Complete list of works by Maria de Alvear sorted by Instrumentation
SOLO VIDEO
Studie über Arnulf Rainer (15’00’’ - videotape) 1983
CONFESIÓN for a female actor and photographs on videotape (15’00’’ - video) 1982
PASIÓN videotape made from footage taken in a smithy and a sound collage 1985
SOL - la pelicula video film (50’00’’ - video) 1994
SOLO TEXTO (RADIO)
Vita-Geflüster for voice, synthesiser and rhythm machine to a text by Maria de Alvear (together with Jörg O. Lensing) (10’00’’ - text) 1984
LOS BAÑISTAS / Die Badenden radio play for twenty participants (20’00’’ - radio play) 1987
SIMULACIÓN radio play for ten participants (16’00’’ - radio play) 1987
Rei radio play for some twenty participants (11’00’’ - radio play) 1987
Once Upon a Time (Nuevo Mundo 2) (30’00’’ - radio play) 1988
TRUENO radio play (04’00’’ - radio play) 1996
EL SECRETO DEL CÍRCULO radio play for actors and instruments (20’00’’ - radio play) 1997
EL SECRETO DEL ÁRBOL radio play (10’00’’ - radio play) 2000
INSTALACIÓN
AMORES performance / installation (23’00’’ - performance / installation) 1994
HOJA for organ, voice, installation (60’00’’ - improvisation) 1997
Baum for voice, 4 percussionists, installation (64’00’’ - improvisation) 2000
Songs of an Old Female Hippopotamus improvisation for A Trans Pavillon, Berlin 2009
SOLO
CINCO PIEZAS for piano (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1979
El Greco double bass and tape on vide (16’00’’ - video) 1983
October Madrid for saxophone and synthesizer on videotape (video) (30’00’’ - radio play) 1987
Grüße Nr. 2 (Message) for female vocal soloist and tape (60’00’’ - improvisation) 1989
das 3. Jahrtausend for voice(20’00’’ - improvisation) 1990
Grüße Nr. 1 for female vocal soloist and tape (60’00’’ - improvisation) 1990
AMOR for voice (60’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
SEXO COMPACTO for piano (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
Para todos los Seres Humanos sobre la Tierra ceremony for a vocal soloist (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
PARAÍSO radio play for a female vocal soloist (30’00’’ - radio play) 1991
EN AMOR DURO for piano (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
DE PURO AMOR for piano (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
LA RANA / Der Frosch for voice solo (15’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
LA TONTA DEL BOTE / Die Dumme vom Pott - Das Weiblich-Göttliche for piano (48’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
MURIÓ for violin (130’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
ENTENDIENDO for piano and video (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
ENERGÍA REDONDA for violin (45’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
FUERZAS for violin (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
FUERZAS for viola (70’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
BESANDO EL TIEMPO – Besando el Viento for flute (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
25.9.1995 for vibraphone (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
INTENSO for piano (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
MARES for any keyboard instrument (10’00’’ - automatic writing) 1996
With Care for piano (15’00’’ - automatic writing) 1998
LLENA for piano (72’00’’ - automatic writing) 1999
Asking for piano (53’00’’ - automatic writing) 2000
UVAS for piano (20’00’’ - standard notation) 2001
MONTAÑA for piano, video and electronics (40’00’’ - standard notation) 2002
Two Minutes for piano (03’00’’ - automatic writing) 2004
Landschaft 3 for voice and video (20’00’’ - improvisation) 2004
SOLES INTERIORES for piano (10’30’’ - automatic writing) 2004
SOL ALTO / Blitze for voice and video (30’00’’ - improvisation) 2005
Urbaum for piano (73’00’’ - automatic writing) 2005
DEL VIENTO for voice, video, tape (15’00’’ - standard notation) 2006
OSCURIDAD PURA for piano (09’00’’ standard notation) 2012
TEMPLE for violin solo (08’00’’ standard notation) 2021
Árbol for viola solo (7'00'' - standard notation) 2024
DUO
DOS MELODÍAS MAGIARES for violoncello and piano (05’00’’ - standard notation) 1975
Drei Variationen for violin and piano (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1979
Morgenstern-Lieder five songs for voice and piano to verses by Christian Morgenstern (10’00’’- standard notation) 1979
