weiland (1991)
for alto recorder and harpsichord
'weiland' (once upon a time) refers here to the once existing balance between rest and occupation, a balance altered at the expense of rest.
Duration: 5' 00"

presso il passo di cristallina (1993)
for two Renaissance recorders
This piece is based on the real experience of the astonishing quiet shortly before the pass peak on a mountain.
Duration: 7' 00"

etwas quintlastig (1993)
for recorder, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and two percussionists
The melody is expanded in a tower of quints. A row of variations in three parts where the melody sounds as a whole only in the second part.
Conductor is of use.

Duration: 6' 00"

CHF: 13.00

... wie wenn ein Strahl ohne Ende in ein Wasserbecken fällt (1994)
for choir without conductor and four mouth organs
Texts: Robert Musil
Chronological organisation functions in place of the conductor via the ears of the participants. The short text fragments by Robert Musil surface again and again.
For an amateur choir.
Duration: 18' 00"

CHF: 31.00

duo di due per due (1994)
for two violoncelli
Two separated but simultaneously played voices (one from Markus Wettstein, and the other from Hans-Jürg Meier) with only one obligation: both voices are of identical duration.
Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Vereinsamt (1986-1995)
for speaking choir
Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche
Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript

das licht um einen schatten heller machen (1993-1995)
for violin and trombone
Three-part piece: grosse Entfernung - Nähe - Entfernung, ohne die innere Beziehung zu verlieren.
Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 16.00

lesarten (1994-1995)
for a-cappella choir
Texts: Bibel / Liturgie
The musical text by Josquin Desprez is read anew (unisonous, spoken, freely contrasted) and is almost original in some parts. Rather more suited to a small choir.
Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 23.00

because (1994-1995)
for bass recorder and zink
A quasi study of the flow of time based on the song bearing the same name by the Beatles.
Duration: 10' 00"
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zeitsand (1995)
for two recorders, zink, trombone, violin and two violoncelli
The 'Harmonies' by Erik Satie are the basis for several parts. Conductor of use.
Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 26.00

zwischentor und angel (1995)
for electronic tape
H.M. allows (...) language to balance comfortably on the small ridge between semantics and sound. (Alfred Zimmerlin)
Duration: 8' 00"
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d'une autre vie (1996)
for tenor recorder, violoncello and vibraphone
Three parts: véhément / paralysé / -.
The recorder requires amplification in parts.
Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 29.00

d'une autre vie (1996/97)
for three percussionists
Three parts: véhément / paralysé / -.

Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 29.00

fuss fassen (1996)
for any six instruments
In addition to playing their main instrument all players use a foot pedal in order to produce a percussion sound.
Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 18.00

fast (1997)
for tenor recorder and violoncello
Annäherungen - Abstossungen - fast ein Zusammentreffen
Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 18.00

par le murmure déchiré (1997-1998)
for soprano, three Renaissance recorders, percussion and electronic tape
Texts: Samuel Beckett
Seven poems from the 'Mirlitonnades' by Samuel Beckett form the textual base of this piece.
Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 34.00

el viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta (1997-1998)
for violin, violoncello, piano and tape recorder
Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript

intextérieur (1997-1998)
for 3 recorders and tape recorder
Duration: 45' 00"
Manuscript

at (1998)
for alto flute, trombone, violin, viola and violoncello
In the middle of the players sits a tub of water into which small pebbles are thrown. This triggers musical actions from the players.
Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 26.00

gar vorgang hat (1998)
for bassoon, violoncello, mezzo-soprano and everyday objects
Texts: John Cage (Ernst Jandl)
A five-part piece where the first (chaste) parts are based on an identical time structure, the later parts are much less restricted.
Duration: 12' 00"

CHF: 29.00

hornig (1999)
for lute, timpani and viola
This piece extracts its energy from the contrast between intensity and tenderness.
The opening viola solo is quasi leading the trio.

