compositions vii. chamber music
Edward’s music at Donemus
solo
for percussion set-up
Year of composition: 2000
Duration: 7'
Premiere: Tromp Percussion Festival Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2000.
Score available at donemus.nl
for piano solo in four movements
Year of composition: 1997
Duration: 10'
Premiere: King’s College London, UK, 2007.
Score available at donemus.nl
2 players
for erhu and piano with recorded samples
Year of composition: 2014
Duration: 5'
Commissioned by Corey Hamm and Nicole Li for PEP (Piano & Erhu Project)
Premiere: Heritage Hall, Vancouver, Canada. Modulus Festival, Oct.27, 2014
for piccolo and harpsichord
Year of composition: 2012
Duration: 5’
Commissioned by Mark McGregor and Christopher Bagan
Premiere: Music on Main at The Cellar, Vancouver, Canada, March 2012
Sonata for Violin and Piano in four movements
1 mvt
4 mvt
Year of composition: 2001
Duration: 16'
Commissioned by Tjeerd Top
Premiere: Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2003
Score available at donemus.nl
for two vibraphones
Year of composition: 1996
Duration: 14'
Commissioned by Eduardo Leandro
Premiere: Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands, 1996
Score available at donemus.nl
The Stillpoint for violin and vibraphone in four movements
2 mvt a
2 mvt b
Year of composition: 1995
Duration: 13'
Premiere: IJsbreker, Amsterdam, May 1995
Score available at donemus.nl
3 players
Wie dieper graaft (Who digs deeper)
for oboe, harp and percussion
Year of composition: 2000
Duration: 4'
Released on CD ‘Captured images’, Beta Imaginations, Rotterdam 2000
... and he wept bitterly pianotrio for violin, cello and piano
1 mvt
2 mvt fragment
3 mvt
Year of composition: 2001
Duration: 18'
Commissioned by the Doelen Ensemble
Premiere: De Doelen Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2001
Score available at donemus.nl
Clarinet Trio
for clarinet in B-flat, piano and violin
Year of composition: 1992
Duration: 6'
Premiere: Willem Pijper Zaal, Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands, 1992
4 players
for saxophone quartet
Year of composition: 2012
Duration: 15’
Commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
Premiere: November Music Festival, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, 10 Nov. 2012
A Storm is Blowing from Utopia
for piccolo, vibraphone, piano and contrabass
In four movements
Year of composition: 2011
Duration: 21’
Commissioned by the Doelen Ensemble
Premiere: De Doelen Rotterdam, Netherlands, 17 March 2011
Score available at donemus.nl
for vocal quartet and electronic tape
Year of composition: 2008
Duration: 9'
Commissioned by Romain Bischoff and Vocal LAB
Premiere: Gaudeamus Festival Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Netherlands, September 2008
Prize: Toonzetters 2008 Competition; Winner category 6 players or less Netherlands
Score available at donemus.nl
for flute, piano, vibraphone, and cello
Year of composition: 2006
Duration: 5’
Premiere: Kokoro Ensemble, University of Bristol, UK, January 2007
for flute, piano, vibraphone, and guitar
Year of composition: 2006
Duration: 5’
Premiere: Ensemble NOISE, SoundOn Festival, Athenaeum Library La Jolla, CA, USA, June 2007.
for soprano sax, piano, viola, and guitar
Year of composition: 2006/14
Duration: 5’
Year of composition: 1996-98
Duration: 16’
Premiere: Doelen String Quartet, Amstelkerk Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1999
Prize: First prize Martirano Composition Award, University of Illinois, US
Score available at donemus.nl
5 players
for reed quintet
Duration: 9'
Year of composition: 2005
Commissioned by Calefax Reed Quintet
Premiere: Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1 May 2005
score available at donemus.nl
for piano quintet
Duration: 17’
Year of composition: 2003
Commissioned by Amardi Quintet
Premiere: Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2003
Score available at donemus.nl
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Lied der Schwermuth String Quartet no 2
for string quartet and bass-baritone.
1 mvt
9 mvt
10 mvt
11 mvt
Text: Friedrich Nietzsche
Duration: 22'
Year of composition: 2002
Commissioned by Doelen String Quartet
Premiere: De Doelen Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2003
score available at donemus.nl
