Repertoire

This is a list of all the pieces we (both Nelly Boyd and BEGO) have played since our inception. Some of them we still play.

Gustavo Aguilar

  • A Walk in Place for Nelly Boyd (2009) for melodica, electric guitar, cello, double bass, voice, percussion and tape

 Moxi Beidenegl

  • Über die Notwendigkeit von seismischen Bewegungen (um manche Strukturen zu bewegen) (2004) for computer, voice and guitar
  • Quartet in E (2004), 4 electric guitars, electric bass
  • L’eterna avventura (2016), guitars, piano, contact microphones, voices

 John Cage

  • Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947) for prepared piano
  • Dream (1948) for piano
  • 4’33’’ (1952) for any instrument or combination of instruments
  • Music for Piano 69 – 84 (1956)
  • Radio Music (1956) for 1-8 performers, each at one radio
  • Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58): Solo for piano; Solo for violin 1; Solo for ‚cello
  • Solo for Voice 1 (1958)
  • Fontana Mix (1958)
  • Cartridge Music (1960)
  • 0’00’’ (4’33’’ No. 2) (1962)
  • Variations IV (1963) for any number of players, any sounds or combinations of sounds produced by any means, with or without other activities.
  • Variations VI (1966) for a plurality of sound systems
  • Child of Tree (1975) for solo percussion
  • Branches (1976) percussion solo, duet, trio or orchestra (of any number of players)
  • Inlets (1977) for three players, with conch player (using circular breathing) and the sound of a fire
  • Litany for the Whale (1980) for two voices
  • One (1987) for piano
  • Five (1988) for any five voices or instruments
  • Seven (1988) for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello
  • One3 (1989)
  • Four3 (1991) for four performers (one or two pianos, twelve rainsticks, violin or oscillator and silence)
  • Four4 (1991) for four percussionists
  • Four6 (1992) for any way of producing sounds

 Rhys Chatham

  • Guitar trio (1977) for three electric guitars, electric bass and drums
  • Die Donnergötter (1984-86) for six electric guitars, electric bass and drums
  • The Out Of Tune Guitar, No. 4 (2008) for 10 electric guitars, electric bass and drums

eddie135

  • Oscillations in space (2016) for cello, 2 oscillators, 2 guitars, and computer

Hanns Eisler

  • Hollywooder Liederbuch (1942/43): Über den Selbstmord; Hotelzimmer 1942; An den kleinen Radioapparat

 Robert Engelbrecht

  • Pièce de résistance (1998) for piano four hands
  • Drohne 3 (1999-…) for electric guitar and solo instrument
  • Drohne 4 (1999/2007) for four electric guitars
  • Drohne 5 (2000-2008) for four electric bass guitars
  • Konzert für E-Gitarren (Pièce de résistance No. 2) (2001)
  • A la mémoire de Mascha (2002/13) for three electric guitars
  • Quartett (2002) for four stereo tapes
  • Drohne 8 (2004) for electric piano
  • Notturno (2007/2016) for voice and tape
  • Primo (2008) for melodica and cello
  • Duo für Klavier und Violoncello  (2008)
  • Nellys Boudoir (2009) for piano four hands, three electric guitars, percussion and tape
  • Rote Flora (2009) for six or more electric guitars, bass and drums
  • Flora Swing (2010) for eight or more electric guitars, bass and drums
  • Mimi und Bartel (2011) for two pianos
  • Wiet buten (2011) for piano, cello, double bass, electric guitar and tape
  • Herbstflora (2011) for eight or more electric guitars, bass and drums
  • Duo für E-Gitarren (2011)
  • Architeuthis (2014) for eight electric guitars, bass and drums
  • Nephila (2016) for eight electric guitars, bass and drums
  • Blitz und keen Dunner (2016/17) for 5 electric guitars and trombone
  • Fujin (2018) for four melodicas

 Jan Feddersen

  • Quartett III (2006) für Violine, Cello, Fender Rhodes, prepared piano
  • 5 instrumente (2008) for melodica, piano, bass clarinet, violin and cello
  • 4 guitars (2009) for four electric guitars and sine waves
  • 2 guitars (2009) for 2 electric guitars and sine waves
  • trio (2010) for bowed electric guitar, bowed electric bass and cello
  • company (2011) for two pianos
  • 3 strings (2011) for electric guitar and cello
  • 3 guitars (2011) for three electric guitars and sine waves
  • 2 seconds (2011) for four electric guitars
  • Triton (2013) for 3×2 sine tones, 3 ebow-guitars and 3 rooms
  • 3 strings no. 2 (2013) for bowed electric guitar, cello and double bass
  • Slides (2015) for three electric guitars with e-bows
  • Ohne Titel (2016) for five electric guitars with e-bows
  • L’orgue des grillons de Vénissac (2017) for 6 electric guitars with e-bows
  • giration (2017) for 6 electric guitars played with e-bows
  • giration (basse) (2017) for 5 electric guitars with e-bows
  • giration3 (2018) for four melodicas
  • giration (sur la durée) (2019) for four e-bow guitars and playback

