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Complete Works | Orchestral & large ensemble Works | Ensemble | Instrumental or vocal solos | Electronics/elecro-acoustic | Vocal | Spoken word
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Arbre généalogique (2011) (poem, music) for soprano, ensemble, and electronic sounds Premiered at PROMS, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 10 2010 - Susan Narucki (soprano), ASKO/Schönberg, and Pierre-André Valade (conductor) Commissioned by ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble with financial support of Performing Arts Fund NL Dedicated to Susan Narucki Text Stamboom, Rozalie Hirs (Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) French translation Arbre génélogique, Henri Deluy (Action Poétique No. 198, France, 2009) Duration 25' ca. Instrumentation: sop, fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, 2vln, vla, vc, cb, electronic sounds (1 player: keyboard/sampler), live ring modulation Venus: evening star ; invisible ; morning star, (2010) For percussion sextet and electronic sounds. Premiered at the Holland Festival, Bach Pavilion (architecture: Zaha Hadid), Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 8 2010 - Percussion Group The Hague Commissioned by Percussion Group The Hague and Holland Festival with financial support of the Eduard van Beinum Foundation Duration 20' ca. Instrumentation: percussion 6 vibraphones, crotales, 6 glockenspiels, bell plates, bowed vibraphones, bowed cymbals, 6 sixxen (the instruments Iannis Xenakis devised for his composition 'Pleiades) and electronic sounds. Little whale and the ice/ Kleine walvis en het ijs (2010) For large ensemble. Premier at De Gigant, Apeldoorn, February 14 2010 - Orch. De Ereprijs and Wim Boerman (cond.). Commissioned by Orchestra De Ereprijs with financial support of NFPK+. & Dedicated to Orchestra De Ereprijs. Duration 13' ca. Instrumentation: 2fl(alto fl), cl(bcl), sop sax(alto sax), alto sax(sop/bar sax), cor, trp, 2trb, tba, perc, pf, gt, bgt Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte (2009) (poem, music) for spoken word, instrumental improvisers, and live processing. Premiered at Pianolab: WortMusik, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 5 2009 - Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (clarinet/contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass), and Rozalie Hirs (voice). Text ('Gekromde ruimte', from: Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) Rozalie Hirs Commissioned by Galerie der Töne/WortMusik and Stevko Busch. With financial support of the Prins Bernhardcultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuisfonds. Duration 27' ca. Instrumentation: voice, fl, cl/bcl, lapsteel gt, pno, dbl bass and live processing. Roseherte (2007-08) For large orchestra and electronic sounds. Premiered at the Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8 2008 - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Micha Hamel (conductor). Commissioned by NPS and Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 15' ca. Instrumentation: 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.3.1/4perc/arp.cel.pf/str(16.14.12.10.8).electronic sounds Platonic ID (2005, 2006 rev.) For large ensemble First performance Serie Tijdgenoten, Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, February 23, 2005 – Asko Ensemble and Bas Wiegers (conductor); first performance version for chamber orchestra Prague Premieres concert series, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, March 19 2006 - Prague Philharmonia and Michel Swierczewski (conductor). Commissioned by the Asko Ensemble and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. Dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Kramer Duration 18' ca. Instrumentation: Fl, Picc, Cl, BassCl, Pf 4-hands, 2Vln, 2Vla, 2Vc, Cb, or chamber orchestra Fl, Picc, Cl, BassCl, Pf 4-hands, strings 4-4-4-4-2. a-book-of-light: incidence ; lightproof ; iris ; lightly (2002, 2003 rev.) For eleven instruments and electronic sounds Premiere Kulturzentrum Einstein, Muenchen, Germany, September 25 2002 – Ensemble piano possible and Christian Günther (conductor); first performance of revised score Merkin Hall, New York, USA, May 5, 2003 – Ensemble Speculum Musicae and Michael Adelson (conductor) Commissioned by Ensemble piano possible and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 17' ca. Instrumentation: Fl, Ob, Cl, Cor, Trp, Pf, Perc, Vln, Vla, Vc, Cb, and electronic sounds Book of mirrors (2001) For 19 instruments Premiere Soundscreen Project, Holland Festival, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, June 20 2001 – Asko Ensemble with Stefan Asbury (conductor), live performance to film #23.2 by Joost Rekveld Commissioned by the Asko Ensemble and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Boris and Edna Rapaport Prize (first prize for composition), Music Department, Columbia University, New York, May 2002 Duration 12’ ca. Instrumentation: Fl, Ob, Cl, Fg, Cor, Trp, Tb, Arp, El Gt, Pf, 2Perc, 2Vln, 2Vla, 2Vc, Cb Well (1998) (poem, music) for voice, alto saxophone, keyboard, double bass and drums. Premiere Present recording December 21 1998; television documentary by Joost van Krieken, NPS, March 28, 1999 – Susanne Ganser (alto saxophone), Ramón Vallé (keyboard), Jürgen Reiter (double bass), Martin Ibarburu (drums), Rozalie Hirs (voice) Text Rozalie Hirs Duration 8’ ca. Instrumentation: For voice, alto saxophone, keyboard, double bass and drums Sacro Monte (1997) For large ensemble Premiere Il Suono dei Parchi, church of Sacro Monte di Varallo Sesia, Piemonte, Italy, October 3 1997 – Ensemble Antidogma Musica and Raffaele Mascolo (conductor). Commissioned by Fondazione Nuova Arca and Anti ma Musica, Turin, Italy Duration 11’ ca. Instrumentation: Flute, Cl, Cor, Pf, Perc, 2Vln, Vla, Vc, Cb E N S E M B L E
Zenit (2010) For string quartet. Premiered at Les espaces acoustiques and beyond: new music after Gérard Grisey, REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, Los Angeles, United States, May 1 2010 – The Formalist Quartet Written upon invitation by The Formalist Quartet with the support of a travel fellowship from the Netherlands Performing Arts Fund. Dedicated to Mark Menzies and The Formalist Quartet in friendship and admiration Duration 22' ca. Instrumentation: 2 vln, Vla, cello Pamwe (1994) For tenor saxophone and two percussionists Premiere IJsbreker Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 18 1995 – Piet Rebel (tenor saxophone), Martin Ansink, Emiel Matthijsse (percussion) Duration 12’ ca. Instrumentation: tenor saxophone , two percussionists article 4 [landkaartje - la carte géographique - map butterfly] (2004) For violin solo & viola solo Premiered at Concerten Tot en Met, Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 1 2004 – Anna McMichael (violin); first performance viola version UK MicroFest 1, riverhouse, Walton-on-Thames, England, October 15 2005 – Elisabeth Smalt (viola) Commissioned by the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 10' ca. Instrumentation: vln, vla I N S T R U M E N T A L O R V O C A L S O L O S
article 5 [dolphin, curved time] (2008) (Poem, music) for solo soprano Premiered at the Wendingen Festival/Kunst op locatie, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 14 2008 - Irene Maessen (soprano). Text: Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Marja Bon and Wendingen Festival. Duration 9' ca. Instrumentation: soprano (solo) Source of Blue/ Bron van blauw (2005) For singing pianist. Premiered at Recital Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 15 2005 – Marcel Worms Commissioned by Marcel Worms and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. Duration 5' ca. Instrumentation: Pianist & singer article 1 to 3 [the] [aleph] [a] (2003) For piano solo Premiere Een nieuwe lente, Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2 2003 – Kees Wieringa (piano); first integral performance Concerten Tot en Met, Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 18 2003 – Dante Oei (piano) Commissioned by Kees Wieringa and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 12’ ca. Instrumentation: pno (solo) article 0 [transarctic Buddha] (2000) For solo percussion Premiere Big Bang festival, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, January 12 2000 – Arnold Marinissen (percussion) Instrumentation pitched metals and pitched natural stones Commissioned by the Big Bang Festival and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 10’ ca. Instrumentation: vibraphone, glockenspiel, cow bells (or thai gongs), bell plates, pitched natural stones (custom-cut by the percussionist) Yliaster (1995) For violin and piano Premiere IJsbreker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 16 1996 – Anna McMichael (violin), J. Marc Reichow (piano) Duration 13’ ca. Instrumentation: vln, pno E L E C T R O N I C S / E L E C T R O - A C O U S T I C
