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And Suddenly It's Evening (1994)
Commissioned by The Youth Orchestra Consortium of The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra;
The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra; The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra; The Cleveland
Orchestra Youth Symphony and the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Dedicated to Aryeh Lev Stollman
First performance: June 1995, San Francisco Youth Orchestra, Alasdair Neale conductor
The title comes from a poem by Salvatore Quasimodo (included in full score)
Duration 16:00
2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-4.2.3.1-timp-harp-pft-strings (solo violin=concertmaster)
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Bang! (1992)
for Amplified Piano and Orchestra
Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 150th Anniversary
In Memory of Paul Jacobs
First performance: September 24, 1992, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur/conductor, Harriet Wingreen/amplified piano
Duration 4:00
2(II=picc).2.2.2(II=dbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.perc:BD/dr/cym/susp.cym/xyl/glsp/mar/vib-cel-harp-strings
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Concerto (1999)
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for Cello and Orchestra
Commissioned by the BBC for Paul Watkins
First performance/European premiere: BBC Proms, August 12, 2001, at the Royal Albert Hall, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Paul Watkins on cello and David Robertson conducting
Duration 24:00
2(II=afl,picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.0.0-timp-harp-pft-strings
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The Encantadas (1983)
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Commissioned by the Northeast Orchestral Consortium
First performance: October 1983, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Michael Arkin, narrator.
European premiere: April 30, 1993, Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE, Sergiu Comissiona/conductor, Rafael Taibo/narrator, Teatro Monumental (Madrid).
Based on the writings of Herman Melville
Narration available in English, German, Spanish and Japanese
Duration 30:00
narrator; 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.3.1-timp-perc-harp-pft-strings
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The Encantadas (1986)
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Chamber Orchestra version
Commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
First performance: premiered as a ballet by the New Dance Ensemble of Minneapolis and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor, with the composer as narrator
Based on the writings of Herman Melville
Narration available in English, German, Spanish and Japanese
Duration 30:00
narrator; 2(II=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-2.2.0.0-timp-perc-harp-pft-strings
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Keys to the City (Piano Concerto No. 2) (1983)
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Commissioned by the Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission
First performance: May 24, 1983 at Fulton Ferry Landing under the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Philharmonic, with the composer as soloist
Duration 19:00
piano solo; 2(II=picc).2.2(I=ssax, II=asax, bcl).2(II=cbsn)-4.2.3(III=btbn).1-timp-perc-strings
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Old and Lost Rivers (1986)
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Commissioned by the Houston Symphony
First performance: May 1986
Duration 6:00
3(III=picc).2.3(III=bcl).3-6.3.0.1-timp-perc-harp-pft-strings
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Piano Concerto No. 1 (1980)
Commissioned by the New Hampshire Symphony
Dedicated to Stanley J. Love
First performance: January 16, 1981, New Hampshire Symphony, James Bolle/conductor, Tobias Picker/piano
Duration 20:00
2(I=picc,II=afl).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.3.1-timp-strings
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Piano Concerto No. 3: Kilauea (1986)
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Commissioned by the Honolulu Symphony for Ellen Masaki
Dedicated "to my friend Ellen Masaki"
First performance: Honolulu Symphony, Donald Johanos/conductor, Ellen Masaki/piano
Duration 24:00
3(III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).2-4.3.3.1-timp-perc:BD/TT/gong/glsp/vib-harp(2)-strings
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The Rain in the Trees (1993)
for Flute, Soprano and Orchestra
(Revised for Soprano and Orchestra — 2000)
Written for Carol Wincenc and Barbara Hendricks, and commissioned by Kay Logan for the Chautauqua Institute.
First performance: April 26, 1996, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel/conductor, Tobias Picker/piano
Duration 30:00
3.3.3.3-4.2.3.1-timp-vibes-harp-pno-strings
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Romances and Interludes (1989)
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for Oboe and Orchestra
Commissioned by the Houston Symphony Society at the invitation of
its Music Director, Christoph Eschenbach
First performance: January 6, 1990, Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach/conductor, Robert Atherholt/oboe; also, Cincinnati Symphony, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, principal oboist.
