Bettina Skrzypczak:
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Illuminationen (Illuminations) (2008)
for clarinet, cello and piano
first performance: Luzern (Lucerne Festival), 20.9.2008
Eduard Brunner (cl), Wen-Sin Yang (c), Adrian Oetiker (pno)
D: 18' (R)
anomalia Lunae media (2007)
for soprano, bariton and 15 instruments
To the 300th birthday of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
Text: Leonhard Euler, Boethius, Leonardo da Vinci, Jorge Luis Borges
S. Bar. / 2. 1. 1 (bkl). 0. / 1. 1. 1. 0. / pno. perc. / 3. 0. 1. 1. 1.
First performance: Basel, 20.4.2007
Sylvia Nopper (s), Björn Waag (bar), Collegium Novum Zürich, cond. Rüdiger Bohn
D: 17' (R)
Flash (2007)
for percussion solo
First performance: Vevey, 18.2.2007
Peter Baumann (perc)
D: 1' (S)
Initial (2005)
for orchestra
2. 2. 2. 2. / 2. 2. 0. 0. / perc. / 6. 6. 4. 4. 2.
First performance: La Chaux-de-Fonds, 13.5.2007
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, cond. Marco Angius
D: 15' (R)
Aria (2004)
for 2 bass saxophones
First performance: Basel, 19. 1. 2005
Andrea Döbeli and Marcel Schmid (sax)
D: 5' (S)
Lettres (2004)
for soprano, clarinet and cello
Text: Guillaume de Machaut (from "Le Livre dou Voir Dit")
First performance: München, 14. 5. 2004
Márta Kosztolányi (s), Sayaka Schmuck (cl), Dietrich von Kaltenborn (c)
D: 10' (R)
String Quartet nr. 4 (2003)
First performance: Zürich, 9. 5. 2004
Amar Quartet
D: 17' (R)
In un soffio (2003)
for wind quintet
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
First performance: Basel, 2.2.2004
Arion Quintet: Isabelle Schnöller (fl), Curzio Petraglio (cl), Matthias Arter (ob), Matthias Bühlmann (bn), Lorenz Raths (hn)
D: 17' (R)
Weissagung (Prophecy) (2003)
A composed improvisation for the "quartet noir"
First performance: Luzern (Lucerne Festival), 13. 9. 2003
quartet noir (Marilyn Crispell (pno), Joëlle Léandre (db), Urs Leimgruber (sax) and Fritz Hauser (perc)
D: ca. 12' (S)
Phototaxis (2003)
for string orchestra
6. 6. 4. 4. 2.
First performance: Zürich, 4. 7. 2003
Zürcher Kammerorchester, cond. Howard Griffiths
D: 12' (R)
Amoureske (2003)
for viola d'amore
First performance: Luzern, 9.5.2003
John Anthony Calabrese (vla. d'am)
D: 8' (R)
Daphnes Lied (Daphne's Song) (2002)
for piano solo
First performance: Venice (Biennale), 11.5.2002
Massimiliano Damerini (pno)
D: 9' (R)
Vier Figuren (2001)
for ensemble (18 players) in 3 groups
2 fl. ob. cl. / hn. trp. trb. / pno. 2 perc. / 3 vl. 2 vla. 2 c. db.
First performance: Riehen (Fondation Beyeler), 19. 11. 2001
Soloists of the Basel Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jürg Henneberger
D: 14' (R)
Scène (2001)
for violin and cello
First performance: Marseille, 13. 5. 2001
Noëmi Schindler (vl), Christophe Roy (c)
D: 9' (R)
Cercar (2001)
for prepared guitar solo
First performance: Zürich, 13.5.2001
Markus Hochuli (guit)
D: 8' (R)
Arcato (2000)
for Viola solo
First performance: Zürich, 15. 10. 2001
D: 6' (R)
Miroirs (2000)
for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Texts: J. L. Borges, Li Tai-bo, Bernart de Ventadorn und Satchal Sarmast
ms. fl. ob. cl. vl. vla. c. perc. pno.
