Heinrich Heine, for voice and piano. Duration: ~ 17 '. Premiere 23 August 2006 Bad Reichenhall (Mareike Morr [mezzo-soprano], Jan Philip Schulze [piano])
- Fremdes Licht (2006) for soprano, violin, clarinet and small orchestra. Text: after Clemens Brentano, fantasy . Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere January 27, 2006 Augsburg (Mojca Erdmann [soprano]; Carolin Widmann [violin], Jörg Widmann [clarinet]; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; conductors: Péter Eötvös )
- Orchestra: 2.2.0.2 - 2.0.0.0 - strings
- The Nameless (2006) for soprano, clarinet and piano. Text: Robert Musil . Duration: ~ 12 '. WP April 9, 2006 Heidelberg (Mojca Erdmann [soprano], Jörg Widmann [clarinet], Axel Bauni [piano])
- Act and Day (2006). Two studies for soprano and string quartet. Texts: William Blake , Poems . Duration: ~ 24 '. Premiere October 21, 2006 Donaueschingen (Christ Church; Claron McFadden [mezzo-soprano], Arditti Quartet)
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- Nude (2006). Study for soprano (vocalises) and string quartet. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere May 21, 2006 Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw; Claron McFadden [mezzo-soprano]; Arditti Quartet)
- Quid est Deus (2007). Cantata Hermetica for mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra (on the 550th anniversary of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ). Text: from the Corpus Hermeticum (?). Duration: ~ 33 '. Premiere November 4, 2007 Freiburg im Breisgau (Konzerthaus; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg ; Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling )
- Orchestra: 4.4.0.4 - 0.3.3.0 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - strings: 0.0.8.6.4
- Goethe songs (2004-07)
- Version for baritone and piano. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere August 15, 2007 Bad Reichenhall (Kurhaus; Peter Schöne [baritone], Axel Bauni [piano])
- Version for tenor and piano. Duration: ~ 30 '. Premiere June 3, 2007 Essen (Christoph Prégardien [tenor], Siegfried Mauser [piano])
- Diptych (2006/07) for high soprano and orchestra. Text: Friedrich Hölderlin. Duration: ~ 18 '. Premiere June 8, 2007 Cologne ( Philharmonie ; Mojca Erdmann [soprano]; WDR Symphony Orchestra ; conductor: Stefan Asbury)
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 0.2.3.1 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - strings
- An Bálint (2007) for speaking voice and piano trio. Text: Wolfgang Rihm. Premiere November 29, 2007 Vienna ( Musikverein , Steinerner Saal; Heinz Stolba [speaker], Viennese piano trio: Wolfgang Redik [violin], Matthias Gredler [cello], Stefan Mendl [piano]; as part of a concert for the Hungarian music journalist Bálint András Varga (* 1941), with further world premieres by Jay Schwartz [ Music for Violin, Cello and Piano ], Georg Friedrich Haas [ ins Licht ], Arvo Pärt [ Scala cromatica ], Vykintas Baltakas [ Varga-Lied ], Friedrich Cerha [ Parabola I ] , David Sawer [ movement ], Harrison Birtwistle [ Double Hocket ], Mauricio Sotelo [ Venta Varga ], György Kurtág [ Varga Bálint Ligaturája ], Johannes Maria Staud [ for Bálint András Varga ], Cristóbal Halffter )
- Skoteinós (2008). Heraklit Fragments (German by Bruno Snell ) for 3 male voices, percussion and 3 trombones. Duration ~ 9 '. Premiere February 16, 2008 Stuttgart (Theaterhaus, Hall T1; Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart; members of Ensemble Resonanz and Composers Slide Quartet; conductor: Titus Engel)
- KOLONOS (2008), 2 fragments by Hölderlin after Sophocles | for altus (countertenor) and small orchestra. Orchestra: 2 1 2 1 - 2 0 0 0 - timp, str; July 2008 Bad Wildbad (Festival Rossini in Wildbad ); Virtuosi Brunensis; Matthias Rexroth (countertenor); Antonino Fogliani (conductor)
- Four late poems by Friedrich Rückert (2008) for medium voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone) and piano. Duration: ~ 12 '. Premiere June 28, 2008 Bad Kissingen
- The painter dreams (2008/09). A dream face by Max Beckmann , for baritone and ensemble. Premiere October 29, 2011 Amsterdam (Christian Miedl [baritone]; Asko / Schönberg Ensemble; conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw)
- Ensemble: 1.1.EH.1 [+ BKlar] .1.KFg - 1.1.1.1 - percussion [2] - harp - piano - strings: 1.1.3.3.2
- ET LUX (2009) for vocal quartet and string quartet. Duration: ~ 60 '. Premiere November 15, 2009 Cologne ( Philharmonie ; Arditti String Quartet ; The Hilliard Ensemble )
Stage works
