Vocal – Martin Schlumpf Composer

pulsar_2 for voice, flute, piano and computer (Ambisonics), 2009
…aufflattern mit dunklen Gesichtern die Fledermäuse…, (“the bats flap up with dark faces”), autumn music for four women’s voices, 1995
Weil der Wald an den Menschen stirbt (“because the forest is dying of human beings”) for mixed chorus and stones (after Günter Grass), 1991

8 compositions for a full-length program on texts by Konrad Bayer, for Schlumpf’s own sextet “Die Vögel”, 1986 (with singer):
“herr je und we du liebe zeit”
“plötzlich ging die sonne aus”
“die vögel”
“flötengong – alte wunde”
“der kutscher sitzt auf dem tanzmeister”
“er der tag”
“mit einem schwert aus reinem crystall”
“riegel mir den hals”

6 compositions for Schlumpf’s own 11-piece band, Swiss Fusion 84 (with singer):
Passagen
Freischütz
Ouverture
Interruptus
From Eriboll to Kirkiboll (nach Ernst W. Heine)
Rattaplasma – der serbische Olymp – Kokoskotten (nach Dada-Texten)

“…dass es wächst und schwillt”, (“that it grows and swells”), short cantata for baritone, piano and string orchestra (after Hermann Hiltbrunner), 1981
Tenebrae for soprano, alto, baritone, mixed chorus, 5 brass instruments, harpsichord and string quintet (after Paul Celan), 1976-7
Todesfuge (“Death Fugue”) for 16-voice speaking chorus (after Paul Celan), 1976
3 Lieder for soprano and chamber ensemble (on poems by Paul Celan), 1971