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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Communist Manifesto, Op. 220

Op. 220 COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
(October 15, 2013)
for Voices and Orchestra
Preamble
I. Borgeois and Proletarians
II. Proletarins and Communists
III. Socialist and Communist Literature
IV. Position of the Communists in Relations to the Varius Existing Opposition Parties

Score:

Sunday, August 18, 2013

At a Medical Deposition, Op. 219

Op. 219 AT A MEDICAL DEPOSITION
(August 18, 2013)
For Voices and Orchestra
I. Let See What the MRI Says
II. It's a Lengthy Report, Doctor
III. There Were Also Some Loose Bodies

Score:

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Psalms, Book V, Op. 218

Op. 218 PSALMS, BOOK V
(August 17, 2013)
for Voice(s) and Orchestra
Psalm 107 "Oh Give Thanks Unto the Lord"
[Asia Minor - Epitaph of Seikilos] [G106]
Psalm 108 (A Song - A Psalm of David)
[Bernstein I opening] [G107]
Psalm 109 (To the Choirmaster - A Psalm of David)
[Morley - April] [G108]
Psalm 110 (A Psalm of David) -
"Dixit Dominus - The Lord Said to My Lord"
[Monteverdi - Psalm 109] [G109]
Psalm 111 - "Confitebor tibi" -
I Will Praise the Lord
[Monteverdi - Psalm 110] [G110]
Psalm 112 - "Beatus vir"
[Ambrosian - Aeterne rerum conditor] [G111]
Psalm 113- "Laudate pueri" - Praise the Lord
[Monteverdi - Psalm 112] [G112]
Psalm 114 - "When Israel Went Out of Egypt"
[Moses and Aaron - X. "And the People Fled"]
[Mendelssohn - Psalm 114, Op. 51:
'Da Israel aus Ägypten zog']
"Tremble Thou Earth"
[Moses und Aaron - XI -
"Sing to the Lord / Bitter Water"] [G113]
Psalm 115 "Not Unto Us"
[Elijah Rock - VIII. CORO - Baal
(The Prophets of Baal and the People)
[Mendelssohn - Psalm 115, Op. 31
'Non Nobis, Domine'] [G114]
Psalm 116 "Love the Lord"
[Baude Cordier - "Amans Ames"] [G115]
Psalm 117 "Alleluja. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes"
[Aerial Requiem: Rex Tremendae] [G116]
Psalm 118 - "Haec Dies"
[The Passion According to St. Matthew - 13] [G117]
Psalm 119 - "Beati Immaculati"
[Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles] [G118]
Psalm 120 (A Song of Ascents) -
"Ad Dominum cum Tribulare" [Hans Leo Hassler] [G119]
Psalm 121 (A Song of Ascents) -
"I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" [King David] [G120]
Psalm 122 (A Song of Ascents - Of David) -
"I Was Glad / Pray for the Peace"
"Laetatus sum" [Monteverdi - Psalm 121] [G121]
Psalm 123 (A Song of Ascents) [Palestrina - 122] [G122]
Psalm 124 (A Song of Ascents - Of David) [G123]
[Bourgeois - Old 124th /
Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Exaudi]
Psalm 125 (A Song of Ascents)
[Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Interlude] [G124]
Psalm 126 (A Song of Ascents)
[Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Prelude] [G125]
Psalm 127 (A Song of Ascents - Of Solomon) -
"Nisi Dominus" [Monteverdi - Psalm 126] [G126]
Psalm 128 (A Song of Ascents) - "Beati Omnes"
[Schutz - Psalm 128] [G127]
Psalm 129 (A Song of Ascents) -
"Many a Time"
(Britten - War Requiem: Agnus Dei) [G128]
Psalm 130 (A Song of Ascents -
"Out of the Depths" / "De Profundis" /
Aus Tiefer Not]
[Josquin, J.S. Bach, Schoenberg, Hovhaness,
Bernstein, Rzewski] [G129]
Psalm 131 (A Song of Ascents - Of David)
[Bernstein III] [G130]
Psalm 132 (A Song of Ascents) - O Lord, Arise
[Thomas Weelkes] [G131]
Psalm 133 (A Song of Ascents)
[Bach 140 / Bernstein III chorale] [G132]
Psalm 134 (A Song of Ascents) [Orff - Carmina Tanz] [G133]
Psalm 135 [Anonymous 1700] [G134]
Psalm 136 - Now Thank We [Stravinsky - Exaudi] [G135]
Psalm 137 - "By the Waters of Babylon"
[The Opera of Daniel] [G136]
Psalm 138 (A Psalm of David) "Confitebor tibi" /
"I Will Praise the Lord" [Honegger 3 Psalms: III] [G137]
Psalm 139 (To the Choirmaster - A Psalm of David)
[Eitzen - Search Me, O God] [G138]
Psalm 140 [Honegger 3 Psalms: II] [G139]
Psalm 141 (A Psalm of David) [Clemens non Papa] [G140]
Psalm 142 (A Maskil of David,
When He Was in the Cave - A Prayer)
[Alburger - King David: X] [G141]
Psalm 143 (A Psalm of David,
When His Son Absalom Pursued Him)
[Alburger - King David: XXII] [G142]
Psalm 144 (A Psalm of David)
[Alburger - Solomon: V "You Deserve to Die"] [G143]
Psalm 145 (A Psalm of Praise - Of David)
[Acrostic - Guido d'Arezzo - Hymn to St. John /
Igor Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Exaudi,
Serban Nichifor - Psalm 145] [G144]
Psalm 146 [J.S. Bach - Praise the Lord, My Soul] [G145]
Psalm 147 - Part I "Laudabo"
[Gregorian Chant - Psalm 146 /
Alburger - Passion According to St. Matthew] [G146]
Part II "Lauda Jerusalem" [Monteverdi - Vespers] [G147]
Psalm 148 - "Praise Ye the Lord from the Heavens"
[Alburger - King David: IV-V]
Psalm 149 - "Praise the Lord, Sing a New Song
[Dvorak - Psalm 149]
Psalm 150
[Reich - Tehillim: IV / Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: III]

Score:

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Instant Orchestrations, Op. 217

Op. 217 INSTANT ORCHESTRATIONS (July 25, 2013)
For (Voices and) Orchestra
I. The Wayfarer
II. The Lord's Prayer
III. Rod Song
IV. Spoil Song

Score:

Performances:

April 27, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 4: Diabolical Deja Vu
Kate Bautch, Sarita Cannon, and Harriet March Page, Sopranos
The Opus Project Orchestra
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

May 25, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 5
David Chavez, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

July 27, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 7
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

Monday, June 10, 2013

With No Thoughts of Plagiarism, Op. 216

Op. 216 WITH NO THOUGHTS OF PLAGIARISM (June 10, 2013)
Sound-File Collisons
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Symphony of Psalms (1930): I. Exaudi /
Carl Orf (1895-1982) - Carmina Burana (1936): I. O Fortuna
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - La Creation du Monde (1923) /
George Gershwin (1898-1937) - Rhapsody in Blue (1926)
Rachel Grimes (b. 1970) - Book of Leaves (2009): II. Every Morning /
Feona Lee Jones (1985) - Water for Notes (2013): IV. Morning Mist

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Mandela Mandala, Op. 221