INVOCACIÓN for voice and piano (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
CANTOS DE ORACIÓN for voice, piano and tape (18’00’’ - improvisation) 1982
Drei Studien for soprano and violoncello (15’00’’ - standard notation) 1984
Neanderthal 2 for voice, percussion, tape (15’00’’ - standard notation) 1986
AZUL radio play for soprano, baritones and synthesizer (19’00’’ - radio play) 1991
LA CIERVA for voice and piano (40’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
NOCHE PROFUNDA ceremony for voice and piano (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
AL ÁRBOL DEL NORTE for piano and trombone (62’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
AL ÁRBOL DEL NORTE (2nd version) for trombone and piano (70’00’’ - automatic writing / standard notation) 1993
Grüße 4 for voice and piano (06’00’’ - improvisation) 1997
CULEBRA DE MAR for violin and double bass (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1997
Unvorhersehbarerweise for voice and percussion (20’00’’ - improvisation) 1998
ASÍ… MÚSICA PARA DORMIR for piano and harp (04’00’’ - automatic writing) 1999
The Inner / Das Innere for organ and voice (05’00’’ - automatic writing) 1999
Thinking for piano, violin and video (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 2000
Ur for 2 percussionists, tape, video (20’00’’ - standard notation) 2000
Energy Lines for voice, piano, video (45’00’’ - improvisation) 2001
Yourself for piano and violoncello (60’00’’ - standard notation) 2002
NUBES DE COLORES for tape, violin, voice (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 2005
Ahnen for 2 voices (with hurdy-gurdy) and video (45’00’’ - intuitive composition) 2007
She takes a Look for piano, voice and video (08’36’’ standard notation) 2020
3 Variationen II (con un aliento barroco) for violin and piano (standard notation) 2023
TRIO
Hier und dort for voice, violoncello and piano (05’00’’ - standard notation) 1978
CANCIÓN for soprano, flute and piano to the poem 'Canción' by Federico García Lorca (06’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
Blue Cave radio play for a male vocal soloist and two players of electronic instruments (07’00’’ - radio play) 1987
EN ESPÍRITU DE ROSAS / Raices no. 3 for violin, violoncello and piano (35’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
UNIR / Binden ceremony for female vocal soloist , piano and an object (painted sanitary pad) (10’00’’ - improvisation) 1992
Seele for viola, violoncello and double bass (50’00’’ - automatic writing / standard notation) 1992
¡AMA! for piano, clarinet and violin (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1993
FUTURO Trio for piano, violin, trombone (65’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
Care for percussion, flute and guitar (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
CARIDAD for piano, trombone and viola (45’00’’ - automatic writing) 1996
ESPÍRITU DE LA LUZ for voice, piano, clarinet, video (45’00’’ - improvisation) 1997
ERÓTICA for three voices and video (30’00’’ - improvisation) 1999
ENERGÍA Y LIBERTAD - Energie und Freiheit for 2 voices and piano (17’00’’ - automatic writing) 1999
Within for voice, piano and percussion (20’00’’ - improvisation) 2001
GRAN SOL for 2 female voices, violoncello, video (38’00’’ - standard notation) 2005
NIEVE for horn, piano, violoncello (09’00’’ - standard notation) 2008
EQUILIBRIO SERENO for two pianos and percussion (15’30’’ - standard notation) 2011
Im Kern for piano, violoncello, violin (20’14’’ standard notation) 2011
Prime Sounds - Neanderthal View II for piano, violoncello, violin (06’00’’ standard notation) 2014
TAPAS for flute, clarinet, piano (12’00’’ standard notation) 2017
Im Kern II for piano, violin, violoncello (03’00’’ standard notation) 2020
Jocoso for percussion, double bass and piano (08’00’’ standard notation) 2023
En el centro (4) for violin, violoncello and piano (09’00’’ standard notation) 2023
A otra cosa for piano solo and two performers (08’00” standart notation) 2025
CUARTETO
CUARTETO / Quartett for two female vocal soloists and two violoncellos, plexiglas mobiles (30’00’’ - standard notation) 1981
Music for ´Description Without Place´ for oboe, cor anglais, flute, voice (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1988
CORAZÓN for female vocal soloist and three drummers (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1990
