{"id":1991,"date":"2018-11-02T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasmejer.ch\/?page_id=1991"},"modified":"2024-06-09T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T10:16:19","slug":"compositions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasmejer.ch\/?page_id=1991","title":{"rendered":"Compositions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a composer, he likes to concentrate on tuned sounds\/noises and anatomic rhythms (heart pulse, breathing patterns, etc.). His output ranges from solo works to orchestral works, from absolute music to theatre works, from completely written out works to improvisational concepts.<\/p>\n

A selection of 1st performances can be found below. A great number of works are published at Swiss Music Edition<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Selection of 1st performances<\/h1>\n

Graphite Scores<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, for 4 bass flutes; Sepia Bass4 (<\/span><\/b>Flora Karetka, Katrin Szamatulski, Rebecca Blau, Ksenija Franeta) @ <\/span>zsuzsa\u2019s galerie Adligenswil Switzerland, 2.3. 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Quartet No. 7: … Now They Won’t Stop Coming<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for Saxophones (ss, as, ts, bs);
\nUneven Same Saxophone Quartet <\/strong>Manuela Villiger (ss), Eva-Maria Karbacher (as), Vera Wahl (ts), Silke Strahl (bs) @ Mullbau Luzern, 19.10.2021<\/p>\n

Bildersog<\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>for sextet (fl, cl, bs, vn, vc, pno) and visuals;
\nMCE<\/strong> Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble & Thomas Mejer & Monika M\u00fcller<\/strong> (pictures and projections) @ Yeltsin-Centre, Yekaterinburg RU), 7.10.2019
\nFurther performances: Organ and Chamber Philharmonics Hall Chelyabinsk, Art Centre \u00abZvezda-Moskino\u00bb Moscow, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Boswil; Farelhaus Biel; Neubad Luzern<\/p>\n

Rusty Engines Resume<\/strong><\/em>, for sextet (fl, cl, vn, vc, perc, pno);
\nMCE<\/strong> Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble & Thomas Mejer<\/strong> @ Arkhangelsk Philharmonics, Arkhangelsk RU, 2.11.2017
\nFurther performances: Music School Hall Nyandoma, Marina Tchvetaeva Museum Alexandrov, Moscow Music House Chamber Hall Moscow<\/p>\n

Macula Matris<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for 7 speakers, 7 dancers and 7 musicians (fl, cl, bn, trb, vc, harp, perc); Ensemble Phoenix Basel<\/strong> (J\u00fcrg Henneberger, dir), TIP<\/strong> bewegungs-art-freiburg (Choreo: Angelika Aechter), SprecherInnen SRF<\/strong> (Ernst S\u00fcss, dir) @ Neubad Luzern CH, 4.9.2015
\nFurther performances: Temple Allemand, La Chaux-de-Fonds; Kunsthaus Z\u00fcrich; Fonderie Kugler Gen\u00e8ve; E-Werk Freiburg D; Gare du Nord Basel<\/p>\n

Towards Capillary Attraction<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for tentet (fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, 2vn, va, vc, cb);
\nEnsemble Montaigne<\/strong> (Andreas Brenner) @ Neubad Luzern CH, 5.10.2014
\nFurther performances: Chollerhalle Zug; Stanzerei Baden<\/p>\n

Princes\u2018 Balls<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for nonet (fl, cl, vn, vc, pno, perc, cbfl, cbs, tuba);
\nMCE<\/strong> Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble & KONTRA-Trio<\/strong> @ Centre for Contemporary Music Vinsavod, Moscow RU, 7.10.2013
\nFurther performances: Organ hall of Perm Philharmony; Theatre in the Stone Island St. Petersburg; Musikhochschule Z\u00fcrich; Marianischer Saal Luzern; Old Church Boswill with recording SRF; Gare du Nord Basel<\/p>\n

