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VANESSA LANN HAS A NEW WEBSITE FROM APRIL 2023!!! PLEASE LINK TO vanessalann.com TO CHECK IT OUT!
Donemus Publishing BV
Postbus 3060
2280 GB Rijswijk
The Netherlands
phone: +31 (0)6 4520 5176
"In every art it is the most elementary and primitive means that achieve the most profound effects."
- Rudolph Arnheim
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
- Leonardo Da Vinci
1983 | Moods of the Seasons | piano solo | 9' |
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1985 | Forest Patterns | flute, clarinet, bassoon | 8' |
1985 | Nocturne | piano solo | 5'05" |
1987 | Fantasia for String Trio | string trio | 6' |
1989 | Two Ukrainian Folk Sketches | Bb clarinet and piano | 11' for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
1989 | Daybreak | flute duo | 10'10" for sound sample / video go to YouTube page |
1990 | Prayer, Torture and Ecstasy* | cello solo | 10'05" |
1990 | Journey to... | horn and double bass | 8' |
1990 | Piece... of Pizza* | percussion quintet | 6' |
l990 | Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming* | string quartet | 16' |
1991 | Views | electronic music | 4' |
1991 | Beneath the Veils |
large ensemble [flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, harp] |
3' |
1991 | Entranced by the Beckoning Light* | piano solo | 10'15" for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1991 | Beyond "Is" and "Is not"* | piccolo quartet | 4' |
1991 | Madness and the Moonwoman, for Ensemble | violin, 2 violas, double bass, Bb clarinet, accordion | 16' |
1992 | Helen's Song | harp solo | 4' |
1992 | Madness and the Moonwoman* | version for orchestra - original 1991 | 16' |
1993 | Dancing to an Orange Drummer - ensemble version* | large ensemble [2 flutes (1: also piccolo), clarinet (Bb/bass), soprano sax, alto sax, trumpet, horn, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano, elec. guitar, elec. bass] | 5'35" for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1993 | Embracing the Currents of Avalon | brass quintet | 7' |
1993 | In the Circumference of My Solitude* | viola and double bass | 16' |
1994 | Herman's Song (text: Richard Lann)* |
countertenor and piano | 11'20" |
1994 | Madness and the Moonwoman, for Ensemble | version for large ensemble [flute (C/alt), soprano sax, double bassoon, trumpet, cello, accordion, piano] - original 1991 | 16' |
1994 | Inner Piece* | piano solo | 8' for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1994 | Coming Home (text: Richard Lann)* |
improvising ensemble [mezzo soprano, clarinet (Bb/bass), recorder (sopr/ten/bass), trombone, violin, double bass, elec. guitar, piano/synthesizer, percussion] | 16' |
1995 | American Accents* | percussion duo | 10'15"
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
1995 | Bambino Sonoro | oboe, piano, percussion, harp, double bass (other versions possible, eg: violin, piano, percussion, harp, bass clarinet) | 12' |
1995 | Dan Neem Ik Een Bloemkool* | bass clarinet, cello, piano | 11'
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
1996 | DD (Double D) | piano solo | 1' for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1996 | The Owl and the Pussycat (text: Edward Lear)* |
mezzo soprano and piano | 10'10"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1996 | Towards the Center of Indigo* | saxophone quartet | 11' |
1997 | The Way of the Ram* |
large ensemble [flute (C/picc/alt), 3 saxophones (all sizes), horn in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 ten, 1 bass), piano, double bass] |
13' |
1997 | Masquerade in Ribbons | string quintet plus saxophone quintet | 11' |
1997 | In the Moment* | recorder quartet (4 Renaissance recorders: G Alto, Tenor, Bass in F, C Bass) |
12' |
1998 | My Dove, My Beautiful One (text: James Joyce) |
mezzo soprano and piano | 4'
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
1998 | Recalling Chimes* | piano solo | 10'15" for sound sample go to Spotify page |
