(1993-)
"Twenty-four Pairs of Composition Construction Kits"
(Variable duration)
For variable ensembles without keyboards, 3-5 Voices
Bits and Pieces
(1979)
Flute, Guitar, Percussion and Piano
(10 Minutes)
World Premiere July, 1980, British Centre, Berlin with Wendy Castine,
Laurie Randolph, David Punto, Marcus Creed; Brynmor
Llewelyn Jones, conductor.
Sound bites (as .MPEG):
(2009)
Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon
(11 Minutes)
Text (mostly) by Ottavio Rinuccini
World Premiere May 19, 2009 in the "Unerhˆrte Musik" concert series, with
Ksenija Lukic, Klaus Schˆpp, Birgit Schmieder, Helge Harding, Arnaud Morel, and Alexander Hase.
flos
(1976-77)
2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, and 5 Percussionists
(15 Minutes)
(1976)
Soprano, Flute (Alto, Concert Fl., Pic.)
Clarinet (A and Bs.Cl), Piano (four hands)
(13 Minutes)
Lieder on texts by e.e. cummings.
World Premiere June 20, 1977, Amerika Haus Berlin, with
Barbara Bond, Wendy Castine, Rainer Vogt, Philip Moll,
and the composer; Jolyon Brettingham-Smith, conductor.
Broadcast by Deutsche Welle.
Audio extract: I (first movement),
In MPEG-3 Format: 5.5 MB
g'alswonos
(1980)
Clarinet (B-flat, A and E-flat), 'Cello, Percussion and Piano
(12 Minutes)
Commissioned by VDMK Berlin.
World Premiere October 31, 1980, Haus am Waldsee (Berlin);
conducted by the composer.
Haphtorah of Consolation 1
(1995)
for Soprano, Flute, Bass Flute, and Piano
(9 Minutes)
On texts from the Prophet Isaiah.
Skladba
(1974)
Flute and 3 Percussionists
(8 Minutes)
World Premiere Dec. 10, 1974, Hochschule der
Künste Berlin with Wendy Colling and Klaus Kießner's
percussion class conducted by the composer. Broadcast by Westdeutscher
Rundfunk.
String Quartet
(1975)
2 Vln., Vla., Vcl.
(11 Minutes)
World Premiere Feb. 16, 1977, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
with Masako Kiyooka, Burchard Pawassar, Regine Pfleiderer and
Christoph Marks
Three Duos for Alto Flute and 'Cello
(2008)
Complements to the Chef - Études minimales - In memoriam
(21 Minutes)
Premiere of "Complements" and "Études" in the concert series Kontraste
10 May 2008, Satemin (Lüchow-Dannenberg/Germany).
Performed by Wendy Castine and Agnieszka Dziubak.
3 Fragments from 'Ophelia und die Wörter'
(1979)
Sop., Ob., Flauto Traverso, Guit., Vcl., Perc. und 2 Pno
(11 Minutes)
World Premiere May 28, 1979 in the Hochschule der Künste
Berlin, Lukas Karytinos, conductor.
Vier Abschiedsgedichte
(2000)
Flute Trio (incl. Pic., Alto, and Bass Fl.) with Speaker
(22 Minutes)
On texts by Li T'ai Bo and Wang Wei (translated by Pound and Hesse).
World Premiere July 9, 2000 in the Villa Casten, Berlin.
Ensemble FlAir with Stephan Gretsch.
Score extract: ("Beim Abschied von einem Freund"),
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
(2002)
Solo violin with computer
(8 Minutes)
World Premiere 20 May 2002, in the "Kulturelle Landpartie"
(Satemin/Lüchow), performed by Theodore Flindell.
4-50
(1995)
A Birthday Present for Oboe and Piano
(4 Minutes)
World Premiere June 3, 1995 with
Claudia Engel (Ob.) and the composer Full score,
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
Lineae fractae
(1985-86)
Violin and Piano
(7 Minutes)
World Premiere Feb. 5, 1986 in New York with
Götz Bernau und Eleonore Nelson.
Score Extracts (as .GIF):
(1974)
Piano solo
(7 Minutes)
World Premiere December 10, 1974, in der Hochschule der
Künste Berlin, performed by Peter Froundjan. Score extract (Page 2)
As .GIF
PNPLYR VI & VIII
(2006)
Duo for one computer-controlled Player Piano
(11 Minutes)
Commissioned by Gimik: Initiative Musik und Computer
Premiere in the festival "Computer Music IV: 50 Years of Computer Music,"
5 November 2006 in the Alte Feuerwache, Cologne
...quasi una Sonata
(1981)
Piano solo
(16 Minutes)
World Premiere April 3, 1984 in der Akademie der Künste
Berlin, performed by Alan Marks.
Published by Musikverlag Intermezzo (forthcoming)
senz'arco
(2002/03)
'Cello with Interactive Computer Programming
(10 Minutes)
Complete
Performance materials here (ca. 200 MB)
Six Magical Character Pieces
(2002/03)
Flute and Piano
(15 Minutes)
HP • RW • HG • D • RH • P
Score Extracts (as .PDF):
(2009)
Piano, Toy Piano ad lib., and 30 Glasses of Sparkling Wine
(variable duration)
World Premiere 6 February, 2010 in Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal,
performed by Xenia Pestova.
