iris ter schiphorst

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

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

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

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

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

for recorder and string quartet (all amplified)

WP: 02.08.2021, Summer Music Days Hitzacker

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

for string quartet

WP: 12.03.2019, Hannover, Kleiner Sendesaal des NDR

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.

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

ZEICHENKASKADEN II (2015/2016) – 9'

Version for singer (bass) with drum and 2 double bass clarinets

WP: 16.01.2016, Stuttgart, Theatre House, P1

ZEICHENKASKADEN (2015) – ca. 7'

for singer (bass) with drum and 4 double bass clarinets

WP: 04.09.2015, FÜNF PLUS FÜNF FESTIVAL, St. Elisabeth Church, Berlin Mitte

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

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

"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

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

for clarinet and string quartet

WP: 19.09.2011, Susaa Festival Denmark

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

for violin, viola, violoncello, piano/sampler

WP: Nov. 2010, Munich, HörBlicke 21

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

No Sir (2007) – 9'

for tlute and Paetzold bass

WP: 17 March 2007, Museum Island Hombroich

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

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

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

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

for violin, cello, prep. piano/sample keyboard

WP: 17.09.1997, Berlin Festival Weeks

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

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

for voice, flute, 2 violins, synth/sampler

WP: 1991, Berlin SO-36

Ergo sum "pf "maschinenie (1990) – 9'

for violin, synthesiser/sampler

WP: 1990, Berlin

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