Concerto

Concerto for an African Cellist (2012/13) ca. 29′

solo cello, mbira, marimba, and orchestra
1(1).1.1(1).1. – 1.0.0.0. – timp, perc (5) – 6.6.4.3.2.
commissioned by the SAMRO Foundation
first performance: Bloemfontein, 19.3.13

Chamber Concerto for Harp and Strings (1997) ca. 25

commissioned by the Int. Fredener Musiktage
first performance: Freden, 24.8.97

Works for Orchestra

Ciacona & Tshikona (2007) 20′

Tshikona ensemble, kuduhorns and orchestra
2(1).2.2.2 – 4.2.3.0 – timp, perc (1) – 8.8.6.4.3
commissioned by the MIAGI Festival 2007
first performance: Johannesburg, 8.5.07

Proteus Variations (2006) 22′

for large orchestra
2(1).2.2.2(1) – 4.2.2.1 – timp, perc (4) – 10.8.6.4.3
commissioned by Radio Deutsche Welle
first performance: Cape Town, 13.7.06

als flögen wir davon… (2000) ca. 20′

string orchestra & snare drum
0 – 0 – snare – 10.8.6.4.2
commissioned by the Münchener Kammerorchester
first performance: Munich, 8.3.01

Audite Africam! (1997) ca. 25′

‘African’ suite for string orchestra
0 – 0 – 0 – 10.8.6.4.2
commissioned by the Audi Cultural Trust
first performance: Neuburg, 22.6.97

Lassus-Fantasy (1993/94) ca. 11′

large orchestra
2.2.2.2 – 4.3.3.1 – timp, perc (3) – 10.8.6.4.3
first performance: Munich, 18.5.95

4 Britting-Songs (1994/95) ca. 10′

song cycle for baritone & orchestra on poems by Georg Britting
3.3.3.2 – 4.3.3.1 – harp, piano, timp, perc (2) – 0.0.6.4.3
first performance: Munich, 3.3.95

Cantata

Mein guten Werk, die gelten nicht (2017) ca. 30′

Reformation Cantata
for soloists (SATB), mixed choir, brass, strings, bc
commissioned by St. Martini, Cape Town for the 5th Reformation Centenary
first performance: Cape Town, 29.10.17

Unerläßliches Leid (1997/8) ca. 40′

Lent Cantata
for soloists (SATB), 5-part mixed choir (SSATB) & Baroque orchestra:
2 recorders, traverso, 2 oboes, trumpet, strings, bc
commissioned by the Heinrich Schütz Ensemble
first performance: Munich, 8.3.98

Ensemble (instrumental)

Nonet (2018) ca. 20′

for period instruments of the Classical era:
traverso, clarinet/basset horn, horn, bassoon,
fortepiano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
commissioned by così facciamo
first performance: Munich, 9.6.18

Eistau-Trio (2011) 30′

incidental music for Ilija Trojanow’s novel EisTau
for saxophones (S, A, T), violin (viola) & cello
first performance: Vienna, 6.9.11

Kudzumira (in the spirit of Mbira…) (2009) ca. 5′

for cello & harpsichord
first performance: Grahamstown, 6.7.09

Southern Nocturnal (Trusting the moon to sing) (2003) ca. 10′

for solo guitar
commissioned by Stefan Stiens
first performance: Munich, 9.3.03

‘I fistula nomine ricordo’ (1999) ca. 7′

for various recorders (one player) & Baroque cello
first performance: Stellenbosch Festival, 30.9.99

‘The cattle have gone astray’ (1999) ca. 10′

trio for flute, piano & celloincorporating a Sena Tonga herding song
commissioned by the SAMRO Foundation
first performance: Columbus, Ohio, 18.8.00

Amadinda – Prelude and Fugue (1997) ca. 10′

for two pianos (four hands)
first performance: Würzburg, 2.3.98

Responsorium (1996) ca. 6′

for solo violin & (sampled recordings of) African birdcalls
first performance: Stuttgart, 23.2.97

