Jakob Ullmann :: LIST OF WORKS [2015]

[This list is also available via my academia.edu page and in PDF here.]

Jakob Ullmann

— chronological list of works —

 

Komposition 2 für Orgel

(1982)

Organ solo

Komposition für 10 Instrumente (I-V)

(1982)

  Fl., cl., hn., 4 vl., vla., vc., cb

10’

Komposition für Flote (I-III)

(1983)

  Flute solo 

MNIMA auf texte von Anna Achmatova

(1984)

3 female voices, alt.fl., ob., vc., cb.cl. und 36 solo strings

Komposition für Streichquartett

(1985-86)

  String quartet

30’|| recording

Komposition für Posaune

(1986)

  Trombone solo

Symmetries on א [aleph] zero 1

(1986-87)

  12 instruments

Symmetries on א [aleph] zero 2 (Komposition für Violine)

(1986-87)

  Violin solo

  15′ || recording

Symmetries on א [aleph] zero 3

(1986-87)

  4 percussionists

  15′

ALAKATA in fünf teilen

(1987-88)

  Fl., eh., tbn., perc., hf., va., vc., cb.

  22′

La CAnción del ÁnGEl Desaparecido

(1987-88)

  Ob., eh., tbn., perc., va., vc., cb.

  25′

…stimmen…

(1987-88)

  Horn quintet

Son Imaginaire II

(1988-89)

  Piano solo

  Duration ad lib.

Son Imaginaire III (piano pianissimo)

(1988-89)

  Any instrumental group

  32′

Meeting John Cage Under The Tropic Of The Late Eighties Oder Wir Überholen Die Moderne

(1988-89)

  Instrumentation ad lib.

60′

Komposition á 9 (Palimpsest)

(1989-90)

Voice, 2 fl., b.cl., vl., tbn., va., vc.

30’|| recording

Pianissimo

(1989-90)

Viola and live-electronics

30′

Disappearing Musics

(1989-91)

6 Players (More Or Less)

32′ || recording (1)  || recording (2)

Ensemblekomposition

(1989 – work in progress)

2 fl., ob., 2 b.cl., 3 tbn., perc., va., 5 vc., 2 cb., 17 actors

60′

Due Frammenti (für Luigi Nono)

(1990)

Orchestra

15′

Komposition 1 für Orchester (I-V) »…Schwarzer Sand/Schnee…«

(1990-91)

Orchestra

i: fl., eh., tbn., hf., 4 vl., 6 va., 2 vc., ii: ob., bssn., tr., 4 hrn. , timp., 2 vl., va., 2 vc., 2 kb., iii: kl., basskl., bssn., tr., 7 vl., 2 va., vc., iv: picc., fl., eh., basskl., 2 tbn., 13 vl., va., 3 vc., 4 cb., 3 perc.

50’|| recording

voice, books and FIRE I

(1990-95)

Voice(s) and any sound-creators

70′(original score lost)

25 Items in Variations (II)

(1991-92)

Preparations for John Cage’s Variations II for chamber ensemble

recording

voice, books and FIRE II/2

(1991-93)

Voices (and sound-creators)

25′

Echoing The Distant Sounds

(1991-93)

Percussion, 4 (wood)wind and string trio

45′

– also performable separately:

Komposition für Streichtrio (I-III)

(1991-93)

(String trio from Echoing The Distant Sounds)

45′

Solo I

(1992-93; revised 2010)

Flute solo (later oboe da caccia)

25′

Solo II

(1992-93; 2010)

Trombone solo (later bassoon)

  25’

Solo III

(1992-93; revised 2010; 2012)

  Organ solo

  32’ min || recording

— all Solo series may also be performed with accompanying electronic modification or in combination with other solos —  also recorded as Solo I+II+III || recording

Komposition für Orchester 2

(1993)

  Orchestra

i: fl., b.cl., tbn., eh., 2 vl., va., 2 vc., 3 cb., string trio i; ii: 4 hr., pno., vl., 2 va., 2 vc., 3 cb., string trio ii; iii: fl., tbn., cl., bssn., timp., 2 vl., va., vc., kb.

  45′

voice, books and FIRE II/1

(1993-96)

  Voices

  45′

Komposition für Orchester 3

(1994)

    Orchestra

i: fl., b.cl., tbn., perc., 5 vl., 2 va., 3 vc., cb.; ii: bssn., 4 hr., tr., 6 vl., va., 2 vc., 2 kb; iii: fl., ob., 2 cl., bssn., timp., 6 vl., 2 va., 2 vc., kb.; iv: eh., tbn., 6 vl., 3 va., vc., cb.; v: fl., eh., tbn., perc., 5 vl., 2 va., vc., 3 cb.; 5 s.

  20′

A Catalogue Of Sounds

(1995 -)

13 solo strings (ensemble) and 1-13 string soloists

  70′ || recording

voice, books and FIRE II/4

(1996-98)

  Voices

60′

19’30” for the Morgan O’Hara project

(1997-98)

  Fl., e.hn., cl., tbn., vl., vc., cb., perc., pno.

