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OVERVIEW OF COMPOSITIONS


Orchestra


Fragmenten (2025, rev. 2026)  | 8 mins
large symphony orchestra (3332 4331 timp perc hrp str)

commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Prayer (2024)  12 mins
string orchestra

commissioned by the Dutch Youth String Orchestra
for a concert on Dutch Remembrance Day 2024

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Music theatre

Veertiende verdieping, 14D (2026)  | 40 mins
for actress and string quartet

text by Joke van Leeuwen
including music from String Quartet op. 20 no. 4 by Joseph Haydn

commissioned by the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam
     as one of six episodes of Een flat met duizend ramen

Songs

We are changing (2025)  4 mins
singer (MS, A, T, Bar or B) and piano

based on banned greenwashing claims by Shell, KLM, ING
commissioned by the International Song Festival Zeist

Adem in Adem uit (2023)  | 7 mins
for 4 voices (SATB), clarinet accordeon, viola, double bass

written for Dunya | text by Herman van Tongerloo
commissioned by the Utrechts Requiem Foundation

Geheim (2023)  | 5 mins
for 4 voices (SATB), clarinet accordeon, viola, double bass

written for Jurre | text by Herman van Tongerloo
commissioned by the Utrechts Requiem Foundation

Chamber music

Mijn gewrachten sporrelden (2026)  | 10 mins
for string quartet

including music from String Quartet op. 20 no. 4 by Joseph Haydn
music from 'Veertiende verdieping, 14D', part of Een flat met duizend ramen
written for the Chaos String Quartet


Vandaag nog niet (2023)  | 5 mins
for trombone quartet

with a text by Erik van Os
commissioned by the Nymphéas Trombone Quartet

- recorded by AvroTros Klassiek -

 

Sonata for Baritone Saxophone & Piano (2023)  | 11 mins
for baritone saxophone & piano

written for Mafalda Oliveira and Marta Mata
- recorded by 7 Mountain Records -

The garden on an iceberg (2023, rev. 2026)  | 14 mins
for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano

commissioned by the Wittgenstein Project

Three Preludes to El Amor Brujo (2022, rev. 2023)  | 8 mins
for reed quintet (oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, bassoon)

commissioned by the Dianto Reed Quintet

- recorded by AvroTros Klassiek -

The Missing Piece (2022)  | 3 mins
for two percussionists

written for the concert tour Toonzetters

commissioned by Oranjewoud Festival, Festival Dag in de Branding
     and November Music

- recorded by 7 Mountain Records -

Perseverance Rover (2021)  | 3 mins
for shakuhachi/flute, sho/sheng, three cellos

written for the Cello Festival Zutphen

For requesting sheet music, please fill in the contact form. For 'Fragmenten', go to the Donemus Webshop >

Primo Ish-Hurwitz | Sonata for Baritone Saxophone & Piano | Mafalda Oliveira & Marta Mata
11:13
Primo Ish-Hurwitz: The Missing Piece | Toonzetters
04:12
Primo Ish-Hurwitz over "Vandaag nog niet"
01:19
Dianto Reed Quintet - 3 Preludes to El Amor Brujo
10:13
Primo Ish-Hurwitz | Prayer | Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest
11:42
jongNBE - De ketelmannen - Primo Ish-Hurwitz | Podium Witteman
04:12
Cello Sonata (2019) by Primo Ish-Hurwitz, premiere - part II
13:27
Primo Ish-Hurwitz - Schilderijen van een tentoonstelling
20:44

Videos

(go to the home page for a reel video of compositions)

Dancing Queen (2022)  4 mins
large symphony orchestra

written for the CvA Symphony Orchestra
as part of 'Chess Suite' with works by Apollonio
      Maiello and Floris Heijdra

Amsterdamse Grachten (2021)  | 3 mins
for solo trumpet

written for the Backyard Project

 

Rubber Ball (2020)  | 3 mins
for solo piano

for Yoram Ish-Hurwitz
 

Quartet for the 2nd violin (2020)  | 4 mins
for string quartet

for Lowine Versteegh

A Forest Story (2020)  | 20 mins
for flute, clarinet, bassoon

unfinished, project cancelled due to Covid-19

De Ketelmannen (2019)  | 6 mins
for wind ensemble

written for the JongNBE
commissioned by the Schiermonnikoog Festival

Prelude "Edelweiss" (2018)  | 6 mins
for piano

premiered at the CvA New Music Arena

Daydream for orchestra (2017-2018)  | 8 mins
for symphony orchestra

written for the Frysk Jeugd Orkest

Listen (2020, rev. 2022)  | 10 mins
mezzosoprano, clarinet, viola, cello, piano

1st prize at the International Alba Rosa Vietor
Composition Competition

Spinazie (2020)  | 2 mins
for solo violin and ensemble

written for Noa Wildschut & Nachtlicht Ensemble

Remix of Ligeti's Cello Sonata (2020)  | 3 mins
for electronics

for Lowine Versteegh

Poème (2020)  | 9 mins
for solo violin

for Noa Wildschut

Pictures at an Exhibition (2019)  | 20 mins
for ensemble

written for the Nachtlicht Ensemble
commissioned by Citibank Nederland

Cello Sonata (2019)  | 24 mins
for cello and piano

for Theodoor Heyning

 

String Quintet "Edelweiss" (2018)  | 6 mins
for string quintet

premiered at the CvA New Music Arena

Duet (2018)  | 2 mins
for 2 alto saxophones

premiered at the SAX18 New Music Festival 

Early works

Arrangements

Adagio from 10th Symphony, Mahler (2023)  | 30 mins
for string orchestra

commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta
- live video-recorded by Amsterdam Sinfonietta -

Piano Concerto no. 2, Chopin (2024)  | 35 mins
for string orchestra

commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Fragments from 11th Symphony, Shostakovich (2024)  | 20 mins
for wind orchestra

commissioned by the Netherlands Wind Orchestra

Cantus, Pärt (2024)  | 5 mins
for wind orchestra

commissioned by the Netherlands Wind Orchestra

A Chloris & L'heure exquise, Hahn (2023)  | 8 mins
for chamber orchestra

written for the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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