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Works Sarah Nemtsov

  • Opera

  • Orchestra

  • Ensemble

  • Vocal Works

  • Chamber Music

  • Works for Solo Instruments

  • Dance

  • Works written before Studying
  • Opera

    „L'ABSENCE“ (2006-2008) opera in five acts (with prologue and epilogue) after „Le Livre des Questions“ [Book of Questions] by Edmond Jabès for 12 singers, speaker, a female dancer and orchestra [ca. 100 min.]
    WP: 2012 in Munich - „Muenchener Biennale“

    „Herzland“ (2005) chamber opera in five acts with excerpts from the correspondence Paul Celan – Gisèle Celan-Lestrange for 2 voices (mezzosoprano and baritone) and four instruments (flute, clarinet, viola and accordion) [ca. 30 min.]
    WP: 20.1.2006 „Alte Zeche“ Barsinghausen (near Hanover) and 21.1.2006 Schauspielhaus Hanover;
    Claudia van Hasselt – Gisèle, Adrian Brunner – Paul, Ursula Pichler, flute, Ricarda Kindt, clarinet, Jessica Rona, viola, Mateja Zenzerovic, accordion,
    conductor: Benjamin Lang, direction: Katrin Beushausen


    New Version „Herzland“ (2005/2009) chamber opera in five acts with excerpts from the correspondence Paul Celan – Gisèle Celan-Lestrange for 2 voices (mezzosoprano and baritone) and chamber orchestra [ca. 30 min.]
    WP: 24.11.2009 Hubert-Burda-Saal, Munich;
    Claudia van Hasselt – Gisèle, Christian Palm – Paul, orchestra Jakobsplatz, conductor: Daniel Grossmann, director: Lotte Greschik




    Orchestra

    „Kaleidoskop“ [kaleidoscope] (2004) for solo oboe, string orchestra (or string quintet) and harpsichord [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 7.10.2007, Festival „Zeit•punkt“ Hanover; Nikolaus Kolb, oboe, „Neues Ensemble” Hanover, conductor: Stephan Meier

    „Helix“ (2004) for large orchestra [ca. 20 min.]



    Ensemble

    „Verlassene Orte“ [Left places] (2010) for ensemble (alto flute, bass clarinet, harp, prepared piano and percussion) [ca. 11 min.]
    WP: 1.6.2010, Tel Aviv, Ensemble „adapter“, conductor: Manuel Nawri

    „Interludien“ [interludes] (2006) for ensemble (clarinet, trumpet, horn, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion, piano and electric guitar) with obligatory oboe and electronics [ca. 15 min.]
    WP: 4.2.2007, Hochschule for Music „Hanns Eisler“ Berlin; Ensemble „Klangexekutive”, conductor: Titus Engel
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „communication – lost – found“ (2006) for ensemble (flute, clarinet, trumpet, 2 violins, 2 celli, harp, guitar, accordion, piano and percussion) [ca. 29 min.]
    WP: 6.5.2006, „Neukoellner Originaltoene“ Berlin; Ensemble Experimente, conductor: Gerhard Scherer
    WP of the complete version: 22.7.2006, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, ISCM World New Music Festival; Ensemble Modern Akademie, conductor: Manuel Nawri
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „...beredtes Schweigen“ [...eloquent silence] (2005) for ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano) [ca. 15 min.]



    Vocal Works

    „TOV“(2010) for soprano, (soprano-)saxophone, prepared piano and percussion (based on the Israeli song „Hine ma tov“) [ca. 7 min.]
    WP: 2011; Sarah Maria Sun, soprano and Trio accanto

    „startled grass“(2010) for soprano and piano with lyrics by Emily Dickinson [ca. 4 min.]
    WP: 27.4.2010, Berlin; Gesa Hoppe, soprano and Heather O'Donnell, piano

    „...pour qu'il advienne“(2009) for mezzo soprano and prepared piano with lyrics by Maïa Brami [ca. 10 min.]
    WP: 18.10.2009, Mannheim; Natalia Maiorova, mezzo soprano and Krista Kern, piano

