Iris ter Schiphorst | List of works alphabetical

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List of works alphabetical

For children and young people

List of works alphabetical

"Aus Liebe..." ("out of love...") (2013/2014) – 17'

for string quartet
(freely adapted from Aria No. 49 from the St Matthew Passion by J. S. Bach)

WP: 01. 03. 2014 Rotterdam, Laurenz Church

A Little Madness in the spring (2004/2006) – 23'

for 18 instruments, electronics and video installation

based on a libretto by Paulo Tunhas
Composition of the visual part: Daniel Kötter

WP: 16. 09. 2006, Porto, Casa da musica

A. N. (evita-che guevara-madonna) (1998) (with Helmut Oehring) – 15'

for 2 voices, 8 instruments and live electronics

WP: 30 March 1998, Liège (Liège)

Als ob: SUITE (As if: SUITE) (2000) (with Helmut Oehring) – 60'

Music and dance project for sub-bass flute, bass clarinet, accordion, sample keyboard/piano,
2 drums, electric guitar, playback CD, 7 dancers, video projection and live electronics

WP: 01.10.2000, Dresden, Schauspielhaus, Dresdner Tage für zeitgenössische Musik

An die Strände der Ruhe - wo die Sonne untergeht T (o the beaches of tranquillity - where the sun goes down) (2015) – 16'

for orchestra with masks, sampler + female voice,
based on the poem 'wie erklär ich' by Nora Gomringer, quotes from a speech by the mayor of Lampedusa from 2013, and a text fragment by Helga Utz

WP: 16 October 2015, Gewandhaus Leipzig

Anna's Song (1993) – 4'

from the opera 'ANNA's WAKE' (1992) - arrangement for 2 female voices, violin, viola+violoncello
Text: Christine Daum

Anna’s Wake (1992) – 55'

3-D opera for tape, live singer and 16mm film
Text, idea, direction: Iris ter Schiphorst and Christine Daum

WP: 29.01.1993, Berlin, Ballhaus Naunynstraße

Aria für Solo-Sopran 2015 (Aria for solo soprano 2015) (2009) – 3'

from the music theatre 'AUNG' (2009), text: Helga Utz

Assange - Fragmente einer Unzeit (Assange - Fragments of an untimely time) (2019) – 20'

for female voice, large ensemble and sampler (amplified)

WP: 07.11.2019, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam

AUNG (2010/2011) – 25'

for staged singer/performer, ensemble and live electronics
Text: Helga Utz

WP: 01.10.2011, The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Studio Hall, Kopenhagen

Aus Kindertagen: verloren (From childhood: lost) (2004/2005) – 22'

for 8 instruments and Cd-accompaniment
Text: I. ter Schiphorst, as well as quotations from the novel "Emilia gets into the turmoil of war or O the new day" by Karin Spielhofer

WP: 05.03.2005, Deutschlandfunk broadcasting hall, Cologne

AUS LIEBE II (2015)

for string orchestra and solo violin

WP: 03.06.2016, State Theatre, Large House, Cottbus

Aus Liebe II - Version for chamber orchestra (2025) – 12'

Version for chamber orchestra (6,5,4,4,2)

WP: 29. 06.2025, Schwere Reiter Munich, aDeavantgarde Festival

Ballade für einen Bulldozer (Ballad for a bulldozer) (1990) – 9'

for violin (amplified) and synthesiser/sampler

in memoriam Robert von Lieben (1878-1913), the inventor of electron and amplifier tubes

WP: 1990, Berlin

Ballade für Orchester: HUNDERT KOMMA NULL (1999) – 17'

for orchestra and sample keyboard
freely adapted from an annagram by Unica Zürn

WP: 11 February 2000, Herkulessaal, Munich

Berlin: Symphonie einer Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a big city) (2001/2002) (with Helmut Oehring) – 70'

for large orchestra and film

WP: 10.04.2002, Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Bernada Albas Haus (1999) (with Helmut Oehring) – 90'

for 7 dancers, 1 deaf performer, 1 soprano, prep. piano/sample keyboard, 1 electric guitar, 1 double bass and live electronics
Music for dance theatre after F. Garcia Lorca

WP: 11.11.1999, Theater Basel

BLECHE (Sheet metals) (2016/2018) – 10-20'

a kind of concert installation for a microphonic percussionist, 2 sound directors, timpani,
6 resonating thunder sheets distributed in the room and 4 resonating tin buckets distributed in the room

WP: 21.09.2018, Bremen Gleishalle, Festival PGNM

Breaking (2012) – 15'

for amplified ensemble, sampler and live electronics

WP: 13.12.2012, Berghain/Berlin

BROKEN or "Why don't you say a word..." (2001/2002) – 9'

a kind of 'orchestral love song' for orchestra and sample keyboard

WP: May 2002, Potsdam

Changeant (2004) – 12'

for voice and tape ad libitum, text: Karin Spielhofer

WP: 2005, Stockholm

DAS IMAGINÄRE NACH LACAN (THE IMAGINARY ACCORDING TO LACAN) (2016/2017) – 25'

for singer/performer, large orchestra, additional parts and live electronics
Text: Helga Utz (based on poems from the Arab world, primarily from the pre-Islamic and early Islamic period)
Composition, samples + live electronics: Iris ter Schiphorst
Programming and sound direction: Wolfgang Musil

WP: 04.11. 2017, Konzerthaus, Great Hall, Vienna

Dead Wire. Psychotechnics of Keyboards/a dissociative fugue (2011) – 16'

for solo piano, sampler and live electronics

WP: February 2012, Theatre House Stuttgart, Festival éclat

Der Grüffelo/Grüffelokind (The Gruffalo/Gruffelo child) (2010/2011) (with Stefan Lienenkämper) – 45'

based on the children's book of the same name by Julia Donaldson
for narrator and ensemble

WP: 19 June 2011, Philharmonie Berlin

Der Ort ist nicht der Ort (The place is not the place) (2000) (with Helmut Oehring) – 70'

for instrumental ensemble, 1 deaf performer, 1 soprano, 1 soprano and live electronics

WP: 26 October 2000, EXPO Hanover 2000

Die Gänsemagd (The Goose Girl) (2009) – 60'

Children's opera based on the Brothers Grimm (Libretto: Helga Utz)
for 1 soprano, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 1 bass, 1 actor, Bb clarinet (also double bass clar.), violoncello, accordion, sample keybaord

WP: 18. 02. 2010, Dschungel Vienna, Museumsquartier

DISLOKATIONEN (DISLOCATIONS) (2008-2009) – 22'

for orchestra, solo piano and sampler

WP: 03 July 2009, Herkulessaal, Munich

Dislokationen II (Dislocations II) (2010) – 25'

for violin, viola, violoncello, piano/sampler

WP: Nov. 2010, Munich, HörBlicke 21

DR. FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS (2016) – 70'

Music theatre after Gertrude Stein for 5 actors* making music and interludes

WP: 17.06.2016, ETA Hoffmann Theatre/City of Bamberg

Eden cinema (1995) – 17'

for prep. piano and sample keyboard (1 player)

WP: 1996, Podewil-Berlin

Eden cinema II (1996) – 15'

for prep. piano and cd-player ad libitum

WP: 16.03.2004, Berlin BKA

Effi Briest (2000) (with Helmut Oehring) – 90'

Music theatre psychogram in 4 acts
for 2 voices, 1 male soprano, 1 deaf performer, 18 instruments, live electronics
Libretto: Iris ter Schiphorst + Helmut Oehring

WP: 2001, Bonn

Ergo sum "pf "maschinenie (1990) – 9'

for violin, synthesiser/sampler

WP: 1990, Berlin

Erlaube, Fremdling, dass ich dich berühre (Allow me, stranger, to touch you) (2003) – 55'

A musical-theatrical ACTION in 4 parts by Iris ter Schiphorst
for 1 mime, 2 instrumental ensembles, video projections and Cd-playback
(freely adapted from the anagram of the same name by Unica Zürn from 1963)

WP: October 2004, Dresden, Festspielhaus Hellerau

Erlaube, Fremdling, dass ich dich berühre II (Allow me, stranger, to touch you II) (2004) – 55'

