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ALEX BRÜCKE LANGER (2002-03)

A composed portrait
for chamber orchestra e 4 singers
1.1.1.1./1.1.1.0./perc/el. guitar/el. bass/pf/synth/strings (1.1.1.1.1.)
Duration: 1h
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Bolzano, Teatro dell’Opera, 26.4.2003
Icarus Ensemble, cond. Pierre-André Valade
Commissioned by: Festival International d’art Lyrique d’Aix-en-Provence, Fondazione Nuovo Teatro Comunale di Bolzano
1st prize at the “Festival International d’art lyrique” international competition, Aix-en-Provence, 1999





orchestra



POLYPTYCH (2007)
I. filtering #4
II. musikplastik
III. filtering #4.1
IV. heterophonic #5
for 3 electrified orchestral groups
group A: 1.1.1.1./1./perc I./strings (16.6.5.4.)
group B: 1.1.1.1./2.4.3.1./perc II. III./ keyboard+sampler
group C: 1.1.1.1./1./perc IV./strings (16.6.5.4.)
Duration: 13'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
Cd Stradivarius: issue in winter 2007, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, cond. Pierre-André Valade


TRIPTYCH (2005-06)
I. filtering
II. heterophonic #3
III. filtering #3
for large orchestra
3.3.3.3./4.4.3.1./perc I. II. III. IV. V. VI./el. guitar/el. bass/ keyboard+sampler/pf/celesta/harp/strings (16.14.12.10.8.)
Duration: 15'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Torino, Rai Nuova Musica, 17.03.2006, cond. T. Ceccherini
Commissioned by: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Torino

AGILE (2004)
I. agile
II. heterophonic

version for orchestra
2.2.2.2./2.2.1.0./perc I. II. III./pf-celesta/strings (10.8.6.5.3.)
Duration: 12'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Venezia, Festival Biennale, 19.10.2004, ORT, cond. S. Asbury
Commissioned by: La Biennale, Venezia

SOTTILE (1996-97)
I. teso, mai calmo
II. silenzioso/furioso

III. quasi un'elegia

for chamber orchestra and electronics
1.1.1.1./1.1.1.0./perc I. II./pf/synth/strings (8.6.5.4.2.)
Duration: 13'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Paris, Centre G. Pompidou, 12.5.1997, Ensemble Intercontemporain, cond. O. Sallaberger
Commissioned by: Ircam, Paris





ensemble


HARMONIC DOMAINS #2 (2005)
for 5 players
flute (+ sand blocks, 2 medium pot lids, newspaper), clarinet (+ claves, suspended cymbal, 2 small pot lids, 1 funnel), keyboard+sampler (+ 1 little stone, 1 medium stone, 1 spoon), Violin (+ newspaper), Cello (+ 1 funnel)
Duration: 6' 30"
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Stockholm, Stockholm New Music, 24.2.2006, Alter Ego & Pan Sonic
Commissioned by: Stockholm
New Music - Berlin MaerzMusik - Festival Archipel, Genève - Holland Festival, Amsterdam - Ircam, Paris - RomaEuropa Festival


MEMORIAL ART SHOW (2005)
I. filtering #2
II.
harmonic domains
III. heterophonic #2
for 6 percussionists
Duration: 15'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Strasbourg, Festival Musica, 30.9.2005, Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Commissioned by: Commande d'Etat Français - written for Les Percussions de Strasbourg


AGILE (2002-03)

I. agile
II. lento, scavato

version for ensemble and electronics
1.1.1.1./1.0.0.0./perc/pf-celesta/synth/strings (1.1.1.1.1.)
Duration: 13'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Nice, Festival Manca, 7.11.2003, Ensemble Apostrophe, cond. M. Guidarini
Commissioned by: Cirm, Nice


IL RUVIDO DETTAGLIO CELEBRATO DA ABY WARBURG (2002-2006)

(the rough detail celebrated by aby warburg)
I. frenetico
II. teso, curando bene i dettagli

for 5 players
flute (+ newspaper), clarinet (+ claves), violin, cello, piano
Duration: 11'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Milano, Musica d’insieme, 30.10.2002, Ensemble Musica d’Insieme. cond. Y Sugiyama
Commissioned by: Associazione Musica d’insieme, Milano

