Works // All
Upcoming
In the pipeline:
New works for Arditti Quartett, for Sydney Chamber Opera with Ensemble Offspring,
for Musica Viva and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
as well as new works for Alto, Viola and Electronics, and also for the Takacs Quartet and speaker.
2023
- CORO II
A collaborative concert work composed with students from the Josef Stift Gymnasium, Munich together with Dietmar Wiesner, Michael Schiefel and the student’s teacher Dr. Lucie Wohlgenannt.
- Objects
version for speaker voice and string quartet
Premiered at the Villa Aurora by the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra and the composer on 4.11.2023 and at the Pasadena Conservatory on 5.11.2023 - Rock Paper Scissors
for variable ensemble or orchestra and improvising violinist
Commissioned by Australia Council and Jon Rose
Premiere 2.4.2023 Werkstattkonzert, Kammerensemble Neue Musik - SPIN
for orchestra
Commissioned by the Monash Academy Orchestra, an Ed Byrne Commission
Premiered in Melbourne on 27.8.2023 - TO SING
for 12 percussionists
Premiered by SPEAK PERCUSSION during the Melbourne RISE Festival at the Melbourne Recital Centre on the 15.6.2023
2022
- BRAID
for horn solo
A commission from Australian National Academy of music, Melbourne
For Tim Allen-Ankins
Premiere 13.5.2022 ANAM, Melbourne - Catalogue of Sky
for large orchestra
Commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Premiere 28.7.2022 Sydney Opera House
Conductor: Simone Young - Earth Plays V: Ediacaran Fields
for large orchestra
Commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as their Associate Artist 2018-2020
Premiere 24.6.2022 Adelaide Town Hall - Red Garden
film and music installation for violin and percussion
A commission from Monash University for Louise Devenish and Anna McMichael
Premiere 4.9.2022 Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne - The Judge and his Hangman.
A composed Reading for Ensemble and Soloists
Text: Jürgen Flimm
Commissioned by Dürrenmatt Foundation and Ensemble Quillo
Premiere 19.11.2022 Ensemble Quillo, Ueckermark-Brandenburg
2021
- A Desperate Adventure and Courage and a Clock
for ensemble
Commissioned by Zafraan Ensemble, Berlin.
Conductor: Premil Petrović
Premiere Ensemble Zafraan 2.10.2021 - Domovina (Homeland)
A dance and music performance
by Iztok Kovač and Cathy Milliken.
With En-Knap Dance Group.
Additional music and improvisations by Michael Schiefel, Vanessa Tomlinson
Ellen Harrison, Erik Griswold.
Premiere Spanskiborci Theatre. Ljubljana. 1.6.21 - Dulab Al Paloma
A film for ARTE by Uli Aumüller with music by Cathy Milliken, Dietmar Wiesner, Uli Aumüller and
Improvisations by Ensemble Extrakte and Guests. - Night Shift
for ensemble, audience, alto, tenor, choir
Inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
Ensemble Modern, Catherine Larsen Maguire, Helena Rasker, Michael Schiefel,
Premiere at Musikfeste, Berlin Philharmonie 1.9.2021
Commissioned by Art Mentor Foundation, Lucerne for Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta,
Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, Asko|Schönberg Ensemble.
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2020
- ACH! Fast eine Funkoper
A collaborative work commissioned by the Münchener Biennale for Musik und Theater. Including 80 residents of Munich, Volkshochschule Munich, soloist musicians, actor and soprano Jessica Aszodi. Composers and directors: Cathy Milliken, Dietmar Wiesner, Robyn Schulkowsky. Premiere 24.5.20 Schwerer Reiter Munich as part of the Biennale, Munich.
- CD: Two Step
a composed collage of composition and improvisation by Cathy Milliken and Friends. Release date 15.3.2020
More - Der Übersetzer - the Telling Task
An online project for piano, voice, and objects.
A commission from hiberNATION lo-fi festival.
Premiere by Zubin Kanga per stream 22.6.20 - Dulab Al Taj
A film for ARTE by Uli Aumüller with music by Cathy Milliken, Uli Aumüller and
improvisations by Ensemble Extrakte. - Ediacaran - Miracle
for large orchestra. Commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as their Associate Artist 2018-2020. Premiere 16.10.2020 Adelaide Town Hall.
- FAST FORWARD
for ensemble
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ensemble Modern
Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher
Premiere 9.12.2020, online - Lautstark 2020
variable instrumentation
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders - Ludwig im Wald
A staged opera for students' choir, actor, soprano, piano, cello, e-guitar, percussion.