1999 | The Key to the Fourteenth Vision* | violin solo | 3' for sound sample go to Spotify page" |
1999 | Resurrecting Persephone* | flute and orchestra | 25'05"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2000 | The Mind Traveller | electronic tape (trombone, voices) / dance, video | 43' |
2000 | Second Nature* | piano, 4 hands | 12' |
2001 | Lucifer's Sun* | bass clarinet and harpsichord | 11' |
2001 | Leaps of Faith* | piano solo and tape | 5'30"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2001 | Objects of Ritual* | flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano | 22'
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2001 | The Stone | flute solo / sound environment | 18' |
2001 | The Book* | clarinet solo (B-flat or bass) / sound environment | 16'30" |
2001 | The Mask | violin solo | 6' |
2001 | The Bowl | cello solo | 10'15" |
2001 | The Candle | piano solo / sound environment | 7'45" |
2002 | Gardener of the Stream* | symphony orchestra | 13' |
2003 | Valse Ancienne (or Thirteen Ways of Looking Out a Window)* | cello and piano | 16' |
2003 | Sleep, Sleep Gypsy* | flute, bass clarinet, piano | 16' |
2004 | Micro-fohn (or Witches, Words and the Wind) (text: Gertrude Stein)* |
soprano, recorder, violin, percussion | 12' |
2004 | Is a bell... a bell?* | two toy pianos (one performer) | 5'05" for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2005 | Memory Demands So Much* (text: Denise Levertov) |
soprano and piano | 15'15"
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2005 | Illuminating Aleph (text: Chaim N. Bialik) |
cantor (tenor), chamber choir, instrumental ensemble [guitar, ud, harp, percussion, piano, violin, cello, double bass] | 17' for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2006 | The Flames of Quietude* | symphony orchestra | 21' |
2006 | Landscape of a Soul's Remembering* | string quartet | 21'
for sound sample go to video |
2007 | Springs Eternal* | violin and piano | 8'30" |
2008 | Divining Apollo* | violoncello and ensemble/orchestra (cello concerto) | 21' |
2009 | Knowing Rose* (text: W. B. Yeats) |
female voice, violin, piano | 17' |
2009 | American, Woman (texts: Anne Bradstreet, Emma Lazarus, Sara Teasdale) |
soprano and flute | 11' |
2009 | Down to the Sea in Ships* |
large wind ensemble | 12' |
2010 | Tree Of Life So Green (texts: anon - "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree", and Christopher Nolan) |
8-part women's choir: SSSSAAAA | 3' |
2010 | O Whispering Suns* (text: Walt Whitman) |
Large mixed choir, Medium mixed choir, violin, cymbalom | 60'-68'
for sound sample go to video |
2011 (orig. 1990; arr. Kelly, Lann) |
Lullabye for a Young Girl Dreaming for String Orchestra | version for string orchestra | 17' |
2011 (orig. 2010; arr. Lann) |
Tree Of Life So Green |
version for 8-part men's choir: (TTTTBBBB) | 3' |
2011 | Piano Quintet | 2 violins, viola, cello, piano | 41' |
2012 | De Stilte van Saar*
(libretto: Erik-Ward Geerlings) |
opera for 9 singers and instrumental ensemble: two saxophones, trombone, percussion, guitars, toy piano | 74'
for sound sample go to video |
2013 | The Many Men So Beautiful (text: David Jones, from In Parenthesis) |
Chamber Choir, SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB | 6'30" |
2013 | Double|Reed* | bassoon and orchestra (bassoon concerto) | 26'
for sound sample / video go to Youtube page |
2014 | Ad 's-Gravesande | oboe quartet | 3' |
2014 | Arlecchino Unmasked | blockflute, panflute, viola, accordion, percussion | 10'05"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2014 | moonshadow sunshadow | violin duo | 10'05" for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2014 | Present Tense | oboe (or string) quartet | 8' |
2015 (orig. 1993; arr. Lann) |
Dancing to an Orange Drummer* | version for symphony orchestra | 5'35"
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2015 | Happy Birthday 234! | bassoon solo | 40"
for sound sample / video go to Youtube page starting from 00'54" |
2015 (orig. 1991; arr. Lann) |
