Ecclesiastical concert

Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzo-soprano and organ

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 12.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, alto flute and clarinet

Texts: Wolfgang Borchert, Max Bolliger

Based on poems by Wolfgang Borchert and Max Bolliger.

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 14.70

Cycle with poems by Georg Trakl

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, bass, flute, harpsichord, four violins, viola, violoncello and double-bass

Texts: Georg Trakl

An erotic, sticky piece that takes the incestuous relationship between Trakls and his sister as its theme. 'Nachtduett' is a series of scenic poems predestined for the stage.

Duration: 20' 00"

CHF: 68.70

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, tenor, twelve female voices and three percussionists

Texts: Chinesisch

Text: four ancient Chinese poems. The female chorus is dispersed in four groups located on each side of the audience; each chorus-singer also plays a percussion instrument. The soloists on stage create a feeling of distance.

Duration: 14' 40"

CHF: 22.70

Ecclesiastical concert

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and organ

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 13.20

Cycle based on poems by Josef Kopf

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and ensemble (fl(pic).cl(bcl)/hp.pf.hpd/2vn.va.vc.db)

Texts: Josef Kopf

Large-scale song cycle in which the metaphors of ice, cold and freezing are centralised. The leading part for the mezzo-soprano is extremely demanding in the emotional and technical areas. (Vocal range e# - b").

Duration: 29' 00"

CHF: 66.70

Based on texts by Adolf Wölfli

Instrumentation: for singing and speaking voice (mezzo-soprano) and partly prepared piano

Texts: Adolf Wölfli

A collection of piano songs setting the Swiss character against the self. Typical Swiss misconceptions are compared and contrasted. Unfathomably grotesque. Illustrated score. Commissioned by of the City of Zurich.

Duration: 20' 00"

CHF: 28.80

Instrumentation: for vocal quintet SMezAATB or choir a-cappella (SMezTB)

Texts: Rolf Hermann

Description: Dreamy, melancholic piece in c-minor
Level of difficulty: simple-intermediate.

Duration: 2' 30"

CHF: 12.60

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, bass, flute with piccolo, violin, violoncello and accordion, based on poems by Robert Walser

Texts: Robert Walser

The instrumental and vocal parts are, for the most part, written independently of each other.
Aspires to echo the poems and life of Robert Walser.


Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 28.20

Instrumentation: for amateur choir, youth choir (both also speaking choirs), congregation, mezzo-soprano, baritone, liturgist, harp, organ and two percussion

Texts: Bibel / Liturgie

A composition in various scores based on texts from Psalms and paraphrases on the subject of creation. Both the youth and amateur choirs are accompanied by the organ or percussion instruments; the singing congregation is accompanied by harp and drums, and the female and male cantor are accompanied by marimbaphone.Intermediate to difficult level.Liturgical duration: 60'

Duration: 31' 00"

CHF: 36.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and flute

Texts: Rose Ausländer

Text: Rose Ausländer.

Duration: 5' 00"

CHF: 16.00

Instrumentation: for six voices (mezzo-soprano, altus, 2 tenors, baritone, bass), 5 recorder-players (div. instr.), 6 viola da gambas (2 disc, A, 2 T/B, violone in D) and two percussion

An adaptation of newly found manuscripts written by an anonymous twelfth century composer in the Vatican, in which aspects of the whole of musical history are anticipated. Spatial music.

Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 40.20

Instrumentation: for choir, soli, and orchestra

Texts: Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck, Sophokles, S. Rotenberg, F. Nietzsche, M. Schmidt-Salomon, W. Shakespeare, Lukrez

"Seit Jahrhunderten hat die abendländische Musik geistliche Messen hervorgebracht - teils basierend auf religiöser Überzeugung, teils die bewährte sakrale Tradition fortschreibend. Einem solchen Werk begegnet die Missa de homine mit einem zeitgenössischen und gegensätzlichen Zugriff: "Nicht Gott, sondern der sterbliche Mensch mit seinen positiven wie negativen Eigenschaften steht im Mittelpunkt."

Der Cantate Basel Kammerchor brachte die Missa de homine im Wechsel mit Joseph Haydns Harmoniemesse zur Uraufführung.
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Duration: 38' 00"

CHF: 81.20

A little wedding music

Instrumentation: for Mezzo-soprano and organ

Texts: Japanisch, Barock-Lyrik, Alltags- Werbe- Mediensprache

Text: some Japanese Haiku, baroque lyric, and computer terms. Lovingly ironic music. Cyclic in 12 short sections.

