Evening Music
May 2002
You can listen to a recording of Evening Music here: Tango a Trois, Rikud, Interlude, and Rondo. The music is available here from Subito.
Cicada-savvy people will notice the cicada sounds that are incorporated in the "Interlude."
NB: There is an error in the published first violin part (the second page of the Tango). You can get a PDF of the corrected second page here.
Here's a performance of the first movement (given in June, 2021) by the Terzetto Trio from the New York Youth Symphony:
Tango Mariposa for Viola and Piano
July 2002
Listen to Istvan Szabo's wonderful performance with pianist Susan Teicher. The music is available here from Subito.
Sonata for Horn and Piano
You can listen to a recording of the first movement, the second movement, and the third movement here. The music is available here from Subito.
November 2002
Woodwind Quintet
September, 2002
You can listen to a recording here of the first movement, the second movement, and the third movement. The music is available from Subito.
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Here is a link to a recording made by Thomas Pfotenhauer and Vincent Fuh, and the music is available from here from Subito.
2002
2021 UPDATE: Here's a recording made by Daniel Gianola-Norris
Three Pieces for Bassoon and Piano
These pieces are based on lines from Walter de la Mare's "Bunches of Grapes" (that has my name in it). You can listen to a performance by bassoonist Kimberly Kelley and pianist Rachel Jensen: Pomagranantes Pink, Primroses Pale, and Silvery Wings. The music is available from Subito.
October, 2002
Janus
You can listen to this piece here, and the music is available here from Subito.
February, 2002
Avez-vous des bonbons?
2002
You can listen to the piece right here:
The music is available from Subito.
Cante Jondo
This is a song cycle for countertenor or bass-baritone and piano (it has also been sung by women, but it lies rather low). Except for the choice of keys and some changes in piano voicing, the music is the same as the flute transcription. You can download a PDF here.
May 2002
Sonata Ostinato
October 2002
You can listen to a recording of the first movement here, and the second movement here. The solo piano music is available here from Subito.
The Dachstein
In 1980 and 1981 I lived at the foot of the Dachstein in Schladming, Austria. In 2001 I met Lawrence Stoffel, and had a poster from Schladming in his office. It turns out that he went to a music festival that was held in Schladming. When he asked me to write a piece for wind ensemble, the subject of the Dachstein seemed most appropriate (it is rare in downstate Illinois to find someone who knows the small town of Schladming, which had 4,000 people when I lived there).
Dr. Stoffel left downstate Illinois for a position at CSUN in Northridge, California, and in 2005 he conducted the first performance of "The Dachstein." You can listen to a recording of it here.
May, 2002
The score and parts are available from Subito.
Schladming, as you can see, is one of the most physically beautiful places on earth.
On Such a Winter's Day
The solo flute music is available from Subito. Here's a tremendous performance from November 15, 2020 by Rebecca Johnson:
Two Choral Pieces from the Song of Songs
July, 2002
The score is available here, and you can listen to computer-generated versions of I am the Rose of Sharon and Arise my Darling here. I would love to be able to substitute real performances for these computer-generated ones. If you happen to perform these pieces, please send me a recording!
Prologue and Lachrimae for String Quartet
July 5, 2002
You can find the score and parts here on the Subito website.
Two Pieces from the Song of Songs
2002
The music is available here from Subito. You can listen to synthesized recordings of "I Will Sing the Song of All Songs," and "Tell Me My True Love" here.
The Snow Queen, and Opera in Three Acts
Here are the first pages of the prologues to each of the three acts of this opera.
You can read more about The Snow Queen here and listen to an aria from it here. You can also listen to a bit more of it here. A Piano Vocal Score and a full score are both available from Subito.
Since I wrote this opera as a graduate school project, I also wrote a hundred-page thesis that discusses the musical and literary elements in the opera. You can find it here. The score and parts are published by Subito, and can be found through the links above.
Canzona for Viola and Harp
You can listen to a computer-generated recording here. The music is available here from Subito.
December 2002
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