A City Suite 2000, 2001, 13′
vc, pno Commissioned by Southampton Chamber Music Festival Available from Subito Music Listen: Hester Street Waltz Fifth Avenue Cakewalk 57th Street Tango Originally I got entranced with the idea of a […]
Works
Somebody’s Children 2001, 60′
youth opera for 3 professional singers and children Professional singers: Sop, Bar (sings three roles), African-American Tenor or Bar (both versions exist) Children’s chorus ages 8-18, vn, pno Commissioned by Lyric […]
Museum Pieces 2001, 20′
The music for Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” is patently sexual, with a shimmering viola solo symbolizing the title figure. (Violist Paul) Silver made the most of his opportunity, beautifully delineating languor, […]
One False Move 2002, 35′
“Many operas contain violent episodes, but few address violence as a social issue…. One False Move worked well as an action-packed and intense bit of theatrical drama with music…. This little […]
Two Hornéd Demons 2003, 3′
vn, vla Dedicated to two of my favorite demons, my son, Jacob, and his friend, Francisco Available from Subito Music Listen: Two Hornéd Demons I get lots of musical ideas inside […]
Moody Duos 2003, 4′
Six polytonal miniatures for two violins Dedicated to Jacob Ashworth and Francisco Ladron de Guevara Available from Subito Music Listen: Haughty Nonchalant Aggravated Groovy Languid Martial
Partite Américaine 2004, 22′
soprano, mezzo, vn, vc,harpsichord Commissioned by Bach Aria Soloists of Kansas City Available from Subito Music Listen: Prelude Largo “Rock my soul” Courante Allegretto “My lord, what a morning” Aire Largo; […]
SoloSonata 2002, 20′
.. Solo Sonata …commissioned …in the wake of 9/11 exists on a more remote plane, its emotions rooted in the different ‘souls’ of the two instruments themselves; the music is […]
The News from Poems (choral cycle) 2004, 12′
Susan Kander’s “The News from Poems” was a richly varied group of William Carlos Williams settings. I liked the short bursts of sound at the opening, the yelps and staccato […]
Eit Hazamir Higiya (And the time of singing has come) 2004, 5′
Medium voice soloist, SATB, vn, vla, pno Commissioned by The Ephraim Biran Music Endowment, Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York Available from the composer. In Hebrew, a setting of the Song of […]