CD#1: Forró, Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, etc.

Forró (1998), ca. 3 minutes

Instrumentation: 2222 2200 perc & strings
Boston Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, conductor
Premiere: May 17, 1998, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA

Yo Picasso (1998), ca. 15 minutes

Instrumentation: Bb clarinet, viola, cello & piano
The Arto Ensemble
Premiere: April 19, 23 & 26, 1998: Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch & Bunnik in The Netherlands

I.    Blue Period: "The Absinthe Drinker" (Paris, 1901)
II.    Rose Period: "The Acrobat's Family with a Monkey" (Paris, 1905)
III.    "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon" (Paris, 1907)
IV.    Cubism: "Bottle of Bass, Clarinet, Guitar, Violin, Newspaper, Ace of Club" (Paris, 1913)
V.    "Guernica" (Paris, 1937)

Symphony No. 1 ... "Fallen Angels" (1993, rev. 1995), ca. 20 minutes

Instrumentation: 2222 2211 timp perc hp pf & strings
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
David Stahl, conductor
May 30, 1996, at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC

I.    Prince of Darkness
II.    Waltz!!!
III.    Lilith's Lament

Chôros, opus 61 (1994-95), ca. 12 minutes

Daniel Stepner, violin solo
Premiere: September 9, 1995, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

I.    Chôro vivo
II.    Sambinha chôroso
III.    Valsa lenta
IV.    Valsa serenata
V.    Polca-chôro
VI.    Valsa graciosa
VII.    Chôro reprise

Symphony No. 2 ... "A Phantasmagorey Ballet" (1998), ca, 25 minutes

Instrumentation: 3232 4331 timp 2 perc hp pf & strings
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Max Hobart, conductor
Premiere: March 8, 1998, Jordan Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

 I.    "The Nursery Frieze"
 II.    "The Gilded Bat"
 III.    "The Raging Tide"
 IV.    "The Blue Aspic"
 V.    "The Utter Zoo"
 

CD#2: Variations on a Shaker Tune, Tunesmith ... An American Beauty Pageant, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, etc.

Septet ... Variations on a Shaker Tune   (1998), 14 minutes

Intro: Shaker tune sung a cappella by Deborah Leath Rentz, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Oboe Lee, flute
Scott Andrews, Bb clarinet
Anne Howarth, Horn in F
Ronan Lefkowitz, violin
Mark Ludwig, viola
Sato Knudsen, cello
Ben Levy, double bass
Premiere: October 25, 1998, in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA

Tunesmith ... An American Beauty Pageant (1993), ca. 16 minutes

Paul Chou, violin; Paul Salerni, piano
Premiere: Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York City, March 7, 1994

I.    K.B. ... Minor Blues
II.    M.H. ... Mad Scherzo!
III.    D.H. ... With Sadness
IV.    D.B. ... Soaring!

I Never Saw Another Butterfly (1991), ca. 17 minutes    See texts.

Commissioned by Amnesty International USA
Poems by the children of the Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-44
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
Chester Bresniak, Bb clarinet
David Witten, piano
Premiere: May 19, 1991, First & Second Church, Boston, MA

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1998), 7 minutes

Poem by Elizabeth Kirschner
Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo
John Finney, organ
Premiere: June 5, 1998, King's Chapel, Boston, MA

Jack and the blues (1997), ca. 15 minutes    See texts.

Poems by Jack Kerouac
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Peggy Senter, piano
Premiere: May 2, 1997, Concord Community Music School, Concord, NH

I.    Mexico City Blues - 43rd Chorus
II.    Desolation Blues - 12th Chorus
III.    Poem
IV.    Orlanda Blues - 32nd Chorus
V.    Desolation Angels, "Chapter 16."

CD#3: The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards, opus 66
 
The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards, opus 66 ...
"Twenty-two salon pieces for two pianos" (1996), ca. 41 minutes

