PERFORMANCES (selected 1972 - 2005) :

The Art of Unfolding -
May 21 & 22, 2005
China Premiere

Tian Qiao Theatre Beijing, China
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen and China Drama and Dance Orchestra Beijing

Conductor: Sebastian Gottschick (Cologne)

Harrie Starreveld (Amsterdam), Flute
Ernest Rombout (Hilversum), Oboes
Harry Sparnaay (Amsterdam), Bass Clarinet

Choreography: Wang Yuan Yuan (Beijing)
(Choreographer-National Ballet China)
Dancers (National Ballet China): Wang Yuan Yuan, Wang Mei and Fei Bo

LUNARIA

for Chamber Orchestra and Film (1998)
Film: "Plum Blossoms in Moonlight" (ca.1440)
by Chen Lu (China, 1st half of 15th century)
from the collection of the Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin, Germany

DEOVOLENTE

for solo quarter tone Flute and Dancer (1992/2005)
Mr. STARREVELD, Ms. WANG MEI

NEARNESS

A Triple Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1989/2005)

SOLILOQUY

for solo Bass Clarinet and Two Dancers (2000/05)
Mr. SPARNAAY, Ms. WANG YUAN YUAN, Mr. FEI

APRITURA

for Chamber Orchestra and Film (2001)
Film: Paintings of "Zhi Garden" an album of 20 paintings (1627)
by Zhang Hong (China,1577 - after 1652) from the collections of the Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin and Los Angeles County Museum of Art

TO BE CONTINUED
World Premiere

for Chamber Ensemble, Film and Text (2005)
Commissioned by the:
Danish National Arts Foundation and Knud Hoejgaards Foundation

Film: "Zhou Emperor Mu's visit to Xiwangmu - Xiwangmu's visit to the Han Emperor Wu Di" Chinese Palace Sceneries (ca.1744)
by Ding Guanpeng, Sun Hu, Wang Fanyue and Yao Wenhan from the collection of the National Museum of Denmark

NEBULAE

for solo Musette (1995)
Mr. ROMBOUT

XIANG ASPECTS

for Chamber Orchestra, Film and Dancers (1995/2005)
Film: "Spring Rain on the River Xiang" (China, 1455)
by Xia Chang (1388-1470)

from the collection of the:
Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin, Germany, Ms. WANG YUAN YUAN, Ms. WANG MEI, Mr. FEI

SOLILOQUY -
January 20, 2003

for Solo Bass Clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist
Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh, Scotland

SOLILOQUY -
April 2002

for Solo Bass Clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist

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- 20th:

St. Mary's Episcopal Church
- Kansas City, Missouri
University of Maryland
The Flea, New York City
The Renaissance Society,
Chicago
Wesleyan University

THE ART OF UNFOLDING -
March 23, 2002

Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen - Conductor

Soloists
Harrie Starreveld - Flutes
Ernest Rombout - Oboes
Harry Sparnaay - Bass clarinet

Choreographer & Dancer:
Hsu Tzu - Ying (Tiawan)

DEOVOLENTE

for solo quarter tone Flute and Dancer (1992/02)*
Mr. STARREVELD, Ms. HSU

NEARNESS

A Triple Concerto
for Flute, Oboe, Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1989)

SOLILOQUY

for solo Bass Clarinet and Dancer (1998/02)*
Mr. SPARNAAY, Ms. HSU

APRITURA

for Chamber Orchestra and Film (2001)
Film: Paintings of "Zhi Garden" an album of 20 paintings (1627)
by Zhang Hong (China, 1577 - after 1652), Ms. HSU World Premiere

NEBULAE

for solo Musette (1995)
Mr. ROMBOUT

XIANG ASPECTS

for Chamber Orchestra, Film and Dancers (1995/2002)*
Film: "Spring Rain on the River Xiang" (1455)
by Xia Chang (China, 1388-1470)
Ms. HSU

*German Premiere

SOLILOQUY -
May 25, 2001

for Solo Bass Clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist
sala Carlos Chavez
Mexico City, Mexico

SOLILOQUY -
November 25, 2000

for Solo Bass Clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, Soloist
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

