Chiyoko Szlavnics
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SELECTED WORKS:

SOLOS / ELECTRONICS
For Eva Hesse (with CN) (2007)
8 channel sound installation
stereo performance possible with live solo flute

14'08"
Structures in the Mind's Eye (2005-2006)
solo viola, sine tones

30' (PDF)
Her Teeth Were White (1999)
solo percussion

ca. 4' (PDF)

DUOS

This is only here. This is only now. (2010)
violin duo

10-11'
3 Strands (2010)
violin duo (with live recording & playback)

15'
Quick Figure (for Marc Sabat) (2010)
violin duo

3'
Harry Cullis 91 (2010)
violin duo

5'

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Gardens of Contemplation (Autonomous Gardens) (2008)
flute, violin, cello, piano, sine tones

18'43"-19'
Wildflowers (2007)
chamber ensemble (11 instruments)

16'
Reservoir (2006)
chamber ensemble (8 instruments), sine tones

26'20" (PDF)
CILIA TREMBLE (2006)
(a series of short pieces composed for Haus 19)

    For Eva Hesse
     sine tones
15'
    For Agnes Martin
     2 violins, accordion
ca. 3'
    Triptych for AS I-III
     2 violins, accordion, sine tones
10' (PDF)
    For JT
     2 violins, accordion
3'10" (PDF)
    For TN
     2 violins, accordion
4' (PDF)
    For BN
     sine tones
5' (PDF)
    For CN
     sine tones
1'30"
    Acclines
     2 violins, accordion

10' (PDF)
Gradients of Detail (2005-6)
string quartet

21'30" (PDF)   
The Spaces Between Them (2005)
chamber ensemble (7 instruments), sine tones

34'40" (PDF)
(a)long lines; we'll draw our own lines (2004)
chamber ensemble (7 instruments)

30' (PDF)   
Partial Response (2000)
mezzosoprano, 2 alto saxophone mouthpieces/necks

13'30" (PDF)
instil / in silence (1997)
clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, violin, contrabass

1'30" (PDF)
Papyrus Bending (1994)
saxophone quartet

9'50"
Mercator's Projection (1994)
violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion

8'

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Heliotrope (2007)
chamber orchestra, sine tones

11'16" (PDF)   
Wind in the Ceiling (2004-05)
chamber orchestra

5'

WITH TEXT

Narrow Road: Travelling Songs (2000)
mezzosoprano, viola, piano (dbl. melodica),
percussion (dbl. bass melodica)
Based on poems by Canadian writer Gerry Shikatani

12'
    1. buildings/stores
    2. the street
    3. green growth
    4. in air
    5. green moss

Expansion (1998)
male speaking voice, flute (& sop sax), piano
text by Christophe Marchand-Kiss
10'