Arbre généalogique (2011) (poem, music) for soprano, ensemble, and electronic sounds Premiered at PROMS, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 10 2010, – Susan Narucki (soprano), ASKO/Schönberg, and Pierre-André Valade (conductor) Commissioned by ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble with financial support of Performing Arts Fund NL Dedicated to Susan Narucki Text Stamboom, Rozalie Hirs (Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) French translation Arbre génélogique, Henri Deluy (Action Poétique No. 198, France, 2009) Duration 25' ca. Instrumentation: sop, fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, 2vln, vla, vc, cb, electronic sounds (1 player: keyboard/sampler), live ring modulation Venus: evening star ; invisible ; morning star, (2010) For percussion sextet and electronic sounds. Premiered at the Holland Festival, Bach Pavilion (architecture: Zaha Hadid), Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 8 2010 – Percussion Group The Hague Commissioned by Percussion Group The Hague and Holland Festival with financial support of the Eduard van Beinum Foundation Duration 20' ca. Instrumentation: percussion 6 vibraphones, crotales, 6 glockenspiels, bell plates, bowed vibraphones, bowed cymbals, 6 sixxen (the instruments Iannis Xenakis devised for his composition 'Pleiades) and electronic sounds. Bridge of Babel (2009, 2010 rev.) (poem, music) for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack. First performance Android, sound installation by Roel van Timmeren (with electro-acoustic compositions by Gerda Geertens, Huba de Graaff, Mayke Nas, and Rozalie Hirs), Kinker bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27 June 2009; first live performance Babel festival, festival for contemporary music theatre, Restaurant Babylon/Ostadetheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5 November, 2010 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Based on the collage poem Bridge of Babel by Rozalie Hirs, made of objects trouvés, short excerpts from poems by Adonis, Anna Luísa Amaral, Yehuda Amichai, Antonella Anedda, Casimiro de Brito, Toeti Heraty, Marianne Larsen, Zia Movahed, Les Murray, Titos Patríkios, Tom Petsinis, Martin Reints, Raoul Schrott, Tomas Tranströmer, Ben Zwaal, Miek Zwamborn, and others. The rights for each of the poetry citations remain with the respective author. Commissioned by Roel van Timmeren/ILAP. Duration 7' ca. Instrumentation: for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack. Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte (2009) For voice, instrumental improvisers, and live processing. Premiered at Pianolab: WortMusik, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 5, 2009 - Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (clarinet/contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass), and Rozalie Hirs (voice). Text ('Gekromde ruimte', from: Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) Rozalie Hirs Commissioned by Galerie der Töne/WortMusik and Stevko Busch. With financial support of the Prins Bernhardcultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuisfonds. Duration 27' ca. Instrumentation: Fl, cl/bcl, tr, lapsteel gt, pno, db, vc, computer Poetry pieces I-III: heaven bleak ; dolphin ; family tree (2008) (poem, music) for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack Premiere (part I, II) Zaoem Polypoetry Festival, Minardschouwburg, Ghent, Belgium, April 26, 2008 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack/laptop). First performance (part III) Versal launch party, Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2008 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Duration 8' ca. Instrumentation: for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack Roseherte (2007-08) For large orchestra and electronic sounds. Premiered at the Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2008 - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and Micha Hamel (conductor). Commissioned by NPS and Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 15' ca. Instrumentation: 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.3.1/4perc/arp.cel.pf/str(16.14.12.10.8).electronic sounds Pulsars (2006, 2007 rev.) (poem, music) electro-acoustic work. Received the distinction 'Recommended work', 11th International Rostrum of electro-acoustic Music (IREM/ UNESCO), Lisbon, Portugal, December 2007. World premiere Café Sonore, VPRO Radio 747 AM, Netherlands, May 23, 2006; first performance (part IV) Defence of the free word, Festival More than words, De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 19, 2006 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Text Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Armeno Alberts, Café Sonore, VPRO Radio, Hilversum, Netherlands. Duration 28' ca. Instrumentation: live version for for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack Zichtbaar als zichzelf (2010) For two speakers. Premiered at Finissage, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 18, 2010, 16:00 - Rozalie Hirs (voice), Henk van der Waal (voice). Co-composition Rozalie