(b. 21 July 1931, Santiago – d. 10 October 2022, Tel Aviv).
Israeli composer, born in Chile, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout the world; he was also active as a painter.
Prof. Schidlowsky had secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional de Chile in Santiago from 1940–47 and studied piano with Roberto Duncker at the Conservatorio Nacional de Chile in Santiago from 1942–48, where he earned a diploma. He later studied composition with Adolfo Allende and Fré Focke, as well as harmony, philosophy and psychology at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago from 1948–52. He finished his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1952–54.
Among his honours were various prizes in Chile (1957–67), the Guggenheim Fellowship (1968), First Prize in the competition of the Hecht Foundation (1977, for Rising Night after Night), two residencies in Berlin from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (1980–81, 1992–93), First Prize in the 60th anniversary competition of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (1996, for Absalom), and the ACUM Prize (2000, for his œuvre). His music represented Israel at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1971, for Babi Yar; 1978, for Dadayamasong) and the Prix Italia (1976, for Citizen 1230316). He is the subject of the book Leon Schidlowsky: An Outsider in Three Cultures. Musical Stages of a Jewish Composer in Five Acts/Leon Schidlowsky: Ein Außenseiter in drei Kulturen. Musikstationen eines jüdischen Komponisten in fünf Akten by David Schidlowsky (2021, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin).
He participated in festivals, symposia and workshops in Argentina, Chile, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Peru, Poland, Spain, the UK, the USA, and Venezuela. His graphic scores have been exhibited at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (1979), the Kunsthaus Hamburg (1980), the Galerie Schaller (1980), the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen (1982), and the Staatliches Museum in Saarbrücken (1995). They were also the focus of concerts in Berlin, Hamburg, Ludwigshafen, and Stuttgart from 1979–82, in Berlin from 1990–2000 and in 2006, in Saarbrücken in 1995, and in Würstburg in 1997.
As a painter, exhibitions of his visual art were held at the Adlershof-Galerie in Berlin in 1993 and at the Chilean Embassy in Tel Aviv in 2002.
He was also active in other positions. He was a member of the avant-garde ensemble Agrupación Tonus in Santiago from 1955–59 and served as its director from 1959–61 and was also a member of the British Council in Santiago from 1955–59. He served as a musical advisor to the Noiswander Grupo de Pantomimes in Santiago from 1956–61 and as director of the music library at the Instituto de Extensión Musical in Santiago in 1961–62, of which he then served as director-general from 1962–66. He also served as secretary-general of the Asociación Nacional de Compositores in Santiago from 1961–63.
He taught music education at the Instituto Hebreo in Santiago from 1955–61 and taught composition as a professor at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago from 1965–68. He taught at the Rubin Academy of Music of Tel Aviv University from 1969–2000, where he was Professor of Composition and Music Theory from 1969–84 and Adjunct Full Professor from 1984–2000. In addition, he lectured on his music at Lund University in Sweden in 1988 and 1992 and at the Institut für Neue Musik in Berlin in 1992 and on Arnold Schoenberg at the Internationale-Schönberg-Gesellschaft in Austria in 1991. He gave a masterclass in Vienna in 1995 and lectured at the Curso Internacional de Composición in Zaragoza in 1996–97.
He lived in Israel from 1968–2022.