Music-theatrical suite for 2 instrumental ensembles, 1 actress, 1 singing performance artist, Cd-scores, live-electronics

for Franco Evangelisti

WP: 2005, Berlin, Kesselhaus der Kulturbrauerei

Euridice – Szenen aus der Unterwelt (2001/2002) – 55'

for 1 dancing vocalist, 3 singers/narrators, dancers, bass flute, double bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, double bass, piano/keyboard, percussion and electronics

Text: Karin Spielhofer

WP: 20.09.2002, Theatre Bielefeld

Fragmente für 2 Holzbläser (Fragments for 2 woodwinds) (2022/2023) – 11'

for bass oboe and bass clarinet

WP: 12.02.2023, Kulturkirche St. Stephanie, Bremen

Fünf Miniaturen plus Coda (2024/2025) – 12'

for clarinet solo

WP: 04.09.2025, International ARD Music Competition, Munich University of Music and Theatre, Large Concert Hall

Für Akkordeon (2002) – 15'

for accordion solo

WP: May 2003, Krefeld

Gestures (2001) – 11'

for 5 male voices, prep. piano/keyboard and additional band
Text: Karin Spielhofer and Christine Daum

WP: 24 October 2001, Düsseldorf, Rheinische Kliniken Düsseldorf

Gravitational Waves (2016) (with Uros Rojko) – 9'

for large orchestra, masks and samples

WP: 04.08.2016, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh

Hi Bill (2005) – 3'

for bass clarinet solo

WP: 23 October 2007, Berlin, BKA

Hilfe! Der Homolu kommt! (Help! The Homolu is coming!) (2024/2025) – 45'

for speaker, children's and youth choirs + instrumental ensemble
Text: Helga Utz

WP: 18.10.2025, Heilbronn, Kilianskirche

HYPER-DUB (2019/2022) – 11'

for voice, ensemble and sampler (all amplified)
Text: Dirk von Lowtzow

WP: 15.10.2022, Donaueschingen Music Days, Barsporthalle

im VORMONAT (1998) (with Helmut Oehring) – 17'

for oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, percussion, piano, violin, violoncello and double bass

WP: 21 May 1998, Large Broadcasting Hall, Saarbrücken

IN DEINER HAND? - eine Konzert Installation zu Luther (IN YOUR HAND? - A concert installation on Luther) (2016/2017) – ca. 10'

for a timpani player, 6 resonating thunderbolts distributed around the room, 4 resonating tin buckets, a "source timpani"
in another location, as well as feeds and sound direction.

WP: 29 May 2017, Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia (within the Luther-Trugar project)

JEDER (EVERYONE) (2016/2017) (with Uroš Rojko) – 24'

for amplified double bass clarinet solo, large orchestra, videos and samples
Concept, direction, composition: Iris ter Schiphorst & Uros Rojko

WP: 04.02.2018, Theatre House, T1, Stuttgart

Klang-Erzählungen (Sound narratives) (2013) – 13'

for ensemble (amplified) and sampler

WP: 14.09.2013 Brunswick, Residenzschloss, Red Hall

KLANGRÄTSEL (SOUND PUZZLE) (2010) – 4'

for youth or amateur string orchestra

KONZEPTE zu FLÄCHE(N), z. B. "Sinnflächen verschenken" (CONCEPTS on SPACE(S), e.g. "Gifting spaces of significance") (2016/2017) – ad libitum'

for (amateur) choir, (amateur) ensemble and other artists
(from the series 'JEDER/dialogic composing')

WP: 25 March 2017, Upgrade Stimme, Donauhalle 2, Donaueschingen

La Coquille et le Clergyman (2004) – 40'

Music to the film of the same name by Germaine Dulac, 1928
for 12 instruments and Cd accompaniment

WP: 06.04.2005 Stadsschouwburg/Amsterdam as part of the Filmbiënnale of the Filmmuseum

Le tremblement persistant du moi-fantôme... (2020) – 6'

pour Adrian Piper
for 6 female voices a capella
Libretto: Iris ter Schiphorst

WP: 21. 11. 2020, Philharmonie Paris, Le Studio

Liebesgeschwüre (Vows of love) (1991) – 10'

for voice, flute, 2 violins, synth/sampler

WP: 1991, Berlin SO-36

Live (from Androgyn) (1997) (with Helmut Oehring) – 25'