- Faust and Yorick (1976). Chamber opera. Libretto : Frithjof Haas (based on the play of the same name by Jean Tardieu , German by Manfred Fusten). Duration: ~ 50 '. Premiere April 29, 1977 Mannheim (Ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe : Klaus Kirchner [The Scholar], Aili Purtonen, Christa Lehert; Badische Staatskapelle ; Conductor: Frithjof Haas; Director: Hans-Peter Knell)
- People: The scholar (baritone) - The mother (alto) - The woman (mezzo-soprano) - The daughter (mezzo-soprano) - The reporter (tenor) - 4 students (SATB)
- Orchestra: 1.1.1.1 - 0.2.1.0 - percussion [1] - harp - celesta - harpsichord - piano - electronic organ - strings
- Jakob Lenz (1977/78). Chamber opera. Libretto: Michael Fröhling (based on the story Lenz by Georg Büchner ). Duration: ~ 75 '. Premiere March 8, 1979 Hamburg (Opera stable of the State Opera ; Richard Salter [Lenz], Peter Haage [Oberlin], Ude Krekow [Kaufmann]; members of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg , conductor: Klauspeter Seibel ; director: Siegfried Schoenbohm )
- Characters: Lenz (baritone) - Oberlin (bass) - Kaufmann (tenor) - 6 voices (2S.2A.2B) - 2 (or 4) children's voices
- Orchestra: 0.2.1.1 - 0.1.1.0 - percussion [1] - harpsichord - strings: 0.0.0.3.0
- Tutuguri. Poème dansé (1980-82). Ballet for orchestra, choir (from tape) and speaker. Libretto: after Antonin Artaud . Duration: ~ 100 '. Premiere November 12, 1982 Berlin ( Deutsche Oper ; Conductor: Arturo Tamayo)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.4 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [6; 4 Tamtams in the hall] - tympanic [1] - Harp - Piano - Strings: 14.12.10.8.6
- The Hamlet Machine (1983-86). Music theater piece in 5 parts. Libretto: based on the play of the same name by Heiner Müller . Duration: ~ 90 '. WP March 30, 1987 Mannheim ( Nationaltheater ; Kurt Müller-Graf [Graf; Hamlet I], Rudolf Kowalski [Hamlet II], Johannes M. Kösters [Hamlet III], Gabriele Schnaut [Ophelia]; National Theater Choir and Orchestra; Conductor: Peter Schneider ; Director: Friedrich Meyer-Oertel )
- People: Hamlet I (old actor) - Hamlet II (young actor) - Hamlet III (baritone) - Ophelia (highly dramatic soprano) - 3 Ophelia doubles: Marx, Lenin, Mao / 3 naked women / voices from the coffin (very high Soprano; soprano; mezzo-soprano) - 4 laughing (2 women, 2 men) - 3 screaming (men) - some silent roles
- Choir: at least 12S.12A.12T.12B (also speaking choir)
- Orchestra: 2.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - percussion [6] - timpani [1] - piano - strings: 14.12.10.8.6 - 4 radio sets (with 4 players) - tape
- Oedipus (1986/87). Music theater piece in 2 parts. Libretto: after Sophocles ( Oedipus der Tyrann , German by Friedrich Hölderlin [1804]), Friedrich Nietzsche ( Oedipus, speeches of the last philosopher with himself. A fragment from the history of posterity [1872/73]) and Heiner Müller ( Oedipus commentary [ 1965]). Duration: ~ 93 '. Premiere October 4, 1987 Berlin ( Deutsche Oper ; Andreas Schmidt [Oedipus], Emily Golden, William Pell, William Dooley, Lenus Carlson, William Murray; conductor: Christoph Prick; director: Götz Friedrich )
- People: Oedipus (baritone) - Creon (tenor) - Tiresias (baritone) - Bote (baritone) - Shepherd (baritone) - Jokasta / woman (mezzo-soprano) - Sphinx (4 sopranos [possibly 2 from tape])
- Choir: 16 elders (8T.8B)
- Orchestra: 4.4.4.4 - 4.4.4.0 - percussion [6] - 2 harps - piano - 2 violins
- On the stage: large hanging metal plate - large wooden barrel
- From the tape: 4 sopranos - female voices - male voices - children's voices - mixed choir - speaking choir - 4 trumpets - 4 trombones
- The conquest of Mexico (1987–91). Musical theater piece. Libretto: after Antonin Artaud and Octavio Paz . Duration: ~ 120 '. Premiere February 9, 1992 Hamburg (State Opera; Richard Salter [Cortez], Renate Behle [Montezuma], Miriam Goldschmidt [Malinche], Peter Kollek [The Screaming Man]; Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg; Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher ; Director: Peter Mussbach )
- People: Montezuma (dramatic soprano) - Cortez (baritone) - The Screaming Man (actor) - Malinche, the interpreter (actress)
- Voices in the orchestra: very high soprano - alto - 2 speakers
- Choir
- Orchestra: 3.4.4.1 - 3.3.3.1 - drums [5] - timpani [1] - thunder machine - harp - piano - electronic organ - electric bass - strings: 1.1.2.6.4
- From tape: choir (SATB) - speaking choir
- Séraphin (1993/94). Attempt at a theater. Libretto: after Antonin Artaud
