 His compositions characteristically employ serial organization or montage, sometimes with elements of jazz and rock music (as in his opera "Doktor Faustus" and the electronic "Apocalipsis cum figuris").In other works, such as "Canciones del camino" and "Lied uit de vert", Marxist songs serve as basic material .In 2001, the Holland Festival commissioned Boehmer to write a composition for the rock band Sonic Youth, which they performed at both concerts during that festival in the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam .