ORCHESTRA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Angelus Novus (1991)* 9’
3/3 (e. hn.)/2/b. cl./3; 4/3/3/0; timp., perc.; str.
Encore (2003) 4’30”
2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/0; perc. (2); str.
Falling (1994) 20’
Solo mezzo-soprano; 2 (a. fl.)/2 (e. hn.)/2 (b. cl.)/2; 2/2/2/0; perc., pno., hp.; str.
See also: voice and piano
Grace (2000) 18’
Solo marimbas (2); 0/2/2/2; 2/0/0/0; str.
On an Overgrown Path (Leos Janacek, arr. Bresnick) (1996) 25’
1 (a. fl.)/1/1/1; 2/1/0/0; str.
One (1986) 10’
2 (a. fl.)/2 (e. hn.)/2 (b. cl.)/2; 2/2 (flghn.)/2/0; vibr.; str.
Pan Penseroso (2008) 18’ (See program notes)
Solo flute; 0/2/2 (b. cl.)/2; 2/2/1/b. trb/0; perc.; str.
Pontoosuc (1989) 15’
Picc./2/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., pno., str.
Sinfonia (1992) 15’
3 (picc.)/3 (e. hn.)/3 (b. cl.)/3; 4/3/3/0; timp., perc.; str.
STRING ORCHESTRA
Little Suite (1987) 20’
For amateur string orchestra
Wir Weben, Wir Weben (1978) 22’
String orchestra: vln. (12), vla. (3), vlc. (3), cb. (3)
See also Small Chamber Ensembles
LARGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Ants (1976) 15’
Solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone voices; actors/mimes (5);
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon; horn; percussion, harp; violin
Bread and Salt (1976) 7’
Fl. (2), ob. (2), cl. (2), bn. (2), a. sax. (2); hn. (2); vlc., cb.
B.’s Garlands (1973) 10’
8 violoncellos
Fanfare (2001) 5’
4 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones
Fantasia on a Theme of Willie Dixon (2001) 10’
Bass clarinet in Bb, electric guitar, drum set, vibraphone, piano, electric organ, violin
Introit (1969) 7’
Fl. (2), ob. (2), cl. (2), bn. (2); hn. (4), trp. (2), trb. (2)
Musica (1972) 7’30”-22’30”
Flute, clarinet, bassoon; horn, trumpet, trombone; violin, viola, violoncello
SMALL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
*** (1997)* 11’
Clarinet; viola; piano
Published edition: MXE1
Ballade (2004) 11’
Violoncello; piano
Published edition: B3401
BE JUST! (1995)* 4’
Clarinet; violoncello, double bass; guitar, piano, percussion
Bird as Prophet (1999)* 15’
Violin; piano
Published edition: B3401
The Bucket Rider (1995)* 11’
Bass clarinet; guitar, piano, percussion; violoncello, contrabass
Capricho Nuevo (2006) 6’30’
Clarinet, alto saxophone; vibraphone, percussion, piano (synthesizer); violin, contrabass
Capricho Enfanticos (2007) 20’
Piano; percussion (4), DVD with visual images from Goya
Conspiracies (1979) 14’
Solo flute; flutes (4)
(See also Solo Instrumental)
Every Thing Must Go (2007) 15’
Saxophone quartet: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Published edition: WE9
Follow Your Leader (1994)* 3’
Bass clarinet (clarinet), bassoon, baritone saxophone; piano, synthesizer; violin
or
Bass clarinet (clarinet), bassoon; percussion, piano; violin, viola, violoncello
High Art (1983) 8’
Solo piccolo; toy piano (opt.)
