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Archipelago, cf. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Chamber Orchestra, 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound
The Dream of the Infinite Rooms (1986) 24'
Solo Cello, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob (II = Ca), 2 Cl (II = B-cl), 2 Bsn,
2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn (II = B-tbn), 2 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 2 March 1987
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Cleveland, Ohio
Regina Mushabac, Cello, Edwin London, Conductor
Commissioned by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [2 scores needed for performance, instrumental parts, solo cello part, sound files]
Dreaming (1992) 24.5'
2 Fl, Picc, 3 Ob, 3 Cl (II = E♭clb, III = B-cl), 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
3 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn (III = B-tbn), Tba, Perc, Timp, Pf, Hp, Str, Stereophonic tape
First performance: 10 January 1993
Carnegie Hall, New York City
American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
American Composers Orchestra Co-Commission
with funds provided by the Meet
The Composer /
Reader's Digest Commissioning Program
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [2 scores needed for performance, parts, sound files]
Elegy – for Tōru Takemitsu (1996) 7'
Solo Flute, Percussion, Almglocken, String Orchestra
First performance: 15 May 1996
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Sonor Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, Flute, John Fonville, Conductor
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [2 scores, parts]
Fiery Wind (1977) 17.5'
2 Fl (II = Picc), Picc, Ob, Ca, E♭cl, Cl, Bsn, Cbn,
3 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 13 February 1978
American Composers Orchestra
Lincoln Center, New York
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Commissioned by the Contemporary Music Society, Inc., New York
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george WASHINGTON (2012-2013) 24' cf. MULTIMEDIA as well as ORCHESTRA
Orchestra, 3 Narrators, Video projection,
Real-time sound processing and spatialization
2 Fl (Picc), Al-fl, 2 Ob, CA 2 Cl, B-cl, Cbs-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Hp,
Strings in traditional 5 sections
Ross Karre, Videographer; Jaime Oliver, Computer Cues; Josef Kucera, Sound Design
Text assembled by the composer from Washington’s diaries and correspondence
First performances: 3, 4, 5 October 2013
National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Clark Young, Thomas Keegan, Philip Larson, Narrators
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
Co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra through
a grant from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for
New Orchestral Works, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association,
and the University of California
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [5 scores needed for performance, parts, projections, sound files or real-time computer processing, Four Real-Time Algorithms]
Graffiti (1965) 9'
3 Fl (II, III = Picc), 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Bsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn, Tba, Timp, Perc, Pf, 2 Hp, Str
First performance: 2 May 1965
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims, Conductor
Seattle Center Opera House
Seattle, Washington
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
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Masks (1965) 25'
8-part Mixed Chorus, Orchestra
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl (II = E♭clb), 2 Bsn,
4 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Timp, Perc, 2 Pf, Str
Texts culled from the works of Herman Melville, principally Moby Dick,
and Mardi
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score forthcoming]
[no instrumental or vocal materials exist]
As yet unperformed (2026).
The Red Act Arias (1996-1997) 47', cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as ORCHESTRA
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, 8-channel computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, CA, 2 Cl, E♭clb (Cl), B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
Text edited by the composer from Richmond Lattimore's translation of Agamemnon,
by Aeschylus
First performance: 4 August 1997
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers,
Harriet Walker, Narrator, Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Promenade Concerts
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [3 scores needed for performance, parts, sound files]
The Red Act Arias Suite 2001, cf. ELECTROACOUSTIC and SERIES OF WORKS
Multichannel computer processed sound
Symphony[Myths] (1990) 21'
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 4 Ob (IV = CA), 3 Cl (III = E♭clb), B-cl,
4 Bsn (IV = Cbsn), 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 25 October 1990
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kotaro Sato, Conductor
Commissioned by Suntory Hall
Wise Music Classical Hire
Symphony[The Stages of Life] (1991-92) 28'
3 Fl (II = A-fl, III = Picc), Picc, 3 Ob, Ca, E♭clb, 2 Cl, B-cl,
3 Bsn, Cbsn, 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Hp, Pf, Str
First performance: 29 April 1993
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Commissioned by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in
Library of Congress for Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Wise Music Classical Hire
Symphony[Vertigo] (1987) 23'
Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), A-fl, 2 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl (II = E♭cl), B-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 9 December 1987
Davies Hall, San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony, Andrew Massey, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
ORCHESTRA
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Threshold (1967-1968) 18'
4 fl (I-IV = Picc), 2 Ob (II = Ca), 3 Cl (III = B-cl), 3 Bsn (III = Cbsn),
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 4 Tbn (III, IV = B-tbn), 2 Tba, Perc, Pf, Hpd, Hp, Mand, Str
First performance: 7 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Japan Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
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Transfigured Wind II (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 4 June 1984
Horizons '84, New York City, American Composers Orchestra,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Charles Wuorinen, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
Wise Music Classical Purchase [score] and Hire [2 scores needed for performance, instrumental parts, solo flute part, sound files]
[sound files for TW II are the same as for TW III; these are different from sound files for TW IV]
[Electronics for TW II are the same as for TW III]
Two Voices – an allegory (1996) 15 min 30 s
Orchestra, Stereophonic computer processed sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, E♭clb, B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
First performance: 17 October 1997
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Luis Biava, Conductor
Commissioned by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Association,
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor
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Whispers Out of Time (1988), cf. STRINGS
String Orchestra
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