List of compositions by Juan María Solare

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This is a fairly complete list of works by composer and pianist Juan María Solare.

Contents

[edit] Stage works

[edit] Chamber music

  • "Suite Modal" for flute and clarinet (1985) [5']. First performed by Silvia Gelós and Amelia Saftich at the Anfiteatro Promúsica in Buenos Aires on 12 September 1986. Published: Dohr Verlag (Köln) ED 95286 (ISMN M - 2020 - 286 - 5). Recording by Regine Kuhn (flute) and Heidi Voss (clarinet), CD "Pifferari - Werke für Flöte und Klarinette", July 2001, Label Heidi Voss (Wiesbaden, Germany).
  • "Three pieces for clarinet and piano" (1986) [8'35"].
  • "Cuatro Croquis" [Four Sketches] for flute and piano (1988) [2']
  • Sonata for flute and piano (1988) [12']
  • "Seis bagatelas"
  • "Demeter" for string quartet (1990) [15']. To the late clarinetist Ariel Martínez. It was awarded first prize in the 1990 competition for composers organized by "Promociones Musicales de la Argentina".
  • "Siete monedas" [Seven Coins] for Flute, Viola and Violoncello. (1991) [12'45"]
  • "Extraños preludios y doble canon" [Strange preludes and double canon] for Wind Quintet. (1992) [6'30"]. To Cristina Galarza.
  • "Ben Oni", for Flute, Clarinet and Violoncello. (1992) [4'30"]. To Catherine Seymour. First performed by Tasneem Hanfi (Fl), Claudia Giesing (Cl) and Sonia Asselhofen (vcl) at the Musikhochschule of Cologne (Germany) on December 21, 1994.
  • "Diálogos últimos" [Ultimate dialogues] for two sufficiently distanced percussionists. (November 1992) [3'25"] First performed by Tibor Herczeg and Przemyslaw Fiolek at the Musikhochschule of Cologne (Germany) on December 21, 1994.
  • "Dos Dúos" [Two Duos] for Violin and Viola (Berlin, March 1994) [40" + 1']
  • "Arrorró" for violin and clarinet (Köln, 15 May 1995) [2'20"]. To Anahí and Nicolás Montes. First performed by Aki Komiyama - Yasuda and Diego Montes on October 27, 1995 at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn in Lüchow.
  • "Passacaglia über Heidelberg"
  • "Tetramorfos", four quartets for guitars (can be played separately) [16'15"]:

The quartets 1) and 3) were first performed on Friday 19th January 2001 at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne by Masao Tanibe, Pedro Munuera, Blandine Menard und Mehmet Özkanoglu.

