Compositions

 

 

ORCHESTRAL & LARGE ENSEMBLE WORKS

 

Metamorphoses after Sadao Hasegawa (2010) –

           2+picc,2+CA,2+BC,2+CB; 4,2+picc,3,1; 1,4,hp,pno; strings – 11’

 

Concerto for Piano & Wind Ensemble, “American” (2007)

After Copland (Allegro) 5’

After Barber (Andante) 5’

After Ornstein (Presto) 5’

 

Concerto Grosso No. 2 (2004) – piano, timpani, double string orchestra

Introduction 4’ – Allegro marcato 5’

Scherzo 4’

Adagio 4’

Finale 4’

 

Mount Desert Island Suite (2001) – string orchestra

Rocks & Gulls (Allegro deciso) 6’

Pines & Owls (Con moto ma tenerezza) 6’

Strand & Sandpipers (Moderato) 4’

Bar Harbor (Allegro assai: brioso) 4’

 

Sweetest of Sweets (George Herbert) (2000) – ~12’

sop, ten soli; SSAATTBB; 2+picc, 2+CA, 2+BC, 2+CB; 4,3,3,1; 1,2,2hp, org; strings.

 

Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1999) – solo string quartet, string orchestra

Allegro, assai vivace 10’

Quasi lento, teneramente 11’

Allegro vivo: ritmico e giocoso 10’

 

Navigatio Brendennae (1995) – 3(3d.picc),2+CA,2+BC+SSax,2+CB; 4,3,3,1; 1,3,hp,cel; strings) 16’


 


STAGE & DANCE WORKS

 

Incidental music for Shakespere’s King Lear (1998) – 2 ob, bsn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, theorbo, 2 vn, vla, vc, cb.

 

Sleeps Endymion, Perhaps to Dream (1996) – fl/picc, Eb cl, Bb cl, Bcl, asax, hn, hp, vn, vla, vc, cb
     Ballet-pantomime based on two sonnets from An English Arcadie
(att. Phineas Fletcher)

Moderato 11’

Allegro non troppo 9’

 

Incidental music for Congreve’s The Way of the World (1995) – mixed ensemble of seven musicians,

            flexible instrumentation.


 

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

 

Night Music (2011) – fl, Eng hn, alt cl, bsn, hn, tba, pno

            Chaconne 4’

            Scherzo 3’

            Nocturne 4’

            Cortege 3’

 

Sonata for Flute and Piano (2005-2010)

Recitative 4’

Allegro 5’

Lento 6’

Rondo scherzando 5’

 

Piano Miniatures (2001-2010)

     Currently 23 short virtuoso piano works, each approximately 2’.

 

Danzas Cubanos (2006) – clarinet & piano

Valszante 3’

Habañera 2’

Guajira 2’

Intermezzo & Rumba 4’


Sonata for Oboe and Piano (2005)

Introduction & Allegro 8’

Recitative & Rondo 6’

 

String Quartet No. 3 (2001-2003)

Andante 9’

Presto 5’

Andante 7’

Allegro 6’

 

Piano Sonata No. 3 (2003)

Allegro – Adagio – Allegro 15’

 

Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano No. 2 “Phæton” (2002)

Allegro moderato – Lento – Allegro furioso 11’

 

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 (2000) 11’

 

Metamorphoses for String Quartet (Quartet No. 2) (2000) 18’

 

Piano Sonata No. 2 (1999)

             Lento – Allegro 8’

             Poco adagio 7’

             Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto 8’

             

Suite for Brass Sextet (1998) – 2tpts, hn, tbn, euph (or tbn2), tuba
      Adapted from entr’acts and one song from incidental music for The Way of the World
(1995)

Allemande 3’

Courante 3’

Sarabande 4’

Chasse 3’

Aria 3’

Gigue – Rejouissance 3’

 

Brass Quintet (1997)

Allegro – Lento – Allegro 16’

 

Sonata for Theorbo (1997)

             Grave – Adagio – Allegro 9’

 

Fantasia for String Quartet (Quartet No. 1) (1996) 13’


Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1996)

Moderato 9’

Allegro appassionato – Moderato – Allegro 9’

 

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 (1995)

Allegretto – Meno mosso – Allegro molto – Assai tranquillo 15’

 

Toccatas and Ricercares (1994) – organ (2 performers) 12’

 

Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano No. 1 (1994)
      Alternate instrumentation: flute, bassoon, & piano (arr. 2006).

Allegro 6’

Adagio 6’

Allegro 5’

 

Canzona-Fanfare (1993) – 3 tpts, 3 tbns; 4’

 

Wind Sextet (1992) – fl/picc, ob/CA, cl/BC, hn, bsn/CB, tuba

Lento – Moderato – Allegro – Presto 17’

 

Piano Sonata No. 1 (1989-1992)

            Overture: Maestoso – Allegro fugale – Maestoso – Allegro – Maestoso 15’?

            [Adagio]

            Toccata: Fieramente 7’

 

Piano Trio (1991)

Allegro

Grave – Moderato

Allegro

 

Viola Sonata (1990)

Allegro 4’

Adagio 5’

Allegro 4’

 

Edification and Amusement (1989), ragtime for piano, four hands. Frequently performed.


 

VOCAL WORKS

 

Night Sonnets (2002-2009) – bass & piano

 

Sweetest of Sweets (Herbert) (2006) – bass & piano or organ – 6’

 

Sweetest of Sweets (Herbert) (2005) – AATTBB – 4’

 

Two Songs from Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore) (2004) – soprano & piano

            I am only waiting for love  4’

            When thou commandest me to sing 3’

 

Dreme of the Rood (ancient English text, modernized by the composer) (2003) –

             soloists and choir  (SSATBB), 2 ob, CA, 2 bsn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, org, timp – 45’

 

Communion Service for Boys’ Voices(2002) – Latin –

solo treble, 2-part treble chorus, oboe (ossia: flute, clarinet, violin, high trumpet), organ

Kyrie 2’

Gloria 3’

Sanctus & Benedictus 3’

Agnus Dei 2’

 

Rise up my love (1999) – SSAATBB – 6’

 

Communion Service (1999) – Latin – SATB/SATB or ATTB/ATBB, and optional organ.

Kyrie 6’

Gloria 5’

Sanctus 4’

Benedictus 3’

Agnus Dei 4’

 

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (1998) – English – AATTBB, organ


Missa “Sacrarium Placare” (1998) – Latin – A(A)TBB

            Kyrie 3’

            Gloria 5’

            Sanctus 3’

            Benedictus 2’

            Agnus Dei 4’ (+3’)

 

Missa“Phos Hilaron” (1997) –English – AATTBB
      Cantus firmus based on hymn tune Phos Hilaron
by Dr. James T. Bingham, used with permission.

Kyrie 3’

Gloria 4’

Sanctus 3’

Benedictus 2’

Agnus Dei 3’

 

Preces & Responses (1996) – English – AATTBB

 

Canticle Settings (1994-95) – English – AATTBB

            Venite 3’

            Te Deum 6’

            Benedictus 4’

            Benedicite 5’

            Jubilate 4’

            Magnificat 4’

            Nunc Dimittis 3’

 

Missa Amare (1993) – Latin – SSATB, brass quintet, organ

Kyrie 5’

Gloria 7’

Credo 11’

Sanctus 4’

Benedictus 3’

Agnus Dei 4’(+2’)

 

 

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