CARSON KIEVMAN
List of Works (Orchestra,
Stage/Multimedia Works, Chamber &Vocal Music)
Old Globe Trotting -- Flute, Guitar, Violin (2006). Written for Paul Martin, guitar. World Premiere December 2006 University of Miami. - Perusal Score (pdf file).
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Symphony 1(628) -- String Orchestra, 1 Percussion (2005). Commissioned for the Collegiate
Chamber Orchestra (Collegiate School, Manhattan. The Oldest School in America
Founded in 1628). World Premiere in NYC during Spring 2005 - Perusal
Score (pdf file) - Audio (WMA Midi file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact Intelligent Company Publishers
for details: info1@mysteryparkarts.org).
Honoring the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's passing.
String Quartet No. 1 - Starving Angels - (Revised
in 2005 for the Kronos String Quartet) Child Violin Soloist & String Quartet.
First performance of original version by the Serioso String Quartet and Dakota
Kievman (age 6) on May 4, 1999 at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University - Perusal
Score (pdf). --- PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact Intelligent Company Publishers)
Heer Ranja
Prototype -- Sop., Alto, Tenor, Bar/Bass Tubular Bells (Revised
in 2005 - original work 2002). Written for Paul Hilliar's Theater of Voices
- Perusal
Score (pdf file) Audio (WMA Midi file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact Intelligent Company Publishers)
Remmel - Violin, Cello, 2 Pianos (optional percussion) (2003) - commission
by Lawrence Remmel, NYC - Perusal
Score (pdf)
Tesla -- (Revision in progress 2005 -- original work 1989/90) Opera/Soundtheater.
Music by Carson Kievman. Libretto by Thomas
Babe. Two Scenes: Prologue for Mark Twain & Split Lab Scene for Tesla
and Edison were performed in staged workshhop at the 2004
New York City Opera Vox Festival of New Operas - Encompass
New Opera Theater - John Yaffe, Music Director, Nancy Rhodes, Director.
Principals: Nikola Tesla (ten.), Thomas Edison (bar.), George Westinghouse (ten.),
J.P. Morgan (bs.), Charles Steinmetz (bar.), Ann Berry (sop.), Tom (the boy)
(boy ten.), Mark Twain (ten.), Small Chorus - Extra Charaters (4-10). 2 - 2
- 2 - 2/2 - 2 - 2 - 1 Three Sampling keyboards, 2 Percussion, strings - Prologue -
Perusal Score - Pno/Vocal (pdf file) - Split
Lab Scene - Perusal
Score - Pno/Vocal (pdf file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact Intelligent
Company Publishers). Audio
Symphony
No. 4 (Biodiversity) - Orchestra
(1998- Revised in 2004). Read by the New Jersey Symphony on April 21, 1998 at
Alexander Hall, Princeton University. Duration approx: 30’. 3 (picc.) –
3 (e.h.) – 3 (b. cl.) – 3 (cbsn.) / 4 – 3 – 3 – 1 /
timp., 3 perc., 2 hp., str. Audio
String Quartet #2 (in progress 2005) -- for the Brentano Quartet
Symphony No. 5--
(in progress 2005) - Orchestra.
Heer
Ranja (in progress 2005)-- World Music Opera - Based on the
ancient South Asian Punjabi folk tale and the epic poetry of Warris Shaw - commissioned
by the Virsa Pakistan Foundation
Vocal Works
Heer Ranja Prototype -- Sop., Alto,
Tenor, Bar/Bass Tubular Bells (rev. 2005). Written for Paul Hilliar's
Theater of Voices - Perusal
Score (pdf file) Audio (WMA Midi file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact the composer: ckievman@princeton.edu)
Henry Eight's Harvest -- 2 Male
Altos, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 2 Bass, Church Bells (2000). Commissioned
by German Government for the European Expo (Nature & Technology 2000).
