Friday, November 25, 2022

Sinfonia No. 2 ("4 Ovidian Ages"), Op. 412

Op. 412 SINFONIA NO. 2 ("The Four Ovidian Ages of Humans")
  (November 25, 2022)
     I. The Golden Age
          (Ghetto)
     II. The Silver Age
          (Allegro e vivace)
     III. The Bronze Age
          (Minuetto con Greta Garbo -- Alternativo -- Coda)
     IV. The Iron Age
          (Finale -- Presto)



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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Mark, Op. 411


Op. 411 MARK (November 24, 2022)
Five Non-Synoptic Scenes for Voices and Orchestra
     I.  A Crowd by the Sea of Galilee (3:7-12)
     II.  The Parable of the Growing Seed (4:26-29)
     III.  Jesus Heals a Deaf Mute (7:31-36)
     IV.  Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida (8:22-26)
     V. Another Old Ending (16:9-10)


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Friday, September 16, 2022

Secret Service, Op. 410

Op. 410 SECRET SERVICE (September 16, 2022)
     For Brass Quartet


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Saturday, September 10, 2022

Chicanery in G Minor, Op. 409

Op. 409 CHICANERY IN G MINOR (September 10, 2022)
     For Percussion Quartet


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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Mikhail's Navy, Op. 408

Op. 408 MIKHAIL'S NAVY (September 6, 2022)
     For Orchestra
          I. Glinka
          II. Gorbachev


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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Philemon, Op. 407

Op. 407 PHILEMON (September 4, 2022)
For Vocal Quartet and Orchestra


Score:


Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Serenade on Swedish Meatballs, Op. 406

Op. 406 SERENADE ON SWEDISH MEATBALLS
  (August 30, 2022)
   For Wind Octet
     I. March-Waltz
     II. Walkabout
     III. Furioso
     IV. Walkabout
     V. March-Waltz


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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Grosseteste and Swineshead, Op. 405

Op. 405 GROSSETESTE AND SWINESHEAD (August 25, 2022)
   Fragments of Two Early Physics Essays
   for Voices and Orchestra
      I. Robert Grosseteste (1175-1252)
         The Generation of Sounds (1205)
     II. Richard Swineshead (1310-1354)
          Essay on Motion (1340)


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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Hymn Edits, Op. 404

Op. 404 HYMN EDITS (HYMNS FOR HER) (August 10, 2022)
For Voices and Instruments
Severally or in Any Collage / Combination / Orchestration
Adrianus Valerius (1575-1625)
   KREMSER (1626, We Gather Together /
   We Come to This Table)
Meyer Lyon (1751-1797)
   LEONI (1770, The God of Abraham Praise /
   A Little Bit of Salt)
Conrad Kocher (1786-1872)
   DIX (1838, For the Beauty of the Earth /
   By the Streams of Babylon)
Benjamin Franklin White (1800-1879)
   The SACRED HARP (1844): BEACH SPRING
   (God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending /
   Christ, Your Words / Christ, You Walked)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
   AURELIA (1864, The Church's One Foundation /
    You Made Us In Your Image)
Patrick Weston Joyce (1827-1914)
   SLANE (1909, Be Thou My Vision /
   God We Have Come from Our Families and Homes)
William Howard Donne (1832-1915)
   TO GOD BE THE GLORY
   (1875, To What Can the Kingdom of God Be Compared)
Cesareo Gabarain (1936-1991)
   PESCADOR DE MOBRES
   (1979, Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore)
J.Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986)
   CLEVELAND (1981, Psalm 150: Praise Ye the Lord)
Tracy Keenan (b. 1989) 
    THIS IS WHO WE ARE (2019)
LET ME SERVE LOVE


   Score:


Monday, August 1, 2022

Gnomentary, Op. 403

Op. 403 GNOMENTARY (August 1, 2022)
     For Cello and Orchestra


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Saturday, July 16, 2022

The Four Temperaments, Op. 402

Op. 402 THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS (July 16, 2022)
   Variant Companion to Animal Farm, Op. 76
     I. Choleric
     II. Melancholic
     III. Plegmatic
     IV. Sanguine


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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Book Ephesians, Op. 401

Op. 401 BOOK EPHESIANS (July 10, 2022)
   For Voices and Orchestra
     I. Grace to You and Peace
     II. Death to Life
     III. Prayer
     IV. Lies
     V. Sleeper, Awake
     VI. Benediction