 Robert Levin & Ya-fei Chuang, pianos

 (zero)    Il Matto            The Fool entertains the gathered guests with a tarantella.
 I.    Il Saltimbanco           The Mountebank shuffles his cards and does a samba.
 II.    La Papessa           The High Priestess concocts a magic potion.
 III.    L'Imperatrice           The Empress dances all night.
 IV.    L'Imperatore          The Emperor promenades into the Great Hall and inspects the courtiers.
 V.    Il Papa            The Pope makes a proclamation that all sinners will be pardoned.
 VI.    L'Amore            Love in a tropical paradise.
 VII.    Il Carro            Triumphant in battle, the gladiators ride into town on chariots.
 VIII.    La Giustizia           Justice is swift and unrelenting.
 IX.    Il Vecchio            The Old Man reminisces.
 X.    La Ruota della Fortuna           Fortunes rise and fall unpredictably.
 XI.    La Fortezza            Strength and fortitude will prevail.
 XII.    Il Penduto            Lamentation for the Hanged Man.
 XIII.    La Morte             Death lurks around the corner.
 XIV.    La Temperanza            Temperance in A major.
 XV.    Il Diavolo            The Devil seduces with his charm and wit.
 XVI.    La Torre           The tower topples and crashes onto the populace gathered below.
 XVII.    La Stella           Twinkle, twinkle, little star ...
 XVIII.    La Luna            Minuet for moonstruck lovers.
 XIX    Il Sole            Sunshine, margaritas and salsa cubana.
 XX    Il Giudizio           On the Day of Judgment, the angels blow their trumpets ...
 XXI.    Il Mondo           The world would be a happier place if we all dance together.
 

CD #4: Harp concerto and miscellaneous chamber works
 
Morango ... almost a tango (1984-string orch. version), ca. 7 mins.

Sinfonova Chamber Orchestra
Aram Gharabekian, conductor
Premiere of string-orch. version: January 18, 1985, Jordan Hall, Boston

Chôrinhos, opus 38 (1987), ca. 13 minutes

Commissioned by the NEA for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Instrumentation: flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
Society for New Music, Syracuse, NY; Daniel Godfrey, conductor
November 10, 1987, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Dark Angels (1990, rev. 1994), ca. 10 minutes

Sarah Clarke, viola; Eric Bartlett, cello
Premiere: February 19, 1994, Unitarian Church in Montclair, NJ

I.    Lunacy ... Nijinsky
II.    Lamentoso ... Nureyev
III.    Mad scherzo ... Baryshnikov

Poema de Natal (1996), ca. 12 minutes

Poem by Vinícius de Moraes
Jeanine Bowman, mezzo-soprano
Kathy Matasy, Bb clarinet
Dan Fox, trombone
Jennifer Elowsky, piano
Matthew Gordy, percussion
Steven Lipsitt, conductor
Premiere: May 2, 1996, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Saxxologie ... a sextet (1984) for six saxophones, ca. 11 minutes

Greg Badolato, soprano sax
Ben Schachter. soprano sax
Allan Chase, alto sax
George Garzone, tenor sax
Tom Hall, tenor sax
Steve Adams, baritone sax
Premiere: November 16, 1984, Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Harp Concerto (1985), ca. 18 minutes

Instrumentation: harp solo 1120 2200 2 perc & strings
Ann Hobson-Pilot, harp solo
Gunther Schuller, conductor
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston
Premiere: April 28, 1985, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA  

CD #5: Tantric Psalms and other chamber works
 
29 Fireflies, Book II, v-ix (1982/1986), ca. 18 minutes

Shihomi Kishida, piano solo
American Academy in Rome
Villa Aurelia
Rome, Italy
May 29, 1987

I.    Firefly v … 0135    Agitato!
II.    Firefly vi … 0157    Singing!  
III.    Firefly vii … 0156    Relentlessly!
IV.    Firefly viii … 0237    Like a dirge ... for KG!
V.    Firefly ix … 0126    Scherzo-like!
VI.    Firefly x … 0247   Like the whirlwind!
VII.    Firefly xi … 0125    Longing for Boston's Chinatown! 

MARIMOLIN (1986), ca. 13 minutes

Piano Quintet ..."apple strudel" (1988), ca. 16 minutes

Apple Hill Chamber Players 
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City; March 20, 1989
  
Tantric Psalms (1997, rev. 1999), ca. 17 mins.

Deborah Leath Rentz, mezzo-soprano
Hawthorne String Quartet
Premiere : January 29, 2000, Gasson Hall, Boston College

CD#6: Andrés Díaz and Madam Rubio
 
Canções e sambinhas (1996), ca. 16 minutes

Andrés Díaz, cello; Judith Gordon, piano
Premiere:  April 25, 2000
Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

I.    Largo: Canção de amor
II.    Sambinha Bachiana
III.    Valsa Lenta
IV.    Mais Uma Vêz!!!

Eight Tarot Cards For Madam Rubio (1997), ca. 19 minutes

Janis Potter & Nancy Zeltsman, marimbas
Premiere:  March 8, 1997
The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Eurydice ... A tone poem for cello and orchestra (1995), ca. 33 minutes

Instrumentation: solo cello 3222 4231 timp 2perc hp & strings
Andrés Díaz, cello
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Max Hobart, conductor
Premiere: April 30, 1995, Regis College, Weston, MA
 
I.    Orpheus weeps
II.    Orpheus' resolve
III.    Orpheus & Eurydice
IV.    Orpheus' apotheosis

CD #7: Mass for the Holy Year 2000

Mass for the Holy Year 2000, ca. 53 mins.    See texts.

