orchestra & ensembles

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2018c Utrechts Requiem: In Paradisum (Chamber version)

4 solo voices, clarinet, violin, violoncello and harp

Duration: 6' ca Kamermuziekversie van deel VIII: In Paradisum van het Utrechts Requiem 2018
Tekst: Herman van Tongerloo

2018b Utrechts Requiem: In Paradisum

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

Duration: 6' ca Part VIII of the 'Utrechts Requiem 2018' for the NEON Choir & Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo

2017b Utrechts Requiem: Sanctus

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

Duration: 5'35 Part I of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad. Gregorian

2017a Utrecht Requiem: Introïtus

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

Duration: 6'30 Part I of the 'Utrecht Requiem 2017', for the Dutch Chamber Choir and Ensemble Insomnio
Text: Herman van Tongerloo / trad.

2012c Deep River Dancing

String orchestra, marimba & percussion

Duration: 4' Based on different versions of Deep River, the well know 'Negro spiritual', written for the Fusion String Ensemble Fuse

2002a Concerto Grosso

small string orchestra

Duration: 15' Commissioned by the Constantijn Youth String Orchestra, cond. Roeland Robert.

1999c Utrecht Mirror of Saints / Utrechtse Heiligenspiegel

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

Duration: 60' 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

1998b O Nederlanden

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

Duration: 15' 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

1994b Bye Day, Bye Night

children's choir and piano (or small orchestra)

Duration: 15' For Children's Choir De Kickers, 1st perf. Purmerend, commissioned by the Educational Service of the Province Noord-Holland
Text: Mariëlle van Kilsdonk

1993-94 The Darling Buds of May

symf. orch. 2222 2as 211 perc, stringorchestra

Duration: 7' For the Riciotti Ensemble, supported by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst

1992e Short story from a no man's land

flute, horn, saxes AAT, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, doublebass

Duration: 12' For De Volharding (supported by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst), 1st perf. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

1985a First Things First

Dance opera: three dansers, three singers, three electrical guitarists, three percussionists

Duration: 70' 1st perf.: Amsterdam, Shaffy Theater, Company
Choreography: Marjolein van Nieuwkerk
Text by the composer

1984a Oh-song

flute, saxes SAT, 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, piano, double bass

Duration: 3' 1st perf. Leiden, 1984 (Orchestra De Onderste Steen)

1980-82 Debris, Soli

5 singers (SAATB), 2 clarinets, trumpet, horn, trombone, 2 electric guitars, bassguitar, 2 percussion

Duration: 60' Text: Diop, Okigbo, Ginsburg, Plath, Cummings

1976 A Dream of War

Voices and variable ensemble

Duration: 10' 1st perf. University of Utrecht