First Performance by Henry's Eight Consort at the opening night of the
Expo - Niedersachsische MusikTages in Hannover, Germany, September 10,
2000
Sine Nomine (auctore Ignoto) --
2 Sop., 2 Male Altos, 2 Tenors, 1 Baritone, 1 Bass (1999). Commissioned
for the Binchois Consort by the International Josquin Conference, Princeton University. First
Performance Princeton University Chapel 30, October 1999. Perusal
Score (pdf file) Audio
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Orchestra
works
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John from Chamber
Symphony 1(628) -- String Orchestra, 1 Percussion (04/5). Commissioned for the Collegiate
Chamber Orchestra (Collegiate School, Manhattan. The Oldest School in
America Founded in 1628). World Premiere in NYC during Spring 2005 - Perusal
Score (pdf file) - Audio (WMA Midi file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact the composer: ckievman@princeton.edu). Honoring the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's passing.
Symphony No. 5-- (in progress 2005) Orchestra.
Symphony
No. 4 (Biodiversity) - Orchestra (1998). Read by the New Jersey Symphony on
April 21, 1998 at Alexander Hall, Princeton University. Duration approx:
30’. 3 (picc.) – 3 (e.h.) – 3 (b. cl.) – 3 (cbsn.)
/ 4 – 3 – 3 – 1 / timp., 3 perc., 2 hp., str. Audio
Symphony No. 3 (Hurricane) -- Orchestra
1993-95. Recorded by the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra - Katowice,
Delta David Gier - conductor.
Duration 31’. 3 (picc.) – 3 (e.h.)
– 3 (b. cl.) – 3 (cbsn.) / 4 – 3 – 3 – 1 / timp.,
3 perc., hp., str. Audio
Symphony No. 2(42) - Orchestra & Chorus
1990-91. CD on New
Albion Records (NA081 - distr. Koch Int.). Recorded by the Polish
Radio National Symphony Orchestra - Katowice, Delta David Gier - conductor.
Commissioned by the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd, Conductor
– December 1991. First public performance of "Resurrection" (Movement 4) by The Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Broward Performing
Arts Center, James Judd, conductor -- December 1991. First public performance
of "Elegy" (Mvt 2) & "Passage" (Mvt
3) by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra during the Spoleto Festival –1996.
Duration 57’. 3 (picc.) – 3 (e.h.)
– 3 (b. cl.) – 3 (cbsn.) / 4 – 3 – 3 – 1 / timp.,
3 perc., 2 hp., satb., str. Audio
Hamlet Overture -- Orchestra
1991 (from Hamlet). Duration 15’. 2 – 2 (e.h.) –
2 (b. cl.) – 2 / 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 / 2 perc., pno., str.
Prologue -- Orchestra
revised 1991 (from California Mystery Park. First public "reading" by the Florida Philharmonic
Orchestra, Gusman Hall, University of Miami, James Judd, conductor --
May 1991. Duration 5’. 1 (alto) – 1 (e.h.) – 2 –
1 / 1 – 2 – 1 – 1 / 4 perc., elect. gtr., hp., pno., str. Audio
Fanfare -- Orchestra (1990).. First public performance Florida Philharmonic Orchestra,
Gusman Performing Arts Center, Miami, James Judd, conductor -- February
1990. Commissioned by The Florida Philhamonic Orchestra to honor Aaron
Copland
Symphony No. 1 --Orchestra
(1986)/
Orchestra Suite -- Orchestra. (1987) (from California Mystery
Park). Duration 15’. 2 (alto) – 2 (e.h.) –
2 – 2 / 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 / 4 perc., elect. gtr., hp.,
pno., str.
Overture, Prologue & Prelude -- Orchestra (1980. Rev. 1991) (from California Mystery Park). Duration 30’. 1 (alto) – 1 (e.h.) – 2 – 1 / 1
– 2 – 1 – 1 / 4 perc., elect. gtr., hp., pno., str.
Orchestra Suite -- Orchestra (1987) (from Intelligent Systems 1984).