Commissioned by Boston College, the Jesuit Institute, the Jesuit Community and the Charles W. Englehard Foundation
Instrumentation: SATB soloists, SATB chorus, 2222 2221 timp perc hp org & strings
First performance: April 15, 2000
The University Chorale of Boston College
John Finney, Music Director
Trinity Chapel, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts

I.      Kyrie
II.     Meditation.  Poem by Elizabeth Kirschner (b. 1955)
III.    Gloria
IV.   Truth.  Poem by Claude McKay (1890-1948)
V.    Credo
VI.    And I Remain With You.   Poem by Edith Stein (1891-1942)
VII.    Sanctus
VIII.    April 4th 1968.    Poem by Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
IX.    Agnus Dei
 

CD #8: Symphony No. 3 and jazz selections ...

Morango ... almost a tango (1983), ca. 7 mins.

Kronos Quartet

Symphony No. 3 ... Portraits in Jazz (2000), ca. 21 mins.

Commissioned by the American Jazz Philharmonic and the American Composers Forum
Instrumentation: 3232-4331-2perc-hp-piano trio-strings
Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra:  Mitch Glickman, conductor
July 29, 2000
Royce Hall, UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA

 I.     Mingus!
 II.    Focus on Stan Getz.
 III.   Miles is God!
 IV.  Elegy for Duke.
 V.  The Jazz Messenger.

Froggs!!! (T.O. Lee)

 Thomas Oboe Lee, flute
 Jerry Bergonzi, tenor saxophone
 Brad Hatfield, acoustic piano and synthesizers
 John Lockwood, electric and acoustic bass
 Alan Hall, drums
 Ray Frisby, percussion

July (B. Hatfield)

Morango ... almost a tango (T.O. Lee)

Double "L" Triptych (T.O. Lee)
 

CD #9:  Four string quartets

Morango ... almost a tango (1983), ca. 7 mins.

Kronos Quartet

String Quartet on B-flat (1989 - 90; rev. 1993), ca. 19 mins.

Artaria Quartet of Boston
Gasson Hall, Boston College
November 16, 1993

I.    Allegro Maestoso
II.    Funky Scherzo
III.    Lamentoso ... Maurka-like.
IV.    Finale.

Seven Jazz Pieces (1990 - 91), ca. 16 mins.

Lydian String Quartet
Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
June 6, 1998

I.    Prelude
II.    Post-bop, to Horace Silver
III.    Interlude
IV.    Jazz Waltz, to Bill Evans
V.    Punk Funk, to Jaco Pastorius
VI.    Postlude

ART: arias & interludes (1996), ca. 26 mins.

Artaria Quartet of Boston
Viterbo College, La Crosse, Wisconsin
April 23, 1996

I.    Pulicinella
II.    Pierrot's Dream
III.    Harlequin's Pantomime
IV.    Colombine's Delirium
V.    Pantaloon's Bolero

CD #10:  Symphony No. 4 ... "War and Peace"   See article

Flauta Carioca (2000), ca. 18 mins.

Instrumentation: 2222-2221-timp-2perc-strings
Bart Feller, flute solo
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal, music director & conductor
Premiere performances: March 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 2001, in Englewood, Princeton, Red Bank, Morristown and NJPAC in Newark, NJ.

I.    Choro Vivo
II.    Bossa Nova
III.    Forró

29 Fireflies, Book III, xii - xviii (1998, rev. 2000), ca. 10 mins.

Robert Levin, piano solo
Alumnae Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI
March 14, 2001

I.    Firefly xii … 0258    Majestically!
II.    Firefly xiii … 0134    Allegro  
III.    Firefly xiv … 0124    Processional ... à la mazurka!
IV.    Firefly xv … 0145    Presto!
V.    Firefly xvi … 0358    Molto Cantabile!!!
VI.    Firefly xvii … 0369   Prestissimo!!!
VII.    Firefly xviii … 0347    Like a music-box … 

Love Songs (1998), ca. 12 minutes                    See texts.

