Opera in 3 acts; Libretto by Friederike Goesweiner based on the novella by Yasushi Inoue German version based on the translation by Oscar Benl 102′ commissioned by Bregenz Festival WP: 15.08.2018, Bregenz (A), Werkstattbuehne | Michael Boder (music director), Ensemble Modern, Schola Heidelberg, Karl Markovics (director), Katharina Woeppermann (stage & costume design), Bernd Purkrabek (light director), Walter Nußbaum... View Article
20′, commissioned by the Orchèstre Symphonique de Montréal, the San Diego Symphony, the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the Tonkünstler-Orchester and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | WP: 14.09.2022, Montréal (Canada), Rafael Payare (conductor), Orchèstre Symphonique de Montréal
30′ Commissioned by Het Concertgebouw Fonds for NTR ZaterdagMatinee and Radio Filharmonisch Orkest WP: 09.05.2020, Amsterdam (NL), Het Concertgebouw | Hannu Lintu (conductor), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest – cancelled due to Corona pandemic
10′ Commissioned by Gewandhausorchester, financed by Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung WP: 15.03.2018, Leipzig (DE), Andris Nelsons (conductor), Gewandhausorchester
35′ Commissioned by Oesterreichische Nationalbank for its 200th anniversary WP: 03.06.2016, Vienna (AT), Musikverein | Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
22′ Work commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra WP: 07.04.2011, Cupertino (USA) | Osmo Vänskä (conductor), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
25′ commissioned by Ceská filharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, BBC Radio 3, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker and Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester WP: 28.04.2021, Prague (CZ), Dvorák Hall | Kirill Gerstein (piano), Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Ceská filharmonie
20′ commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Svenska Kammarorkester, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Norske Kammerorkester, Münchener Kammerorchester and Hong Kong Sinfonietta WP: 11.02.2016, Amsterdam (NL), Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ | Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncello), Amsterdam Sinfonietta
43′ Texts by Ingeborg Bachmann commissioned by ZaterdagMatinee/Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gewandhaus orchestra Leipzig, National Symphony Orchestra Washington WP: 11.04.2015, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw (NL) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jaap van Zweden (conductor), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, NTR ZaterdagMatinee (organizer) (performance of songs only); 26.11.2015, Leipzig, Gewandhaus (DE) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
24′ Texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig WP: 01.11.2014, London, Barbican (UK) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Edward Gardner (conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra
22′ Work commissioned by BBC Radio 3 (for BBC Proms 2011) and the Vienna Konzerthaus WP: 18.08.2011, London (UK), Royal Albert Hall | Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (violoncello), Ilan Volkov (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
24′ Work commissioned by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and the ZaterdagMatinee, Concertgebouw Amsterdam WP: 26.03.2009, Vienna (Austria) | Isabelle Faust (violin), Bertrand de Billy (conductor), RSO Vienna
22′ Work commissioned by the Ruhr Piano Festival and the city of Innsbruck WP: 19.07.2006, Ruhr Piano Festival, Essen (DE) | Thomas Larcher (piano), Dennis Russel Davies (conductor), Munich Chamber Orchestra; WP of the new version: 15.11.2007, Innsbruck (AT) | Till Fellner (piano), Aleksandar Markovic (conductor), Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck
20′ Text: Alois Hotschnig Work commissioned by the Tonhalle Düsseldorf/Düsseldorf Symphony WP: 10.03.2006, Düsseldorf (Germany) | Salome Kammer (soprano), John Fiore (conductor), Düsseldorf Symphony
25′ Work commissioned by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the International Mozarteum Foundation (ISM) WP: 02.02.2003, Salzburg (AT), Salzburg Mozart Week | Kim Kashkashian (viola), Dennis Russell Davies (conductor), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
15′ Text by Nan Sheperd Photographs: Awoiska van der Moolen commissioned by Conertgebouw Amsterdam (composer in residence) WP: 02.04.2020 Het Concertgebouw | Amsterdam, Niederlande | ASKO | Schönberg, Sarah Aristidou (Sopran), Awoiska van der Molen (Photographin) – cancelled due to Corona pandemic
4′ Work commissioned by the Camerata Bern WP: 4.11.2012, Kulturcasion, Bern (CH) | Antje Weithaas (conductor), Camerata Bern
15′ Work commissioned by the ZaterdagMatinee Amsterdam WP: 01.03.2008, Amsterdam | Ed Spanjaard (conductor), Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam
30′ Text: Ingeborg Bachmann Work commissioned by the South Bank Centre and the Remix-Ensembles, Porto WP: 30.09.2008, London (UK) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Martin Brabbins (conductor), London Sinfonietta
15′ Text by Nan Sheperd Photographs: Awoiska van der Moolen commissioned by Conertgebouw Amsterdam (composer in residence) WP: 02.04.2020 Het Concertgebouw | Amsterdam, Niederlande | ASKO | Schönberg, Sarah Aristidou (Sopran), Awoiska van der Molen (Photographin) – cancelled due to Corona pandemic
24′ texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig Work commissioned by Wiener Konzerthaus, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation WP: 20.06.2017, Vienna (A) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Wiener Klaviertrio (David McCarroll, Matthias Gredler, Stefan Mendl)
43′ Texts by Ingeborg Bachmann commissioned by ZaterdagMatinee/Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gewandhaus orchestra Leipzig, National Symphony Orchestra Washington WP: 11.04.2015, Amsterdam, Concertgebouw (NL) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jaap van Zweden (conductor), Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, NTR ZaterdagMatinee (organizer) (performance of songs only); 26.11.2015, Leipzig, Gewandhaus (DE) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
24′ Texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig WP: 01.11.2014, London, Barbican (UK) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Edward Gardner (conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra
8′ Text: Roy Nathanson, Jeff Friedman WP: 08.11.2013, aut, Innsbruck (AT) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Reinhold Brunner (clarinet)
10′ Text: Ingeborg Bachmann Work commissioned by Südwestrundfunk WP: 09.02.2012, Stuttgart (DE), ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart | Florian Helgath (conductor), SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
24′ Texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig WP: 14.05.2011, Margreid (I), Winery Alois Lageder, Festival VIN-o-TON 2011 | Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Larcher (piano)
30′ Text: Ingeborg Bachmann Work commissioned by the South Bank Centre and the Remix-Ensembles, Porto WP: 30.09.2008, London (UK) | Matthias Goerne (baritone), Martin Brabbins (conductor), London Sinfonietta
14′ Text: Interviews are from the Benetton magazine Colors; Editing of text: Thomas Larcher Work commissioned by Festival Spannungen 2002 WP: 13.06.2002, Heimbach (DE) | Juliane Banse (soprano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Nikolaj Schneider (violoncello), Thomas Larcher (piano)
24′ texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig Work commissioned by Wiener Konzerthaus, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation WP: 20.06.2017, Vienna (A) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Wiener Klaviertrio (David McCarroll, Matthias Gredler, Stefan Mendl)
27′ 4th string quartet Commissioned by MC2: Grenoble, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Konzerthaus supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann WP: 02.12.2015, Maison de la Culture, Grenoble (F) | Belcea Quartet
8′ Text: Roy Nathanson, Jeff Friedman WP: 08.11.2013, aut, Innsbruck (AT) | Mark Padmore (tenor), Reinhold Brunner (clarinet)
24′ Texts: Hans Aschenwald, Alois Hotschnig WP: 14.05.2011, Margreid (I), Winery Alois Lageder, Festival VIN-o-TON 2011 | Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Larcher (piano)
20′ Work commissioned by Jennifer Roslyn Wingate, London WP: 27.03.2012, London (UK), Wigmore Hall | Alban Gerhardt (violoncello), Thomas Larcher (piano)
18′ 3rd string quartet Work commissioned by the International Mozarteum Foundation and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra WP: 20.01.2008, Salzburg (AT), Salzburg Mozart Week | Artemis Quartet
11′ commissioned by Aldeburgh Festival WP: 8.6.2019 Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape (UK) | Paul Lewis (piano)
2′ as found at Ober-Hiandl Farmhouse in a manuscript collection dating from 1836 WP: 19.06.2012, New York (NY), The Juilliard School/Paul Recital Hall (USA) | Christopher McKiggan (piano)
18′ Work commissioned by Festival Spannungen 2010 WP: 13.06.2010 Heimbach, Kraftwerk (DE), Festival “Spannungen” | Lars Vogt (piano)
20′ Commissioned by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) WP: 13.11.2009, New York (USA), Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater (USA) “Pictures Reframed” | Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Robin Rhode (video artist)
18′ Work commissioned by the Sweet Briar College of Music, London WP: 21.06.2009 London, Wigmore Hall (UK) | Natalie Clein (cello)
12′ Work commissioned by the Lucerne Festival WP: 26.11.2005, Lucerne (CH) | Thomas Larcher (piano)
7′ Work commissioned by the State of Tyrol WP: 1997, Innsbruck (AT) | Thomas Demenga (violoncello)
10′ Work commissioned by the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna WP: 08.04.1992, Vienna (AT) | Thomas Larcher (piano)
