Regina Irman

 

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1983 Hügel bei Céret for 2 viola and double bass or for other string
instruments


1984 Speculum for 4 clarinets in E flat, 2 percussionists, Sisyphus machine,
mirrors, coloured lights


1985 Melodie for quarter-tone guitar or other melody instruments


1985 Melodie mirrored version


1985/86 Ein vatter=ländischer Liederbogen based on texts by Adolf Wölfli for
female singing/speaking voice and partly prepared grand piano, commissioned by the City of Zurich


1987 Ein Trauermarsch based on texts by Adolf Wölfli, for percussion trio and
male speaker, commissioned by the Zurich New Music Days


1988/89 Schwarzes Glück for partly prepared grand piano, poem by Hans Arp, commissioned by the City of Zurich


1990 Schwarzes Glück 2 for percussion quartet


1991 Tabellen on texts by Adolf Wölfli, for 3 speaking voices and 3
percussionists (live or as tape installation)


1991/93 Requiem based on the text "An den Tod" by Anna Achmatova for 25
female and 3 male voices, commissioned by the arts council Pro Helvetia


1992 Maskerade eight pieces for mixed choir, commissioned by Basle Culture
and People


1993 Spiegeltanz for 2 recorders (sopranino) and timpani, joint commission
by Conrad Steinmann of a joint composition with Dieter Jordi


1994/95 Wörter for saxophone ensemble (4 soprano, 2 alto, 2 baritone) and
percussion, commissioned by the City of Zurich for the saxophone class of
Marcus Weiss

 

1995 vereinsamt for percussion solo, based on a text by Friedrich Nietzsche

 

1995/96 "...wie eine Heuschrecke über die Meere..." for mixed choir and tape, based on texts, pictures and an object by Meret Oppenheim, commissioned by the Fifth Swiss Women’s Congress

 

1996 Tisch mit Vogelfüssen for tape, based on an object by Meret Oppenheim

 

1996 Fünf Sprach-Klang-Objekte for percussion solo, based on texts by Sonja Sekula

 

1996 Drei Tänze for soprano, speaker/piano, clarinet and accordion, based on texts by Anna Achmatova, commissioned by Klangheimlich Ensemble

 

1997 Sculptures (for Bruce Nauman) for four quarter-tone viols, commissioned by Concerto di Viole

 

1999 Orfeo for four CD-Players, commissioned by Werner Bärtschi

 

2000 Surdina for altus solo, commissioned by the arts council Pro Helvetia

 

2000 Orfeo for tape

 

Since 1997 Regina Irman is working on an Opera, based on the text Poem ohne Held by Anna Achmatova

 

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