all works

2024

Recorders (sopranino, soprano, voice flute), viola da gamba, harpsichord

For the trio trio Saskia Coolen (recorders), Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba) and Patrick Ayrton (harpsichord). Commissioned by Saskia Coolen.
In dedication to the memory of Saskia's parents, Margot Wu Lung Hing en Henk Coolen.

1. Ouverture à Deux
2. Querelle des Soupçons
3. Tambourin Lointain
4. Les Caractères Imprévus

2023a

piano solo

I. They climbed a mountain
II. They give birth astride of a grave

2022a

mixed choir SATB

text: Michiel Angenent
Commissioned by the Utrechts Kamerkoor conducted by Bauwien van der Meer, Financially supported by the Utrecht City Council.
On the occasion of the festivities around the jubilee Utrecht, 900 years of City Rights: City without Walls.

2021

Renaissance instruments: tenor, alto recorder in G, lute, harp, viola da gamba

text: Ester Naomi Perquin

2021d

Koor SATB

tekst: Andries Govaart

2021c

stem

tekst: Andries Govaart

2021b

Koor SATB

tekst: Andries Govaart

2020

Arrangement for renaissance instruments: tenor, altorecorder in G, lute, viola da gamba and harp

Five songs on poems by Ingmar Heytze

I. Verzoeknummer
II. Winter
III. Aan de bruid
IV. Hoor eens ik haat je
V. Voor de liefste onbekende

2020

Recorder (soprano & tenor) & string quartet

A suite in 5 movements for recorder and string quartet based on Bohemian, German, and Dutch folksongs from the Thirty Year's War.

Written for Peter Holtslag and the Bennewitz Quartet

I. Battaglia
II. Fantasia super 'Dunkle Wolke'
III. Scherzo: Grimmig Tod & Heilig Kind
IV. Pastorale: Schnitter Tod
V. Elegia


Première: Peter Holtslag with the Ruysdael Kwartet, 17-18 Octobre 2020 Noorderkerk Concerten Amsterdam, Dorpskerk Wilp and Slotconcerten Slot Zeist. With special thanks to Richard van Remmen

2019

Choir SATB

Text: John Donne
1. Thou hast made me (after Psalm 6)
2. I am a little world made cunningly (after Psalm 143)
3. Oh, to vex me (after Psalm 32)
4. Since she whom I loved (after Psalm 38)
5. As due by many titles I resign myself to thee (after Psalm 130)
6. Batter my heart (after Psalm 102)
7. Death, be not proud (after Psalm 150)

The composition of Seven Divine Meditations was made financially possible through the generosity one of the choristers of the amateur choir TIEN, conducted by Christian Winter. This ensemble gave the first performance in March 2019 in the choral concert series Couleur Vocale in the Walonian Church in Amsterdam. 

2018c

4 solo voices, clarinet, violin, violoncello and harp

Kamermuziekversie van deel VIII: In Paradisum van het Utrechts Requiem 2018
Tekst: Herman van Tongerloo

2018b

Choir SATB, clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quintet, harp, timpani

Part VIII of the 'Utrechts Requiem 2018' for the NEON Choir & Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo

2018a

String quartet

For Miranda Rademakers and her Foundation Muziek op Zuid, Rotterdam

2017d

4 solo voices, clarinet, violoncello and harp

Chamber version of Part IV of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the soloists from Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad. Gregorian

2017c

4 solo voices (with optional percussion), clarinet, violoncello and harp

Chamber version of Part I of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the soloists from Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad. Gregorian

2017b

Choir SATB, clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quintet, harp, timpani (and optional children's voices in soprano range)

Part I of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad. Gregorian

2017a

Choir SATB, clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quintet, harp, timpani (and optional children's voices in soprano range)

Part I of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad.

2016f

Clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra

2016h

Five Ingmar Heytze poems for mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, viola and cello

Written for the Arto Ensemble: Rosina Fabius (mezzo-soprano), Nancy Braithwaite (clarinet), Amarins Wierdsma (violin), Prunella Pacey (viola), Guus Fabius (cello)to celebrate 20 years of Kromme Rijn Concerten. The composer and the Arto Ensemble gratefull acknowledge the financial support of the Elise Mathilde Fonds, the KF Hein Fonds and the Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen (PUG). Listen?

2016g

Suite in seven parts for clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra

2016e

Clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra

2016d

Clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra

2016c

two recorder quintets (SATTB - ATTB,GB) and optional alto recorder soloist

Written for the Lyme Regis Recorder Courses 2016

2016b

Piano solo

For Marcel Worms

2016a

Clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra.