 Morton Feldman

  • Intermission 5 (1952)
  • Piano Piece (1952)
  • Intermission 6 (1953) for 1 or 2 pianos
  • Piece for 4 pianos (1957)
  • Two pianos (1957)
  • Durations 1 (1960) for alto flute, piano, violin and cello
  • Durations 2 (1960) for cello and piano
  • Durations 3 (1961) for violin, tuba and piano
  • Durations 4 (1961) for vibraphone, violin and cello
  • Durations 5 (1961) for horn, vibraphone, harp, piano/celesta, violin and cello

Ignacio Fernández-Bollo

  • Diastole (2011) for five guitars
  • SZ (2012) for electric guitar and rattles
  • Q. K. (2015) for organ, guitar, cello, percussion
  • 2550 M. ü. M. (2018) for five side bassdrums

 Nikolaus Gerszewski

  • expressis verbis for Nelly Boyd (2007)

 Peter Imig

  • 40 HZ Gamma-Oszillationen (2004) mergence for sinewave-generators, computers + 5 musicians
  • Carlos Castaneda (2004) for five electric guitars and tape
  • Fünf (2005) for five electric guitars and delay system
  • Jagdszenen (2005)
  • 4 (2007) for organ, electric guitar, electric bass, cello and sine tones
  • 80 Hz (2008)
  • 6 (2008) for church organ, cello, violin, electric organ
  • 7 (2009) for electric piano in just intonation, violin, cello, tube bells, church organ and sine tones
  • Lieblingsdinge (2010) for any number of players with amplified cups
  • D-Drone (2011) for electric guitars, double bass, organ, cello and tape
  • Lieblingsdinge 2 (2012) for three Monotron synthesizers
  • Prometheus (2012) for three ebow guitars and three tapes

Matthias Kaul

  • do nothing, just wait, the singing will start…. sooner or later (2012) for amplified cymbals
  • Some Hot Bottles Coolin‘ Down (2015)

 Alvin Lucier

  • Vespers (1968)
  • “I am sitting in a room” (1969)
  • Bird and person dyning (1975)
  • Music on a long thin wire (1977)
  • Still and moving lines of silence in families of hyperbolas (new version 1984): Part III Number 11: Violoncello; Part III Number 12: Violin I
  • Music for cello with one or more amplified vases (1993)
  • Still Lives (1995)
  • Broken Line (2006)
  • Ever Present (2007)
  • Canon (2007)
  • Criss-Cross (2013) for two electric guitars
  • Double Helix (2018) for four electric guitars

Ignacio Mendez

  • Sexy frequencies (2004) für 4 or more computers, noise generator und percussion
  • Unexpected (2004) for any metal percussion instrument, 2 computers + 2 microphones
  • Up still down (2004) for 5 electric guitars
  • Up still down 2 (2005) for 2 to 8 electric guitars

Donghee Nam

  • vibration I (2012) for piano and cell phones

Phill Niblock

  • 3 to 7 – 196 (1974)
  • Summing II (1985)
  • Five More String Quartets (1991-93)
  • Guitar too, for four (1996)
  • Pan Fried 27.5 (2001/03)
  • Sethwork (2003)
  • Tow By Tom (2005)
  • One Large Rose for Nelly Boyd (2008)
  • Three Petals for Nelly Boyd, Trio Scordatura and Ensemble neoN (2013)
  • A Rose in Bloom (2019)
  • Exploratory, Rhine version „Looking for Daniel“ (2019)

Johann Popp

  • Marschmusik 4 (2018) for four melodicas
  • Beckenquartett (2022) for four cymbals

 Steve Reich

  • Pendulum Music (1968) for 3 or 4 microphones, amplifiers and loudspeakers
  • Clapping Music (1972)

 Terry Riley

  • in C (1964)
  • Tread on the Trail (1965)

 Jens Röhm

  • Hinterconti-ysis (2004)
  • Fine day circle (2004)
  • Mind the gap I+IV (2005) for ensemble
  • Klopstock + Meta (2007) for 3 mikrophones + delay system
  • Mind the gap II+III+V (2008) for ensemble

 Jürgen Sosnowski

  • OMFUG (2005)

 Karlheinz Stockhausen

  • Aus den sieben Tagen (1968): Richtige Dauern

James Tenney

  • Postal Pieces (1965-71): Swell Piece; Swell Piece No. 2; (night)
  • Septet (1981) for six electric guitars and bass

Lois V Vierk

  • Go Guitars (1981) for five electric guitars

Christian Wolff

  • For Five or Ten People (1962)
  • For 1, 2 or 3 People (1964)
  • Prose Collection (1968-74): Crazy Mad Love; Song
  • Burdocks (1970-71)
  • Songs (1973-75): Wake up; After a few years
  • Metal and Breath (2007)
  • Where (2015) for six or more players

La Monte Young

  • Composition 1960 #7