Canon
Where to start with Rihm
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
Vocal3 Gedichte von Monique Thoné, for middle voice and piano
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ChamberAbschieds-Marsch, for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones and percussion
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KeyboardAuf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
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OrchestralCOLL'ARCO, for violin and orchestra
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Vocal4 spate Gedichte von Friedrich Ruckert, for voice and piano
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Vocal5 Gedichte von J.M.R. Lenz, for voice and piano
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VocalAestimatus sum, motet for chorus
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VocalAkt und Tag, 2 studies for soprano and string quartet
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ChamberAntlitz, for violin and piano
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KeyboardBrahmsliebewalzer, for piano
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VocalCaligaverunt oculi mei, motet for chorus
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ChamberCanzona nuova, for 5 violas
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VocalCommunio
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VocalDEUS PASSUS, oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra
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VocalDas Rot, song cycle for soprano or tenor and piano
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Rihm's catalogueMost Popular
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Jagden und Formen
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Tutuguri (after Artaud)
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Lichtes Spiel (violin + small orchestra)
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String Quartet No. 9
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Hölderlin-Fragmente
Most Acclaimed
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Jagden und Formen
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Chiffre series
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Über die Linie series
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Deus Passus (St. Luke Passion)
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Die Hamletmaschine (opera)
Most Weird
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Tutugurifor 6 percussion ensembles, piano, and orchestra — after Artaud’s hallucinatory account of a Tarahumara ritual
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Die Hamletmaschineopera after Heiner Müller — 9 minutes of extreme theatrical density
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Jagden und Formenhunts and forms — the work has been performed in different versions over 20 years; it’s still ”in progress”
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Ins Offene (chamber music)”into the open” — fragmentary, exploratory
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Musik für drei Streichermusic for three strings — each part is radically independent
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 90
- Vocal
- 3 Gedichte von Monique Thoné, for middle voice and piano
- 4 spate Gedichte von Friedrich Ruckert, for voice and piano
- 5 Gedichte von J.M.R. Lenz, for voice and piano
- Aestimatus sum, motet for chorus
- Akt und Tag, 2 studies for soprano and string quartet
- Caligaverunt oculi mei, motet for chorus
- Communio
- DEUS PASSUS, oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra
- Das Rot, song cycle for soprano or tenor and piano
- Depart, for chorus, speaking chorus and 22 players
- Ende der Handschrift, song cycle for voice and piano
- Frau / Stimme, for soprano and orchestra with second soprano
- Klangbeschreibung II, for 4 women's voices, brass quintet and percussion ensemble
- Nachtwach, for 8 voices, chorus, 4 trombones and woodblock
- Passionsmotetten, for voices
- Quid est Deus, for chorus and orchestra
- Raumauge, for chorus and 5 percussionists
- Recessit pastor noster, motet for chorus
- Rilke: 4 Gedichte, for tenor and piano
- Symphonie 'Nähe fern', for baritone and orchestra
- Umsungen, for baritone and 8 instruments
- Vigilia, for 6 voices and ensemble
- Chamber
- Abschieds-Marsch, for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones and percussion
- Antlitz, for violin and piano
- Canzona nuova, for 5 violas
- Dyade
- Fremde Szene I, for piano trio
- Fremde Szene II, for piano trio
- Fremde Szene III, for piano trio
- Fremde Szenen I-III, for piano trio
- Hekton, for violin and piano
- Kein Firmament, for 14 players
- Phantom und Eskapade, for violin and piano
- Piano Trio
- Schrift-Um-Schrift, for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists
- Sine Nomine I, for 5 brass instruments
- String Quartet no. 3, "Im Innersten"
- String Quartet no. 5
- String Quartet no. 8
- String Quartet no. 9, "Quartettsatz"
- Studies for Clarinet Quintet
- Uber die Linie VII, for violin
- Vier Male, for clarinet in A
- Violin Sonata
- Keyboard
- Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
- Brahmsliebewalzer, for piano
- Klavierstück no. 1, op. 8a
- Klavierstück no. 2, op. 8b
- Klavierstück no. 4
- Klavierstück no. 5, "Tombeau"
- Klavierstück no. 6
- Klavierstück no. 7
- Klavierstücke
- Klavierstücke
- Klavierstücke
- Nachstudie, for piano
- Préludes for piano
- Wortlos, for piano
- Zwei kleine Schwingungen, for piano
- Zwiesprache, for piano
- Über-Schrift, for 2 pianos
- Orchestral
- COLL'ARCO, for violin and orchestra
- Dis-Kontur, for large orchestra
- Doppelgesang, for viola, violin and orchestra
- Dritte Musik, for violin and orchestra
- Dunkles Spiel, for small orchestra
- Erscheinung
- Gesungene Zeit, for violin and orchestra
- Jagden und Formen, for orchestra
- Klangbeschreibung I, for 3 orchestra groups
- Klangbeschreibung III, for large orchestra
- Konzert in einem Satz, for cello and orchestra
- La musique creuse le ciel, for 2 pianos and large orchestra
- Lichtes Spiel
- Lichtzwang, for violin and orchestra
- Marsyas, rhapsody for trumpet with percussion and orchestra
- Morphonie, for string quartet and orchestra
- Music for Oboe and Orchestra
- Musik fur Klarinette und Orchester, "Uber die Linie II"
- Styx und Lethe, for cello and orchestra
- Sub-Kontur, for orchestra
- Symphony no. 1, op. 3
- Symphony no. 2
- Ungemaltes Bild, for orchestra
- Vers une Symphonie fleuve III, for orchestra
- Verwandlung 2, for orchestra
- Verwandlung 3, for orchestra
- Verwandlung 4, for orchestra
- Verwandlung, for orchestra
- Stage
- Tutuguri, ballet for speaker, chorus, tape and orchestra