Commissioned by Peter Papesch for his wife, Barbara.
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Calvin Herst, piano
All Newton Music School, West Newton, Massachusetts

I.    [This] Face        Arthur Gorges (1557-1625)
II.    Love Thou Art High    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
III.    A Birthday       Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
IV.    Pairs         Philip Booth (born, 1925)

He Loves And She Loves ... G. & I. Gershwin (1999 arr. for two pianos), 3.5 mins

Performers: Randall Hodgkinson & Leslie Amper
Premiere: May 7 & 9, 1999, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Symphony No. 4 ... War and Peace  (2001), ca. 25 mins.  See texts.

Instrumentation: 2222-4231-timp-2perc-hp-pf-strings
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Max Hobart, conductor
Premiere performance: March 3, 2001, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

I.    Rupert Brooke, 1887-1915: "The soldier" from The War Sonnets
II.    Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918: "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
III.    Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937: "To his love"

CD#11: Christmas Cantata and other miscellaneous chamber works 

Chôros, opus 61 (1994-95) , ca. 13 minutes

Daniel Stepner, solo violin
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts
October 16, 2001

I.    Chôro vivo
II.    Sambinha chôroso
III.    Valsa lenta
IV.    Valsa serenata
V.    Polca-chôro
VI.    Valsa graciosa
VII.    Chôro reprise

Hancock Shaker Village (2001), ca. 19 minutes

Commissioned by Peter and Mary Rentz forthe Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Leath Rentz and the Hawthorne String Quartet
Premiere performance: July 1, 2001; Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
Second performance: Nov. 6, 2001; Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

I.   Pillar of Fire, anonymous
II.   All Glean with Care, anonymous
III.   Sweet Home, anonymous
IV.   Quick, anonymous
V.   Farewell Dear Crossbearers, anonymous

Piano Trio No. 1 (1994, rev. 2000) , ca. 17 minutes

Biliana Voutchkova, violin
Rafael Popper-Keiser, cello
Heng-Jin Park Ellsworth, piano
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts
October 16, 2001

I.    Tangata
II.    Tanguedia
III.    Tango-scherzoso
IV.    Fantango

Christmas Cantata (2001), ca. 21 minutes    See texts.

Instrumentation: soprano solo, SATB chorus, organ, brass quartet & timpani
Commissioned by James David Christie and John Finney
Chancel Choir
John Finney, music director 
James David Christie, organ
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church
Wellesley, Massachusetts
December 16, 2001

I.    Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary
II.    Adeste Fideles
III.    Dormi Jesu.
IV.    Sing Lullaby
V.    Gaudete!!! 

CD#12: Concerto for Orchestra and other miscellaneous works

Concerto for Orchestra, opus 111 (2005), ca. 16 minutes

Instrumentation: 3232-4331-timp-2perc-strings
Commissioned by the Brockton Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Cohler, Music Director
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 2005

I.    Largo ... "Misterioso!"
II.    Allegro con moto ... "Evidence!"
III.    Adagio ... "Epistrophy!"
IV.    Andante ... "In Walked Bud!"
V.    Presto ... "Rhythm-a-ning!!!"

Clarinet Concerto ... Sounds of the Islands  (2003), ca. 20 minutes    

Prelúdios ... Comidas Típicas Brasileiras (2005), ca. 10 minutes

Instrumentation: Violin, viola, bass clarinet in Bb  & vibraphone
Commissioned by Cross Sound Festival
Premiere performances: November 16, 17 & 18, 2001 in  Ketchikan, Sitka & Juneau, Alaska.
Premiere of revised version: March 29, 2004 in Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Stabat Mater 2002, ca. 26 minutes   See texts.

Commissioned by the Music Department and the Jesuit Community of Boston College
Instrumentation: SATB chorus & organ
Ecclesia Consort
Pierre Masse, music director
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Providence, Rhode Island
February 9, 2003

Waltzes, opus 101 (2002), ca. 13 mins

Bart Feller, flute and alto flute
Victoria Drake, harp
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chelsea, New York City
Oct. 20, 2002

I.    Dream Landscape: Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)
II.    Waltzin’: Fanny Cerrito (1817-1909)
III.    Lullaby: Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899)
IV.    La Valse: Lucile Grahn (1819-1907)

Twenty-nine Fireflies, Book IV, xix - xxv (2002), ca. 13 mins.