2015d

Clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra. Part of a projected Super Suite (working title), seven dance pieces over liturgical hymns.

2015c

clarinet and string quartet

For the Bennewitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra. Part of the projected Super Suite (working title), seven pieces based on hymns.

2015b

Clarinet, two violins, viola and cello

For the Bennevitz Quartet and Harry-Imre Dijkstra

2015a

String quartet: two violins, viola, cello

Written for the Škampa Quartet

2014c

low mezzo-soprano or alto, two violins, viola, cello, double bass and percussion

Written for singer Nora Fisher and Fuse, première Concertgebouw, Tracks Thankgiving concerts November 26 & 27 2014

2014b

Violin solo

Written for Rosanne Philippens. Premiere 8 September 2014 at the Kammermusiksaal Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, as a Dutch part of Rosanne's programme for the Freiburg International Violin Competition. Dutch premiere, of the revised version, by Emma Roijackers in the Festival Muze van Zuid on 17 September 2023.

2014a

for cello and piano

For Mascha van Nieuwkerk

2013b

Mezzo-soprano, tenor saxophone and marimba

Written for Karin Strobos (mezzo-soprano) and the Duo Sax & Stix (Eva van Grinsven, saxophone and Ramon Lormans, percussion) Premiere: Amsterdam, Grachtenfestival, August 25 2013 in the Compagnietheater.
text: W.H. Auden

2013a

Violin and piano

Written for the Duo Philippens & Van Nieuwkerk. Commissioned by the Stichting Slotconcerten Zeist. Financially supported by the Stichting Slotconcerten Zeist, the Municipality Zeist and the Van Veenendaal-Bot Foundation First performance on March 24, 2013 at the Slot Zeist.

2012c

String orchestra, marimba & percussion

Based on different versions of Deep River, the well know 'Negro spiritual', written for the Fusion String Ensemble Fuse

2012b

Recorder quartet T-T-B-GB

Scenes from a Jewish wedding ritual, with Klezmer influences. Published by Tre Fontane].

2012a

Alto recorder and piano

This is the version for recorder and piano of the 3rd movement of my duo sonata for violin and piano. Published by Edition Tre Fontane. A midi version of the piano (for practising purpose) is available.

2011b

Song for (mezzo)soprano, baritone and piano

Two-part version of a one-part original
Text: Heinrich (Harry) Heine

2011a

Recorder quartet SATB

Based on the estampita Tre Fontane, and dedicated to Edition Tre Fontane, Münster, Germany, in celebration of their 10th anniversary.
A recording by the Flanders Recorder Quartet, together with Catch (an Angel) and fall of 2012.

2010

soprano, clarinet and piano

Narrative song cycle in three movements for soprano, clarinet and piano on three poems ‘Aus der Harzreise’ (1824) by Heinrich Heine Written for the Trio Amare: Sabine Wuethrich, soprano, Céleste Zewald, clarinet, Daniel Kramer, piano. Written with financial support of the trio itself.
Text: Heinrich Heine

2009b

Song for (mezzo)soprano and piano

For Mascha, Thierry and the members of Winfried
Text: Heinrich ('Harry') Heine

Trio for piano, violin and cello

For the Atlantic Trio (Bas Verheijden, piano, Vegard Nilsen, violin, Ansfried Plat, cello)

2008c

Violin, cello, piano

For Giuseppina Carolina Benders (born 29 september 2008)

2008b

2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello

An arrangement for string quintet of two movements of my guitar quintet Over the Water, for young violin player Lisa Jacobs and her ensemble.

2008a

Carillon and recorder player at a distance (treble renaissance and alto baroque recorders)

Written for Arie Abennes and Saskia Coolen, commissioned and funded by the Utrecht Carillon Society as part of the celebration of their eightieth birthday.

2007c

Guitar Quintet / guitar and string quartet: guitar, two violins, viola and cello

For Tom Kerstens & the G+ Ensemble, with financial support of the ThuisKopie Fonds

2007b

Recorders A(A,T) T(T,B)BB ad lib.

Four graded pieces for recorder quartet or sextet ad lib.
Published by Edition Tre Fontane, Münster.

2007a2

tenor recorder and piano

for Sas and Mas ...who both came from 'over the water'. Published by Tre Fontane

2007a1

cello & piano (or violin, or recorder, and piano)

For Saskia & Maarten Coolen

2006d

Chamber choir SATB

Arrangement for mixed chamber choir of The Lamb & The Tyger for female choir (1999b), originally written for 'Klein Vrouwenkoor Orpheus', cond. Albert Wissink.
tekst: William Blake

2006c

Recorders SAAT

For Brisk Recorder Quartet at its 20th anniversary. First performance in Paris, September 23 2006, at the Institut Neérlandais.