Duration: 8' 00"

Du kannst an keiner Stelle mit eins beginnen (1999)
for three electronic tapes (sound insallation)
Fading every-day sounds from the domestic environment are assembled on three electronic tapes. Repeating the tapes results in ever changing combinations of the same sounds.
Duration: var.
Manuscript

a lo lejos (1999)
for orator and a-cappella choir
Texts: Pablo Neruda
While the orator disappears onto the level of memory (becomes silent) the choir picks up the words (the words of Pablo Neruda) in song.
Duration: 17' 00"

CHF: 31.00

solo di due (1999)
for guitar
Over a set period of time the composer Dodo Schielein sent the end part of a composition to Hans-Jürg Meier who, in turn, continued the composition sending the end of his part back to Dodo Schielein, this continued until a composition in twelve parts resulted. Smooth transitions and resumptions keep the piece together.
Duration: 12' 00"
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raum (1999-2000)
for percussion, tenor recorder, viola and violoncello
A music that evolves in extended development, for a performance location with a lot of reverberation. An additional tone installation can sound simultaneously.
Duration: 18' 00"

CHF: 47.00

abermals (2000)
for tenor recorder, oboe, soprano saxophone and bassoon
Four conversational partners embroil, increasingly dramatically and then calm down in a multi-sounding room.
Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 34.00

uei nfg trz (2000)
for three electronic tapes (sound installation)
Six speakers repeat single shreds of text, singular consonants and a few sung vocals. Different degrees of tightness and varying correlations.
Manuscript

woge (2000)
for four electronic tapes (sound installation)
An invariable tone wanders through the room, expands, changes direction, re-compresses and butts back up to the beginning.
Duration: var.
Manuscript

colours de la rose (1999-2001)
for alto flute (flute) oboe (english horn) and soprano saxophone (alto saxophone)
A nine-part piece - a confrontation between the music of Guillaume de Machaut and Hans-Jürg Meier.
Duration: 30' 00"

CHF: 49.00

iela / strasse (2000-2001)
for two mixed choirs and every-day objects
Texts: Hans-Jürg Meier
Duration: 32' 00"
Manuscript

schritt tritt auf klang (2001)
absence
for tape
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

die ganze übrige spanne ist nicht leben, sondern zeit (2001-2002)
for voice (alto), flute (pic, afl)bassoon, trumpet, vioal, violoncello and piano,
Texts: Johann Peter Hebel, Hans-Jürg Meier
Music to the story 'Unverhoffte Wiederbegegnung' by Johann Peter Hebel. Composed partly rhythmically open.
Duration: 17' 00"

CHF: 49.00

wetterleuchten (2002)
for 18-20 recorders, 20 strings, stones and mussels
Composed for music students: level of difficulty ranges from elementary to advanced. The whole cycle is divided into many small pieces.
Duration: 42' 00"
Manuscript

nie setzt es ein (2002)
for flute, (bfl, cbfl), horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba
Helical searching for osculation points.
Duration: 12' 00"

CHF: 26.00

fond des charmattes (2002)
Interlude in 6 parts
for 2 sx, 2 gtr and tape
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript

sogno nel casotto (2001-2004)
for alphorn and accordion
From wierd to joyful; dreams in a lodge.
Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 18.00

nodo (2002-2004)
for saxophone quartet (2a, 2t)
Knottings of time. Urging forwards - stillstand - floating without clues in time.
Duration: 13' 00"

CHF: 21.00

Heimetvogel (2004)
for mixed choir, alphorn and accordion
Texts: Josef Reinhart
Arrangement of the folksong by Carl Hess.
Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 16.00

schweifen (2004)
for twelve voices (3.3.3.3)
Texts: Francesco Petrarca, Hans-Jürg Meier
The musicalisation of a journey by foot.
For a professional ensemble; many noise-like parts.
Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 49.00

la soglia sotto il soglio (2004-2005)
for violin, violoncello and piano
"This piece is based on a structure derived from the structure of the village of Soglio in Bergell. Meier succeeded in building an organic, undramatic yet increasingly enthralling form of attractive sonority - a poetic sound room." (Alfred Zimmerlin)
Duration: 10' 30"

