SKIN (2007) for mezzo-soprano and guitar, for a ‘soundscape calligraphy’ (audiovisual installation) by Brody Neuenschwander
Presentations: August 2007, Hospitaalmuseum, Bruges (Belgium) and March 2008, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
Commissioned by Brody Neuenschwander
Wij zijn wij (2006), an oratorio for soprano, tenor, child soprano, children’s choir, mixed choir, and orchestra, on the occasion of the “175th Anniversary of Belgium” celebrations in Leuven (2006)
First performance September 8, 2006, Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, Dirk Vermeulen (cond.)
Commissioned by the City of Leuven (Belgium), in collaboration with the author Saskia De Coster and the Flemish Radio Orchestra
Orchestration of Samuel Barber’s “Hermit Songs” (2006) for soprano and orchestra
First performance September 15, 2006, Maastricht (The Netherlands), Limburgs Symfonie Orkest, Ed Spanjaard (cond.)
Commissioned by the Musica Sacra Maastricht Festival (The Netherlands)
Petit Concert…Du Diable (2006) for violin, clarinet, horn, and four-hand piano
First performance October 20, 2006, Heist-op-den-Berg, by Frescamente and Jan Michiels (piano)
Commissioned by Jeugd & Muziek Vlaanderen (Belgium)
Symfonie no. 1 “Open” (2005) for orchestra and solo soprano
First performance November 18, 2005, Flagey, Brussels (Belgium) by the Flemish Radio Orchestra, Yoel Levi (cond.) and Catherine Vandevelde (soprano)
Commissioned by the Flemish Radio Orchestra
Crosstalk (2005) for pop/jazz vocalist and chamber orchestra
First performance September 22, 2005, C.C. De Werf, Aalst (Belgium) by Paul Michiels (vocalist, co-composer) and chamber orchestra Prima La Musica, Jeroen D’hoe (cond.)
Concedido (2005) for four-part female choir
First performance April 29, 2005, Leuven (Belgium) by Concinite, Peter Dejans (cond.)
Commissioned by Concinite, Belgium
Les Idées (2005) for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, and string quartet
First performance April 30, 2005, Dendermonde (Belgium) by Oxalys
Commissioned by Oxalys, Belgium
Toccatas (2003) for Flute, Cello, and Piano
First performance December 7 and 9, 2003, Toronto and Montreal (Canada) by the Phoenix Trio.
Commissioned by the Phoenix Trio
Toccata-Scherzo (2002) for Piano
First performance during the semi-finals of the International Queen Elisabeth Competition for Piano on May 19–25, 2003, Brussels, Belgium. Winning composition of the National Composition Competition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2003
Visions (2002) for Mixed Chorus and String Quartet
First performance August 1, 2002 by the Goeyvaerts Consort, the Danel String Quartet, and Marc Michael De Smet (cond.) during the opening ceremony of the International Musicological Society (IMS) Congress 2002, Leuven (Belgium)
Commissioned by the Alamire Foundation
Scherzo (2002) for Sinfonietta Ensemble
First performance April 16, 2002 by the New Juilliard Ensemble. Commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble, New York
Festival Anthem (2001)
First performance November 10, 2001 by the Flemish Radio Orchestra, Bjärte Engeset (cond.)
Commissioned by the Flemish Radio Orchestra
Violin Concerto (2000)
First performance June 10, 2000 by the Flemish Radio Orchestra, Bjärte Engeset (cond.), with Otto Derolez (violin) in the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Commissioned by the Flemish Radio Orchestra
Waves for Oboe and Piano (1999)
First performance April 25, 1999 by Eric Speller (oboe) and Edoardo Torbianelli (piano)
Commissioned for the Chamber Music Series of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders
Wavechain for Piano and Orchestra (1999)
First performance April 6, 2001, by the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Milarsky (cond.), with Eric Huebner (piano)
Winning composition of the Juilliard Composers’ Competition 2001, New York
Cummings Songs for Soprano, Violin, Piano and Orchestra (1998)
First performance June 25, 1998 by Collegium Instrumentale Brugensis, Patrick Peire (cond.), with Catherine Vandevelde (sopr.), Véronique Bogaerts (vln), and Jan Michiels (pno). Commissioned by Collegium Instrumentale Brugensis
Trancircle for Orchestra (1996)
First performance December 14, 1996 by the Beethoven Academie, Walter Boeykens (cond.)
Commissioned by the Beethoven Academie
Adagio for Oboe Sextet (ob, 2 vlns, vla, vcl., db.) (1996)
First performance April 3, 1996. Commissioned by Piacevole
Partita for Recorder Quartet (1995)
First performance September 30, 1995, by the Flanders' Recorder Quartet. Commissioned by the Flanders' Recorder Quartet
Four Yeats Songs for Soprano and Orchestra (1995)
First performance January 15, 1995 by The Ensemble of New Music of The Lemmens Institute, Paul Beelaerts (cond.), with Ann Willems (sopr.)
Piano Suite n°1 (1995)
First performance June 14, 1995 by Katrien Derde at The Lemmens Institute