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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 Hire
Dreaming (1992) 24.5'
2 Fl, Picc, 3 Ob, 3 Cl (II = Cl Eb, III = B-cl), 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
3 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn (III = B-tbn), Tba, Stereophonic tape,
Perc, Timp, Pf, Hp, Str
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 Hire
Elegy – for Toru Takemitsu (1996) 7'
Solo Flute, Percussion, 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 Hire
Fiery Wind (1977) 17.5'
2 Fl (II = Picc), Picc, Ob, Ca, Cl Eb, Cl, Bsn, Cbsn,
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
Wise Music Classical Hire
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 dairies 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 Hire
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS, PERSISTENCE)
UPDATE IN PROGRESS
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
Wise Music Classical Hire
Masks (1965) 25'
8-part Mixed Chorus, Orchestra
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl (II = Cl Eb), 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
As yet unperformed (2024).
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, Cl Eb (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
Pulitzer Prize for Music 1989
Wise Music Classical Hire
Sheet Music Plus Purchase
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 = Cl Eb), 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, Cl Eb, 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 = Cl Eb), 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
Wise Music Classical Hire
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
Wise Music Classical Hire
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
For inquires, contact the composer
[Electronics for TW II are the same as for TW III]
Two Voices – an allegory (1996) 15.5'
Orchestra, Stereophonic computer processed sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, Cl Eb, 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
Wise Music Classical Hire
Whispers Out of Time (1988), cf. STRINGS
String Orchestra
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