Musically it draws inspiration from the 6th Symphony of Beethoven but with new compositions and a contemporary perspective on climate change. The students choir actively participated in text and musical workshops, the final composed result was premiered (after postponements due to COVID) on the 4.6.2023 at ZENTRALWERK, Dresden under the auspices of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele. - Ode for All
for women's choir. A collaborative work commissioned by the Goethe Institute involving members of six choirs from South eastern Europe: Svetlana Spajic Choir (Belgrade), Canticum Choir (Bucharest), Sirene Choir (Istanbul), Amalgamation Choir (Cyprus), Corona Choir (Sarajevo) and Alabrea Choir (Sofia). Premiere 25.10 Berlin Radial System.
More - Piece 43 For Now
for orchestra
Commissioned by Donaueschinger Musiktage 2020
SWR Symphonieorchester
Conductor: Titus Engel - Psalm 12 - Justice
for 12 singers (SATB). An a capella work based on the Psalm no 12. Part of the international "150 Psalms project". Commissioned by the Adelaide Festival and premiered on 29.2.2020 by The Song Company at the Adelaide Festival 2020.
- View From Vega II
An online project for six performers using Decibel’s digital scorereader.
Part of the award winning “2 minutes form home”, Decibel Ensemble.
Realised by Decibel Ensemble.
Premiere online 9.12.21.
2019
- Bright Ring
for ensemble. 1020 2100 2perc 2121. Commissioned by Ensemble Modern. Premiere by Ensemble Modern at Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main, 3.3.2019. Further performances at Wigmore Hall, London 5.3.19 and Elbphilharmonie 11.3.19.
More - Espiral
for horn, two trumpets, trombone, tuba.
Commissioned by the Stockholm Chamber Brass for the Schumann Fest, Düsseldorf.
Premiere 6.6.19 - Five Step
String Quintet: Music for "Das Gläserne Meer" von Tauchgold. Commissioned by VKB Foundation, Munich. Actors: Inka Löwendorf, Florian Lukas. Musicians: Chié Peters (Violine), Hannes Metze (Violine), Juan Lucas Aisemberg (Viola), Ehrengard von Gemmringen (Violoncello), Katri-Maria Leponiemi (Kontrabass). Premiere 7.11.2019
- Lautstark 2019
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
More - Sounds of Still Lifes.
A radio play by Cathy Milliken and Dietmar Wiesner based on texts by Pablo Picasso.
Featuring Caroline Junghanns, Ulrich Noethen, Corinna Kirchhoff, Markus Meyer, Annett Wernitzsch and members of the Ensemble Modern.
Broadcast 8.1.19 SWR2. - Stadtlied (City Song)
for orchestra, choir, soloists, amateur musicians.
A participatory work composed for Internationales Musikfest Hamburg and the Elbphilharmonie.
Premiere 25.5.2019 at the Elbphilharmonie
More - TEARES
for chamber orchestra
2.2.2.2 2.2.2 Tympani. Percussion. 4-3-2-2-1
Premiere 11.6.2021 Bielefelder Philharmoniker - WEAVE
A Chamber Concerto for Orchestra. Commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as their Associate Artist 2018-2020. Premiere 27.9.2019 Adelaide Town Hall.
- Zweierlei Recht
for choirs, orchestra, windbands, trumpet ensemble, actors, dancers.
A Country Community Opera commissioned by the Land Tyrol as part of a series of seven such operas based on the life of Maximilian I, performed throughout Tyrol in June 2019. Premiere in Schwaz 22.6.19.
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2018
- Book: Klangspuren Lautstark
Aktives musizieren und komponieren mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Published by KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ. ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft.
More - Collaborative Composition
for voices, instruments, cello, plastic bottles, movement.
A collaborative work by 25 students and workshop leader, Cathy Milliken at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse for Music
Performance during the Ferienkurse.
Score not available. - Crie
for violin and voice (one player).
Premiere by Veronique Serret at Carriageworks as part of Ensemble Offspring's Lone Hemisphere's Concert on 4.12.2018.
More - DACCORD
for soprano guitar and orchestra.
3333 4331 strings (12 10 8 7 6) 2 perc Timpani
Premiere 10.8.18 as part of the International Guitar Festival 2018 in Adelaide.
Resident Composer Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 2018-2020. - Lautstark 2018
Variable instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
More - Opera of Objects.
for oboe, percussion, piano, objects and voices.
A collaborative work by Erik Griswold, Cathy Milliken and Vanessa Tomlinson.
Text by Craig Foltz.
Premiere 9.11.2018 - Romeo's Passion
for 2 sopranos, 2 tenors, oboe, violin, piano.
