Solo

Home Sweet Home

for electronics (2020) '10

commissioned by ZAMUS musikfestival Köln

Partita

for mandolin and loop station (2011) '16

commissioned by the Adele and John Gray endowment fund, dedicated to Avi Avital

first performance: Köln, September 2011, Avi Avital

Borders

for solo clarinet / solo bassoon (2005) '6

commissioned by the Adele and John Gray endowment fund for the 2006 Aviv competitions

“Borders” for Bassoon/Clarinet solo is a Passacaglia in which the space between its notes is getting smaller and shorter as the piece continues, and at the same time different elements are being added, trying to find their place and develop within its borders.

Air

for solo flute (2005) '4

commissioned by the Adele and John Gray endowment fund for the 2006 Aviv competitions

“Air” for solo Flute is a short study that examines the undefined pitches of the instrument, together with the different air regulations that are possible to be played. The meditative feeling that is in most of the piece is getting stronger when we are experiencing the birth of the natural pitch at its end. The piece is in the memory of Dan Tzalka.

Fragments

for solo oboe (2005) '5

commissioned by the Adele and John Gray endowment fund for the 2006 Aviv competitions

“Fragments” for solo Oboe is freely based upon Samuel Beckett’s short play “Not I”. Close in spirit to the play, the piece is trying to capture the whimsy, unstoppable flow of words and create a breathless stream of consciousness in music. Trying to transform the repeated leitmotifs in the play into musical phrases, the Oboe is becoming “The Mouth”, throwing in the air fragments of short ideas that are never developed, unable to deal with them or stopping the flow.

Theme, Variations and Fugue

for clarinet solo (2005) '8

commissioned by the Adele and John Gray endowment fund for the 2006 Aviv competitions

“Theme, Variations and Fugue” for solo Clarinet is based on four dodecaphonic rows, shortly introduced in the brief Fanfare theme. Driving its inspiration from Bach’s compositions for unaccompanied violin and cello, the piece tries to transform the clarinet into a polyphonic instrument, while capturing the spirit of some old-fashioned dances, such as the Menuet, the Sarabande and the Gigue. This Variations-Suite is followed by a Fugue in four voices, and in the end of the composition there is a reappearance of the opening fanfare theme.

Meditations

for cello solo (2004) '6