CHF: 26.00

cerchio sul celio (2005)
for 3 tenor saxiphones and baritone saxophone
Formally based on the floor plan of the 'Santo Stefano in Rotondo'commemoration church on the Monte Celio in Rome the music flows alternately through the physical conditions of the water.
Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript

CHF: 23.00

volgere lo sguardo al cielo (2005)
for oboe, trumpet in B (ossia soprano saxophone or clarinet in B), guitar
"Rather a cloud of birds in the sky than one in the hand." (Eduardo Chillida)
Duration: 11' 30"

CHF: 23.00

all'ingiú (2005)
sound installation for two-channel CD
Duration: 58' 00"
Manuscript

l'orecchio sull'acqua (2005)
sound installation for two-channel CD
Duration: 66' 00"
Manuscript

durante il giorno iI sole oscura le stelle (2006)
for mixed choir (SSATB) and contrabass flute (also flute)
Texts: Ottavio Rinuccini, Catullus, Ovid, Hans-Jürg Meier
Ariadne's experiences with Theseus and Bacchus are related from the perspective of the Corona Borealis constellation:
1. Theseus and Ariadne: promise of marriage on the island of Nexus
2. Theseus: called upon by an aide to leave
3. Ariadne: abandonment and delusion
4. Ariadne and Bacchus: heavenly wedding and the casting of the crown into the sky, which remained in the form of the constellation.
Duration: 15' 00"

CHF: 60.00

criptoportico (2006)
for transverse flute, natural horn, double bass
Formal references lead to the grotesque paintings of the Domus Aurea rooms in Rome. As regards content, the sirens have their grand appearance.
Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 18.00

anfione (2007)
for saxophone and organ
Spatial music to the Legend of Amphion.
Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 16.00

apprendista stregone (mit flatterecho) (2007)
for 3 small drums
Spatial music for a courtyard with a very strong echo.
Duration: 27' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Arianna: scena sesta - coro (2007)
for solo voice and a wind instrument
Texts: Ottavio Rinuccini
Music in four parts, presented between the four sections of the madrigal version of "Lamento d'Arianna" in five voices (1610) by Claudio Monteverdi.
Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 16.00

miracoli (2007)
for violoncello
One can twist and turn it as one will, the eye will always read the surface as a spatial object.
With reference to the floor pattern of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Venice.
Duration: 1' 00"

CHF: 13.00

volta bianca (2007)
for recorder quintet (Renaissance instruments)
A fictive walk around the Palazzo Ducale di Urbino, where concerts with early music could also be found.
Duration: 25' 00"

CHF: 49.00

Kringel Kreisel Kranz (2008)
for 8 small drums
Rotary spatial composition. For students.
Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 18.00

goldiger Gupfhupf (2008)
for 5 instrumental groups (piano and alto sax; alto sax and violoncello; violoncello and trombone; trombone and piano; e-bass and large drum) and 3 soloists (alphorn, violin and voice)
Several ups and downs in a hilly area. Enjoying the view on each occasion with a musical solo. For students.
Duration: 6' 00"

CHF: 23.00

les mots jaunes (plötzlich diese Ganzheit) (2008)
for voice (mezzo-soprano) and flute
Text by Marianne Schuppe (staging: Hans-Jürg Meier)
"Between two languages lies a room. Between language and music lies a room. And between reading, resp. listening and writing lies time. Translating is the setting of one's own words resp. signs in relation." (Marianne Schuppe)

Duration: 9' 00"

CHF: 18.00

'Ηχώ (Echo) (2008)
for oboe solo
Duration: 5' 30"

Schwärme von Lichtfischen (2008)
for 6 pianos and 8 pairs of high instruments (flutes, clarinets, trumpets, cornets, harps and violins)
Spatial composition based on a text by Elisabeth Binder (from "Orfeo"). For students.
Duration: 8' 30"

