collective imaginary II

for flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, percussion, accordion, violin, viola, cello, electronics & video


Commissioned by Latenz Ensemble


Premiere 20 April 2024 in Gärtenhaus Baden (CH) by Latenz Ensemble


Duration: 8'


automation of the personlization process


for two oboes, electronics & video


Commissioned by Basel Kulturelles/Oboes Migrantes


Premiered 18 January, 2024 by Oboes Migrantes


Duration: 6'


Score: www.babelscores.com


state of matter


for flute, clarinet, accordion, percussion, violin, cello & electronics


Commissioned by Koper Biennale


Duration: IN PROGRESS


collective imaginary


for flute, bass clarinet, bass trombone, percussion, accordion, violin, viola, cello, electronics & video


Commissioned by Latenz Ensemble


Premiered 4 December 2022 by Latenz Ensemble, Christian Rombach conducting


Duration: 9'


Score: www.babelscores.com


The Grammar of Shadows


for electric guitar, harp, piano and cello


Commissioned by Basel Kulturelles


Premiered 28 January, 2022 by Ellen Fallowfield (cello), Seth Josel (e-guitar), Gunnhildur Einarsdottir (harp) and Sanae Yoshida (piano)


Duration: 7'30


Score: www.babelscores.com


turn me on, dead man


for mezzo soprano, electronics & video


Commissioned by Duo Frank/Krüger/Basel Kulturelles


Premiered 29 April, 2021 by Anne-May Krüger & Andreas Eduardo Frank


Duration: 17'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


Tombeau de Clément Ader


for clarinet, electric guitar, percussion, violin, viola, cello & contrabass + electronics


Commissioned by Ensemble Vortex/Pro Helvetia


Premiered 27 March, 2021 by Ensemble Vortex


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com


La Géométrie d'après Descartes


for orchestra (3.2.3.2/2.2.2/timp./strings)


Commissioned by L'Orchestre des Trois-Chêne


Premiered TBD by L'Orchestre des Trois-Chêne


Duration: 6'


Score: www.babelscores.com

the great silence


for flute, saxophone, piano & percussion + electronics


Commissioned by Ensemble Inverspace/Basel Kulturelles


Premiered 1 March, 2020 at Ackermannshof, Basel by Ensemble Inverspace


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com

RGBA


for saxophone quartet


Commissioned by Ensemble du Bout du Monde/Fondation Nicati de Luze


Premiered 3 November, 2021 at HaTeiva Festival, Tel Aviv-Yafo


Duration: 9'


Score: www.babelscores.com

Portal Fantasies


A musical, architectural and literary promenade for two actors & five musicians; created in collaboration with Barbara Piatti, Lukas Kubik & Mirjam Smejkal.


for flute, clarinet, accordion, percussion & cello + electronics


Commissioned by Festival Zeiträume/Kulturelles.bl


Premiered 21 September, 2019 at Zeiträume Festival by Lukas Kubik, Mirjam Smejkal & neuverBand Ensemble für Neue Musik Basel


Duration: ca. 2 hours


Score: paul@paulclift.net


the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there


for alto flute, alto saxophone & piano


Commissioned by Ensemble l'Imaginaire


Premiered 23 June, 2019 in Strasbourg by Ensemble l'Imaginaire


Duration: 3'


Score: www.babelscores.com

Astatine


for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics


Commissioned by Trio Saetenwind/Fondation Nicati de Luze


Premiered 14 September, 2019 at Musikfestival Bern by Trio Saetenwind


Duration: 13'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


V Prostranem Morju Sanj


for flute, violin & piano, with a fourth performer


Premiered 19 November, 2018 in Ljubljana


Duration: 3'


Score: www.babelscores.com

Inhabiting the vanishing


for flute, tenor saxophone, piano, percussion, electric guitar, violin & cello


Commissioned by Ensemble Vertixe Sonora


Premiered 15 October, 2018 in Cangas (Spain) by Vertixe Sonora


Duration: 7'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net

Shadow Art II


for flute (bass & C), voice + electronics


Premiered 7 April, 2018 at Unternehmen Mitte, Basel by Jon Roskilly & Anja Clift


Duration: 11'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net


élan vital


for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano


Commissioned by Ensemble l'Imaginaire/SACEM


Premiered 27 May, 2018; Ensemble l'Imaginaire


Duration: 11'


Score: www.babelscores.com


The sea isn't rising, the ground is sinking


for soprano, saxophone, piano, percussion + electronics


Commissioned by Ensemble Vertixe Sonora


Premiered 19 December, 2017; Ensemble Vertixe Sonora


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Max patch: paul@paulclift.net


Shadow Art


for great bass recorder, voice + electronics


Commissioned by Ums'n'Jip


Premiered 19 November, 2017 at Zeughaus Kultur Brig-Glis (Switzerland); Ums'n'Jip


Duration: 9'30


Score: paul@paulclift.net


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Transcription of Preludio a Colón by Julián Carrillo


for soprano, flute, guitar, keyboard, 2 violins, viola & cello)


Commissioned by neuverBand Ensemble für neue Musik Basel


Premiered 6 February, 2017 at Gare du Nord, Basel; neuverBand Ensemble für neue Musik Basel


Duration: 10'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


the more perfect is the more immaterial


for 8 musicians (fl. cl. lupophone, contraforte, pno. hp. vln. vc.)