In Dank for voice, harpsichord, trumpet and percussion (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
FUTURO quartet for piano, violin, trombone and percussion (65’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
COLORES for voice, piano, clarinet and percussion (50’00’’ - improvisation) 1994
CALOR / Hitze for clarinet, piano, violoncello, violin (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1996
SAL for four percussionists (25`00`` - standard notation) 1997
MAR for percussion, three voices and video (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1998
GOTA - dieser eine Gletschertropfen for trumpet, accordion, piano, percussion (15’00’’ - standard notation) 2000
Schlangen for percussion quartet (30’00’’ - standard notation) 2001
Sternenbaum for mezzosoprano, 2 recorders, harp, video (40’00’’ - standard notation) 2002
MÚSICA PARA DORMIR LA SIESTA for alto flute, horn, vibraphone, harp (13’00’’ - standard notation) 2003
ESFUERZO / The Effort for 4 singers (10’00’’ - standard notation) 2008
LIBERAR for saxophone quartet (05’30’’ standard notation) 2021
QUINTETO
APPASSIONATA for two violins, two violas, tape (one voice, piano, violin) and actor on the Cross (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1984
CONVERSACIONES for piano, two double basses, xylophone and small drum (15’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
Ich lösch das Licht for two female vocal soloists and 3 trombones to a poem by Hugo von Hofmannnsthal (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
Prähistorische Landschaften 1 (...abgesehen von menschlichen Ausnahmeschwächen) radio play for string quartet, speaker and historical recordings (20’00’’ - radio play) 1984
Prähistorische Landschaften 2 for string quartet, voice and ten instruments recorded on tape (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1986
EN ESPÍRITU DE ROSAS / Raices no. 5 for piano, two clarinets, violin and violoncello (62’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
FUERZA SOLAR for piano and string quartet (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1993
AGUAS / Zwischentöne for piano, voice, bandoneon, percussion, vibraphone (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
CORTANDO for clarinet, violin, viola, piano and percussion (40’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
The Inner for woodwind quintet, tape and video (50’00’’ - standard notation) 2002
See for voice, string quartet and violin solo (40’00’’ - standard notation) 2003
Und alle Spinnen lieben sich for voice, string quartet, video (60’00’’ - standard notation) 2004
Im Kern III for brass quintet (09’30’’ standard notation) 2020
SEXTETO
VERDAD / Truth ceremony for piano and woodwind quintet (70’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
CORAZÓN ABIERTO / Open Heart for bass clarinet, electric guitar, piano, percussion, violoncello and double bass (51’00’’ - automatic writing)
Time Is None Stopping for 2 voices, 4 percussionists, video (85’00’’ - improvisation) 1998
Freisetzen 1 for clarinet, tuba, violin, percussion, trombone, French horn (07’30’’ standard notation) 2021
Im Kontext for sextet - flute/piccolo, clarinet, vibraphone/triangle, piano, violin, violoncello (06'40'' standard notation) 2023
Principios y comienzos for sextet (20'00'' - standard notation) 2025
Klang for Sextet (18’00” standart notation) 2025
SEPTETO
und links oder rechts double composition with Thomas Becker for actor, tape, piano, tuba, trombone, harp, bass clarinet (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1984
Kakushöhle for solo violin, violin, viola, bass clarinet, kettle drum, percussion, trumpet (30’00’’ - standard notation) 1985
MADERA / Holz for voice, two clarinets, piano, percussion, violin and violoncello (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1990
DE TIERRA for voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, viola and violoncello (20’00’’ - automatic writing) 1990
LUZ FUTURA for woodwind quintet, saxophone and percussion (25’00’’ - automatic writing/standard notation) 1996
LIBERTAD - palabras peligrosas for two voices, trombone, percussion, two pianos, video (82’00’’ - standard notation) 1998
Sensitive Birds for soprano, flute, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, harp, piano (30’00’’ - standard notation)
OCTETO
PÁJAROS for clarinet, two trumpets, two horns, two trombones and two percussionists (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1995