18 songs after the poem 'Live' by Anne Sexton
for voice, violin, cello, prep. piano/ sample keyboard and live electronics

WP: 26.04.1997 Witten/Days for New Chamber Music

Live (from Androgyn) (1997) (with Helmut Oehring) – 25'

18 songs after the poem 'Live' by Anne Sexton
for voice, violin, cello, prep. piano/ sample keyboard and live electronics

WP: 26.04.1997 Witten/Days for New Chamber Music

MAKE HIM TALK (2016/2017) – 3,5'

to 'après "l'artisanat furieux"' (from 'Le marteau sans maître', VII) by Pierre Boulez
for flute, vibraphone, guitar and sampler, hammer, thunderbolt (all amplified) - miniature as a birthday greeting for Pierre Boulez

WP: 13.06.2017, Konzerthaus Vienna

meine-keine-lieder/die Aufgabe von Musik (my-no-songs/the task, the giving up of music) (2014) – 17'

for Inge Müller
for amplified female voice/performance, bass clarinet and piano/sample keyboard (1 player)

WP: 14. 03. 2015, State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Concert Hall

Miniaturen für Klarinette und Akkordeon (Miniatures for clarinet and accordion) (2008) – 16'

WP: 08.11.2008, Berlin, Saalbau Neuköln, Klangwerkstatt

Miniatures for cello and accordion (2008) – 25'

for violoncello + accordion
honoured with the special prize of the jury at the International Women Composers Competition 2008

Miniatures for clarinet and string quartet (2010) – 16'

for clarinet and string quartet

WP: 19.09.2011, Susaa Festival Denmark

Mischwesen – la tristesse durera (Composite beings - la tristesse durera) (1998) (with Helmut Oehring) – 20'

for a deaf performer, three trumpets and keyboard
based on the poem "Silence" by Anne Sexton and texts by Iris ter Schiphorst and Helmut Oehring

WP: 21.11.1998, Kunstencentrum, Gent Festival November Music, Belgium/Netherlands

My Sweet Latin Lover (2002) – 14'

for amplified flute, keyboard, 4 percussion instruments, 5 electric guitars (amplified)
Text by Iris ter Schiphorst, Thomas Moore ("To...") and William Blake ("The sick rose")

WP: 07.06.2002, München, Musica viva

My Sweet Latin Lover II (2002) – 9'

for amplified flute, electric guitar and live electronics, text: Iris ter Schiphorst, Thomas Moore ("To...") and William Blake ("The sick rose")

WP: 13.11.2002, Concert of the Forum Zeitgenössische Musik Leipzig and the MDR

Nightdances (1992) – 8'

für 2 Stimmen, 2 Violinen, E-Bass, Synth./Sampler

WP: 1994, Berlin

No Sir (2007) – 9'

for tlute and Paetzold bass

WP: 17 March 2007, Museum Island Hombroich

No Sir, we will not… (für Greta Thunberg) (2018/19) – 7'

for girls' choir
Text collage Iris ter Schiphorst

WP: UA: 19.5. 2019 Hannover, Hochschule, Festival ‚Unter dem Radar’

NOISE (2014) – ca 50'

NOISE – An attempt at an encounter between Mongolian and European musicians as a form of "alienation" – based on concepts by Iris ter Schiphorst and Uros Rojko

WP: 2014, Berlin, Radialsystem

Ordnung und Struktur (Order and structure) (2022) – 11'

Miniatures for male voice (bass), bass clarinet and additional parts
after texts by May Kooreman (text composition: Iris ter Schiphorst)

WP: 14.10.2022, Donaueschingen, Donaueschingen Music Days, Topic: Parkinson's disease

ORPHEUS 2015/the role of music (2014/2015) – 10'

for double bass clarinet and samples

WP: 25.02.2015, Heidelberg City Hall

Passion 13 – Melodram (Passion 13 - Melodrama) (2010) – 22'

for staged vocalist, orchestra and interludes

WP: 04.09.2010 Gewandhaus, Mendelssohn Hall, Leipzig

Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M.C.B. Variation V (2019) – 2'

for orchestra

WP: 13 August 2019, Royal Albert Hall, London

polar-for Armin Köhler (2015) – 1 1/2'

in memoriam Armin Köhler
for bassoon, trombone, sampler, percussion (2), piano, double bass

