Vocal music

SONNENGESANG

for countertenor, male choir, organ and percussion (2026), text: Francis of Assisi (* 1181 † 1226), world premiere at the Katholikentag, Würzburg, 15 May 2026, former members of the St Thomas Choir, Leipzig, and the Kreuzchor, Dresden, conducted by Ulrich Pakusch

CLARA!

Cantata for the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth, for soloists (M, B), mixed choir, chamber orchestra (world premiere: Dresden 2019, A. Laabs, H. Böhm, Sächsisches Vocalensemble, Dresdner Kapellsolisten, conducted by Matthias Jung)

EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME

Cantata to mark the 30th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in Germany, for soloists (M, B), mixed choir, organ & orchestra (world premiere 2019, Kantorei St. Michael, Jena, conducted by Ludger Vollmer)

THERE THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES

Motet for mixed choir and organ (world premiere Erfurt 2011, Motettenchor Weimar, conducted by Ludger Vollmer)

GOD, YOU ARE THE GOD I SEEK (Ps 63)

for narrator, mixed choir, brass, organ and percussion (world premiere 1999, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Karl Forster Choir and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS

Motet for soloists, choir, organ and orchestra (world premiere 1993, soloists of the Dresden State Opera; Kreuzchor Dresden, Sinfonietta Dresden)

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN LOVE?

for mixed a cappella choir (2012), with piano or vibraphone ad lib.

CAMPUS

for mixed a cappella choir, with mandatory plucked bass and drum kit ad libitum (2014)

DANTON’S KISS

3 orchestral songs based on Heine for dramatic baritone and orchestra (2013)

TURKISH LOVE SONGS

for medium voice and piano (2009)

MODULATIONS ON THE HORIZON

for mezzo-soprano and percussion (1998)