THE ART OF UNFOLDING -
July 31, 1998

California State University, Los Angeles
Oriol Ensemble Berlin
Sebastian Gottschalk - Conductor
Soloists:
Harrie Starreveld - Flute
Ernest Rombout - Oboe
Harry Sparnaay - Bass Clarinet
Choreographer & Dancer:
Hsu Tzu - Ying

LUNARIA

for Chamber Orchestra and Film (1998)*

DEOVOLENTE

for solo quarter tone Flute and Dancer (1992/98)*
Mr. STARREVELD, Ms. HSU

SOLILOQUY

for solo Bass Clarinet and Two Dancers (1998)
Mr. SPARNAAY, Ms. HSU

NEBULAE

for solo Musette (1995)
Mr. ROMBOUT

XIANG ASPECTS

for Chamber Orchestra, Film and Dancer (1995/98)
Film: "Spring Rain on the River Xiang" (China, 1455)
by Xia Chang (1388-1470)
Ms. HSU

* World Premiere

DEOVOLENTE -
September 20, 1996

for Solo Flute
Harrie Starreveld, Soloist
Abbaye de Foundation Royaumont
Royaumont, France

June 29, 1996:

Muffathalle - Munich, Germany
Concert devoted to works by Maurice Weddington,
sponsored by the Goethe-Institut of Munich
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen - conductor

Soloists

Harrie Starreveld - flutes
Ernest Rombout - oboes
Harry Sparnaay - bass clarinet

NEARNESS -

a triple concerto for flute, oboe, bass clarinet and chamber orchestra

SEUL -

for solo bass clarinettist

DEOVOLENTE -

for solo flute

NEBULAE -

for solo musette (European premiere)

XIANG ASPECTS -

Spring Rain on the River Xiang

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for chamber orchestra and film directed by the composer

Film: "Spring Rain on the River Xiang" (1455)
horizontal scroll, ink on paper
(18 in. x 27 ft.)
by Xia Chang (1388 - 1470)
from the collection of the:
Museum of East Asian Art
Berlin, Germany
(European premiere)

October 8, 1995

Art Institute of Chicago
Concert devoted to works by Maurice Weddington,
sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Goethe-Institut of Chicago
Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Dieter Kober - conductor

Soloists

Harrie Starreveld - flutes
Ernest Rombout - oboes
Harry Sparnaay - bass clarinet

XIANG ASPECTS -

for chamber orchestra and film (world premiere with film)

SEUL -

for solo bass clarinettist

NEBULAE -

for solo musette (world premiere)

DEOVOLENTE -

for solo flute (U.S. premiere)

NEARNESS-

a triple concerto for flute, oboe, bass clarinet and chamber orchestra (U.S. premiere)

SEUL -
January 22, 1995

for bass clarinettist
Harry Sparnaay, soloist

DEOVOLENTE -
January 22, 1995

for solo flute
Laura Chislett, soloist
Berlinische Galerie
Berlin, Germany

DEOVOLENTE -
December 15, 1994

for solo flute
Laura Chislett, soloist
Cork School of Music
Cork, Ireland

XIANG ASPECTS -
September 11, 1994

for chamber orchestra (without film)
commissioned and world premiered by the
Sydney Alpha Ensemble
Sydney, Australia

DEOVOLENTE -
June 16, 1993

for solo flute
Laura Chislett, soloist
Council for the Performing Arts
Hong Kong, China

CONCERTO FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
(World Premiere) -
January 10, 1992

(finale movement of: The FIRE IN THE LAKE Trilogy)
Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Michael Morgan, conductor

March 7, 1986

In celebration of the first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday, as an American National Holiday, Stanford University gave a performance of Maurice Weddington`s MIDNIGHT for orchestra and narrator, with text by Dr. King.
The composer narrated.
Palo Alto, California.