Three Aquinian Melodies
(in preparation)
Flute
(ca. 12 Minutes)
Commissioned by St. George's Anglican (Episcopal) Church, Berlin
vexatiously
(2004-07)
Piano
(the better part of a day)
v •
e (w/Vc. ad lib.) •
x •
a (or Cbas. ad li.) •
t •
i •
o •
u •
s (ossia ad lib.: Vla. or Clar.) •
l •
y (w/Pic. bass line ad lib.)
(1976-77)
Tape and five loudspeakers
(9 Minutes)
World Premiere Oct. 17, 1977 in the Hochschule der
Künste Berlin.
Stereo and quadraphonic versions extant.
Fireworks for G & G
(1999)
2-Track Audio Media
(15 Minutes).
Introduction, Theme, and Variations
(1988)
MIDI-controlled Synthesizer and Sampler, Computer,
Glockenspiel, Piano
(13 Minutes)
World Premiere Aug. 17, 1988 in the Technical University
Berlin.
Klangwerk
(1976)
Tape
(15 Minutes)
World Premiere October 17, 1977 in the Hochschule der
Künste Berlin.
Group composition by "Klangwerkstatt".
Minutes from an Installation
(1999)
2-Track Audio Media
(7 Minutes)
Overnight Sensation
(2005)
Radiophonic Sound Installation
(20 Hours)
Commissioned by radio_copernicus, premiere broadcast
from Berlin and Krakow with simultaneous netcast December 24/25 2005.
(1996-97)
Soprano or melody instrument.
Descants for popular hymn tunes:
Alleluia, dulce carmen (For the Healing of the Nations)
Bunessan (Morning Has Broken, canonic descant with alternate harmonization) Score,
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
Carlisle (Breath on Me, Breath of God) Score,
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
Carlisle ('Tis good, Lord, To Be Here)
Dix (For the Beauty of the Earth)
Doncaster (Put Thou Thy Trust in God)
Ein' feste Burg (A Mighty Fortress, instrumental descant only)
Engelberg (All Praise to Thee)
Kocher (O Happy Band of Pilgrims)
Lauds (There's a Spirit in the Air, double descant)
Love divine
Regent Square (God of Grace and God of Glory) Score,
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
Repton (Dear Lord and Father of Mankind) Score,
In .PDF Format for Adobe Acrobat
Shaker Tune (Lord of the Dance)
Slane (Be Thou My Vision)
St. Bernard (All Ye Who Seek)
St. Cuthbert (Where Love and Loving-Kindness Dwell)
Warrington (The God Whom Earth)
Wiltshire (Through All the Changing Scenes of Life)
I Wonder as I Wander
(2005)
Soprano solo, treble voices, flute and organ
(3 Minutes)
For Sarah Benz
Magnificat
(2005)
Henry Purcell
(4 Minutes)
Arranged for Treble Voices (SSA)
World Premiere Dec. 12, 2005 with the Vocal Ensemble "Aquinas"
The Ragtime Dance
(1994)
Scott Joplin
A Stop-Time Two-Step for Six Flutes
(4 Minutes)
Piano Rag by Scott Joplin, arranged for
6 Flutes (1 dbl. Pic., 5 Alto Fl., 6 Bass Fl.)
World Premiere Feb. 18, 1995 with the Spandauer Flötenensemble.
Available through: Musikverlag Zimmermann (Frankfurt), ZM 31000.
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(1976)
(10 Minutes)
Improvised electronic music (with Erwin Koch-Raphael)
to the film of the same name by Ernst Reinboth
Fidelio
(1990)
(60' 5")
Group composition by the Net 6ˆ5k Group as part of the "Computer Music Courses"
organized during the Darmstadt Summer Courses 1990.
Twelve independent "studios" networked using an original MIDI-based protocol.
Klangwerk
(1976)
4-Channel tape
Premiere October 17, 1977 in the Hochschule der Künste Berlin.
Group Composition by "Klangwerkstatt".
Music for September 11 (2002)
Music for January 31 (2003)
Almanac performances for Computer and MIDI Controllers
Performed on the relevant dates in nbi, Berlin
Net 6ö5k
(1988)
Tape and five loudspeakers
(60 Minutes)
Group composition for the closing event of the International Computer Music Conference
1988 in Cologne. Multiple independent "studios" networked using an original
MIDI-based protocol.
To be performed during the hour from 2:00 am to 2:00 am at the end of Daylight Savings
Time.
radioph
(2005)
Radiophonic generative music
(1/2 to 12 Hours)
Generative music for radio broadcast, composed and developed with Zbigniew Karkowski.
A commission by radio_copernicus.
realiTV
(2005-)
Audio/Visual Installation for Satellite Dishes, Digital SAT Receivers,
Televisions and Loudspeakers
A project by John Dekron, Peter Castine, and realities:united.
Presented in DesignMAI 2005, Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2005 (Humboldt University
Berlin), Transmediale 2006.
Technik macht Musik
(2004)
Sound Installation for robotic control (with Martin Supper)
Commissioned by Sikora GmbH, installed at the Hannover Messe, April 2004.
