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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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
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; […]
.. 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]