Hirs, Henk van der Waal. Text Henk van der Waal, zelf worden, Querido, Amsterdam, 2010 Duration 17' ca. Instrumentation: voice Aan de zon, de wereld (2006) (poem, music) for spoken word and soundtrack. World premiere Ode aan de zon, Summer solstice festival, Phillip Morris Observatorium, Lelystad, Netherlands, June 24, 2006 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, laptop). Birdsong recordings Magnus Robb. Electro-acoustic composition, texts Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Sunsation Festival, Netherlands. Duration 11' ca. Instrumuntation: voice, soundtrack Van het wonder is woord (2005) (poem, music) for sung-spoken word and electro-acoustic sound track. Premiered Dicht aan het IJ, Loods 6, KNSM eiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 15, 2005 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, laptop). Text Rozalie Hirs Commissioned by Stichting Perdu and Stichting Kunstwerk Loods 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration 3' ca. Instrumentation: voice, electro-acoustic sound track A throwaway coincidence that determined everything (2004) (poem, music; film by Paul Leyton) electro-acoustic soundtrack. First screening Schachtofenbatterie Exhibition at Museumspark Rüdersdorf, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2004. Film (digital animation, 16 mm) Paul Leyton. Text, sound, voice Rozalie Hirs. Stipend of the 7th International Summeracademy, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany. Duration 2' ca. Instrumentation: voice, electro-acoustic sound track Klangtext, Textklang (2004) (poem; music in collaboration with James Fei) for speaker and live electronics. First performance Lange Nacht der Jungen Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2004 – Rozalie Hirs (voice), James Fei (analog electronics) Composition Rozalie Hirs, James Fei Text Rozalie Hirs Stipend of the Akademie der Künste (Literature department), Berlin, Germany Duration 25' ca. Instrumentation: voice, electronics In LA (2003, 2010 English version) (poem, music) for six speakers or one speaker & pre-recorded voices. Premiere at Performance Notes, Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 27, 2005, 20:30 - Rozalie Hirs (voice); first performance of the Engish version Agit Prop reading series, San Diego, United States, May 8, 2010 - Rozalie Hirs (voice) CD In LA, Aandacht, Drukkerij Tielen, Netherlands, 2003 Commissioned by Drukkerij Tielen , Fokke Wubbolts design and communication, Netherlands Text and english translation Rozalie Hirs Editor to the english text James Helgeson Duration 18' ca. (Dutch version), 19' ca. (English version) Instrumentation: speakers, pre recorded voices a-book-of-light: incidence ; lightproof ; iris ; lightly (2002, 2003 rev.) For large ensemble and electronic sounds Premiere Kulturzentrum Einstein, Muenchen, Germany, September 25, 2002 – Ensemble piano possible and Christian Günther (conductor); first performance of revised score Merkin Hall, New York, USA, May 5, 2003 – Ensemble Speculum Musicae and Michael Adelson (conductor) Commissioned by Ensemble piano possible and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 17' ca. Instrumentation Fl, Ob, Cl, Cor, Trp, Pf, Perc, Vln, Vla, Vc, Cb, and electronic sounds For morton feldman (2002) For electro-acoustic tape Premiere CMC Festival, Engine 27, New York, USA, April 27, 2002 Duration 12’ ca. Instrumentation: electro-acoustic tape Ton, luxiert (2003) For electro-acoustic tape Duration 6' ca. Instrumentation: electro-acoustic tape Europealis – Meeting Point (2001) (part of a co-composition with Stevko Busch et. al.) electro-acoustic work. Premiere trytone festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 13, 2001; co-composition based on an idea of Stevko Busch, in collaboration with Stevko Busch (electronics) and Iris Hoppe (video) et al. Commissioned by Gallery of Tones and trytone festival Duration 12’ ca. (total duration 1h ca.) Instrumentation: electro-acoustic tape Noise~ (2001) For live electronics (instruments programmed in Max/msp) or electro-acoustic tape Premiere (#1, stereo version) Mediated Arts Festival, TArt Foundation Amphitheatre,Twente University, Netherlands, October 18, 2001; first performance (#2, quadrophonic version) Listening in the Sound Kitchen, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, USA, November 17, 2001 Commissioned by TArt Foundation and the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst Duration 10’ (#1) and 8’ (#2) ca. Instrumentation: electronics or electro-acoustic tape Dog Making Kit & Puppy (2000) Diptych for electro-acoustic tape & soprano, piano and cello respectively Premiere Non Sequitur Festival, Here, New York, USA, August 