Duration 15’. 2 – 2 (e.h.) – 3 (b. cl.) – 2 / 2 –
2 – 2 – 1 / timp., 2 perc., sampler-synth., str.
Music for Percussion, Piano & Small
Orchestra -- Piano, Percussion &
Orchestra (1983). Commissioned by The Pennsylvania Ballet. First public
performance: Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Schubert Theater, Philadelphia,
1983. Duration 20-25’. 1 – 0 – 2 (bs. cl.) – 0 / 1
– 0 – 1 – 0 / 1 perc., tape, pno., str.
Piano Concert - (Prisoners of Conscience)-- Piano & Orchestra -- (1981). Commissioned by David Arden. First
public performance (concert version): Florida Philharmonic Orch., Gusman
Hall, U of Miami, David Arden, piano, James Judd, conductor -- May 1991.
(For theatrical version see Opera/Music-Theater)
Duration 31’. 2 (picc.) - 2 – 3 (Bb, A, Eb, bs. cl.) –
1 (cbsn.) / 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 / timp., 1 perc., str.
Hollowangels -- Chamber
or Full Orchestra (1975). BMI Award 1976. Duration 17’. 3 (picc.)
- 2 – 4 (bs. cl.) – 3 (cbsn.) / 3 – 2 – 2 – 1
/ 2 perc., electr. gtr., pno (cel.)., str.
Stage Works
Heer
Ranja (in progress 2004-2005)-- World Music Opera -
Based on the ancient South Asian Punjabi folk tale and the epic poetry
of Warris Shaw - commissioned by the Virsa Pakistan Foundation
Tesla -- (Revision in progress 2005 -- original work 1989/90) Opera/Soundtheater.
Music by Carson Kievman. Libretto by Thomas Babe. Two Scenes: Prologue for Mark Twain & Split Lab Scene
for Tesla and Edison to be performed in staged workshhop at the 2004
New York City Opera Vox Festival of New Operas. Encompass
New Opera Theater - John Yaffe, Music Director, Nancy Rhodes, Director.
Note: First public "reading" of scene sketches at Colannade
Hotel, Coral Gables -- April 1990. American Opera Theater, producer. Carson
Kievman, stage direction. Originally commissioned by the Eugene O'Neill
Music Theater Conference and The American Opera Theater. Principals:
Nikola Tesla (ten.), Thomas Edison (bar.), George Westinghouse (ten.),
J.P. Morgan (bs.), Charles Steinmetz (bar.), Ann Berry (sop.), Tom (the
boy) (boy ten.), Mark Twain (ten.), Small Chorus - Extra Charaters (4-10).
2 - 2 - 2 - 2/2 - 2 - 2 - 1Three Sampling keyboards, 2 Percussion, strings
- Prologue -
Perusal Score - Pno/Vocal (pdf file) - Split
Lab Scene - Perusal
Score - Pno/Vocal (pdf file) - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact
the composer: ckievman@princeton.edu) Audio
Songs of the White Woman -- Opera (soprano, baritone & instruments) (in progress
1995 -- current). First public performance of Act 1: Mannheim National
Theater, Germany -- 1995. Complete opera workshop planned for Princeton
University Jan 13 & May 11, 1998. White Woman (soprano), Bank
Examiner (baritone). Duration 1 - 1 ½ hours. 1 – 1 (bs.
cl) – 0 – 0 / 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 / 2 perc., pno.,
tape, vln., vla., vcl. Audio
Contrabassami-- Music-Theater
for solo Contrabass (1996). Commissioned by Fernando Grillo, Perguia,
Italy. Video production being planned by Bertrum Turetsky at UCSD 1999.
First Performance Bertrum Turetsky, soloist. Coproduction of The
Composer's Ensemble at Princeton and the Princeton Program in Theater
& Dance. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University May 14, 1999
Duration 15-20’. solo contrabass.
