Compositions
| Title | Time | Year | Recording | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bass instinct | 70:00 | 2005 – present | CD ‚bass instinct‘ & ‚Illusionista‘ | music for 6 acoustic basses Titles: Finale 7:00, Oedipus Suite 9:00, Mi tout le Fourbi 4:27, Verloren 8:00, K4 4:00, Kurz-long 7:00, Filmrequiem 1-8 20:00, wie gut wärs 6:00, Neige Grave 6:00 |
| Villa incognita | 40:00 | 2008 | Archive ORF | music for oboe, a-sax, t-sax, slide-g,b,p,dr premiered at the Jazzfestival Saalfelden Aug. 22nd ’08 Titles: Chrysanthemum seed, Dickens, Kitsune, Mai pen rai, Make sanuk, Tanuki pla bonga |
| Thinking out loud | 15:00 | 2007 | archive with the composer | music for flute, vibraphone, b, p premiered by Glass Farm ensemble NYC |
| Im Angedenken Peter Reidel | 60:00 | 2007 | CD released by KON:TUR | music for flute, piano, tp,b-clar,bassoon,accordeon,b Titles: Calm, Come,Genki, Kurz, Madame, time&tears,Trance,What happened to G? |
| Quiet Riot | 18:00 | 2007 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Salzburg | for flute, clar, bassoon, 2 violin, viola, cello,p,b, drums premiered at the Komponistenforum Mittersill with the Janus Ensemble directed by Christoph Cech Sept. 09th ’07 |
| Amr i bismiki | 20:00 | 2006 | archive with the composer | for violin, trumpet, sopr-sax,percussion,piano,nay,flute,drums, clar,bassoon,e-b, b, recomposed song by Marcel Khalife premiered Sept. 2nd 06 with the Absolute Ensemble at the ‚Arabian Nights‘ Festival in Bremen/Germany |
| Killer Time | 16:00 | 2004 | archive with the composer | for flute, calr, bassoon, violin, 2xviola, cello, bass, percussion |
| Friendly Fire | 12:00 | 2004 | archive with the composer | for Tenorsax, acoustic bass, percussion |
| walking (while singing in my head) | 40:00 | 2003 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Voralrberg | For strings, woodwinds, piano: graphic score with lots of cues and melodies, partly improvised, lots written. |
| Timeless cello concerto | 24:00 | 2003 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Voralrberg | For chamber orchestra with single woodwinds and percussion. Premiere performance with Friedrich Kleinhapl as soloist and the extended ensemble plus conducted by the composer, August 2nd 2003, Bregenzer Festspiele |
| A,B,C,…. | 40:00 | 2003 | archive with the composer e-mail: peter herbert | For chamber group and one improvising soloist, the alphabet in short musical scenes in random order.Premiere performance with the Janus-ensemble Vienna, directed by Christoph Cech, Ernst Reijseger (cello) was the improvising soloist. Generator-festival, Konzerthaus Vienna, March 7th 2003 |
| Broadway | 6:00 | 2002 | CD ‚broadway‘ Les Formidables buzo records Oct. 2002 | for soprano/alto/tenor/bass recorders, 3 players |
| You’re my thrill | 35:00 | 2001 | will be on CD spring 2003 on the label ‚between the lines‘ | Songs made famous by Billy Holiday set to contemporary chamber music comissioned by the ensemble plus/Austria featuring Christine Tobin (vocals) and Martin Schrack (piano). Songs include: Porgy Solitude Gloomy Sunday Ain’t nobody’s buisness You’re my thrill ensemble plus is: violin, 2 violas, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, bassoon plus voice and piano |
| Dialogs | 20:00 | 2001 | Archive Musikschule Bregenz and the composer e-mail:peter herbert | For strings, piano, woodwinds, percussion, recorders and 3 sopranos commissioned by the Musikschule Bregenz commemorating their 100 year anniverasry, performed by students of this musicschool |
| Timepiece | 15:00 | 2001 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg | For piano, violin, cello, bass and drums commissioned by the New Art Ensemble directed by Fuat Kent |