    „Moon at Noon“ (2009) for soprano and ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, harp and percussion) with lyrics by Emily Dickinson [ca. 21 min.]
    WP: 20.9.2009, Festival „Musica“ Strasbourg; Francoise Kubler, soprano, ensemble „Accroche Note“

    „cherchée-cherchais“(2008) for baritone and prepared piano [ca. 11 min.]
    WP: 9.7.2008, Berlin; Tomasz Wija, baritone, David Santos, piano

    „For a Frontier“ (2007) 2 Songs for mezzo soprano (alto) and piano with lyrics by Emily Dickinson [ca. 11 min.]
    WP: 24.11.2007, Festival „Klangwerktage“, Kampnagel Hamburg; Denise Schönefeld, soprano, Stefan Paul, piano and Roksolana Chraniuk, alto, Mizuka Kano, piano
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „de Yukel à Sarah“ (2006) for voice and ensemble (soprano, musical glasses, flute, violin, cello, contrabass, percussion, accordion and cymbalum) [ca. 11 min.]
    WP: 30.9.2006, Festival „Musica“ Strasbourg; Francoise Kubler, soprano, Ensemble „Accroche Note“, Luigi Gaggero, cimbalom; conductor: Armand Angster
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Theoretischer Text von Till Nikolaus von Heiseler“ [Theoretical Text by Till N. von Heiseler] (2004) for one or more (not-)singers [any duration]
    WP: July 2005, Subway Berlin

    „Johanna Sebus“ (2002) for soprano and piano (fragment by Franz Schubert) [ca. 6 min.]
    WP: 14.02.2003, Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Laura Pohl, soprano, Ekaterina Sapega, piano



    Chamber Music

    „+ Drei Zeichen“ (2010) [+ Three signs] für cello and (prepared) piano - epilogue for „Sechs Zeichen“ [ca. 4 min.]
    WP: 22.10.2010, Wangen; Duo Staemmler

    „Sechs Zeichen“ [Six signs] (2010) for cello and (prepared) piano [ca. 10 min.]
    WP: 17.6.2010, chamber music hall Philharmonie, Berlin; Duo Peter-Phillip and Hansjacob Staemmler

    „dismissed thoughts“ (2009) for woodwind quintet [ca. 7 min.]
    WP: 1.12.2009, Madrid; „Quintet Berlin Madrid“

    „Erinnerungen - Splitter“ [Remembrances - fragments] (2009) for string trio [ca. 13 min.]
    WP: 6.11.2009, Berlin; „Trio Ovid“

    „Le chiffre 4“ [the number 4] (2008) for string trio, clarinet and accordion [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 24.10.2008, Paris

    „Ver–Suche II“ [at–tempts II] (2007) for alto flute, cello and accordion (pupils) [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 11.2.2008, Berlin; Lilja Steininger, flute, Nadja Reich, cello and Franziska Freund, accordion; direction: Gerhard Scherer
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Kreise“ [circles] (2007) for two pianos and percussion [ca. 11 min.]
    WP: 13.6.2007, Festival „A•Devantgarde“ Munich; Jean and Kae Muller, piano; Stefan Blum and Thomas Hastreiter, percussion
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Im Andenken“ [in memory] (2007) for string quartet [ca. 14 min.]
    after the fragment „Andante“ (2nd mouvement) of the string quartet c-minor D 703 by Franz Schubert
    WP: 14.6.2008, Hanover; Nomos String Quartet
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Ver–Suche“ [at–tempt] (2006) for flute, cello, vibraphone and harp [ca. 10 min.]
    WP: 7.12.2006, concert „vis-à-vis“ Berlin; Ensemble Adapter
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „exercice“ [exercise] (2005) for two flutes [ca. 6 min.]
    WP: 21.6.2005, Concert- and Theatre Hall of the Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Christine Köhler and Johanna Dahlhoff, flutes
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Smena karaula“ (2004) trio for percussionists [ca. 13 min.]
    WP: 24.9.2005, Percussion Festival Hanover; Trio “Schlagsahne”

    „deconstructions II“ (2003) for corno anglaise and piano [ca. 13 min.]
    WP: 29.4.2007, Staatstheater Darmstadt; Heidrun Finke, corno anglaise, Patrick Chestnut, piano