He was the father of the writer David Schidlowsky and the grandfather of the pianist Rachel Schidlowsky and the violinist Semadar Schidlowsky.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Die Menschen (opera in 4 acts, libretto by the composer, after Walter Hasenclever), 1969
Der Dibbuk (opera in 3 acts, libretto by the composer, after Shlomo An-Ski), 1993
Before Breakfast (opera in 1 act, libretto by the composer, after Eugene O'Neill), 1998
ORCHESTRAL:
Requiem (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), soprano, orchestra, 1954
Oda a la tierra (text by the composer), 2 speakers, orchestra, 1958
Tríptico, 1959
La Noche de cristal (symphony, text from a traditional Jewish prayer), tenor, male chorus, orchestra, 1961
Eróstrato, 40 percussion, 1962
Amatorias (text by Vicente Huidobro), tenor, string orchestra, 1963
De profundis, soprano, alto, tenor, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, string orchestra, 1963
Invocación (text by the composer), soprano, speaker, orchestra, 1964
Nueva York, 1965
Visiones, 12 strings, 1966
Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen, 1967
Kaddish, cello, orchestra, 1967
Jeremias (text from the Bible), mixed chorus, string orchestra, 1968
Amereida, 1965–69 (its three sections may be performed separately: Llaqui [elegy, text by Javier Heraud], speaker, orchestra, 1965; Memento [text by Javier Heraud], soprano, orchestra, 1967; Ecce Homo [text by the composer], alto, orchestra, 1969)
Serenata, small orchestra, 1970
Babi Yar, piano, percussion, string orchestra, 1971
Tel Aviv, 1971
In Eius Memoriam, 1973
Monumentum (text by the composer), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, orchestra, 1973
Akiba ben Yosef (cantata, text by Recha Freier), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1974
Homenaje a Neruda (text by the composer), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1975
Rising Night after Night (cantata, text by Abba Kovner), soprano, tenor, bass, speaker, children's chorus, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1977
Trilogy, 1976–78 (its three sections may be performed separately: Prelude to a Drama, 1976; Lux in tenebris, 1977; Canticum, 1978)
Adieu (text by Arthur Penn), mezzo-soprano, small orchestra, 1982
Ode (texts from liturgical sources), mixed chorus, trombone, harp, piano, organ, harmonium, celesta, percussion, string orchestra, 1983
Laude (text from Psalm 130), mixed chorus, organ, small orchestra, 1984
Amerindia, 1982–85 (its five sections may be performed separately: Preludio, orchestra, 1982; Los Heraldos negros [text by César Vallejo], speaker, orchestra, 1983; Sacsahuamán, orchestra, 1983; Era el crepúsculo de la iguana [text by Pablo Neruda], speaker, orchestra, 1985; Yo vengo a hablar [text by Pablo Neruda], speaker, orchestra, 1983)
Balada, violin, orchestra, 1985
Exequiæ (text by David Schidlowsky), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1986
Elegy, 1988
Laudatio, 1988
Kaleidoscope, 1989
Prelude, 1990
Exhortatio, 1991
Polyphony VII, 1991
Salmos (text from the Bible [Spanish translation]), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1991
Carrera (text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, orchestra, 1993
Sealed Room, small orchestra (12 players), 1993
I will lay mine hand upon my mouth, 1994
Silvestre Revueltas (oratorio, text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, 9 mixed voices, small orchestra, 1994
Absalom, large orchestra, 1996
Dark Night, string orchestra, 1997
De profundis, string orchestra, 1997
Mahnmal – Memorial, 1999
The Sacrifice of Isaac I (text from the Bible [Hebrew translation]), tenor, bass, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999
The Sacrifice of Isaac II (text from the Bible [German translation]), tenor, bass, speaker, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1999
Evocación, small orchestra, 2000
Meditaciones, small orchestra, 2000
In memoriam Jorge Peña (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2001
