List of Works

Orchestral

Concertino (1979) • orchestra • 35´

Musica dolorosa (1985/1990) • strings • 15′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1989) • violoncello, orchestra • 25′

Ave Maria (1992) • TEXT Latin liturgy, soprano/mezzosoprano, strings • 7´

Homewards (1997) • orchestra • 16′

Vielleicht, dass uns etwas aufginge (2003) • TEXT (German) Klaus Merz • soprano, strings • 14’
Video

Ad Parnassum (2005) for strings upon pictures of Paul Klee • 17′

Menschheit (Mankind) (2011) • TEXT (German, Latin) Georg Trakl, Psalm 130 • soprano, double mixed choir, orchestra • 17’  Video

In the Park of My Father (2015) • orchestra • 23´

Requiem (2014-18) • TEXT (English, Russian, Spanish, Latin) Emily Dickinson, Marina Tsvetaeva, Rosalía de Castro, fragments of the Missa pro defunctis • soprano, mezzosoprano, mixed choir, orchestra • 45´

Offertorium (2020) • TEXT (English) Emily Dickinson • soprano, orchestra • 7´

Hommage à Mednyánszky (2022) for strings upon pictures of László Mednyánszky • string orchestra • 17´
Return (2023) Offertorium for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra • TEXT Iris Szeghy (Slovak) and fragments from the Offertorium (Latin) • 9´

Solo Instruments

Spring Sonata (1984/rev. 2009) • organ • 17′

Vivat Summer (1985) • clarinet • 6′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

Suite de poche (1986) • guitar/harpsichord (2021) • 7′

Ciaccona (1991) • violin/viola • 11′    Video

Preludio e danza (1992) • bass clarinet/bassethorn • 5′

Canzona (1992) • trombone • 8′

Perpetuum mobile (1993) • piano • 5′

In Between (1993) • oboe and tape • 8’30” Program note  

Bolero-Blues (2000) • piano • 4′

Canticum (2002) • accordion • 9’  

Slovak Dance (2006) • violin/viola/violoncello • 5’

Christmas Carol (2009) • organ • 5’

Elegies and Arabesques (2017) • violin • 10’

Chamber Ensemble

Hommage à Rodin (1982) • violin, piano • 15′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava 

Poetic Studies (1984) • violin, violoncello, piano • 15′

String Quartet No.1 “Musica dolorosa” (1985), 15′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

Canto triste (1986) • trombone/violoncello, piano • 10′

Aforismi (1990) • flute, clarinet, bassoon • 12′

Midsummer Night’s Mystery (1992) • 2/4 percussion players • 12′  

Aforismi II (1992) • flute, oboe (English horn), bass clarinet • 12′  

Aforismi III (1992) • flute, oboe (English horn), bassoon • 12′  

Variations on a German Folk Song (1995) • 3 French horns • 9′

Musica folclorica  (1996) • clarinet, percussion, piano • 16′

A Day in Manhattan (1996/2022) • 4 guitars/2 harpsichords • 9′

String Trio “Goldberg” (2007) • violin, viola, violoncello • 25´

Choral (2008) • 2 woodwind instruments • 4´

Aforismi IV (2009) • flute, saxophone, bass clarinet • 12′  

Neniae (2010) • wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, cor, fg), theremin • 12´

Neniae (2011) • wind quintet (fl, ob, cl, cor, fg), piano • 12´

Folclorico (2011) • clarinet, piano; clarinet, accordion; violoncello, piano; violoncello,accordion • 7´

It-Movements (2016) • flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello and percussion • 15’

Meadow Song (2011/16) • 2 violins • 5′

Aria (2016) • string quartet • 6′

String Quartet No.2 “Goldberg” (2021)  • 22´

String Quartet No.3 “Hommage à Mednyánszky” (2022)  • 17´

Solo Voice/Voices

Psalm (1993) • TEXT (German) Paul Celan • mezzosoprano/soprano/tenor • 7′ 

Oratio et gratiarum actio pro sanitate matris meae (1994) • TEXT Latin liturgy • 4 or 6 solo voices • 7′ 

