CHAMBER MUSIC

List to be completed

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WP World Premier

EP European Premier

SP Swiss Premier

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2024/2025

Felicia Donceanu, "Dedicatie" for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, SP

Hans Abrahamsen, String Quartet No. 2, SP

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2023/2024

Nadir Vassena, "Acque perse No. 10", song for soprano and viola on a poem by Fabio Pustarla, WP

Edward Staempfli, Duo for oboe and viola, WP

Mischa Käser, Streichquartett "11 Flüche gegen ein Dach", WP

Alfred Felder, "Love Letters" for violin and viola, WP

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2022/2023

Ursina Maria Braun, "Nocturne", Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp, WP

Xavier Dayer, "Seconde étude de vitesse ou de lenteurs" for flute, viola, cello and harp, WP

Mischa Käser, Streichquartett Nr. 2, for string quartet, WP

Richard Wagner, "Wesendonck Lieder" (arr. by Christoph Looten) for soprano and string quartet, SP

Philippe Racine, "Cinq Miniatures" for String Quintet with 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, WP

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Konzertarie "Che vuoi mio cor" für Sopran und Streichsextett (arr. by Jürg Dähler), WP

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2021/2022

Philippe Racine, “Automne” for soprano, flute, viola and bass, WP

Osvaldo Golijov, “Tenebrae” for string quartet, SP

Mischa Käser, "Ballade Nr. 2" Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 celli, WP

David Philip Hefti, "Wechselgesang" Mosaik No. 2 for viola solo, WP

Ursina Maria Braun, "Wasser", String Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 celli, WP

Caroline Shaw, "To the hands" for Chamber choir and string quintet, SP

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2020/2021

György Kurtag, "Jelek, játékok és üzenetek" for string trio, SP

John Corigliano, "Farewell", string quartet No. 1, SP

Xavier Dayer, "Il vient me dire l'impossible naufrage" for soprano, viola and piano, WP

Nadir Vassena, “Cenere, o terra”, nostalgic melodies on two poems by Fabio Pusterla for soprano, viola, and piano (or string quartet), WP

Nadir Vassena, "Lied nero" on poems by Fabio Pusterla for soprano and viola, WP

Nadir Vassena, "Acque perse", 8 songs on poems by Fabio Pustarla, version for soprano and string quintet, WP

Mischa Käser, “Die Revolution” after a poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath, for soprano, viola and piano, WP

Christian Jost, “TagTraum und Landschaft”, two Songs on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, for soprano, viola and piano, WP 

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2019/2020

Domenico Scarlatti, "Four Sonates" (arr. by Jürg Dähler) for string trio, WP

Mischa Käser, "Atamason" for two string trio in different intonation, WP

Ursina Maria Braun, "String Quartet No. 1", WP

Xavier Dayer, "Come heavy sleep" after a melody from John Dowland, for flute, viola and cello, WP

Daniel Schnyder, "BBBB" Beethoven's Big Birthday Bash, for saxophone (or flute) and string trio

Daniel Schnyder, "Mensch Blue", version for alto flute and string trio, WP 

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2018/2019

Xavier Dayer, "De Umbris" for Flute, viola and cello, WP

Stefano Gervasoni, "Dunkler Lichtglanz" for flute, viola and cello, WP

Roland Moser, "Albin Zollinger – um 1937" for sprano, alto flute, oboe d'amore, viola and cello, WP

William Blank, "Figures libres" for flute, clarinet and viola, WP

Franz Schubert/Richard Dubugnon, "Schwanengesang" 13 songs for voice, flute (various), oboe/english horn, viola, cello and harp, WP

Richard Dubugnon, "Lamentationen aus der Matratzengruft" for flute/bass flute, oboe, viola, cello and harp, WP

Richard Dubugnon, "TRANS-IT", Piano Quartet for violin, viola, cello and piano, WP

Friedrich Eugen Thurner, Quartet No. 1 for oboe and string trio, SP 

Martin Schlumpf, "Spuren" for viola, cello and piano, WP

Heinz Holliger, "Panrei und Epilog zu Panrei" for flute, english horn, bass clarinet, violin and cello, WP

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2017/2018

David Philip Hefti, "à la recherche…" for clarinet, viola and piano, WP

Charles Koechlin, "Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton", 10 pieces on sketches for a imaginary film, op. 140 (arr. by Otfried Nies) for string sextet, WP

Friedrich Cerha, "Zebra Trio" for string trio, SP

Caroline Shaw, "Entre'acte" for string quartet, SP

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2016/2017

Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, "Fünf Lieder" (arr. by Otfried Nies) for soprano and string quartet, SP

Egon Wellesz, "Sonette der Elizabeth Barrett-Browning" for soprano and string quartet, SP

Mischa Käser, String Quartet No. 1, WP

Richard Dubugnon, "Ellébores" op. 28 for string quintet, SP

Alfred Felder, "Jesus von Nazareth - Sieben letzte Worte", 7 Fantasies for string quartet, WP