Duration: 9' 00"

CHF: 14.40

Ecclesiastical concert

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and organ

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 13.20

2 recitatives + arias

Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Texts: Paul Scheerbart, Oskar Pastior, Bruno Stöckli

Uses the quarter-tone system.

Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 34.80

5 Songs based on poems by Sarah Kirsch

Instrumentation: for singing voice (mezzo-soprano), clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Texts: Sarah Kirsch

The line skips by Sarah Kirsch turn the readers into stumblers. Stumblers have to re-read the text if they want to understand its content. They gain, thereby, unexpectedly in time and fall to a deeper level.

Duration: 15' 00"

CHF: 26.00

Instrumentation: für Bariton, Mezzosopran, Violine solo und grosses Orchester

Texts: Samuel Pepys

"Auszüge aus den Tagebüchern des englischen Tagebuchschreibers und Chronisten Samuel Pepys (1633 – 1703). Staatssekretär im englischen Marineamt (Chief Secretary to the Admiralty), Präsident der Royal Society und Abgeordneter des englischen Unterhauses.
Das Tagebuch, das Pepys [piːps] von 1660 bis 1669 führte, gehört zu den wichtigsten Quellen für diese Zeit und zu den am häufigsten zitierten literarischen Werken des englischen Sprachraums.
"

Duration: 45' 00"

CHF: 85.60

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and flute

Texts: Rose Ausländer

Text: Rose Ausländer.

Duration: 8' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Song cycle

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and piano

Texts: Ruth Loeb

A cycle of songs based on the poems by Ruth Loeb. Lyrical, colourful and expressive songs that can be interpreted as a cycle or as a selection ad libitum of individual songs. Relatively easy to perform.

Duration: 40' 00"

CHF: 31.80

Instrumentation: 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: 21.30

Ecclesiastical concert

Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzo-soprano and organ

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 13.80

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and guitar

Texts: Joachim Ringelnatz

Comical songs with surprising harmony and delightful rhythm. This cycle is composed partly in graphic notation and partly in traditional notation. Some special effects are required by the voices and the guitar accompaniment. The harmony of the songs wanders between tonality, polytonality and atonality. Relatively easy to understand and easy to perform post modern bawdy songs.

Duration: 25' 00"

CHF: 21.00

Instrumentation: for soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano

Texts: William Shakespeare

Four of Shakespeare's texts dealing with the increasing loss of Ophelia's sanity are set to music.

Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 38.70

Instrumentation: for six female voices (2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 altos) and percussion instruments (6 Chinese blocks played by the singers, 7 terracotta bells or high-sounding gongs (one player))

Words deriving from the spoken language of the Lisu, a Tibetan-Burmese population.

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 22.20

Instrumentation: for four female voices (OratorSMezA) and ensemble (fl.ob.cl/perc/pf.cel/vn.va.vc)

A short musical theatre in three parts to be handled as a non-stop performance.

Duration: 9' 00"

CHF: 24.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, oboe and piano

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 9.00

3 Songs

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1.1.1.0/gtr/str)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Instrumentation:
1. Dreams: fl, ob, mezzo, gtr, str
2. Recuerdos de la Alhambra: mezzo, gtr, str
3. Tears: fl, ob, kl, mezzo, gtr, str
The composer has written an English text and a melodie to the well-known pieces by Francisco Tàrrega and intrumented the pieces for chamber orchestra. In he orchestral version, the music of Francisco Tàrrega sounds in an unknown colour, intensity and musical quality that must be heard.

Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 43.30

Song

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (fl, ob, cl, bn, drm, drmset, bongos, piano, bassgtr, str) or mezzo and pf

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Tonally composed in the Musical style.
Second version is without bass guitar and drum set.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 18.70

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 16.20

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and organ

After Psalms 116.
Glorification of the soul and relive its torments.

Duration: 14' 00"

CHF: 35.30

Instrumentation: 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: 15.30

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (fl, ob, cl, bn, timp, gong, hp, gtr, pf, str) (also for mezzo and pf)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

In the Musical style.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 18.70

Song

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2hn, 2tpt, tbn. drm, drmset, bassgtr, str)

Tonally composed in the Musical style.

