Mikrovariationen (1977/03)
for guitar
Duration: 7' 00"

Lobosiano (1978)
for guitar
Duration: 4' 00"

Liederbuch (1975-1979)
for deep voice and guitar
Texts: Bertolt Brecht, Pablo Neruda, Georg Trakl
Duration: 30' 00"

Irish Suite (1979)
for guitar
Duration: 6' 00"

Mondlied (1980)
for clarinet, piano, violin, cello and percussion (resp. youth or amateur ensemble)
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Three pieces for saxophone (1980/96)
for any saxophone
Duration: 7' 30"

Eindrücke (1981)
for alto and alt flute
Texts: Patrice Chopard
Duration: 20' 00"

Short suite based on an Irish song (1982)
for violin and guitar
Duration: 5' 00"

Clash-Adaptionen (1982)
for Mozart quartet (fl/vn.va.vc)
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript

Augenblicke aus dem Fenster, ob die Welt noch da (1982)
for alto, violoncello and congas
Texts: Hans Hehlen
Duration: 35' 00"
Manuscript

Windharp (1981-1983)
for guitar
Duration: 2' 30"

Modus (1983)
for harp
Duration: 1' 30"

Berceuse (1983)
for soprano, baritone, flute, guitar, harp and percussion
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

O'Carolan-Arrangements (1979-1984/97)
for guitar
Duration: 23' 00"

Pieza tocada (1983-1984)
for eight-stringed guitar
Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript

Wolken (1984/98)
5 watercolours after shettish-hebridean songs
for guitar
Duration: 10' 00"

Adaptations (1985)
for guitar
Duration: 16' 00"

Tagwache (1985)
for alto and guitar
Texts: Hans Hehlen
Duration: 2' 30"

Reconstrucción (1976-1986/97)
Study in arpeggios
for guitar
Duration: 3' 30"

Happy Birdday, Ludwig Fan (1986)
for alto and guitar
Texts: Patrice Chopard
Duration: 5' 00"

Schneelied-Etüde (1988)
for guitar
Duration: 1' 30"

Schneelied (1987-1989)
for voice and guitar
Texts: Sarah Kirsch
Duration: 9' 30"

DaDa-Schalmei für WilliWallerinnen (1991)
for soprano and clarinet
Texts: Ulrich Reineking-Drügemöller
Duration: 5' 30"
Manuscript

Waller Hafen (1991)
for soprano, clarinet, guitar and song group ad libitum
Texts: Ulrich Reineking-Drügemöller, Heinrich Heine
Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript

Peter Stoll (1991)
for soprano and guitar
Texts: Carl Dantz
Duration: 4' 30"

Gedenkstein Spielplatz Nordstrasse (1991)
for soprano, clarinet, guitar and song group ad libitum
Texts: Patrice Chopard
Duration: 6' 30"
Manuscript

Waller Gesänge (1991-1992)
for soprano, clarinet, guitar and song group ad libitum
Texts: Bertolt Brecht, Erich Fried, Rose Ausländer, Patrice Chopard
Duration: 50' 00"
Manuscript

Hinaus (1992)
for soprano, clarinet and guitar
Texts: Rose Ausländer
Duration: 4' 00"

Die Gleichungen (1992)
for soprano and guitar
Texts: Erich Fried
Duration: 4' 00"

Waller Ständchen (1992)
for soprano, clarinet, guitar and song group ad libitum
Texts: Klaus Tätzler, Patrice Chopard
Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript

Blockland-Epilog (1992)
for soprano, clarinet, guitar and song group ad libitum
Texts: Bertolt Brecht, Ingo Mose
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript

Möwen (1992)
for soprano (clarinet ad libitum)
Texts: Rose Ausländer
Duration: 4' 00"

Wasser für die Stadt (1998)
four light movements for guitar
Duration: 8' 00"

Airs and Islands (1978-2003)
for flute and guitar
Duration: 24' 00"

River and Fjord (2003)
for guitar
Duration: 9' 00"

O'Carolan's Welcome (2004)
Five Irish harp melodies
arranged for guitar
Duration: 7' 15"

Nor (2004)
for guitar
Duration: 13' 00"

Tasten im Raum (1988-2005)
for piano
Duration: 8' 00"-9' 00"

Tiefer Himmel (2006)
for violoncello and piano
Duration: 15' 00"

Stille Bucht (2008)
for piano solo
Duration: 4' 00"

Fjords (2010)
Trio
for three guitars
Duration: 8' 00"

Winter Song (2010)
for solo guitar or guitar ensemble
An easy piece.
Duration: 1' 30"

Windtrees (2011)
for guitar
Duration: 7' 00"

Summer Dream (2012)
for guitar ensemble
An easy piece.
Duration: 3' 30"

Summer Dream (2012)
for piano
Duration: 3' 30"

Leaves (2013)
Quartet for four easy guitar voices
for guitar quartet (solo or choral)
Duration: 3' 00"

Blossoms (2013)
Quartet for four easy guitar voices
for guitar quartet (solo or choral)
Duration: 3' 00"

Blossoms (2013)
version for piano
Duration: 3' 00"

Winter Song (2014)
version for piano
Duration: 1' 30"

Leaves and Memories (2014)
Piano
Duration: 4' 00"

10 leichte Etüden für Gitarre (2014)
Duration: 10' 00"

Shetland Folk Songs (2015)
arranged for guitar
Duration: 9' 00"

Winter Light (2016)
Klavier
Duration: 4' 00"

Welcome (2017)
Klavier
Duration: 5' 00"

Chopard, Patrice: Ib Nørholm. Tradition in his music and thinking. An analysis of the 9th symphony, Edition Kontrapunkt, Klampenborg 1999

Chopard, Patrice: Den Aerger am Klavier abgebaut. Ein Porträt des niedersächsischen Komponisten Georg Reuter, in: Neue Musikzeitung (Dez. 1998 / Jan. 1999) (1999), S. 51f

Chopard, Patrice: Wirkungsfeld ins Umland ausbauen. Seit 20 Jahren: Arbeitskreis Bremer Komponisten und Komponistinnen, in: Neue Musikzeitung 11 (1999), S. 47

Chopard, Patrice: Unermüdliches Erkunden. Ib Nørholm zum 70. Geburtstag, in: Orgel International 5 (2001), S. 324-327

Chopard, Patrice: Der gebrochene Bann der Tradition. Dänische Orgelmusik im 20. Jahrhundert, in: Orgel International 5 (2001), S. 288-292

Chopard, Patrice: Dansk musik hørt med udenlandske øren, in: Fluktuationer. Festskrift til Ib Nørholm (2001), S. 47-66

Patrice Chopard, in: Nova giulianiad (11/12 1988) (1988), S. 176f

Eckinger, Hansjörg: Die einfachste Lösung finden, in: Neue Musikzeitung (Aug./Sept. 1986) (1986), S. 44