Roger Reynolds

Updated 11 June 2024

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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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Ariadne's Thread (1994) 16'
String Quartet, Computer generated sound
(stereophonic and quadraphonic versions)
First performance: 2 December 1994
Messiaen Hall, Radio France, Paris, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Radio France,
The Florence Gould Foundation, and Les Ateliers UPIC

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Coconino...a shattered landscape [rev. 1993] (1985) 19'
String Quartet
First performance: 10 November 1985
Almeida Festival, London, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by the Arditti Quartet

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Colombi Daydream, cf. SOLO
Solo Cello


A Crimson Path, cf. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Cello and Piano


Elegy – for Toru Takemitsu, cf. ORCHESTRA
Solo Flute, Percussion, String Orchestra


Elliott (2007-2008) 11.5'
String Quartet
First performance: 25 January 2008
Arditti Quartet
Cité de la musique, Paris
Commissioned by the Cité de la musique in honor of Elliott Carter

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FLiGHT, cf. MULTIMEDIA
String Quartet, Reconfigurable projection modules, Multichannel sound distribution


FLiGHT (2012-2016) STRING QUARTET VERSION
STRING QUARTET, in four movements
First complete performance (string quartet version): 30 November 2016
JACK Quartet
Boston University Concert Hall
Boston, Massachusetts

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FLiGHT (2012-2016) STRING QUARTET VERSION
I Imagining, II Preparing, and III Experiencing
String Quartet
First performance (Movements I, II, III): 22 May 2016
JACK Quartet
The Phillips Collection, 57th Anniversary Celebration
Washington, DC

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Focus a beam, emptied of thinking, outward..., cf. SOLO
Solo Cello


imagE/cello & imAge/cello (2007) 5' and 4'30", cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as STRINGS
Solo Cello
First performance [imagE/cello]: 3 March 2007
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
30 ans > 30 créations
Cité de la musique, Paris

First performance [imAge/cello]: 14 May 2007
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
Rencontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles
Beauvais, France

First performance of the pair: 2 March 2010
Alexis Descharmes, Cello
La Maison Française, Washington, DC
A part of the CHANGES: Seasons Festival in Washington, DC
May be performed separately:

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imagE/contrabass (2008), cf. SERIES OF WORKS
Solo Contrabass
First performance:: 23 November 2008
Solo Contrabass
Mark Dresser, Contrabass
The Stone, New York City

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imAge/contrabass (2010), cf. SERIES OF WORKS
Solo Contrabass
First performance of the pair: 24 March 2010
Mark Dresser, Contrabass
New Music for Contrabass
Mark Dresser, Marc Marder, Ensemble Terra Nova
Hawai'i Contrabass Festival
Fresh Café, 831 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawai'i


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imagE/viola (2012) 6'30", cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as STRINGS
Solo Viola
First performance: 6 December 2012
John Pickford Richards, Viola
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Harvard University, Cambridge


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imAge/viola (2014), cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as STRINGS
Solo Viola
First performance and first performance of the pair (imagE/viola and imAge/viola): 5 April 2015
Mark Menzies, Solo Viola
The Beast, California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, California

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imagE/violin & imAge/violin (2015), cf. SERIES OF WORKS as well as STRINGS
Solo Violin
First performance: 29 September 2015
Irvine Arditti, Solo Violin
REDCAT – Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
Los Angeles, California
May be performed separately.

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Irvine @ 50! (January 2003)
Violin, Viola, Cello

Irvine @ 50! is housed at the Sacher Foundation.
For information, contact the composer at info@rogerreynolds.com



not forgotten (2007-2010)
in six movements: Giverny, Toru, Elliott, Ryoanji, Iannis, Now
String Quartet
First performance: 23 April 2010
Arditti Quartet
Wittener Tage
Witten, Germany
Commissioned by the Siemens Foundation with the cooperation
of the West German Radio, and the Cité de la musique

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Kokoro, cf. SOLO
Solo Violin


'O'o, cf. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Flute and String Quartet


Process and Passion (2002), cf. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Violin, Cello, Computer musician
Computer processed sound, Real-time computer spatialization (optional)


String Quartet 1961 13' [also referred to as String Quartet No. 2]
First Performance: 31 July 1961
Tanglewood Music Festival
Lenox String Quartet


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Visions (1990-1991) 32'
String Quartet
First performance: 27 May 1992
Music Today, Tokyo, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Arditti Quartet

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Whispers Out of Time (1988) 26.5'
String Orchestra
First performance: 11 December 1988
Amherst College, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by the Amherst College Friends of Music

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Pulitzer Prize for Music 1989