Ugubhu (rising and falling… and rising) (1996) ca. 5′

for solo cello
commissioned by the SAMRO Foundation

Liebslieder Quartette / Love Song Quartets (1995) ca. 12′

three movements for string quartet
based on traditional German folk songs
commissioned by the Cima Quartet
first performance: Puchheim, 8.3.96

Variations for Bassoon and Temple Blocks (1994) 6′

first performance: Munich, 13.3.94

Little Portrait of the World (1994) ca. 20′

for wind quintet & sampled voices
first performance: Schloß Leitheim, 5.7.96

Liebeslieder Trios / Love Song Trios (1993) ca. 7′

three movements for string trio (vn, va, vc)
based on traditional German folk songs
for violin, viola, cello
first performance: Schloß Bernstein (A), 8.4.93

Evocation or Escapade (depending on the point of view) (1992) ca. 9′

for violin & piano
first performance: Munich, 20.6.95

Parable (1992) ca. 12′

for string quartet
first performance: St. Petersburg, 21.11.92

Zeitverlust (Piece on a Poem) (1992) ca. 14′

setting (without words) of a poem by Hans Günter Saul
for solo cello
first performance: Salzburg, 6.3.95

Liebeslieder Duos / Love Song Duos (1990) ca. 6′

three movements for string duo (vn, vc)
on traditional German folk songs
first performance: Spier, Lynedoch, 29.9.90

Ensemble (with voice)

Floral Miniatures (2020) ca. 8′

setting of five Haikus by Antoinette Huyssen
for soprano & cello
first performance: Cape Town, 18.3.21

Was brauchst du? (2015) ca. 6′

multilingual setting of a text by Friederike Mayröcker
for vocal ensemble (SSATB) & cello
commissioned by Linde Waber
first performance: Cape Town, 7.2.15

GAN meets Ursula (2006) ca. 20′

chamber version of act II, scene 2 from MASQUE
for soprano, tenor, clar, pno, strings and indigenous African instruments:
akadinda, mbira, kudu horns, percussion
commissioned by Cape Classic
first performance: Stellenbosch, 27.2.06

The Songs of Madosini (2002) ca. 25′

for Latozi Mpahleni (alias Madosini: uhadi, umrhubhe, isitolotolo, voice),
narrator & ensemble of Western instruments (clarinet & string quartet)
first performance: ICMF Pretoria, 15.8.02

Silence where a song would ring (2000) ca. 12′

song cycle on /Xam textsfor baritone, violin & percussion
commissioned by the Gasteig Kulturverein
first performance: Munich, 3.5.01

A propos du malheur (1999) ca. 8′

trio for soprano, flute & cello on a compilation of texts by Simone Weil
first performance: Vienna, 16.8.99

Incantation (to open/close the concert) (1998) ca. 8′

setting of a text by Alexander Pope
for soprano, harpsichord, lute & Baroque cello
first performance: Tübingen, 30.1.99

Iedere Liedere (1998) ca. 5′

Afrikaans folk song arrangements
for tenor & piano

Nursery Songs (1998) ca. 5′

three nursery rhymes set for soprano, lute & cello
first performance: Salzburg, 16.6.98

Brunnenränderlieder (1984/95) ca. 10′

song cycle for soprano & string quartet
on poetry by Georg Trakl, Joseph Weinheber & Hilde Domin
first performance: Stellenbosch, 1984
first performance of revised version: Munich, 10.3.95

Sommerlieder (1994) ca. 15′

song cycle based on 7 poems by Georg Britting
for baritone, accordion, cello

So we’ll go no more a-roving (1994) ca. 4′

setting of a poem by George Byron
for vocal ensemble (SATB)
first performance: Cambridge, 28.7.94

“no more…” (1994) ca. 11′

musical scene based on a poem by George Byron
for soloists (SATB), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussion, piano & synthesizer
first performance: Munich, 10.11.94

Andreas Gryphius Karfreitagssonett (1992) 5′

setting of a sonnet for Good Friday by Andreas Gryphius
for counter tenor (alto), oboe d’amore & viola
first performance: Salzburg, 19.6.92

Die Stimmen (1992) ca. 18′

song cycle on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
for baritone & guitar
first performance: München, 8.2.98