Adagio, small orchestra, 2002
Vox clamantis in deserto, 2002
And death shall have no dominion, large orchestra, 2003
Expectra, 2003
Sunrise, 2004
Sunset, 2004
Introitus, large orchestra, 2005
Job, large orchestra, 2005
L'Inferno, large orchestra, 2005
In memoriam G. Ligeti, large orchestra, 2006
The voice of the wind, large orchestra, 2006
Constellations, 2006
Eros & Thanatos, large orchestra, 2007
Sul do, 2007
The seven eye, 2008
Actions 77, 2008
Love song (text by the composer), tenor, orchestra, 2008
Ritual Dance, 2009
Portray, 2009
Lautaro (text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, orchestra, 2009
Mahleriana, 2011
Capricho, 2011
Obelisk, 2012
Desierto (text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, orchestra, 2012
Hopeless Day (text from the Bible), speaker, orchestra, 2013
Musical Landscapes, 2013
Memorial of yesterday's Dreams, 2013
The Day of Rage, 2013
Presage, 2013
Epigram, 2013
The Valley of Dry Bones, 2014
Journey to the end of the night, 2014
In memoriam Fernando Rosas, 2014
Valparaíso (text by Álvaro Gallegos), speaker, orchestra, 2014
Luces y sombras, 2015
In the world of the sea, 2015
Memoria, 2015
Obelisk II, 2015
Partita – esquema para orquesta, 2015
Poem, 2015
Chamber Concert, small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 2015
Espartaco, 2016
Preludio to Espartaco, 2016
Santiago (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2016
Spiral, 2016
Himno a la luna (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2016
Mensaje (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2016
Plegaria (text by the composer), speaker, orchestra, 2016
The darkest way (text by Dylan Thomas), speaker, orchestra, 2016
Three pieces for orchestra, 2016
Contraction, 2016
Miniatur, small orchestra, 2016
Phantasy, small orchestra (14 players), 2016
Musical Quantum, 2017
To the forgotten Heroes, 2017
Memoria II. On the 70th Anniversary of the State of Israel, 2018
Jerusalem, 2018
Torment, 2018
Musical Pyramid, 2018
Eglogad, 2018
The heavenly circle, 2019
Epilogo, 2019
Nebulæ, 2019
Shadows II, string orchestra, 2019
Retorno, string orchestra, 2020 (section of Album for String Instruments; may be performed separately)
Dawning, string orchestra, 2021 (section of Album for String Instruments; may be performed separately)
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Elegía, flute/clarinet, string quartet, 1952
Trío, flute, cello, piano, 1955
Cuarteto mixto, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 1956
Concierto para seis instrumentos, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano, timpani, xylophone, 1957
Cuatro Miniaturas, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 1957
In memoriam, clarinet, percussion, 1957
Isla negra, flute, 1959
Soliloquios, clarinet, harp, guitar, cello, piano, celesta, vibraphone, 2 percussion, 1961
Eclosión, 8 players, 1967
Cuarteto de cuerdas, string quartet, 1967
Hexáforos, 6 percussion, 1968
Interludio, guitar, 1968
Quinteto, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1968
Sexteto, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, xylophone, percussion, 1969
Trigon, violin, cello, piano, 1971
Kolot – Voices, harp, 1971
Invention, flute, piano, 1975
Images, 8 strings, 1978
Eclipse, bass clarinet, ensemble, 1983 (its cadenza may be performed separately)
Piano Quartet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1988
String Quartet, 1988
Five Pieces for Harp, harp, 1990
Shadows II, ensemble, 1990
In memoriam Luigi Nono, viola, cello, double bass, 1991
In memoriam, cello, piano, percussion, 1996
Threnos, flute, viola, percussion, 1996
Septimino, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 1998
Seven Nocturnes, violin, piano, 1998
Three Dialogues, 2 violins, 2000
Quartet, string quartet, 2001
Partita, oboe, 2002
Secret Garden, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, 2003
Tango, violin, piano, 2003
Trio, violin, viola, cello, 2003
