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OVERVIEW OF COMPOSITIONS

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Orchestra


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

commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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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

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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
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Choir

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Rendezvous (2026)  | 7 mins
for chamber choir (SATB)

with a text by American ornithologist Scott Weidensaul

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Songs

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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

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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

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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

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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 -

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

commissioned by the Wittgenstein Project, revised for HearAndNow

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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 -​

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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
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- recorded by 7 Mountain Records -

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Perseverance (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 on this website. 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)

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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

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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

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

unfinished, project cancelled due to Covid-19

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De Ketelmannen (2019)  | 6 mins
for wind ensemble

written for the JongNBE
commissioned by the Schiermonnikoog Festival

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

premiered at the CvA New Music Arena

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

written for the Frysk Jeugd Orkest

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

1st prize at the International Alba Rosa Vietor
Composition Competition

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

written for Noa Wildschut & Nachtlicht Ensemble

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

for Lowine Versteegh

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Poème (2020)  | 9 mins
for solo violin

for Noa Wildschut​

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

written for the Nachtlicht Ensemble
commissioned by Citibank Nederland

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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

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Duet (2018)  | 2 mins
for 2 alto saxophones

premiered at the SAX18 New Music Festival 

Early works

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Arrangements

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

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

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

commissioned by Amsterdam Sinfonietta

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

commissioned by the Netherlands Wind Orchestra

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

commissioned by the Netherlands Wind Orchestra

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

written for the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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