Published edition: W2565
Just Time (1985) 15’
Woodwind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Published edition: WE5
La Gaya Scienza (1998) 3’
2 Trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba; timpani
Pigs and Fishes (1993)* 5’
Bass clarinet (clarinet), bassoon, baritone saxophone; piano, synthesizer; violin
or
Bass clarinet (clarinet), bassoon; percussion, piano; violin, viola, violoncello
Pine Eyes (1998)* 20’
Narrator; clarinet (bass clarinet); percussion (2), piano
Pine Eyes (complete) (2006) 85’
Act 1: 45’
Act 2: 40’
Narrator; clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion (2), piano (synthesizer); DVD projections
Songs of the Mouse People (1999) 11’
Vibraphone; violoncello
Published edition: MXE8
String Quartet No. 1 (1968) 16’
2 violins, viola, violoncello
String Quartet No. 2 (“Bucephalus”) (1984) 20’
2 Violins, viola, violoncello
Published edition: Score – SC59
String Quartet No. 3 (1992) 20’
2 violins, viola, violoncello
Tent of Miracles (1984) 12’
Solo baritone saxophone; baritone saxophones (3)
or
Solo bass clarinet; bass clarinets (3)
or
Solo bassoon; bassoons (3)
(see also solo instrumental)
Trio (1988) 21’
Violin, violoncello, piano
Published edition: Score & parts – MXE9
Tucket (1991)* 3’
Bass clarinet, bassoon, baritone saxophone; synthesizer; violin
or
Bass clarinet, bassoon; violin, viola, violoncello
or
Brass quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
(Note: Tucket is also the first movement of Sinfonia, in a version for orchestra)
Wir Weben, Wir Weben (1978) 22’
Violins (3), viola, violoncello, contrabass
My Twentieth Century (2002) 13’30”
Flute, Clarinet; piano; violin, viola (or marimba), violoncello
Published edition: score/piano – MXE16F; set of additional parts – MXE16P;
marimba part (alt. for viola) – MXE16CP
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL
Bag O’Tells (1984) 12’
Solo mandolin
Conspiracies (1979) 14’
Solo flute; tape
The Dream of the Lost Traveller (1997)* 13’
Solo piano
Published edition: PL114
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise (2001) 30’
Solo piano
Published edition: PL120
(DVD available for use in performance. Contact the composer directly by visiting www.commonmuse.com)
Four Short Piano Pieces (1946-1968) 8’
Solo piano
High Art (1983) 8’
Solo piccolo; toy piano (opt.)
Published edition: W2565
Joaquin is Dreaming (2008) 7’
Solo guitar
Lady Neil’s Dumpe (1987)
DX7 digital synthesizer; Tx816 driven by Mac computer
On an Overgrown Path (Leos Janacek; arr. Martin Bresnick) (1996) 25’
Solo guitar
Published edition: GT209
Tent of Miracles (1984) 12’
Solo baritone saxophone; tape
or
Solo bass clarinet; tape
or
Solo bassoon; tape
Theme and Variations (1964) 5’
Solo oboe
CHORAL MUSIC
New Haven (1993)* 3’
SATB chorus, a cappella
Text: Psalm 82
Three Choral Songs (1986) 10’
SATB chorus, a cappella
Text: poems of Yehuda Amichai
Where is the Way (1970) 5’
SATB chorus, a cappella
Woodstock (1993)* 3’
SATB chorus, a cappella
Text: Psalm 131
VOCAL MUSIC
The Human Abstract (2005) 4’
Solo mezzo-soprano voice; piano
Text: William Blake
Falling. Four Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Piano (1994) 20’
Solo mezzo-soprano; piano
Text: poems by David Bottoms and Kathryn Stripling Byer
Published edition: V2491
(* pieces belonging to the Opere della Musica Povera series)
Opere della Musica Povera (Works of a Poor Music) – The pieces in this sequence were written between 1990 and 1999. Despite the range of instrumentation, all the compositions have similar formal plans and structural strategies. Each “Opera” is in a different “key” and has a title that evokes a sense of poverty: poverty of means, of spirit, of wit.
World Premiere of PAN PENSEROSO
National Flute Association Convention
Marriott Marquis, New York City
August 15, 2009
For Robert Dick
Pan Penseroso
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Commissioned by the National Flute Association, Inc
Pan Penseroso (2009) is a concerto for flute and orchestra in three movements:
1. The Noise of Folly
2. Prophetic Strain
3. More is Meant (than meets the ear)
“Pan Penseroso” and the titles of its three movements are taken from John Milton’s great poem “Il Penseroso” (The Contemplative Man). The music aligns itself with this response to the poet’s earlier “L’Allegro” (the Cheerful Man). In my concerto the flutist Pan, like the mature Milton, casts a reflective musical eye on the world, renouncing all “vain deluding joyes”, so as to better hear the “Sweet Bird that shunn’st the noise of folly…”
Written for the master flutist Robert Dick, Pan Penseroso includes a number of procedures explored in his pioneering book “The Other Flute: A performance Manual of Contemporary Techniques.”
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