VISIÓN for flute, clarinet, piano, two percussionists, violoncello, double bass and voice (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1998
NONETO
LLANTO - Schrei for three female vocal soloists, 3 pianos and 3 small drums to the poem 'A las cinco de la tarde’ by Federico García Lorca (08’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
Songs of Creation for soprano, baritones, piano, two clarinets, percussion, violin, violoncello and guitar (22’00’’ - standard notation) 1990
Freisetzen 2 for flute, saxophones, trombone, soprano, guitar, viola, violin, piano (07’30’’ standard notation) 2021
ENSEMBLE
ÁNGELES 1 for 6 singers (sopranos, baritones), female actor, 2 trombones, 2 violoncellos, double bass, electric bass 1984
CANTOS DE LITURGIA for nine instrumentalists and a female actor / singer, wooden cross, nails and hammer, tape 1982
Neanderthal 1 ceremony for a screaming female vocal soloist and tape (25’00’’ - improvisation) 1985
NOCHES 2 dance-theatre piece for four (chalk-white) painted, naked female and male dancers, piano, two percussionists and double bass (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1986
und die Erde hörte (Nuevo Mundo 1) radio play for two voices, three woodwinds, four string players, speaker, keyboard (23’00’’ - radio play) 1988
Grüße Nr. 3 for female vocal soloist, photographs, slide projections, textile installation (30’00’’ - improvisation) 1991
ANIMALES Y FLORES for voices, trumpet and piano (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
MATERIAL DE RAÍCES / Root Material for piano, two Turkish lutes (saz), two violins and voice or for piano and string quintet (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
Palabras Reales o las Esencias de la Vida radio play for for solo voices, violin, piano, harp, percussion, tuba, synthesizer, girls‘ choir, female choir male choir and sound engineer and noise-maker (30’00’’ - radio play) 1991
EN ESPÍRITU DE ROSAS / Raices no. 4 for 3 female vocalists, piano, clarinet, trombone, harp, 3 violins and a dead stag (65’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
EN ESPÍRITU DE ROSAS / Raices no. 2 ceremony for voice, two Turkish lutes (saz), violin, and a dead rabbit (30’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
EN ESPÍRITU DE ROSAS / Raices no. 1 ceremony for voice, clarinet and bass clarinet, and a dead rabbit (120’00’’ - automatic writing) 1991
ALTAMIRA - Fase 1 for 2 female singers, piano, trombone, mixed choir (60’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
RITUAL PARA UN CIERVO MUERTO ritual for voice, piano, harp, flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, string trio and double bass (95’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
SOLES for two voices, piano, percussion, string trio (50’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
VAGINA celebration for female vocal soloist and ensemble (47’00’’ - standard notation) 1996
TODO for three female singers and ensemble (40’00’’ - automatic writing) 1997
SEXO PURO ceremony for two pianos, two percussionists, three trumpets, three trombones, two tubas and solo trombone, three voices and large video installation (59’00’’ - standard notation) 1998
Land celebration for two rappers, ensemble, massage performance and video with a text by Bob Lakerman (30’00’’ - standard notation) 1999
FLOR I and II for ensemble and video (25’00’’ - standard notation) 2001
All Music is a Mandala for 6 toy pianos and electronics (15’00’’ - standard notation) 2002
FLORES for 2 female voices, solo trumpet, ensemble, video (80’00’’ - standard notation) 2003
Acting for ensemble (40’00’’ - automatic writing) 2004
GRAN SOL ALTO for baritones, piano, percussion, double bass, tape, video (50’00’’ - standard notation) 2006
Am Anfang war das Chaos performance for group of school students and percussion (20’00’’ - standard notation) 2007
ENERGÍA MARINA for choir and ensemble (15’00’’ - standard notation) 2008
Colourful Penis - Ein Sinnspiel operatic event study for 8 singers and ensemble (60’00’’ - standard notation) 2008
EQUILIBRIO for flute, percussion, 2 pianos tuned a quarter tone apart and string ensemble (49’00’’ - standard notation) 2010
Rethinking 4/4 for ensemble (05’00’’ - standard notation) 2011
ORGASMUS VULGARIS for ensemble (02’30’’ - standard notation) 2011