A musical-theatrical work for five singers, oboe, violin and piano.
Premiere at the Hillbrow Theatre, Johannesburg and produced by UMCULO.org/Shirley Apthorp.
More - Shoes
for clarinet, percussion, zheng and electronics.
Music to the film "Shoes" by Lois Weber.
Commissioned and produced by Arte.
Premiere 8.3.2018 - Suspense
for clarinet, percussion, zheng and electronics.
Music to the film "Suspense" by Lois Weber.
Commissioned and produced by Arte.
Premiere 8.3.2018
2017
- Driving with Fatima
A radio play with text and songs. Texts by Fatima Dike.
Vocals Jocelyn B.Smith, piano Cathy Milliken.
Produced by Deutschlandfunk September 2017. - Lautstark 2017
Variable instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Pollok
for flute, clarinet, string quintett, percussion, piano.
More - Red Live Breath
for chamber choir, stones, whirlies and torches.
Premiere 9.11.2017 by The Australian Voices at Queensland Conservatorium.
More - The Space of the Object (Tongues of Stone)
Variable instrumentation.
- Three Sound
for clarinet, violoncello, sounds and text.
Commissioned by the Trio Catch for their "Ohr Knacker" series.
Premiere Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, 8.10.17.
More - Waving
for orchestra and four participating mouth organ groups.
A participatory orchestral work for youth concerts.
Commissioned by the Elbphilharmonie and premiered on 31.1.2017.
2016
- Brusl
A participatory work for 140 participants and local music groups from Bruchsal
Premiere 15.10.2016 in Bruchsal.
(Direction, composition and arrangements by Cathy Milliken) - GAACH - a kind of Folk Opera
A participative opera. A commission by Münchener Biennale 2016, to Cathy Milliken, Robyn Schulkowsky, Dietmar Wiesner and 200 Participants. Premiere in the Foyer of the Gasteig Philharmonic Hall on the 5.6.2016.
More - Glockenflügel (Bell's Wings)
for 2 Tp, 2 Hr, 2 Trom, bass trombone, tape.
(Brass Ensemble and Tape).
Commissioned by the Festival of Mecklenburg Vorpommern for their opening on 17.6.2016.
More - Lautstark 2016
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Lautstark and Lautstärker
Artistic Leader and composer for "Lautstark", a 10 day Composition Camp for young composers and musicians as part of the Klangspuren Festival. Imsterberg. It is followed by "Lautstärker", a more advanced camp of 4 days for young composers. (August). See Klangspuren website.
More - Steel-True Gold-Sole
for piano, sampler and keyboard, recorder and voice.
A musical portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson.
A Commission from Gabriella Smart and her Piano Project. - Tyalgum Stories - Here we are
for choirs, recorders, clarinet, percussion.
A site specific collection of works for and by the community of Tyalgum and Lismore for the Tyalgum Festival in Northern New South Wales, Australia.
(Direction, composition and arrangements by Cathy Milliken.)
More - We are all stars
An installation/exhibition by Chris Wainwright "We are all stars" includes my sound installation for Horn (Saar Berger) and field recordings. Venue is Nihonbashi Institute for contemporary Arts, 4-14th April. It showcases projects carried out in Kamaishi after the devastating earthquake and Tsunami and in conjunction with the insitution, "Future Labo".
More - Wenden und Drehen
A participatory work and performance for Wismar choirs, commissioned by the Festspiele Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Premiered 25.6.2016. Score unavailable.
- Wendengesang (Leaving Heart)
for soprano and violin.
A musical theatre Installation for soprano and violin.
Commissioned by the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival.
Premiered by Frauke Aulbert and Elfa Run Kristinsdottir
25.6.2016
2015
- Comfort Ye
An opera based on stories, texts and songs by young South African singers.
Composition- Georg Friedrich Handel, Cathy Milliken, Bloekombos Secondary
School Choir. Directed by Robert Lehmeier.
Produced by Umculo Festival/Shirley Apthorpe Director.
More - Earth Plays I-IV
Earth Plays I (Þingvellir)
Earth Plays II (Epidauros)
Earth Plays III (Gohyaku Rakan)
Earth Plays IV (Radio City Hall)
For Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra.
3,3,3,3 / 4,3,3,1 / 4 Perc. / 14,12,10,8,6.
Premiered by the Bavarian Radio Orchestra for Musica Viva on December 4th, 2015.
Soloist: Fiona Campbell, conductor: Peter Rundel.
More - Earth Plays Radom
A creative educational project commissioned by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s Education Department for school classes accompanying the Premiere of the work EARTH PLAYS I-IV by the Orchestra.