  • "Nana", for viola and violoncello. (Köln, 2 - 7 February 1997). [5'15"] A Felix Walter - Bauckholt. First performed by the Thürmchen - Ensemble (with Caspar Johannes Walter, cello, and Almut Steinhausen, viola) on 1 March 1997 at the "Kölnischer Kunstverein" within the Festival of the Society of Cologne of New Music (KGNM).
  • "Neverness", second string quartet. (Cologne, 8 April - 2 May 1997). [20'00"]. 25 pages.
  • "Nenia in memoriam Juan Pedro Franze", for trombone, doublebass and piano. (Cologne, 22 April - 6 May 1997) [6'00"]. 11 pages. First performed on 2 August 1998 at the 39. Ferienkurse für neue Musik (Vacation Courses of New Music) in Darmstadt by Jürgen Schaal (Tbn), Sascha Jacobsen (Cb) and Eric Huebner (Pno). In 2000 the piece won the access to the International Rostrum of Composers, organized by the UNESCO, and - representing Argentina - was presented before producers from some 35 broadcasting stations on 8 June 2000 in Amsterdam (venue Beurs van Berlage).
  • "Palmas" [Palms] for choir to eight parts, or for a large number of musicians ("palmists") dividede in eight groups, or for eight percussionists. (Köln and Stuttgart - in part, Paris - 19 October - 29 December 1997) [11'00"].
  • "Two Still Lives in Free Fall"
  • "Arriba los de abajo" [Up those who are down]
  • "Zugzwang"
  • "Spaghettisssimo"
  • "Oasis", five pieces for violoncello and guitar. Madrid, Januar/February 1992 (two first pieces) & Köln, February/March 1999. [8'00"]. First performed on 17 October 1999 by Silvia Fernández (Guitar) and Silvia Luna (Violoncello) in the Asociación Italiana de Belgrano, in Buenos Aires.
  • "Variaciones sin tema (pensamiento paramétrico)" [Variations without Thema (parametric thought)] for string trio (violin, viola, violoncello). Cologne, 24/May - 29 June 1999. (embryonic idea: Göttingen September 1993.) [6'15"] (The first of the future "Tres Tristes Trios".)
  • "Nenia per Zorzi" for clarinet, violoncello and one percussionist (marimba, crotales and tom - tom). Buenos Aires, 22 - 30 August 1999. In memoriam Juan Carlos Zorzi. [6'00"]. 10 pages.
  • "Viejo Fueye Deconstruido" [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for Saxophon Tenor, Bandoneon, Doublebass and Piano. Cologne, 2 February - 2 March 2000. [9'15"]. 26 pages (requires parts).
  • "de capa caída", tango for two pianos. Cologne, 24 February - 19 March 2000. [8'00"]. 14 pages. To Dorothee Haddenbruch.
  • "Utopía caminante" [Walking Utopia], for trombone and violoncello. Darmstadt and Köln, 17 - 23 April 2000. [3'15"] 1 page. Ten years after the death of Luigi Nono. Premiered on 9 November 2000 at the Alte Feuerwache (Cologne) by members of the Quartet Avance: Mike Svoboda (trombone) and Cornelius Hummel (cello).
  • "Blockartig", for three recorders (T, T, B). Diez, Köln and trains to and from Amsterdam, 21 May to 19 June 2000. [9'00"] 8 pages. To the trio "les trois en bloc" (Barbara Engelmann, Anja Wetzki and Susanne Riemann).
  • "Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal)" [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute und clarinet (Preámbulo, Diálogo, Fragmentación, Rítmico and Coral). Cologne, 14 November to 4 December 2000. [7'00"] 11 pages. Dedicated to Mabel García Martínez.
  • "Blind Date" for two bass clarinets (with theatral elements). About 10 minutes. April 2000 - January 2001. To Paulo Alvares.
  • "Icarus" for quintet: flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Stuttgart and Cologne, 1998 - 99 & 2001. [6'00"] First performed in Cologne (Hall Alte Feuerwache) on 6 December 2001 by the Thürmchen Ensemble: Evelin Degen (flute), Diego Montes (clarinet), Clemens Merkel (violin), Caspar Johannes Walter (violoncello), Dorothea Eppendorf (piano), conductor: Erik Oña.
  • "Les Atavismes du crépuscule" [Atavisms of twilight], for clarinet, Alt Saxophon and Trombone. Worpswede, 2 December - 27 December 2001. [10'00"]. To Eduardo Benarroch and Agustín Blanco - Bazán.
  • "FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - Satiericon", nine pieces for piano four hands (Why, What, Where, When, Which, Who, The unaskable question, How, Why again). Worpswede and Lilienthal, 13 April - 20 April 2002. [13'00]. To Jorge Pítari.
  • "Aquelarre (tercera noche de Walpurgis)" for three trumpets. Mollina, Köln, Kürten, Worpswede, Bremen and Lilienthal, 2 July 2001 - 24 May 2002. [8'00"] To Friedemann Boltes.
  • "Anche" [also/reed] for trio d'anches (reed trio): oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Mollina, 29 June - 1 July 2002. [6'00"]. To Anke Bräuler.
  • "A fondo", milonga for violin and piano. Lilienthal, Köln, trains between Köln and Bremen, 17 August - 25 August 2002. [4'30"]. 4 pages. To "Fredo" Burmester.
  • "Schwebend" [Suspended] for Piccolo flute and string trio (Violin, Viola & Cello). Train Stuttgart - > Cologne 14 October, Cologne 15 October 2002. [4'30"] 3 pages.
  • "Dreiecksbeziehungen" [triangular relationships], for Bass-clarinet, Cello and Bandoneon. Flight London - >Bremen & Bus Bremen - >Worpswede, 21 November 2002. [6'00"]
  • "You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince", for English Horn and Alto Saxophone. Köln & Worpswede, 28 November - 12 December 2002. [6'30"] To Andreas van Zoelen & Susanne Lucker.
  • "Variationen über kein Thema (geometrisches Denken)" [Variations on "it's not a subject" (geometric thinking)] for string trio (violin, viola, cello). Salzburg, Munich, Worpswede; January 2003. [4'00"] (Is the second of the "Tres Tristes Tríos".)
  • "Skin & Bones" for two percussionists (Tom - toms and Woodblocks or Temple blocks).
    • I) evolving patterns (4 Tom - toms and 5 Woodblocks). Munich, 13 January - 14 January 2003. [3 '00"].
    • II) rhythmic canon (5 tom - toms and 5 woodblocks). Train Bremen - > Köln, 1 February 2003. [1'15"]
  • "Frère Jacques the Ripper (deconstructing the Canon)" for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Cello. Cologne, 27 January - 29 January 2003. [5'15"]
  • "Dimensión" [Dimension] Tango for sextet: Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Guitar, Bass, Piano. Worpswede & Köln, January - February 2003. [3'45"]
  • "Ölflecke auf dem Wasser" [Oil spots on the water] for Wind Quintet (Fl+Ob+Cl+Hn+Fg) Worpswede, 20 February - 22 February 2003. [4'30"]
  • "Anamnesis" for Septet (Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion [Vibraphon, Tam - tam and temple blocks]). Kürten, Köln & Worpswede, August 2002 - 26 March 2003. Commissioned by the Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea (Madrid). Written especially for the Plural Ensemble and dedicated to Elisabeth Dierlich. [13'00"] First performed on 13 May 2003 at the Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid) by the Plural Ensemble (conducted by Jean Paul Dessy).
  • "Balá" for two groups of informal instruments (or one single percussionist). Cologne, 17 April - 18 April 2003. To Carlitos Balá. 2 pages. [2'00"]
  • "Cristal plateado" [silvery cristal] for flute & vibraphone. Worpswede, 2003 - JAN/2004 [5'30"]
  • "Flaute" [dead calm], for four flutes. Airplane Frankfurt to Chicago, 19 July 2003, & Köln 6 - 7 August 2003. To Silvina Wainszelbaum [5'45"]
  • "EL ES (ein Trio in fünf Sätzen)" [He Is (one trio in five movements)] for violine, cello and piano. Berlin, Cologne, Worpswede, Bremen, diverse conveyance/transportation, November 2001 - September 2003. [Durations: (1'50" + 2'30" + 3'00" + 2'30" + 5'30") Total: 15'30"] Commission of the Kunststiftung NRW; written at the special request of Antonio Spiller. Dedicated to Ljerko Spiller. Premiered by the Spiller - Trio (Antonio Spiller, violin; Wen - Sinn Yang, Cello; Silvia Natiello, piano) on 23 November 2003 in the Max - Joseph - Saal of the Residenz, Munich. Recorded by the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  • "Pensierosa (milonga para tres)" [Pensative (Milonga for three)] for Violin, Cello and Piano. Worpswede, September 2003. [6'15"] To the Spiller Trio: Antonio Spiller, Silvia Natiello & Wen - Sinn Yang.
  • "Ostinato Suspenso" for sextet (violin, piano, dulcimer, timpani, drums, tube bells). Köln, 8 August & 1 October 2003. [1'35"] (for the short film "Mesa para dos")
  • "Degrees of Resonance" for Trumpet (with Live Electronic) and Organ. Bremen, flight Paris - > New York & Buenos Aires - > New York, Worpswede, Köln; 3 December 2003 - 21 January 2004. [6'30"] For the Duo Aureum (Friedeman Boltes & Guido Helmentag).
  • "Seasons" for Alto Flute, English horn & Guitar.
    • 1) Autumn [8'15"] (Worpswede & Köln, 16/JAN-2/FEB/2004)
    • 2) Winter [3'30"]
    • 3) Spring [4'40"]
    • 4) Summer
  • "Korrupter Walzer" [Corrupted Waltz] fore Flute & Piano. Köln & Worpswede, 14-18/APR/2004. To Cordula Bösze. [3'30"]
  • "Ritual Chamán" (Working title) for four percussionists. Köln, 3, 4 & 9/MAY/2004. [1'00"]
  • "Hypnosis (in another room)" for trio (clarinet [or viola d'amore], tenor saxophone & piano (after the homonymous piece for Viola); Köln 10-11/MAY/2004, version dedicated to the Thelema Trio. [2'30"] Premiere: Thelema Trio, Teatro Comunale de Citta della Pieve, Italy, 27/AUG/2004 (the concert was organised by the city major). Belgian first performance: Thelema Trio, 13/OCT/2004, De Rode Pomp, Gent, Belgium. Southamerican first performance: Thelema Trio, 24/OCT/2004 (Instituto Nacional de Cultura "La Libertad", Trujillo, Perú), 28/OCT/2004 (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú), 30/OCT/2004 (Universidad de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú) and 2/NOV/2004, 2º Festival Internacional de música clásica contemporánea de Lima.
  • "Momificación de una rosa" [Mummification of a rose] for violin (one or two). London (tube), 11-12/JUL/2004. [7'40"] "To her"
  • "Vidurria" for a quartet of a same instrument (4 horns, 4 clarinets, 4 violins in harmonics, etc.). Köln, July-2/AUG/2004. [15'00"] Premiere by the Clarinet Quartet Manuel de Falla (Enrique Pérez, Adolfo Garcés Sauri, Jorge Gil & José Selva) on 8/JUL/2005 at the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid).
  • "Zwei Duos für zwei" [Two Duos for Two] for two flutes. Worpswede, Bremen & Köln; 27-30/OCT/2004. [Total duration: 5'00" (2'05"+2'55")] To Katrin Dapper-Helmerding & Sabine Tiedtke.
  • "Kammerkonzert" [Chamber Concert] for Salon Orchestra (Fl+Clar+Bsn+3 Vln+Viola+Cello+Cb+Pno). Commission of the Landesmusikrat of Bremen. [Total duration: 26'30"] Premiered on 11/JUN/2005 by the salon orchestra Café Olé at the church Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen. The concert was recorded by Radio Bremen.
    • 1st Movement ("Sphärisch"): Köln, 15-18/NOV/2004. [5'00"]
    • 2nd Movement ("Klaustrophobie"): Worpswede, Bremen, Köln, 18-23/NOV/2004. [3'15"]
    • 3rd Movement ("Tango en espiral"): Worpswede, Bremen, Köln, NOV/2004-JAN 2005. [5'15"]
    • 4th Movement ("Abgesang"): Worpswede, Bremen, Köln, Salzburg, NOV/2004-14/FEB/2005. [13'00"]
  • "Fun-fare" for 4-parts Trumpet Ensemble and a drum. [2'45"]. Köln, 8-12/JAN/2005.
  • "FORUM" for flute quintet, 4-parts Trumpet Ensemble, drum and piano Includes version of the pieces Intrommel, Fun-fare and Ätherklavier. Finished in Worpswede, 26/FEB/2005. [10'00"] For the inauguration of the "Forum für Schule und Kultur" of the School "Annette von Droste Hülshoff" in Münster-Nienberge (Germany). Premiere: 17/ABR/2005.
  • "Tengo un tango" [I've gotta tango] for four guitars (after the original piece, for piano). Köln, 12/SEP & 19/OCT/2004. Version for guitar quartet: Buenos Aires, 13/APR/2005, & Köln 20/APR/2005. [5'20"]. Dedicated to Nicola B. Lahn and Walter Samsel.
  • "Tengo un tango" [I've gotta tango] for Nonet (2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 violins, guitar, bass and piano), after the original piece, for piano. Köln, 12/SEP & 19/OCT/2004. Version for Nonet: Köln, 24-25/APR/2005. [5'20"]. Dedicated to Nicola B. Lahn und Walter Samsel. First performance: on 28/MAY/2005 at the Gemeindehaus of the Zionskirche in Worpswede, Germany, by the Orquesta no típica conducted by the composer. Repeated on 16/JUN/2005 (same performers) at the Theater of the University in Bremen.
  • "Arroyo seco" [Dry River] for Trio (variable instrumental line-up). Tandil, 18-24/MAR/2005 (realisation: until JUN 2005 in Bremen, Worpswede, Köln and diverse means of transportation). [7'00"]
  • "Dos elegías" [Two Elegies] for violin and cello (or Horn).
    • I) Bremerhaven & Worpswede, 27-28/APR/2005. [6'00"].
    • II) Köln, 30/APR-1/MAY/2005. [2'10"]
  • "Mai-Glöckchen" [Little Bells of May / Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)] Version for flute trio, made in Worpswede on 14/JUN/2005, of the original piece for piano solo, written in Köln in 11/MAY/2005). [2'35"]. It will integrate a cycle of "flowers" together with "Herbst-zeitlose" and others.
  • "Tengo un tango" [I've gotta tango] for quartet (flute [or violin], bandoneon, doublebass and piano), after the original piece, for piano. Cologne, 12/SEP & 19/OCT/2004. Version for quartet: Worpswede & Bremen, 26/JUN - 1/JUL/2005 [5'20"]. Dedicated to Nicola B. Lahn und Walter Samsel.
  • "Tango en ciernes" for tenor saxophone and piano. (Original for piano: Worpswede, 30/JUN; Bremen, 1/JUL; Köln 2/JUL/2005.) [3'00"] To Eduardo Kohan. Premiere: Eduardo Kohan (sax) and the composer (piano) in a private concert in Worpswede (house of Ulrike Dehning) on 10/JUL/2005. First performance in Switzerland: Eduardo Kohan (sax) and the composer (piano) at the Leopard Room of the Hôtel d'Angleterre, Geneve, 12/AUG/2005. Repeated by both performers on 13/AUG/2005 at the Hôtel d'Angleterre, on 14/AUG/2005 at the Bains des Pâquis and on 15/AUG/2005 in the home of Ms. Marianne Bally, in Geneve.
  • "Un eremita", lonely/solitary milonga for one instrument and piano. Köln, 17-18/JUL/2005 (precisions: Bremen, 15/SEP/2005). [6'00]
  • "Tango en ciernes" for quintet (saxo alto, saxo tenor, bandoneon, doublebass and piano). After the original for piano. Arrangement for quintet: Köln (22/AUG) & Train Köln->Bremen (24/AUG/2005). [3'00"] To Eduardo Kohan. First performance: 14/OCT/2005 at the AMR in Geneve, Switzerland, by the group "LIBERTANGO": Eduardo Kohan (tenor saxophone), Stefano Saccon (alto saxophone), Alain Ray (bandoneón), Jean Ferrarini (piano) and Claude Currat (double bass).
  • "Con un sapo en la nariz" [With a toad in the nose] for two bass clarinets, two celli, or one of each. Buses and tranways from Worpswede to Bremen, 25/AUG-2/SEP/2005. [3'33"]. To Petra Stump & Heinz-Peter Linshalm.