Deuntjie (1992) ca. 4′

song on a poem by Elisabeth Eybers
for soprano, violin, cello (double bass), piano
commissioned by Konstanze Harms
first performance: Lynedoch, ?.?.1992

Choir (a cappella)

Kwarantyn Kwatryne (2020) ca. 9’

cycle of settings of Afrikaans poems by Ina Rousseau
for 6-part mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella

Geistliche Chormusik I (1982-2022) ca. 30’

12 motets for 3- to 6-part mixed choir or vocal ensemble a cappella

Weggewerp (2020) ca. 12′

cycle of four settings of Afrikaans texts
by W.E.G.Louw, C.L.Leipoldt and from the book of Psalms
for 4- to 11-part mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBB) a cappella
commissioned by VOX Cape Town
first performance: Cape Town, 13.10.23

‘Pamplierbos’ (2009/16/20) ca. 3′

setting for 4-part mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
on a text by Boerneef (I.W. van der Merwe)
first performance: Gambier, Ohio, 5.12.09

Wir sind Verlassene in der Zeit (2001) ca. 10′

motet for 4-part mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
on texts by Simone Weil
commissioned by the Heinrich Schütz Society, South Africa
first performance: Dresden, Kreuzkirche, 16.3.02

‘Bonjour’, dit le renard.
‘Good morning’, the little prince replied. (2001) ca. 7′

bilingual setting of a dialogue from St Exupéry’s The Little Prince
for two mixed choirs (SATB/SATB) a cappella
commissioned by the SAMRO Foundation
first performance: Grahamstown, 1.7.01

3 Wunderhorn-Lieder (1992) ca. 10′

on poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
for mixed choir a cappella, with S, A & baritone solo parts

Herbstliches (1990) ca. 5′

aleatoric setting of a text by Hans Günter Saul
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella

Choir (accompanied)

Meguru – trad. Oshivango (2020) ca. 5’

for mixed choir (SATB) & orchestra
3.0.3/sax.0 – 0.1.1.0 – strings

Christ ist erstanden (2019) ca. 2’

Easter Introit for mixed choir (SATB), 3 tr & organ
first performance: Cape Town, 21.4.19

Improperien (1996) ca. 6′

liturgical music for Good Friday
cantor, schola of men’s voices, 5-part mixed choir (SSATB), 3 solo violins
commissioned by the Kantorei Wies (Steiermark, Austria)
first performance: Wies, Austria, 5.4.96

Ostermusik (1987) ca. 20’

SATB soloists, mixed choir (SATB), brass, strings & organ
commissioned by Heinz Böhmer
first performance: Salzburg, 3.4.88

Passionsmusik (1984) ca. 10’

mixed choir (SATB), strings & organ
first performance: Stellenbosch, 1.4.83

Music for Young Persons

Olifant en Konijn (2005) ca.7′

for solo violin & narrator
commissioned by the ‘Stichting Masterclass Apeldoorn’
first performance: Apeldoorn, 24.8.05

‘Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Tango’    (1992) ca. 5′

for school ensemble: fl, 2 cl, bn, Styrian accordion, xyl, bongos, db
first performance: Deutschlandsberg, 18.10.92

6 Pieces for a Pianist and a Child (1989/91) ca. 13′

for piano, 3 & 4 hands
first performance: Munich, 20.6.95

Electronic Music

5 Fibonacci Pieces  (1990/95) ca. 5′

realised by means of sequencer
first performance: Munich, 20.6.95

10 Sequencer Pieces  (1990/95) ca. 20′

realised by means of sequencer & sampler

Prelude and Fugue for a critic  (1995) ca. 5′

produced by sequencer & sampler
first performance: Munich, 10.3.95

Radio Play

EisTau (2014) 57′

based on text & music from Ilija Trojanow’s
novel EisTau and Huyssen’s EisTau Trio
for narrator, saxophones (S/A/T), violin/viola & cello
commissioned by the ORF (Austrian Radio);
first broadcast: Vienna, 2.9.14

Occasional Music

Christ ist erstanden (2019) ca. 5″

Easter Introit for mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones & organ
first performance: Cape Town, 21.4.19