Komposition für Streichquartett II

(1998-99)

  String quartet

  50’ || recording (1) || recording (2)

Nachklang

(1998-99)

  Foreword/minute’s silence for orchestra

5’

כֹּל

(Kol 1)

(1999-2000)

Fl., e.hn., cl., vl., vla., vc., cb., perc.

30′

  ב׳ כֹּל

(Kol 2)

(2000-01)

Voices, fl. e.hn., cl., 2 vl., 2 vla., vc.

60’

voice, books and FIRE II/5

(2001-03)

  Voices

55′

voice, books and FIRE III

(2004-05)

  Voices and instruments

70’ || recording

PRAHA: Celetná – Karlova – Maiselova

(2004-07)

  Voices, fl., hn., vl., vla., vcn., cb., perc., speaker and electronics.

60’ || recording

Ὄρος Μετεωρος. dramatisches fragment mit Aischylos und Euripides (Horos Metéoros)

(2008-09)

  Sop., 3 choir groups, 3 auloi, ob. da caccia, perc. and string trio

  50’03”

La Segunda Canción del Angel Desaparecido

(2011-13)

  Fl., bsst.hn., bssn., 2 perc., 2 vl., vla., 2 vc

  87’

Solo IV

(2013-14)

  low-pitched string instrument (premiered as ‘cello)

Solo V

(2013-14)

  Piano

45’ min.

– Solos I-V may be played together –

  


Notes
  • Currently, the voice, books and FIRE series remains unfinished. The final piece, voice, books and FIRE II/3, is due to be completed by 2019. The original score to voice, books and FIRE I however, remains lost.
  • The solo sections of the original score to A Catalogue of Sounds have been lost and the sketches are no longer extant. Parts 1-10 remain lost, whilst 11-13 have been recreated using fragments of the string ensemble parts. The published score features 4 violins, 5 violas, 3 violoncellos and 1 contrabass.
  • For the Solo series (currently I-V), any constituent parts may be played simultaneously. For example: Solo I+II+III or Solo II+IV+V.

                      


Discography

–appears in collections–

Donaueschinger Musiktage 1991

Orchestrola (1992)

Komposition für Orchester (I-V) »…Schwarzer Sand/Schnee…«  (38’45”)

  1. Äußerst langsam (11’35”)
  2. Rasch (6’23”)
  3. Äußerst langsam, quasi senza tempo (8’27”)
  4. Ziemlich rasch (4’18”)
  5. Äußerst langsam (7’57”)

Müller (sop.); Bamert (cnd.); Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Baden-Baden

Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1992

WDR (1992)

25 Items in Variations (ii)

R.E.J.C. (John Cage/Jakob Ullmann/ensemble recherche)

Maderna / Ullmann / Hespos

AHL-Classics (1996)

Komposition á 9 (Palimpsest)(28’57”)

Spreitz-Runfeldt (m.sop.); Müller-Goldbloom (cnd.); work in progress – Berlin

John Cage / Jakob Ullmann

HR-Musik (2007)

Komposition für streichquartett 2(34’44”)

Arditti quartet

–as featured composer–

Jakob Ullmann (portrait)

Wergo (1996)

  1. Komposition für streichquartett (23’47”)
    • Streichquartett des Ensemble UnitedBerlin
  2. Komposition für Violine (Symmetries on Aleph Zero 2) (13’43”)
    • Nicolaus Richter de Vroe (vln. & elec.)
  3. Disappearing Musics (34’19”)
    • ensemble recherche freiburg

A Catalogue of Sounds (1995-1997)

Edition RZ (2005)

  1. A Catalogue of Sounds (73’16”)
    • Ensemble Oriol Berlin
    • soloists: Ritts-Kirby (vln.); Renshaw (vla.); Kasper (vcl.)

voice, books and FIRE III

Edition RZ (2008)

  1. voice, books and FIRE III (70’21”)
    • Ensemble für experimentelle Musik 2006

Fremde Zeit • Addendum (1-3)

Edition RZ (2012)

Disc 1:

  1. Disappearing Musics (34’14”)
    • Staravoitava (fl); Serassis (cl.); Stadler (sax.); Sepsi, Csizmadia (vln.); Martin, Schulz (pno.)
  2. Solo I + II + III (40’42”)
    • McDolan (ob. cacc.); Vicente-Sandoval (bssn.); Schulz (org.)

Disc 2:

  1. Komposition für streichquartett 2 (47’26”)
    • Pellegrini quartet

Disc 3:

  1. PRAHA: celetná – karlova – maiselova (55’29”)
    • Flückiger, (vox.); Bösch (fl); Vicente-Sandoval (bssn.); Winkelman (vl.); Margulies (vla.); Fallowfield (vcl.); Gervais (cb., perc.); Schmidt (spkr.); Idrobo Arce (elec.)

Fremde Zeit • Addendum 4

Edition RZ (2013)

  1. Solo III für orgel (66’03”)
    • Hans-Peter Schultz (org.)

Compiled by Oliver Thurley

December, 2014