[edit] Works for Solo Instruments

  • "Doce variaciones 1987" [Twelve Variations 1987] for piano (1987) [12']
  • "Trenodia" [Threnody] for viola (Buenos Aires, May 1989) [3'20"]. To Carlos María Solare. First performed by Carlos María Solare in the Aula Magna of the University at Tandil, on 6 April 1991. Violin version: first performed by Juan Roqué Alsina in the Biblioteca Nacional, Buenos Aires, on 26 September 1997.
  • "Delta", three pieces for clarinet (Buenos Aires 1990) [5'15"]
  • "Maverick", for unaccompanied violin. Berlin, March 1992. To Dietrich Lasius. [3'00"]
  • "Milonga Nunca Más", for piano (1994) [3"30"]. To Carlos Guastavino, Pedro Sáenz and Juan José Ramos. First performed by María Victoria Asurmendi on 7 December 1999 at the Círculo Naval in Buenos Aires.
  • "Vae Victis" [Woe to the Vanguished], for Tenor Saxophon (Cologne, March 1994) [3'00"]. To Enrique Martín Entenza. Third Honorific Mention in the First National Competition "Juan Carlos Paz", organized in 1996 by the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (National Endowment for the Arts) in Argentina (category "work for soloist instrument")
  • "Kabstraktion", Sounding Moment for piano (Cologne, 1994) [1'15"]
  • "In the middle of Nowhere", for piano (Cologne, May 1994) [3'00"]. First performed by the composer on 20 June 1994 at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. Again during Vacation Courses of New Music at Darmstadt, on 7 August 1994.
  • "La memoria de Caronte" [The memory of Caronte] for piano (Cologne, June 1994) [4'30"]. To Ligia. First performed by Dorothee Haddenbruch on 3 February 2000 in the Aula Magna of the Musikhochschule in Cologne, accompanied by a silent performance by Ligia Liberatori. Repeated by Dorothee Haddenbruch on 1 April 2000 at the Lukaskirche in Cologne - Flittard, on 23 June 2001 at the Kulturbunker Mülheim (Cologne), and on 30 September 2001 at the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach (Germany). performed by the composer at a home concert at Gudrun Laves' in Worpswede (Germany) on 10 August 2002.
  • "Monaden" [Monads] for violoncello (Cologne, February 1995) [1'10"]. To Amy Leung.
  • "Tres Preludios Arcaicos" [Three archaic Preludes] for Tuba alone (Cologne, April - June 1995) [7'00"]. 15 pages. First performed by Miguel Moreno in the Museo Thyssen in Madrid (concert of the Plural Ensemble) on June 10, 1998.
  • "Sinapsis" [Synapse], Rhapsody for bass clarinet (Cologne, May - July 1995) [7'00"] To Diego Montes. 14 pages.
  • "Happy Birthday, Mr. K." for clarinet (Cologne, 21 - 22 July 1995) [0'30"]. To Karlheinz Stockhausen. 1 page.
  • "... de bueyes perdidos ..." ["... about lost Oxen ..."] Prelude with Markov - chains, for piano (Cologne, July - August 1995) [4'00"]. To Diego Prigollini. 7 pages.
  • "... WOLF ..." nocturne for violoncello (Cologne, July - August 1995) [7'00"]. To Amy Leung. 4 pages.
  • "Epiclesis"
  • Prelude 1 for Horn alone (Cologne 1995) [2'40"] 2 pages. First performed by Gaetan Lagrange at the Musikhochschule in Cologne the 12 February 1996. Also performed by Henryk Sienkiewicz on 25 September 2001 at the British Music Information Centre, London.
  • "Eufemismos Tautológicamente Perifrásticos" [tautologically periphrastic euphemisms], five pieces for unaccompanied oboe (Cologne - Madrid, February - March 1996) [6'15"] 9 pages. World premiere by Catherine Pluygers on 24 October 2000 at the British Music Information Centre (BMIC), London, in the frame of the Third London New Wind Festival.
  • "Viaje nocturno por el mar", three pieces for unaccompanied guitar ("Efluvios flamígeros", "Morid antes de morir" and "Claustrofobia ligetiana"). Cologne, October 1996. [12'00" = 5'00" + 4'00" + 3'00"] To Pedro Munuera - Viñegla. Third Honorific Mention in the "First XICOATL Composition Competition for Guitar 'Agustín Barrios Mangoré'" organized in 2000 by YAGE, Association for the Latinamerican Arts, Science and Culture (Salzburg, Austria) and ASPEKTE SALZBURG, Association for the impulse of today's Art and Music.
  • "Apuntes en una libreta de apuntes (doce nenias)" [Notes in a notebook (twelve nenias)] (Cologne, November 1996) [8'45"] "To those, from whom I've learned and now are dead (Horacio López de la Rosa, Pedro Sáenz, Juan José Ramos ...)" 7 pages. First performed by Sascha Schroeder on May 27, 1998 in the auditorium "Freie Kammerspiele Köln", in Cologne (Germany). Published in Ricordi München (Sy 2712) middle of 2002.
  • "Anfibios, batracios y quelonios" [Batrachian], six hypothetically easy pieces for unaccompanied violin. Train Paris - > Irún, December 7, 1996. [5'45"] To Ligia. 8 pages. First performed by Ferah Özkarpat on May 27, 1998 in the auditorium "Freie Kammerspiele Köln", in Cologne (Germany).
  • "Full moon over the horizon", for harpsichord. Cologne, 20 February - 22 February 1997. [4'15"] A Suzana Mendes. 7 páginas.
  • "Entre Escila y Caribdis (cinco miniaturas urbanas)" [Between Scylla and Charybdis (five urban miniatures)] for clarinet solo. Köln, 2 March - 8 March 1997. [5'40"] To Rainer Stach. 9 pages. First performed by Miriam Schwering on May 27, 1998 in the auditorium "Freie Kammerspiele Köln", Cologne (Germany). First performance in Argentina by Eduardo Ihidoype on 11 August 2002 during the 34th Festival Internacional Encuentros 2002 (artistic direction: Alicia Terzián) at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires).
    • I: N.Y.
    • II: Islamabad
    • III: Madrid, acaso Toledo
    • IV: Tandil
    • V: B.A.
  • "No animal was harmed in the making of this piece", for violoncello. Köln and Stuttgart, 17 January - 1 March 1998. [8'00"] 5 pages.
  • "El caballero de la triste figura (jinete de quimérica montura)" [The knight of the illfavoured face (rider of fanciful mount)] for double bass. Köln, 20 March - 22 March 1998. [13'00] To Cristóbal Halffter for his 68 years. 10 pages. First performed by Holger Philippsen on 29 October 1998 in the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart. Commended in the 1999 Composition Contest of the British & International Bass Forum (BIBF).
  • "Pituphonie" for unaccompanied bandoneon. Cologne, 22 November - 28 November 1998. [3'00"] To Enrique Martín Entenza. 3 pages.
  • "One hundred and fifty - three fish" for crotales (extension: two octaves) or glockenspiel. Cologne, 13 April 1999. [2'35"]. To James Mac Aonghus. 2 pages.
  • "Baile Atha Cliath" ballad for recorder. Köln, 20 - 23 May 1999. [3'45"]. For Lucia Mense. 4 pages. First performed by Gonzalo Ariel Juan in Buenos Aires on 27 June 1999. European First performance by Susanne Riemann on 20th/05/2000 in Diez (Germany).
  • "Helmholtz - Straßen Blues" [Helmholtz Street Blues] for (French) Horn. Köln, 7 June - 10 June 1999. [6'30"]. To Domingo Zullo. 5 pages. World premiere by Henryk Sienkiewicz on 25 September 2001 at the British Music Information Centre, London.
  • "Saludo" [Greeting], for a pianist. Köln, 30/JUL - 7 August 1999. [4'00]. For Karlheinz Stockhausen in his 71st birthday. 6 pages.
  • "Expansión" [Expansion] for bass clarinet. Köln, 2 August - 17 August 1999. [4'00]. To Martín Moore. 5 pages.
  • "Mireya" for bandoneon. Buenos Aires, 1 September - 3 September 1999. [5'30"]. In remembrance of Alicia Artal.
  • "Garúa infinita" [endless drizzle], Prelude for piano. Buenos Aires, 17 September 1999. [4'15"] To Estela Telerman.
  • "QAMarch", for flute. Buenos Aires, September 24 to October 14, 1999. [5'30"] To Mario Alberto Domínguez, Paul Locaux. First performed by Lars Nilsson in Mendoza on 19 September 2000.
  • "Anochecer en Ushuaia" [Nightfall in Ushuaia], simple Tango for Piano (right Hand alone). One may play it on Guitar. Cologne, 10 February 2000. [3'00"] 2 pages. First performed by the composer on 20 November 2001 in the Representation of the Federal State of Low Saxony (Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen), in Berlin, during a concert for the benefit of the Foundation "Kinder von Tschernobyl" (Children of Chernobil), presenting a Calendar with pictures by other scholarshipped of the Künstlerhäuser Worpswede.