2006b

string quartet a version for small string ensemble will follow soon

For Coosje Wijzenbeek, from Mascha & Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk

2006a

Pianoquartet (violin, viola, cello, piano)

Music for 'The Birdwatcher', television shortplay directed by Ellen Blom, written by Sanne Vogel & Ellen Blom after an idea of Ellen Blom.

2005

Violin and piano

Written for the Duo Philippens - Van Nieuwkerk, commissioned by violin paedagogue Coosje Wijzenbeek with Financial support of the Dutch Performing Arts Fund.

2004c

violin, clarinet, piano

Commissioned by the Bartók Trio (Marta Abraham, Nancy Braithwaite, Bas Verheijden), financially supported by the ThuisKopiefonds. 1st perf. November 2004, Kromme Rijn Concerts, Dutch Reformed Church, Bunnik.

2004b

Song for soprano, accompanied by violin and piano

For prof. dr. Daan den Hengst, commissioned by the University of Amsterdam's Dept. of Classical Studies.
Tekst: Vergil, Aenid IV 362 - 392

2004a

5 graded pieces for 4 saxophones or mixed winds ad lib.

In part arrangements of 'Piano in the Polder', 2002

2003b

string ensemble: violins 1 &2, viola, cellos 1 & 2

Four graded pieces. Also in a version for violins 1,2, & 3 with cello (or double bass)

2003a

String Quartet

For the young Giocondo Kwartet, commissioned by Coosje Wijzenbeek, 1st perf. Copenhagen 2003, Dutch Ambassy
(The audio clip features the first half of the first movement.)

2002c

8 graded pieces (elementary to intermediate) for piano two and four hands

Commissioned by BuZZing (a Piano Teacher's Foundation), in a single edition with four pieces by Nathalie Boogers

2002b

2 violins, viola, cello and piano

1st perf. Zuoz, Switserland, August 2002 Commissioned by mrs. Nancy Chumanchenco, director of Margess International of Switzerland

2002a

small string orchestra

Commissioned by the Constantijn Youth String Orchestra, cond. Roeland Robert.

2001

Four violins

1st perf. Tarasp (Swiss, Unter-Engadin), November 1, 2001 Commissioned by Margess International International of Switzerland for RadioDiffusion Suisse

2000

piano

For Yuri van Nieuwkerk

1999d

Canon for 4 voices

text: W.W. van Nieuwkerk

1999c

(double) mixed choir, children's choir and chamber orchestra/ string quartet; parts arranged for carillon, brass quartet and percussion
Movements: see program note

For the Monteverdi Chamber Choir, Cathedral Youth Choir, Choir of the Dom Cathedral, commissioned by Cittá della Musica, 1st perf. Utrecht, Jacobi Church
Text: Andries Govaart

1999b

Diptych for female choir/ mixed (youth)choir

For 'Klein Vrouwenkoor Orpheus', cond. Albert Wissink
text: William Blake

1999a

Recorders SSATBB, harp (or 2 guitars)

For the Praetorius Ensemble, cond. Norbert Kunst, premiere: Utrecht 1999

1998b

solo voices SSATB, recorder (also gamba), cyther (also percussion), percussion (also gamba), 5 winds, (zinc, pommer, cornetto, 2 trombones) Movements: see program note

Performed during the national celebration of the Munster Treaty (1648) 1998 in de Ridderzaal in The Hague, by Camerata Trajectina and Ensemble Oltremontano. Commissioned by the Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
tekst: anoniem 17e eeuw

1998a

Clarinet or viola, cello and piano

Commissioned by the Dutch Association for Amateur music

1997

Mixed choir and orchestra

Voor Toonkunstkoor Utrecht (Utrecht Choral Society), cond. Jos Vermunt, 1st. perf. Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht
Tekst: William Blake

1996b

Recorders ATBB

Originally part of incidental music for 'Groeten uit zee' (Greetings from the Sea) 1996a

1996a

narrator/singer, 4 recorderplayers with various recorders, harp

For Brisk Recorder Kwartet Amsterdam, 1st perf. Haarlem, Concertgebouw Produced by David Prins, voice: Maureen Sariparnussa, commissioned by North-Holland Philharmonic Orchestra's Educational Service and the Provinc Noord- Holland, financially supported by the ThuisKopie Fonds.
Text: Joke van Leeuwen

1995c

Choir SATB

For the Dutch International Choral Festival Arnhem 1995
Text: Medieval anon. (Carmina Burana)