Von Magischem (1970)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Duration: unbestimmt
Manuscript
Von Tag zu Tag (1971)
Instrumentation: for numerous performers
Duration: var.
Manuscript
Partikel 1-7 (1970-1972)
Instrumentation: variable score for amateurs or musicians in small groups
Verbal notation. Concentrates on a single material and a single form of its action. It occurs at any rate on the background of an inconceivably still and long period of time.
Duration: 12' 00"
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
Drei Klavieretüden (1973)
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Nachtgedanken (1975)
Instrumentation: for electronic tape
Very dark and low sounds in a six-part movement. A piece about keeping silent.
Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Neun kleine Bässe (1975/13)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Duration: 5' 30"
Manuscript
Six Songs (1976)
Instrumentation: for soprano, violin, violoncello, clarinet, guitar, harp and two pianos
Texts: Jean Gebser
Each piece has a different instrumentation. The syllables of the text are set to music throughout.
Duration: 10' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Melodien Bd. I (1971-1977)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Duration: 4' 30"
Manuscript
Herbstzeichen (1975-1977)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/1.1.0.0/timp.perc/hp/gtr/str)
Chamber music-like. Formally one of the most complex up to now, based exclusively on 24 of the 720 sixth-permutations.
Duration: 12' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Hors d'oeuvre (1977)
Instrumentation: for four or more players
Duration: var.
Manuscript
Study (1977-1978)
Instrumentation: for 3-6 identical or different string instruments
In its wider sense, a very harmonically composed piece of music. It has a strong affinity with 'Nachtgedanken'.
Duration: 6' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Duo (1980)
Inner questioningInstrumentation: for violin and piano
A very quiet, perspicacious piece with a charming face. Dedicated to Elizabeth Grimm.
Duration: 4' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Movimento e cadenza (1980)
Instrumentation: for tenor recorder
A virtuosic piece, asymmetrical in form. Dedicated to Regula and Conrad Steinmann.
Duration: 10' 00"
SME/EMS
VerBergung (1980)
Instrumentation: for viola and piano with bass clarinet
A piece stemming from a core, but with no external coherence. An unidiomatic setting for viola with an asymmetrical piano part and a concealed bass clarinet part.
Duration: 6' 30"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
5 kleine Symbole (1982)
Instrumentation: for piano (partly four-handed), flute, violin viola and violoncello (string trio)
I. For four-handed piano
II. For viola
III. For flute. IV. For piano
V for string trio
Five schematic pieces unified in a loose cycle. The pieces can be performed individually.
Duration: 20' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Piano trio (1980-1983)
Three pieces, very unique in themselves, proceed very gently and slowly.
Duration: 19' 00"
Edition Zwachen
Hebelweg 2
CH-5000 Aarau
Melodies Vol. II (1983)
Instrumentation: for bass clarinet or another reed instrument (e.g. oboe, English horn, bassoon, saxophone)
Thirty-one strophes bound in an enormous arch form. A piece with a flowing, rhythmic metre; not fast.
Duration: 13' 00"
SME/EMS
Wandelnde Gänge (Wandering Gaits) (1985-1987)
Instrumentation: for string quartet
Alternating, flowing, speaking, jumping sounds. Commissioned by Elsbeth Roethlisberger and dedicated to Markus Roethlisberger.
Sponsored by the SME Lucerne.
Duration: 22' 00"
Manuscript
Zeichen und Gebärden (Signs and Gestures) (1990)
Orchestral sounds in six partsInstrumentation: (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.1/timp/str)
Written for Toni Mummenthaler and the 'Bern Mediziner Orchestra'. The six parts vary in character from full orchestra tutti to delicate chamber music. Created for a very good amateur orchestra.
Duration: 10' 00"
SME/EMS
Über Granit gebeugt (1991-1992)
Seven traces through spacesInstrumentation: for instrumental ensemble (fl.ob.cl.bn.asx/hn.tbn/perc/va.vc.db)
A delicate piece which touches, crisscrosses repulses and ignores on different levels. Commissioned by 'Moments Musicaux Aarau'.
Duration: 12' 00"
SME/EMS
Durchflossener Granit (Elf Kiesel) (1992-1993)
Instrumentation: for piano trio
Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Durchflossener Granit (Elf Kiesel) (1995-2003/04)
Instrumentation: version for piano solo
Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Depression (Nr. V aus "Durchflossener Granit") (1992-1993)
Instrumentation: for piano solo
Duration: 2' 00"
Manuscript
Getragener Granit (Solemn Granit) (1993)
Instrumentation: for voice (soprano), two gambas, three recorders and small percussion
Texts: Peter Streiff
The third 'Granite' piece, the theme of which is the relationship between form and structure. Text by Peter Streiff.
