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After the Great War

2018

32' | 3(picc)3(eh)3(bcl)3(cbn) - 4331 - timp 4perc 2hp - str(14.12.10.8.6)

Alliage

1997

25' | 4.4.4.4 - 6.4.3.1 - timp, 4perc,, 2hp, pf, str(16.14.12.10.8)

Ariadne

2019

Ariadne combines transparent lyricism with dramatic progression. The piece constantly changes color and texture, making use of the whole orchestra.

16' | 333 - 4431 - timp 2perc harp pf str (16.14.12.10.8)

Aura

1985, revised 1989

42' | 1231 2131 vl 2vla 3vc cb

Caprice Symphonique

1976

For orchestra

Conciso

1995-1996

9' | 2020 2000 perc hp pf 4vl 2vla 2vc cb

Expulsie

1988-1990

For large ensemble

22' | 1131 1211 2perc hp pf str(3.2.1.1.)

Fractal Symphony

2004

30' | 3333 4331 timp 4perc hp pf str (16.14.12.10.8)

Fractal Variations

2001-2005

8’ | str (6.6.4.4.2)

Frozen Echo

2009

Adapted for the ballet "Frozen Echo" by Regina van Berkel

30' | 2(picc)2(ca)2(bcl)2(cb-bn) - 4231 - 2perc [I:Bass Drum,1 Pauk,Glockenspiel,Vibraphone, Sandblocs,2 Bellplates II:Tam-tam, 4 Thai Gongs, Marimba, Windmachine etc.

Inquietus

2008

7'36" | 4343 4431 2hrp timp 4perc str(16.14.12.10.8)

Invitation to a Beheading

2008

7' | 3333 4331 timp 4perc str(16.14.12.10.8)

Lumen ad Finem Cuniculi

2015

18' | 3.3.3.3.-4.3.3.1-timp-5perc-hp-strings: 16.14.12.10.8

Man Ray: Le Retour à la Raison

2007

4' | 2121 1211 2perc str (2.2.2.1)

Mussorgsky: Une Larme

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2004

5' | string orchestra

No Comment

2008

0'16" | 22224230 timp 2 perc str

Orchestral Variations

2009

23'56" | 3343 4331 2hrp timp 4perc str(16.14.12.10.8)

Ouverture (Suite) in D

2000

In the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, after BWV 1068

0. 2.0.1. – hps, bc, str

Ouverture (Suite) in G

2000

In the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, after BWV 1066

0. 2.0.1. – hps, bc, str

Produkt

1992

11' | 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - 2perc, hp,guit, el.org, pf, 2vn, va, vc, db

Random Symphonies

1985

Electronic music

Ravel – Trois Chansons: Oiseaux Tristes, La Vallee des Cloches, La Valse

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1990

For large ensemble

Schaduw

Shadow | 2002

18' | 2vl vla vc (solo string quartet) 2perc str(6.6.4.4.2)

Tegenbeweging

Contrary Motion | 1986

11' | 4343 4331 timp 5perc 2hp pf(cel) str(14.12.10.8.6.)

The Simorq

1989

For ensemble

12' | 1.0.2.0 - 1.0.0.0 - vibr, hp, pf, 2vn, va, vc, cb

Tractus

2009

10'26" | 0000 0000 harm cimb str(6.6.4.4.2.)

Traurig wie der Tod

2014-2015

For mixed choir and orchestra. Based on poems by Hans Bethge (1876-1946), from "Die chinesische Flöte. Nachdichtungen chinesischer Lyrik" (1907).