Hamlet - Opera, (Libretto - Kievman. Text by W. Shakespeare). (in
progress -- 1987- current). First public "reading" of scene
sketches at The Public Theater, New York -- April 1990. Joseph Papp, producer. Carson Kievman, stage direction. Originally commissioned
by the New York Shakespeare Festival.Double parts according to production
needs (15 singers minimum) - Principals: Hamlet (bar. w/ falsetto or lyric
ten.), Ophelia (sop.), Gertrude (mz. sop.), Claudius (bs/bar.), Polonius
(bar.), Laertes (bar.), Rosencrantz (bs/bar.), Guildenstern (ten.), Horatio
(ten.), Ghost (bs.). Other Players: A Captain, Reynaldo, Cornelius, 3rd Clown, Gravedigger (bar. w/ falsetto), Hamlet # 2, English Ambassador
(bs/bar.), 1st Player King, A Priest, Barnardo, Fortinbras
(bar.),3 rd Player, Messenger, Attendent, Voltemand, A Gentleman, Fransico,
1st Clown, Osric, 2nd Clown (ten.), Player Queen (mz. sop.), Chorus (included).
Duration 2 1/2; hours. 1 – 0 – 2 (bs. cl.) – 0 / 2 –
2 – 0 – 0 / 1 perc., pno (samplers)., str. (min. config. 2 vln.,
vcl., cb (electric & acoustic). Augment in sections). Audio
Intelligent Systems -- Opera, (Libretto - Kievman) (1982-84). Commissioned by
Sudwestfunk, Baden-Baden for the Donaueschingen Musik Tages, Germany and
by the National Endowment for the Arts. Puppet costume design by Robert
Israel; lighting design by Pat Collins: set design by Carson Kievman.
Lyric Soprano, Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Lyric Tenor, Lyric Baritone, Baritone/Bass.
6 dancers optional. Duration 1 1/2; hours. 1 (a., picc.) –
0 – 2 (bs. cl.) – 0 / 1 – 0 – 0 – 0 / 2 perc.,
tape, pno (sampler)., 2 vln., vcl., cb (electr. bs.) (augment by sections).
Music for Percussion, Piano & Small
Orchestra-- Ballet (Ordinary Rhythms) -- Piano,
Percussion & Orchestra (1983). Commissioned by The Pennsylvania Ballet.
First public performance: The Pennsylvania Ballet Theater, Philadelphia.
Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Choreographer -- Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra --
1983. Duration 20-25’. 1 – 0 – 2 (bs. cl.) –
0 / 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 / 1 perc., tape, pno., str.
Piano Concert - (Prisoners of Conscience) -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Piano, Mechanical Set & Orchestra
-- (1981). First public performance (workshop theatrical version): The
Harquail Theater, Grand Cayman Island. BWI 1986. Paintings by John Shaw;
mechanical set design by Carson Kievman. First public "Reading"
(concert version): Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, Gusman Hall, University
of Miami, David Arden, piano, James Judd, conductor -- 1991. Duration
50’. 2 (picc.) - 2 – 3 (Bb, A, Eb, bs. cl.) – 1 (cbsn.)
/ 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 / timp., 1 perc., str.
Red Light - Green Light --Opera
(Libretto - Kievman) (1981). Sop. (3), Mezzo Sop., Alto, Ten. (3),
Bar., Bs. Duration 1 hours. 1 (picc.) – 1 – 1 (bs. cl.)
– 1 (cbsn.) / 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 / 4 perc., gtr (lute,
banjo)., pno (hpschd) str. (5 min.).
California Mystery Park -- Opera, (Libretto - Kievman. Add. text by E. Millay &
A. Brock) (1979-1980). First public "reading" of two scenes
from the opera: American Opera Projects, John Yaffe, conductor, Carson
Kievman, stage director. New, York (Soho), New York -- April 1993.