21, 2000; first integral performance Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, USA, December 1, 2001 – Haleh Abghari (soprano), Paul de Jong (cello) and Eric Huebner (piano) Commissioned by the Non Sequitur Festival Text Anne Elliott Duration 12’ ca Instrumentation: electro-acoustic tape, sop, pno, cello Schizofonia (1995) Electro-acoustic work. Permiere Geaudeamus Muziekweek, IJsbreker, Amsterdam, September 10, 1995 CD Soundscape Amsterdam, co-production CEMstudio, Gaudeamus Foundation, IJsbreker, Amsterdam and NPS Radio, VPRO Radio, Hilversum, Netherlands, Ssccd 001; distribution Staalplaat, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1995 Commissioned by CEM (Centre for Electronic Music), Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration 7’ ca. Instrumentation: tape V O C A L
Arbre généalogique (2011) (poem, music) for soprano, ensemble, and electronic sounds Text Stamboom, Rozalie Hirs (Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) French translation Arbre génélogique, Henri Deluy (Action Poétique No. 198, France, 2009) Premiered at PROMS, Muziekgebouw aan't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 10, 2010, 20:15 – Susan Narucki (soprano), ASKO/Schönberg, and Pierre-André Valade (conductor) Commissioned by ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble with financial support of Performing Arts Fund NL Dedicated to Susan Narucki Duration 25' ca. Instrumentation: sop, fl/afl, ob/ca, cl/bcl, fg/cfg, cor, perc, pf, 2vln, vla, vc, cb, electronic sounds (1 player: keyboard/sampler), live ring modulation article 5 [dolphin, curved time] (2008) (poem, music) for solo soprano Premiered at the Wendingen Festival/Kunst op locatie, Bijbels Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 14, 2008 - Irene Maessen (soprano). Text: Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Marja Bon and Wendingen Festival. Duration 9' ca. Instrumentation: soprano Well (1998) For voice, alto saxophone, keyboard, double bass and drums Premiere Present recording December 21 1998; TV documentary by Joost van Krieken, NPS, March 28 1999 – Susanne Ganser (alto saxophone), Ramón Vallé (keyboard), Jürgen Reiter (double bass), Martin Ibarburu (drums), Rozalie Hirs (voice) Text Rozalie Hirs Duration 8’ ca. Instrumentation: voice, alto saxophone, keyboard, double bass and drums Song for Cathy (1995) (text by T.S. Eliot) for voice and four cellos. Premiere Professional Course for Young Choreographers and Composers, Bretton Hall, Huddersfield, England, August 22 1995 – Hugh McDowell (cellos), Rozalie Hirs (voice); a collaboration with Catherine Marston (choreography) Text excerpt from ‘Four Quartets’ by T.S. Eliot Duration 2’ ca. Instrumentation: voice, 4 cellos Die Parke (1994) For three female singers Premiere Kees van Baaren Hall, Royal Conservatory, The Hague, Netherlands, November 15, 1994 – Sonja van Dalen, Serena Jansen (soprano), Stefanie Beekmans (mezzo soprano) Text Rainer Maria Rilke Duration 5’ ca Instrumentation: 2Sop, Mezzosop SPOKEN WORD
Bridge of Babel (2009, 2010 rev.) (poem, music) for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack. First performance Android, sound installation by Roel van Timmeren (with electro-acoustic compositions by Gerda Geertens, Huba de Graaff, Mayke Nas, and Rozalie Hirs), Kinker bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27 June 2009; first live performance Babel festival, festival for contemporary music theatre, Restaurant Babylon/Ostadetheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5 November, 2010 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Based on the collage poem Bridge of Babel by Rozalie Hirs, made of objects trouvés, short excerpts from poems by Adonis, Anna Luísa Amaral, Yehuda Amichai, Antonella Anedda, Casimiro de Brito, Toeti Heraty, Marianne Larsen, Zia Movahed, Les Murray, Titos Patríkios, Tom Petsinis, Martin Reints, Raoul Schrott, Tomas Tranströmer, Ben Zwaal, Miek Zwamborn, and others. The rights for each of the poetry citations remain with the respective author. Commissioned by Roel van Timmeren/ILAP. Duration 7' ca. Instrumentation: for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack. Curved space/ Gekromde ruimte (2009) (Poem, music) for voice, instrumental improvisers, and live processing. Premiered at Pianolab: WortMusik, Goethe Institut, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 5, 2009 - Ned McGowan (flute), Tobias Klein (clarinet/contrabass clarinet), Joost Buis (trombone, lapsteel guitar), Stevko Busch (piano), Robert van Heumen (computer, controllers), Arnold Dooyeweerd (double bass), and Rozalie Hirs (voice). Text ('Gekromde ruimte', from: Geluksbrenger, Querido, Netherlands, 