Rounds

12 Grace Canons (1981-2002)
Birthday Canons (1986-2002)
Brückenkanon (2004)

Obermenzinger Weihnachtsmusik (2000) ca. 25’

liturgical music for a Christmas service
commissioned by the parish of the Carolinenkirche, Munich
first performance: München, 23.12.00

Autopol-Musik (1997)

incidental music for the online novel Autopol by Ilija Trojanow
first performance: München, 25.11.97

Schmuck-Stück (1996)

incidental music for an exhibition of jewellery by Aninka Harms
first performance: München, 7.12.96

Improperien (1996) ca. 6′

liturgical music for lent
cantor, schola (men’s voices), 5-part mixed choir (SSATB) & 3 solo vns
commissioned by the Kantorei Wies (Styria, Austria)
first performance: München, 5.4.96

Cadenzas

for the Boccherini Cello Concerto in Bb-maj (1986)
for the Haydn Cello Concerto in C-maj (1989)

Ostermusik (1987) ca. 20’

cantata
for soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), brass, strings & organ
commissioned by Heinz Böhmer
first performance: Salzburg, 3.4.88

Passionsmusik (1984) ca. 10’

chorale cantata
for mixed choir (SATB), strings & organ
first performance: Stellenbosch, 20.4.88

Music for Period Instruments

Nonet (2018) ca. 20′

for period instruments of the Classical era:
traverso, clarinet/basset horn, horn, bassoon,
fortepiano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
commissioned by così facciamo
first performance: Munich, 9.6.18

Mein guten Werk, die gelten nicht (2017) ca. 30′

Reformation Cantata
for soloists (SATB), mixed choir, brass, strings, bc
commissioned by St. Martini, Cape Town for the 5th Reformation Centenary
first performance: Cape Town, 29.10.17

Kudzumira (in the spirit of Mbira…) (2009) ca. 5′

for cello & harpsichord
first performance: Grahamstown, 6.7.09

‘I fistula nomine ricordo’ (1999) ca. 7′

for various recorders (one player) & Baroque cello
first performance: Stellenbosch Festival, 30.9.99

Liebslieder Quartette / Love Song Quartets (1995) ca. 12′

three movements for string quartet
based on traditional German folk songs
commissioned by the Cima Quartet
first performance: Puchheim, 8.3.96

Liebeslieder Trios / Love Song Trios (1993) ca. 7′

three movements for string trio (vn, va, vc)
based on traditional German folk songs
for violin, viola, cello
first performance: Schloß Bernstein (A), 8.4.93

Andreas Gryphius Karfreitagssonett (1992) 5′

setting of a sonnet for Good Friday by Andreas Gryphius
for counter tenor (alto), oboe d’amore & viola
first performance: Salzburg, 19.6.92

Liebeslieder Duos / Love Song Duos (1990) ca. 6′

three movements for string duo (vn, vc)
on traditional German folk songs
first performance: Spier, Lynedoch, 29.9.90

A propos du malheur (1999) ca. 8′

trio for soprano, flute & cello on a compilation of texts by Simone Weil
first performance: Vienna, 16.8.99

Incantation (to open/close the concert) (1998) ca. 8′

setting of a text by Alexander Pope
for soprano, harpsichord, lute & Baroque cello
first performance: Tübingen, 30.1.99

Iedere Liedere (1998) ca. 5′

Afrikaans folk song arrangements for tenor & piano

Nursery Songs (1998) ca. 5′

three nursery rhymes set for soprano, lute & cello
first performance: Salzburg, 16.6.98

Unerläßliches Leid (1997/8) ca. 40′

Lent cantata
for soloists (SATB), 5-part mixed choir (SSATB) & Baroque orchestra:
2 recorders, traverso, 2 oboes, trumpet, strings, bc
commissioned by the Heinrich Schütz Ensemble
first performance: Munich, 8.3.98

Brunnenränderlieder (1984/95) ca. 10′

song cycle for soprano & string quartet
on poetry by Georg Trakl, Joseph Weinheber & Hilde Domin
first performance: Stellenbosch, 1984
first performance of revised version: Munich, 10.3.95</em

Orchestral Arrangements

All you need is love – Beatles (2023)

