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De Fiere Margriet
May 2025
Commissioned by the Tínel Ensemble, this piece tells the Leuven tale of Margaretha the Proud, a maid killed for resisting injustice whose body miraculously floated upstream in the Dijle.Instrumentation:
Piano, Violin I & II, ViolaCelloClarinet

Zum Einschlafen zu sagen
January 2025
Three miniatures inspired on poems by Rainer Maria RilkeInstrumentation:
Clarinet Choir

Drie bewegingen voor
Piano & Cello
April 2024
Three movements commissioned by Roeland Vermeulen & François-Emmanuel DouchyInstrumentation:
Piano, Cello

Mater Dolorosa
November 2023

Trio on a painting by Dieric BoutsInstrumentation:
Violin, Alto Sax, Piano

Au Repos
August 2023

Song for voice and pianoInstrumentation:
Voice, Piano

Mettā Bhāvanā
August 2023

Ritual chant from the Buddhist Pāli CanonInstrumentation:
Voice, Piano

Soupir
October 2022

Choral work on a poem by Stéphane MallarméInstrumentation:
Mixed Choir, Piano

Fliegentod
August 2022

Song on a poem by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheInstrumentation:
Voice, Piano

Vespers
March 2022

Evening mass written for the St. Nicholas' Church in GhentInstrumentation:
Voice, Organ

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