Performed 4.12.2015 in the Foyer of Herkules Saal, Munich.
More - Innsbruck Stadtlied
for Orchestra, choir and soloists.
Premiere on 31.12.15 with Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra and soloists Verena Pötzl, Elias Hosseini, Wiltener boys Choir, Ravi Srinivasan. Based on Texts and Melodies by Innsbruck School children.
Arrangement: Cathy Milliken - Lautstark 2015
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Lautstark and Lautstärker
Artistic leader and composer for "Lautstark", a 10 day composition camp for young composers and musicians as part of the Klangspuren Festival. Imsterberg. It is followed by "Lautstärker", a more advanced camp of 4 days for young composers.
- Music-theatre participatory Workshops
Music-theatre participatory Workshop for Teaching Staff at Arts Unit, NSW Australia
- Picasso and Words
for coloratura soprano, tenor, baritone, bass. For voice quintet based on poetry by Pablo Picasso.
Commissioned by Vocalsolisten.
Premiere Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, 20.3.15. - Visiting lecturer for Music-Dance Project
Visiting lecturer for Music-Dance Project for Ernst Busch Theatre College and University of the Arts/Wanda Golonka. Berlin. Performance 29.4. BAT Theatre Berlin.
- We are all stars
"We are all Stars", a production by Future Labo with Chris Wainwright in collaboration with Cathy Milliken for Kamaishi, Tohoku. Various groups- choirs, Brass choirs and community leaders were involved in two performances. The first was at Nehama Beach just outside Kamaishi on the 29th August. The second took place at the Hojuji Temple, Kamaishi on 5th September.
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2014
- Bunyah
A radio play by Cathy Milliken and Dietmar Wiesner based on texts by Les Murray and translations by Margitt Lehbert, featuring Dagmar Manzel und Ulrich Noeten. Produced by SWR Radio, Germany.
Winner of Prix Italia 2015.
More - Earth Plays - Þingvellir
An orchestral piece performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on 10th April 2014 as part of a larger work to be performed by the Bavarian Radio orchestra in December 2015.
More - Kompositionskurs_Berliner Philharmoniker/Education
Leader of a Composition Course for young Composers and musicians.
Performance of young people's works by the Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker on 30.3.2014 - Lautstark 2014
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Lautstark and Lautstärker
Artistic Leader and composer for "Lautstark", a 10 day Composition Camp for young composers and musicians as part of the Klangspuren Festival. Imsterberg. It is followed by "Lautstärker", a more advanced camp of 4 days for young composers. (August)
More - Messages for you
A participatory work composed and directed for wind bands,
string students and professional musicians. Including collaboration
with the visual artist Chris Wainwright. Performed at the hojuji Temple
in Kamaishi on the 3rd November. Commissioned by the Future Labo.
More - Shifrorl
Chamber music commissioned by Decibel Ensemble as part of their "After Julia" Project. First performance by Deciebal (Musical dDrector - Cat Hope)on 8.11.2014 at Eugene Goossens Hall in Ultimo, Sydney.
2013
- Artology Remix - Picasso
A creative project based on works by Pablo Picasso
Artology/ New south Wales art Gallery/ Professionals/Young artists
13.7.2013 Foyer, New South Wales Art Gallery
More - Augenblicke
for mixed ensemble, elastic scoring and variable line-up - for school students with fundamental instrumental skills. New revised version.
Premiere: Lautstark Klangspuren Festival, Austria - Catalogue of Blue
Duo for oboe and percussion.
Commissioned by Christian Hommel - Lautstark 2013
Lautstark is a yearly compositional project for young musicians between the ages of 8-18 years. Led by Cathy Milliken and Team, the focus is on composition and new sounds as well as ensemble playing and improvisation. It takes place in Imsterberg as part of the Klangspuren Festival.
More - Lautstärker 2013
Lautstärker is an advanced compositional course for young musicians wishing to write their own music. It took place in Imsterberg as part of the Klangspuren Festival of Austria, 2013 being its inaugural year and featured the "Catch Trio".
More - Uh Oh!
Uh Oh! for Bassoon Quartet. (for Frank Zappa)
Premiere 3.12.2013 Vienna, by members of Klangforum Wien. - Urge me not
solo piece for counter tenor
Premiere: Erdenkoben 4.5.2013
Soloist: Daniel Gloger as part of his solo evening "Nackt!"
