| Congo (1962) |
SrP |
5'30" |
2 Fl, Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Vn, Va, Vc, Cb
Premiere: Musica viva pragensis; Recital Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, January 18, 1963 |
| Kontrapunkt II (1962/63) |
SrP | 11' |
Alt Fl, EH, Cl, Bsn, Va, Vc
Premiere: Musica viva pragensis; Museum des 20. Jahrhundert, Vienna, Austria, October 8, 1963 |
| Music for 3 (Hudba pro tři) (1964) | UE | 15' |
In Memoriam Jan Rychlík
Va, Vc, Cb
Premiere: Musica viva pragensis; Warsaw Autumn Festival, Warsaw, Poland, October 26, 1964 |
| Spontano (1964) | SrP | 18'50 |
Pf solo, Fl/Picc, Alt Fl, Cl, Basset Hrn, Bsn, Cbsn, Trb, 2 Tba
Premiere: Julius Eastman, piano, UB Wind Ensemble; Baird Music Hall, Buffalo, NY, May 22, 1973 |
| Kontrabandt (1967) | UE | 20' - 60' |
live electronic music 2 to 6 performers
Commissioned by Electronic Music Studio, W.D.R., Koln, Germany
Premiere: QUaX Ensemble; W.D.R., Musik der Zeit concert series, Köln, Germany, April 28, 1967 |
| Alley (1969/70) | SrP | ca. 15' |
Free instrumentation. Music material has to be determined-arranged for (almost) any ensemble
Premiere: Center of the Creative and Performing Arts; Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, March 18, 1971 |
| There is Singularly Nothing (1971/73 / 1995) | SrP | ca. 20'-2+ hrs |
A series of solos, which can be combined into ensemble(s) . No. 1-3, 10-21 are instrumental (transposition ad libitum),
No. 4-9 (1971-72), No. 19-22 (1995) for voice (any voice - transposition ad libitum). It is expected that only selected
solos are going to be performed at one time (although the complete material can be performed as well)
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; W.D.R. "Musik der Zeit" concert series, Köln, Germany, January 29, 1972
Recorded: LP "First Record" Cramps Records 5205 114 (Milan) 1977 |
| John Mary (1973/74) | SrP | ca. 30'-2 hrs |
text by Gertrude Stein
2 voices, and instruments:
3 melodic instruments, 1 percussionist;
Minimum of 2 musicians must perform the piece. Transposition ad libitum.
Premiere: Julius Eastman, voice, S.E.M. Ensemble; "Tage fur Neue Kammermusik" festival, Witten, Germany, April 27, 1974 |
| If I Told Him (1974/75) | SrP | ca. 30' |
text by Gertrude Stein
indeterminate number of voices and instruments
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; W.D.R. "Nachtmusik" concert series Köln, Germany, January 18, 1975 |
| Many Many Women (1975/78) | SrP | ca. 30' - 6 hrs |
text by Gertrude Stein
6 voices and 6 instruments
Minimum 2 voices and 2 instruments. Transposition ad libitum.
Premiere of the complete piece (6 hrs.): S.E.M. Ensemble; May 15, 1979, Paula Cooper Gallery May 12, 1979;
Whitney Museum of American Art, May 15, 1979, New York City.
Recorded: 5 LP Set, Labor Records LAB 6/10, New York, 1981, 1988 Mode Records Distr.
Reissued: Dog W/A Bone, (New York) 3-CD set, New York, 2000 |
| Drums (1977 - 81) | SrP | indeterminate duration min. 15' |
Percussion ensemble. Each percussionist performs on 4 differently tuned drums.
Minimum of 2 percussionists must perform the piece.
