Spartiti Brian Ferneyhough per ensemble

First performed June 1980, La Rochelle Festival, Ensemble 2E 2M conducted by Paul Mefano. Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture.

Texts by the composer First performed September 1994, Abbaye de Royaumont, Katharine Ciesinski, Ensemble Contrechamps conducted by Zsolt Nagy. Commissioned by the Royaumont Foundation.

First performed October 1975, Donaueschingen Music Days, Schola Cantorum Stuttgart conducted by Clytus Gottwald. Commissioned by South West German Radio

Commissioned by Ensemble Modern, with friendly support by the society 'Freunde des EM e.V.” and with funds by the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts

Prima esecuzione ottobre 1986, Donaueschingen Music Days, Roberto Fabbriciani. Commissionato dalla South West German Radio Parte 7 del ciclo Carceri d'Invenzione Il contenuto audio del nastro è dispon...

Commissioned by the Ensemble Intercontemporain

First performed March 1990, De Doelen Rotterdam, Nieuw Ensemble

First performed February 1998, San Diego, Sonor Ensemble conducted by Steve Schick.

Text by Charles Bernstein.Commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain and Musée d'Orsay

Scene 1, Scene 2 (Les Froissements d'Ailes de Gabriel), Scene 3 (The Doctrine of Similarity), Scene 4 (Opus Contra Naturam), Scene 5 (Pools of Darkness), Scene 6 (Seven Tableaux Vivants Representing t...

First performance April 1992, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Irvine Arditti, Asko Ensemble conducted by Jonathan Nott. Commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation/Ars Musica Brussels

Text: from 'Words and Ends from Ez' by Jackson Mac Low First performed October 1990, Stadtcasino, Basel, Arditti String Quartet with Brenda Mitchell. Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Basel...