2012
- Alles was besteht
A staged concert with Libretto by Jenny Erpenbeck, Music by Cathy Milliken
Literaturhaus/Museumsgesellschaft /Tonhalle, Zürich
Members of the Tonhalle-Orchestra, Zürich
3.6.2012 Tonhalle, Zürich
More - Cross-Currents
Presentation of DVD "Cross Currents" by Carol Robinson, Cathy Milliken
1.12.2012 Carol Robinson/Cathy Milliken Ackerstadtpalast, Berlin
More - Lautstark 2012
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Memorial
A staged concert
Students of Ager University of Kristiansand
23.11.2012 Ager University, Music Theatre Department, Kristiansand
More - Memorial-Traces
A staged concert
Crossbows Festival
Conservatorium of Queensland students/Griffith Film School students
13.5.2012 Opera Queensland at Conservatorium of Queensland
More - Romeo and Juliet
A creative project based on "Romeo and Juliet" by Hector Berlioz
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/School Students/Young Artists
2.11.2012 Foyer, Hamer Hall, Melbourne
More - Split by two
Music theatre piece based on texts by John Berger
for two voices, oboe, recorders, mouth organs, sampler
by Kate Strong/Cathy Milliken
Premiere 30.8.2012 at the Ankunft Bahnhof Festival, Berlin
Soloists: Kate Strong and Cathy Milliken
2011
- 10. Berliner Schulorchestertreffen+Kreativorchester
A creative project based on "The Planets" by Gustav Holst
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
13.2.2011 Philharmonie, Berlin - Caprichos nr 44 "To spin a good yarn"
for solo guitar.
Commissioned by Jürgen Ruck. - Der Ring des Nibelungen
Film in four parts by Nina Erfle and Niki Stein
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
29.1.2011 ZDF Theaterkanal - Lautstark 2011
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - Memorial
A staged concert
Tokyo Wonder Site/ IEMA Students/Ensemble Modern
17.12.2011 Tokyo Women's Plaza Hall
More - Memorial (for Tohoku)
12 card pieces for 1-15 players/singers
More - MusicTANZ - Die Launen der Natur
An education project based on works by Jean Philippe Rameau
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
25-26.6.2011 arena, Treptow, Berlin - OnTOUR and SONGS - Aus Mahlers Zeit 11
A creative project based on "Symphony No. 3" by Gustav Mahler
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
25.2.2011 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam - REMIX - Internet Contest
Based on "Symphony No. 1" by Gustav Mahler
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
30.9.2011 Philharmonie, Berlin - SONGS - aus Mahlers Zeit 111
A creative project based on "Symphony No. 8" by Gustav Mahler
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
15.9.2011 Foyer, Philharmonie, Berlin - The Flowering of the Naked Body (Die Blüte des nackten Körpers)
Radio play based on old Egyptian lyric poetry
for clarinet (also bass clarinet, birbyne), Kanun, percussion, contrabass (also electric bass)
Adaptation: Raoul Schrott/Prod. Hessian Broadcasting
Composition/production HCD Productions (Hermann Kretzschmar, Cathy Milliken, Dietmar Wiesner)
2010
- Lautstark 2010
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - OnTOUR and SONGS (REMIX) - Aus Mahlers Zeit 1
An creative project based on "Symphony No. 1" by Gustav Mahler
Berliner Philharmoniker, William Barton/Sydney Opera House
10.9.2010 Foyer, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
More - OnTOUR: Feuer fängt mein Herz
A creative project based on "The Twilight of the Gods" by Richard Wagner
Salzburg Festival
22-28.3.2010 Berliner Philharmoniker, Republic, Salzburg - REMIX – Glorious Percussion
A creative project based on "Glorious Percussion" by Sofia Gubaidulina
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
18.9.2010 Philharmonie, Berlin
More - REMIX – San Francisco Polyphony
A creative project based on "San Francisco Polyphony" by György Ligeti
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
19.2.2010 Philharmonie, Berlin - Song - Kristallwelt
for mixed ensemble, variable line-up
for school students with fundamental instrumental skills
Premiere: Lautstark Klangspuren Festival, Austria - SONGS - Coro
An creative project based on "Coro" by Luciano Berio
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
Berliner Philharmoniker und Gäste
10.9.2010 Philharmonie, Berlin - Three Step
for horn, violin, cello
Commissioned by Saar Berger, Ensemble Modern
2009
- Knee Piece 45
for flute, oboe, percussion
Premiere Berlin, Ultraschall Festival, Berlin 2009 - Lautstark 2009
Variable Instrumentation.
Compositional collaboration for children between the ages of 8-18 and workshop leaders.