Principals: 55 (bar.), Older girl (sop.), Girl (sop.), Stepmother (mz.
sop.). Supporting players: Mother/Aunt ( Alto), Grandfather (bs.), Stepsister
1 (col. sop.), Stepsister 2 (sop.), Stepsister 3 (sop.), Stepbrother (ten.),
Uncle (bar.), Cousin (ten.). Extra Players: (Chorus optional) 55’s
Look-a-like #1 (bs/bar.), 55’s Look-a-like #2 (non-singing role),
55’s Look-a-like #3 (non-singing role). Some members of the orchestra
play auxiliary roles (unless chorus extras available). Stage characters
include Waiters, Waitresses, Lords & Ladies, etc. Percussionists portray
Tour Guides (barkers). Duration 2’. 1 (picc., alto)–1 (e.h.)
– 2 (bs. cl.) – 1 (cbsn) / 1 – 2 – 1 – 1 / 4
perc., elect. gtr., hp. (amp.), pno. (hpchd), str. Audio
Wake Up, It's Time To Go To Bed! -- Opera/Music-Theater, (Libretto - Kievman) (1978). Commissioned
by The Tanglewood Music Festival and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard.
First public performance: Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Festival
Players, Theodore Antoniou, conductor -- August 1978. Produced by Joseph
Papp for the New York Shakespeare Festival 1979. Principals: Orpheus
(actor), Eurydice (mz sop.), Man 1 (ten. – also plays Tibetan bells),
Man 2 (bar.), Man 3 (bs – also plays Tibetan bells), Boy Orpheus
(actor), 2 or 3 additional Children, Optional Chorus. Duration 40’.
1 (picc.) – 0 – 1 (bs. cl., ten. Sax.) – 0 / 0 – 0
– 0 – 0 / 2 perc., tape, hp, pno, 2 vln., cb.
Ladies Voices (The Repercussive Sojourn) -- Opera (Libretto - Kievman. Play by Gertrude Stein) 1973/74.
Women's Chorus, Percussion Ensemble, Trumpet, Japanese Koto & Shakuhachi.
BMI Award ‘74. Duration 1 hour. 18 voice women’s
chorus, shakuhachi, koto, trumpet, percussion ensemble (9).
A Glass Bead Game -- Opera, (Libretto - Kievman) 1973/74 – revised 1977. First public
performance: California Institute of the Arts. Gesamptkunstwerk Ensemble.
Adam Stern, cond. -- 1974. (withdrawn 1995) Duration 1 ½
hours. Sop., Mz. Sop., Alto, chamber orchestra.
Gallery (After A Song And Dance) -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Soprano Solo (1977). First public
performance: Centre Cultural Americain, Paris, Joan Callopy, soprano --
1977. Associated Music Publishers/G. Schirmer, Inc. New York/London --
1984. Duration 20 – 30’. Sop., Mime.
.Just Enough Rope ( To.. .) -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Version I; Percussion/Piano Duo. Version
2; Chamber Ensemble & Singers. Version 3; Chamber Ensemble & Mixed
Chorus. Version 4; Mixed Chorus & Tape. -- 1976. Commissioned by The
Arden/Jullich Duo. First public performance: New School for Social Research,
NYC. Composers Forum. Arden/Jullich Duo & New York Chamber Ensemble
-- 1977.
The Temporary & Tentative Extended Piano -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Solo Piano (1976/77).
Commissioned by David Arden. Recorded for release in 1996 on New Albion
Records (distr. Koch Int.) -- David Arden - piano. First complete public
performance: British Broadcasting Corporation, London. David Arden, piano
-- 1977. First theatrical performance: The Public Theater, Joseph Papp,
Producer -- 1979.
Multinationals & The Heavens -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Percussion Ensemble & String
Quartet -- 1976. First public performance: California Institute of the
Arts, Valencia, Percussion Ensemble, John Bergamo, director. Cal Arts
String Quartet. Carson Kievman, conductor -- 1976. First full production:
The Public Theater, Joseph Papp, Producer -- 1979. Jury & Participants
Prize - 4th International Composer's Festival - Boswil/Zurich Switzerland
1976.
