Karola Obermüller, composer
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			Workslist (chronological)
			Three songs about love (1992-94) based on texts by Ingeborg Bachmann and Bertold Brecht for mezzo-soprano, baritone, piano, marimbaphone and two violoncelli 1. Round dance (Bachmann) 2. Reminiscence of Marie A. (Brecht) 3. Acquisition of land (Bachmann) World premiere on Sept-12-1994 at Darmstadt Akademie fuer Tonkunst (Darmstadt Conservatory of Music) String Quintet 1997 (1996-98) for two violins, viola, violoncello and double-bass World premiere on July-20-1998 at Nuremberg Meistersinger Konservatorium Five scraps of fury(1995-98) for piano solo, dedicated to my mother Barbara World premiere on July-20-1998 at Nuremberg Meistersinger Konservatorium The Gold" (1999) for mezzo-soprano and percussion Commissioned by the festival "Ortung I" 1999 in Schwabach, Germany; world premiere on Aug-7-1999 in Schwabach "My name is Urlappi"(1998/99), chamber opera after the "Posse in einem Akt" (farce in one act) of the same name by Herbert Rosendorfer for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, saxophone and percussion World premiere on Nov-8-1999 in the frame of "Tage Neuer Musik 1999" (Festival of Contemporary Music) at "Nuernberg/Augsburg Hochschule fuer Musik, Abt. Nuernberg" (Nuremberg/Augsburg University of Music, Dept. Nuremberg) "Music for recorder, harp and harpsichord" (1999/00) World premiere on May-20-2000 in the frame of "Blaue Nacht 2000" (Blue Night 2000) in "Nuernberger Akademie" (Nuremberg Academy) "....incalzando...." (1999-01) after a poem by Nelly Sachs for cor anglais and organ Commissioned by Johanniskirche Nuernberg (church Nuremberg); World premiere on March-17-2001 in "Auferstehungskirche" (church) in Fuerth, Germany "the great secret lies" (2001) for pipa, kayagum and marimbaphone Commissioned by the "CrossSound-Festival for Contemporary Music Alaska / USA 2001"; World premiere on August-24-2001 in Sitka / Alaska "Protuberanzen I" (2001) for trumpet, organ, violoncello and dancers Commissioned by the "ARTIONALE 2001": "ZEITKLANG/KLANGZEIT" - Contemporary church music, for the final concert "Elf Urauffuehrungen fuer Orgel und Ensemble" (eleven premieres for organ and ensemble); World premiere on Nov-10-2001 in the Himmelfahrtskirche (church) Munich-Sendling; produced by Radio Bavaria "Einseitige Dialoge" (one-sided dialogues) (2000-2002), three songs based on poems of the same name by Gabriele Strassmann for mezzo-soprano and piano World premiere on Jan-23-2002 at "University Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria" "duo variabile I" (2001/02) for flute and recorder For the "Duo Variabile" (Carin Levine and Jeremias Schwarzer); world premiere on Feb-28-2002 at "Nuremberg-Augsburg University of Music, Dept. Nuremberg"; produced by Radio Bavaria "Protuberanzen II" (2001/02) for trumpet, organ, violoncello, percussion and dancers Commissioned by the "Auferstehungskirche Fuerth, Germany" (church); world premiere on April-20-2002 in the "Auferstehungskirche Fuerth" "Im Vorraum" (In the anteroom) (2000-2002) for orchestra World premiere on May-9-2002 at the "Saarbruecken Komponisten Werkstatt 2002" (Saarbruecken Workshop for Composition 2002) in the frame of the Saarland Radio Festival "Music in the 21st Century" by the "Saarbruecken Radio Symphony Orchestra" conducted by Manfred Schreier; produced by Radio Saarland "Red Lake Fields" (2001/02) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano For the "ensemble phorminx"; world premiere on June-3-2002 in Tuebingen, Germany, in the frame of the concert series "new music in the sudhaus - Contemporary music in Tuebingen" "Kalpa><Pralaya" (2002) for bansuri, sitar, mridangam and orchestra Commissioned by the "Munich Institute of India", in the frame of the "Bavarian Youth Award for Composition 2001"; World premiere on Nov-6-2002 at the "Munich University of Music and theater" by the Arcis Ensemble conducted by Ulrich Nicolai "Kleines Konzert" (little concert) (2002) Sprachkomposition after a poem of the same name by Georg Trakl for tape World premiere on Nov-16-2002 in Salzburg, Austria, Petersbrunnerhof (Elisabethbühne); in the frame of "IGNM-Musikfest Salzburg 2002, Konzert mit multimedialen Produktionen aus dem Studio für elektronische Musik der Universität Mozarteum" "Imaginary Landscape No. 5" (2002/03), electronic music study after a model by John Cage for tape World premiere on March-01-2003 in Salzburg, Austria, Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), in the frame of "Aspekte-Festival Salzburg 2003" "Menschenfresser" (ogre) (2003) for tape World premiere on May-30-2003 at "University Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria" "Metamorphosen" (metamorphoses) (since 2003) for oboe solo, dedicated