orchestral (> 15 musicians)

• bron (2023) 14′
4fl, 4ob, 4cl, 4fg, 5cor, 3trp, 3trb, tba, timp, 3perc, cel, pf, 2arp, string orchestra (14-14-10-10-8 or more)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rosehart (cd, 2025)

• avatar (2022) 8′
2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2fg, 2cor, 2trp, tba, trb, timp, 2perc, string orchestra (minimum 8-6-4-4-2)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rosehart (cd, 2025)

• lightclouds (2019) 14′
brass quartet (cor, trp, btrb, tba) & ensemble (fl, ob, cl, fg, perc, pf, keyboard, 2vln, va, vc, cb), electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• the honeycomb conjecture (2015) 13′
2fl, ob, cl, bcl, fg, 2cor, 2trp, btrb, 2perc, pf, 2vln, 2va, 2vc, cb, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• atlantis ampersand (music, text: Rozalie Hirs; 2015) 22′
2fl, cl, bcl, cfg, cor, trp, trb, acc, 2perc, pf, 8-part soloists’ choir 2-2-2-2 (or choir 32 voices minimum), 2vln, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• lichtende drift (2014) 10′
strings 6-6-5-4-2 divisi

Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• roseherte (2008; 2014) 16′
3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, 4perc, cel, pf, arp, str 16-14-12-10-8, electronic sounds (version for symphony orchestra, 2008)
2-2-2-2, 2-2-2-1, 2perc, pf, arp, strings 6-6-4-4-2 divisi, electronic sounds (version for orchestra, 2014)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rosehart (cd, 2025)

• platonic ID (2006) 18′
picc, fl, cl, bcl, pf 4-hands, 2vln, 2va, 2vc, cb (or with a string orchestra)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Platonic ID (cd, 2007)

• book of mirrors (film: Joost Rekveld; 2001) 11′
fl, ob, cl, fg, cor, trp, trb, arp, e-gt, pf, 2perc, 2vln, 2va, 2vc, cb
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Platonic ID (cd, 2007)

stage work

• dreams of airs (multilingual; music, libretto; 2017-18) 70′
sop, fl, bcl/cl, perc, egt, pf, vln, va, vc, electronic sounds
i. spinning infinity (fl, sop, e-snd)
ii. golden vielleicht (bcl, egt, vib, va, vc, e-snd)
iii. who put on my shoes (sop, ensemble, e-snd)
iv. at present longing (sop, e-snd)
v. infinity stairs (fl, bcl, egt, e-snd)
vi. waves (sop, ensemble, e-snd)
vii. here and nowness (sop, ensemble, e-snd)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on dreams of airs (cd & dvd, 2026; in preparation)

ensemble (4-14 musicians)

• notes on the forms love takes (music, poetry; English; translation: Michele Hutchison; 2026) 20-25′
sop, fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg, cor, 2perc, pf, 2vln, va, vc, cb
Commissioned by Het Muziek (formerly ASKO & Schönberg Ensemble)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• charms, symmetries (2024) 17′
2 sax (1: alt, ten; 2: sop, alt, bar), trb, perc, pf, egit/bgit
Commissioned by Ensemble Klang
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• adonis blue (version for saxophone quartet, 2024) 6′
sop sax, alt sax, ten sax, bar sax
Version for saxophone quartet commissioned by Amstel Quartet
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• adonis blue (2023) 6′
2vln, va, vc
Commissioned by Ruysdael Kwartet
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• artemis (German; music, poetry; 2022) 27′
sop, trp, trb, 2perc, egit, pf, vc, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Donaueschingen & Ensemble ascolta
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• hand in hand (German; music, poetry; 2020) 17′
sop, 2vln, va, vc
Commissioned by Förderkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• parallel world and sea (2017-18) 25′
i. parallel world [breathing]
ii. parallel sea [to the lighthouse]
fl, cl, cor, trp, 2arp, 2perc, vln, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• parallel sea [to the lighthouse] (2018) 12′
fl, cl, cor, trp, 2arp, 2perc, vln, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Commissioned by ASKO|Schönberg (formerly ASKO Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• parallel world [breathing] (2017) 13′
fl, cl, 2arp, perc, vln, va, vc, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Concertgebouw Orchestra & Universiteit van Amsterdam
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• nadir (2014) 20′
2vln, va, vc, electronic sounds
Commissioned by November Music & Bozzini Quartet
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• arbre généalogique (music, poem: Rozalie Hirs; 2011, rev. 2025) 17′
fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, sop, 2vl, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Commissioned by ASKO|Schönberg (formerly ASKO Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rosehart (cd, 2025)

• zenit (2010) 15′
2vln, va, vc
An earlier version of the work em>zenit, uur nul (2007) was commissioned by Zephyr Kwartet
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• Venus (2010) 20′
i. [evening star]
ii. [invisible]
iii. [morning star]
6 perc (vibraphones, crotales, bell plates, bowed cymbals, sixxen), 6 channel electronic sounds
Commissioned by Holland Festival & Slagwerk Den Haag
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands.