Beyond "Is" and "Is not"* | version for solo piccolo and 3-track tape (or three live players) | 4' |
2015 | ZEMTSOV'S FIVE* | viola quartet plus fifth part for student(s) | 23' |
2015 | Big Picture | piano trio | 20'15"
for sound sample / video go to New Music Now site |
2015 | Lather. Rinse. Repeat. | bass clarinet quartet | 7'
for sound sample / video go to Youtube page |
2016 | The Duck and the Kangaroo (text: Edward Lear) |
4-part children's choir: SSAA | 4' |
2016 | The bird that was trapped has flown (text: James Robertson) |
solo soprano, female vocal ensemble (SSSSAAAA), nyckelharpa, kokle | 5'05"
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2016 | US | piano, four hands | 4' |
2016 | In a Heartbeat, Interludes for Orchestra | symphony orchestra | 16' |
2016 | Stap Verder* | 26-piece bigband | 20'30" |
2017 | Rise* | concerto for two bassoons and (amateur) chamber orchestra | 21' |
2017 | Past Tense | shawm, recorder, sackbut, dulcian, organ, percussion | 10'05" |
2017 | naked, I | piano duo | 26' |
2018 | Future Perfect* | orchestra | 10'15"
for sound sample go to Soundcloud page |
2018 | One/Life* | piano quintet OR piano plus string orchestra | 20'+
for sound sample / video go to Youtube page |
2019 | I'm Migration | percussion sextet | 10'+ |
2019 | 9x13 Orange Drummer Beat! | fanfare band / wind ensemble | 6' |
2019 | Saskia on the Beach | piano solo | 2'15"
for sound sample / video go to Youtube page |
2019 | Rise Again* | concerto for two bassoons and (amateur) symphony orchestra | 21' |
2019 | Tree of Life so Green for Baritone and Large Ensemble (texts: Anonymous / Christopher Nolan) |
baritone solo, Bb clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, cello, double bass | 6'05"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2019 | #lovethispiece | violin and piano | 5'05" |
2019 | We May (text: Anne Bradstreet) |
five male voices, a cappella | 5'05" |
2020 | Claire's Candle | vibraphone solo | 10'05" |
2020 | Dark Familiar (after Brahms) | four pianists | 30'05"
for sound sample go to YouTube video |
2020 | FAR CRIES | Distance No Object | soprano, piano, violin, winds, speakers | 60'05" |
2021 | World Lieder | soprano, piano | 15'05" |
2021 | Legs Larry / Tear (text: Bas Kwakman) |
cello, speaker | 5'05" |
2021 | Heaven's Gait | carillon solo | 7' |
2021 | Loopstation Lazarus (reworking of "Stap Verder") | saxophones/clarinets (soloist), loopstation | 11'
for sound sample go to YouTube video |
2021 | Shining Still (text: Matthew Arnold) |
Mixed Choir a cappella (SSAATTBB) | 5'30"
for sound sample go to Spotify page |
2022 | Anybody Out There | sextet (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano) | 16'
for sound sample / video go to YouTube page |
2022 | Geluiden van Lucht (text: Cees Nooteboom) |
whisperviolin, soprano, electric piano, electric guitar | piece alone: 9' / film: 16'
for sound sample / video go to YouTube page |
2022 | Sugar Sugar | celesta solo | 7' |
2023 | Laura's Light: II | solo for marimba and glockenspiel | 6' |
2023 | Sea Glass | flute and piano | 11'
for sound sample go to this link |
2023 | Distant Trinity | large ensemble [2 alto flutes (2: also bass), clarinet (Bb/bass), soprano sax, alto sax, trumpet, horn, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano, elec. guitar, elec. bass] | 7'
for sound sample go to YouTube link |
2023 | Floating Sky | solo for vibraphone and crotales | 5'05" |
2023 | And These Hands | violin and viola (plus optional overtone singing) | 10'05" |
2024 | Laura's Light | three pieces for percussion solo: 1) solo for bass drum with foot pedal; 2) solo for marimba and glockenspiel; 3) solo for marimba, bass drum with foot pedal, and voice | 21' |
2024 | Seasons in the Glass Garden | cello and toy piano | 20'05" |
2024 | Night Passage | versions for: glass organ solo; glass organ with string quintet; glass organ with string orchestra | 9'
for sound sample / video go to Soundcloud link |
Photo credit, Vanessa Lann: Teo Krijgsman
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