„Sagt in süssen schmertzen…“
for mezzo-soprano and theorbo or harpsichord
after an anonymous 17th century lute tablature from Klosterneuburg
(text: Martin Opitz, 1597-1639)
Duration: ca. 18 minutes
First performance: Loré Lixenberg, Hubert Hoffman,
Stift Klosterneuburg, November 2007,
Through-composed version: Richard Sweeney, Loré Lixenberg, Austrian Cultural Forum
London, December 2008
Version for mezzo-soprano and harpsichord: Loré Lixenberg, Maja Mijatovic,
Alte Schmiede Vienna May 2016
Drei Lieder aus “Sagt in süssen Schmertzen…”
für Mezzosopran und Gitarre
Duration: ca. 5 minutes
First performance Mariane Selleger, Mezzosoprano, Kees Arntzen Guitar
Gallery Saskia Pfaeltzer, Amsterdam, May 2024
Ur-text
Cantata after Sumerian love songs for woman’s voice with live electronics ad lib
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
first performance: Loré Lixenberg, King’s Place Festival, London, September 2009,
(Subsequent performances: Gallerie Zilberman Berlin, Schloss Wolkersdorf
/Filmcasino/Alte Schmiede Vienna, The Sage Gateshead, Richmix London a.o.)
Psyche on the Styx
after Matthew Locke
for mezzo-soprano and electronics
Duration: ca. 18 mins
First performance Loré Lixenberg, Norbert Math, 04.06.2024 Wasserturm Wien
folksong
for high voice and harp
after historic transcriptions of improvised singing from Bosnia Herzegovina, Rumania, Crete, Hungary, Sicily, Catalonia and the Orkneys
Duration ca. 10 minutes
first performance Loré Lixenberg and Judith Crow, Essl Museum Klosterneuburg, October 2012.
The viol upon a stone
Ballad for soprano, mezzo-soprano and harp
Duration ca. 7 minutes
First performance: Violetta Kowal, Clarisse Jaehn, Judith Crow, Villa Wertheimstein Vienna,
September 2016
Mad songs of Henry and Daniel Purcell
A realisation for harp and soprano
Duration ca. 10 minutes
First performance: Loré Lixenberg and Judith Crow, Off-Theater Vienna, December 2015
Ave Maris Stella
for high soprano and organ,
Duration ca. 4 minutes
First performance: Marelize Gerber, Yi-Ting Wu-Mittermayer,
Evangelische Kirche Klosterneuburg, November 2012
Ten Russian Children’s rhymes
Voice and harp
Duration ca. 10 minutes
Kleine Nachtgesänge (Little night songs)
Voice and harp,
Duration ca. 8 minutes