1.0.2.2sax.0 – 1.2.1.0 – S solo, ATB chorus – drums – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 17.2.23

Ng’qome kwazulu mama – trad. Zulu (2023)

1.0.1.sax.0 – 0.2.1.0 – SATB choir – strings
first performance: Cape Town, 17.2.23

Shalom Chaverim – trad. (2022)

2.0.2.1bass cl.2sax.0 – 1.2.1.0 – perc – 3-part children’s choir – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 6.5.22

Mbube – Solomon Linda (2022)

2.0.2.1bass cl.2sax.0 – 1.1.1.0 – perc – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 19.8.22

Meguru – trad Rukwangali (2022)

2.0.2.1bass cl.2sax.0 – 1.2.1.0 – perc – SATB choir – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 19.8.22

Old Joe Clark’s Boogie – Gerald Martin (2022)

2.0.2.1bass cl.2sax.0 – 1.2.1.0 – perc – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 19.8.22

Siyahamba – trad. Zulu (2021)

2.0.2.2 sax.0 – 1.1.1.0 – xyl, pno, perc – voice – strings, guit

Lachend – Cesar Bresgen (2020)

2.0.2.2sax.1 – 1.3.1.0 – perc – children’s choir – strings, guit

Chariots of Fire – Vangelis (2020)

2.0. 2/sax.0 – 1.1.1.0 – xyl, pno, perc – strings, guit

Santema – trad. Ghanain

2.0.2.2 sax.1 – 0.1.1.0 – voice – strings

Mama Tembu – Margaret Singana (2019)

2.0.2/sax.0 – 0.1.0.0 – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 29.10.19

Fiddle Tunes – trad. (2019)

2.0.2/sax.1 – 0.1.1.0 – strings, guit
first performance: Cape Town, 29.10.19

Worried Man Blues – trad. (2019)

2.0.2/sax.0 – 0.1.1.0 – strings, guit

Variations on Greensleeves – trad. (2018) ca. 5′

2 fl, 2 cl, pno, strings
first performance: Cape Town, 1.9.18

Weeping – Bright Blue (2018)

cl, strings
first performance: Cape Town, 29.10.19

Pavane – Gabriel Fauré (2018)

3 fl, 2 cl, strings
first performance: Cape Town, 24.5.18

Happy Birthday… (1992) ca. 4′

musical jest
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 tp, 2 hrn, 2 trb, 2 perc strings
first performance: Vienna, 30.7.92

Instrumental Arrangements

12 Pieces for String Ensemble (2021) ca. 30′

2 to 7 vn parts & vc/bass
dedicated to the first generation of Muzukidz
commissioned by the SAMRO Music Foundation

Album für die Jugend – Robert Schumann (2017) ca. 10′

selection of pieces arranged for cello & piano
first performance: Cape Town, ?.?.17<?em>

Choral Arrangements

Geistliche Chormusik II (2023) ca. 30′

arrangements of twelve well-known hymns from diverse South African traditions

Baroque Opera Adaptations

Händel: Giulio Cesare (2020)

first performance: Aschaffenburg, 28.5.23

Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea (2016)

first performance: Schweinfurt, 4.2.16

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2013)

first performance: Schweinfurt, 5.2.13

Händel: Ariodante (2011)

first performance: Minden, 30.1.11

Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (2008)

with additional music for the original libretto
first performance: Schweinfurt, 29.10.08

Händel: Acis & Galatea (2004)

first performance: Munich, 14.2.04

Transcriptions

Shona Mbira Dzavazimu Music

performed by Tinashe Chidanyika:

Nhemamusasa
Karanga
Pfumvu
Chemtengure
Mahororo

Venda Tshikona Dances

performed by Thikundwi kha Sialala:

Shango
Murula

Mpondomise Music

performed by Nofinishi Dywili:

Beer Song
Whistling Song

performed by Latozi Mpahleni:

iParadesi
Uthando
Hlakula Ntokazi
Umjeko
Ndibona uMadiba
Imfihlelo
Loliwe

Sena Tonga Herding Song

performed by ‘Kajori’:

Ngororombo

Bugandan Children’s Song

performed by Janet Kyeyune:

Kitaffe yatuzaala abaana