• Sacro Monte (1997) 11′
fl, cl, cor, perc, pf, 2vln, va, vc, cb
Commissioned by Fondazione Nuova Arca & Ensemble Antidogma Musica
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

chamber (1-3 musicians)

• come sempre (poetry, music; Italian; translation: Patrizia Filia; 2025) 7′
coloratura, sop
Commissioned by Susan Narucki
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on New Music for Two Voices (cd by musicians Kirsten Ashley Wiest, Susan Narucki, New Focus Recordings, New York, 2026)

• bee sage (2023) 14′
cbcl/bcl, vc
Commissioned by Katharina Gross & Fie Schouten
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Bee Sage (cd by musicians Katharina Gross and Fie Schouten, Attacca, Amsterdam, 2025)

• article 10 [prismes] (2021) for cello solo 12′
Commissioned by Festival Présences, Radio France
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• meditations (2017)
i. on continuity
ii. on repetition
iii. on tenderness
iv. on lines
v. on imitation
pf, electronic sounds

• On Tenderness (2017) 7′
pf, electronic sounds

• infinity stairs (2014) 11′
fl, bcl, e-gt, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• article 8 [infinity] (2014) 9′
fl, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• article 6 [six waves] (2013) 10′
e-gt, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Wiek Hijmans
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• article 7 [seven ways to climb a mountain] (2012) 13′
bcl, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Fie Schouten
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• article 5 [dolphin, curved time] (music, text: Rozalie Hirs; 2008) 11′
sop
Commissioned by Festival Wendingen
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• article 4 [map butterfly] (2004) 10′
vln (va)
Commissioned by Concerten tot en met
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Platonic ID (cd, 2007)

• article 1 to 3 [the] [aleph] [a] (2003) 12′
pf
Commissioned by Kees Wieringa
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Platonic ID (cd, 2007)

• article 0 [transarctic buddha] (2000) 8′
perc (vibraphone, cowbells or thai gongs, crotales, 23 pitched stone slabs)
Commissioned by Anrold Marinissen & Big Bang Festival
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Platonic ID (cd, 2007)

vocal music, based on own poetry

• artemis (German; music, poetry; 2022) 27′
sop, trp, trb, 2perc, egit, pf, vc, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Donaueschingen Festival & Ensemble ascolta
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• hand in hand (German; music, poetry; 2020) 17′
sop, 2vln, va, vc
Commissioned by Kulturkreis für Neue Music Heilbronn
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• silenced (Engels; music, poetry: Rozalie Hirs; 2018) 4′
sop, pf (original version, 2018) or mezzosop, pf (version for low voice, 2023)
Commisssioned by Bauwien van der Meer
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• atlantis ampersand (music, poetry; 2015) 22′
2fl, cl, bcl, cfg, cor, trp, trb, acc, 2perc, pf, 8-part soloists’ choir 2-2-2-2 (or choir 32 voices minimum), 2vln, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Commissioned by Holland Festival & Klangforum Wien
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• three songs for Curvices: Proofs of Love, Words roll into brightness, This singing of tongues (music, poetry; English; 2013) 8′
voice, e-gt, b-gt, drums
Commissioned by Klankenbos, Neerpelt

• arbre généalogique (music, poetry; French; translation: Henri Deluy; 2011) 22′
fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, sop, 2vl, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Commissioned by ASKO|Schönberg (formerly ASKO Ensemble & Schönberg Ensemble)
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rosehart (cd, 2025)

• article 5 [delphin, gekrümmte zeit] (music, poetry; 2008; German version, 2022) 11′
sop
Commissioned by Festival Wendingen
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

installation

• ways of space (2019) 15′
electroacoustic composition for architectural installation sculpture (design: M3H architecten)

• The Listening House (2017) 37′
electroacoustic composition for architectural installation sculpture (design: M3H architecten)

• curvices (music, poetry; 2013) 45′
electroacoustic music, songs, and spoken word, based on own poetry, for interactive GSP-controlled multimedia installation (software developtment: Yvan Vandersanden; design: Ines Cox & Lauren Grusenmeyer; spatial design: M3H architecten)
Commissioned by Klankenbos, Neerpelt

music with spoken voice

• in state of [war] (music, poetry; Dutch; 2013) 8′
12 spoken voices

• seven tracks for Curvices: Six destinations, Aurora borealis, Ladders of escape, Too many snakes here, Climbing a small rock, Substance of memory, Lines of moving about desert, salt water, cities (music, poetry; English; 2013) 21′
spoken voice, electroacoustic & electronic sounds

• bridge of babel (music, poetry; multilingual; 2009) 7′
spoken voice, electronic sounds
Included on Pulsars (cd, 2010)

