SELECTED SCORES & RECORDINGS
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TAKING MEASURESViolin Concertato and Ten Players Commissioned by the Cleveland Modern Dance Association Watch the video of a performance Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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RHYME AND REASONSolo Five-Octave Marimba Commissioned by Meet the Composer/Lila Wallace Reader’s Duration: 11 minutes View score excerpt Watch the video of a performance |
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MYSTERIES OF THE HORIZONEleven Instruments (including solo string quintet; Commissioned by The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard for Duration: 16 minutes View score excerpt Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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TWO INVENTIONSViolin and Cello duo Commissioned by the Society of Fellows of the American Duration: 5 minutes View score excerpt (Invention I) View score excerpt (Invention II) |
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IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGSSoprano and Sixteen Players Settings in Spanish of two poems by Pablo Neruda Duration: 20 minutes View an image of the work in concert performance: View score excerpt (movement I) View score excerpt (movement II) Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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BLACK FUGATOSViolin, Cello, Alto Flute, Harp, Vibraphone Commissioned by the Halcyon Ensemble of the Cleveland Orchestra Duration: 11 minutes Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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CLOSE HARMONYTwo Pianos Commissioned by the Cleveland Fine Arts Duo Duration: 9 minutes |
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THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLANFull Orchestra Commissioned by Indiana University to commemorate Duration: 14 minutes Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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BRUNELLESCHI’S MACHINESTrumpet and Organ Commissioned by Clarion (Keith Benjamin, Trumpet; Duration: 9 minutes |
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DEDALESSoprano and Chamber Orchestra Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation Intertwined settings, in Italian and Japanese, of poems by Duration: 16 minutes |
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ALLURESPercussion Trio Duration: 10 minutes View score excerpt (coming soon) |
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TRISTAN’S LAMENTVioloncello Solo Duration: 12 minutes Listen to an excerpt (beginning of the work) |
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EMBARKING FOR CYTHERAChamber Ensemble Commissioned by the Ohio Arts Council Duration: 9 minutes Peruse the score online (Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.) Purchase a recording (IU New Music Ensemble, Amazon.com) |
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FANCIES AND GOODNIGHTSFlute/Piccolo, Clarinet, Double Bass Commissioned by Ensemble Ciosoni Duration: 22 minutes View score excerpt (Fantasia I) View score excerpt (Nocturne II) View score excerpt (Fantasia VII) Purchase a recording: Amazon.com |
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ALGEBRA OF NIGHTSeven Songs and Two Interludes Voice, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano Commissioned by the Trustees of Indiana University to Settings of poems by Frank O’Hara, W. H. Auden, Duration: ca. 45 minutes New Focus Recordings released the 21st Century Consort / Deanne Meek’s recording of Algebra of Night (along with Elegy to the Spanish Republic) in July 2023 in both CD and digital formats. Both formats are available here. View Algebra of Night poems, program notes & bios Algebra of Night was premiered in February 2015 by mezzo soprano Deanne 1 Moon (Mark Strand) 2 Old Postcard of 42nd Street at Night (Charles Simic) 3 New York dark in August (Edwin Denby) 4 Interlude 5 Avenue A (Frank O’Hara) 6 Lullaby (W. H. Auden) 7 The Mad Scene (James Merrill) 8 Interlude 9 A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island (Frank O’Hara) |
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ELEGY TO THE SPANISH REPUBLIC
Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Piano, Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard New Focus Recordings released the 21st Century Consort‘s recording of Elegy to the Spanish Republic (along with Algebra of Night) in July 2023 in both CD and digital formats. Both formats are available here. Duration: ca. 10:00 View the video of the premiere performance (Oct. 9, 2021)
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