  • "e", for piano solo. 16 February - 17 February 2000. [2'43"] To Luca Miti. 3 pages and indications. First performance: Luca Miti on 15 December 2002 at the Associazione Culturale V.O.C.I., Rome (IV Festival "...tra composizione e improvvisazione").
  • "Tanka", Sounding Moment for Organ. Cologne, 11 - 14 March 2000. [5'00"]. To Josef Rebbe. Premiere by Josef Rebbe on 1 April 2000 in the Lukaskirche, Köln. English first performance at the Christ Church Chester as part of the Chester Ash Wednesday Service on 13 February 2002, as part of the "New Organ Works Project" (Ian Thomas).
  • "Inside village" for one percussionist. Darmstadt, 10 April - 11 April 1999 and Cologne, 26 April to 14 May 2000. To Isao and Clyde Nakamura. [5'00" - 7'00"]
  • "Neunzehn Atemzüge" for piano. Cologne, 27 May 2000. To Cordula Dietrich. [2'45"]
  • "Namaste", three pieces for bass clarinet ("Tango del minuto", "Primera Puerta" and "Within"). Köln, 23rd - 29 June 2000. To Guido Arbonelli. [6'00"]. "Within" was first performed by Guido Arbonelli on 1 May 2001 at the University of Hartford (USA).
  • "Israfil" for Trumpet. Köln, 25th - 28 July 2000. To Friedemann Boltes. [2'30"]
  • "Carpe Noctem" for Bass Saxophone. Köln, November - December 2000. For Andreas van Zoelen. [6'00"] First performance: Andreas van Zoelen at the Conservatoriumzaal in Tilburg (Holand) on 8 January 2002, during a big Festival dedicated to the Sax (Traces of Saxophone). Repeated by the same performer on 24 February 2002 at the Koffieconcert Culturele Raad Goes (Holland)
  • "Biblische Monodien" [Biblical Monodies] for English Horn ("From the land of Hus", "In the belly of the big fish", "The eagle of Patmos"). Köln, Madrid and London, 1 July 2000 to 11 January 2001. For Almut Kallenberg. [9'00"] First performed by Almut Kallenberg on 13 June 2001 in the Aula Magna of the Musikhochschule in Cologne.
  • "JOTAERRE" for oboe or oboe d'amore. Köln, 14 February - 15 February 2001. To Jaime Rodríguez - Roa. [2'30"]
  • "Fastango" for piano. Trains from Köln to Salzburg (both ways), 28 February and 6 March 2001, details in Köln until 2/ABR/2001. For a choreography of Antonella Marcucci. [3'30"] First performed by Gert Kapo on 1 June 2001 at the Studiotheater of the Musikhochschule in Cologne ("Tanzabend junge Choreographen" - "Dance Evening Young Choreographs") with a choreography by Antonella Marcucci, performed by Anna Mühlberger and Anna Schmurko.
  • "Unterwegs" [on the way] for trumpet. Cologne & Worpswede, 11 May - 24 June 2001. In memoriam María Clara Blanco. [5'30"]
  • "Caño" [tube/pipe] for (alto) saxophone. Mollina and Madrid, 11 July - 14 July 2001. To Borja Judel. [4'00"]
  • "Twelve Generations (interludio alla passacaglia)", for Horn solo. Cologne, diverse aeroplanes and trains, Mollina and Worpswede; 2 November 1995 - 23 July 2001. To Henryk Sienkiewicz. [4'30"]. 5 pages. World premiere by Henryk Sienkiewicz on 25 September 2001 at the British Music Information Centre, London.
  • "Perlas Esparcidas" for Trumpet. Can be also performed with English horn or bassett horn. Kürten, 10 August 2001. [2'20"] One page.
  • "Winchmore Hill" for piano. Worpswede, 27 August - 20 September 2001. To James Mac Aonghus. [4'00"] Premiere by Dorota Niziol in Stuttgart on 28 September 2002, with a choreography by Diana - Maria Sagvosdkina (Studio für BewegungsChiffren) within the frame of the Kulturmarkt Stuttgart.
  • "Blues en mí" [Blues in E / Blues in me] for piano. Worpswede, 9 October - 18 October 2001. To Hans - Dieter Ludwig (H.D.) [3'20"] 4 pages. First performance by the composer at the Music Hall in Worpswede (Germany) on 3 May 2002.
  • "RED - a deconstructed Blues" (music for Marcel Worms) for piano. Mollina, Kürten and Worpswede, 5 July - 7 November 2001. [4'30"] 4 pages. Premiere by Marcel Worms on 7 June 2002 at the Goethe Institut in Paris. Performed again by the composer on 8 June 2002 at the Museum Gerhard - Marcks - Haus, Bremen.
  • "Weise weiße Weisen" [Wise white melodies] for any monodic instrument
    • 1) Kanon zu einer Stimme (canon a una voz). Worpswede 10 December - 11 December 2001. [3'30"]. 2 pages. in memoriam George Harison.
    • 2) Simetrías por doquier [Symmetries everywhere]. Worpswede - Lilienthal, 10 January - 27 January 2002. [4'00"] 2 pages. To Patricia Boschin.
    • 3) Marea [Tide]. Darmstadt, 23 March - 27 March 2002. A Luisa Sello.
    • 4) In a In a Lindenmeyer System. Bus Worpswede - > Bremen, 5 May 2003. [1'10"]
    • 5) (No title yet) Worpswede, 6 September 2003. [1'40"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
    • 6) (No title yet) Worpswede, 6/SEP/2003. [1'40"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
    • 7) Pitch mapping. Bremen & Köln, 23-24/MAY/2005. [4'15"] To Katrin Dapper-Helmerding on her 44th birthday.
  • "Centipede - a study on counting" for one percussionist (5 instruments of a kind: 5 woodblocks or 5 tom - toms, etc.) Worpswede, 10 December - 18 December 2001. [10'00"] 6 pages.
  • "Pasaje Seaver", tango for piano. Worpswede, 5 - 22 December 2001. To my father. [7'30"] 5 pages. First performance by the composer on 15 March 2002 at the Café Central, Worpswede (Germany).
  • "Poli (another study on counting)" for one percussionist or two at unisono (2 sets of 5 instruments of a kind, for instance: 5 woodblocks and 5 tom - toms) Lilienthal and Worpswede, 17 March - 19 March 2002. [6'30"] 2 pages.
  • "Strophen, Etüde für Roman" [Strophes, study for Roman], for piano. Worpswede, 25 April 2002. [3'00"] 1 page.
  • "Fragmentango", for one until infinite pianists. Worpswede, 7 May - 8 May 2002. [3'00"] 1 page. To my mother Beatriz. First performed on 20 June 2002 at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, Departament Wuppertal, during the Final Concert of the Improvisation Course coordinated by Dorothee Haddenbruch. Performers: Jana Kunina, Noeko Takimura, David J Becher, Florian Besten, Felicia Schick & Christina Schraub.
  • Autoblues for piano. Lilienthal, 30 May 2002. [1'10"]
  • "im Zeitenreich" for Organ. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 10 June 2002. To Ulrike Dehning. [3'00"] Premiere on 9 November 2002 by Ulrike Dehning in the Zionskirche in Worpswede.
  • "Sonatango" for piano. The four movements may be performed separately and have independient titles:
  • "häi ka", Sounding Moment for piano. Kürten, 30 July 2002. [1'00"] To Karlheinz Stockhausen.
  • "Es geht noch" blues for piano, study for beginners. Worpswede & Bremen, 29 August - 5 September 2002. [1'15"] 1 page.
  • "Deleidades", canon in baguala style for piano. Bus Bremen - > Worpswede, 12 September 2002. [1'00"] 1 page. For Delia Geddes in her 48 years.
  • Sosiego [calmness], for Organ. Train Bremen - > Köln, 20 September, Cologne 21 September 2002. [10'00"] To Ulike Dehning.
  • "Caminata nocturna (por Colonia)", for piano (for students). Cologne, 22 September 2002. [1'45"], 1 page. (There is a version for two recorders, SA or AT, made by the composer in Köln on 22 September 2002).
  • "Allá en el bajo" [Down there at the harbour], milonga for double bass. London, 18 November - 20 November 2002. [2'15"] To James Mac Aonghus. First performed by Sergio Rivas on 19 December 2002 at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires.
  • "Lark in the Dark" for piano. Train Bremen - >Köln, 22 November 2002. [1'15"] There is a version (by the composer) for two violins (Köln, 26 November 2002)
  • "Mois de pèlerinage" [Months of pilgrimage], twelve monthly preludes for piano solo. January - December 2002. Whole cycle: 60 minutes. Each prelude may be performed separately:
