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 rose, dear (cd, 2025; in preparation)

• 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 rose, dear (cd, 2025; in preparation)

• 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) 15′
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 rose, dear (cd, 2025; in preparation)

• 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, 2025; in preparation)

ensemble (4-14 musicians)

• charms, symmetries (2024) 20′
2 sax (1: alt, ten; 2: sop, alt, bar), trb, perc, pf, egit/bgit

• adonis blue (version for soxophone quartet, 2024) 6′
sop sax, alt sax, ten sax, bar sax

• adonis blue (2023) 6′
2vln, va, vc

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

• hand in hand (German; music, poetry; 2020) 17′
sop, 2vln, va, vc
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

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

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

• arbre généalogique (music, poem: Rozalie Hirs; 2011) 22′
fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, sop, 2vl, va, vc, cb, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• zenit (2010) 15′
2vln, va, vc
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
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
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

chamber (1-3 musicians)

• codex lilium (2025) 14′
vln, vla, vc
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• bee sage (2023) 14′
cbcl/bcl, vc
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′
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

• meditations (2017) 12′
i. on continuity
ii. on repetition
iii. on tenderness
iv. on lines
v. on imitation
pf, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• on tenderness (2017) 7′
pf, electronic sounds
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• infinity stairs (2014) 10′
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
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
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
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on Infinity Stairs (cd, 2025)

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

• article 1 to 3 [the] [aleph] [a] (2003) 12′
pf
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)
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
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands

• hand in hand (German; music, poetry; 2020) 17′
sop, 2vln, va, vc
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)
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
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

• 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
Published by Deuss Music, The Hague, The Netherlands
Included on rose, dear (cd, 2025; in preparation)

• article 5 [delphin, gekrümmte zeit] (music, poetry; 2008; German version, 2022) 11′
sop
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)

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