EVANESCENTE ORCHESTRA MECCANICA II (1999, rev.2006)
for ensemble and electronics
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano
Duration: 4' 30"'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Marseille, GMeM, 6.5.99, Ensemble Alternance
Commissioned by: Agon Milano, GMeM Marseille

4 INVENZIONI SULL'«OFFERTA MUSICALE» (1995)
for small ensemble
flute, violin, viola, cello, piano or harpsichord
Duration: 13'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Bologna, Teatro Comunale, 14.2.96, Solisti dell'Orchestra del Teatro Comunale
Commissioned by: Teatro Comunale, Bologna

ACCANTO ALLA QUIETE (1993)
for piano and 7 instruments
piano solo, flute , oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Duration: 7'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Milano, 16.12.93, Divertimento Ensemble, cond. S. Gorli
Commissioned by: Società Umanitaria, Milano





chamber and solo music


QUARTETTO N° 3 (2003)
I. rapido, mobile
II. esile/orchestrale

for string quartet
Duration: 12'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Milano, Festival MilanoMusica, 30.9.2003, Arditti String Quartet
Commissioned by: Mrs. Mariuccia Rognoni for Festival Milano Musica

SECOND BORN UNICORN, REMIND ME WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR (2002)
I. frenetico, violento
II. lento, non calmo

for piano solo
Duration: 7'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Milano, Festival Milano Musica, 30.4.2002, Oscar Pizzo
Commissioned by: Festival Milano Musica, Fondazione Sergio Dragoni-Fondo Armando Gentilucci, Milano

FIRST BORN UNICORN, REMIND ME WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING FOR (2001)
for amplified flute
Duration: 6'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Helsinki, Sibelius Academy, 13.5.2001, Mario Caroli

QUARTETTO N° 2 (1998-99)
for string quartet
Duration: 14'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Caen, Festival Musique d’aujourd’hui, 5.3.99, String quartet of the Ensemble Intercontemporain
Commissioned by: Festival Roma Europa, Roma

3 OPERE MISURATE (1994-95)
for piano solo
Duration: 11'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Milano, 14.10.94 , Bruno Canino
Commissioned by: Festival Novurgia, Milano

MOVIMENTO DISCRETO (1994)
for string trio and electronics
Duration: 8'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Paris, Ircam, 14.1.95, Ensemble Court-Circuit

PRIMA CONSECUTIO (1992-93)
for string quartet
Duration: 12'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Amsterdam, Gaudeamus Music Week, 8.9.95, Quatuor Danel
2nd prize and Special mention at the "Gaudeamus Music Week", Amsterdam, 1995

ESPRIT DE L'ESPRIT II (1992)
for flute and string trio
Duration: 8'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Boswil, 6.5.95, Ensemble Recherche
Selected by "C. Togni" international competition, Brescia 1992, and by "11 Kompositionswettbewerb Boswil", Boswil, 1995

ANIMISMUS (1992)
for alto sax or bass cl., flute, violin, cello
Duration: 9'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Nijmegen, 4.10.92, Ensemble Novecento
Commissioned by: Festival "Nuove sincronie", Milano
CD: sin 1012

COME MINIME CONVERSAZIONI (1989)
for string quartet
Duration: 10'
First performance: Siena, Accademia Chigiana, 28.8.89
Siae prize at "Accademia Musicale Chigiana", Siena, 1989



vocal music


THE FOUR DELIGHTS OF JEROEN ANTHONISZOON (2007)
I. cooking of mercury
II.
the tree of knowledge
III. hurdy-gurdy
IV. unicorn
for children choir, marbles, pitch instruments and parsley choppers
Duration: 9'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
Commissioned by: Milano Musica Festival, 2007


DISCANTO (2000)

for filtered voice and electronics
Duration: 7'
Publisher: Ed. Suvini Zerboni
First performance: Roma, Cemat, 29.11.2000, Sonia Turchetta
Commissioned by: Cemat, Roma
1st prize at the Cemat international competition, Roma, 1998