Where two can go  – seven fragments for violin and cello (2024)
 – duration: 9′
 – not published yet

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning –  Moments of an Odyssey – (2023)
 – written for the Dianto Reed Quintet (ob – cl – alt sax – bassoon – bass cl.)
 – duration: 9′
 – published by Donemus  preview

De tuin van Epicurus (The garden of Epicurus) for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin and harp (2023)
 – written for Ensemble Vijf!
 – duration: ca. 6’30”
 – published by Donemus preview

A set of six for two alto saxophones & piano (2022)
 – written for Duo Beumer & van Ham (Sander Beumer  and Hans van Ham) with Wildy Zumwalt
 – Requested by Sander Beumer and especially written for the 2023 World Saxophone Congress.

The titles give a hint of the general ambiance of the music.
“Unsettled” has a somewhat nervous tension, as if one is not feeling comfortable. “Anyones lament” is an expression of grief, with not a particular person in mind.  
The title “A hovering brute beauty” is a free adaption from Gerald Manley Hopkins’s  poem The windhover , a bird that I often watch during my walks over fields and heather.
“Drummer Hodge” is after Thomas Hardy’s poem of the same name. In this poem the soldier, who is sent on a mission in the Second Boer War, is killed in action and buried in a strange and faraway land, his grave “eternally reigned by strange-eyed constellations.” (and still today, we hear about these terrible circumstances) The music is a moment of desolate stillness.
 “Sweet dancer” is a title from one of W.B. Yeats’s  poems in which he encourages a young girl to keep on dancing, meaning to do what you are passionate about. Great happiness is compared by John Keats to “A lusty flower in June’s caress” a line taken from his poem Isabella; or, the Pot of Basil.  An image which evokes a gentle and idyllic feeling to me and sounding almost like a love song.
 – duration: ca. 11‘
 – published by Donemus preview

Light and the half light– four pieces for wind quintet (2022)
instrumentation: wind quintet (fl – ob – cl – hrn – fag)
The four parts are:         
There’s a solemn hue – Dancing dust motes in their upper flight (John Dewey) – Here, light is dim – Shifting patterns everywhere

Inside a large church or cathedral the different shadings of light coming in from windows is exuberant, but the shifting of incoming light when a cloud hides the sun will also change the atmosphere. There are certain spaces where there is virtually no light. This was an interesting musical idea and so I decided for all parts as well as within each part, to juxtapose the characters of different church modes: the Doric, Lydian, Mixolydian and Ionic. The hexatonic and octatonic scales have been sparingly used to create dissonant passages. Hence the title: ‘Light and the half light.” I do not expect listeners necessarily to notice all this but it was a helpful compositional vehicle.

 – duration: ca 7′
 – published by Donemus preview

Alusión (2013)
instrumentation: reed quintet (oboe, b-flat clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon)
 – duration: ca. 7′
 – not published

A void (2020)
instrumentation: string trio (violin, viola, cello)
dedicated to the Prisma string trio
This three-minute lament reflects the feeling of anxiety and desolation that many of us sadly enough were experiencing, due to government’s covid-19 restrictions. The title has a different meaning as well. When pronounced, it sounds like the verb ‘avoid’. And there was a lot to be avoided during those times.
 – duration: ca. 4′
 – premiere: November 2, 2020 by the Prisma trio at Splendor Amsterdam
 – published Donemus preview

The Dancer (2019)
written for The annual Piz Amalia Festival which is organised in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
instrumentation: trumpet, marimba, violin and viola
requested by Anthony Zielhorst
 – Swiss premiere: September 18, 2019, Konservatorium Winterthur
 – Dutch premiere: November 15, 2019, Paleiskerk, Den Haag
 – duration: ca. 4′
 – publishd by Donemus preview

Time to fly (2018)
commissioned by and dedicated to the Bron saxophone quartet
It was Tommy Wieringa’s short novel ” De dood van Murat Idrissi ” that has prompted me to write this composition.
instrumentation: saxophone quartet.
 – duration: ca. 6′
 – premiere: February 9, 2019 Rhenen by the Bron saxophone quartet
 – published by Donemus preview

Bird, Candle & Ignorance (2009)
instrumentation: saxophone and piano
commissioned by and dedicated to Duo Beumer en van Ham
 – duration: ca. 7′
 – premiere: February 5, 2010 Theater Kikker, Utrecht by Duo Beumer en van Ham
 – published by Donemus preview

Chant – In memoriam Gijs Bergman (2007)
commissioned by Gisella Bergman
instrumentation: two violas
 – duration: ca. 1′50″
 – not published

The Crossroads dance in Connacht (2005)
instrumentation: violin and piano
dedicated to Tjeerd Top and Mariken Zandvliet
It is the second time that I was inspired by a painting. This time is was Charles Lamb’s painting The crossroads dance in Connacht. The way Irish peasants are depicted, showing much expression and movement, a number of watching people and a violinist, these features inspired me to write this piece.
 – duration: ca. 7’30”
 – premiere: November 12, 2005 De Muziekkamer Zaandam by Tjeerd Top and Mariken Zandvliet
 – published by Donemus preview

A Mirmande (2004)
dedicated to Quatuor de Mirmande
instrumentation: string quartet
 – duration: ca. 5’30”
 – premiere: 2004 Mirmande (France) by Le Quatuor de Mirmande
 – not published

Saxophone quartet – A final kiss (1997)
instrumentation: saxophone quartet
It was written to the memory of my younger brother who died in an accident when he was eight.
The last part is called ‘A final kiss’, which can be performed seperately.
 – duration: ca. 15′
 – premiere: 1997 by Syrinx saxophone quartet
 – published by Donemus preview

Serenade – verwante zielen (related souls) (1995)
instrumentation: two violas
commissioned by Gisella Bergman
dedicated to Gisella Bergman and Annette Bergman
 – duration: ca. 10′
 – premiere: 1995, Epe (the Netherlands)
 – published by Donemus preview

Glee (1993)
instrumentation: bass clarinet in b-flat and harp
 – duration: ca. 8′
 – published by Donemus preview

Peccadillos (1991)
instrumentation: nine wind instruments: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns
 – duration: ca. 9′
 – published by Donemus preview

Quinary (1990)
instrumentation: brass quintet, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba
 – duration: ca. 9′
 – published by Donemus preview

Brusque (1987)
instrumentation: flute, bass clarinet and piano
 – duration: ca. 6′
 – published by Donemus preview