Duration: 7' 00"

CHF: 19.30

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (2fl, 2ob, 2cl(bcl), 2hn, 2tpt, tbn. drm, drmset, pf, bassgtr, str) or mezzo, baritone and pf

Duration: 5' 00"

CHF: 34.00

Musik für Sopran, Mezzosopran und Streichquartett

Instrumentation: Sopran, Mezzosopran und Streichquartett ("2Vl, Vla, Vc)

Texts: aus dem Psalm 130

1. de profundis (Mezzosopran), 2. fiant aures tuae (Sopran),
3. sustinuit anima mea (Mezzosopran), 4. misericordia (Sopran),
5. de profundis (Sopran und Mezzosopran)
es gibt auch eine Version Sopran und Bariton

Duration: 47' 00"

CHF: 51.00

Instrumentation: 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: 33.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, guitar and orchestra (or just guitar accompaniment)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

The author wrote an English version of the well-known Catalan folksong 'El noy de la mara', set it for orchestra and added lyrical instrumental interludes.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 13.20

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, guitar and orchestra (or just piano or guitar)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

An atmospheric orchestral song created in San Fransisco; one is able to hear in the music this beautiful city and the fog, which intermittently ascends from the sea to envelop this famous bridge. Tonal, English text written by the composer.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 11.40

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, guitar and strings (or just piano or guitar accompaniment))

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

A piece that puts new life into the traditional romantic song. Tonal, interesting harmonics. The song is availabe in three languages.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 12.60

Duration: 2' 00"

CHF: 12.00

Instrumentation: for baritone, mezzo-soprano, 2 trumpets, accordion, guitar, e-bass, percussion and strings

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

A cheerful song with a catchy, typically Mexican rumba rhythm for a small orchestra.
A reminder of Mexico.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 21.60

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and piano (or guitar)

A cheerful love song that is to be sung in the rain and the raindrops are to accompany the piano. Tonal.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 9.00

Instrumentation: für Sopran, Mezzosopran und 4 Renaissancetraversflöten

Texts: Francesco Petrarca

Sonett 148 aus "Canzoniero": "Non Tessin, Po, Varo, Adige, et Tebro".

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 21.60

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, piano and orchestra

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

The author composed a song from the middle part (Un poco andante e cantabile) of the Fantaisie Impromtu for piano by F. Chopin by using a voice and making several additions, wrote an English text and orchestrated the resulting, filigree song, which demands to be heard.

Duration: 5' 00"

CHF: 20.40

Instrumentation: für Stimme (Mezzossopran) und Renaissance-Laute

Texts: Louïze Labé

Drei Sonette von Louïze Labé sind wie als Strophen über denselben Musiktext vertont. Ein Vorspiel und zwei Zwischenspiele wirken wie ruhige, distanzierte Kommata.

Duration: 11' 00"

CHF: 14.70

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, guitar, harp and orchestra

Texts: Heinrich Heine

The author added several short pieces to this famous song by Felix Mendelsohn and set it for chamber orchestra. The song shines with previously unknown colour and beauty.

Duration: 2' 30"

CHF: 15.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and piano

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

The author wrote a new English text and a piano accompaniment to the well-known Catalan song 'Testament d'Amelia', thus enriching and making more varied its musical structure. He also extended the song in the style of a folk melody to create a new part with a climax, which is missing from the original folksong. An atmospheric song with a melancholic atmosphere.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 9.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, piano and orchestra (also mezzo-soprano and piano)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

An atmospheric orchestral song, tonal. Soft echos of Celtic music. English text written by the composer.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 19.80

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, piano, guitar and strings (or mezzo-soprano and piano / guitar or just guitars)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

A song of the heart. Tonal. Czech text is written by the composer. There also exists a version with English text under the title 'Lullaby'.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 13.80

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, baritone, guitar, piano and orchestra (also only piano accompaniment)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

A yearning shanty. Tonal.

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 14.70

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano (vocalise) and liuto forte

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 12.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, guitar and orchestra

This famous aria from Georg Friedrich Händel sounds in fresh colours in this instrumentation by Jaros. The composer also also composed a catchy interlude.

