Concertino (1932)
for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet-F, horn, tenor trombone and piano
Duration: 13' 00"

12 zweistimmige Inventionen (12 two-part interventions) (1932)
for piano
Duration: 18' 00"

3. Streichquartett (3rd string quartet) (1933)
Duration: 23' 00"

Sieben Liebesbriefe nach Originaltexten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert (1935)
for tenor and orchestra (2(pic).2(ca).2.2(2.cbn)/4.2.3.0/2perc/hp.pf.cel.hpd[=harm]/str)
Composer: Heinrich Sutermeister

I "Der Leidenschaftliche" (Wie brünstig ich dich im Geist umfangen)
II "Der Naturphilosoph" (Immer ist mir's, als wären wir beide nur verschiedene Blüten)
III "Der Liebeswahnsinnige" (Lotte! das ist ein Gefühl ohnegleichen)
IV "Der Bürger als Bräutigam" (Unaussprechlich lieb' ich Dich meine Teure)
V "Der Bürger als Ehemann" (Hier sitze ich, meine liebe Ernestine)
VI "Liebe und Tod" (Ich ergreife den Augenblick)
VII "Der Kavalier" (Ich würde sehr undankbar sein)
Duration: 22' 00"

Die schwarze Spinne (1936)
Opera in one act
Texts: Jeremias Gotthelf
Instrumentation: 1(pic).0.1(bcl).0/0.3.3.0/3perc/pf.hpd ad lib,harm/1.0.1.1.0 - on stage: organ ad lib
Cast
Christine, the black spider (mezzo-soprano)
Mother (soprano)
Devil (tenor)
Priest (bass-baritone)
Village folk (choir)
Duration: 55' 00"

Kantate Nr. 1 "Andreas Gryphius" (cantata N° 1 "Andreas Gryphius") (1936)
Seven songs after words by the poet
for mixed choir
Texts: Andreas Gryphius
1. Eingang "Der du mich an das licht"
2. De profundis "Auff! Auff! wach auff"
3. Weihnachten 1657 "Kind! dreymal süßes Kind"
4. Der Frühling "Die ewig helle schar"
5. Auf dem Kirchhof "Ich bin nicht, der ich war"
6. Der Verliebte "Die liebe rennt mich an"
7. Ausgang "Mein sind die jahre nicht"
Duration: 25' 00"

Divertimento Nr. 1 (divertimento N° 1) (1936)
for string orchestra
Duration: 20' 00"

Das Dorf unter dem Gletscher (1937)
Dance adaptation from the Valais Alps
for orchestra (pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/3perc/hp.pf.cel/str)/); stage music: fl, va, 3tbn, alto, choir)
Texts: Albert Roesler
Cast: The shepherd boy - the red-haired girl - the huge alpine herdsman - the hawker - the blind beggar musician - the Holy Mary (a wooden statue) - a small group of begging men and women (choir) - young alpine folk of both sexes
Duration: 60' 00"

Romeo und Julia (1940)
Opera in two acts
Texts: William Shakespeare
Instrumentation: 3(pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(3.cbn)/4.3.3.1/2perc(hp.pf.cel/str; on stage: pic, 3 (ad lib 6) tpt-C, 2 (ad lib 4) tpt-B, organ [=harm], pf, mixed choir, boy's choir (ad lib)
Cast:
Escalus, Prince of Verona (baritone)
Capulet, master of a noble house (bass)
Romeo, son of Montague (tenor)
Balthasar, Romeo's old servant (baritone)
Julia, daughter of Capulet (soprano)
Countess Capulet, her mother (mezzo-soprano)
Amme · alto - Father Lorenzo, a Franciscan (bass)
The attendant (tenor)
Montague, master of a noble house (speaking role)
The shepherd's boy (speaking voice)
A boy's voice (mezzo-soprano, boy's voice)
The four amorous pairs (madrigal choir (SSAATTBB))
Count Paris, a young noble man (female dance role)
Duration: 1h 45' 00"