Ya-fei Chuang, piano solo
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
March 31, 2003

I.    Firefly xix … 0257    Vigorously!!!
II.    Firefly xx … 0158    Prestissimo!!!   
III.    Firefly xxi … 0136    Allegretto …
IV.    Firefly xxii … 0246    Allegro molto …
V.    Firefly xxiii … 0235    Vivace …
VI.    Firefly xxiv … 0268    Andante con moto …
VII.    Firefly xxv … 0167    Lento …

The New England Transcendentalists (2003), ca. 26 mins.

Hawthorne String Quartet
The Hevreh, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
March 30, 2003

I.    Emerson: Moderato
II.    Hawthorne: Prestissimo!!!
III.    Louisa May Alcott: Lento
IV.    Thoreau: Lento, Andante, Moderato

CD#14: Song cycles

Jack and the blues (1997), ca. 15 minutes    See texts.

I.    Mexico City Blues - 43rd Chorus
II.    Desolation Blues - 12th Chorus
III.    Poem
IV.    Orlanda Blues - 32nd Chorus
V.    "Desolation Angels, "Chapter 16."

Love Songs (1998), ca. 12 minutes                  See texts.

Commissioned by Peter Papesch for his wife, Barbara.
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Calvin Herst, piano
All Newton Music School
West Newton, Massachusetts

I.    [This] Face                    Arthur Gorges (1557-1625)
II.    Love Thou Art High     Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
III.    A Birthday                   Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
IV.    Pairs                            Philip Booth (born, 1925)

I Never Saw Another Butterfly (1991), ca. 17 minutes    See texts.

Commissioned by Amnesty International USA
Poems by the children of the Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-44
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
Chester Bresniak, Bb clarinet
David Witten, piano
Premiere: May 19, 1991, First & Second Church, Boston, MA

Symphony No. 4 ... War and Peace  (2001), ca. 25 mins.    See texts.

Instrumentation: 2222-4231-timp-2perc-hp-pf-strings
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Max Hobart, Music Director
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Premiere performance: March 3, 2001, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

I.    Rupert Brooke, 1887-1915: "The soldier" from The War Sonnets
II.    Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918: "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
III.    Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937: "To his love"

CD#14a: Early Works, 1982-1986

Third String Quartet ... "father of Zeus, child of Uranus" (1982), ca. 13 minutes

Kronos Quartet

Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Chamber Orchestra (1983-84), ca. 18 minutes

Alan Feinberg and Gary Smart, pianos
Efrain Guigui, conductor
Composer Conference at Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
August 1, 1984    

Hylidae ... The Tree Frogs (1984), ca. 11 minutes

Joel Smirnoff, violin
Edwin Barker, double bass
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Sanders Theater, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
April 2, 1984

Harp Concerto  (1985), ca. 18 minutes

Ann Hobson-Pilot, solo harp
Gunther Schuller, conductor
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
April 28, 1985

Concertino  (1985), ca. 15.5 minutes

Susan Radcliff, solo trumpet
Thomas Crawford, conductor
Fairfield Chamber Orchestra
Greenwich Country Day, Greenwich, CT; March 13, 1987
Westport Art Center, Westport, CT; March 14, 1987
Edmond Town Hall, Newtown, CT,; March 15, 1987

CD#15: Symphony No. 5 ... Utopia Parkway 

Symphony No. 5 ... Utopia Parkway (2003), ca. 37 mins.

Instrumentation: 2222-4331-timp-2perc-hp-strings
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Max Hobart, Music Director
Premiere performance: November 21, 2004
Jordan Hall in Boston, Massachusetts

I.     Allegro marcato   ...  3708 Utopia Parkway, Flushing, NY
II.    Lento ... The Enchanted Wanderer, for Hedy Lamarr. 1941.
III.   Avian Scherzo ... Habitat Group for a Shooting Gallery, 1943.
IV.   Allegro à la Can-Can ... A Pantry Ballet, for Jacques Offenbach, 1942.
V.    Moderato ... Apotheosis: Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Scientist.

CD#16: Music for strings

Morango ... almost a tango (1983), ca. 7 mins.

Kronos Quartet

Chôros, opus 61 (1994-95) , ca. 13 minutes

Daniel Stepner, solo violin
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts
October 16, 2001

Seven Jazz Pieces (1990 - 91), ca. 16 mins.

Tunesmith ... An American Beauty Pageant (1993), ca. 16 minutes

Paul Chou, violin; Paul Salerni, piano
Premiere: Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York City, March 7, 1994

Symphony No. 6 ... The Penobscot River (2004), ca. 38 mins.   See texts.