2008) Rozalie Hirs Commissioned by Galerie der Töne/WortMusik and Stevko Busch. With financial support of the Prins Bernhardcultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuisfonds. Duration 27' ca. Instrumentation: vc, fl. Cl/bcl, trb, lapsteel gt, pno, computer, dbass Poetry pieces I-III: heaven bleak ; dolphin ; family tree (2008) (Poem, music) for poet and soundtrack Premiere (part I, II) Zaoem Polypoetry Festival, Minardschouwburg, Ghent, Belgium, April 26, 2008 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack/laptop). First performance (part III) Versal launch party, Sugar Factory, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 8, 2008 - Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Duration 8' ca. Instrumentation: sung-spoken word and soundtrack (with optional additional improvisers) Vlinders, gras (2007) (Poem, music) for four speakers Premiered at the Tolhuistuin Festial, Tolhuistuin Amsterdam-Noord, Netherlands, May 12, 2008 - Jackson Mac Low Band. Instrumentation 4 male voices Duration 5' ca. Instrumentation: 4 speakers Pulsars (2006, 2007 rev.) (Poem, music) electro-acoustic composition. Received the distinction 'Recommended work', 11th International Rostrum of Electro-acoustic Music (IREM/ UNESCO), Lisbon, Portugal, December 2007. World premiere Café Sonore, VPRO Radio 747 AM, Netherlands, May 23, 2006; first performance (part IV) Defence of the free word, Festival More than words, De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 19, 2006 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, soundtrack). Text Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Armeno Alberts, Café Sonore, VPRO Radio, Hilversum, Netherlands. Duration 28' ca. Instrumentation: live version for spoken word and electro-acoustic soundtrack Aan de zon, de wereld (2006) (Poem, music) for speaking part and soundtrack. World premiere Ode aan de zon, Summer solstice festival, Phillip Morris Observatorium, Lelystad, Netherlands, June 24, 2006 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, laptop). Birdsong recordings Magnus Robb. Electro-acoustic composition, texts Rozalie Hirs. Commissioned by Sunsation Festival, Netherlands. Duration 11' ca. Instrumentation: voice & soundtrack Van het wonder is woord (2005) (Poem, music) for voice and sound track. Premiered Dicht aan het IJ, Loods 6, KNSM eiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 15, 2005 – Rozalie Hirs (voice, laptop). Text Rozalie Hirs Commissioned by Stichting Perdu and Stichting Kunstwerk Loods 6, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration 3' ca. Instrumentation: voice & soundtrack A throwaway coincidence that determined everything (2004) (poem, music; film by Paul Leyton) electro-acoustic soundtrack. First screening Schachtofenbatterie Exhibition at Museumspark Rüdersdorf, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2004. Film (digital animation, 16 mm) Paul Leyton. Text, sound, voice Rozalie Hirs. Stipend of the 7th International Summeracademy, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany. Duration 2' ca. Instrumentation: electro-acoustic soundtrack including spoken word. Not for live performance Klangtext, Textklang (2004) (poem; music in collaboration with James Fei) for speaker and live electronics. First performance Lange Nacht der Jungen Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2004 – Rozalie Hirs (voice), James Fei (analog electronics) Composition Rozalie Hirs, James Fei Text Rozalie Hirs Stipend of the Akademie der Künste (Literature department), Berlin, Germany Duration 25' ca. Instrumentation: voice, electronics In LA (2003, 2010 English version) (poem, music) for six speakers or one speaker & pre-recorded voices. Premiere at Performance Notes, Perdu, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 27, 2005, 20:30 - Rozalie Hirs (voice); first performance of the English version Agit Prop reading series, San Diego, United States, May 8, 2010 - Rozalie Hirs (voice) CD In LA, Aandacht, Drukkerij Tielen, Netherlands, 2003 Commissioned by Drukkerij Tielen , Fokke Wubbolts design and communication, Netherlands Text and English translation Rozalie Hirs Editor to the English text James Helgeson Duration 18' ca. (Dutch version), 19' ca. (English version) Instrumentation: six speakers & pre-recorded voice Slaaplied voor een duivel (1994) (poem, music) for music box and narrator Premiere Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 12, 1994 – Ron Ford (music box), Thom Hoffman (narrator) CD Music Box – 32 compositions for music box, Eigenwijs EW 9413, VPRO Radio, Hilversum, 1994 Text: Rozalie Hirs Duration 2’ ca. Instrumentation: music box, voice |
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