Quartet No.6:\u00a0Resonances<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, \u00a0for 4 contrabass saxophones;
\nThomas K.J. Mejer<\/strong> @ Jazzfestival Willisau CH, 29.8.2010<\/p>\n

P\u00f8shalsta<\/strong><\/em>, for fl, cb;
\nMaria Fedotowa & Wladimir Wolkow<\/strong> @ Anna Nova Art Gallery, St. Petersburg RU, 8.4.2006<\/p>\n

Turbitide<\/strong><\/em>, for string orchestra;
\nKammerorchester ACERAS<\/strong> (Lukas Langlotz); @ Leonhardskirche Basel CH, 4.2.2006<\/p>\n

Einmal ich und du: die Bombe im Herzen<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for quintet (fl, cl, vn, vc, pno);
\nEnsemble Phoenix Basel<\/strong> (J\u00fcrg Henneberger); @ Gare du Nord Basel CH, 22.&23.4.2005<\/p>\n

Tartarelischer Tanz IV<\/strong><\/em>, f\u00fcr 10 bass instruments;
\nChicago Basses<\/strong> @ 3030, Chicago USA, 20.5.2004<\/p>\n

sulphur<\/strong><\/em>, for 3 improvising soloist & large orchestra;
\nKoch-Sch\u00fctz-Studer & basel sinfonietta<\/strong> (Peter Rundel) @ Lucerne Festival CH, 16.8.2002<\/p>\n

Quartet No.4: Lurking Loves<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, for 4 baritone saxophones;
\nNew Danish Saxophone Quartet<\/strong> @ K\u00f8benhavn DK, 3.2.2001<\/p>\n

Quartet No.3: Frogland, No Princes!<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0for saxophon quartet (ss, as, ts, bs);
\nDansk Saxofonkvartet<\/strong> @ K\u00f8benhavn DK, 7.2.1999<\/p>\n

Ahn-Nachtung<\/strong><\/em>, for chamber orchestra;
\nOrchestre della Svizzera italiana<\/strong> @ Settimane Musicali d’Ascona, Locarno CH, 8.10.1998<\/p>\n

Quartet No.2: Dark Snow Falls upon the Bagpipers<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for 4 alto saxophones
\nVision Saxophone Quartet<\/strong> @ Chicago USA, 17.3.1995<\/p>\n

Sex Crystals<\/strong><\/em>, for sextet (fl, cl, hn, vn, vc, cb);
\nCambridge New Music Players<\/strong> @ Brighton Festival GB, 21.5.1994<\/p>\n

Quartet No.1: Sulpizianische Bilderwelt<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, for sax quartet (ss, as, ts, bs);
\nNew Danish Saxophone Quartet<\/strong> @ Kopenhagen DK, l5.7.1993<\/p>\n

Fish and Hips<\/em><\/strong>, for viola solo;
\nCharles Mutter<\/strong> @ Brighton Festival, Brighton GB, 22.5.1993<\/p>\n

Specchio d’Anima<\/strong><\/em>, for piano solo;
\nJames Clapperton<\/strong> @ Exeter GB, 29.6.1992<\/p>\n

Ouagadougou<\/strong><\/em>, for sextet (fl, cl, vn, vc, xyl, pno);
\nIXION Ensemble<\/strong> @ Dartington GB, 22.7.1991<\/p>\n

Circle Aleatorik Nr. 1 – 6<\/strong><\/em>, for octet (fl, cl, as, bs, mph, 2tb, tuba);
\nNeuphonisches Blasensemble<\/strong> @ Luzern CH, 22.2.1991<\/p>\n

„Melius est …“<\/strong><\/em>, for 24-part choir;
\nBBC Singers<\/strong> @ Dartington GB, 23.8.1990<\/p>\n

The Minstrel is Entering Virtual Reality<\/strong><\/em>, for octet (fl, cl, oboe, hn, harp, vn, va, vc);
\nJane Manings Minstrels<\/strong> @ Dartington GB, 24.8.1989<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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