Instrumentation: SATB chorus and orchestra, 3222-4231-timp-2perc-hp-strings
Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Xiao-lu Li, Music Director
Premiere performance: October 23, 2004 at the Bangor Auditorium in Bangor, Maine.

I.     John Edward Godfrey: To the Penobscot, Now!
        Mrs. E.L. Crosby: Ice of the Penobscot.
II.    La Valse
III.    Henry David Thoreau: Ktaadn.
        J.G. Whittier: The Logger's Boast.
IV.    A Drunken Polka.
V.    Fannie Hardy Eckstorm: The Death of Thoreau's Guide.
        Miss Selma W. Paine: Centennial Hymn.

CD#16b: Pluto ... Lord of the Underworld!!!

The Flowers of Terezín (2005), ca. 12 minutes

Instrumentation: SSA & piano
Janet McGhee, Music Director
Women of the  Skidmore College Community Chorus and the Vocal Chamber Ensemble.
Filene Recital Hall at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
April 24, 2006

Pluto ... Lord of the Underworld (2005), ca. 8 minutes.

Instrumentation: 3333-4331-timp-2perc-hp-cel-strings
Charles Ansbacher, Music Director
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Premiere performances:
July 8, 2005, Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
July 9, 2005, the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Commons in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.

Seven Steps To Heaven (2002), ca. 16 minutes.

Symphony No. 6 ... The Penobscot River (2004-choral movements only), ca. 30 mins.   See texts.

Instrumentation: SATB chorus and orchestra, 3222-4231-timp-2perc-hp-strings
Xiao-lu Li, Music Director
Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Second and third performances: 
June 25, 2005, Millinocket, Maine.
June 26, 2005, Bucksport, Maine.

I.     John Edward Godfrey: To the Penobscot, Now!
        Mrs. E.L. Crosby: Ice of the Penobscot.
III.    Henry David Thoreau: Ktaadn.
        J.G. Whittier: The Logger's Boast.
V.    Fannie Hardy Eckstorm: The Death of Thoreau's Guide.
        Miss Selma W. Paine: Centennial Hymn.

CD#17: OSCAR WILDE ... An Opera in Two Acts

Workshop performance of Act One (2005), ca. 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Music by Thomas Oboe Lee
Libretto by Paul Hodes

Overture: Allegro
Scene One: Prologue - Paris, 1900
Scene Two: Speranza's Saturday Soirée
Scene Three: In the Garden of Beauty
Scene Four: At the Grosvenor Gallery
Scene Five: Marital Bliss
Scene Six: A Night on the Town
Scene Seven: Queensberry and his lugs at Oscar's House
Scene Eight: Valentine's day, outside St. James Theater

Produced by Granite State Opera
Phil Lauriat, music director
Michele Alexander, piano
Concord Community Music School
Concord, New Hampshire
January 22, 2006

Oscar Wilde - David Kravitz, baritone
Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas - Brent Wilson, tenor
Marquess of Queensberry - Mark Cleveland - baritone, bass
Constance Wilde - Molly Jo Bessey-Rivelli, soprano
Lillie Langtry - Janet Poisson, soprano
Ellen Terry - Megan Sharp, soprano
Sarah Bernhardt - Ellen Nordstrom Baer, mezzo-soprano
Speranza Wilde - Janice Edwards, alto
James Whistler - Matt Van Wagner, baritone
Robbie Ross - Charles Lindsey, tenor
Reggie Turner - John Spring, bass
Mr. Dupoirier - Daniel Kamalic, baritone

CD#18: Three works of Meditation and Prayer

Mechthild von Magdeburg: Minnelieder an got (2005), ca. 16 minutes.   See texts.

Deborah Leath Rentz, mezzo-soprano
Hawthorne String Quartet
Premiere : January 29, 2000, Gasson Hall, Boston College

Hancock Shaker Village (2001), ca. 19 minutes

Commissioned by Peter and Mary Rentz forthe Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Leath Rentz and the Hawthorne String Quartet
Premiere performance: July 1, 2001; Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
Second performance: Nov. 6, 2001; Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

I.   Pillar of Fire, anonymous
II.   All Glean with Care, anonymous
III.   Sweet Home, anonymous
IV.   Quick, anonymous
V.   Farewell Dear Crossbearers, anonymous

Persephone and the Four Seasons (2006), ca. 17 mins.

String Quartet No. 10 ... The "Berkshires" (2006), ca. 19 mins.

Hawthorne String Quartet
The Lenox Club in Lenox, Massachusetts
October 13, 2006