Quartet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2004
Partita, clarinet, 2004
Quintet, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2004
Sextet, oboe, bassoon, cello, 3 percussion, 2004
Septet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, 2004
Intermezzo, 4 mandolins, 2004
Inventions, oboe, clarinet, cello, 2004
Duetto, 2 harps, 2004
Resonances, violin, cello, piano, 2005
Toccata, piano, percussion, 2005
Partita, cello, 2005
Prélude, harp, 2005
Horror Vacui, speaker, ensemble, 2007
The march of the ants, 2 percussion, 2007
Monolog (text by Nicolás Guillén), speaker, guitar, 2008
Prelude, mandolin, 2008
Diagram, guitar, mandolin, 2008
Twilight, oboe, clarinet, French horn, cello, 2012
Sexteto, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, harp, cello, double bass, 2012
Intermezzo, flute, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2012
Shakespeariana (text by William Shakespeare), 2 voices, 2 violins, 2012
Izkor, violin, 2012
Farewell, flute, 2012
Duet, 2 flutes, 2012
Quartet. The seventh seal, string quartet, 2015
Emanations, the 10 sefirot, 10 winds, 2015
In front of a mirror (text by the composer), speaker, ensemble, 2016
Triangle of the space, 7 players, 2016 (its three sections may be performed separately: Coloquio; Spheres; Gravity)
Splendor, 11 players, 2016
Melodías de un pájaro desconocido, oboe, 2016
Diálogo perpetuo, trombone, bass guitar, 2016
Azul, violin, cello, piano, 2017
Ellipsis, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, 2017
Triángulo Amarillo, flute, bass clarinet, piano, 2017
Trío nocturnal, violin, cello, piano, 2017
Dialogues, oboe, bass clarinet, piano, 2017
Tríada del eterno retorno, flute, bass clarinet, piano, 2017
El Ritual de Shavuot, piano, 6 percussion, 2017
Diálogo de los cuatro, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2017
Gebet, violin, 2017
Monolog, cello, 2017
Contraction II, 5 percussion, 2018
Melodías, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, violin, cello, 2018
Monólogo, viola, 2018
Dark Melody, bassoon, 2018
Trio libero, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, 2018
Miniaturas, flute, violin, cello, 2019
Memento, harp, piano, vibraphone, 2019
Lyrisches Quintett, 5 winds, 2019
Septeto, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 2019
Nostalgia, 7 players, 2019
The heavenly circle II, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, 2019
Album for solo instruments, 2020 (its six sections may be performed separately: Memento, flute; Intermezzo, flute; Nocturno negro [I can't breathe], flute; Arabesque II, bass clarinet; Short interlude, oboe; Three fragments of monody, oboe)
Phantasy II, violin, piano, 2020
Album for String Instruments, 2020–21 (its five sections may be performed separately: Trio [The Ides of March], violin, viola, cello, 2020; Tragic Quartet, string quartet, 2020; String Quintet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2020; Retorno, string orchestra; Dawning, string orchestra)
Three toccatas, 2020–21 (its three sections may be performed separately: Toccata, 8 percussion, 2020; Toccata II, 5 percussion, 2021; Toccata III, 'Memento mori', 5 percussion, 2021)
Two short melodies for violin solo, violin, 2021 (its two sections may be performed separately: Melody; Short melody)
CHORAL:
Canciones de amor (text by Pierre Louÿs), speaker, mixed chorus, 1957
Caupolicán (epic narrative, text by Pablo Neruda), speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussion, 1958
Three Hebrew Pieces (text from the Bible), mixed chorus, 1966
Imprecasiones (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 1968
Requiem for Choir a Cappella, mixed chorus, 1968
Eli, Eli, lama azavtnai (text from the Bible), 12 mixed voices, 1970
Nacht (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 1979
Missa in Nomine Bach (text from the Mass), mixed chorus, 8 players, 1984
Bereshit (text from the Bible), children's chorus, 1985
An den Knaben Elis (text by Georg Trakl), mixed chorus, 3 percussion, 1992