Story (1995) • without text • soprano and tape • 12′ Program note 

When I Die (1999) • TEXT (Hungarian or English) Imrich Szeghy • soprano/mezzosoprano (bat) • 7′ Program note

Meadow Song (2011) • without text • 2 sopranos • 5′

2 Mani Matter Songs (2011) • TEXT (Swiss German) Mani Matter • 4 solo voices • 5´, pub. Müller & Schade Verlag, Bern

Mirabilia musicae (2012) • TEXT (German) Heinrich Heine “Loreley” • 8 solo voices • 10´

Voice and Instruments

Simple and Difficult (1978/2020) • TEXT (Slovak) Milan Rúfus • mezzosoprano/soprano, piano • 10′

To You (1983) • TEXT (Latin or Slovak) from the Songs of Solomon • soprano, tenor, flute, violoncello, guitar, triangel • 15′

De profundis (1990/2020) • TEXT (Italian) Michelangelo Buonarroti • soprano/ mezzosoprano/tenor, flute/clarinet, violin/viola/violoncello • 15′   Program note  

Ave Maria (1992) • TEXT from the Latin Liturgy • soprano/mezzosoprano, viola, violoncello, double bass • 7′

When I Die (1999) • TEXT (Hungarian or English) Imrich Szeghy • soprano/mezzosoprano, percussion • 7′

Psalm 130 (1999) • TEXT (Latin) from the Bible • soprano/tenor, organ • 6′

Anrufung des Grossen Bären (2003) • TEXT (German) Ingeborg Bachmann • soprano, flute, piano • 13′,

Hesse-Fragments (2006) • TEXT (German) Hermann Hesse • soprano/mezzosoprano/tenor, piano • 20´

Hesse-Fragments I (2009) • TEXT (German) Hermann Hesse • soprano/mezzo/tenor, piano • 12´

Three Songs from Appenzell (2010) • TEXT (Swiss German) folk poetry • soprano/mezzosoprano/tenor and piano/harpsichord • 8´

Meadow Song (2013) • without text • soprano, 1 melodic instrument (violin/alto flute/clarinet/saxophon) • 5´ Video (con Cl) Video (con Fl alto)

Choral

Declarations of Love (1984) • without text • female or childrens´choir • 6′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

A Game (1984) • without text • childrens´choir • 5′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

Was It So ? (1985) • TEXT (Slovak) Milan Ferko, Daniel Hevier, Tomáš Janovic • childrens´choir, piano or string quartet • 4′, pub. Music Fund Bratislava

Psalm of a Starving Man (1988/2020) • TEXT (Slovak) composer, freely upon a poem of Ján Brocko • mixed choir • 5′

Spring Wreath (1989) • TEXT (Slovak) Ján Andel • childrens´choir, piano, Orff instruments • 4′

Three Shakespeare Songs (1990) • TEXT (English) William Shakespeare • mixed choir/female choir • 9′ 

Oratio et gratiarum actio pro sanitate matris meae (1994) • TEXT from the Latin Liturgy • mixed choir • 7′  

The Prayer (1998) • TEXT from the Latin Liturgy • mixed choir • 6′

Psalm 130 (1999) • TEXT (Latin) from the Bible • mixed choir, organ • 6′

Secret Love (1999) • TEXT (Slovak or English) Emília Husárová • mixed choir • 9′

2 Mani Matter Songs (2011) • TEXT (Swiss German) Mani Matter • mixed choir • 5´, pub. Müller & Schade Verlag, Bern

Mirabilia musicae (2012) • TEXT (German) Heinrich Heine “Loreley” • female choir •10´

Gratia gratiam parit (2014) • TEXT (Latin, German) Sophokles, Gottsched, Rosegger • mixed choir • 6′

Stabat mater (2014) • TEXT Latin sequence and names of victims of collective violence • solo soprano, mixed choir divided into 3 groups and solo violin • 27´ Video

Music for Children

Let’s Go to the ZOO (1984) • piano • 7′

Publishers

Music Fund, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Müller & Schade Verlag, Bern (Switzerland)

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