Ich reise weit (1940)
Juliet's aria from the opera "Romeo and Juliet"
for soprano and string orchetra
Duration: 4' 00"

Sinfonische Suite (1940)
From the opera "Romeo and Juliet"
for large orchestra (3(3.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbn)/4.3.3.1/perc/hp.pf.cel/str)
Duration: 18' 00"

Bergsommer (1941)
Eight small pieces
for piano
Die kleine Bergbahn
Erster Ferienmorgen
Abend auf der Alp
Senneball
Bergsommer
Die Kurkapelle spielt
Auszug des Geißhirten
Abschiedsmarsch der Dorfmusik
Duration: 14' 00"

Die Zauberinsel (1942)
Opera in two acts and a prelude
Texts: William Shakespeare
Instrumentation: 3(3.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2/4.3.3./3perc/hp.pf.cel.org(ad lib)/str; on stage: pf, glock, wind, thunder, lightening
Cast:
Prospero, rightful King of Neapel (bass)
Alonso, illegal King of Neapel, his brother (baritone)
Ferdinand, Alonso's son (tenor)
Miranda, Prospero's daughter (soprano)
Ariel, ein sylph (mezzo-soprano)
Caliban, a monster (bass)
Trinculo, court cellarer, a drunkard (baritone)
Stephano, court jester, a drunkard (tenor)
Bootsmann (speaking part)
voices of the wind, voices of time, voices of twilight, courtiers (8-12), seamen, genies, furies, nymphs, hobgoblins, little ghosts, big ghosts
Duration: 2h 30' 00"

Konzert (concert) (1943)
for piano and orchestra (3(2.,3.pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).2(2.cbn)/2.2.0.0/perc/str)/2.2.0.0/perc/str)
Duration: 36' 00"

Kantate Nr. 2 (cantata N° 2) (1944)
for alto solo, mixed choir (SATB) and 2 pianos
Texts: Andreas Gryphius, Johann Christian Günther, Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Jakob Michael Reinhol
1. Kyrie eleison
2. Weiter hinab wallet mein Fuß
3. Wir sind doch nun mehr ganz
4. Zieh' aus, gefang'ne Seele
5. Die Totenuhr ist niemals wandelbar
Duration: 30' 00"

Vier Lieder (1945)
for high voice and piano
Das Alter "Die bösen Tage sind kommen" (Schubart)
Sommernacht auf dem Kirchhof "Wenn der Schimmer von dem Monde" (Klopstock)
Das junge Mädchen "Ich bin betrübt" (Weise)
Abendlied "Der Feierabend ist gemacht" (Günther)

Niobe (1946)
Monodrama in two acts
Texts: Peter Sutermeister
for soprano, double choir, ballet and orchestra
Instrumentation: pic.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/3perc/hp.2pf/str
Cast:
Niobe (soprano)
Choir
Dance group
Duration: 1h 40' 00"

Raskolnikoff (1945-1947)
Opera in two acts
Texts: Fjodor Dostojewskij
Instrumentation: 3(pic).2(2.ca).2(2.bcl).asx.2bn(2.cbn)/4.3.3.1/2perc/hp.pf/str; behind the scenes: pic, ob, cl, asx, tpt, perc, 4-hndpf, harm, cel
Cast:
Raskolnikoff, a destitute student (tenor)
Raskolnikoff's alter ego (baritone)
Frau Raskolnikoff, Raskolnikoff's mother (alto)
Rasumichin, his friend (actor)
Marmeladoff, ex civil servant (bass)
Frau Marmeladoff, his consumptive wife (soprano)
Sonja, their daughter, a street child (soprano)
Lene and Poletschka, Sonja's little sisters (speaking parts)
Extortioner (speaking part)
Bear trainer (bass baritone)
Policeman (tenor)
little boy, accompanying the bear trainer (silent part)
A petit bourgeois (speaking part)
2 men (speaking parts)
Folk, fairground workers
Duration: 2h 40' 00"