| B-A-C-H A chromatic Universe | 50:00 | 2000 | CD B-A-C-H A chromatic universe ‚between the lines’btl 013 EFA 10183-2 with Carol Robinson (b-clar), Ingrid Jensen (tp/Fl-horn), Marc Copland (p), Kenny Wollesen (dr/perc) and Peter Herbert (bass/comp) | 7 songs based on the musical motive B-A-C-H (b-flat, a,c,b-natural) for piano, bass, percussion, b-clarinet and fl-horn/trumpet. CD available through ‚between the lines‘ btl013/EFA10183-2 |
| fifteen coins | 45:00 | 2000/01 | archive with the composer e-mail:peter herbert | For low strings (bass, cello & viola), percussion and mezzo-soprano music set to Jorge Luis Borges‘ poem ‚fifteen coins‘ |
| Broadway 6 p.m. | 1:00 | 1999 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert |
Recordings of 60 street corners on Broadway at 6 p.m. over the course of one year ( one second snippets of each one), creating a 1 min. virtual 70 mph trip along Broadway uptwon from Houston to 67th Street. commissioned by Sulpiz Boisserée for ‚Avant Echo’/Geneva |
| Communications Error | 22:00 | 1999 | CD ensemble plus Herbert-Devienne-Rheinberger Werke für Streicher und Bläser Live in der Remise Bludenz ORF Landesstudio Voralrberg | |
| String quartet, woodwinds, F-Horn and tape commissioned by the ensemble plus
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| Fragments of a City II | 12:00 | 1999 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Full orchestra and tape commissioned by the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg directed by Christoph Eberle |
| Climbing | 25:00 | 1999 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | „Climbing“ concerto for solo bass and string orchestra (5/4/3/3/1/), 3 movements:
„The Fall“ |
| muhler | 8:00 | 1998 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Text: Alexandra Montano 1 soprano, 2 mezzi, acoustic bass |
| Come | 7:00 | 1998 | none | Text: Alexandra Montano 1 soprano, 2 mezzi |
| short stories | 17:00 | 1997 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Woodwind quintet, commissioned by the quintett.wien |
| noch unverletzt aber auch schon vom atem bedroht | 65:00 | 1997 |
CD Extraplatte EX 274-2 Rec 1993-1996 with Theo Bleckmann (voc), Skuli Sverrisson (e-bass), Jamey Haddad & Steve Shehan (perc) and Peter Herbert (bass/comp) | Narration opera Text: Joseph Kopf Music for 2 basses, 2 percussionists, 2 voices |
| 100 Y’s/why’s/wise | 45:00 | 1996 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | String quartet, acoustic bass, 8-track tape commissioned by the Raika Bregenz for their 100 year anniversary |
| Interruptions | 18:00 | 1995 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Symphony: strings, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 French horns, 2 trumpet, 2 trombones, 3 percussionists 1 flute and 1 clarinet off stage commissioned by the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg |
| piano concerto Nr. 1 | 25:00 | 1995 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Strings, 2 flute, rhythm section, piano solo commissioned by the summer workshop Neuberg |
| Difficulties | 22:00 | 1994 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | 2 choirs, templeblocks, tuning forks, 2 percussionists, acoustic bass solo |
| Unshaven Rooms | 13:00 | 1993 | Archive ORF Landesstudio Vorarlberg archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Flute, Bb-clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, piano, guitar, 2 percussionists, acoustic bass Soloists: acoustic bass, Bb-clarinet commissioned by the Camerata Bregenz |
| Finale 3rd movement | 6:00 | 1991 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | Choir, rhythm section commissioned by Spielboden/Dornbirn as part of the 1991 ‚KunstLos glücklich‘ event |
| Mystico 3 | 1:35 | 1991 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | a cappella choir commissioned by Spielboden/Dornbirn as part of the 1991 ‚KunstLos glücklich‘ event |
| Mystico 4 | 4:00 | 1991 | archive with the composer e-mail to peter herbert | a cappella choir commissioned by Spielboden/Dornbirn as part of the 1991 ‚KunstLos glücklich‘ event |
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