    • "Estalactitas" [Stalactites], speleological prelude for piano. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 29 January - 31 January 2002. To Patrizia Boschin. [5'00"] 2 pages. Premiere on 14 June 2002 by Patrizia Boschin at the Church Guter Hirt, Lilienthal (Germany). Repeated by the composer on 10 August 2002 in Worpswede (house concert at Gudrun Laves').
    • "Moormoos" [Moss of the bog], prelude with resonances for piano. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 9 February - 16 February 2002. To Luis Alfredo Duarte Herrera [6'30"] 3 pages. First performance by the composer on 8 December 2002 in a home - concert at Hildegard Stausberg, in Cologne.
    • "Solsticio" [Solstice], astronomic prelude for piano. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 30 March - 31 March 2002. [4'00"]
    • "Relojes Blandos" [Soft Clocks], prelude for piano. Worpswede, 2 - 5 April 2002. [7'30"] 3 pages. First performed by the composer on the "Kultourbahn" ("cultoural trainway") during the "Long Night of the Museums" in Bremen, on 8 June 2002. Repeated on the same day (twice) at the museum Gerhard - Marcks - Haus, Bremen.
    • "Countdown", prelude for piano. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 8 - 26 May 2002. [4'30"] 4 pages.
    • "Plus Ultra" [Beyond], prelude for piano. Worpswede & Lilienthal, 9 - 17 June 2002.
    • "Afterthoughts", prelude for piano. Madrid and Kürten, 15/JUL - 4 August 2002. To Ramón Barce. [4'00"]
    • "Mar adentro" [Out to see], prelude for piano. Kürten, Bremen, Köln, Lilienthal, Worpswede, 4 - 31 August 2002
    • "Rapsodia Porteña", prelude for piano. Worpswede and Lilienthal, 31 August - 4 September 2002. [3'15"] 4 pages.
    • "Equinoccio" [equinox], one more astronomic prelude for piano. 19 - 30 October 2002. [3'15"] To Elisabeth Dierlich. Premiere on 5/ENE/2003 at the Atelier Gudrun Laves, Worpswede.
    • "Atonalgotán (un preludio tanguístico no tonal y deconstruído)" [Atonalgotán (a non - tonal, deconstructed prelude in tango - style)] for piano. Train Bremen - >Köln & Köln, 30 November 2002. [1'45"] To Carlos María Solare. A version for tenor saxophone, vibraphone and acordeon (Köln & Bremen, 17 December - 19 December 2002) is dedicated to the group "Oiasso Novis".
    • "Estalagmitas" [Stalagmites], one more speleological prelude for piano. Worpswede, 24 December - 29 December 2002. To Elisabeth Dierlich. [5'00"]
  • "Precalientamiento personal: Estudio en LA menor" (Private preheat: Study in A minor), for piano (cycle of technic studies). Lilienthal & Worpswede, Middle 2002. [2'00"]
  • "Snowy Field with bells", five fractal melodies for tubular bells. Salzburg, 10 January 2003. [6'00"]
  • "Strassencafé" (Street Café), for piano (for students). Worpswede, 17 January 2003. 1 page. [0'40"]
  • "Langostango", for piano (for students). Worpswede, 23 January 2003. [1'10"]
  • "Continuando", for piano (for students). Worpswede, 23 January 2003 & in the train Köln - >Bremen, 30 January 2003. [1'25"] Second version for trio (piano, flute and E - Bass) written in Köln on 8 August 2003 (for the short film "Mesa para dos"). Third version para bandoneon solo (Köln, 16 September 2003).
  • "Zeitfluss", for piano (for students). Worpswede, 6 - 14 February 2003. [0'30"] Version for quartet (Vibraphon, Marimba, E - Bass and tube bells), 8 October 2003 (for the short film "Mesa para dos").
  • "Islamic Memories" for clarinet solo (one or two, optional). Köln, 20 - 27 April 2003. 3 pages. [5'30"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
  • "Naturgeträumt, erste Flageoletüde" for piano. Gersfeld (Rhön, Germany), 8 June 2003. 2 pages. [12'00"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
  • "Akemilonga" for piano. Köln, 23 June 2003. [1'45"] To Akemi Ishijima. Premiere by the composer on 14 November 2003 in Bremen (Brauhauskeller). There is a version by the composer for flute, clarinet, 2 violins, guitar and Bass, made on 9 July 2003 in Worpswede. And a third version (Köln 5 October 2003) for sextet (Flute, Marimba, piano, E - Bass, steel drums, bass drum) for the short film "Mesa para dos"
  • "Ätherklavier (Berceuse non canonique pour Luciano Berio)" [Piano of ether (non canonic berceuse for Luciano Berio)]. For piano. Worpswede, 3 May - 4 May & 29 June - 30 June 2003. 2 pages. [5'00"]
  • "Orgelmusik" [Organ music] Köln, 8 August 2003. [0'15"] (for the short film "Mesa para dos")
  • "Soliloquium Nr 1" for violoncello. Köln, 26 August - 27 August 2003. [4'00"]. To Klaus Bettag & Gerda Krohn - Bettag.
  • "Déjà Blues" for piano. Köln & Worpswede, 1 September - 5 September 2003. [1'30"]. To Gustavo Lanzón.
  • "Conga con gas" [conga with gas] for one percussionist (three congas). Kürten, Worpswede & Bremen, AUG - 9 September 2003. [3'00"] To Hakim Ludin.
  • Windstoß (Haiku Nr. 4) for piano. Worpswede, 11 September 2003. [1'25"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
  • "Para Lisa" [For Lisa] Walz - Bagatelle for piano. Worpswede, 15 October - 17 October 2003. [2'00"] For Elisabeth Dierlich. Premiere by the composer on 14 November 2003 in Bremen (Brauhauskeller). Version for sextet (Fl+Cl+2Vln+Guit+Bass) train Bremen - >Köln 21 February 2004 & Köln, 22 February 2004.
  • "Poema del quinto elemento" [Poem of the fifth element], for one percussionist (5+1 tibetan bells). Worpswede, London, Cologne, Sevilla, Bremen, 13 December 2002 - 7 November 2003. [11'00"] To Elisabeth Dierlich.
  • "Truro Road" for piano. Worpswede, 8 November 2003. [3'40"] To Catherine Seymour, ten years later.
  • "Flatternd - Etüde für Larissa" [Flattering - Study for Larissa] for piano. Bremen, Worpswede, Train Bremen - > Köln; 21/NOV & 5 December 2003. [1'30"]
  • "Hypnosis (in another room)" for Viola (or Violin). Worpswede, Bremen & Train Bremen->Cologne, 7/MAY/2004. There is a second version for trio (clarinet, tenor saxophone & piano; Köln 10-11/MAY/2004, version dedicated to the Thelema Trio) [2'30"]
  • "Estrofas Gregorianas" [Gregorian Strophes], five pieces for any melodic instrument or for voice (solo or choir bocca chiusa). May be performed as Duo: two muted instruments unisono. Composed in Köln 3-8/MAY/2004. [5'40" (1'10" + 1'00" + 0'45" + 1'20" + 1'25"].
  • "Partikeln" [particles] for Saxophone (Tenor, Bariton, Bass or contrabass). The soloist must scream certain German words (linguistic particles). Composed in Cologne 23-24/MAY/2004 (corrections until 29/MAY). Dedicated to Peter Verdonck. [4'00"] Premiered by Peter Verdonck on 25/JUL/2004 at the Gentse Feesten in Gent, Belgium.
  • "Momificación de una rosa" [Mummification of a rose] for violin (one or two). London (tube), 11-12/JUL/2004. [7'40"] "To her"
  • "Trauermarsch" [funeral march] for bass drum (or a timpano). Köln, 2-3/AUG/2004. [2'50"]
  • "L'étincelle obtenue", three pieces (and a postscriptum) for clarinet solo (or any other melodic instrument). To Marco Mazzini. [Total duration: at least 17'45"; maximum 21'20"]
    • I) Köln, 26-28/JUL/2004. [3'30"]
    • II) Köln, 4-8/AGO/2004. [7'00"]
    • III) Köln, 9-31/AGO/2004. [7'15"].
    • IV) ad libitum: perform the first piece again, a twelfth lower (there is an especific score for that). [3'35"]
  • "Soliloquium 2" [Soliloquy nr. 2] for flute. Köln, 26/AUG-1/SEP/2004. [4'00"]. To Katrin Dapper-Helmerding.
  • "Convalecencia" [Convalescence] for one or two clarinets. Köln, 29/NOV/2004. [5'00"]. To Marco Mazzini.
  • "blaue Rose" [blue rose] for cello. Worpswede, 12-13/JAN/2005. [4'15"]. To Jani [Juliane Dehning].
  • "Intrommel" [Intro-drum] for drum. Köln, 19/JAN/2005. [1'50"]
  • "La beauté du geste" [The beauty of gesture] for tenor saxophone (only key clicks). Salzburg, 14/FEB/2005. [5' - 11'00"] To Eduardo Kohan.
  • "Orgelpunkt" [Pedal point] for Organ. Worpswede, 31/MAY/2005. [8' - 10'00"]. To Ulrike Dehning.
  • "Interludio nº 2" for guitar. Worpswede, 23/JUL/2005. [3'35"] To Analía Rego.
  • [no title yet] for Cello solo. Airplane Buenos Aires->San Martín de los Andes, 2/ABR/2005, Bremen & Köln, 11/SEP/2005. [6'00"]