• curved space (music, poetry; Dutch or English; English translation: Donald Gardner; 2009) 27′
spoken voice, fl, bcl/cbcl, try/lapsteel gt, pf, cb, live electronics

• poetry pieces I-III [heaven bleak, dolphin, family tree] (music, poetry; Dutch or English or German; English translations: Willem Groenewegen, Donald Gardner; 2008) 5′
spoken voice, soundtrack

• pulsars movement IV (music, poetry; English: 2007) 6′
spoken voice, prerecorded voices, electroacoustic soundtrack
Included on Pulsars (cd, 2010)

• vlinders, gras (music, poetry; Dutch: 2007) 5′
4 spoken voices

• aan de zon, de wereld (music, poetry; Dutch; 2006) 11′
spoken voice, electroacoustic soundtrack

• van het wonder is woord (music, poetry; Dutch; 2005) 3′
spoken voice, prerecorded voices, electronic sounds

• klangtext, textklang (music, poetry; German; music: Rozalie Hirs, James Fei; 2004) 27′
spoken voice, live analogue electronics (open score for improv)

• a throwaway coincidence that determined everything (music, poetry; English/multilingual; film: Paul Leyton; 2004) 2′
spoken voices, soundtrack for film

• in la (music, poetry; Dutch, 2003; English, 2010) 18′
6 spoken voices
Included on Pulsars (cd, 2010)

electroacoustic or electronic

• ways of space (2019) 15′
electroacoustic composition for architectural installation sculpture (design: M3H architecten)

• luisterhuis (2017) 37′
electroacoustic composition for architectural installation sculpture (design: M3H architecten)

• hilbert’s hotel (2015) 8′
31-tone MIDI controlled player organ, electronic sounds

• interlude for Curvices (2013) 18′
electroacoustic

• pulsars movements I-III, V (2007) 22′
electroacoustic
Included on Pulsars (cd, 2010)

works of youth

The following music compositions composed during the 1990s and the early 2000s can be regarded as mere works of youth; some recent works are currently in revision:

• ain, silabar ain (2013; in revision) 20′
cl, 5sax, 5trp, 5trb, tba, e-gt, b-gt, pf, 2perc
I: fully notated score
II: open score for improv
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• little whale and the ice (2010; in revision) 13′
fl, fl/afl, cl/bcl, asax/ssax, bsax/asax, cor, trp, 2trb, tba, perc, pf, e-git, b-git

• geluksbrenger (2010) 10′
electronic music for website

• a-book-of-light (2003; in revision) 17′
fl, ob, cl, cor, trp, pf, perc, vln, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds

• source of blue (2005) 5′
spoken voice, pf

• ton luxiert (2003) 6′
electroacoustic

• noise~ (2001) 10′
electroacoustic

• dog making kit (English; poem: Anne Elliott; music: Rozalie Hirs; 2000) 6’15
electroacoustic

• puppy (English; poem: Anne Elliott; music: Rozalie Hirs; 2000) 5’00
sop, pf, vc
(Dog Making Kit and Puppy were composed as a diptych, to be performed attacca)

• for Morton Feldman (2000) 12′
electroacoustic

• the sea (music, poetry; English; 1999) 3′
voice, soundtrack

• aquarium (music, poetry, film; Dutch; mime: Simone de Jong; camera: Onno van Dodewaard; 1999) 6′
spoken voice, electroacoustic soundtrack

• meridian (1998) 8′
orchestra

• well (music, poetry; English; 1998) 8′
voice, asax, pf, per, cb

• wel gek (music, poetry; Dutch; 1998) 7′
children’s choir, baroque ensemble

• myth of er (music, poetry; English; film: Martin Putto, Rozalie Hirs; 1996) 6′
voice, 2perc, 2vln, 2vc

• invisible self (1996) 13′
3trp, 3trb, pf, b-gt

• schizofonia (1996) 7′
electroacoustic

• Song for Cathy (English; poetry: T.S. Eliot (selected from: Four Quartets); 1995) 2′
voice, 4vc

• yliaster (1995) 8′
pf, vln

• slaaplied voor een duivel (music, poetry; Dutch; 1994) 2′
spoken voice, music box

• pamwe (1994) 9′
tsax, 2perc

• die parke (German; poetry: Rainer Maria Rilke; 1993) 6′
sop, mezzosop, alto

• lied van de bosgeesten (music, poetry; Dutch; 1992) 5′
children’s choir, pf, perc

• oker (1992) 8′
ensemble

• atrium vestae (music, poetry; 1991) 2′
2vln, va, vc

• pietá (German; poem: Rainer Maria Rilke; 1991) 1′
2 low female voices

• als kind wist ik in te zullen slapen (music, poetry; 1991) 2′
2vln, va (or: vln, 3 low female voices)

list of musical works

contents

-> orchestral

-> stage work

-> ensemble

-> chamber

-> vocal

-> installation

-> music with spoken voice

-> electroacoustic

-> works of youth