Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet, violin, double-bass, marimba, percussion and orator

Texts: Robert Peterhans

Quasi-accompanied readings of texts by Robert Peterhans. Mini-overture; country life; city life (the eventful 80's); love; music.

Duration: 30' 00"

CHF: 32.70

Instrumentation: for xylophone, marimba and two musical boxes (total of three percussionists)

An almost scenic confrontation: childlike, self-centred play contrasts with perfectionist, cold virtuosity. Play boxes are available on loan for performance.

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 23.00

Instrumentation: for percussion (marimba) solo

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 13.80

Instrumentation: for sextet (fl, cl, vn, vc, mar, pf)

"My form is created entirely out of straight lines and flat surfaces ordered at symmetrical right-angles. Every side, every line is the same as every other. Intersection facing intersection. This is me at peace with myself. I can begin rotating at the slightest movement, yet it is not always possible to forsee my path of motion, for the possibility of changing direction at any moment I leave open. My way is found along my edges or my corners. If I am not resting on a surface then I am moving in this linear fashion."
A square's eye view - its inherent form is the lead for musical transformation.
The ensemble follows characteristic figurations as a compact motional unit. The way leads from a description of the object through to the mechanisms of its motion and on to playfully gestural formulations.
Circular motions, rotation around a fixed axis, gradual advancement over sound layers, using pulses to create structure, fragmentary phases and moments of dancy movement are but a few aspects which infuse throughout this piece.

Duration: 8' 30"

CHF: 31.80

Instrumentation: for six-handed marimbaphone

A serious yet humorous musical theatre piece for three percussionists and a marimbaphone.

Duration: 12' 00"

CHF: 20.00

Instrumentation: for mixed choir, orator, CD playback and ensemble (piano quartet and one percussionist: marimbaphone, vibraphone, large drum, small drum, flexatone, whip, cipher)

Texts: Alltags- Werbe- Mediensprache

Text: Commentary from the French national football team winning the world championships: "Aux larmes citoyens!", "La victoire est en eux!", "Ils iront tous aux paradis!".

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 22.20

Instrumentation: for two violins, viola, violoncello, double-bass, flute (pic), oboe (ca), clarinet (Ebcl, bcl), bassoon (cbn), piano and marimba

Duration: 17' 00"

CHF: 32.70

Instrumentation: for clarinet (also bass clarinet), marimba and piano

The clarinet plays solo. Virtuosic passages. Demanding.

Duration: 18' 00"

CHF: 28.80

Instrumentation: for marimba solo (with crotales, tuning fork and guiro)

Duration: 6' 00"

CHF: 15.30

Instrumentation: for marimba and string orchestra

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Poem

Instrumentation: for marimba solo

Based on a haïku by Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902): "The storm / During mid-day / has broken the mallow stalk." and a haïku by Kyoshi Takahama (1854-1959): "A serpent escaped. / Its eyes which were watching me / remained alone in the grass." This piece is built in the classical structure of the haiku. Alternating between rubbing of the bars, gliding of the mallets in the tube and slow / very fast movements. The poems are spoken in Japanese by the marimba player.

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 14.70

Trio

Instrumentation: for flute, marimbaphone, vibraphone and persussion instruments

The completely dissimilar sound generation of flute and percussion, for example with regard to the acquisition and decay times, formed an important compositional aspect while working on this new ouvre.
This dissimilitude, by analogy, is also transferred to the temporal configuration insofar as the rhythmical form of extremely tight motorical passages ("moltoritmico") ranges over diverse intermediate stages to flexible handling parts ("tempo fluido") producing, thereby, tightly packed episodes with highly differentiated timbral play alongside processes where virtuosity in the traditional sense is central. It is so that the trio produces in quick succession various states, which are highly demanding for the interpreters, with regards interaction and playing technique.

Duration: 11' 30"

CHF: 18.00

Instrumentation: for lithophone (c-c4) or marimba

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 15.00

Instrumentation: for marimba and violin

I. First Reflection, Interlude 1, II. Second Reflection, III. Princess of Crumbs, Interlude 2: A Hymn, IV. Ice Flowers. A loose connection to a poem by Mary Oliver.

Duration: 12' 00"

CHF: 25.80

Instrumentation: for solo soprano, vocal ensemble (SATB), oboe, viola, violoncello, and marimbaphone

Texts: Indianische Texte

The Children Songs (which received a prize from the University of California in 1973) are a kind of half scenic cantata based on Indian text.

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 22.80

Instrumentation: for alto, marimba and violoncello

Texts: Louise Labé

Baise m'encore- Je vis, je meurs.

Duration: 6' 00"

CHF: 13.80

Instrumentation: for alto saxophone, string orchestra, harp, vibraphone and marimbaphone

Duration: 21' 00"

CHF: 31.80

Instrumentation: for marimba solo

A meeting of truly ancient sounds, whose strength lies in its evocation through the delicacy of its figures. The piece reveals only slightly, the secrets hidden in the wood of the marimba.

Duration: 20' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Instrumentation: for marimba and harpsichord

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 28.20

Instrumentation: for clarinet (bass clarinet) and percussion (marimba, vibraphone)

Duration: 6' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Instrumentation: for marimbaphone and guitar

Each of the four duets originates in a basic constellation of musical dialogue, which develops in the interplay between the two instruments. The marimba-guitar combination offers a myriad of colour and expressive shades, which are not possible with each instrument alone.
Vier Duette is dedicated to the duo Christina Schorn and Ivan Mancinelli.

Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 22.80

Instrumentation: for marimba

Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 16.20

Virtuosic character pieces.

Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 15.00

Instrumentation: for violin, violoncello and marimba

Duration: 9' 00"

CHF: 23.40

Instrumentation: Improvisationskonzept für Bassklarinette, Marimba oder Vibraphon & Schlagzeug ad libitum, Klavier, Violine, Viola und Violoncello

In den 68er-Jahren wurde in der Neuen Musik oft mit einem politischen Hintergrund improvisiert, quasi als antiautoritäre Praxis. Die Konzepte wollten nicht vorschreiben, was zu spielen sei, sondern zur Kreativität anregen. "Ins Freie" knüpft an meine langjährige Beschäftigung mit Improvisation an, ist aber nicht - wie viele Konzepte - für den Eigengebrauch im "inner circle" geschrieben, sondern versucht, allgemein gängige Wege "ins Freie" zu entwerfen.


Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 10.80

Instrumentation: für Jugendensemble (Alt-Saxophone in Es, Horn in F, Marimbaphon, Klavier, Akkordeon, Violine, Kontrabass)

Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 36.60