    „deconstructions“ (2003) two pieces for violin and piano [ca. 9 min.]
    WP: 8.6.2004, Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Sabine Akiko Ahrend, violin, Hinrich Alpers, piano
    (20.4.2005 live recording by the NDR – North German Broadcasting Hamburg of the concert series „NDR Start – Junge Künstler live“; Sabine Akiko Ahrend, violin, Thomas Hell, piano)
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Streichquartett in fünf Veränderungen“ [string quartet in five changes] (2003) [ca. 17 min.]
    WP: 8.6.2004, Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Almandin Quartet

    „...ins Unland...“ (2001/ 2002) five pieces with lyrics by Paul Celan from the cycle „Niemandsrose“ for oboe, violin, cello, piano and speaker (ad libitum) [ca. 25 min.]
    WP: 5.11.2002, Concert and Theatre Hall of the Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover, concert series „unerhört“; Helen Moody, oboe, Anna-Maria Ehwald, violin, Lukasz Grzechnik, cello, Hinrich Alpers, piano, Prof. Bernd Goetzke, speaker, conductor: Adrian Prabava



    Works for Solo Instruments

    „Lobgesang“ (2009) after „De Lof-Zangh Marie“ by Jacob van Eyck for soprano recorder [ca. 5 min.]
    UA: 21.10.2009, Oldenburg; Ulrike Volkhardt, recorder

    „à deux“ [for/with two] (2009) for harp solo [ca. 18 min.]
    WP: 12. July 2009, Berlin; Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir, harp

    „For Walter Zimmermann“ (2009) fo piano solo [ca. 3 min.]
    WP: 14. April 2009, Berlin; Heather O'Donnel, piano

    „Soutine: Paysage de Céret“ [Landscape of Céret] (2007) for cello solo (with sporadically accordion ad libitum) [ca. 10 min.]
    WP (planned): Michael Rauter, cello
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Interludium“ (2007) for oboe solo and electronics [ca. 10 min.]
    WP: 23.6.2007, ZKM Karlsruhe, Festival „next generation“; Sarah Nemtsov, oboe
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „inzwischen“ [in the meantime] (2002/2005) for piano solo [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: 8.9.2006, Zepernick (near Berlin), Festival „Randspiele“; Szymon Jakubowski, piano

    „Zwanzig Skizzen“ [Twenty Sketches] (2005) for piano solo [ca. 20 min.]
    WP: 21.6.2005, Concert and Theatre Hall of the Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Jascha Nemtsov, piano
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „déliberation“ (2003) for trumpet solo [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: 3.2.2009, BKA Theatre Berlin; Paul Hübner, trumpet

    „Nigun II“ (2003) for viola solo [ca. 8 min.]
    WP: 21.6.2005, Concert and Theatre Hall of the Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Jessica Rona, viola
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin

    „Nigun“ (2000) for oboe solo [ca. 6 min.]
    WP: 13.6.2000, Konzerthaus Berlin (live recording by the SFB – Berlin Broadcasting); Sarah Reuter (mar. Nemtsov), oboe
    Edition Nova Vita Berlin



    Dance

    „How slow“ (2008) 2 Songs and epilogue for soprano, harp, double bass, percussion and a female dancer - lyrics by Emily Dickinson [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 17.12.2008, WABE Berlin; Ensemble „adapter“ with Manuel Nawri, conductor and Friederike Plafki, dance / choreographie


    Earlier Version of the first two songs: „Not knowing“ (2007) 3 Songs for mezzosoprano, guitar, cello, percussion and a female dancer with lyrics by Emily Dickinson [ca. 16 min.]



    Collective

    „3+x“ (2007) collective composition together with Snezana Nesic and Yaeko Asano for tenor saxophone, contrabass, piano and percussion [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 15.11.2007, COMA Art gallery Berlin; Ensemble „adapter“



    Works written before Studying

    „Mondaphorismen“ [moon aphorisms] (2001) for flute (piccolo) and piano [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: March 2001, Hochschule for Music Frankfurt; Nadine Strotzer, flute
    WP of the revised version: June 2001, Hochschule for Music and Theatre Hanover; Henrike Wassermeyer, flute, Iris Richter, piano


    „Gegenwege“ [anti-ways] (2000) for saxophone, cello, piano and percussion [ca. 10 min.]
    WP: 3.12.2000, Days of Contemporary Chamber Music Braunschweig;

    „Konflikte“ [conflicts] (1999) for horn and piano [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: January 2000, Braunschweig; Anne Pasemann, horn and Hans-Dieter Meyer-Moortgat, piano

    „Drei Märchenbilder“ [three pictures of fairy tales] (1999) for clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone and piano [ca. 15 min.]