[edit] Lieder

  • "Canción II" [Second Song] (Text: Garcilaso de la Vega); for voice and piano. (About 1981) [1'30"]
  • "Vocalise" for voice and piano (About 1982) [2']
  • "Ajedrez I y II" [Chess I and II], (Jorge Luis Borges); voice and piano (1986) [2'+ 2'30"] To Mauricio Carlón. Ajedrez I was first performed on 11 May 2001 at the Volkshochschule in Düsseldorf by Cristina Haigis (Soprano) and the composer (piano). Repeated by both performers on 20 October 2001 at the Cultural Café Modigliani, also in Düsseldorf.
  • "Ambos lados del ocaso" [Both sides of twilight] (Jorge Luis Borges); viola and soprano (1989) [7'15"]
  • "Más allá del amor" [Beyond love] (Javier Adúriz); mezzosoprano, violin, viola, clarinet (1992) [3']
  • "Ich trage allein" [I bear it alone] (Friedrich Rückert); for soprano and piano (Göttingen, Aug - Sept 1993) [1'30"]
  • "Schwächen"
  • "Ligia Lieder
  • "Black Bart"
  • "Pope"
  • "Anfangs" [At the beginning] (Heinrich Heine), for baritone, clarinet, Horn and violoncello (Cologne, 28/Aug - 12/Sep 1996) [3'35"]
  • "Catharsis (before night comes) Stimmstück III, per voce femminile" for female voice. Phonetic text. (Cologne, March - April 1997 and Worpswede, June 2001) To Ligia Liberatori on her 33 birthday. [ca. 7'00"]
  • "Delicias del balón (pan y fútbol)" [Delights of the ball (bread and football)]. For one speaker (he or she) Own text in Spanish. (Cologne, 2nd - 4 March 1999) [ca. 5 - 8'00"]
  • "Luz de fondo" [Background light], for contralto and violoncello. Text by Lucrecia Romera. (Airplane Buenos Aires - > London, 20 October 1999, details in Cologne on 1 November 1999.) [1'45"]. First performed on 15 December 1999 at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, in Buenos Aires, by Victoria Zotalis (contralto) and Fabio Loverso (cello).
  • "Postmodern Psalm", for cazoo quartet (SATB). Without text. (Trains, buses and tranways, 14 - 20 November 1999). [5'15"]
  • "Nachts" [By night], lyric monodrama for bariton, clarinet, trumpet and guitar. Text by Franz Kafka (saved by Max Brod). Köln, 8/May - 26/JULY/2000. To Silke Kleemann. [12'00"] Will be first performed by Stefan Schauer (bar), Michele Marelli (cl), Friedemann Boltes (tpt) and Alexander Eugster (guit) in the north of Germany in SEP/2001.
  • "Presenze - Memorie - Colori - Respiri (Haiku Nr 3 - suono non statico)" for (woman) voice, trumpet and bassoon. First version: graphic score. Cologne, 12 - 16 March 2001. [5'00"]
  • "Mala leche", quasi a rural milonga for voice and piano. Text by Javier Adúriz. Cologne, 21 - 29 April 2001. To Cristina Haigis. [4'00"] 4 pages. First performed by Cristina Haigis (soprano) and Juan María Solare (piano) on 20 October 2001 at the Café Modigliani, Düsseldorf.
  • "al trabajo" [to work], for a monotonous speaker. Idea: London towards 1998, realisation: Darmstadt March 2002. [1'00"]
  • "Milongas grecolatinas" song cycle for voice and guitar or piano (and Bass ad libitum). Texts: Pedro Lastra. [Total duration: 14'10"]
    • 1)"Plinio revisitado" [Plinio revisited] for voice and guitar. Text: Pedro Lastra. Salzburg, 8 October 2002 (precisions: Cologne 28 October 2002). [1'30"] To Felix & Cristina Haigis. First performed von Natalia Chernyavska (voice) & Andreas Lieberg (guitar) in the Community Hall of the Zionskirche, Worpswede (Germany) on 31 May 2003.
    • 2)"Meditación de Teseo" for voice and guitar. Text: Pedro Lastra. Köln, 3 - 4 November 2002. [2'30"].
    • 3)"Reflexiones de Aquiles". Version for voice and piano. Text: Pedro Lastra. Köln, 10 February & 4 - 6 March 2003. [1'30"]
    • 4)"Sísifo" Version for voice and piano. Text: Pedro Lastra. Köln, 23 - 24 February 2004. [6'20"]
    • 5)"Espero cada día que cante la sirena" for voice & piano. Text: Pedro Lastra. Köln, 10 February 2004. [2'20"]
  • "Diálogo de la sombra" [Dialog of the shadow] for soprano and guitar. Text: Pedro Lastra. Salzburg, 11 October 2002. [1'30"] To Cristina Haigis.
  • "Fyr", Lieder parlati for recitator and piano (eventually one single performer). Salzburg and Cologne, October 2002. [11'05]
    • I) Warning! (text in English) [1'50"]
    • II) Matafuego [fire extinguisher] (text in Spanish) [4'00"]
    • III) Incendio Boschivo (text in Italian) [3'30"]
    • IV) Rauchen [To Smoke] (text in German) [1'45"]
  • "Fall - Out (eine stille Katastrophe)" [Fall - Out (a silent catastrophe)] for voice (woman or man) and piano. Text: Nadeschda Petrowna Wigowskaja, eye - witness of the desaster of the reactor at Chernobyl. Worpswede, diverse trains, Salzburg and Cologne, 19 September - 28 October 2002. [4'30"] 5 pages. Dedicated to the Foundation "Kinder von Tschernobyl".
  • "Fiel a la tierra", five Lieder with texts by Pedro Lastra. For soprano and piano. Salzburg & Cologne, 2002 - 2003. To Agueda Abad - Pagés.
    • I) Diálogo del porvenir. Salzburg, 2 - 8 October & Köln 28 - 29 October 2002. [2'45"] First performed on 22 March 2003 at the Community Hall of the Zionskirche, Worpswede (Germany), by Agueda Abad - Pagés (sopran) and the composer (piano).
    • II) El vigía
    • III) Los emisarios
    • IV) Fragmento. Salzburg 8 - 9 October 2002 & Cologne 31 March - 19 April 2003. [1'35"]
    • V) Canción del pasajero. Salzburg, 8 October 2002 [1'50"]
  • "Aus der Niemandrose" [From Nobody's Rose], two songs with texts by Paul Celan, for voice and any melodic instrument (violin, viola, Cello, clarinet, alto flute or English Horn):
    • I) Stumme Herbstgerüche [Dumb Autumn Smells] (2'15") Worpswede & flight Bremen - London, 16 November 2002
    • II) Erratisch [Erratic] (2'00") London, 16 November 2002.
  • "SCHADE (Requiem für die Vergessene) [Pity (requiem for the forgotten)], six scenes for two singers (man and woman), trumpet and piano. Madrid & Köln, 7 - 27 May 2003 [7'30"]
  • "Ernste Stunde" for voice and piano (adaptation of the homonymous piece for Choir). Two versions: for female and for male voice. In the train Bremen - Köln, 16 June 2003. Text: Rainer Maria Rilke. [3'35"]
  • "Sonetos Fonéticos" [Phonetic Sonnets], abstract recitatives (for a soloist, in principle). They may be performed separately.
    • Nr 1: Train Köln-Bremen, 28/AUG/2003. [ca. 1'00"]
    • Nr 2: Köln, 18/ABR/2004 & train Köln-Paris 6/AUG/2004 [ca. 1'00"]
    • Nr 3: Köln, 20 & 28/APR/2004. [ca. 1'00"]
    • Nr 4: Train Paris-Köln, 7/AUG/2004. [ca. 1'00"]
  • "Lost content", quasi una Baguala for voice and drum (one performer). Text: Alfred Edward Housman. Köln, 22/JUL/2004. [3'30"] To Jimena Semiz.