Course material available online on the Klangspuren/Lautstark web page. - MusicART – Das Paradies und die Peri
A creative project based on "The Paradise and the Peri" by Robert Schumann
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
5.2.2009 Prison at Tegel, Berlin - OnTOUR: MusicART - Parade(s)
A creative project based on works by Pablo Picasso.
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
Festival International d'art d'Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence
27.6.2009 City and surroundings of Aix en Provence - Two Step
for violin and double bass.
Commissioned by Zagreb Chamber Music Festival 2010.
2008
- Augenblicke
for mixed ensemble, elastic scoring and variable line-up - for school students with fundamental instrumental skills
Premiere: Lautstark Klangspuren Festival, Austria - House of Voices (Haus aus Stimmen)
Radio play version of the music theatre piece of the same name for two voices, countertenor, string quartet, choir and film; libretto: Silke Scheuermann; production/composition: Cathy Milliken/Dietmar Wiesner; 2008 German Critics' Prize
- MusicART - Le Fantastique
A creative project based on "Symphonie fantastique" by Hector Berlioz
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
30.5.2008 Tempelhof Flughafen, Berlin - MusicART - Schatten und Formen
A creative project based on "The Shadow of Night" by Harrison Birtwistle
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
28.2.2008 Otto von Braun Saal, Berlin - OnTOUR and MusicFILM - Siegfried
A creative project based on "Siegfried" by Richard Wagner
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
Festival International d'art d'Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence
30.6.08 Salle au bois de l'aune, Aix-en-provence - OnTOUR and SONGS - Ritual Rhythms
A creative project based on "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Strawinsky
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program/Carnegie Weill Institute
17-18.11.2007 Crystal Palace, Washington Heights, New York City - REMIX – Tempo und Raum
A creative project based on "Gruppen" by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
20.09.08 Berliner Philharmoniker, Tempelhof Flughafen, Berlin
2007
- A Slip in the Night Tango
for trumpet and melodica
Premiere: Portrait concert, Dachsaal Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, by Sava Stoianov and Valentin Garvie - Cento
for soprano, countertenor and two string trios
Premiere: Ensemble Resonanz and Neue Vokalsolisten im Radial System, Berlin - Haus aus Stimmen
A radio play and Chamber Opera with Libretto by Silke Scheuermann
Music by Milliken, Wiesner
A production of Radio Days, ZKM, Karlsruhe
8-9.11.2007 Kubus, ZKM Karlsruhe - House of Voices (Haus aus Stimmen)
Music theatre piece
for two voices, countertenor, string quartet, choir and film
Libretto: Silke Scheuermann, production/composition: Cathy Milliken/Dietmar Wiesner
Premiere: Intermedia Festival, Karlsruhe/HR 2 - MusicFilm - Wallküre
A creative project based on "The Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
Festival International d'art d'Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
27.6.2007 Aix en Provence - MusicOPERA – Haus Oper
A creative project based on "Die sieben Todsünden" by Kurt Weill
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
1.6.2007 Foyer, Philharmonie, Berlin - MusicTANZ - Ionisation
A creative project based on "Ionisation" by Edgard Varèse
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
7.9.2007 Foyer, Philharmonie, Berlin - OnTOUR and REMIX – Vorahnung
A creative project based on "Tevót" by Thomas Ades
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
5.3.2007 Foyer, Salle Pleyel, Paris - REMIX – Vorahnung
A creative project based on "Tevót" by Thomas Ades
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
21.2.2007 Philharmonie, Berlin
2006
- MusicART – Blitzlichter
A creative Project based on "Ringed by the Flat Horizon" by George Benjamin
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
5.5.2006 Otto von Braun Saal, Berlin - MusicART – Galaxy
A creative project based on "The Planets" by Gustav Holst
Berliner Philharmoniker Edcuation Program
16.3.2006 Foyer of the Philharmonie, Berlin - MusicART – Lichter
A creative project based on "Light of death, death of light" by Jonathan Harvey
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
5.9.2006 Philharmonie, Berlin - MusicART – Märchenklang
A creative project based on "Ma mère l'Oye" by Maurice Ravel
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
15.1.2006 Foyer of the Philharmonie, Berlin - MusicFILM – Rheingold