ENSEMBLING -
March 8, 1984

for 6 bass clarinets and 4 contrabass clarinets
(world premiere)
IRCAM
Paris, France

MIDNIGHT -
November 29, 1984

for orchestra and narrator with text by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Composers Orchestra
Howard Rollins, Jr., narrator
Dennis Russell Davis, conductor
Lincoln Center
New York City

August 1983 - 1985
Music for the film "Fury is a feeling too"
West German TV program 3		Aug. 1983
Montreal International Film Festival		Nov. 1983
Osnabrück Experimental Film Festival (Prize)		Feb. 1984
Berlin Film Festival		Feb. 1984
Florence Film Festival		Apr. 1984
The Kitchen, New York City		May 1984
Rotterdam - Modern Denken		May 1984
Sydney Film Festival (Prize)		June 1984
Edinburgh Film Festival		Aug. 1984
Vienna Film Festival		Sept. 1984
Goethe Institute, New York City		Nov. 1984
Los Angeles Film Festival		Jan. 1985

PATHOGENESIS -
April 30, 1982

for alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and narrator,
Six individual parts:
without score or conductor
The British Council
Berlin, Germany

CONCERTO FOR BASS CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA -
April 25, 1982

Harry Sparnaay, soloist
Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Jacques Mercier, conductor
Sender Freies Berlin
Berlin, Germany

SAXOPHONE QUARTET -
October 17, 1981

Het Rijnmond Saxofoon Kwartet
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

MEHR LICHT -
May 21, 1981

for solo bass flute
Eberhard Blum, soloist
American Center
Paris, France

CONCERTO FOR BASS CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA -
March 7, 1981

Harry Sparnaay, soloist
Symphony Orchester of Radio Baden-Baden
Jacques Mercier, conductor
Baden-Baden, Germany

CONCERTO FOR BASS CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA -
November 20, 1980

Kjell-Inge Stevensson, soloist
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstram, conductor
Stockholm, Sweden

MEHR LICHT -
November 20, 1980

for solo bass flute
Eberhard Blum, soloist
Arnold Schoenberg Institute
Los Angeles, California

MEHR LICHT &

LEGATISSIMO TO BE...
November 7, 1980

for solo bass flute
Eberhard Blum, soloist

for solo violin
Janos Negyesy, soloist

first simultaneous performance
National Prussian Cultural Heritage Library
Berlin, Germany

CONCERTO FOR BASS CLARINET
AND ORCHESTRA (World Premiere) -
June 29, 1979

(1st movement of: The FIRE IN THE LAKE Trilogy)
Harry Sparnaay, soloist
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Belgian Television
Lucas Vis, conductor
Brussels, Belgium

MEHR LICHT -
1979

for solo bass flute
analytical article (in German)
TIBIA:
magazine for Friends of Old and New Woodwind Music

MEHR LICHT -
December 9, 1978

for solo bass flute
Eberhard Blum, soloist
State University of New York at Buffalo

NINA LARKER -
December 3, 1978

for four percussionists (U.S. premiere)
U/B Percussion Ensemble
State University of New York at Buffalo

SEUL -
1978

Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
for solo bass clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist

LEGATISSIMO TO BE... -
November 5, 1977

for solo violin
Janos Negyesy, soloist
Demonstration Concert
Music Academy
Basel, Switzerland

MEHR LICHT -
April 17, 1977

for solo bass flute (European premiere)
Eberhard Blum, soloist
Performance at the Annual Conference of Music Teachers:
Darmstadt Institute for New Music and Music Education
Darmstadt, Germany

SEUL -
March 23, 1977

for solo bass clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist
The Kitchen
New York City

SEUL -
March 6, 1977

for solo bass clarinet
Harry Sparnaay, soloist
State's Museum of Art
Copenhagen, Denmark

PATHOGENESIS -
June 24, 1976

for alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and narrator,
six individual parts without score or conductor
Northwest German Music Academy
Detmold, Germany
(Published by: Edition Modern Munich, Germany)

SEUL ENSEMBLE -
December 2, 1975

for Large Symphony Orchestra
Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Lucas Vis, conductor
Sender Freies Berlin -
Berlin, Germany
(Published by: Edition Modern Munich, Germany)

February 6, 1974

International Exhibition for Contemporary Music - Tokyo, Japan

NINA LARKER -

TINA NÖRLÖV -

SUSANNE RUDKJÖBING -

for four percussionists

for four piccolo flutes

for contra bassoon, bass saxophone, bass trombone, bass tuba.
The option of playing all three compositions simultaneously was chosen.

1972 / 1977

International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)
World Festivals in Austria and West Germany, respectively

1977

West Germany: SEUL for solo bass clarinetist

1972

Austria: NINA LARKER, TINA NÖRLÖV, SUSANNE RUDKJÖBING The option of playing all three compositions simultaneously was chosen