The Earth Only Endures -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- Chamber Ensemble &
Singers -- (Hand Puppet Theater) 1975. First public performance: Tanglewood
Festival. -- 975. Tanglewood Margaret Grant Memorial Composition Prize
1975.
J.P. Confessions of a Saxophone-- Ballet -- Chamber Ensemble (1974). First public performance: California
Institute of the Arts, Valencia -- 1975.
Naked Masks -- Ballet -- Organ Solo (1974). First public performance: First Pres. Church,
Long Beach, Calif. James Bossert, pipe organ -- 1974.
The Point, a common agreement -- Soundtheater (Musical Game) -- Chamber Ensemble -- 1973. First
public performance: Institute for Sonology, Utrecht, Netherlands 1977.
Concerto for Bassoon (& Fire Alarm
System) -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater)
-- Percussion Ensemble & Bassoon -- 1973. First public performance:
California Institute of the Arts. S. Braunstein, bsn -- 1974.
String (a condition attached to a plan)
Rumble (a fight between teenage gangs) -- Soundtheater (Music-Theater) -- String Ensemble or String Orchestra
-- 1973. First public performance: California Institute of the Arts. Cal
Arts String Ensemble -- 1974.
Chamber Music
String Quartet #1 - Starving Angels - (Revised in 2005 for the Kronos String
Quartet) Child Violin Soloist & String Quartet. First performance
by the Serioso String Quartet and Dakota Kievman (age 6) on May 4, 1999
at Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University - Perusal
Score (pdf). - PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED (contact the composer: ckievman@princeton.edu) Audio (WMA Midi file)
String Quartet #2 (in progress 2005)
-- for the Brentano Quartet
Remmel - Violin, Cello, 2 Pianos (optional
percussion) (2003) - commission by Lawrence Remmel, NYC - Perusal
Score (pdf)
Contrabassami -- Solo Contrabass
(1996). Commissioned by Fernando Grillo, Perguia, Italy and Bertrum Turetsky,
San Diego, California. Video production being planned by Bertrum Teretsky
at UCSD 1997/98. First Performance on May 14 1999, by Bertrum Turetsky
at Taplin Auditorium, princeton University. Production a collaboration
between the Princeton Composer's Ensemble and the Princeton Program in
Theater and Dance.
Nuts & Bolts -- Piano Solo (1993).
Recorded for release in 1996 on New Albion Records (distr. Harmonia Mundi)
-- David Arden - piano. First public performance: Project Arts Center,
Dublin Ireland, David Arden -- July 1994. Commissioned by David Arden
for Merkin Hall Concert. New York Premiere on March 18, 1999 Merkin Concert
Hall. Joseph Kubera, soloist Audio
Philharmania -- Chamber
Ensemble (1993). First public performance: Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach.
New World Symphony Chamber Ensemble. May 1994.
Meditation--Piano Solo
(1992 rev.1998). Recorded for release in fall 1999 on CRI Records (distr.
Koch Int.) -- David Arden - piano. First public performance: Darmstadt
Summer New Music, Darmstadt, Germany July 1992. Commissioned by David
Arden for the Darmstadt New Music Festival. First performance in new version
on November 17, 1998. Taplin Auditorium. Princeton Univerity. David Arden,
soloist
Toccatada - Piano
Solo (1992). Recorded for for release in fall 1999 on CRI Records (distr.
Koch Int.) -- David Arden - piano. First public performance: Darmstadt
Summer New Music, Darmstadt, Germany July 1992. Commissioned by David
Arden for the Darmstadt New Music Festival. Audio
Introdictus -
Piano Solo (1992 rev. 1998). Recorded for for release in fall 1999 on
CRI Records (distr. Koch Int.) -- David Arden - piano. First public performance:
Darmstadt Summer New Music, Darmstadt, Germany July 1992. Commissioned
by David Arden for the Darmstadt New Music Festival.
Piano (& MIDI Piano) Duo No. 4 -- Piano & MIDI Piano (1992). (reduced from Piano Concert).
