COMMISSIONS

 
May 21 - 22, 2005 TO BE CONTINUED for Chamber Ensemble, Film and Text (2005) Commissioned by the: Danish National Arts Foundation and Knud Hoejgaards Foundation
World premiered at the Tian Qiao Theatre Beijing, China
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen and China Drama and Dance
Orchestra Beijing
October 8, 1995 NEBULAE for solo musette
Commissioned and world premiered by
Ernest Rombout,
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, USA
November 24, 1992

DEOVOLENTE for solo flute
(3rd and penultimate movement of: MISSISSIPPI EPIPHANY)
commissioned and world premiered by
Laura Chislett,
Sender Freies Berlin
Berlin, Germany

November 10, 1989

 

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 NEARNESS a triple concerto for flute, oboe, bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
commissioned by the Berlin Ministry of Culture,
Oriol Ensemble Berlin
Harrie Starreveld - flute
Ernest Rombout - oboe
Harry Sparnaay - bass clarinet
Sebastian Gottschalk - conductor
Berlinische Galerie
Berlin, Germany
1982 Commission from the Stockton Symphony Orchestra - California
MIDNIGHT for orchestra and narrator, text by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(2nd movement of: MISSISSIPPI EPIPHANY)
world premiered: February 9 repeated February 10, 1983
1979 Commission from Het Nederlands Klarinetkwartet - Netherlands
ISOLA (1st movement of: MISSISSIPPI EPIPHANY) world premiered: November 2, 1980
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1978 Commission from Het Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet - Netherlands
SAXOPHONE QUARTET (2nd movement of: The FIRE IN THE LAKE Trilogy)
world premiered: February 19, 1980
Madrid, Spain.
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October 1, 1977 FOUREVER PRESENT for 16 woodwinds and two conductors (world premiere)
commissioned for the 70th birthday of American sculptor George Rickey.
Woodwinds of the Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Rainer Koelble and Phillip Moll, conductors
Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
1977 Commission from the Royan Festival-France LAST DANCE for chamber orchestra
March 24, 1977 MEHR LICHT for solo bass flute
commissioned and world premiered by Eberhard Blum
The Kitchen
New York City
November 21, 1976 SEUL for solo bass clarinet
commissioned and world premiered by Harry Sparnaay
4th International Composers Seminar of the Boswil Foundation - Switzerland
April 23, 1976

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 LEGATISSIMO TO BE... for solo violin
commissioned and world premiered by Jānos Negyesy
Amerika-Haus Cultural Center
Berlin, Germany
1975 Commission from RIAS (Radio In American Sector) West Berlin, Germany HOLDING TOGETHER for chamber orchestra
1971 Commission from the Sonja Henie-Niels Onstad Foundation - Norway LARGE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM

GRANTS

1976, 77, 78 Awarded the Danish National Art Fund Grant
1975 Grant from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service - Berlin Artist Program)