Charles Koechlin, "Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton" op. 140, for string quintet (arr. by Otfried Nies), WP

Alfred Zimmerlin, "Zwei Winterviolen", Sechzehn Stationen for two violas, WP

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2015/2016

Heinz Holliger, "sons d'or" for flute, oboe, viola, cello and glass harmonica, WP 

Xavier Dayer, Trio for flute, viola and cello, WP

Robert HP Platz, "Wunderblock" for flute, bass clarinet, string trio and percussion, SP 

Nadir Vassena, "archeologie della perdita", string trio No. 1, WP

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2014/2015

Nicolas Bolens, "… und weiter" for flute, oboe and string trio, WP

Ursula Mamlok, "Concert piece for Four" for flute, oboe, viola and percussion, SP

Esa-Pekka Salonen, "Homunculus" for string quartet, SP

Aulis Sallinen, String Quartet No. 3 “Some aspects of Peltroniemi Hintrik’s Funeral March”, SP

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2013/2014

David Philip Hefti, "Magma", Klangfunken for string trio, WP

Xavier Dayer, "Quintet" for flute, oboe and string trio, WP

Friedrich Cerha, "Neun Bagatellen* for string trio, SP

Elliott Carter, string trio, EP

Friedrich Eugen Thurner, "Quatuor brillant" op. 33 for oboe and string trio, SP

Ursula Mamlok, "Fünf Fantasiestücke" for oboe and string trio, EP

Jürg Wyttenbach, "Arc Arioso" (2nd version 2013) for flute, viola and harp, WP

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2012/2013

Alessandro Solbiati, "Epos" for oboe and string trio, WP

Gabriel Fauré/Otfrid Nies,  "La chanson d’Eve" for soprano and string quartet, WP

Martin Schlumpf, "Spiegelbilder" for viola, cello and piano, WP

Hans Ulrich Lehmann, "without words", seven Songs for viola and piano, WP

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2011/2012

Heinz Holliger, "Vierstimmiges Madrigal", version fro soprano and three string instruments, WP

Rodolphe Schacher, String Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello, WP 

Gabriel Fauré/Charles Koechlin, "Chanson de Mélisande" (arr. by Otfried Nies) for soprano and string quartet, WP

Friedrich Cerha, Quintet for oboe and string quartet, SP

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2010/2011

Iannis Xenakis, "Ittidra" for string sextet, SP

Heinz Holliger, "Machaut-Transkriptionen" for 4 voices and 3 violas, WP

Heinz Holliger, "Duöli für zwee oder meh Giige" (No 1-10), WP

Xavier Dayer, "Mémoire, cercles" for oboe and string trio, WP

Harrison Birtwistle, "Oboe Quartet" for oboe and string trio, WP

Pascal Dusapin, "Microgrammes", 7 Pieces for string trio, WP

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2009/2010

Jean Selim Abdelmoula, "Promenade nocturne" for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello, WP

William Blank, "Collage" for flute, clarinet and viola, WP

Beat Furrer, "…ferner Gesang…" for clarinet and string trio, WP

Rudolf Kelterborn, Quartet for oboe/english horn and string trio, WP

Gerd Kühr, "Come una Pastorale" for clarinet, violin and cello, WP

Harrison Birtwistle, "Of sweet disorder and the carefully careless" for oboe and string trio, WP

Misha Käser, "7 festliche Bagatellen" for soprano, piano, flute, oboe, horn, viola, cello and percussion, WP

Elliott Carter, "Clarinet Quintet" for clarinet and string quartet, EP

Xavier Dayer, "De Umbris" for Flute and string quartet, WP

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2008/2009

Elliott Carter, "Figment" for viola solo, EP

Eric Gaudibert, "Cinq Miniatures" for string quartet, SP

Alfred Zimmerlin, "at the still point, there the dance is" for viola solo, SP

Nadir Vassena, "Coreografie incerte" for Flute, viola and cello, WP

Edu Haubensak, "Sechs Walserminiaturn" for soprano and violin, WP

Max Savikangas, "Northern Lights and Shadows" for 6 violas, WP

Daniel Schnyder,"Collages and Interpolations on Themes by Maurice Ravel" for 6 violas, WP

Alfred Felder, "Irisches Volkslied" and "Violas-Alive!" for 6 violas, WP

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2007/2008

György Kurtág, "6 Moments musicaux" op.44 for string quartet, SP

Philippe Racine, "Chansons à Lou" for soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano, SP

