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  Lost and Found    
  for Ensemble (11 instruments)
1) Vertigo
2) Uncle Neil
3) My old Shoes
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
2018/19  
       
  wie ist die welt so stille    
  for soprano solo and five-voice women's choir
dedicated to Traudl Schmaderer und Voceterna

2016
 
       
  come closer
three movements for Pipa and String Quartet
  details
  dedicated to Huikuan Lin and the Pacific Quartet Vienna 2014/15
       
  This is the show
(based on a text by Samuel Beckett)
   
  (for soprano and double bass clarinet) 2014  
       
  An Joseph Roth
(version for trombone)
   
 
for trombone
2014  
       
  vielleicht wüßten wir (maybe we knew)
(based on a text by Joseph Roth)
 
 
for violoncello and playback
2013
       
  An Joseph Roth   scores sample
 
for clarinet
2011/2012
       
  Der blinde Spiegel (the blind mirror)   HörprobeDetails
 
for string quartet (dedicated to Joseph Roth)
2011  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  nec sine te nec tecum    
 
for soprano, flute and guitar
2007  
       
  Sie saß in der Nachmittagssonne und rauchte
(smoking in the afternoon sun)
  HörprobeDetails
 
for clarinet, piano and vibraphone
2006  
       
  mes adieux – for Wolfgang Stryi   HörprobeDetails
 
for clarinet and piano
2005  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  Die späte Welt (the late world)   HörprobeDetails
 
seven pieces for mixed choir, soprano, mandoline and double bass
2004–2006  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  Dieses obskure Objekt der Begierde
(this obscure object of desire)
 
 
eight miniatures for soprano
2003  
       
  Gold und Silber (gold and silver)  
 
for alto saxophone and organ
2002  
       
  Ein Fallen im Wind (falling in the wind)   Details
 
fragment for voice and string quartet
2002  
       
  the penrose piano book of pentatonic secrets   HörprobeDetails
 
for piano
2000/01  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder
(come, o death, you brother of sleep)
   HörprobeDetails
 
for mixed choir
1998/99  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  La Vie c'est Ailleurs – Hommage à Marcel Proust
(life is elsewhere)
  HörprobeDetails
 
for soprano and ensemble 
1996–98  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  Wandlung in Es (mutation in E-flat)    
 
for brass band
1995  
       
  Walk softly    
 
for five clarinets
1994/95  
       
  Die Sieben Winde (the seven winds)    
 
phantome canon for flute and playback
1993/94  
       
  Rag Khammaj    
 
instrumentation for sarod und orchestra
1991  
       
  Stau (traffic jam)    
 
for ensemble
1990  
       
  Mit geschlossenem Munde zu singen (humming)    
 
for mixed choir
1989  
       
  Guten Tag, haben Sie zwanzig Minuten Zeit?
(Hello, do you have twenty minutes?)
   
 
for Fl, Ob, Kl, Vl, Va, Vc, Db
1989  
       
  Tod. Richtkraft.    
 
three Hölderlin-fragments for Mezzosoprano, Vl, Va, Vc and playback
1988  
       
  Auf der Milchstraße wieder kein Licht
(again no light on the milky way)
   
 
for male voice, 2 Saxes, Git, Klav, Perc., Tr, Tromb.
based on poems by Rolf Bossert
1988  
       
  Alphabet 87 (für Morton Feldman)    
 
for violin
1987/88  
 
complete recording on soundcloud.com here
   
       
  KadenzTanz (cadence dance)    
 
for bass clarinet
1986  
       
  Findling (foundling)    
 
for piano
1985  
       
  Deutsche Reste Nr. 1 (german leftovers nr. one)    
 
for chamber orchestra
1984  
       
  Mein Schneckenhaus – Fühler raus! (my snailhouse)    
 
for 4 voices, 4 instruments and playback
1982–83  
       
  Durchbruch (breaking through)    
 
for 2 choirs, 6 solo voices, tr, tromb. and 2 perc.
1979  
       
  Mein Schneckenhaus – ein unfertiges Stück
(my snailhouse – an unfinished piece)
   
 
for ensemble
1977  
       
  Schattenformen (shadows)    
 
for two choirs and playback
1975/76  
       
  Emomatsch    
 
tape collage
1975  
       
     
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