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Catalogue of Works<\/h1><\/div>
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Fifty Songs
\n<\/strong>50 short pieces for accordion and voice. The audience is asked to pull cards where the songs are jotted down… Premiered 1994 in the Swiss Institute in N.Y.C. and in various places in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Ann\u00e4herung
\n<\/strong>Performance for accordion, tape and voice dealing with the relationship between mother and daughter<\/p>\n

Voix de Deux
\n<\/strong>Performance with the dancer Dorothea Rust at the AUA festival in Basel<\/p>\n

A Convergence of Distances
\n<\/strong>By the composer Malcolm Goldstein with 10 dancers and KRAK ( Valentin Vecellio, clarinet and Margrit Schenker, accordion) \u2013 Performance Festival Zurich<\/p>\n

Soloperformance <\/strong>at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf directed by Nan Hoover.<\/p>\n

Holy and Crazy
\n<\/strong>One Women Show for accordion and voice. Performed at the Teufelhof in Basel and in Burgbachkeller in Zug.<\/p>\n

Geschichten (Stories)
\n<\/strong>For women\u2019s choir commissioned by \u201eSingfrauen Zuerich\u201c Premiered at \u201eWeisser Wind\u201c in Zuerich. Published by Furore Edition, Kassel.<\/p>\n

KRAK
\n<\/strong>CD with paintings by the artist Susanne Vecellio. With Valentin Vecellio, clarinet and Margrit Schenker, accordion and voice. Published 1999.<\/p>\n

Benedicta
\n<\/strong>For mixed choir , soprano, flute, drum, organ and three dancers with masks ( created by Margrit Schmid). Premiered in February 2000 at the Elisabethenkirche in Basel. Published by Furore Edition, Kassel.<\/p>\n

Moments of Departure
\n<\/strong>For a dancer ( Jeanette Engler), accordion and voice ( Margrit Schenker) and clarinet ( Valentin Vecellio) and a video installation ( Margrit Schmid). Premiered November 2000 at the Tanzhaus Wasserwerk Zuerich, Tanzfestival Olten and Grabenhalle St.Gallen. Concept and idea: Jeanette Engler.<\/p>\n

Baumklang
\n<\/strong>Easy pieces for piano \u2013 inviting for improvisation. Furore Edition, 2002, Kassel.<\/p>\n

Spiel Himmelerde
\n<\/strong>Chambermusic for soprano, flute, organ and a speaker. Premiered 2003 at the Karthause Ittingen, Kulturhaus Helferei Zuerich, Kapuzinerkloster Rapperswil. With Susanne Oldani, soprano, Franziska Badertscher, flute, Margrit Schenker, organ and Stina Durrer, speaker.<\/p>\n

Entlebucher Kl\u00e4nge ( Sounds of Entlebuch)
\n<\/strong>With Barbara Untern\u00e4hrer, Jodel, Thomas Untern\u00e4hrer, oboe and English horn and Margrit Schenker, organ. Premiered in various villages in the beautiful valley of Entlebuch. CD recording 2009.<\/p>\n

That gave Birth to the Sky
\n<\/strong>For 10-string guitar ( Urs Guentensperger) and voice ( Eva Nievergelt). Poems by Anne Blonstein. Premiered 2005 at Kulturhaus Helferei in Zuerich, Burgbachkeller in Zug and Marianischer Saal in Luzern.<\/p>\n

Klagelieder ( Mourning Songs)
\n<\/strong>For voice and percussion. Text inspired by The Lamentations of Jeremiah. Premiered Good Friday 2007 at St.Martin, Effretikon.<\/p>\n

Frauen komponieren ( Women Composers)
\n<\/strong>With Christine Ragaz, violin and Margrit Schenker, piano. The two musicians commissioned a new work by Pauline Oliveros and Margrit added a new composition by herself. The program included compositions by Katharina Weber and Germaine Taillefer.<\/p>\n

F\u00fcr Blockfl\u00f6te und Klavier
\n<\/strong>Composed for a church service. 5 movements for different recorders and organ.<\/p>\n

Gr\u00fcne Wortschlieren
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the Zurich based choir Vokativ<\/em> directed by Heini Roth. Text by the Swiss author Elisabeth Wandler \u2013 Deck. Premiered 2009 in Zurich.<\/p>\n

KRAK Meets Cage
\n<\/strong>Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage interpreted by Margrit Schenker, piano. Concept by Valentin Vecellio: with KRAK, Valentin Vecellio, clarinet and Margrit Schenker, accordion. Premiered 2010 at Rigiblick, Zuerich and at the Kantonsschule in Kuesnacht near Zurich.<\/p>\n

Tentativ
\n<\/strong>CD project with the guitarist Urs Guentensperger. New Music for 10-string guitar with new compositions by Daniel Mouthon, Martin Derungs and Margrit Schenker (2011). Published by Swisspan \/ Quantaphon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bazaar
\n<\/strong>Miniopera for mixed choir, soloists and instruments. Commissioned by the Slovenian choir AVE directed by Jerica Bukovez. Premiered in october 2012 in the Slovenska Philharmonia in Ljubliana, Slovenia.<\/p>\n

