Orchestra & ensembles
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| 2004a | Polder Winds Blowing | 6’ | 5 graded pieces for 4 saxophones or mixed winds ad lib. | In part arrangements of ‘Piano in the Polder’, 2002 |
| 2002a | Concerto Grosso | 15' | small string orchestra | Commissioned by the Constantijn Youth String Orchestra, cond. Roeland Robert. |
| 1999c | Utrecht Mirror of Saints / Utrechtse Heiligenspiegel | 60' | (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 Tekst: Andries Govaart |
| 1998b | O Nederlanden | 15' | 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 |
| 1997 | The Vision | 15' | Mixed choir and orchestra | Voor Toonkunstkoor Utrecht (Utrecht Choral Society), cond. Jos Vermunt, 1st. perf. Muziekcentrum Vredenburg Utrecht Tekst: William Blake |
| 1995b | The Lamb & The Tyger | 8' | Diptych for mezzosoprano and jazz orchestra (to be published) | 1st perf. VPRO-Radio/IJsbreker, Amsterdam, Big Band of the Hilversum Conservatory, cond. Erik van Lier, zang: Christa Lips Tekst: William Blake |
| 1994b | Bye Day, Bye Night! | 15' | children’s choir and piano (or small orchestra) | For Children’s Choir De Kickers, 1st perf. Purmerend, commissioned by the Educational Service of the Province Noord-Holland Tekst: Mariëlle van Kilsdonk |
| 1993-94 | The Darling Buds of May | 7' | symf. orch. 2222 2as 211 perc, stringorchestra | For the Riciotti Ensemble, supported by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst |
| 1992e | Short story from a no man's land | 12' | flute, horn, saxes AAT, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano, doublebass | For De Volharding (supported by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst), 1st perf. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam |
| 1985a | First Things First | 70’ | Dance opera: three dansers, three singers, three electrical guitarists, three percussionists | 1st perf.: Amsterdam, Shaffy Theater, Company
Choreography: Marjolein van Nieuwkerk Text by the composer |
| 1984b | Very Nicely | 7 | Four songs for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano (also arr. for sopr., fl., guit. / sopr., fl., guit., and harp) | Tekst: e.e. cummings’ |
| 1984a | Oh-song | 3 | flute, saxes SAT, 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, piano, double bass | 1st perf. Leiden, 1984 (Orchestra De Onderste Steen) |
| 1980-82 | Debris, Soli | 60' | 5 singers (SAATB), 2 clarinets, trumpet, horn, trombone, 2 electric guitars, bassguitar, 2 percussion | Text: Diop, Okigbo, Ginsburg, Plath, Cummings |
| 1976 | A Dream of War | 10 | Voices and variable ensemble | 1st perf. University of Utrecht |