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The Blue Hula (1981)Press and Program Notes
Commissioned by the New York New Music Ensemble with funds from the Siemans Foundation
First performance: New York New Music Ensemble
European premiere: May 12, 2004, Members of Orchestre de Paris and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach/conductor and pianist, Théâtre Mogador (Paris).
Duration 10:00
fl, cl, vib, gl, maracas, vln, vcl, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Dedication Anthem (1984)
for Band
Commissioned for the dedication ceremony of the Jewish Chapel at West Point
First performance: May 1988, U.S. Army Band at West Point
Duration 4:00
picc.2.3.2asax.tsax-2.2.2.2-perc:dr/cym/chimes
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Invisible Lilacs (1991)Press and Program Notes
Commissioned by Young Uck Kim
Premiered with Emanuel Ax
Duration 20:00
vln, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Keys to the City (1987)Press and Program Notes
Chamber version
Commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
First performance: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with the composer as soloist
Duration 19:00
piano solo, ob, cl, bsn, strings(2-1-1-1)
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Keys to the City Press and Program Notes
Version for two pianos
Commissioned in 1983 for the United States Postage Stamp Commemorative Ceremony of the Centenary of the Brooklyn Bridge, and performed at the dedication ceremony for Mayor Koch
First complete performance: Bennington College, 1996, with the composer as primary soloist and Allen Shawn on the secondary part.
Duration 19:00
two pianos
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Nova (1979)Press and Program Notes
for Piano Quintet
First performance: September 27, 1979, The Manhattan Quintet at Carnegie Recital Hall
Composed as a companion piece to the "Trout" Quintet
Duration 12:00
vln, vla, vcl, cb, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Octet (1979)Press and Program Notes
Commissioned by Parnassus
Dedicated to Anthony Korf and Parnassus
First performance: December 7, 1978, Parnassus at Carnegie Recital Hall
Duration 11:00
ob, bcl, hn, vib/mar, hp, vln, vcl, cb
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Rhapsody (1978)
for Violin and Piano
Composed for The Group for Contemporary Music
First performance: Tobias Picker/piano, Benjamin Hudson/violin, Manhattan School of Music
Duration 12:00
vln, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Romance (1979)
for Violin and Piano
Requested by the New Music Consort
Dedicated to Linda Quan and Aleck Karis
First performance: May 20, 1979, Linda Quan/violin, Aleck Karis/piano, York College
Duration 12:00
vln, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Serenade (1983)
for Piano and Winds
Commissioned by Nonesuch for the Boehm Quintette
Dedicated to Don Stewart
First performance: May 29, 1983, Boehm Quintette and Robin McCabe, piano, Guggenheim Museum
Duration 12:00
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Sextet No. 2 (1976)
Commissioned by the Pound Ridge, New York, Bicentennial Commission
First performance: June 27, 1976, Hiram Halle Library, Pound Ridge, Tobias Picker conductor
Duration 12:00
ob, cl, vln, vcl, gl/vib, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Sextet No. 3 (1977)
Commissioned by Speculum Musicae
Dedicated to Wilhelm Simon, the composer's grandfather
First performance: January 20, 1977, Speculum Musicae, Alice Tully Hall
Duration 13:00
fl, vln, vcl, cb, gl/vib, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
String Quartet No. 1: New Memories (1987)Press and Program Notes
Commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Louise T. Trigg to celebrate the
centennial of Georgia O'Keefe's birth, and to celebrate her matchless spirit
First performance: August 8, 1987, Mendelssohn String Quartet, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Duration 24:00
string quartet
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
String Quartet with Bass (1988)
Commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Dedicated to Henriette Picker
First performance: May 6, 1988, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall
Duration 24:00
vln(2), vla, vcl, db
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Suite (1998)
for Cello and Piano
Commissioned for Lynn Harrell by consortium (Music Accord)
Dedicated to Gil Shohat
First performance: January 25, 1999, Lynn Harrell/cello, Simon Mulligan/piano, Herbst Theater
Duration 27:00
vcl, pft
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
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