This piece can be performed simultaneously with other pieces (from 1970s)
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, January 12, 1980 |
| Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1978-82) | SrP | 30'- 4 hrs |
text by R. Buckminster Fuller
a capella solo and ensemble singing (min. of 5 voices]
can be combined with Chamber Music and/or Drums
Premiere of the complete piece (4 hrs.): S.E.M. Ensemble; The Kitchen, New York City, March 25, 1982
Recorded (excerpt): CD, Ear-Rational ECD 1007, (Berlin) 1989 |
| Chamber Music (1981 - 82) | SrP | ca. 20' |
Free instrumentation
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, April 10, 1981 |
| Commencement (1981) | SrP | ca. 2 hrs |
text by R. Buckminster Fuller
2 voices
Premiere: William Zukof, Ma Prem Alimo; Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, April 4, 1981
This music is based on a steady pulse, which allows for vertical coordination in combining these
different compositions. Sections or excerpts of the following pieces can be performed simultaneously:
There is Singularly Nothing
John Mary
If I Told Him
Many Many Women
Drums
Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking
Chamber Music
Commencement |
| Apparent Orbit (1981/1984-85) | SrP | ca. 20' |
First version under the title August/October, for viola and ensemble, later also for Alt. Fl and ensemble
Premiere: Mary Rowell, viola, S.E.M. Ensemble; The Kitchen, New York City, March 25, 1982 |
| Solos and Incidental Harmonies (1983 - 85) | SrP | 27' |
Fl, Vn, 2 perc., brass ensemble
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; "New Music America" festival, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, July 6, 1984
Recorded: CD, Ear-Rational ECD 1007 (Berlin) 1989 |
| Integrated Solos I, II, III (1986-88) | SrP | 25' |
Fl (I); Fl + Tambourine (II); Fl + Tamb + Trp (III)
Fl and Tamb. use 1 sec. delay
Premiere: Petr Kotik, flute, Don Yallech tambourine; Diane Brown Gallery, New York City, March 24, 1986
Recorded: CD, Ear-Rational ECD 1034 (Berlin) 1990 |
| Wilsie Bridge (1986-88) | SrP | 19' |
2 Fl, 2 Trp, 2 keyboards , 8 percussions
Commissioned by W.D.R., Köln, Germany
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, February 1, 1987
Recorded: CD, Ear-Rational ECD 1007 (Berlin) 1989 |
| Letters to Olga (1989-91) | SrP | 50' |
text by Václav Havel
First version: 5 narrators, 2 Fl, 2 Trp, 2 Electric Gtr, El. Bass Gtr
Premiere: (excerpt) (in German): S.E.M. Ensemble; "Tage für Neue Kammermusik" Witten, Germany, April 21, 1989
Premiere of complete work (in English): S.E.M. Ensemble; Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, May 7, 1991
Second (final) version (In English): 2 narrators, 2 Fl, 2 Trp, 2 Electric Gtr, El. Bass Gtr
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble; Het Apollohuis, Endhoven, Holland, May 22, 1992 |
| Variations for 2 Orchestras and a consort of Trumpets (1995) | SrP | 10' |
| Premiere: MHS Orchestra with members of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Jules Hirsh, Herman Gersten,
and Petr Kotik, conductors, Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY, April 2, 1995 |
| Quiescent Form (1995/96) | SrP | 21' |
Orchestra (2,2,2,2, 2,2,2,1 5 percussionists, Strings.)
Quiescent Form is based on Wilsie Bridge
Premiere: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble/Petr Kotik; Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, March 25, 1996 |
| Adagio (1980/97) | SrP | 16' |
for Orchestra (3 solo percussions, Winds, Strings - open instrumentation)
Adagio is based on Apparent Orbit
Premiere: The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble/Petr Kotik; Merkin Concert Hall, NYC., May 15, 1997. |
| Music for Cello and Piano (2000-01) | SrP | 20' |
vlc., piano
Premiere: Feb. 8, 2001 Ariane Lallemand, cello & Joseph Kubera, piano Renee Weiler Hall, Greenwich Music School, NYC |
| Music in Two Movements (1998-2003) | SrP | 60' |
Orchestra: 2222 4322 Timp., 2 Vibr., Strings
Fragment (1st Movement) (1987-98) 26'
Premiere: May 20, 1998, The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble/Petr Kotik;
Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City
Asymmetric Landing (2nd Movement) (2001-02) 34'
Premiere of completed piece: Apr. 24, 2002, The Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble/Petr Kotik;
- Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City [corrections and changes completed in January 2003]
First (workshop) performance: Sep. 1, 2001, Janacek Philharmonic/Zsolt Nagy;
Ostrava Days 2001 Festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Variations for 3 Orchestras (2003/05) | SrP | 40' |
3 Orchestras (85 musicians divided into 3 groups / 3 conductors: total instruments:
3343 6542 Harp, Timp, 4perc (2Vibr., 1Mar.) 12,12,10,9,6)
Premiere: March 21, 2004, Jancek Philharmonic Orchestra/Petr Kotik, Zsolt Nagy, Petr Vronsky;
MaerzMusik Festival Berlin, Germany |
| Děvín (2000/04) | SrP | 32' |
On text by Vladislav Vančura (in Czech)
Vocal female quartet, 4 percussionists
Premiere: St. Vavrinec Quartet (Prague), DAMA-DAMA Percussion Ensemble (Brno); May 20, 2004,
Exposition of New Music festival, Brno, Czech Republic |
| The Plains at Gordium (2004) | SrP | 1 hr. |
For 6 percussionists
25 minute excerpt - S.E.M. Ensemble; October 14, 2004, Sounds Like Now festival at La Mama etc., NYC
Premiere of the complete work: S.E.M. Ensemble; December 14, 2004, S.E.M. Ensemble, Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC |
| For ZS (2004) | SrP | 20' |
2 Tenor Saxophones, 2 El. Guitars, 2 Percussioninsts
Commissioned b y ZS Ensemble (New York)
Premiere: ZS; December 14, 2004, S.E.M. Ensemble, Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC |
| Spheres & Attraction (1981 / 2006) | SrP | 1 hr. |
Text by R. Buckminster Fuller
2 voices (soprano, counter tenor), string quartet, 2 percussionists
Premiere: S.E.M. Ensemble, December 20, 2005, Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC
Premere of final version: October 8, 2006, The Noguchi Museum, NYC |
UE: Universal Edition, Vienna, Austria
SrP: Srajer Publishers, 230 14 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
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