Fifty Songs
Fifty short pieces with performance elements, voice and accordion. Premiered 1994 by Margrit Schenker in Kingston upstate New York at the Pauline Oliveros Foundation. The audience is invited to pull a set of card that will be performed on the spot. Be prepared!
Geschichten
For womens choir a cappella. Premiered by the Singfrauen Zürich in 1994.
Baumklang
A collection of easy piano pieces composed for beginners. Published by Furore Verlag, Kassel.
Benedicta
Scenario for mixed choir a cappella, soprano, flute, marching drum, organ and three masked dancers. Premiere 2000. Furore Verlag Kassel.
SPIEL himmelerde
A chamber orchestra tale for soprano, flute, organ and a female speaker.
That gave birth to the sky
A cycle of Anne Blonstein’s poems, set to music. For 10-stringed guitar and voice. Premiere 2005
Klagelieder
For voice and percussion. Text: Book of Lamentations. Premiere 2007.
Hut, Rad, Schilf, Bild
Learning to read, then and now – a performance with text and music. For tenor, cello, piano and three children. Premiere 2007 on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Kantonsschule (high school), Küsnacht ZH.
… für Violine und Klavier
Premiere 2008 with Christine Ragaz
Grüne Wortschlieren
For mixed choir and baritone saxophone. Premiere 2009 with the Vocativ Choir under the direction of Heini Roth
Bazaar
For mixed choir, soloists, accordion and contrabass. Premiere November 2012 in Ljubljana with the Ave Choir directed by Jerica Bukovez
Rabenschnur
Project in three parts for voice (Eva Nievergelt), violin (Bettina Boller) and piano ( Margrit Schenker) premiered in autumn 2016 in different cities in Switzerland.
vag, irgend, sass, bis, yawl
Litanei for mixed choir and piano with texts written by Elisabeth Wandeler-Deck. Premiered 2016 in Visby, Gotland, Sweden by Campus Gotland Kammarskör directed by Karin Eklund.
Blackbox
Commissioned by the Kantonsschule Kuesnacht. For various ensembles (Atem 1-10, Meditation 1-5, Der Narr, Der Narr träumt, der Narr rennt, Caminar, In Honorem) Premiered at Kantonsschule Küsnacht ZH in April 2017 in the context of Synapse17.
Toccata
Commissioned by the guitarist Urs Güntensperger. For 13-stringed guitar.
Die Riesin treibt Schabernack
composed in the context of a memorial for the deceased American Composer Pauline Oliveros at the Conservatory in Bern with Christine Ragaz, violin, Regula Gerber, double bass and Katharina Weber, piano. Premiere April 26, 2018.
Birdcall
Commissioned by the London based choir „Vocal Constructivists“ directed by Jane Alden. Premiere in the context of a tribute to Pauline Oliveros | 27 May, 2018 | Café Oto London und 9 June, 2018 Lumen Church London.
Monaden
15 pieces for piano solo. Premiered by the pianist Dominik Blum in spring 2020 in different Swiss cities.
Frauen – Leben – Fragmente
Premiere in the context of the Kirchenklangfest cantars 21 (Version light): 29. Mai 2021 in the Jugendkirche Einsiedeln. With Nuria Kessler, soprano, Esther Hobi, organ, Margrit Schenker, composition and accordion, Esther Rüthemann, speaker and Daniela Riedener, actor.
Luft Erde Feuer Wasser
Dedicated to the clarinetist Stephan Britt. Premiered 2021 in the Beinhaus in Stans.
Endangered
A Birdlitany for Harpsicord (2021), on behalf of Chau-Yee Lo, London.
Baustein 1–5
As a part of the project PALINDROM for Ensemble EndWend. Premiered in autumn 2022 in different cities in Switzerland.
Nature
Commissioned by Trio Nushka: Lisa Morger, Soprano – Lisa Anna Gross, English horn – Marion Gross, Piano. Premiered October 2023 in Yehudi Menuhin Forum in Bern.
Winddynamisch
Commissioned by the “Festival Archipel” in Geneva, featuring Simone Keller (wind-dynamic organ) and Margrit Schenker (accordion). Premiere on April 13, 2025, at the Plain-palais in Geneva. In the first part of the program, composer and organist Daniel Glaus, the inventor of the wind-pneumatic organ, introduced this unique instrument.
Zusammensetzspiel
A work for four hands and lots of imagination! Commissioned for the pianists Stefi Spinas and Eva Schwaar. The performing pianists themselves participate in the compositional process: They determine how the individual, short sections are combined to form a piece. The order and repetitions can be changed at will in the moment. The theatrical talent of both artists should be challenged. Additions and further developments of the composer’s ideas are very welcome! The only exception is the “final bars” section. Duration: indefinite. Premiere 2025.
Sternenklang
For piano solo. Commissioned by Dominik Blum. Premiere planned.
For Flute and Guitar.
Commissioned work for 13-string guitar, interpreted by Urs Güntensperger, guitar, and Murat Cevik, flute. Premiere in 2026.