[edit] Mixed Choir

  • "¿Cuándo saliredes, alba?" [When will ye break, dawn?] (Text: Lope de Vega). (1983) [1'35"].
  • "Soledad" [Solitude] (Text: Carlos Mastronardi) (1990) [2']. To Annele Moroder.
  • "Wanderers Nachtlied" [Wanderer's night - song] (Text: Johann Wolfgang Goethe). Mixed Choir and Flute. (1992) [2'15"]. To Kirsten Reiher.
  • "Epithalámios (Fight right, Sisyphus)". Mixed Choir. (1993) [0'55"]. To Jan LaRue.
  • "Tiempo" [Time] (Text: Javier Adúriz). Homogeneous Choir (better female choir) to four voices. (1993) [2'45"]
  • "Sombra" [Shadow] (Javier Adúriz). Mixed choir, eight voices. (1993) [2']. To Guillermo Milano.
  • "Un epitafio de Sábato" [An epitaph of Sábato] (Text: Ernesto Sábato). Mixed choir, four parts. (Cologne, April 1995) [4'10"]. 9 pages.
  • "Requiem Brevis". Large mixed choir. In progress. Finished: Introitus [5'] and Kyrie [2'30"]. 15 pages.
  • "Haiku Nr 1" (own text). Mixed choir, six parts (SSAATB). Cologne, 21 October 1994 and 7 September 1995. [1'15"].
  • "Un haiku bilingüe/ein zweisprachiges Haiku" (Haiku Nr 2) (own text). Mixed choir, four parts or vocal quartet (Cologne, 5 September 1995) [2'30"]. Primera Mención Especial en el Primer Concurso Nacional "Juan Carlos Paz", organizado en 1996 por el Fondo Nacional de las Artes de Argentina (categoría "obra coral con o sin acompañamiento instrumental").
  • "Palmas" [Palms] for choir to eight parts, or for a large number of musicians ("palmists") divided in eight groups, or for eight percussionists. (Köln and Stuttgart - in part, Paris - 19/10 - 29 December 1997) [11'00"].
  • "Preludios Invisibles" [Invisible Preludes] for spoken choir or vocal quartet.
    • Number I (Sibilants): Stuttgart and Köln, 22 - 27 April 1998. [2'30"]. To Guillermo Milano.
    • Number II (Vocals): Stuttgart and Köln, 1 - 16 May 1998. [6'15"]. To Estela Salomone.
    • Number III: Buenos Aires, 11 - 25 December 2003. [3'00"]. To Bernardo Moroder.
    • The whole cycle will have five preludes.
  • "Su Voz" [His/Her voice] for four woman choirs at two parts, distributed around the audience. Text by Javier Adúriz. Köln, trains to and from Darmstadt, Unna, 31 March - 15 April 2001. [7'30"] To Annele Moroder and her choir "Cantoría de la sierra".
  • "Desvariaciones Corales sobre el nombre GEDDES" for mixed choir at four voices. Text: vocalise or bocca chiusa. Travel Worpswede - > Amsterdam, 29 December 2001. [4'30"] To Delia Geddes.
  • "Alles hat seine Zeit" [Everything has its time] for mixed choir at four voices (SATB). Text: Bible (is the piece "Desvariaciones Corales" with a text put afterwards). Travel Worpswede - > Amsterdam, 29 December 2001. Texto put in Worpswede. [4'30"] To Delia Geddes.
  • "The numbers are many, but the Number is One" for spoken choir in four different languages. Buses from and to Worpswede, 11/APR - 6 May 2002 [4'00"] Premiere by the Worpsweder Kirchenchor, conducted by Ulrike Dehning, on 9 November 2002 at the Zionskirche Worpswede (Germany).
  • "Circa Cis" ["roughly within" but also "roughly C sharp"] for mixed choir (and Tape ad libitum). Conceived middle - end 2002, written down on 17 - 18 January 2003 in Worpswede. [10 Minutes or more]. To Ulrike Dehning.
  • "Ernste Stunde" [Solemn Hour] for mixed choir (SATB). Worpswede, 1 - 2 March 2003. Text: Rainer Maria Rilke. [3'30"]
  • "Sufi Motetten" for women choir (SA). Text: Muhammad, translated into German. [Total duration: 4'50"] The whole cycle is dedicated to the Pastor Ewald Dubbert.
    • I - "Verborgener Schatz" [Hidden Treasure] for mixed choir (SATB). Worpswede, 25 - 26 February 2003. Text: Muhammad. To the pastor Ewald Dubbert. [1'00"]
    • II - "Umfassen" [Contain]. Worpswede, 6 July 2003. [1'20"]
    • III - "Jetzt" [Now]. Kürten & Worpswede, 14 August - 6 September 2003. Text: Sufi tradition attributed to Muhammad (a phrase from the original Arabic text is quoted). A metallic percussion instrument with a long resonance time is required (gong, tamtam, etc.) [2'30"]
  • "Estrofas Gregorianas" [Gregorian Strophes], five pieces for any melodic instrument or for voice (solo or choir bocca chiusa). Köln 3-8/MAY/2004. [5'40" (1'10" + 1'00" + 0'45" + 1'20" + 1'25"].
  • "Túnel sombrío" [Sombre tunnel] for female choir (SSA) a cappella. Text: Domingo Rivero. Köln, 9-11/AUG/2004. [4'35"]
  • "Metamadrigales para esta vieja cultura frita", for vocal quintet or 5-parts choir a cappella. The whole piece will be performed with the so-called "vocal fried". Work in progress, planned are eight movements performable separately.
    • 4. Fibonacci frito, nomás. Train Madrid->Alicante, Alicante, Elche; 21-27/SEP/2004 [2'25"]
    • 5. Mambo frito. Frankfurt (Airport), train Madrid->Alicante, Elche; 18-22/SEP/2004 [1'35"]
  • "Xenoglosia" [Xenoglossy], for mixed choir four parts (SATB). Köln, 3-4/MAY/2005. Text: Juan María Solare. [2'20"] To the Conjunto Vocal de la Margarita (Tandil, Argentina).
  • "Move", for mixed choir four parts (SATB). Köln, 5/MAY/2005. Text (English): Juan María Solare. [5'15"]
  • "Worte Ramakrishnas" [Words of Ramakrishna, for mixed choir four parts (SATB). Worpswede, 27-28/JUN/2005. Text by Ramakrishna (1833-1886) translated into German by Martin Buber. [3'00"]

[edit] Orchestra

  • "Orchestral Variations" (1991, from "Variations for piano") [12']
  • "La memoria de Caronte" [The memory of Caronte] (Cologne, June 1994, after the homonymous piece for piano) [4'30"]. To Ligia.
  • "Tres Episodios" [Three Episodes] for string orchestra (FEB 1995) [3'30"]:
  • "im Nu" for string orchestra (minimal 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1) (Cologne, 1 - 10 February 1995) [1'05"] To Maja Stenger.
  • "In no time" for string orchestra (minimal 8 - 8 - 6 - 3 - 2) (Cologne, 10 February 1995) [1'00"] To Ligia Liberatori.
  • "Ipso Facto" for string orchestra (minimal 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1) (Cologne, 13 - 15 February 1995) [1'00"] To Evelyn Dyffort.
  • "Min az - zulumát" for large orchestra (Cologne, 1995) [16'00"]
  • "...Cuando la cornisa se termina..." [When the cornice finishes] for string orchestra (4 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 1), in three parts [14'00" = 4'45"+5'30"+3'45"]. Cologne, FEB March 1997.
  • "Un ángel de hielo y fuego" [An Angel of Ice and Fire] for large orchestra (Cologne, May - 19/July/1997) [11'00"] 2 Flautas (1st also piccolo), Fl contralto, 2 oboes, English Horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrafagot; 4 horns, 3 trompets, 3 trombones, tuba; 3 percusionists (I: Vibraphon, middle - sized Tam - tam, 3 Log drums, 3 Tomtoms, Zambomba, crystals/glasses. II: suspended cymbal, large Tam - tam, Gongs, plate bells, Marimba, whip, timpani, crystals/glasses. III: Tube Bells, anvil, crotales, 5 Temple blocks, 3 Tomtoms, Tenor drum, gran cassa, crystals/glasses), piano, strings (16 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 8)

[edit] Aleatoric

  • "Rara Avis", graphic score for two to four pianists at one or two pianos. (Cologne, May 1994) [5'].
  • "38317 - one study for two guitars" (Cologne, 1994) [2 to 6'].
  • "Endeca" for medium to large ensemble - with or without singers - or choir - with or without instruments. (Cologne, 27 - 28 July 1995). First Performance on 22 April 1999 by Ruth Alexandru, Dorrit Bauerecker, Dorothee Haddenbruch, Josef Rebbe, Manfred Rücker, Mark Steinhäuser and the composer at the Aula Magna of the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. Dorothee Haddenbruch organized a performance on 18 June 2001 with her students at the Musikschule Wuppertal (Germany). It was also performed in Indianapolis (USA) on 20 November 2003.
  • "Envolvente" [Envelope], for eight performers, formation ad libitum. (Köln, 13 June 1999 & Kürten, 20 - 24 July 1999). 6 pages [10' - 12'00"]. First performed on 18 June 2001 in Wuppertal (Germany) by a group of instrumentalists conducted by Dorothee Haddenbruch.
  • "Palinsesto Senso" [Palimpsixth sense], for Theremin (and Ring Modulator ad libitum). Graphic score. Lilienthal, 9 August 2002. For Luca Miti. [5' - 7']
  • "Space equals ancient dimensions" for a free number of performers (dancers/musicians). Conceived in Salzburg on 2 March 2002, developed in Cologne (airport) on 28 June 2002, final form: Cologne 24 September 2002. [ca 12 Min]
  • "Seis Composiciones Fluxus" [Six Fluxus Compositions]. Madrid, 8 May 2003. [variable Duration]
  • "Proairesis", for three groups of performers or three soloists. Köln, 30/NOV - 7 December 2003. [variable Duration]
  • "Klangskulptur mit Zephir". [Sound Sculpture with Cephirus] for three sound sources. Worpswede, 2-3/MAR/2005. [10'00"].