A creative project based on "Das Rheingold" by Richard Wagner
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
8.6.2006 JVA Prison in Plözensee, Berlin - OnTOUR and REMIX - Asyla
A creative project based on "Asyla" by Thomas Ades
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program/Carnegie Weill Institute
29.1.2006 Zankel Hall, Carnegie, New York
More - Pieces
for mandolin orchestra
Premiere: Mandolinen Konzertgesellschaft, conductor: Detlef Thewes
Commission sponsored by the Arts Foundation of NRW - Secret Seven
for flute, oboe, clarinet, cello percussion and piano
Premiere Ensemble Modern at a portrait concert, Dachsaal, Frankfurt - SONGS - Carmina Burana
An Installation and creative project based on "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
13,14.5.2006 Arena, Treptow, Berlin - SONGS – Requiem
A creative project based on "Ein deutsches Requiem" by Johannes Brahms
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
27.10.2006 Otto von Braun Saal, Berlin
2005
- a single climb to a line
for four tenor trombones
- Church Bell Concert and installation "Von der Freundschaft"
for the City of Hannover, its Bells, children's choir and handbell choir
Inner city and church spires, Hanover, Handbell Choir and the Choir of the International Ecumenical Church Festival and HGNM - Die Bakchen
Theatre based on the Bacchae by Euripides, in an adaption by Raoul Schrott
Music by Wiesner and Milliken
A production by schauspielfrankfurt
16.9.2005 Grosses Haus, schauspielfrankfurt - Novelle 1 and 11
for chamber orchestra and speaker
Based on texts by Charles Bukowski and Arthur Rimbaud
Commission sponsored by the Arts Foundation of NRW for Kempen Festival and Concerto Köln - REMIX – Asyla
A creative project based on "Asyla" by Thomas Ades
Berliner Philharmoniker Education Program
27.10.2005 Foyer of the Philharmonie, Berlin
More - Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence
(Nr 6. Walls and Mirrors.)
A chamber opera in seven parts with Libretto by Jonathan Safran Foer
A production by the Staatsoper Berlin
4/17/19/21/25/27/30.9.2005 Magazine, Staatsoper, Berlin - Seven Attempted Escapes from Silence: Windows and Mirrors
Chamber opera, libretto: Jonathan Safran Foer
Small orchestra
Berliner Staatsoper - singles
for large ensemble
Commissioned by Art Festival, Wuppertal
Commission sponsored by the Arts Foundation of NRW - Songs of War, Songs of Love
A staged concert of songs based on poems by e.e.cummings, W.H.Auden, Elisabeth Bishop, Gertrude Stein and others.
A production by the Bockenheimer Depot
20.5.2005, Bockenheimer Depot, Frankfurt
2004
- En secret
for counter tenor, guitar and oboe d'amore
Premiere: Internationale Ferienkurse, Darmstadt 2004 - Filmstudie
for trombone, cello, bass guitar, piano, two percussion
commissioned by Ensemble Ascolta, Stuttgart, for the film of the same name by Hans Richter
(DVD: Arte TV) - Plays
Wind quintet (staged composition)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, also tuned glasses, cow instruments, recorders and mouth organs.
commissioned by "Chronophonie", Freiburg im Breisgau
Premiere: Museum of Modern Art, Freiburg im Breisgau - Songs of Love, Songs of War
Concert pieces
for two voices, trumpet, bass guitar, percussion, piano/sampler - Wie Fliehen
for solo guitar
Commissioned by Jürgen Ruck
2003
- A Musical Fantasy
Theatre version of the radio plays "Denotaion Babel" and "Cosmic Memos"
Direction/composition: Kretzschmar/Milliken/Wiesner
Schauspiel Frankfurt - Antigone
for voices and diverse instruments played by actors.
Choral composition for "Antigone" based on Sophocles/Hölderlin
Schauspiel Frankfurt, director: Wanda Golonka - Denotation Babel/Cosmicmemos
Music theatre piece in two parts, based on "Denotation Babel" by Helmut Krausser and "Six Memos for the next Millennium" by Italo Calvino
by Kretzschmar, Wiesner, Milliken (HCD-Productions)
A production by the schauspielfrankfurt
19.1.2003 schauspielfrankfurt - India Song
for tenor, viola, tape.
Composition for "India Song" by Marguarite Duras
Schauspiel Frankfurt, director: Wanda Golonka - Looks Live
Concert piece
for voice, bass guitar, piano/sampler
Theaterhaus, Frankfurt and Hessian Broadcasting
2002
- Eye View
Installation (objects, sounds and video)
for Contrabass, Percussion, Speaker and Electronics. Susan Knight, Christian Dierstein, Johannes Nied.
Experimental studio, Freiburg, premiered at the Witten Contemporary Chamber Music Festival
More - L'invitation au Voyage
Silent film music to L'invitation au Voyage by Germaine Dulac.
for clarinet, trumpet, two percussion, piano, viola and violoncello.