Duration: 9' 00"
Neue Blockflötenmusik
c/o Steinmann
Rychenbergstr. 56
CH-8400 Winterthur
Tel. 052 / 213 94 44
Melodien Bd. IV (Modellhaft) (1989-1990/95)
Instrumentation: for any solo instrument
Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Duett (1991-1996)
Instrumentation: for two violins or two viola da gambas
Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Le cimetière des fous (1995-1996)
Instrumentation: for six solo voices (2SATBarB)
Texts: Paul Eluard
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Begegnung und Träumen (1996)
Instrumentation: for piano trio
Duration: 4' 00"
Nepomuk Musik Verlag
Der Klang der Analyse I, II, III (In den Klangmittelpunkt hineingeschaut) (1996)
Instrumentation: for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double-bass
Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Der Klang der Analyse IV (Auf den Spuren der Dissonanz) (1996)
Instrumentation: for string trio
Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Der Klang der Analyse V (Mittagsruh - statistisch gehört) (1996)
Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and piano
Texts: Joseph von Eichendorff
Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Konzept I - V (1994-1997)
Instrumentation: for variable instrumentation
Duration: var.
Manuscript
Zwiegespräch (1997)
Instrumentation: for basson and violoncello (or two deep instruments)
Duration: 2' 00"
Manuscript
Berührung (1998)
Instrumentation: for guitar solo
Duration: 2' 00"
Manuscript
Motto (1998)
Instrumentation: for piano and large drum
Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Rencontres - questions, paroles, écoutes (1995-1999)
Instrumentation: for horn and violin
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Handwerk - Hörwerk (1999)
Instrumentation: for two pianos tuned a quarter-tone apart
Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Über Licht geneigtes Ohr (1999)
Instrumentation: for large organ
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
Machaut trifft Eluard am Sepikfluss (Der Gesang der Gespräche in fremder Umgebung) (1995-2000)
Instrumentation: for numerous ensembles
Text: Paul Eluard.
Manuscript
Klänge im Alltag (1995-2000)
Instrumentation: for electronic tape
Duration: 44' 00"
Manuscript
Le mot immergé (1995-2000)
Instrumentation: for two viola da gambas and arch lute
Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
Fünf Zeichen (2000)
Instrumentation: for recorder trio
Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Le Non-Dit (2000-2001)
Instrumentation: for 5 performers (bl-fl, vn, db, gtr, perc)
Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
Zwiesprache (2003)
Instrumentation: for 2 players (variable)
Duration: variabel
Manuscript
Six Passages (1989-2004)
Instrumentation: for violoncello solo
Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Place de Tübingen (2004)
Instrumentation: for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, accordion and small percussion
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Solo (2005)
Instrumentation: for violin (surrounded by sounding activities)
Duration: 23' 00"
Manuscript
Mischfarben am Klangrand (2005)
Instrumentation: für viola da gamba solo
Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
Vier neue Partikel (2007)
Instrumentation: for 24 recorders
Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Vier klingende Handlungen (2007)
Instrumentation: for four players of any objects
Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Modell zur Gewichtsverlagerung (2007)
Instrumentation: für Klavier
Duration: 3' 30"
Manuscript
Ohrspuren am Drittelberg (2007-2008)
Instrumentation: for 2 pianos (third-tone and half-tone)
Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Zeitstrahl (2009-2010)
Instrumentation: for aulos
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Nur allein für deine Ohren (2010-2011)
Instrumentation: for alto and Baroque oboe
Texts: René Char, Anonymus, Dschelaladdin Rumi, Kurt Marti, Kurt Schwitters, Ernst Jandl
Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Ensemble Neue Horizonte Historische Aufnahmen 1968-1998 (Musikszene Schweiz - Grammont Portrait Nr. CTS-M 76, 2002)
Interpreters:
Ensemble Neue Horizonte BernWorks:
Frey, Jürg:
Lachen und Lächeln (1978)
Frey, Jürg:
Sachen (1979-1980)
Moser, Roland:
Heinelieder. Für Stimmen mit Begleitung (1970-1985)
Schneider, Urs Peter:
Raritäten für Interpreten (1959-1971/1983)
Schneider, Urs Peter:
Mit Dank an Mendelssohn (1981)
Streiff, Peter:
Partikel 1-7 (1970-1972)
Radermacher, Erika:
Sieben Rosen später (1981)
Radermacher, Erika:
Musenkonzept (1990)
With more works of: Hansjürgen Wäldele, Istvan Zelenka, Henri Pusseur, Christian Wolff, Philippe Micol, Hans-Joachim Hespos, La Monte Young, Cornelius Cardew, Franco Evangelisti, Mathias Brupacher, John Cage, Tzie Elgna, Morton Feldman, Karel Goeyvaerts, Rudolf Komorous, Pie
Vierteltonduo Bächli/Schneider (Grammont Porträt Nr. MGB CTS-M 70, 2001)
Interpreters:
Duo Gertrud Schneider - Tomas BächliWorks:
Jordi, Dieter:
Arabesques (1988-1990)
Jordi, Dieter:
DER AMEISENHAUFEN, VON INNEN (1999)
Mariétan, Pierre:
TRANSMUSIQUE II: Par delà le temps, l'espace (1988)
Moser, Roland:
Kabinett mit Vierteltönen (1986-1987)
Streiff, Peter:
Handwerk - Hörwerk (1999)
With more works of: Martin Wehrli, Charles Ives, Ivan Wischnegradskij