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Chamber Music

Five Joys: Gitanjali Dances (20') on lines of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali poems
(for advanced players; as presented at the National Flute Association Convention 8/06)
Flute and Piano    

 

11 x 14 large score and flute part (recommended for performance)     $18.00

 

8.5 x 11 score and flute part     $13.00
       

Fantasy for Flute and Piano (8')
(for intermediate players)

     

 

Score and flute part     $12.00
       
Cello Sonata (20') Cello and Piano
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Bulgarian Dance Suite (11') Flute, Viola and Guitar
 

I. Trugnala Rumjana

 
 

II. Sevdalino

 
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III. Jovano, Jovanke

 

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Libro del Dolor (15')
in memory of los desaparecidos, "the disappeared ones"

Piano Trio    

I Prologue

 
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II Dance of Accusation

 
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III The Verdict

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IV Against the Sea of Forgetfulness

 
 

 

Variations on a French Noël (3')

English Horn, Bassoon and Piano
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Over the Falls (9')

String Ensemble
(Minimum 4.2.2.1) (Level 6 difficulty)

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Dancing on the Edge (19') Flute, Viola and Harp
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I. Dancing on the Edge

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II. Free Fall

 
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III. Sarabande

 
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Music From a Farther Room
on images of T.S. Eliot (25')
Flute, Violin, Clarinet, Cello, Piano and Electronic Delay    

 

I "after the kingfisher's wing has answered
light to light, and is silent"
Cello cadenza: "old stones that cannot be deciphered"
     

 

II "music half-heard, in the stillness between
two waves of the sea"
     

 

III "quick now, here now, always"   Listen  

 

IV "the wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters of the petrel and the porpoise"   Listen  

 

V "till the wind shake a thousand whispers from the yew tree"   Listen  
Bulgarian Dance Suite (11') Cello Quartet
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The Lark in the Clear Air (3') Cello Quartet    
       
Solo Instruments      

Picasso Plays the Guitar

Solo Guitar
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The Old Guitarist [1903], Guernica [1937], Girl with Mandolin [1910], Child with a Dove [1901], Minotoar [1936], The Bulls [1945]

 
 
       
Solitudes Solo Piano Listen  
       
Bear Music
To accompany the reading of Little Bear's Visit by Else Minarik, Harper Collins Books
Clarinet and Narrator Listen  
       
Solo Pipe Organ:      
Echo Tunes Pipe Organ and Electronic Delay Listen  

Psalmbook:
5 works on Genevan Psalm Tunes

     
Psalm 116:
Companion piece to Sweelinck's Psalm 116
(Premiered at Sweelinck's Oude Kirk, Amsterdam)
     
Organ Fantasy (14')      
In Thee Is Gladness      
       
Christmas Settings for Sampler Records Artists    
Solo Harp:      
Brightest and Best (5.5')   Listen  
Les Enfants A La Crecho (2.5')      
Balloo Lammy (3')      
The First Nowell (3')      
       
Harp Duo:      
Wild Mountain Thyme (5'): Concert Duo      
The Water is Wide (3')      
Salley Gardens (2.5')   Listen  
All Hayle to the Dayes/Sussex Carol (3'):
Concert Duo for Two Lever Harps
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Masters in This Hall (2.5')      
Angels and Shepherds (2.5')      
       
Harp Duo Mixed Difficulty (Easy/Intermediate):      
The Angel Gabriel (Basque Carol) (2.5')
     
Silent Night (3')   Listen  
Salley Gardens (2.5')   Listen  
       
Flute, Harp and Dulcimer:      
My Lagan Love (4' )      
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair (3')      
Cold December Flies Away (3')   Listen  
Riu, Riu, Chiu (3')   Listen  
Leaping and Dancing (3.5')      
Bagpipers' Carol (4')   Listen  
Cherry Tree Carol (5')
     
Babe of Bethlehem (5')   Listen  
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (6.5')      
       
Flute and Harp:      
Star Over Bethlehem (O Gwiazdo Betlejemska)   Listen  
       
Four Flutes:      
Sing, Companions All (2') Four Flutes (4th=Alto Flute) Listen  

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