Alfred Felder, "Fremd bin ich eingezogen" for string quartet, WP

Hans Ulrich Lehmann, "Magica" for voice, flute and viola, WP

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2006/2007

Mischa Käser, String Quartet, WP

Xavier Dayer, "Mais je me suis enfuis" for flute, oboe, viola and cello, WP

Eric Gaudibert, String Quartet No. 2, WP

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2005/2006

Alfred Zimmerlin, String Quartet No. 3, WP

Elliott Carter, "Mosaic", for chamber ensemble, EP

Wilfried Maria Danner, "Lachrymae" for viola and piano, WP

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2004/2005

Rico Gubler, "IR" for clarinet, viola and piano, WP

Eric Gaudibert, "Au-delà" for flute, viola and cello, WP

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2003/2004

Hans Ulrich Lehmann, "viola in all moods and senses" for viola solo, WP

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2002/2003

Rudolf Kelterborn, String Quartet No. 6, WP

William Blank, "Wounds" for Flute, oboe, violin and cello WP

Mischa Käser, "Drei Fantasien" for 3 violas da gamba and string trio, WP

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2000/2001

J.S. Bach/Dmitry Sitkovetsky, "Goldberg Variations", arr. for string trio (performed on historical instruments by Jacobus Stainer), SP

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2000/2001

Daniel Schnyder, "Sketches" for violin, cello and piano, SP

Daniel Schnyder, "Zoom in" for saxophone and string quartet, WP
Hans Ulrich Lehmann, "Ritardando" for violin, cello and string quartet, WP
Franz Furrer-Münch, "11 Szenen" for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, violin and cello, WP

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1999/2000

Mischa Käser, Piano Quartet, WP

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1998/1999

George E. Lewis, "Signifying Riffs" for string quartet and percussion, WP

Mischa Käser, "the hard core of beauty", for soprano and mixed ensemble, WP

Daniel Schnyder, "Psalmen" for soprano and string sextet, WP

Walter Piston, String Sextet, SP

Amy Beach, Piano Quintet for piano and string quartet, SP

Othmar Schoeck/Werner Bärtschi, "Consolation und Toccata" for string sextet, WP

Werner Bärtschi, "Wiederkehrende Signale", Quitnet for piano and string quartet, SP

John Polglase, Trio No. 3 for violin cello and piano, WP

Richard Strauss, "Metamorphosen" (original version) for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli and bass, SP

George Gershwin and Cole Porter, Songs for soprano and string ensemble (arr. Jürg Dähler), WP

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1997/1998

Brenton Langbein, Sonata for violin and piano, WP

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1996/1997

Daniel Schnyder, String Sextet, WP

Brenton Langbein, String Quintet, WP

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1995/1996

Peter Wettstein, "Fadensonnen" after a poem by Paul Celan, for string trio, WP

Brenton Langbein, "Trauermusik" for 3 violins, viola, cello and cembalo, WP

Brenton Langbein, Duo for violin and viola, WP

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1994/1995

Fjodor Druzhinin, "La nuit et la mer" for soprano an string sextett, WP

Daniel Schnyder, "Suite" for saxophone and string quartet, WP

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1993/1994

Fjodor Druzhinin, "Esquisse Oriental" for string trio, WP

György Ligeti, "Viola Sonata", AP (Austrian Premiere)

Emmanuel Nunes, "Degrés" for string trio, SP

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1992/1993

Hans Werner Henze, "For Brenton" for viola solo, WP

György Ligeti, "Facsar" for viola solo, WP

Daniel Schnyder, String Quartet Nr. 2, WP

Daniel Schnyder, String Quintet, WP

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1991/1992

Fjodor Druzhinin, Duo for 2 violas (Sinfonia a due), EP

Fjodor Druzhinin, Duo "Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass" for soprano and viola, EP

Daniel Schnyder, String Trio, WP

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1990/1991

David Harris, Piano Quintett for piano and string quartet, WP

Johanna Senfter, Clarinet Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, WP

Johanna Senfter, Piano Quartet, WP

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1989/1990

Paul Juon, String Quartet op. 29 a-minor, SP

Otto Klemperer, String Quartet No 9, WP

Otto Klemperer, Piano Quintet, WP

John Polglase, String Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 celli, WP

Rainer Bredemeyer, String Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 celli, WP

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1988/1989

Robert Suter, Streichsextett, WP

Hermann Haller, "Blaue Wand" for flute, string sextett and piano, WP

Toru Takemitsu, "Entre-Temps" for oboe and string quartet, EP

Erwin Schulhoff, String Sextet, SP

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1987/1988

Vinko Globokar, "Discorso IV" for string quartet, SP

Jürg Henneberger, String Quintet after the piano sonata op.1 from Alban Berg, WP

David Jospeh, String Trio, WP

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1986/1987

Heinrich Gattermeyer, Divertimento for clarinet, viola und piano, SP

George Enescu, String Octet for 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 celli, SP

Rolf Urs Ringger, "...e tacean dolcemente...", Cantata for sopano and string quintet, WP

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1983/1984

Anthony Campbell Allen, Sonata for viola and piano, WP

Anthony Campbell Allen, Trio for clarinet, viola and piano, WP

Jürg Dähler, "Sonate über AB" for viola solo, WP

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