It is not often that a composer has a long list of performers and
ensembles who are each hoping to have a new work written especially for them.
Vanessa Lann is such a composer. She has written the majority of her works on
commission since 1991 and has received multiple performances of most works by enthousiastic players from all over the world! She is known for
understanding not only the technical strengths of her players, but also the
qualities of performance style and attitude that give each player and piece
an individual flavor. The following is a list of works written on
commission; reference to monetary awards is included: (Photo credit, Vanessa Lann: Tom Broido)
More details about instrumentation, duration and publication.
- DAYBREAK - for Yonatan Malin & Ellen Kim (USA), 1989
- BENEATH THE VEILS - for the Nieuw Ensemble (The Netherlands), 1991
- ENTRANCED BY THE BECKONING LIGHT - for Ananda Sukarlan (The Netherlands), 1991
- MADNESS AND THE MOONWOMAN - for the Hex Ensemble (The Netherlands), 1991
- HELEN'S SONG - for Helen Webby (The Netherlands), 1992
- DANCING TO AN ORANGE DRUMMER - for ensemble 'De Ereprijs' (The Netherlands), 1993
- EMBRACING THE CURRENTS OF AVALON - for the Alaska Brass Quintet , Alaska State Council On the Arts (USA), 1993
- IN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF MY SOLITUDE - for Liesbeth Steffens & Pieter Smithuijsen, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1993
- HERMAN'S SONG - for Scott Blick & Anthony Fogg (Australia), 1994
- INNER PIECE - for Tomoko Mukaiyama, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1994
- COMING HOME - for the Maarten Altena Ensemble, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1994
- AMERICAN ACCENTS - for Wim Konink & Marcel Andriessen, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1995
- DAN NEEM IK EEN BLOEMKOOL - for Harry Sparnaay, Taco Kooistra and Yoko Abe (The Netherlands), 1995
- DD (DOUBLE D) - for Guy Livingston (USA), 1995
- THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT - for Jannie Pranger & Tomoko Mukaiyama, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1996
- TOWARDS THE CENTER OF INDIGO - for the Syrinx Saxophone Quartet, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1996
- THE WAY OF THE RAM - for Orkest de Volharding, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1997
- MASQUERADE IN RIBBONS - for the Escher Ensemble, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1997
- IN THE MOMENT - for the Brisk Recorder Quartet (The Netherlands), 1997
- MY DOVE, MY BEAUTIFUL ONE - for Patricia Werner Leanse (The Netherlands), 1998
- RECALLING CHIMES - for Ivo Janssen, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1998
- THE KEY TO THE FOURTEENTH VISION - for Benjamin Schmid, Rotterdam Arts Foundation (The Netherlands), 1999
- RESURRECTING PERSEPHONE - for Eleonore Pameijer and the Radio Kamerorkest / AVRO Radio, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 1999
- SECOND NATURE - for Tomoko Mukaiyama and Carsten Schmidt, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2000
- LUCIFER'S SUN - for Harry Sparnaay and Annelie de Man, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2001
- LEAPS OF FAITH - for Marcel Worms (The Netherlands), 2001
- OBJECTS OF RITUAL - for Ensemble Wendingen, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2001
- THE STONE - for Marieke Schneemann (The Netherlands), 2001
- THE BOOK - for Frank van den Brink (The Netherlands), 2001
- THE MASK - for Heleen Hulst (The Netherlands), 2001
- THE BOWL - for Hans Woudenberg (The Netherlands), 2001
- THE CANDLE - for Marja Bon (The Netherlands), 2001
- GARDENER OF THE STREAM - for the Nederlands Studentenorkest, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2002
- VALSE ANCIENNE, or THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING OUT A WINDOW - for Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2003
- SLEEP, SLEEP GYPSY - for KAIDA, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2003
- MICRO-FOHN, or WITCHES, WORDS AND THE WIND - for ELECTRA, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2004
- IS A BELL... A BELL? - for Isabel Ettenauer, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2004
- MEMORY DEMANDS SO MUCH - for Pauline Graham and Patrick Hopper, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2005
- ILLUMINATING ALEPH - for Alberto Mizrahi, Cappella Amsterdam and instrumental ensemble (project: Korzo Music Productions), Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2005
- THE FLAMES OF QUIETUDE - for the Residentie Orkest, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2006
- LANDSCAPE OF A SOUL'S REMEMBERING - for the Doelen String Quartet, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2006
- SPRINGS ETERNAL - for Liza Ferschtman and Inon Barnatan, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2007
- DIVINING APOLLO - for Hans Woudenberg and the Schoenberg Ensemble, Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst (The Netherlands), 2008
- KNOWING ROSE - for Cristina Zavalloni, Monica Germino and Andrea Rebaudengo, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+ (The Netherlands), 2009
- AMERICAN, WOMAN - for Irene Maessen and Eleonore Pameijer, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+ (The Netherlands), 2009
- DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS - for the Utrechts Blazers Ensemble, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+ (The Netherlands), 2009
- TREE OF LIFE SO GREEN - for the Netherlands Youth Choir, Concertzaal de Doelen (The Netherlands), 2010
- O WHISPERING SUNS - for the Dutch Radio Choir, Latvian Radio Choir, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Viktor Kopatchinsky, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+ (The Netherlands), 2010
- I MET MY LOVE IN ROTTERDAM - for Ralph van Raat and the Doelen String Quartet, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+ (The Netherlands), 2011
- DE STILTE VAN SAAR - for Muziektheater Hollands Diep, VocaalLAB and Ensemble Klang, Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten (The Netherlands), 2012
- THE MANY MEN SO BEAUTIFUL - for the Laurens Collegium (The Netherlands), 2013
(photo:
Vanessa oenone butterfly)