The Visbyproject
\n<\/strong>October 2013: Artist in Residence ath the International Centre of Composers in Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
\nApril 2015: The Swiss writer Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck and the composer Margrit Schenker organise a common project at the Baltic Centre for Writers and the International Centre for Composers in Visby. The Composition with the title \u201eVisby\u201c is being premiered by the Kammerk\u00f6ren Capella Gotlandica in the Public Library in Visby. The text by Elisabeth is being translated into Swedish.<\/p>\n

Rabenschnur
\n<\/strong>For voice ( Eva Nievergelt), violin ( Bettina Boller) and piano ( Margrit Schenker). Texts by the Slovenian author Meta Ku\u015dar and by the Swiss authors Ruth Loosli and Wanda Schmid. Premiered in autumn 2016 at the Kantonsschule in Kuesnacht near Zurich, in Rigiblick \u00a0Zuerich, in Marianischer Saal, Luzern and at Gare du Nord in Basel.<\/p>\n

Blackbox
\n<\/strong>Commisioned by the Kantonsschule Kuesnacht as a part of the project allover \u201eSynapse\u201c17. \u2013 Compositions for small ensembles ( voice, strings, percussion, piano, guitar etc) premiered 2017 by students of the Kantonsschule<\/p>\n

Toccata
\n<\/strong>Commissioned 2017 by Urs Guentensperger: For 13-string guitar. Published as CD by Swisspan \/ Quantaphon.<\/a><\/p>\n

Die Riesin treibt Schabernack ( the giants prank)
\n<\/strong>In memoriam Pauline Oliveros \u2013\u00a0 a concert organised by the Conservatory of Bern in 2018.
\nWith Christine Ragaz, violin, Regula Gerber, contrabass and Katharina Weber, piano.<\/p>\n

Birdcall
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the London based choir vocal constructivists <\/em><\/strong>directed by Jane Alden. Premiered in May 2018 in Cafe OTO in London as well as in Lumen Church in London.<\/p>\n

Monaden
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the pianist Dominik Blum as a part of his piano recital consisting of works by mainly women composers like Gayle Young, Lily Boulanger, Olga Diener and J\u00fcrg Frey.<\/p>\n

LUFT ERDE FEUER WASSER ( AIR EARTH FIRE WATER)
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the clarinetist Stephan Britt. Premiered partly in 2020 in Stans.<\/p>\n

Endangered
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the London based harpsicordist Chau-Yee Loo, London 2021.<\/p>\n

Frauen, Leben Fragmente ( Women, Lives, Fragments)
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the organist Esther Hobi-Schwarb. Premiered by Catriona Buehler, soprano, Margrit Schenker, accordion, Esther Hobi-Schwarb, organ, Esther Ruetthemann, speaker and Daniela Riedener, actor and dancer. Premiered in July 2022 in the Jugendkirche in Einsiedeln.<\/p>\n

Baustein 1-5
\n<\/strong>As a part of the project Palindrom <\/em>of the Ensemble EndWend with Leo Bachmann, tuba, Madeleine Bischof, contrabass flute, Eva Debrunner, recorders, Ursula Maehr, composition and recorders, Thomas K.J. Mejer, composition and contrabass saxophon, Margrit Schenker, composition and accordion, Valentin Vecellio composition and basset horn, Barbara Zimmerli, composition and recorders. Premiered in autumn 2022 in St.Gallen, Zuerich, Bern, Schaffhausen, Frauenfeld, Baden and Basel.<\/p>\n

Nature
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by Trio Nushka Bern with Lara Morger, voice, Lisa Anna Gross, English horn and Marion Nuria Gross, piano. Premiered in October 2023 in Forum Yehudi Menuhin in Bern.<\/p>\n

Winddynamisch
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the Festival Archipel<\/em> in Geneva with Simone Keller winddynamic organ and Margrit Schenker, accordion. Premiered in April 13, 2025 at Plainpalais in Geneva. The organist and composer Daniel Glaus, the inventor of this unique and unprecedented instrument, was introducing the audience to the winddynamic organ.<\/p>\n

Sternenklang
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the pianist Dominik Blum:
\nLyra
\nIn unendlicher Ferne
\nschlicht
\nSpika
\nblack\/white.
\nDuration: ca. 20 minutes<\/p>\n

Zusammensetzspiel
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the pianists Stefi Spinas and Eva Schwaar.
\nFor four hands and a lot of phantasy!
\nPremiere planned in 2026. The pianists themselves are very welcome to be a part of the composing process!<\/p>\n

F\u00fcr Querfl\u00f6te und Gitarre ( For flute and guitar)
\n<\/strong>Commissioned by the guitarist Urs Guentensperger for his 13-string guitar and the flutist Murat Cevik.
\nPremiere planned in 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>

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