[edit] Conceptual Works

  • "Al octavo día" [On the eight day], monologue for Viola and Piano. (December 1993)
  • "Encuesta" [Poll], for variable line - up. Worpswede, 9 - 11 May 2002. To Delia Geddes.

[edit] Electronic Music

  • "Mentira" [Lie] Köln, Studio of the Deutsche Welle (Audio Work Station), about 1996. [2'00"]
  • "Zart" [with Polish pronunciation], sonoclip. Stuttgart, 15 - 16 July 1998. [2'00"]
  • "gl", mini - sonoclip for tape. Made on 17 July 1998 with CSound in the Studio of the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart (with the support of Jens Schroth and Rainer Wehinger). [0'13"] To G.L. (Gabriela Liberatori).
  • "Assurancetourix"
  • "Solidità della nebbia"
  • "Panther"
  • "Was a saW", based exclusively on synthetic sounds (more concrete: only saw tooth waves), stereo. Made on 29 July 2001 in Worpswede, in the composer's Studio. [5'30"] To Victor Meertens.
  • "Voi ch'intrate" [you who enter here], electronic sounds (stereo), based exclusively upon the sound of the door of a toilet of the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin; made for "The Door Project" from John ffitch. Planned in Mollina (10 July 2001) and made in Worpswede, in the composer's Studio, from 28/JUL - 2 August 2001. [4'00"]. To Pablo Amster. First Performed on 22 September 2001 at the Caturla Hall of the Amadeo Roldán Theater, La Habana, Cuba; during the ICMC 2001 (International Computer Music Conference).
  • "The void profound of inessential night", based on synthetic sounds (sine waves), stereo. Made 30/JUL - 21 August 2001 in Worpswede, in the composer's Studio. [8'35"]. In memoriam Isaac Asimov. Premiere on 17 March 2002 at the Olbers Planetarium Bremen (Germany). Argentine first performance: on 15 June 2003 in the Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), during the 2º Festival De Música Electroacústica, "LITURGIAS DEL CIELO Y DE LA TIERRA", coordinated by Alejandro Iglesias Rossi.
  • "Nice Noise", Sonoclip with sine waves (synthetic sounds). Stereo. Made 20 - 23 August 2001 in Worpswede, in the composer's Studio. (for the festival En Red O 2001, in Barcelona) [0'28"].
  • "Celsius 24 (Wolhtemperierter Raum)" [Celsius 24 (the well - tempered room)]. Sound installation for the Altes Rathaus in Worpswede, daily from 30 September to 18 November 2001. 40 Minutes. To Gisela Corleis.
  • "OksiD (for the moon)", electronic sounds (dance music). Stereo. Worpswede, 11 October 2001. [5'10"]
  • "Engarces" [threading (stringing, setting, mount)] electronic sounds. Stereo. Worpswede, Bremen, airplain to London, 20 September - 17 October 2001. [4'47"]
  • "Collar" for trumpet and electronic sounds. (Consists in the superposition of "Perlas Esparcidas" and "Engarces"). Can be performed with English Horn or bassetthorn. Stereo [4'47"] To Friedemann Boltes (version for English Horn dedicated to Catherine Plugers). Premiered by Friedemann Boltes in May/2002 in Köln (Germany). Friedemann Boltes performed the piece also on 21 May 2002 in the Hörsaal des Musikwissenschaftlichen Seminars, Heidelberg, on 22 March 2003 in the chapel of the Diakonissenanstalt Flensburg and on 23 March 2003 in the Versöhnungskirche Oldenburg (Germany).
  • "taube Taube" (deaf dove/pigeon), study in granular synthesis, for electronic sounds. Stereo. Worpswede, in the composer's Studio, 11 - 12 November 2001. [2'45"] To Anne Frechen.
  • "Trituration" electronic sounds (granular synthesis, based upon one single base sample). Stereo. Worpswede, in the composer's Studio, 9 - 30 November 2001 (quadraphonic version: Köln 23 October 2002). [8'45"]. Dedicated to Cecilia Ghio. Premiere: Cologne (Musikhochschule), 25 October 2002, (Aulakonzert Neue Musik LXIX).
  • "Drooping Drops" for bassoon, piano and tape (stereo). Worpswede, 1 October - 19 December 2001 [6'00"]. 6 pages. Especially written for the Duo Palmos and dedicated to Akemi Ishijima. First performance by the Duo Palmos on 7 April 2002 at the "Grote Kerk" in Veere (Holland) and repeated on 8 April at the "Theater Kikker" in Utrecht (Holland).
  • "Preludio granular y Fuga" [granular Prelude and Fuge] for tape (Stereo), based exclusively upon the sound of a claves - impact; made for "The Money Project" from John ffitch. Composed in Worpswede, in the composer's Studio, 1 - 10 February 2002. [2'31" + 1'26" (=3'57")]. First performed in Gotenborg (Sweden) in SEP/2002, during the ICMC 2002 (International Computer Music Conference).
  • "Point of No Return"
  • "TUC", Sonoclip for Tape (Stereo). Sketched on 11 November 2002 in the train Bremen - > Cologne, made in Cologne at the composer's studio, on 11 November 2002 & 11 February 2003. [1'00"]. To Elisabeth Dierlich.
  • "Kühles Wort", micro - Hörspiel for tape (stereo). Text by Michael Augustin, read by himself. Sketched in Worpswede on 20 February 2003, made on 3 March 2003 in Köln, at the composer's studio. [1'03"]
  • "Nocturno sintético" [Synthetic Nocturne], Sonoclip for tape (stereo). Composed on 19 - 20 April 2003 in Cologne, at the composer's studio. [1'00"].
  • "Break a Brake" for Tape (stereo). Based exclusively upon the sound of a tram in Gotenborg; made for "The Transport Project" of John ffitch. Designed in Cologne & Worpswede (23 - 24 April 2003), made on 26 April 2003 in Cologne, at the composer's Studio. [3'45"]. Dedicated to Ingvar Loco Nordin ("Sonoloco"). Premiere: 3 October 2003 during the International Computer Music Conference 2003 at the National University Singapore.
  • "Lluvia verde en Plutón (Estudio Granular nº 2)" for Tape (stereo). Composed on 31 August & 1 September 2003 (corrections on 30 September) in Cologne, at the composer's Studio. [2'55"].
  • "Arrostito", sonoclip for tape (stereo). Composed on 16 September 2003 in Cologne, at the composer's studio. [0'15"].
  • "Whitelessness (música para La Nuria)" for tape (stereo). Composed on 29 February 2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio. To Nuria Juncosa. [2'54"].
  • "Operación Isla Tortuga" (Operation Turtle Island) for tape (stereo). Conceived around 1998; spoken materials recorded at the studio of the Musikhochschule of Cologne (Technician: Marcel Schmidt) at the beginning of 2004; music (Penúltimo Tango, from "13 Variaciones sobre un tema recurrente") composed 4 - 6 February 2004; piece made in Cologne, at the composer's studio, 2 - 10 April 2004. Dedicated to Noam Chomsky. [7'50"]
  • "Estrofa Gregoriana Nr. 1" [Gregorian Strophe Nr. 1], Sonoclip for tape (stereo). Composed on 3/MAY/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio. For the project "Recursión" together with the plastic artist Nuria Juncosa. [1'15"]
  • "SUBTE (un soundscape órfico)" [SUBTE (an orphic soundscape)] for tape (concrete sounds). Hörspiel, Soundscape of the undergrounds (tubes) of five European cities. Commission of the CDMC (Centro para la Difusión de la Música Contemporánea) as result of winning the XI concurso de obras musicales para la radio Radio Clásica-CDMC, Madrid, in April 2004. [Total duration: 53 Minutes] Premiere at the Festival de Alicante (24 SEP 2004), broadcasted by Radio Nacional de España at the end of 2004. Its five scenes are separately performable:
    • a) "Mind the Gap" (London), for tape (concrete sounds). Made 22-23/MAY/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio; quite early sketches and sound samples recorded in London already in SEP 2001. [8'15"]
    • b) "¿Adónde vas?" (Madrid), for tape (concrete sounds). Made 30/MAI-8/JUN/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio; early sketches and sound samples recorded in Madrid in JUL 2002. [10'25"]
    • c) "Allons" (Paris), for tape (concrete sounds). Made 13-16/AUG/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio; sound samples recorded in Paris from 6-7 AUG 2004. [8'10"]
    • d) "Vandalismus" (Cologne), for tape (concrete sounds). Made 22/JUN-21/JUL/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio; sound samples recorded in Cologne in JUN 2004. [13'31"]
    • e) "Sentire la voce" (Venice), for tape (concrete sounds). Made 23-28/JUL/2004 in Cologne, at the composer's studio; sound samples recorded in Venice from 3-5 JUL 2004. [12'45"]
  • "Mambo von Capricornus" for tape (electronic & concrete sounds). First movement of the projected cycle "Zodíaco Sudaca" (12 movements). Cologne, 10-14/OCT/2004. [5'10"] Quadraphonic version: Cologne 17/OCT/2005 (Studio of the Musikhochschule Köln). Premiere: Musikhochschule Köln, Aulakonzert, 12/DEC/2005.
  • "Orfeo evaporado" [evaporated Orpheus], sonoclip for tape (electronic sounds). Köln, 16-18/OCT/2005 [0'20"]
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