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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Handel Orchestrations, Op. 400

Op. 400 HANDEL ORCHESTRATIONS (May 26, 2022)
   Suite No. 5 in E Major (1720)
     IV. Air and Five Variations
          ("The Harmonious Blacksmith")


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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Faure Orchestrations, Op. 399


 
Op. 399 FAURE ORCHESTRATIONS (May 25, 2022)
   For Voice and Orchestra
      Two Songs (1870)
         I. Chanson de Pecheur
         II. Lydia


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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Poulenc Orchestrations, Op. 398

Op. 398 POULENC ORCHESTRATIONS (May 11, 2022)
     I. Suite Francaise, FP 80 (1935)
          I. Bransle de Bourgogne 
     II. Priez pour Paix, FP 95 (1938)


   Score:


   Performance:

     September 24, 2022
        The Opus Project presents Opus 95: Songfest
        
Megan Cullen, Soprano
        The Opus Project Ensemble
        Center for New Music
        San Francisco, CA

Saturday, March 26, 2022

The Disharmonious Blacksmith, Op. 397

Op. 397 THE DISHARMONIOUS BLACKSMITH
   (March 26, 2022)
     Destruction and Orchestration after
        G.F. Handel and Hector Berlioz


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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mozart Orchestrations, Op. 396

Op. 396 MOZART  [W.A.] ORCHESTRATIONS
   (March 24, 2022)
     I. Minuet, K. 94 (1770)
     II. Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545: I. (1788)


  Score:


Performance:

     April 23, 2022
          The Opus Project presents Opus 94
          Center for New Music
          San Francisco, CA

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Colossians Collisions, Op. 395

Op. 395 COLOSSIANS COLLISIONS (March 20, 2022)
     For Voices and Ensemble
          IIIb  As God's Chosen Ones.
          IIIc. The Peace of Christ


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Thursday, March 17, 2022

Little Boy Blue, Op. 394

Op. 394 LITTLE BOY BLUE (March 17, 2022, Eugene Field)
     For Voice and Orchestra


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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Delicate Balances, Op. 393

Op. 393 DELICATE BALANCES (March 16, 2022)
     Etude for Orchestra


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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

3 George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392

Op. 392 THREE GEORGE CRUMB TROPES
   (March 8, 2022) from
   THE DECAMERON: FIFTH DAY
   For Orchestra         
     Novel III.  Pietro Boccamazza runs away with Agnolella,
        and encounters a gang of robbers
        (Madrigals, Book II [1962]
            III. Cabalito Negro - Little Black Horse)
     Novel VII.  Pietro Teodoro, being enamoured of Violante,
        daughter of Messer Amerigo, his lord, gets her with child,
        and is sentenced to the gallows
          (Black Angels [1970]
               I-V, VII, X)
     Novel VIII.  Nastagio degli Onesti,
        loving a damsel of the Traversari family,
        by lavish expenditure gains not her love
          (Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death [1968]
               III. Cancion de Jinete - Song of the Rider)


     Score:


 Performance:

          May 28, 2022
            San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
            Lakeview Presbyterian Church
            San Francisco, CA

Monday, March 7, 2022

Lies, Op. 391


Op. 391 LIES (March 7, 2022)
     For Vocal Duo and Orchestra


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Saturday, March 5, 2022

Quadruple Concerto No. 2 ("Haydn Seek"), Op. 390

Op. 390 QUADRUPLE CONCERTO NO. 2 ("Haydn Seek")
   (March 5, 2022)  For Mandolin, Harp, Vibraphone,
   Marimba, and Orchestra
     I. Allegro
     II. Andante
     III. Allegro con spirito


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Friday, March 4, 2022

The Selfish Gene, Op. 389

Op. 389 THE SELFISH GENE (March 4, 2022)
   For Orchestra
     I. Why Are?
     II. Replicators
     III. Immortal Coils
     IV. Gene Machine
     V. Aggression
     VI. Genesmanship
     VII. Family Planning
     VIII. Battle of Generations
     IX. Battle of Sexes
     X. Scratch
     XI. Memes
     XII. Nice Guys
     XIII. Long Reach


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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

On a Scale of 1 to 10, Op. 388

Op. 388 ON A SCALE OF 1 to 10 (March 1, 2022)
   For 10edo (equal division of the octave) Orchestra


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