Compositions
If you want to see scores or perform any of these works, please get in touch with me through: diederikvdlaag@gmail.com
O Magnum Mysterium (2023, BE) duration: 2′
SSSAA
Midsummer Night (2023, NL) duration: 9′
SMATBB + electric guitar & sustain pedal, text: Sara Teasedale
Jeff Boson (2023, NL) duration: 4′ 30″
TTBB + basso profundo solo, text: Quotes by Einstein
Miro Celia (2022, NL) duration: 4′
SSAATTBB, text: sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
Settle (2022, NL) duration: 7′
SAATB + wineglass
Cradled Mind / Glasshouse # 1 (2022, NL) duration: 2′ 30″
SATB, text: Emily Vierthaler
Away / Glasshouse # 2 (2022, NL) duration: 2′ 30″
SSATTB, text: Emily Vierthaler
Safe and Sound / Glasshouse # 3 (2022, NL) duration: 3′
SATB, text: Emily Vierthaler
Der Blinde (2022, NL) duration: 3′
TTBB + countertenor solo, text: Rainer Maria Rilke
Solo tu Voz (2022, MEX) duration: 5′
SSATTB, text: Diederik van der Laag
Stay CLOSE/d (2022, NL) duration: 5′
SATB div. , text: none
I Hope you Grow (2022, MEX) duration: 5′
SSATTB, text: Emily Vierthaler
Daughter of the Vine (2021, NL) duration: 5′
SSATTB + tuned wineglasses, text: Omar Khayyam
Wake (2021, NL) duration: 4′
SATB, text: Omar Khayyam
Pursue Light (2021, NL), duration: 3′
SATTB, text: Omar Khayyam
One (2021, NL) duration: 4′
SATB, text: Omar Khayyam
Nigredo (2020, NL)
SSAATTBB piece set to ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe.
Kierkegaards Prayer (2020, USA)
Song cycle for Basso Profundo Glenn Miller
Ubi Amici (2019, NL)
Mixed choir
Tu Flos Es (2019, NL)
two soprano soli, female choir (SAA), piano
Der Tod der Geliebten (2019, NL)
soprano, shaman drum, singing bowl, mixed choir
Kamerkoor Kwintessens, Live premiere
Le Feu Grandira (2019, NL)
cello, mixed choir
Wedding anthem for Stephanie & Simons entrance on libretto written by themselves
Oh nuit (2019, FR)
basso profundo, mixed choir
Ils Dorment (2018, NL)
SATB – ensemble, mixed choir
Catalan Premiere by Irrevocable, Lotus Octet and Wouter Verhage
Der Schwan (2018, USA)
SSSAAA – ensemble, mixed choir
World premiere in TivoliVredenburgs grote zaal, Utrecht by Kamerkoor & Haarlems Studenten Koor
text: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)
En Altijd Een Overigens (2017, NL)
baritone, AAA – solo ensemble, mixed choir, drum
commissioned by: Collegium Utrecht
text: Hugo de Haas van Dorsser
My love is like a Red, Red Rose (2017, NL)
soprano, viola, mixed choir, guitar
traditional Scottish song arranged for a wedding
text: Robert Burns (1794)
Two Wedding Songs (2017, NL)
viola, harp, double bass
Preview of Celine and Martens Entrance song
Het Lied van de Oude Man (2016, NL)
two speakers, tenor solo, mixed choir
commissioned by: Kamerkoor JIP
text: Phillipe Claudel
Miks Ma Ei Tapa Ennast (2015, NL)
mezzo-Soprano soloist, mixed choir
commissioned by: Kamerkoor JIP
text: Paul-Eerik Rumo
Worldpremiere of Miks Ma Ei Tapa Ennast by Kamerkoor JIP & Imre Arthur Ploeg
Tous Nous Sommes des Chercheurs (2015, Fr)
mixed choir
premiered by: Choras Melika (Vilnius, Lithuania)
text: frere Rogér de Taizé