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Marga Richter
List of Works in the Carl Fischer Catalog
ORCHESTRA/CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Bird of Yearning (1967) 30’ (15’)
2/2/2/2; 4/2/2/0; timp., perc., pno., cel., hp.; str. or
Reduced orch.: 2/1/2/1; 2/1/1/0; timp., perc., pno., cel., hp.; str.
Blackberry Vines and Winter Fruit (1976) 13’
3 (2.dbl. a. fl., 3. dbl. picc.)/2/2 (b. cl.)/2; 4/3/2/1; timp., perc., hp.; str.
Full score available for sale: O5073
Eight Pieces for Orchestra (1961) 7’
Picc./2/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., pno., cel., hp.; str.
Fragments: Five Pieces for Orchestra (1978) 6’
2 (picc.)/2/2 (b. cl.)/2; 2/1/1/1; timp., perc., cel., hp.; str.
Out of Shadows and Solitude (1985) 16’
3 (picc.)/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., hp.; str.
Quantum Quirks of a Quick Quaint Quark (1991) 5’
2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc.; str.
Spectral Chimes/Enshrouded Hills for Three Orchestral Quintets and Orchestra (1980) 27’
Wind quintet: fl./ob./cl./bn./hn.
Brass quintet: tpt. (2)/hn./trb./tba.
String quintet: vln. (2)/vla./vlc./db.
Orchestra: 2/2/2/2; 2/2/2/0; timp., perc., hp.; str.
Variations on a Sarabande (1959) 8’30”
2/2/2/2; 4/2/2/1; timp., perc., pno., hp. (opt.); str.
SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) WITH ORCHESTRA
or STRING ORCHESTRA
Concerto for Piano, Violas, Cellos and Basses (1955) 21’
Piano solo; vla. (4), vlc. (4), cb. (2)
Düsseldorf Concerto (1982) 20’
Solo flute (dbl. picc & bs. fl.), solo viola, solo harp; perc., hp.; str.
Landscapes of the Mind I (1974) 29’
Solo piano; 3 (1. dbl. a. fl, 3. dbl picc.)/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/4/0/0;
timp., perc (2/3), elec. gtr., elec. tamboura or sitar, cel., hp.; str
Two-piano score available for sale: O5006 (arc.)
Variations and Interludes on Themes from Monteverdi and Bach (1992) 46’
Solo violin, solo cello and solo piano; 3 (2. & 3. dbl. picc.)/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1;
timp., perc., hp.; str.
BAND
Country Auction (1976) 3’
Picc., fl. (5), ob. (2), Eb cl., cl. (12), a. cl., b. cl., bn. (2), a. sax. (2), t. sax., b. sax.;
hn. (4), tpt. (9), trb. (6), bar. (2), tba. (5); timp., perc. (6); db.
Available for sale: J700 (arc.)
OPERA
Riders to the Sea. A Chamber Opera in One Act (1996) 55’
2 Soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor and baritone voices, male actors, SSAA chorus;
flute/penny whistle, accordion, perc. (bodhran), hp.; str.
Libretto by the composer after the play by J. M. Synge
CHAMBER MUSIC
(including solo instrumental pieces other than piano)
Darkening of the Light (1976) 9’
Solo cello
Darkening of the Light (1976) 9’
Solo viola
Düsseldorf (1982) 20’
Solo flute, solo viola, solo harp; timpani/percussion; string quintet
Landscapes of the Mind II (1971) 17’
Violin and piano
Available for sale: O5075 (arc.)
Landscapes of the Mind III (1979) 25’
Violin, cello and piano
One for Two and Two for Three (1947/1974) 5’
2 and 3 trombones
Qhanri (snow mountain). “Tibetan Variations” (1988) 29’
Cello and piano
Ricercare (1958) 4’
2 trumpets, trombone (or horn), trombone (or tuba)
Seacliff Variations (1984) 18’
Violin, viola, cello and piano
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1948; new edition 2001) 11’
Clarinet in Bb and piano
Sonora (1981) 10’
Two clarinets and piano
Suite 9’
Solo viola
KEYBOARD MUSIC
Eight Pieces for Piano (1961) 6’30”
Solo piano
A Farewell
Solo piano
Four Piano Pieces
Solo piano
Fragments (1963) 5’
Solo piano
The Lost People; The Dancers (1953)
Solo piano
Available for sale in “Masters of Our Day, Vol. 2”: O5409
Melodrama (1953/1958) 16’
Two pianos
Nocturne for Sara Lee (1953)
Solo piano
Available for sale in “Masters of Our Day, Vol. 2”: O5409
Requiem (1978) 21’
Solo piano
Sonata for Piano (1954) 21’
Solo piano
Soundings (1965) 9’
Solo harpsichord
Variations on a Theme by Neithart von Reuenthal (1974) 13’
Solo organ
VOCAL MUSIC
Erin Odyssey (2000) 9’
Medium voice and piano
1/14/09
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