Premiered during the Germain Dulac Retrospective, Frankfurt
2006 produced by Arte TV - New Looks
Radio play/texts taken from works by William Shakespeare; Deutschland Radio;
2003 "Prix Marulic", Zagreb Radio
2001
- 9 Looks
for solo piano
Premiere and commission by Kristi Becker - Hamletink
Music theatre piece based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet
for actor, horn, two violoncello, sampler, percussion, tape, video
Commissioned by Wissenschaftstadt Darmstadt
Producer: International Music Institute, Darmstadt
Co-producers: ZKM, Karlsruhe and "The Australia Council for the Arts Funding Body" - La Vie de Bohème
Based on the film of the same name by Aki Kaurismäki, and the novel "Scenes of Bohemian Life, Paris" by Henri Murger
Composition: HCD Productions (Hermann Kretzschmar, Cathy Milliken, Dietmar Wiesner), director Andre Wilms - Round Robin
for solo flute
Premiere and commission- Ansbach Music Festival, Carin Levine
2000
- Cosmic Memos
for two speaker/singers (male and female), viola, horn, contrabass, percussion. Radio play/texts taken from works by Italo Calvino. Direction/composition/libretto by HCD PRODUCTIONS: Hermann Kretzschmar/Cathy Milliken/Dietmar Wiesner. Hessian Broadcasting Station/ZKM, Karlsruhe. 2000 Radio play of the month. 2001 Westfalen jury prize for best direction.
- Cutouts - Lungs (Auschnitt-Lungen)
for hanging bricks, infusion tubes, hanging plants, contact microphones, samples sound.
Installation at Zeche Nachtigall, Witten
Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music, Witten - More Looks
Live Version for speaker, sampler and piano
Radio play/texts taken from works by William Shakespeare
Hessian Broadcasting/Artists Corner
1999
- Ausschnitt Lungen
An installation for the Wittener Kammermusiktage
23-26.4.1999 Zeche Nachtigall, Witten - Cutouts - Lungs (Auschnitt-Lungen)
for hanging bricks, infusion tubes, hanging plants, contact microphones, samples sound.
Installation at Zeche Nachtigall, Witten
Festival of Contemporary Chamber Music, Witten - Denotation Babel
Radio play/Text by Helmut Krausser
Composition/production by HCD PRODUCTIONS and HR2:
Hermann Kretzschmar/Cathy Milliken/Dietmar Wiesner
Hessian Broadcasting Station (HR2)
Winner of the "Prix Italia" 2000 - Jet
for clarinet and tape
Commissioned by: CMMIX, Paris premiere, Festival Sons d'Hiver, Paris - Margaret
for four singers and piano
Based on a poem by Gerard Manly Hopkins
Saarbrücken Chamber Music Festival
1998
- 6 Memos
for flute (also piccolo, alto flute and bass flute) and string quartet
Based on "6 Memos for the Next Millennium" by Italo Calvino
Saarbrücken Chamber Music Festival (for Mandelring Quartet & Dietmar Wiesner) 12.10.1998 - Hippolytos and Salome
for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, piano and percussion
Adaptation of Paul Bowles' theatre music by HCD Productions: realised from tape of Bowle's synthesizer version and arranged by Hermann Kretzschmar, Cathy Milliken, Dietmar Wiesner. Performance and recording by HCD Productions/Largo Records. - Mother tongue (Muttersprache)
for speaker, soprano, baritone, violin, cello, piano, percussion and tape.
Based on poems and prose by Rosa Ausländer.
State Theatre Darmstadt; tape realised at ZKM studios, Karlsruhe.
1997
- Objects
for speaking pianist and piano.
Texts from "Tender Buttons" by Gertrude Stein.
Kestner Museum, Hanover Biennale - Theatre music for "Susannah Andler"
for soprano saxophone, viola, double bass.
Incidental music for Marguerite Duras' "Susannah Andler".
Chichester Festival Theatre, GB, director: Lindy Davies
1996
- Melos
for two amplified timpani and electronic filters (one player).
Premiere: Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Peppie Wiersma. - Palomar
for violin and 8-track-tape. Based on "Mr Palomar" by Italo Calvino.
Commissioned by Jagdish Mistrey (Ensemble Modern).
1995
- Journey
for horn, trumpet, violoncello, percussion, piano/sampler and three school classes of schoolchildren
Fantasy/Improvisations based on Franz Schubert's "Die Winterreise" (The Winter Journey).
Commission and premiere: Southbank Centre, London. - Sifr
for speaker, flute, piano/sampler, percussion. Co-production of CDs with Hessian Broadcasting.
- Theatre music for "Scenes from an Execution"
for violoncello and sampler. Incidental music for "Scenes from an Execution" by Howard Barker. Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney, director Lindy Davies.