[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”)
- Äußerst langsam (11’35”)
- Rasch (6’23”)
- Äußerst langsam, quasi senza tempo (8’27”)
- Ziemlich rasch (4’18”)
- 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)
- Komposition für streichquartett (23’47”)
- Streichquartett des Ensemble UnitedBerlin
- Komposition für Violine (Symmetries on Aleph Zero 2) (13’43”)
- Nicolaus Richter de Vroe (vln. & elec.)
- Disappearing Musics (34’19”)
- ensemble recherche freiburg
A Catalogue of Sounds (1995-1997)
Edition RZ (2005)
- 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)
- voice, books and FIRE III (70’21”)
- Ensemble für experimentelle Musik 2006
Fremde Zeit • Addendum (1-3)
Edition RZ (2012)
Disc 1:
- Disappearing Musics (34’14”)
- Staravoitava (fl); Serassis (cl.); Stadler (sax.); Sepsi, Csizmadia (vln.); Martin, Schulz (pno.)
- Solo I + II + III (40’42”)
- McDolan (ob. cacc.); Vicente-Sandoval (bssn.); Schulz (org.)
Disc 2:
- Komposition für streichquartett 2 (47’26”)
Disc 3:
- 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)
- Solo III für orgel (66’03”)
- Hans-Peter Schultz (org.)
Compiled by Oliver Thurley
December, 2014