Funeral March -- Chamber
Ensemble (1990) (from Hamlet).
Cool Runnings -- Chamber
Suite -- Chamber Ensemble (1987). (from Intelligent Systems)
Waverling -- Chamber
Suite -- Chamber Ensemble 1986. First public performance
Aspen Music Festival. Aspen. -- August 1989. (from Intelligent Systems)
Ophelia's Song from Fool's
Paradise -- Violin & Piano (1986).
Harpo from Fool's Paradise -- Piano Solo (1986).
Recorded for release on New Albion Records (distr. Koch Int.) -- David
Arden - piano. First public performance: New Music America Montreal. --
Joseph Kubera, Piano. 1990.
Magister Ludi from Fool's
Paradise -- Trio (Vln., Cl. & Pno) (1996).
Dirt Rock II. -- Percussion
Ensemble (1985). (withdrawn 1993)
Wake Up, It's Time To Go To Bed! -- Chamber Ensemble & Voices (1978). Commissioned by The Tanglewood
Music Festival and the Fromm Foundation at Harvard. First public performance:
Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Festival Players, Theodore
Antoniou, conductor -- August 1978. Produced by Joseph Papp for the New
York Shakespeare Festival 1979. Audio
Gallery (After A Song And Dance) -- Soprano Solo (1977). First public performance: Centre Cultural Americain,
Paris, Joan Callopy, soprano -- 1977.
Just Enough Rope ( To.. .) -- Version 1; Percussion/Piano Duo. Version 2; Chamber Ensemble &
Singers. Version 3; Chamber Ensemble & Mixed Chorus. Version 4; Mixed
Chorus & Tape (1976). Commissioned by The Arden/Jullich Duo. First
public performance: New School for Social Research, NYC. Composers Forum.
Arden/Jullich Duo & New York Chamber Ensemble -- 1977.
The Temporary & Tentative Extended Piano -- Solo Piano (1976/77). Recorded for release in 1996 on New Albion
Records (distr. Koch Int.) -- D. Arden - piano. First complete public
performance: British Broadcasting Corporation, London. D. Arden, piano
-- 1977.
Multinationals & The Heavens -- Percussion Ensemble & String Quartet (1976). First public performance:
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Percussion Ensemble, John
Bergamo, director. Cal Arts String Quartet. Carson Kievman, conductor
-- 1976. Darmstadt Music Festival -- 1976. Jury & Participants Prize
- 4th International Composer's Festival - Boswil/Zurich Switzerland 1976.
The Earth Only Endures -- Chamber Ensemble & Singers (1975). First public performance:
Tanglewood Festival. Fellowship Players -- July 1975. Tanglewood Margaret
Grant Memorial Composition Prize 1975.
Sirocco -- Woodwind Quintet
(1974). First public performance: California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.
Reading - Danzi Woodwind Quintet -- 1975.
J.P. Confessions of a Saxophone--
Chamber Ensemble (1974). First public performance: California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia -- 1975.
Naked Masks --
Organ Solo (1974). First public performance: First Pres. Church, Long
Beach, Calif. James Bossert, pipe organ -- 1974.
The Point, a common agreement --
Chamber Ensemble (1973). First public performance: Institute for Sonology,
Utrecht, Netherlands 1977.
Concerto for Bassoon (& Fire Alarm
System) -- Percussion Ensemble & Bassoon (1973).
First public performance: California Institute of the Arts. Steven Braunstein,
bassoon -- 1974.
String (a condition attached to a plan)
Rumble (a fight between teenage gangs) -- String
Ensemble or String Orchestra (1973). First public performance: California
Institute of the Arts. Cal Arts String Ensemble -- 1974.
A Common Trio -- Clarinet,
Violin, Oboe -- Trio (1973). First public "reading:" Shem Guibbory,
violin. Sand Dalton, oboe. Armond Ambrosini, clarinet. California Institute
of the Arts. -- 1973
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