to Jacqueline Leclair, work in progress World premiere of fragments I-VII on Sept-21-2003 in Zell an der Pram, Austria, in the frame of the "22. Polyaisthesis Symposion" "moving in spirals" (2004) quadrophonic electronic music World premiere on March-20-2004 in Cambridge, MA / USA, at Harvard University, Department of Music "but one adagio smile still lingers" (2004) in memoriam Rose Ausländer for violoncello solo, dedicated to Frances-Marie Uitti World premiere on May-22-2004 in Cambridge, MA / USA, at Harvard University, Department of Music, by Frances-Marie Uitti "shraeng" (2004) for two electric guitars, dedicated to the guitar duo "shraeng" Commissioned by the "Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts", World premiere on June-06-2004 in the "Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts", Munich, by the guitar duo "shraeng" "in zwischen" (in between / in the meantime) (2004) for soprano, recorder, 3 violas, 2 viola da gambas and harpsichord after texts by Ursula Haas; dedicated to "ensemble avantage" Commissioned by "ensemble avantage", World premiere on October-06-2004 in the "Orff-Zentrum", Munich, by "ensemble avantage"; produced by Radio Bavaria "les sables mouvants" (quicksand / drifting sand) (2004) for clarinet, piano, violin and violoncello World premiere on October-21-2004 in Cambridge, MA / USA, at Harvard University, Department of Music, by "Interensemble" (Padova/Italia) "volatile" (2003/2004/2005) for chamber orchestra World premiere on May-21-2005 in Cambridge, MA / USA, Harvard University, Department of Music, by "Alarm Will Sound" (New York City) "Schalen" (peels / shells) (2005) for orchestra World premiere on July-19-2005 in Metz, France, by "Orchestre National de Lorraine" conducted by Jacques Mercier, within the frame of "Centre Acanthes 2005" "Knotenpunkte" (points of knotting) (2005) for alto flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet World premiere on February-11-2006 in Cambridge, MA / USA, Harvard University, Department of Music, by ensemble-in-residence "White Rabbit" "xs" (2005) for string quartet; dedicated to the "Arditti Quartet" World premiere on April-02-2006 in Cambridge, MA / USA, Harvard University, Department of Music, by the "Arditti Quartet" "Nichts Fettes nichts Süßes." (Nothing Fat nothing Sweet.) (2001/2005) — in memoriam Clara & Robert Schumann - for clarinet, alto saxophone, piano and percussion; dedicated to my father For the 150th anniversary of "Darmstadt Akademie fuer Tonkunst" (Darmstadt Conservatory of Music) 2001; World premiere on March-10-2002, produced by Hessian Radio; World premiere of revised version on March-07-2006 at the "Darmstadt Akademie fuer Tonkunst" "helical" (2005/2006) for chamber orchestra; dedicated to "Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne" World premiere on March-25-2006 at "Muziekgebouw aan’t Ij", Amsterdam, by "Nouvel Ensemble Moderne" "gegen.wind.stärken 1" (2005/2006) for great bass recorder and electronics; dedicated to Jeremias Schwarzer World premiere on May-13-2006 in the frame of the Harvard University Festival for Electroacoustic Music "Hydra", by Jeremias Schwarzer "WindKaskaden" (2006) for clarinet and accordion; dedicated to Andrea Nagy and Viviane Chassot "will o' wisp" (2006) for recorder, flute, bass-koto and accordion World premiere on October-11-2006 in the frame of "KlangAktionen im Gasteig München" by Jeremias Schwarzer, Carin Levine, Makiko Goto und Konstantin Ischenko "Kohlenmonoxyd.Nachtstück" (2006) for two sopranos, narrator, choir and nine instruments (flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, percussion, 2 violins, viola and violoncello), commissioned by "IPPNW" (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) World premiere on October-20-2006 in the frame of the "International IPPNW Congress" in St. Sebald in Nuremberg (Germany) "Red Lake Fields 2" (2002/2006) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and percussion For the "ensemble phorminx"; world premiere on Dec-2-2006 at "museum für angewandte kunst" in Frankfurt, Germany "reflejos distantes" (2006) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin and violoncello; for the Ensemble Phorminx World premiere on December 16th and 18th, 2006, in Darmstadt and Tübingen, Germany, by the Ensemble Phorminx "Dunkelrot" (Dark Red) (2005-2007), opera for 7 singers, actress, live electronics and chamber orchestra after the libretto of the same name by Gabriele Strassmann, work in progress World premiere of "Scene 3" on May-07-2005, in the frame of the Harvard University Festival for Electroacoustic Music "Hydra" World premiere of "Scene 4" on August-12 and 13-2005, in the frame of the "2. opera workshop Rheinsberg" Complete world premiere in September 2007 in Nuremberg, Germany