First performance: St. Moritz, 28. 8. 2000
Mireille Cappelle (ms), Ensemble Contrechamps, cond. Jürg Henneberger
D: 17' (R)
Mazurka (2000)
for accordion solo
D: 3' (N)
Mouvement (1999)
for flute solo
First performance: Basel, 10. 6. 1999
Felix Renggli (fl)
D: 5' (R)
Toccata sospesa (1999)
for flute und 2 percussionists
First performance: Biel, 30. 5. 1999
Verena Bosshard (fl), Riccardo Bologna and Eduardo Leandro (perc)
D: 11' (R)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1998)
3. 3. 2. bcl. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 0. / 3 perc (timp). / 12. 12. 10. 8. 6.
First performance: Davos, 21. 8. 1998
Massimiliano Damerini (pno), Philharmonische Werkstatt Schweiz, cond. Mario Venzago
D: 15' (R)
Fantasie (1997)
for oboe solo
First performance: Zürich, 7.11.1997
Matthias Arter (ob)
D: 10' (R)
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1995/96)
3. 3. 3 (bcl). 3. / 4. 3. 3. 0. / 4 perc. pno. / 12. 12. 10. 8. 6.
First performance: Basel, 30. 8. 1996
Emanuel Abbühl (ob), Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Jürg Wyttenbach
D: 28' (R)
SN 1993 J (1994/95)
for orchestra
3. 3. 2. bcl. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 0. / timp. 3 perc. pno. / 12. 12. 10. 8. 6.
First performance: Venice (Biennale), 14. 7. 1995
Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Anton Nanut
D: 15' (R)
Acaso (1994)
for choir (SATB, 4 each), clarinet (bass clarinet), cello and percussion
Text: Stéphane Mallarmé, Jorge Luis Borges, Nikolaus Kopernikus, Rainer Maria Rilke, trad. (Maori)
First performance: Basel, 18. 5. 1994
Basler Madrigalisten, cond. Fritz Näf
D: 15' (R)
Nonet for Wind Instruments and Double Bass (1994)
2 ob. cl. bcl. 2 bn. 2 hn. db.
First performance: Zürich, 5. 11. 1994
Ensemble Octomania
D: 18' (R)
String Quartet nr. 3 (1993)
First performance: Basel, 26. 4. 1994
Amati Quartet
D: 22' (R)
Landschaft des Augenblicks (1992)
Five Songs for mezzo-soprano, viola and piano
Text: Czeslaw Milosz, Kazimiera Illakowiczówna, Leopold Staff, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
First performance: Riehen, 31. 1. 1993
Malgorzata Dowgielewicz (ms), Egidius Streiff (vla), Suguru Ito (pno)
D: 18' (R)
Notturno (1992)
for flute solo
First performance: Riehen, 31. 1. 1993
Frank Nagel (fl)
D: 6' (R)
Caleidoscopio (1992)
for string ensemble
6. 0. 2. 2. 1.
First performance: Frauenfeld, 6.9.1992
Ensemble L'Accord
D: 15' (S)
String Quartet nr. 2 (1991)
First performance: Zürich, 30. 11. 1991
Wilanow Quartet
D: 18' (S)
Variabile (1991)
for orchestra
3. 3. 2. bcl. 3. / 4. 3. 3. 0. / 3 perc. pno. / strings
D: 12' (S)
Trio (1990)
for 3 percussionists
First performance: Basel, 26. 5. 1991
D: 15' (S)
What Is Black, What Is White (1987)
for 2 percussionists
First performance: Poznan, 24. 5. 1987
D: 12' (S)
Verba (1987)
for orchestra
3. 3. 3 (bcl). 3. / 4. 3. 3. 0. / 3 perc. pno. / 12. 12. 10. 8. 6.
First performance: Zagreb, 13. 4. 1988
Radio Symphony Orchestra Zagreb, cond. Arturo Tamayo
D: 13' (R)
ABC (1986)
for tape (3 channels)
D: 6' (S)
(R) Ricordi Publishers, München
(N) Nepomuk Publishers, Aarau/Switzerland
(S) Self-Publishing
Works in alphabetical order (with programme notes)
Works by instrumentation