20' | 2.2.2.4 - 4.2.2.3.1- timp, 3perc[1.Tenor Drum, Tamtam, Triangle 2. Bass Drum 3. 2 Bells in C and G, behind the scene (These bells are the same as in the Symphony Fantastique by Hector Berlioz) - 2hp - str(16.14.12.10.8) Large Mixed Choir SATB

Based on texts by Hans Bethge

Triade

1991, revised 1994

20' | 2.2.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - perc, hp, str(6.6.4.4.2)

Vocal

Der Garten des Paracelsus

The Garden of Paracelsus | 2012

For soprano and string quartet

3" | sopr 2vn va vc

Based on texts by Peter Huchel

Gesualdo: Sacrae Cationes – 8 songs

Completed by Theo Verbey | 2005

20' | cantus, sextus, altus, quintus, tenor bassus

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1994

21' | voice 2perc, pf str (6.6.4.4.2)

Mussorgsky: The Nursery

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1994

14' | voice, 2.2.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - perc, hp, str (6.6.4.4.2)

Mussorgsky: Without Sun

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1989

15' | voice 2.0.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - str (6.6.4.4.2)

Based on texts by A.A. Golenishchev-Kutusov

Rachmaninov: Spring Waters Op. 14 no. 11

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2017

3' | 1.picc.2.eh.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp, perc[snaredr.trg.cymb.bassdr.glsp], hp - str - soprano-solo

Sechs Rilke-Lieder

1998

For baritone voice and piano or for baritone and chamber orchestra

version for bar pf, or: baritone and chamber orchestra 2222 2000 perc hp str (6.6.4.4.2.)

Based on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke

Strauss: Zwei letzte Lieder

Arranged by Theo Verbey | 2018

14' | Solo: CT; 2(2picc).1.eh.2.bclar.2 - 2.1.1.0 - timp, cel – str [6.6.4div.4div.4]

Stravinsky: Les noces

Completed by Theo Verbey | 2007

24' | Solo Voice(s) soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass Chorus SATB 2perc/2cim.hmn.pianola

Traurig wie der Tod

2014-2015

For mixed choir and orchestra. Based on poems by Hans Bethge (1876-1946), from "Die chinesische Flöte. Nachdichtungen chinesischer Lyrik" (1907).

20' | 2.2.2.4 - 4.2.2.3.1- timp, 3perc[1.Tenor Drum, Tamtam, Triangle 2. Bass Drum 3. 2 Bells in C and G, behind the scene (These bells are the same as in the Symphony Fantastique by Hector Berlioz) - 2hp - str(16.14.12.10.8) Large Mixed Choir SATB

Based on texts by Hans Bethge

Two Poems of Bloem: 4-part Female Choir

Twee Gedichten van Bloem | 2007

Based on poems by Dutch poet and essayist J.C. Bloem (1887-1966)

11' | 4part female choir

Based on texts by J.C. Bloem

Two Poems of Bloem: Mixed Choir

Twee Gedichten van Bloem | 2012

Based on poems by Dutch poet and essayist J.C. Bloem (1887-1966)

11' | 4part mixed choir SATB

Based on texts by J.C. Bloem

Whitman

1992

For soprano and orchestra, based on a poem by Walt Whitman (1819-92)

7' | sopr 4343 4331 timp 5perc 2hp pf str(16.14.12.10.8)