    „Aspekte II“ [aspects II] (1999) for clarinet, viola and piano [ca. 8 min.]
    WP: 23.5.1999, Opera House Halle; Anja Bartz, clarinet, Oliver Tepe, viola, Albrecht Hartmann, piano

    „Aspekte“ [aspects] (1998) for clarinet, violin, cello and piano [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: August 1999, Schloss Weikersheim; Florian Stubenvoll, clarinet, Jessica Hartlieb, violin, Erik Borgir, cello, Tobias Hartlieb, piano

    „Le petit but“ [little aim] (1998) for orchestra [ca. 13 min.]
    WP/public rehearsal: 16.11.1999, Hanover; Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester [orchestra of the State Opera Hanover], conductor: Hans Urbanek

    „Fünf Stücke“ [Five Pieces] (1997) for wind quintet with choreography after lyrics by Paul Celan [ca. 17 min.]
    WP: December 1997, Oldenburg; Accopiato Quintet, performances (amongst others) at the Expo 2000, the Braunschweig Classix Festival 2001;
    1999 Recording at the NDR – North German Broadcasting Hamburg


    „Drei Fragmente“ [three fragments] (1997) for String Quartet [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: August 1998, Schloss Weikersheim; Minguet Quartet

    „Liebe blaue graue Nacht“ [Dear blue grey night] (1997) for 3 violins, viola, 2 violoncelli after words by Wolfgang Borchert [ca. 15 min.]
    WP: 16.10.1997, Days of Women Culture Oldenburg; chamber ensemble of the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg

    „bells and beats“ (1996) for flute, bassoon, piano and percussion [ca. 5 min.]
    WP: August 1997, Schloss Weikersheim; Kersten McCall, flute, Johannes Rupe, bassoon, Mirjam von Kirschten, piano, Markus Verna, percussion

    „Concerto for violin and orchestra“ (1996) [ca. 25 min.]
    WP: 16.6.1997, Oldenburg; Youth Orchestra Oldenburg, Barbara Martyna-Lauerwald, violin, conductor: Jürgen Weisser

    „Retrospektiv“ (1996) for recorder, flute, clarinet, saxophone, cello, piano and percussion [ca. 8 min.]
    WP: 26.11.1996, Oldenburg, concert series „trëma-innen“; Oh-Tone-Ensemble, conductor: Alain Franco

    „Herbstgasse“ [autumn lane] (1995) for recorder, oboe, violin and bassoon [ca. 3 min.]
    WP: February 1996, Liebfrauen School Oldenburg

    „Wenn der Morgen...“ [when the morning...] (1995) for violoncello and piano [ca. 4 min.]
    WP: April 1996, Schloss Weikersheim; members of the Franz-Liszt-Trio Weimar

    „Wendepunkt“ [turning point] (1995) for orchestra [ca. 12 min.]
    WP: 21.11.1996, St. Peter Church Oldenburg; Orchestra of the Liebfrauen School Oldenburg, conductor: Matthias Kroll

    „Osse schalom“ [He who makes peace...] (1995) for soprano, alto and tenor [ca. 2 min.]
    WP: July 1995, choir Mateh Asher (Israel)

    „Laila tow“ [Good night] (1995) for piano solo [ca. 2 Min.]
    WP: July 1995, Gesher Haziv (Israel); Sarah Reuter (mar. Nemtsov), piano

    „Der Nachtwald“ [night forest] (1995) for soprano, cello and piano [ca. 2 min.]
    WP: International Composers Competition for Contemporary Music Delmenhorst 1995

    „Die Innenwelt der Außenwelt der Innenwelt...“ (1994) for piano solo [ca. 4 min.]
    WP: April 1995, Schloss Weikersheim; Günther Habsfeld, piano




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