Roger Reynolds

Updated 11 June 2023

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Except for some works which remain in manuscript form in the Reynolds Archive, all compositions are published by or are on rental from Wise Music Classical, Part of Wise Music Group.

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The Angel of Death (1998-2001) 34'
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra,
6-channel computer processed sound
Solo Piano, Fl (Picc), Picc (Fl), Cl, B-cl, Hn, 2 Trp, Tbn, 3 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 7 June 2001
2001 Agora Festival, Paris
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean-Marie Cottet, Piano
Pierre-André Valade, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam for the 2001 Agora Festival, Paris


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Aspiration (2004-2005) 30'
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)
Solo Violin, Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn (C-bsn), Hn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 5 October 2005
Norwegian Academy of Music
Ultima Festival, Aula University, Oslo
Irvine Arditti, Violin, Oslo Sinfonietta,
Christian Eggen, Conductor
Written for Irvine Arditti
Commissioned by the Oslo Sinfonietta and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne of Montréal

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The Dream of the Infinite Rooms, cf. ORCHESTRA
Solo Cello, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

JOURNEY (2020-2023) 18"
Solo Oboe and Chamber Orchestra [
with an optional addition of English horn], Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Horn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf (concert grand), Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 4 May 2023
Jacqueline Leclair, Solo Oboe
Ekkozone and Esbjerg , Mathias Reumert, Conductor
Offbeat Music Festival
Koncertkirken
Copenhagen, Denmark
Commissioned by Jacqueline Leclair
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On the Balance of Things (1996-98) 24'
Solo Oboe, Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Trp, Perc, Vln, Vc,
Stereophonic computer processed sound, Dance component (optional)
Text: drawn from the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop
I. A Summer's Day, II. Questions of Travel,
III. Anaphora, IV. The Monument
Recorded voice: Lucinda Childs
First performance DANCE VERSION:
16 January 1998
Cité de la Musique, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, László Hadady, Oboe,
Lucinda Childs, Dancer/Choreographer,
Anne Manson, Conductor
Commissioned by Meet The Composer
for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company
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'O'o, cf. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Flute and String Quartet


Personae (1990) 26'
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble,
Stereophonic or Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Hn, B-tbn, Perc, Pf, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 28 March 1991
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, New York
János Négyesy, Violin, Sonor Ensemble, Rand Steiger, Conductor

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Submerged Memories (2006) 20'
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc,
Electroacoustic processing


Thoughts, Places, Dreams (2013) 24'
Solo Cello, Chamber Orchestra
Fl, Cl, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln
First performance: 13 October 2013
Alexis Descharmes, Solo Cello
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, Conductor
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
Venice Biennale
Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture
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Transfigured Wind II, cf. ORCHESTRA
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound


Transfigured Wind III (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra (14 players),
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Ob, 2 Cl (I = Cl Eb, II = B-cl), Bsn (Cbsn),
Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 21 June 1984
Olympic Arts Festival, Los Angeles
CalArts New Music Ensemble,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Jean-Charles François, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation

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[Electronics for TW III is the same as for TW II]


Watershed III
(1995) 31'
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra,
Optional real-time computer sound spatialization
Fl (Picc), Ob, Cl, B-cl, Hn, Tpt, B-tbn, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 30 October 1995
Loeb Centre, New York
Music Mobile Ensemble, Steven Schick, Percussion,
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor Peter Otto, Spatialization
TECHNICAL SCORE by Roger Reynolds

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Will you answer if I call?
(1998) 8'
Solo Harpsichord, Fl, Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Hn, Vln I, Vln II, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 13 January 1998
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Jukka Tiensuu, Harpsichord, John Storgårds, Conductor
Järvenpää, Finland
60th Birthday Celebration for Paavo Heininen
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