Vocal Works

for soprano and ensemble [25′]

guit. harp. piano. 4 vl

First performance: April 2000, Stuttgart (recording of SWR broadcasting chanel). Monika Meier-Schmid (soprano) – Ensemble SurPlus – James Avery (conductor)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8629

CD: NEOS 11211-12

for soprano [25′]

First performance: 9 October 2010, Würzburg. Almut Hellwig

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8628

CD: NEOS 11211-12

for 4 voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and 4 players [21′]

text: Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Dante Alighieri. The text is, with the exception of the Dante quotation, expected to be translated into the language of the country in which Astronomica is performed.

Commissioned by KlangForum Heidelberg

flute (picc, alto fl, bass fl), clarinet Eb clar, bass clar, db clar), percussion (crot, ‘legni’ [7 mixed wooden instruments in ascending order such as wood slash dr, temple bl, wood bl, mokusho], whip, bass dr, susp.cym, medium tam-t, friction stick on [neutral] wood), violoncello

First performance: 22 February 2020, Heidelberg. KlangForum Heidelberg: SCHOLA HEIDELBERG and ensemble aistesis – Walter Nußbaum (conductor)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8803

for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra [30′]

text: Francesa Albertini

Commissioned by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

2(2picc, alto fl).2.4(Eb-clar, bass clar, db clar).1(db bn) – 2.1.tenor-bass trbn. tenor horn,0 – 3 perc (bass timp, tgl, crot, claves, whip, guiro, metal guiro, log dr, 3 temple bl, 4 wood bl, 2 mokusho, bass dr, cym, 2 tam-t, 4 tubular bells, vibr, marimba, styropor, large wooden hammer on wooden box [as in Mahler’s Sixth Symphony]). harp. piano/hpd[amplified]/cel/glsp with keys. cymbalom. strings (6/6/6/4/2[5 strings])

First performance: 20 January 2019, Berlin. Neue Vocalsolisten – Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Michael Wendeberg (conductor)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8850

for male voice (baritone) [13′]

Text: Anja Kampmann

First performance: 11 September 2015, New York. Jeffrey Gavett

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8800

CD: NEOS 11828

for flute and soprano [10′]

Text: David Foster Wallace

First performance: 7 February 2015, Chicago. Shanna Gutierrez (flute) – Frauke Aulbert (soprano)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8777

CD: NEOS 12011

for bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, baritone and fixed media [14′]

Commissioned by Ensemble Loadbang · Supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation

First performance: 18 April 2019, New York. Ensemble Loadbang

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8851

for choir (professional singers or amateurs) [5′]

First performance: 2 October 2015, Dortmund. SWR-Vokalensemble – Rupert Huber (choirmaster)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8801

for four voices (soprano/contralto/tenor/bass) [15′]

Commissioned by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Sience, Research and Arts

First performance: 19 November 1999, Stuttgart. ExVoCo

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8632

CD: NEOS 11828

for 24 voices (6/6/6/6) [30′]

(in Hebrew, Aramaic and French)

Commissioned by Südwestrundfunk

First performance: 3 February 2018, Stuttgart. SWR Vokalensemble – Rupert Huber (conductor)

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8665

CD: NEOS 11828

for four-part choir [7-8′]

text: Albert Camus (French)

for six voices (2 sopranos/mezzo-soprano/tenor/baritone/bass) [15′]

(in Italian)

Commissioned by Musik der Jahrhunderte

First performance: 13 February 2010, Stuttgart. Neue Vocalsolisten

© Sikorski, Hamburg · score: sik 8653

CD: 11828