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
Nancy Zeltsman, marimbaPiano 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
Jonathan Singer, marimba soloInstrumentation:
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.
Poems by Jack Kerouac
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.
Lydian String QuartetTunesmith ... 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