Laudate, mixed chorus, 1995
Three psalms and a prayer (text from the Bible), mixed chorus, 2004
Libera me Domini (text from the Mass), mixed chorus, 2004
Three Pieces (text by Paul Celan), mixed chorus, 2005
Two Psalms (texts from Psalm 23, Psalm 144), mixed chorus, 2008
Solo (text by Hillel the Elder), 4 mixed voices, 2011
Exodus (text from the Book of Exodus), 4 mixed voices, 2012
Gedanken (text by Paul Celan), 4 mixed voices, 2015
Zwei Stücke, mixed chorus, 2020 (its two sections may be performed separately: Three short songs [text by Rose Ausländer]; Psalm 130 [text from Psalm 130])
VOCAL:
Drei Liebeslieder (text by Georg Trakl), voice, piano, 1953
Zwei Lieder vom Tode, voice, piano, 1954
Epitafio a Vicente Huidobro (text by Vicente Huidobro), soprano, flute, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion, 1955
Tres Poemas (texts by Federico García Lorca, Vicente Huidobro), voice, piano, 1955
Cantata negra (text by Blaise Cendrars), tenor, piano, 6 percussion, 1958
Dos Salmos (text by Georg Trakl), alto, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, 1962
Zwei Lieder (text by Georg Trakl), tenor, harp, celesta, vibraphone, percussion, 1962
Zwei Lieder (text by Georg Trakl), tenor, piano, 1962
Tres Canciones de amor, tenor, piano, 1963
Tres Versos del capitán (text by Pablo Neruda), tenor, 6 percussion, 1966
Estudiante baleado (text by Fernando Rojas), voice, piano, 1967
Lyrik (text by Else Lasker-Schüler), soprano, 5 percussion, 1969
Grabstein für Else Lasker-Schüler (text by Else Lasker-Schüler), countertenor, 5 percussion, 1998
Lamento (text by Heinrich Heine), countertenor, ensemble, 1998
Si muero (text by Federico García Lorca), speaker, flute, harp, organ, 1998
The Song of Sorrow (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), soprano, French horn, harp, cello, 2002
Two songs (text by Dylan Thomas), soprano, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, 2005
Two songs (texts by William Blake, Walter Savage Landor), voice, clarinet, violin, cello, 2006
Tree songs (text by Giuseppe Ungaretti), soprano, flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, 2008
Soledad (text from a Quechua source [Spanish translation]), voice, oboe, French horn, cello, 2009
Permutaciones (text by the composer), 1 or more voices (+ claves, maracas, finger cymbals, güiro, flexatone), 2012
Y álzase el hombre (text by César Vallejo), speaker, 3 percussion, 2012
Aria (text by the composer), soprano/tenor, 2017
Album for voice, soprano/tenor, 2018 (its three sections may be performed separately: Tríade [text by Carlos A. Azevedo]; Zwei Miniaturen [texts by Friedrich Hölderlin, Unica Zürn]; Cinco Miniaturas del alma [texts by Rahel Varnhagen, Carlos A. Azevedo, the composer])
Entre sombras y rosas (texts by Carlos A. Azevedo, Paul Celan, Angelus Silesius), speaker, ensemble, 2018
Songs for voice and instruments, 2020–21 (its five sections may be performed separately: Rote Rosa [text by the composer], soprano, flute, violin, piano, 2020; Zwei Fragmenten [text by Paul Celan], voice, 2020; Zwei Duette [text by Else Lasker-Schüler], voice, piano, 2020; Pequeña Canción [text by the composer], voice, harp, piano, 2021; Lied [text by Else Lasker-Schüler], soprano, piano, percussion, 2021)
PIANO:
Seis Miniaturas, 1952
Tres Trozos, 1952
Ocho Estructuras, 1955
Cinco Piezas, 1956
Actus, 1972
Trilogy, 2 pianos, 1990
Toccata, 1991
Partita, 2017
Prolog, 2017
Four short pieces for piano, 2018
Prelude, 2019
Miniatur, 2020
ORGAN:
Christus im Holocaust, 2001
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Nacimiento, fixed media, 1956
Citizen 1230316, fixed media, 1976
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
Dulce patria, 1959 (Fernando Balmaceda; collaboration with Fernando García) (lost)
La Ciencia universitaria y la industria, 1959 (Juan Morales; collaboration with Fernando García) (lost)
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Constellation I, any player, 1969
Arcanos, percussion, 1971