Based on texts by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Concertos

Solo and Chamber Music

4 Preludes to Infinity

2013

For oboe, violin, viola and violoncello

11'30'' | ob, vn, va, vc

Ballade

2016

For trombone and piano

8' | trb, pf

Bandersnatch

2010

12' | vc. pianola

Cadenza for Arutyunyan Trumpet Concerto

2006

2' | trp

Chaconne

1988, revised 1997

For string trio

6' | vl va vc

Contractie

Contraction | 1987

For flute, bass clarinet and piano

11' | fl cl-b pf

De Peryton

1990

For seven wind instruments

14' | fl ob eh cl cl-b fg h

Der Garten des Paracelsus

The Garden of Paracelsus | 2012

For soprano and string quartet

3" | sopr 2vn va vc

Based on texts by Peter Huchel

Duet

1992

For two trumpets

3' | 2 trp

Fandango

1998

For recorder quartet

9' | 4rec

Five Pieces for Violoncello

2006

8' | Solo cello

Graduale

2008

For piano with electronic sound

pf, live-electronics

Hommage

1993

For flute

2' | fl

Hommage II

1995

7' | vla

Inversie

1987, revised 1987

For 10 instruments

9' | fl-a vibr cymb hp g man pf vla cb

La Malinconia I

2012

For piano solo

9' | solo piano

La Malinconia II

2013

For harp solo

3' | solo harp

Nocturne for solo piano

1980

pf

Passamezzo

1991, revised 1994

For saxophone quartet

8' | 4sax SATB

Perplex

2004

For small ensemble

14' | fl cl vibr pf vl vc

Sestetto

1998

For flute, harp and string quartet

18' | For flute, harp and string quartet: fl, hp, 2vn, va, vc

Sonatine for bassoon and double bass

1976

Bassoon and Double Bass

Sospeso

1999

For 8 percussionists

6' | 8perc: Marimba, glockenspiel, crotales, 2 vibraphone, tubular bells/bell plates, thai gong

Spring Rain

Lenteregen | 2001, revised 2004

For string quartet

8' | for string quartet: 2vl vla vc

Trio

1999

For violin, violoncello and piano

20' | vl vc pf

Triplum

1982

For 12 wind instruments

Instrumentations

Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 971

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2000

13' | solo violin, strings, continuo

Bach: Ouverture in the French Style BWV 831

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1990-2000

31' | Traverso (flute), strings and continuo

Bach: Three Choral Preludes

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2013

For Oboe, Violin, Viola and cello

9' | Ob, vl, vla, vcl

Beethoven: Sonata op. 101

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1983

2 vn va vc

Berg: 3 Pieces (Nr. 1, 5, 6)

Arranged by Theo Verbey | 2006

From the Lyric Suite

15' | String orchestra

Berg: Sonata op. 1

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1984

11' | 3(picc).2.CA.2(A).Bcl.2.Cfag - 4.3(Bes).3.1 - PK Slgw(SnDrum,Bdrum,Tr,Cymb,Gng,tamtam), hrp, strijkers (DB C-string)

Gesualdo: Sacrae Cationes – 8 songs

Completed by Theo Verbey | 2005

20' | cantus, sextus, altus, quintus, tenor bassus

Janacek: Sonate 1.X.1905

Arranged by Theo Verbey | 2007

From the Street

15' | 3333 4331 timp 4perc hp str

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1994

21' | voice 2perc, pf str (6.6.4.4.2)

Mussorgsky: The Nursery

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1994

14' | voice, 2.2.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - perc, hp, str (6.6.4.4.2)

Mussorgsky: Une Larme

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2004

5' | string orchestra

Mussorgsky: Without Sun

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1989

15' | voice 2.0.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - str (6.6.4.4.2)

Based on texts by A.A. Golenishchev-Kutusov

Rachmaninov: Spring Waters Op. 14 no. 11

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2017

3' | 1.picc.2.eh.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp, perc[snaredr.trg.cymb.bassdr.glsp], hp - str - soprano-solo

Ravel – Trois Chansons: Oiseaux Tristes, La Vallee des Cloches, La Valse

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1990

For large ensemble

Schubert: Andante from the Piano Sonata in A

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1990

4' | 2.2.2(Acl).2-2000-str

Scriabin: Preludes (4) for Piano, Op. 33

Inst. Theo Verbey | 2011

5' | ob, vl, vla, vlc,

Strauss: Zwei letzte Lieder

Arranged by Theo Verbey | 2018

14' | Solo: CT; 2(2picc).1.eh.2.bclar.2 - 2.1.1.0 - timp, cel – str [6.6.4div.4div.4]

Stravinsky: Les noces

Completed by Theo Verbey | 2007

24' | Solo Voice(s) soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass Chorus SATB 2perc/2cim.hmn.pianola

Stravinsky: Sonata for Two Pianos

Inst. Theo Verbey | 1983

10' | fl ob cl bn vn vc