Music for Orchestra and Ensemble
	So er (1985) 20 instruments (2.1.2.2-2.1.1.1-perc(2)-2vln.2vlas.1.1); 11 min. Commission of the "European Community Youth Orchestra" which performed the first version in Asolo and Verona, Italy in 1985. The final version was realized for the Venice Bienale in 1985 where it was premiered by the ASKO Ensemble conducted by Denis Cohen. Dedicated to the memory of Claude Vivier
	Lichtung (1987) 10 instruments (1.1.1.0-1.0.0.0-perc(1)-pno-1.1.1.1); 13 min. Commisioned by the "Ensemble InterContemporain," Paris, which premiered it in 1987 under the direction of Lothar Zagrosek Dedicated to Francis Bayer - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 1993, Paris (D.& F. 14620) - Program Notes "Durand's "Lichtung" remained sensuous and lyrical in its splashes and smears of sound even as the tension and complexity slowly rose." Seattle Weekly
	L'exil du feu (1989-91) 16 instruments and electronics; 22 min. Commission of the I.R.C.A.M. (Paris); first performance in Paris in May 1991 by the "Ensemble Itinéraire" under the direction of Mark Foster - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 1991, Paris (D.& F. 14527)
	B.F., Ein Mittelpunkt (1992) 8 instruments: fl.cl.perc(1).hpe.pno.vln.vla.cb.; 3 min. Written for the "Nieuw Ensemble," Amsterdam. First performance in Amsterdam in January 1993 under the direction of Ed Spanjaard Dedicated to Brian Ferneyhough for his 50th birthday - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 1992, Paris (D.& F. 14474) - Program Notes
	Concerto for piano and orchestra (1993) (2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-3perc-tmpi-cel-harp-10.8.6.4.2); 21 min Commission of Radio-France.First performance at the "Maison de Radio France" Paris, in February 1994, by Stefan Litwin, piano, and the "Orchestre Philarmonique de Radio France" conducted by Luca Pfaff Dedicated to Stefan Litwin - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 1993, Paris (D.& F. 14628) - Discography: Stefan Litwin (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Bradley Lubman (Auvidis-Montaigne Mo 782093)
	Five Musical Tales, for orchestra (1998) I. Village Dance II. The song of the stars III. Festival IV. The song of the rain V. The song of the light (2.2.2.2-2.2.2.0-3perc-tmpi-harp-Strings); 14 min Dedicated to Jonathan Shames and the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra First performance by the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Shames, in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, in November 1998 - Program Notes "Durand's "Five Musical Tales", impressions of summer as seen by a child, are well-wrought and original." Seattle Post-Intelligencer
	La terre et le feu (1999) oboe solo and 12 instruments (1.0.1.0.-1.0.0.0-celesta-3.2.2.1); 18 min Written for the Ensemble Intercontemporain. First performance: Didier Pateau, oboe, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Patrick Davin, Paris, March 2000 - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 1999, Paris (D.& F. 15219) Page 53 of score Page 85 of score 1st page of oboe solo part
	Athanor (2000-2001) for orchestra (3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-4perc-tmpi-14-14-10-10-8); 19 min Commission from Radio France, Paris Permiere: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre-André Valade, London (UK), December 2003 - Publisher: DURAND Editions Musicales, 2001, Paris (D.& F. 15416) List of instruments (pdf file) Score excerpts: P.1 - P.22 - P.32 - P.37 - P.40 - P.51 (pdf files)
	Ombre/Miroir (2004) flute solo and 14 instruments (0.1.1.1.-1.1.1-0-celesta-harp-percussion-2.1.1.1); 14 min Commission from musikFabrik and the Kunststiftung NRW. Premiere: Helen Bledsoe, flute, musikFabrik, James Wood, WDR Studio, Cologne, 19 September 2004 Dedicated to Helen Bledsoe and musikFabrik Score excerpts: P.1 - P.11 - P.19 - P.34 - P.41 - P.54 - P.73 - P.76 - P.85 (pdf files)

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