Der 70. und 86. Psalm "Eile, eile, eile, Gott, mich zu errette (1947)
for voice and organ
Duration: 10' 00"

Capriccio (1947)
for clarinet in A solo
Duration: 5' 00"

Sonatine in Es (sonatine in Eb) (1948)
for piano
Duration: 13' 00"

Die Alpen (1948)
Fantasy over Swiss folksongs
for orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/perc/str)
Duration: 23' 00"

Missa in Es (mass in Eb) (1948)
for mixed choir

"Die Füsse im Feuer" und "Fingerhütchen" (1949)
Two scenic ballads
Texts: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Instrumentation: 1(pic).1(ca).1(bcl).1(cbn)/0.3.0.0/perc/pf.harm.cel(hpd)
Cast "Die Füße im Feuer":
1 Female speaking voice (dark)
1 Sharp, tenoral male voice
1 Bass-baritone
1 Solo soprano (light)
Female choir
Cast "Fingerhütchen":
1 Female speaking voice (light)
1 Solo tenor (light)
Female choir
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript

Serenade Nr. 1 (seranade N° 1) (1949)
for two clarinets in C, trumpet in C and bassoon
March, song and ländler from the opera "Der rote Stiefel".
Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript

Marche fantasque (1950)
for large orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/2perc.pno/str)
Duration: 15' 00"

Zwei Madrigale (1951)
From the opera "Der rote Stiefel"
for mixed choir (SATB)
Texts: Pierre Meylan
1. Ein getreues Herz
2. Schmück dich, Mädchen
Duration: 6' 00"

Max und Moritz (1951)
Ballet
for mixed choir or vocal quartet (SATB) and 4-handed piano
Texts: Wilhelm Busch
I. Foreword "Ach, was muss man oft von bösen Kindern hören oder lesen"
II. 1st prank "Mancher gibt sich viele Müh' mit dem lieben Federvieh"
III. 2nd prank "Jedemann im Dorf kannte einen, der sich Böck benannte"
IV. 3rd prank "Also lautet ein Beschluss: Dass der Mensch was lernen muss"
V. Last prank "Max und Moritz wehe Euch!!"
Duration: 25' 00"

Der rote Stiefel (1951)
A picture book in two parts
Texts: Wilhelm Hauff
Text by Heinrich Sutermeister after Wilhelm Hauff's fairytale "Das kalte Herz".
Instrumentation: 2.0.0.0/2.0.0.0/2perc/2pf.cel/str; on scene: peasant band (2cl, bn, tpt); behind the scenes: pf, perc
Cast:
Peter Munk, a young charburner (tenor, later a doll)
Lisbeth, the landlord's daughter, Peter's bride (soprano)
The rich Ezechiel (bass-baritone)
Dance floor king (dancers)
Michel from Holland (doll then speaking part)
The treasurer (doll)
A vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
Duration: 80' 00"

Gloriola (1952)
for mixed choir (SMezAB), strings and piano
Texts: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
"Wir malten eine Sonnenuhr zum Spaß" aus "Huttens letzte Tage".
Composed for the 100th anniversary of the cantonal school in Schaffhausen.
Duration: 8' 00"

2. Konzert (2nd concert) (1953)
for piano and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0./perc/str)
Duration: 25' 00"

Zwei Barocklieder (1953)
for mixed choir (choir (SATB) with soli (SATB)
1. Floridan's nocturnal lament "O dunkle Nacht"
1. Abusive words of a sour mother "Kannst du nicht, wenn's finster ist nach Hause gehen?"
Duration: 8' 00"

1. Konzert (1st concert) (1954-1955)
for violoncello and orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/2perc/hp/str)
Duration: 30' 00"

Hommage à Arthur Honegger (1955)
for piano
Duration: 10' 00"

Missa da Requiem (1957)
for mixed choir (SATB), Soli (Bar) and orchestra (3.2.ca.2.bcl.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/hp.pf/str)
Duration: 47' 00"

Kantate Nr. 3 "Dem Allgegenwärtigen" (cantata N° 3 "Dem Allgegenwärtigen") (1957-1958)
for mixed choir (SATB), soli (SBar) and orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/hp.pf/str)
Texts: Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Duration: 35' 00"

Titus Feuerfuchs oder "Liebe, Tücke und Perücke" (1958)
Opera burlesque in two acts
Texts: Johann Nepomuk Nestroy
Instrumentation: 3(pic).2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/2perc/hp.preppf.cel.2man/str; stage music: 2pic, ob, ca, cl, str(1.1.3.1), perc, harmonium (from the orchestra)
Cast:
Spund, brewery owner (bass)
Titus Feuerfuchs, his red-haired nephew and trainee at the brewery (baritone)
Monsieur Marquis, the count's hairdresser and lover of the lady-in-waiting Constantina (dancer)
Salome Pockerl, the red-haired goose warden on the count's estate (soprano)
Flora Baumscheer, a widow, estate gardener (soprano)
Constantia, a widow, the countess's lady-in-waiting (high soprano)
The widowed countess of Cypressenburg, hobby composer (alto)
The 6 robbers (later the 6 gentlemen) (2 tenors, 2 baritones, 2 Basses)
A little cook (child's role)
Choir
Duration: 2h 10' 00"

Seraphine oder Die stumme Apothekerin (1959)
Opera buffa in one act
Texts: François Rabelais
Instrumentation: 1(pic).1.1.1/1.2.1.0/2perc/pf.hpd.small eorg[=harm].man/4.0.2.2.2
Cast:
Seraphine (soprano)
The chemist, her husband (baritone)
Matchmaker (alto)
Holibrius, a travelling healer (bass)
The cougher (tenor)
The man with the Podagra (baritone)
The woman (alto)
The screamer (child part)
2 Moors (silent parts)
Duration: 45' 00"

Divertimento Nr. 2 (divertimento N° 2) (1959-1960)
for orchestra (2(2.pic).2.2.2/2.2.0.0/2perc/pf/str)
Duration: 25' 00"

Kantate Nr. 4 "Das Hohelied" (1960)
for mixed choir (SATB), soli (SBar) and orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/hp/str)
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 11' 00"

Kantate Nr. 5 "Der Papagei aus Kuba" (1961)
Seven fables
for mixed choir (SATB) and chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.0.0/timp.perc/hpd/str)
Texts: Friedrich von Hagedorn, Jean de La Fontaine
Duration: 25' 00"

Serenade Nr. 2 (seranade N° 2) (1961)
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet
1. Signal
2. Choral
3. Geschwindmarsch

Drei Lieder (three lieder) (1961)
for male choir (TTBB)
Texts: Georg Britting
1. Einem Wirthaus gegenüber "Einer Mandoline Zittern"
2. Frühmorgens "Der Rauch der dämmernden Frühe"
3. Der Hahn "Zornkamm, Gockel, Körnerschlinger"
Duration: 12' 00"

3. Konzert (3rd concert) (1961-1962)
for piano and orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/perc/hp/str)
Duration: 33' 00"

Das Gespenst von Canterville (1962-1963)
Play with music for television
Texts: Oscar Wilde
Instrumentation: 1(pic).1(ca).1.0/2.3.2.0/2perc/hp.pf.hpd.cel (1 player), musical glasses.pf.cel (1 player)/4.0.4.3.3
Cast:
Sir Simon Canterville, the ghost (tenor)
Simon Canterville, student (speaking part)
(both sung and spoken by the same actor)
Mr. Otis, US ambassador (speaking part)
Mrs. Otis, his wife (mezzo-soprano)
Virginia (soprano)
Washington (tenor)
The twins (speaking part)
Miss Umney (alto)
The T.V. director (speaking part)
Lord Arthur Canterville (speaking part)
Choir of the tourists, invisible voices (mixed choir)
Duration: 60' 00"

