THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Eric Verbugt

(b. 9 September 1966, Asten).

Dutch composer of mostly chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe.

Mr. Verbugt studied composition with Henri Delnooz and Robert HP Platz at the Conservatorium Maastricht from 1984–92 and sonology at the Instituut voor Sonologie of the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag in 1990–91.

Among his honours are an honourable mention in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (1997, for Bilder [aus dem Novecento]) and a residency at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg (2001–02).

He lectured on composition and novels at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 2004.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: http://www.ericverbugt.nl/

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

en al luisterend..., small orchestra (15 players), 1993

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Three quarks for Muster Mark!, guitar, 1987

...but that's too long ago for him to remember, accordion, 2 percussion, 1987

Anna Livia Plurabelle Prelude, flute, 1988

fantasia 'consonancias y redobles', guitar, 1990

Donna mi priegha, synthesizer, 1991

a hand from the cloud emerges, holding a chart expanded, harp, 1993 (also version as ...scarce a cloud [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book III], clarinet, violin, piano, 1994; second version may be performed simultaneously with Sandhyas! Sandhyas! Sandhyas! [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book I] and Soft morning, city! [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book II])

Sandhyas! Sandhyas! Sandhyas! (Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book I), cello, 1990–94 (may be performed simultaneously with Soft morning, city! [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book II] and ...scarce a cloud [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book III])

(tussenruimten) (DREMPEL Book 1), flute, cello, percussion, 1995 (may be performed simultaneously with transgression [DREMPEL Book 2] and Son éloge [DREMPEL Book 3])

Son éloge (DREMPEL Book 3), bass clarinet, piano, 1995 (may be performed simultaneously with [tussenruimten] [DREMPEL Book 1] and transgression [DREMPEL Book 2])

sterrenskeletAdara, bass clarinet, cello, 1996

Leo, clarinet, 1997 (section of nachtscène; may be performed separately)

VERVAL, oboe, ensemble (flute, clarinet [+ bass clarinet], trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1995–98

ENERGIE, oboe, percussion, 1998

striemen, musette, 1999

tussentijd I, A-clarinet, cello, 1999

streven, violin, 1999

Drafts and Fragments, 5 percussion, 2001 (one section may be performed separately as fragment, percussion)

verval, oboe, percussion, 2003

sterrenskeletecliptica, oboe d'amore, piano, 2003

of het zo stil is, flute, percussion, 2004

tussentijd III, flute, oboe, bassoon, 2004

CHORAL:

ogentroost (text by the composer, after Constantijn Huygens), mixed chorus, 2000

VOCAL:

Soft morning, city! (Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book II) (text by James Joyce), soprano, 1990, revised 1993 (may be performed simultaneously with Sandhyas! Sandhyas! Sandhyas! [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book I] and ...scarce a cloud [Alba for Anna Livia Plurabelle, Book III])

Bilder (aus dem Novecento) (text by Arno Schmidt), soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1994

transgression (DREMPEL Book 2) (texts by Friedrich Nietzsche, Donatien-Alphonse-François, Comte de Sade, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, William Blake), baritone, piano, 1995 (may be performed simultaneously with [tussenruimten] [DREMPEL Book 1] and Son éloge [DREMPEL Book 3])

nachtscène (text by the composer), soprano, baritone, clarinet, violin, piano, percussion, 1997 (one section may be performed separately: Leo, clarinet)

alle geluid doormidden (text by Theo van Doesburg), soprano, 2000

d a g d r o m e n (text by the composer), 2 ensembles (soprano, flute, violin, percussion; baritone, clarinet, cello, piano), 2001

KEELpijn (text by the composer), soprano, oboe, orchestra, 2002

PIANO:

verknipte episoden, 2003

ORGAN:

Es ist Zeit, 1997

DISCOGRAPHY

streven. Joris van Rijn, violin (NM Classics: 92120, 2001)

sterrenskeletecliptica; fragment; striemen; verval; verknipte episoden. Ernest Rombout, oboe, oboe d'amore, musette; Gerard Bouwhuis, piano; Johan Faber, percussion (Cavalli Records: CCD 258, 2004)