Compositions by Reverse Chronology


detritus II (2009) for electronics and video (8'20)

--presented May 2010 at CNMAT, UC Berkeley, CA 

noyau(x)(CW2CS2) (2009) for 2 soprano or baritone saxophones and electronics  (3 versions: ca. 1’40; ca. 1’08; ca. 36”)

-- premiered November 2009 by the Campbell/Straus Duo at Lousiana State University; performed at various venues in Louisiana  

detritus I  (2009) for counter-tenor, ensemble, electronics, and video-projection (ca. 13'30-14')

--premiered May 2009 by Ensemble Ascolta (featuring Daniel Gloger, countertenor)  at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart  

the shining pillar (CW2) (2008-2009) for soprano saxophone, piano, and electronics (ca. 8')

--to be recorded August  2010 by The Kenners (Eliot Gattegno, saxophone; Eric Wubbels, piano) at Amherst College, MA; to be released Autumn 2010 on Spektral Records

--to be performed by Ensemble Adapter in Berlin

W)reflets/reFlexions/implosionS (2008) for alto saxophone and wavefield synthesis or multichannel electronics (ca. 12')

--premiered April 2009 by Eliot Gattegno at Scheltema Complex, Leiden (NL)

l'écume des jours (int-1), version II (2008) for bass flute and percussion (ca. 4'30)

--premiered July 2009 by Ensemble Echoi, Black Box Theater/CRCA, UC San Diego, CA

blo(o)t [int-1 x V, [3]  (version I)] (2008/2010) for 9-10 performers (ca. 10'30)

--premiered June 2008 by Ensemble Modelo62 at Scheltema Complex, Leiden, Netherlands

--performed June 2008 by Ensemble Modelo62 at Barthkapel, The Hague, Netherlands

--performed June 2010 by Ensemble Modelo62 at Barthkapel

-- performed July 2010  at the Darmstadt Summer Courses

--to be performed October 2010 at Theater Zeebelt, The Hague

terminal_expansion (2008) for 4-channel electronics (7'45)

--premiered April 2008 at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, Netherlands

--presented May 2008 at DNK-Amsterdam, Netherlands

--presented March 2009 during SoundLAB VI,  Cologne, Germany

--presented May 2009 on the Moving Sounds Festival at the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY

--presented July 2009 at the Aspen Composers' Conference, CO

--presented August 2009 during FILE Hipersonica Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil

(W)reflets/reFlexions/implosionS (2008) for solo saxophone and WFS (ca. 12')

--premiered April 2009 by Eliot Gattegno at Scheltema Complex, Leiden Wavefield Synthesis space, Netherlands

int-1 x V, [3] (version II) (2008) for solo bass recorder (ca. 4'30)

--to be premiered by Ensemble Adapter in Berlin

Music for the film custody (Tariq Tapa, dir.) (2005/2008) (ca. 10')

--premiered February 2008 at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague (NL)

--presented August 2008 at the Sonorities Festival/ICMC, Sonic Arts Research Center (SARC), Belfast (UK)

--presented 14-26 October at the In-Sonora Muestra IV in Madrid 

V, [3]  for voice, E-flat clarinet, 10-string guitar, microtonal percussion and piano (ca. 10'30-11')

--to be premiered  by Ensemble Asamisimasa 

Mi(e)s(e)-En-abîMe II (2007) for bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (ca. 7')

--premiered April 2010 by Ensemble Argento at the 2010 MATA Festival, New York, NY 

l’écume des jours (int-1) (2007)  for bass clarinet and percussion (ca. 4'30)

--premiered February 2009 at Musica Nova Helsinki

---to be performed by Ensemble Adapter in Berlin 

Mi(e)s(e)-En-abîMe I (2006-2007)  for bass clarinet, cello, piano, percussion (ca. 7')

--premiered April 2007 by sfSound at Stanford University

--performed August 2007 by members of the New York New Music Ensemble at the Wellesley Composers Conference

--performed July 2008 at the Darmstadt Summer Courses

the shining pillar of anti-beauty (int-0) (2006) for cello and optional electronics (ca. 6-7')

--premiered  June 2007 by Séverine Ballon at Festival Musiques Démesurées, Clermont-Ferrand (France) 

--performed November 2008 by Séverine Ballon at the Klangraum Festival, Stuttgart 

xy xy I II III for cimbalom and percussion trio (2006) (ca. 10')

--premiered September 2006 by Françoise Rivalland and les Percussions de Strasbourg at the Royaumont Voix Nouvelles festival (France) 

--to be performed in Autumn 2010 by TimeTable Percussion Trio (featuring David Shively, cimbalom); New York, NY 

En[M]paS(s[e]ant) (2006) for string trio (ca. 9-10')

--premiered December 2006 by Graeme Jennings, Ellen Rose and Leighton Fong at Stanford University

entartete musik 2 (2005) for viola and percussion (ca. 8'30)

--premiered May 2007 by Mark Menzies and Nick Terry of Ensemble Inauthentica at Stanford University

st.wl.-1 (2005) for guitar solo (ca. 4'30)

--premiered May 2005 by Magnus Andersson at Stanford University

il y va d’un certain pas (2004-2005) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (ca.10'30)

--premiered April 2005 by the Ruckus Ensemble at Stanford University

--performed June 2005 by Ensemble SurPlus at June in Buffalo

--performed July 2005 by Ensemble SurPlus at Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart      

 c.é. iii  (2005) for percussion solo (ca. 7')

--premiered May 2006 by Matthew Jenkins at Oberlin Conservatory

--performed September 2006 by Matthew Jenkins in Minneapolis, San Francisco, UC San Diego, etc.

 Cabanes Eclatées (i/ii) (2004) for piano solo  (ca. 15-17')

--premiered June 2007 by Pierre Courthiade at Festival Musiques Démesurées

 “Dauer, aus Ablauf gepreßt…” (2003-2004) for 4 voices and cello (ca. 10')

--to be performed by the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

Reflets/Reflexions/Implosions (2002/2006) for solo alto saxophone (ca. 12')

--premiered August 2006 by Eliot Gattegno at the Darmstadt Summer Courses

--performed 2006-2007 by Eliot Gattegno at The Stone,New York, as well as Stanford, Berkeley, Miami, Michigan, etc.

 --performed June 2007 by Philippe Caillot at the Musiques Démésurées 2007 festival

--performed February 2008 by Eliot Gattegno  at the Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA

--performed February 2008 by Eliot Gattegno at the SCI National Conference, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

--performed April 2009 by Eliot Gattegno at Akademie Schloss Solitude

Through a glass darkly (2002), for string quartet (ca. 9-10')

--rehearsed/recorded July 2002  by the Arditti Quartet at Centre Acanthes, Avignon, France 

--performed May 2004 by Mark Menzies/Formalist Quartet at Stanford University




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