Commissioned by Proton Ensemble


Premiered 13 February, 2017; Ensemble Proton


Duration: 8'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


Radotements avec citation


for solo tenor trombone


Commissioned by Will Lang


Premiered 30 June, 2017 at the International Trombone Festival – University of the Redlands, California by Willian Lang


Duration: 6'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Objets à réaction poétique


for 19 performers [2fl. cl. sax. bsn. 4tbn. 2perc. 2pno. acc. hp. 2vln. vla. vc.]


Commissioned by Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Hochschule für Musik


Premiered 3 June, 2016 at Musik-Akademie Basel by Ensemble Zone Experimental


Duration: 13'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


presence, absence, degree


for accordion + electronics


Premiered 22 January, 2016 at Hochshule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar by Olivia Steimel


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net


duet/anagram


for two tenor saxophones + electronics


Premiered 12 July, 2015 at Cité de la Musique et de la Danse, Strasbourg, as part of the 17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival; Patrick Stadler & Geoff Landman


Duration: 13'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net


Colours are like memories of other colours


for string octet + electronics


Premiered 27 February, 2015 at The Dimenna Center, New York by JACK & MIVOS Quartets


Duration: 13'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Max patch:

On the celestial hierarchy


for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola & cello


Commissioned by Expo Milano


Premiered 15 & 16 May at Expo Milano 2015 by Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com


qui, dove mezzo son...


for flute solo + 8 performers [fl. sax. tbn. acc. pno. 2perc. e.gtr.]


Premiered 6 June, 2014 at Musik-Akademie Basel by Ensemble Zone Experimental, Anja Brezavšček, flute, Mike Svoboda, conductor


Duration: 10'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Transcription of Study #11 for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow


for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, viola, cello & contrabass


Premiered 18 May, 2014 as part of the Predihano Festival at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana by Ensemble Neofonìa, Steven Loy, conductor


Duration: 5'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Transcription of Study #20 for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow


for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, viola, cello & contrabass


Premiered 18 May, 2014 as part of the Predihano Festival at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana by Ensemble Neofonìa, Steven Loy, conductor


Duration: 7'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Third Station, 1960


for flute, accordion, trombone & video


Commissioned by neuverBand, Basel Kulturelles


Premiered 16th March, 2014 as part of Chaotic Moebius at Unternehmen Mitte, Basel by neuverBand


Duration: 7'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Performance materials:

Sous les Pavés


for 13 musicians [fl. cl. bsn. sax. tpt. tbn. tba. acc. perc. elec.gtr. vc. 2cb.] + sound-file diffusion via mobile-phones or similar devices


Premiered 16 March, 2014 at The DiMenna Center, New York by Either/Or, Richard Carrick, conductor


Duration: 10'


Score: paul@paulclift.net


Performance materials:


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Le détour permet le retour


for string quartet, electronics & video


Premiered 12 March, 2013 at The Dimenna Center, New York by JACK Quartet


Duration: 22'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Performance materials: paul@paulclift.net


Feuille Volante


for solo alto flute


Premiered 3 May, 2012 at The Italian Academy, New York by Jill Sokol


Duration: 4'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Infinite Regress


for 10 musicians [fl. ob. bcl. tbn. perc. pno. vln. vla. vc. cb.]


Premiered 16 March, 2012 at College of New Jersey, Trenton by Argento Ensemble, Michel Galante, conductor


Duration: 9'


Score: www.babelscores.com


hitoshizuko


for flute & piano


Premiered 26 August, 2011 as part of International Sommerakademie PragueBudapestWien in Mürzzuschlag (Austria) by Anja Brezavšček & Clara Murnig


Duration: 9'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Commercial recording by Ensemble MMM for The Hibari Project


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

How do you express X?


for flute, viola & harp


Premiered 4th April, 2011 at The Tank New York by Janus Trio


Duration: 9'


Score: www.babelscores.com


1950-C


for solo guitar


Commissioned by Kobe Van Cauwenberghe/The Harry and Alice Eiler Foundation


Premiered 25 March, 2011 at Exapno, Brooklyn by Kobe Van Cauwenberghe


Duration: 8'


Score: www.babelscores.com


Commercial recording by Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Give my Regards to 116th St. (Carrier Records)

With my limbs in the dark


for flute, bass clarinet, cello, percussion + electronics & dancer


Commissioned by SACEM/Ensemble l'Instant Donné


Composed in collaboration with choreographer Alban Richard

Premiered 13 June 2009, Agora Festival at Le Centquatre (Paris) by Ensemble l'Instant Donné & Laurie Giordano


Duration: 21'


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Boundary Markers


for bass clarinet + electronics


Premiered 11 March, 2008 at IRCAM by Laurent Will

Duration: 9'


CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION

Périphérique


for fixed-media (stereophonic)


Premiered 4 November, 2007 at IRCAM


Duration: 2'


Action Painting


for piano solo


Premiered 16 February 2007 at King's College London by Steven Potter


Duration: 7'


Score: www.babelscores.com

Seven steps from the top to the bottom of a waterfall


for flute, clarinet, piano & violin


Premiered 3 February, 2005 at La Maison de la Musique, Nanterre (France); Geneviève Deraspe (flute), Krista Martynes (clarinet), Yoko Tokushima (piano), Saori Furukawa (violin) & Jan Krejcik (conductor)


Duration: 10'


Score: paul@paulclift.net