Karlheinz Essl

Performances of Compositions

• Conversations (1983) - vl, vla, vlc

• Memento mori (1984/85) - voc, vl, vla, vcl, cb
  after poems by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Franz Neovalis Neulinger and Hans Magnus Enzensberger

• Streichquartett 1985 (1985) - string quartet

• Helix 1.0 (1986) - string quartet

• met him pike trousers (1987) - orchestra

• Proportional Circels 2314 (1987) - 4 percussion players

• In the Cage (1988) - performance for 3 speakers

• Oh tiempo tus piramides (1988/89) - chamber orchestra

• Abolition... (1989) - percussion solo

• Rudiments (1989/90) - 4 snare drums

• ...et consumimur igni (1989/90) - 3 ensembles (2 tp, 2 fh, 2 tb, 3 perc, 3 vl, 3 vla, 3 vcl)

• Zungenreden (1990) - radiophonic tape piece

• Close the Gap (1990) - 3 tenor saxophones

• In Girum. Imus. Nocte (1991) - orchestra

• In's Offene! (1991) - fl, cl (bcl), vl, vcl

• Partikel-Bewegungen (1991 ff.) - fl, bcl, sax (or: saxophon quartet)

• Rapprochement (1992) - vl, vcl

• Entsagung (1991-93) - fl, bcl, pno, perc and live-electronics

• Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.) - infinite interactive realtime composition for computer-controlled piano

• Klanglabyrinth (1992-95) - Interactive 4-Channel Realtime-Composition for the IRCAM Workstation or 2 CD Players

• Déviation (1993) - fl, bcl, vl, vcl, pno, perc

• Cross the Border (1994/95) - soloists (sax, cb, perc) and ensemble

• Intervention (1995) - 4 orchestra groups (each: tp, tb, perc, vla, vcl, cb)

• Absence (1996) - violin solo

• MindShipMind (1996/97) - multimedia web installation (with Vibeke Sorensen)

• O rosa bella (1981/96) - fl, ob, cl, vl, vla, vcl

• Amazing Maze (1996) - interactive realtime composition for sampled sound particles

• ...wird sichtbar am Horizont (1996/97) - for spatial distributed ensemble (fl, sax, cl, 2 vl, 2 vcl, 2 perc, pf)

• Lexicon-Oracle (1996/97) - realtime text composition for computer speech

• Interferences (1996/97) - realtime composition for computer-controlled percussion sounds

• elision (1997) - bcl, hn, perc, db

• à trois - seul (1997/98) - vl, vla, cello (string trio)

• Champ d'Action (1998) - computer-controlled ensemble

• Lexicon-Lecture (1998) - interactive multimedia computer installation

• mise en scène (1998/99) - ensemble

• fLOW (1998/99) - sound scape and site-specific improvisation environment

• da braccio (1999/2000) - interactive realtime composition for a solo string instrument, live-electronics and computer

• more or less (1999-2002) - computer-controlled realtime composition for ensemble and computer

• onwards (1999/2000) - saxophone, prepared piano, percussion and computer

• four2eight (1999/2000) - 4 trumpets, 4 trombones

• upward, behind the onstreaming it mooned (2000/2001) - 3rd string quartet

• ALLgebrah. Eine Kopfwelt (2001) - sound & video performance for Adolf Wölfli

• ex machina (2002) - 6 percussionists encircling the audience

• Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003) - computer music live performance

• blur (2003) - alto flute, cello, vibraphone

• el-emen' (2004) - solo percussion and live-electronics

• action rituelle (2004) - for computer, live-electronics and sound projection

• blurB (2004) - electronic music

• FontanaMixer (2004) - generative sound environment

• Kalimba (2005) - toy piano and CD playback

Updated: 16 Aug 2005