The Romances are orchestrations of Robert Schumann's Opus 94; The Prelude and Interludes are the composer's own.
Duration 24:00
2(II=afl).corA.2.2-4.0.0.0-timp-perc:BD/tam-t/glsp/mar/vib-harp-pft/cel-strings
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Séance: Hommage à Sibelius (1991)
Commissioned by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in observance of the 125th birth of Jean Sibelius
Dedicated to Sergiu and Robinne Comissiona
First performance/European premiere: 1991, Helsinki Philharmonic, Sergiu Comissiona/conductor
Duration 4:00
4(IV=afl).1.corA.2.3-4.0.3.0-timp-perc:BD/glsp-pft-strings
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Symphony No. 1 (1982)
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in Two Movements
Commissioned for the San Francisco Symphony's 1982-83 season by Dr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman,
with additional support from Stanley Love; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Fund
Dedicated to Edo de Waart
First performance: April 20, 1983, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart, conductor
Duration 27:00
3(III=picc).2.corA.2.bcl.3-4.2.3.1-harp(2)-timp-perc:BD/susp.cym/hi-hat/chimes/glsp-pft-strings
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Symphony No. 2: Aussöhnung (1986)
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for Soprano and Orchestra
Commissioned for the Houston Symphony by Meet the Composer Residencies Program, with grants from
Exxon Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Dedicated to Sergiu Comissiona
First performance: October 25, 26, 27, 1986, Houston Symphony, Sergiu Comissiona/conductor, Judith Bettina/soprano
European premiere performances: 1994, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra (Bucharest), Cristian Mandeal/conductor; September 2, 2000, Munich Philharmonic, James Levine/conductor, Judith Bettina/soprano.
Duration 30:00
3(III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).3(III-dbn)-4.3.3.1-harp-timp-perc:SD/BD/TT/cym/susp.cym/gong/glsp/mar-pft/cel-strings
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Symphony No. 3 (1988)
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for String Orchestra
Commissioned for the Houston Symphony by Meet the Composer Residencies Program
First performance: January 14, 1989, Houston Symphony, David Zinman, conductor
Duration 24:00
strings (NOTE: After String Quartet with Bass (1988); in five movements)
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Tres sonetos de amor (2000)
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for Baritone and Orchestra
Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra
First performance: October 2, 2002, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair, conductor; Nathan Gunn, baritone
European premiere: March 27, 2003, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor; Hugh Russel, baritone
Duration 12:00
Baritone and 2.2.2.2-4.2.2.1-harp-timp-strings
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Two Fantasies (1989)
for Orchestra
Commissioned for the Houston Symphony by Meet the Composer Residencies Program
Dedicated to Christoph Eschenbach
First performance: February 24, 1990, Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Duration 11:00
3(III=afl).2.2.3(III-dbn)-4.3.3.1-harp-timp-perc:BD/dr/cym/susp.cym/xyl/glsp/mar/vib-pft/cel-strings
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Viola Concerto (1994)
Commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony
First performance: January 6, 1995, The Kansas City Symphony, William McGlaughlin/conductor, Paul Neubauer/viola
Duration 17:00
2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).2-4.2.3.1-timp-perc:susp.cym/glsp-pft/cel-strings
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Violin Concerto (1981)
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Commissioned by the American Composers Concerts, Inc., for the American Composers Orchestra with
funding from The Jerome Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota; Joseph Love Foundation and John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fund
Dedicated to Stanley J. Love
First performance: February 1, 1982, American Composers Orchestra, Paul Dunkel/conductor, Rolf Schulte/violin
Duration 22:00
2.2(II=corA).3(III=bcl).2-4.2.3.1-timp-harp-pft-strings
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