WP: 15.05.2015, Upgrade-Festival, Donaueschingen

Polaroid's melodrama (1996) (with Helmut Oehring) – 22'

for 1 deaf-mute, 1 soprano, 12 instruments and live electronics
Text: ter Schiphorst/Oehring

WP: 20.10.1996, Donaueschingen/Musiktage

PRAE-SENZ (Ballet blanc II) (1997) (with Helmut Oehring) – 35'

for violin, cello, prep. piano/sample keyboard

WP: 17.09.1997, Berlin Festival Weeks

Prae-senz II (2018) – 45'

Version for narrator and amplified piano trio with sampler
Text: Felicitas Hoppe

WP: 04.06.2018, 9. Literaturfestival Frankfurt a. M.

REQUIEM (1998) (with Helmut Oehring) – 55'

for 3 countertenors, 12 instruments and live electronics
freely based on the 9 psalms 'O Ye Tongues' from the 'Death Note Books' by Anne Sexton

WP: Opera National, Paris, Festival d'Automne

rumgammeln+warten (bumming around+waiting) (2001) (with Helmut Oehring) – 23'

for one voice, one deaf soloist and ensemble
Text: ter Schiphorst/Oehring

WP: 07.11. 2001, Paul Sache Halle, Basel (European Cultural Month)

Sei gutes Muts (Be of good cheer) (2021) – 12'

for recorder and string quartet (all amplified)

WP: 02.08.2021, Summer Music Days Hitzacker

Silence moves (1997) (with Helmut Oehring) – 60'

a kind of chamber opera for voice, violin, cello, electric bass, prep. piano/sampler, tapes, video installation and live electronics

WP: 12 October 1997 Dresden, small theatre

Silence moves II (1997) (with Helmut Oehring) – 35'

for voice, violin, cello, prep. piano/sample keyboard, electric guitar, electric bass, tapes and live electronics

WP: 1997, Rom

Solo from 'rumgammeln und warten' (bumming around and waiting) (2001) (with Helmut Oehring) – 3'

Extraction of the solo for voice only

WP: 2015, Nuremberg portrait concert

SOMETIMES (2015)

for orchestra, sampler and solo piano
for Alexandra Dariescu

WP: 19.02.2016

SOMETIMES II (2016/2017) – ca. 7'

for amplified ensemble, sampler, 2-4 thunderbolts with transducers + live electronics
for Ernst Surberg and Bettina Wackernagel

WP: 08.07.2017, Radialsystem-Berlin

SOS - Odysseus (2012/2013) (with Uroš Rojko) – 50'

for orchestra, 2 actors and staged children's choirs
Libretto Helga Utz

WP: 8. 5. 2013, Philharmonie Köln

STILLE WASSER - ein Stück Untergang (STILL WATERS- a piece of doom) (2015) – 55'

for narrator, singer, performers, brass ensemble and samples
Libretto: Helga Utz

WP: 29.08.2015, pool house roof at the cable factory Oswaldgasse 35A, A-1120 Vienna

Studien zu Figuren/Serie A (Studies on figures/series A) (2010/2011) – 23'

for 7 amplified voices and sampler
dedicated to the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

WP: 16.10.2011, Donaueschingen, Donaueschingen Music Days

Suggestion of least resistance (2018) – 6'

Music for the animated film by Michelle & Uri Kranot
for large ensemble (amplified), sampler and video

WP: 08.02.2019, Stuttgart, Theaterhaus/T1 Eclat Festival, as part of the 'Happiness Machine' programme

The Fall of the House of Usher (2013/2014) – 13'

Music for the film of the same name by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber from 1928
for solo trumpet and large ensemble

WP: 11.02.2014, Zurich, Museum of Design

Transformationen (2021/2022) – 9'

for amplified string trio and fixed media
freely adapted from the poem 'Diepe tijd' ('Deep Time') by Dominique de Groen

