2008 Piano Trio (2008) - violin, cello, piano Winter (2008) - viola, soprano/tenor MicroSonata (2008) - baroque flute, baroque violin, harpsichord Lament and Lullaby (2008) - string orchestra 2007 MicroSymphpony (2007) - orchestra (2.2.2.2 2 1.1.0.0 str) Concerto per quattro voce: Chinese (2007) - (any multiple of) four voices Seven, Trio, Four, Duo (2007) - charango/viola/baritone charango, guitar Compound Variations: Poco Adagio (2007) - viola, cello, alto saxophone, bass trombone Bushu Suru (2007) - viola, voice Variation on Sarabande from Suite II by J.S. Bach (2007) - solo viola 2006 Milongata (2006) - twenty-four solo string players (6.6.4.5.3) Sinfonia Concertante no. 2 (2006) - harp, wind ensemble Concerto per due voci no. 2: Deuce d'Deus (2006) - (any multiple of) two voices Water Music (2006) - mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, viola, cello, bass trombone Three Character Pieces with Metal Interludes (2006) - solo bass trombone Duo Concertante (2005-6) - viola, alto saxophone Corrente (2006) - solo clarinet or viola 2005 Serenade en Allemande (2005) - solo violin Concerto per due voci no. 1: Appalacha Sexbot (2005) - (any multiple of) two voices ...von Blüth und Duft (2005) - saxophone quartet Sinfonia Concertante (2003-2005) - flute, violin, two violas, four cellos, eight basses 2004 A Contest for the Future (2004) - solo voice Four Songs (2004) - tenor voice, cello Songs for the Sane (2003-2004) - violin, percussion, two voices (2 players) 2003 Singularities (2003) - solo cello 5 Pieces for 8 Players (2003) - flute, clarinet (or saxophone), percussion, electric guitar, piano, violin, cello, contrabass Quartet (2003) - flute, clarinet, piano, violin 2002 and earlier The Mark (2001-2002) - chamber opera El Muńeco, DMu "Pepitissimo" (2001) - alto saxophone, pre-recorded saxophones Helios and Nemesis (2000) - violin, viola War Dance (2000) - alto saxophone, piano Concerto Grosso "Area 51" (2000) - two violins, string orchestra Strifony (2000) - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, horn, viola, cello, piano Movement (2000) - string quartet Quartet for the End of Janczak (2000) - four voices Scherzo (1999) - saxophone quartet |
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Sinfonia Concertante no. 2 (2006) I. Song 27 min. harp, wind ensemble Premiered December 2006 by Annabelle Taubl, harp and the Hartt Wind Ensemble under Glen Adsit in West Hartford, CT. Glen Adsit asked me to write a piece for Annabelle and Wind Ensemble with the specific request that the piece "stretch her". I once described this commission as "giving someone a real hard time through music". All kidding aside, Annabelle is a fine harpist and pushing her aesthetic boundaries was something I took very seriously. Like many of my pieces, this one incorporates many different styles of music and explores how they interact with one another. Much like the first Sinfonia Concertante I wrote, this piece is overflowing with extra-musical references despite its generic title. The first movement is literally a song I wrote for my mother's birthday right around the time Glen asked me for the piece. I wrote it on guitar and the translation to harp was nearly effortless. And in fact much of the rest of the piece are variations of this orignal music in many different guises. The second movement requires the harpist and members of the ensemble to recite the famous poem "Der Doppelganger" over a mixture of "German" musics (including a Rammstein moment). The third movement Serenade is a mixture of new music and variations of the original song (from the first movement) that ends with a "fugue" that uses variations instead of just lines of music. The fourth movement is highlighted by "drunk clown music" during which the harpist must wildly recite the text from "Vesti la giubba" from Paglicaci amidst ridicule from the ensemble. The finale is a variation and a half of the original tune in a Stravinsky-esque style. |
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