the songs for piano solo in both. "Roving Through Ireland" is a collection of 38 traditional Irish ballads. "O'Carolan's Tunes for Piano" is a collection of 32 songs, originally for harp, by Turlough O'Carolan, 17th Century Irish harper. Voss and Traiger have three other tune book collaborations, including "Auf Den Spuren Der Inkas". "According to Juliet" is a monodrama (in four scenes for soprano, flute and accordion) written by Traiger. Using excerpts from the original text of Arthur Brooke's Romeus and Juliet, written shortly before Shakespeare's birth, Traiger tells the beautiful but hopeless love story from Juliet's perspective. The work was premiered at the 2007 Black Forest Music Festival in Badenweiler; the Munich premiere of the libretto was 16 March 2010. Reviewer Bianca Flier reported that the interplay of the voice and instruments grips the audience until the dramatic finale, and that "the composer has created a moving and compelling, almost unearthly work." "Aliyat" is a work for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Based on mystical teachings of Judaism, the composition describes the journey of a disembodied soul through the various stages of life after death, as one imagines oneself in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah. Traiger wrote the cantata, "Be Still," in memory of the 9/11/2001 tragedy. Commissioned by the of Munich, Joel Frederiksen was the narrator/bass soloist for the 30 June 2002 premiere, at the Europäischen Wochen, Passau. The OCM has long collaborated with Traiger, and premiered many of his works. Traiger and Frederiksen have other collaborations, most recently their work honoring Baroque architect Domenico Martinelli. For "Project Martinelli," Traiger was commissioned, and wrote a Baroque piece for arciliuto, theorbo and soprano based upon text by Frank Lloyd Wright. "Prayer Without Words" has been widely played piece, with three concerts at the Scharzwald Festival in 2006, as well as at the International Festival of Sacred Choral Music in Rottenburg am Neckar 2008,. "Nach Im Schlaf" was written in 1998 for the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Chor; a 12-part composition, it is based on text from the Song of Songs. It was performed by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Chor at the opening of its 2012–2013 season. His 2015 piece for the choir, "Till This Night," uses the famous monologue from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in which Romeo says of his mistress: "Swear it, my eye; before this happy night not you know what beauty is." In 2014, Traiger wrote the music for the award-winning