Works
Et jamais revenir (2021) for viola, violoncello, dancer and soundtrack. Commissioned by and written for Appeltaart Concerten.
Heat and Memory (2021) for solo violin and live electronics. Premiered at the November Music Festival in ‘s Hertogenbosch. Performed by and written for Emma Breedveld.
what is a nail (2019) for choir (SATB) and ensemble. Text: Susie Asado by Gertrude Stein. Premiered by Koor Fenix in Amsterdam.
Ham and Fish (2019) for 8 voices and 8 music-box mechanisms
Libera Me (Leef Zoals Ik Wil) (2017) composed for ‘An Utrecht Requiem’; commissioned by An Utrecht Requiem and performed by Ensemble Insomnio and the Netherlands Chamber Choir.
Dies Irae (Schuldig Hart) (2017) composed for ‘An Utrecht Requiem’; commissioned by An Utrecht Requiem and performed by Ensemble Insomnio and the Netherlands Chamber Choir.
A broadcast of Endless Rain on the Concertzender can be heard here: https://www.concertzender.nl/programma/concertzender_actueel_378360/
Latitude/Longitude (2016) for harp and percussion. Commissioned by DuoHarpverk and the NFPK. Published by Donemus Publishing. https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/14933
Cracks (2014) for bass clarinet, violin and violoncello.
Jimisme (2014) for soprano, bass clarinet and random recordings of the soprano’s son, Jim. Commissioned by soprano Andrea van Beek.
Als je weet waar ik ben zoek me dan (2007) for mixed choir SATB, strings and percussion (1 player). Commissioned by the Helios Chamber Ensemble and Choir and the AFK. Published by Donemus Publishing. https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/13242
Ik draai een kleine revolutie af (2007) for 3 choirs. Commissioned by the Helios Choir.
Blue Frog (1993) for gamelan degung. Composed for the Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan Ensemble, Toronto, Canada.
Music for theatre
Back to Oz (2019) Music for brass quintet (KO!Brass) and percussion (Slagwerk Den Haag) written for the theatre production by Het Filiaal Theatermakers. Script by Don Duyns.
Enkeltje Mars (2017)
Spoor (2016) Music was written for and performed by the String Quartet of the Ives Ensemble.
Falling Dreams (2015)
The Secret of Q (2012)
Einstein, faster than light
An Icy Wonder
Katharina Katharina in het Ganzenbord (audio example is the Overture)
Woestewolf
Momo en de Tijdspaarders
Assepoes
Klein Duimpje
Geen bijen, geen fruit
Huis
Toen Mijn Vader Een Struik Werd
As Flat as the World
Wiplala Weer
Film Music
De Beer produced by Stichting Cynergy; directed by Eefje Suijkerbuik (2014)
Opera
Lijn Nr. 3, a bus opera (Dutch language); commissioned by the YO! Opera Festival
Music for small (jazz) orchestra
A Bass Chase
Variations on a Salad Dressing
Everything goes on
The Adventures of Baron Rabinovitsj
The Intermission
If only I’d been a carpenter
Dear Mother
Land! Land!
Uhhh…
Polleke’s sadness
When I Dream
Can we not
Hebbe houde mia man man man
Ik durf bijna niet te denken
Prologue
Vaäsk Suomi
Seven and six
Gimme birdy birdy
She had sailed
Momo
A Very Risky Korsakov
Arrangements:
On a Clear Day (for 5 female voices a cappella)
War Dance for Wooden Indians (for alto sax, tuba, tabla, marimba, piano and tap dance)
Et jamais revenir (2023) for viola, cello, dancer and soundtrack was commissioned by Stichting Appeltaart concerten. The first half of the piece consists simply of a soundtrack to which the violist, the cellist and the dancer, situated standing beside each other, follow a distinctive and restricted series of movements. It is as if the musicians are marionettes, moving very slowly to a fast soundtrack.
gábor tarján, composer/percussionist 