Kantate Nr. 6 "Erkennen und Schaffen" (1963)
for mixed choir (SATB), soli (SBar) and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.3.2.0/timp.perc/hp.pf.cel/str)
Texts: Friedrich von Schiller
Duration: 15' 00"

Poème funèbre - En mémoire de Paul Hindemith (1965)
for string orchestra
Duration: 7' 00"

Kantate Nr. 7 "Sonnenhymne des Echnaton" (1965)
for male choir (TTBB) and instruments (0.0.0.0/2.3.2.1/timp.perc/pf)
Duration: 11' 00"

Kantate Nr. 8 "Omnia ad Unum" (1965-1966)
for mixed choir (SATB), solo (Bar) and orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/hp.pf.cel/str)
Texts: Albrecht von Haller, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz
Duration: 12' 00"

Madame Bovary (1966)
Opera in two acts and a prologue
Texts: Gustave Flaubert
Instrumentation: 3(3.pic).2.ca.3.3(3.cbn)/4.3.3.1/3perc/hp.pf.cel.plectron gtr/str; behind the scenes: tri, glock, keyboard glock, pf; stage music: 2tpt, 2tbn
Cast:
Maria Bovary (soprano)
Charles Bovary, her husband (bass)
Bauer Rouault, her father (bass baritone)
Rudolf Boulanger (baritone)
L'Heureux, fashion tradesman (tenor)
Félicité, maidservant (soprano)
Sister teacher (alto)
The blind barrel organ player (bass baritone)
A young boy (boy's voice)
1st farm lass (soprano)
2nd farm lass (mezzo-soprano)
1st lay sister (soprano)
2nd lay sister (mezzo-soprano)
Voice of Virginie (soprano)
Voice of Beatrice (soprano)
Voice of Héloïse (mezzo-soprano)
3 fashion models (dancers)
A lay sister, village priest, mayor, distinguished people (silent parts)
Fire brigade music with commandants
Dance group
Duration: 1h 50' 00"

Vier Lieder nach Texten schweizerischer Minnesänger (four lieder after texts from Swiss minnesongs) (1967)
for baritone, violin, flute, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord (or baritone and piano)
Walter von Klingen "Ach es brennt in meinem Herzen"
Konrad von Landegg "Immer muss ich denken"
Taler von Reineck "Wozu lagen über Blumen und Klee"
Bruder Eberhard von Sax "Du bist der verschloss'ne Garten"
Duration: 11' 00"

Zwei Männerchöre (1968)
Texts: Nikolaus Lenau
1. Schilflieder
2. Die Landsknechte
Duration: 7' 00"

Der Kaiser von China (1969)
for male choir (TTBB)
Texts: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Duration: 5' 00"

Sérénade pour Montreux (1970)
for 2 oboes, 2 horns and string orchestra
Duration: 13' 00"

Drei Chorlieder (1970)
for youth choir (SMezA) mit piano
Texts: Joachim Ringelnatz
Am Eisenbahndamm "Ein Sauerampfer auf dem Damm"
Im Park "Ein ganz kleines Reh"
Die lange Nase "Hans wird der Nasenkönig genannt"
Duration: 10' 00"

2. Konzert (2nd concert) (1971)
for violoncello and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc/str)
Duration: 30' 00"

Ecclesia (1972-1973)
Cantata
for mixed choir (SATB), soli (SB) and orchestra (2.pic.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/hp.org/str)
Texts: Pierre-Alain Tâche
Duration: 20' 00"

Modeste Mignon (1974)
for ten wind instruments (2(pic).2.2.2(cbn)/2.0.0.0)
After a waltz by Honoré de Balzac.
Duration: 8' 00"

Te Deum 1975 (1974)
for soprano solo, mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra (2.pic.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbn/4.3.3.1/perc/hp.pf.cel/str)
Duration: 24' 00"