CHF: 21.00

Aus allen Ecken und Enden (2008)
for voice and instruments
Texts: Hans-Jürg Meier
Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

annunciazione / ánemos – vom wehen des windes im vorhang (2008-2009)
for soprano, altus and 9 instruments (recorder (or aulos), flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, violoncello, bandoneon, percussion)
Texts: Hans-Jürg Meier, Rainer Maria Rilke, Hilde Domin, Virginia Woolf, William Butler Yeats, Mona van Duyn, Dante Alighieri, antike A
Profane consideration of the Annunciation scene. Sacred music in a double proscenium and a three-part main piece.
Duration: 58' 00"

CHF: 148.00

das dasein ist nicht das wesentliche (sestiere - prima lettura) (2010)
for panpipes, transverse flutes, recorders, clarinets, saxophone, horns, trombones, trumpets
Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 60.00

herbst (abtasten) (2010-2011)
for 4 alto recorders, guitar, tromba marina, percussion
A tentative musical exploration of the 1907 painting "Herbst (Schule)" by Marianne Werefkin.
Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 21.00

...und die Musik, immer neu, baut im unbrauchbaren Raum... (2011)
for vocal quartet (SMezTB)
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Music in four parts with texts from "Die Sonette an Orpheus" (1922):
I Blume und Buch
II Tempel im Gehör
III Gesang ist Dasein
IV Lied überm Land
Duration: 20' 00"

CHF: 52.00

zeichenzüge - lupe (2011)
Installation music (1 CD)
Duration: 33' 00"
Manuscript

wingert in der frühe (2011-2012)
for soprano, 4 Renaissance flutes and lute
Texts from the "Canticum Canticorum".
Music in six parts about the "Santa Maria Formosa" church by Mauro Codussi (Venice):
I ort und zeit (gondola);
II er besingt sie (caminada);
III sie besingt ihn (caminada);
IV minne (hortus conclusus);
V wein (cielo);
VI siegel (fuoco).
Duration: 17' 00"

CHF: 57.00

locus (2012)
for melodica and objects, saxophone (bar, a) trombone, violin, viola, double bass and voice (soprano)
Texts: Hadrian
A trip to and into the Pantheon in Rome in four parts: Tympanon,
Pronaos, Innenraum, Opaion. The performance places the Endless Column in Targo Jiu by Constantin Brancusi into the Pantheon.
Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 52.00

drei band martinsberg (2012)
Installation music (4 CDs)
Duration: 72' 00"
Manuscript

wabernde gravitation (2012)
Installation music (1 CD)
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

gierseil (2013)
for electric guitar and live electronics
Musically crafted work about the 'crab'; inspired by "Ma fin est mon commencement" by Guillaume de Machaut.
Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 0.00

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Duration: 7' 00"

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Texts: Louïze Labé

Duration: 11' 00"

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Texts: Francesco Petrarca

Duration: 4' 00"

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vox dilecti mei (Pan Classics Nr. PC 10289, 2013)

Werke:

Meier, Hans-Jürg: wingert in der frühe (2011-2012)
Mit weiteren Werken von: Renaissance-Komponisten

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ARTE Quartett (Grammont Porträt Nr. MGB CTS-M 95, 2005)

Interpreten:

ARTE Quartett

Werke:

Gubler, Rico: Loud-Speakers (Easy listening version) (1999/2005)
Vassena, Nadir: 31 anatomie notturne (1998)
Berger, Gary: bitmap (2001)
Meier, Hans-Jürg: nodo (2002-2004)
Stauder, Andréas: Figures blocs chemins (2003)

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Porträt Mischa Käser (Grammont Nr. MGB CTS-M 93, 2005)

Interpreten:

Käser, Mischa
Meier, Hans-Jürg
Omlin, Christina
Collegium Novum Zürich

Werke:

Käser, Mischa: 5 stücke (1985-1991)
Käser, Mischa: musik zu Alexander (1993-1994)
Käser, Mischa: dupuy tren (1991)
Käser, Mischa: nebul (2000)

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