Duration: 5' 00"

CHF: 17.40

Ergon 30, Nr. 2, Musikwerknummer 2057, Libretto vom Komponisten zusammengestellt

Instrumentation: Oper: Sopran, Mezzosopran, Tenor, Bariton, 1-1-2-1, 1-1-2-1, 1, 6-4-4-4-2 Klavierauszug: Sopran, Mezzosopran, Tenor, Bariton und 1-5 Klaviere

Texts: Max Frisch

Die am Stadttheater Luzern in Zusammenarbeit mit den Weltmusiktagen 2004 uraufgeführte Oper nach dem gleichnamigen Buch von Max Frisch, behandelt die Beziehung zwischen ihm und Ingeborg Bachmann. Die Problematisierung (und Formbarkeit) der Identitätsbildung wird durch algorithmische Verfahren gespiegelt, die aber kritisch hinterfragt und subjektiv gebrochen werden.

Duration: 60' 00"

CHF: 84.20

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and orchestra (2.2.ca.2.2/2.2.1.0/perc.tubular bels/hp.cel/str)

A slow piece. Tonal, heartfelt music.

Duration: 6' 20"

CHF: 13.80

Duration: 3' 51"

CHF: 10.00

Instrumentation: für Mezzosopran und Orchester (1,1,Engl. Hr., 1,1, 2 Tromp., 3Hr, Harfe, Kl, Git, Schlgzg, Streicher)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Duration: 3' 30"

CHF: 12.60

Instrumentation: für Mezzosopran, akustische Gitarre, Streicher (oder Mezz, Klav oder Mezz, Fl, Klav)

Texts: Vladislav Jaros

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 13.20

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano and harp

Texts: Niki de Saint Phalle

These nine pieces set to music texts written about the tarot cards by Niki de Saint Phalle. The texts are 'programme notes' for her sculptures in the "Jardin des Tarots".

Duration: 16' 00"

CHF: 23.40

Instrumentation: für Mezzosopran und Klavier

Volkslied-Bearbeitungen mit überraschenden Harmonien. Schnelle witzige Lieder wechseln mit langsamen lyrischen ab. Tonal.


Duration: 10' 00"

CHF: 18.00

Instrumentation: Mezzosopran und Klavier

Nach dem gleichnamigen Gedicht von Dylan Thomas. Ein langsames Lied, eine adequate Umsetzung der Atmosphäre des Gedichtes von Dylan Thomas in Musik.

Duration: 3' 00"

CHF: 9.00

Instrumentation: Mezzosopran und Klavier

Duration: 17' 00"

CHF: 18.60

Instrumentation: Ein volksliedartiges Orchesterlied für Sopran, Mezzosopran, Chor und Orchester

Duration: 4' 14"

CHF: 17.30

A Chamber Opera with Tango Motives

Instrumentation: Tango Quintett, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Dance Couple

Texts: Francisco Obieta

Odysseus doubts about returning home, about pledges, his wanderings in confrontation with the love of a young woman

Duration: 82' 30"

CHF: 89.60

Instrumentation: for soli (MezATBarB), choir and orchestra (2.2(2ca).2.2/4.2.2.0/perc/str)

Texts: Euripides, Karl Jaspers, Blaise Pascal, William Shakespeare, Bibel / Liturgie

Work series A: Music for concerts.

Duration: 45' 00"

CHF: 70.20

Instrumentation: for six solo voices (SMezATBarB), speaking voice and chamber orchestra (1(pic,fl-g).1(ca).1.1/2.1.2.0/2perc/hp/str)

Texts: Martin Gutl, Huub Oosterhujs, Nelly Sachs, Rabindranath Tagore; Zitate von Helder Camara, Ernesto Cardenal, Johannes XXIII., Jos

Text from the Bible and eastern Liturgy; twelve single verses from Martin Gutl, Huub Oosterhujs, Nelly Sachs, Rabindranath Tagore; quotes from Helder Camara, Ernesto Cardenal, Johannes XXIII., Josef Quadflieg und J.M. Sailer.
Wie?
Pfingsten?
... die Gott verschlafen haben...
Verheissungen
Als Pfingsten gekommen
"Licht wird aus Sand"
Geist - Heiliger Geist
Schenk uns neue Begeisterung
Work series A: Music for concerts.

Duration: 35' 00"

CHF: 80.00

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, soprano sax, alto sax and baritone sax

Texts: Heng Siok Tian

On a poem by Heng Siok Tian from Singapur.
"Will it matter if a poetry reader
is male or female, brain or soul treasure?
What height, weight, shape, colour is the measure
of such readers: poetics considered? ...."

Duration: 4' 00"

CHF: 12.60