Constellation II, string orchestra, 1971
Mein Gott, mein Gott, warum hast Du mich verlassen (text from the Bible [German translation]), 3 sopranos, 3 altos, 3 tenors, 3 basses, 1971
Meshulash – Triangle, violin, viola, cello, 1971
Acting, orchestra, 1972
Actions for Piano, piano, 1972
An Anna Blume (text by Kurt Schwitters), soprano, alto, baritone, 1972
He engraves signs into the heavenly sphere (text by Gershom Scholem), voice, percussion, 1972
Hommage to Picasso (text by Gertrude Stein), voice, 1972
Verrà la morte (monodrama, text by Cesare Pavese), voice, percussion, 1972
Ballade (text from a source in Tamil), voice, clàrsach (harp from the UK), 1973
Documenta 73, 1973 (its three sections may be performed separately: Signals, 2 pianos; De profundis [text by Carlos de Rokha], voice, tubular bells; Momentum [text from an anonymous source], voice, piano, organ, celesta, 3 percussion)
Tetralog, 1972–74 (its four sections may be performed separately: Music for Piano and Winds, piano, winds; Music for Piano and Strings, piano, strings; Music for Piano and Percussion, piano, percussion; Music for Piano and Voice, voice, piano)
Eleven Tombstones (texts by Bertolt Brecht, Dylan Thomas, anonymous sources, the Bible), alto, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion, fixed media, 1974
Ritual, percussion, 1974
Dadayamasong (text by Franz Mehring), soprano, any saxophone, piano, percussion, 1975
Three Structures and One Scene (texts from Kabala sources, Gertrude Stein, Kurt Schwitters), mixed chorus, percussion, fixed media, 1975
Aria (text by Ethel Rosenberg), voice, 1976
Chanson (text by Paul Éluard), voice, tam-tam, 1976
Golem (text by the composer), 7 mixed voices, fixed media, 1976
Schatten, 7 violins, 7 cellos, 7 double basses, 7 tubular bells (+ 7 gongs) (1 player), 1976
Annabel Lee (text by Edgar Allan Poe), any voice, fixed media, 1977
Missa Sine Nomine, 1977 (its eleven sections may be performed separately: Bereschít bará elohím et haschamáim weét haáretz [text from the Bible], 2 mixed choruses, percussion, slide projections; Kyrie eleison, mixed chorus, slide projections; Lied [text by George Grosz], speaker, organ, slide projections; Gloria, mixed chorus, 4 gongs [1 player], slide projections; Chile [text by the composer], 20 mixed voices, slide projections; Credo, speaker, mixed chorus, organ, 4 bass drums [1 player], slide projections; Benedictus, 36 mixed voices, 4 suspended cymbals [1 player], slide projections; Ich komme [text by Vladimir Mayakovsky], 36 mixed voices, slide projections; Dona nobis pacem, mixed chorus, slide projections; Babel [text from the Bible], 6 sopranos, 6 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses, slide projections; Epilog [text from the Bible], speaker, 2 mixed choruses, organ, 4 percussion, slide projections)
Sound Poem (text by Hugo Ball), alto, piano, 1977
Trilogy (texts by Paul Éluard, Franz Mehring), tenor, percussion, ensemble, 1977
Palindrom (vocalise), female chorus, 1979
Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, voice, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, percussion ensemble, 1979
Der schwarze Gott (text by Klabund), female chorus, flute, harp, organ, 1980
Gilgul, piano, 1980
Toccata, percussion, 1983
A man between stones, 4 stones (+ percussion) (1 player), 1987
Five Graphic Works, 1985–90 (its sections may be performed separately: Prelude [vocalise], mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta; Für Klavier, piano; Motu propio, mixed chorus, percussion; Voices [vocalise], mixed chorus; Choral [text from the Bible], mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, percussion)
Am Grabs Kafka (text by Franz Kafka), female voice (+ crotales), slide projections, 1997
Greise sind die Sterne geworden – eine moderne Passion (texts by Heinrich Heine, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Mascha Kaléko, Erich Fried, M. Gaztrum, Novalis, the Bible), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 3 percussion, 1997