- 1st state (1994): Version for 3 mezzo-sopranos, 3 alto voices, 2 baritones (both vocalises) and orchestra. Duration: ?? '. Premiere September 7, 1994 Frankfurt am Main (Richard Salter, Johannes M. Kösters [Baritone]; Ensemble Belcanto; Ensemble 13; conductors: Manfred Reichert, Dietburg Spohr, video projections: Klaus vom Bruch)
- Orchestra: 1.0.1.0 - 0.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - strings: 0.0.1.1.1 - tape
- 2nd state (1993–96): Version for 3 mezzo-sopranos, 3 altos, 2 baritones (each vocalises) and orchestra. Duration: ?? '. Premiere November 24, 1996 Stuttgart (Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry [baritone], Ellen Umlauf [actress]; conductor: Bernhard Kontarsky ; set and direction: Peter Mussbach)
- Orchestra: 1.0.1.0 - 0.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - strings: 0.0.1.1.1 - tape
- Séraphin III - Jan Fabre : “I am a Mistake” (2006/07) for 2 speaking voices, 2 singers and ensemble (14 players). Duration: ~ 70 '. Premiere November 29, 2007 Athens (Hilde van Mieghem [actress]; theater ensemble Jan Fabre; Matthias Horn, Johannes M. Kösters [baritone]; Ensemble Recherche; conductor: Lucas Vis ; director: Jan Fabre; film: Chantal Akerman )
- Ensemble: 1.1.1.0 - 0.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - harp - 2 pianos - strings: 1.0.1.1.1
- The enclosure (2004/05). A night scene for soprano, pantomime and orchestra. Libretto: based on the final chorus by Botho Strauss . Duration: ~ 45 '. Premiere October 27, 2006 Munich ( Bavarian State Opera ; Gabriele Schnaut [The Woman], Todd Ford [The Eagle]; Bavarian State Orchestra ; Conductor: Kent Nagano ; Director: William Friedkin )
- People: Die Frau (dramatic soprano) - Der Adler (pantomime)
- Orchestra: 3.3.3.3 - 4.4.3.1 - percussion [3] - timpani [1] - harp - piano - strings
- Hunts and forms (2007/08 version). Duration: ?? '. Premiere May 7, 2008 Frankfurt am Main ( Schauspiel Frankfurt ; Choreography: Sasha Waltz ; Ensemble Modern )
- Proserpine (2008). A monodrama for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra. Libretto: based on the play of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1778/79). Duration: 75 '. Premiere: May 2nd, 2009 Schwetzingen Festival ; Mojca Erdmann [Proserpina]; SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart ; Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart ; Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer; Director: Hans Neuenfels
- Orchestra: Picc [from a distance] 1.1 [+ EH] .2 [+ BKlar] .1 [+ KFg] - 2.1 [from a distance] .0.1 [from a distance] - vibraphone - percussion [1?] - harp - strings: 1.1 .1.2.1
- Dionysos (project; since the 1990s [?]) Text by Wolfgang Rihm based on the Dionysos dithyrambs by Friedrich Nietzsche , premiere: July 2010 Salzburg Festival in German with German and English surtitles. Musical director: Ingo Metzmacher , director: Pierre Audi , set designer Jonathan Meese .
- Eine Straße, Lucile , premiere: July 9th, 2011, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Film music
- on The beautiful crazy Jewish girl (TV film, 1983/84; screenplay: Dieter Feldhausen, based on Christian Heinrich Spieß ; with Renan Demirkan [Esther Lopez], Christian Berkel [Count Friedrich von Schwerin], Hans Josef Eich [Salomon Lopez], Martha Mödl [Abbess], Marcel Ophüls [Medardus], Herbert Fux [Italians], Heinz Schubert ; directed by Götz Fischer)
- to Un chien andalou (1929) by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí : picture (a cipher) (1984) - see under: Instrumental music for orchestra / ensemble
Edits
- Franz Schubert : The Wanderer op.4 No. 1 (1816; D 489). Text: Johann Ludwig Deinhardstein (after Georg Philipp Schmidt von Lübeck ). Version for medium to low voice and orchestra (1997). Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere December 5, 1997 Berlin ( Philharmonie ; Peter Mattei [baritone]; Berliner Philharmoniker ; conductor: Claudio Abbado )
- Orchestra: 2.1.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - strings
- Johann Strauss (son) : Under thunder and lightning . Polka op.324th version for small ensemble (1982). Duration: ~ 4 '. Premiere January 6, 1983 Nuremberg
- Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 0.0.0.0 - piano - strings: 1.1.1.1.0
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- ^ Conversation André Müller - Wolf Wondratschek , Die Zeit , March 11, 1988
- ^ Conversation between Axel Brüggemann and Wolfgang Rihm , Die Welt , May 18, 2003
- ^ The opera saves the children of the revolution in: FAZ of July 12, 2011, page 38