MAGNA MATER concerto for string ensemble, 2 horns, percussion, female choir, children‘s choir, baritones, video (50’00’’ standard notation) 2013
CORO
Einfache Freiheit for choir (05’00’’ standard notation) 2015
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA
LA LUNA DE DIAMANTES for chamber orchestra (15’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
ENERGÍA BLANCA for string orchestra and video (15`00’’ - automatic writing) 1993
Ahnen II for chamber orchestra (42’00’’ standard notation) 2021
La eterna rueda - Musiktheater for wind band and audience (10’00’’ standard notation) 2023
La Peña for wind band (08'00'' standard notation) 2023
Brasas for small orchestra (15'00'' - standard notation) 2024
Scharnier-weiss for chamber orchestra (05’00” standart notation) 2024
ORQUESTA DE CÁMARA Y SOLISTAS
EL CÍRCULO - Auto sacramental for six soloists and chamber orchestra (60’00’’ - standard notation) 1983
ÁNGELES 2 for 4 female singers, 2 pianos, electric guitar, organ and chamber orchestra (25’00’’ - standard notation) 1985
Daphnis y Chloe en Madrid for voice and chamber orchestra (20’00’’ - film music) 1990
PURÍSIMO I for two flutes, harp, celesta and chamber orchestra (70’00’’ - automatic writing) 1992
LUCES for voice and string orchestra (20’00’’ - standard notation) 1992
PURÍSIMO II for two flutes, clarinet, horn, celesta, harp and string orchestra (70’00’’ - automatic writing) 1993
Brana for piano solo and chamber orchestra (08’30’’ standard notation) 2023
ORQUESTA Y SOLISTAS VOCALES
MONÓLOGO 2 for baritones and orchestra (10’00’’ - standard notation) 1980
ES COMO AMAR EL AGUA - Monólogo I for orchestra and voice (15’00’’ - standard notation) 1983
SAL (MISA LIBRE) for soprano, baritones, two speakers, choir and orchestra (45’00’’ - standard notation) 1990
SEXO ceremony for a female vocal soloist, solo violin and orchestra (60’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
ORQUESTA Y SOLISTAS
EL PREMIO for piano and orchestra (30’00’’ - standard notation) 1991
HILOS DE ORO / Goldfäden for voice, solo violin and orchestra (120’00’’ - standard notation) 1992
AGUA DULCE for oboe, violin and orchestra (53’00’’ - automatic writing) 1994
World for piano solo, second piano and large orchestra (60’00’’ - standard notation) 1996
As Far As We Know for voice, piano and orchestra (45’00’’ - standard notation) 2001
Clear Energy for piano and orchestra (30’00’’ - standard notation) 2006
Sky Music II concerto for piano, orchestra and chamber choir (21’00’’ - standard notation) 2009
Arcaico for 4 solo voices, choir, solo piano and orchestra (30’00’’ standard notation) 2022
Moviendo el Viento concert for violin and orchestra (14’00’’ standard notation) 2023
Al Borde for 2 pianos and orchestra (15’00’’ standard notation) 2023
Lejos concert for oboe and orchestra (10'00'' standard notation) 2023
Sweet Water concert for piano and orchestra (17'00'' standard notation) 2023
Moviendo el tiempo concert for bassoon, violoncello and orquestra (15'00'' standard notation) 2023
Blanco (Weiss) concert for viola and orchestra (15'00'' - standard notation) 2024
Moments de lumière française Five songs for soprano and orchestra (20’00” standard notation) 2024
Imágenes sencillas for solo clarinet and orchestra (11’30” standart notation) 2024
ÓPERAS
SOL 1 music theatre for 2 synthesizers, piano, 3-4 percussionists, trumpet, violin, bass clarinet, tape and 2 dancers (60’00’’ - standard notation) 1986
AMOR COTIDIANO for tenor, mezzosoprano, piano (03’00’’ standard notation) 2022
Alunizaje - Apocalipsis en siete escenas opera for 9 singers and orchestra (15’00’’ standard notation) 2023
Frágil y Filigrana - Un marciano en Chiclana opera for 7 singers, children choir and orchestra (20’00’’ standard notation) 2023
SOLES opera bufa for 7 singers (25'00'' - standard notation) 2024
ORQUESTA
POEMA DE SILENCIO - Monólogo I for orchestra (30’00’’ - standard notation) 1981
Camino Ballet en tres escenas for orchestra (13’00’’ standard notation) 2023
Elegantemente in two movements for orchestra (12’00’’ standard notation) 2023
Principios y comienzos Volumen I, for orchestra (30'00'' - standard notation) 2024
Buceando poema descriptivo for bass orchestra (11’00” standard notation) 2024
Pura inocencia for grand orchestra (15’00” standart notation) 2024
Abriéndose Diptic for orchestra. Second part (11’00” standart notation) 2024
Suavísimo Diptic for orchestra. First part (10’00” standart notation) 2024