Vocal music
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| 2011b | Mein Kind, wir waren Kinder, zwei Kinder klein und froh... | 3 min. | Song for (mezzo)soprano, baritone and piano Text: Heinrich (Harry) Heine | Two-part version of a one-part original |
| 2010 | Bergidylle | 25 min. ca | 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. |
| 2009b | Mein Kind, wir waren Kinder, zwei Kinder klein und froh... | 3 min. | Song for (mezzo)soprano and piano Text: Heinrich (‘Harry’) Heine |
For Mascha, Thierry and the members of Winfried |
| 2006d | The Lamb & The Tyger | 8' | 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 |
| 2004b | Sic accensa profatur (Dido's Complaint) | 7' | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1999b | The Lamb & The Tyger | 8' | Diptych for female choir/ mixed (youth)choir 1. The Lamb 2. The Tyger |
for ‘Klein Vrouwenkoor Orpheus’, cond. Albert Wissink tekst: William Blake |
| 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 |
| 1995d | O et O | 4' | choir SATB | for the Dutch International Choral Festival Arnhem 1995 Text: anonymous Medieval (Carmina Burana) |
| 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 |
| 1995a | Hymnen | 15' | choir SATB | for the choir of St. Caecilia’s Church, Houten, cond. Evert Wachter, commissioned by the Dutch Saint Gregory Foundation Text: 5 Latin liturgical texts |
| 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 |
| 1992d | Do not go gentle into that good night | 4' | male choir 2-4 voices ad lib | For the Canoldir Male Choir, 1st perf. Wales, Presteigne Festival Tekst: Dylan Thomas |
| 1992c | Motetus X | 9' | Male choir | Commissioned by SNK/Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (with ‘Do not go gentle’) Text: Shakespeare |
| 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’ |
| 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 |