WP: 03.04.2022, Augsburg

Transformationen II (2022) – 9'

for 2 amplified high voices and fixed media
freely adapted from the poem 'Diepe tijd' ('Deep Time') by Dominique de Groen

WP: 12.11.2022, Düsseldorf, Neanderkirche

Transformationen III (2022/2023) – 9'

for amplified viola and violoncello
freely adapted from the poem 'Diepe tijd' ('Deep Time') by Dominique de Groen

WP: 26/05/2023, Oldenburg

Transformationen IV (2024) – ca 10'

Version for amplified violin and playback (4 channel)
freely adapted from the poem 'Diepe tijd' ('Deep Time') by Dominique de Groen
for Emmanuelle Bernard

WP: 08.12.2024, Dock 11, Berlin

Un chien andalou Musik (2009) – 15'

Music for the film 'Le chien andalou' by Louis Bunuel and Salvatore Dali (1929)
for ensemble
dedicated to the Ensemble Ascolta

WP: 08.01.2010, Konzerthaus Berlin, Werner-Otto Saal

Und doch.... (And yet...) (2018/2019) – 10'

for string quartet

WP: 12.03.2019, Hannover, Kleiner Sendesaal des NDR

Und Pommernland ist abgebrannt/deutsches Schreiben (And Pomerania is burnt down/German writing) (2003) – 12'

for English horn, bass flute, bass clarinet CD-accompaniment and live electronics

WP: 09.11.2003, Berlin-Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Klangwerkstatt

Und Pommernland ist abgebrannt/deutsches Schreiben (Version with flugelhorn) (2003) – 12'

for English horn, bass flute, bass clarinet, CD-accompaniment and live electronics

WP: August 2013, Park Music-New Horizons

Und was, wenn die Schlange ein Schwein gewesen wäre? (And what if the snake had been a pig?) (1990) – 45'

a radio play
Text: Karin Spielhofer, Composition, Music+Sounds: Iris ter Schiphorst

WP: 13.09.1990 First broadcast ORF - Kunstradio

Undine geht! (Undine leaves!) (2020/2021) – 35'

A kind of monodrama based on Ingeborg Bachmann
for an actress, a singing cellist, a singer, mixed ensemble and additional parts

WP: 28/09/2021 SZENE Salzburg, Salzburg

Vergeben/Bruchstücke zu Edgar Varèse (Forgiven/Fragments on Edgar Varèse) (2007) – 15'

for wind orchestra, percussion and piano

WP: 02.11.2007 Cologne, Festival 'Musik der Zeit'

Vergiss Salome (Forget Salome) (2012) – 7 Min.'

for singer/performer, feeds and light,
Text: Karin Spielhofer based on an idea by Iris ter Schiphorst

WP: Dec. 2013, NDR Studio, Hamburg

Vielleicht gestern… (Maybe yesterday...) (2005) – 2'

for bass-clarinet solo

WP: 2006, Dresden-Hellerau

VOLK UNTER VERDACHT (PEOPLE UNDER SUSPICION) (2016/2017) – 90'

Documentary music theatre for a staged choir, interludes and video projections

WP: 14.12.2017, Berlin, Radialsystem

WAS WIRD HIER EIGENTLICH GESPIELT?!?! (What is actually being played here?!?!) (2022/2023) – 45'

Double biography of the 21st century
for singer-performer, voice, ensemble (all amplified), 2 thunderbolts/electronics and samples
Text: Felicitas Hoppe

WP: 21.10.2023, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donauhallen, Mozart-Saal; Motto: Cooperation

Welcome to all the pleasures: TISA VISA WiTiO ZETA NAFTA TiTiAiPi (weiss ich doch nicht, was die Kunst kann…)! (Welcome to all the pleasures: TISA VISA WiTiO ZETA NAFTA TiTiAiPi (how can I kwow what art can do...)!) (2014–2015) – 9'

for ensemble, countertenor in motion, feed, ghetto cluster and masks
after Henry Purcell (1659-1695, Orpheus Britannicus, from "Welcome to all the pleisures: Here the deities approve...")

WP: 23.01.2015, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin-Kreuzberg (Festival Ultraschall)