Konzert (concert) (1975)
for clarinet and orchestra (2(2.pic).2(2.ca).1.2(2.cbn)/2.2.0.0/perc/str)
Duration: 22' 00"

Quadrifoglio (1976-1977)
Concerto for four wind instruments and orchestra
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra (2.2.2.2/4.3.3.1/2perc/hp/str)
Duration: 26' 00"

Consolatio philosophiae (1977)
Dramatic scene
for high voice and orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/perc/hp/str)
Texts: Jean-Claude Piguet, Boëtius
I. Quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum ("La chemin de la vérité")
II. Nubibus atris ("Les tentations")
III. Quid tantos juvat excitare motus ("La violence")
IV. Habet hoch voluptas omnis ("L'amour")
V. Eheu quae miseros tramite devios ("La gloire")
VI. Heu quam praecipiti mersa profundo ("La folie du temps")
VII. Tu quoque, si vis ("La consolation de la philosophie")
VIII. Da, pater, augustam menti conscendere sedem ("La prière")
Duration: 22' 00"

Winterferien (1978)
7 instructive presentation pieces
for piano
Letzte Schulstunde
Skischule
Rehe am Futterplatz
Fröhlicher Abend auf der Skihütte
Winternacht
Après-Ski
Engadiner Schlittenfahrt (Schlitteda)
Duration: 11' 00"

Aubade pour Morges (1979)
for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/str)
I Le Chateau
II Au Parc
III Les vendanges
IV Clair de lune sur le lac
V Le port
Duration: 11' 00"

Sechs Liebesbriefe aus dem 16. und 18. Jahrhundert (six love letters from the 16th and 17th centuries) (1979)
for soprano and orchestra (2(2.pic).2.2.2/4.2.0.0/perc/hp.hpd/str)
I. Die Verlobung ("Gottes Gnad' und Friede durch Christum wünsch' ich Euch")
II. Die Hochzeit ("Edler, ehrenfester, herzlieber Junker!")
III. Der Tod ("Liebste, beste und älteste Freundin")
IV. Die Trennung ("Ich hätte Sie nicht mehr so lieb, wie im Sommer?")
V. Capriccio ("Nein, ich kann, ich will Ihnen nicht verzeih'n")
VI. Cherubino a cavallo ("Der Kasernendienst ist streng")
Duration: 20' 00"

Le Roi Bérenger (1981-1983)
A prologue and 18 scenes
Texts: Eugène Ionesco
Instrumentation: percussion (2 woodblocks or tom [h/t], small dm, large dm, tri, 2 cymbals, tam-tam, small anvil, claves [h/t], kastag, French Bordeaux goblets, small rattling glass, glock) (1 player) / egtr, ebass, hp, str (5.4.3.2.2); stage music: crotales (antique cym), cel, glock, vib, eorg, rattling whiskey glasses, glass pipes or tubular bells; In the orchestra: 8 solo voices (2.2.2.2); in the scenery: tpt-C
Cast:
King Bérenger I. (baritone)
Queen Marguerite, wife of the king (alto)
Queen Marie, second wife of the king (soprano)
The doctor, also a surgeon, executioner, bacteriologist and astrologist (character tenor)
Juliette, maidservant and nurse (soprano)
The old bodyguard (tenor)
Boy's choir
Duration: 85' 00"

Gloria (1988)
for mixed choir (SSAATTBB), soprano solo and orchestra (0.0.0.0/2.2.2.0/perc/str)
Duration: 14' 00"

Romeo und Julia (Musiques Suisses Nr. MGB 6263, 2008)

Works:

Sutermeister, Heinrich: Romeo und Julia (1940)

Brotbeck, Roman: Überflüssige Literaturoper. Uraufführung von Heinrich Sutermeisters Oper "Le Roi Bérenger", in: Dissonanz, Nr. 5 (August 1985) 5 (1985) [Internet]