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Solo Works

Ambages (1964) 9.5'
Solo Flute
First performance: October 1964
Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Karen Reynolds, Flute
P06829

Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (1986) 13'
Solo Marimba
First performance: 7 November 1986
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Gordon Stout, Marimba
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Award
P67191

The Behavior of Mirrors (1986) 6.5'
Solo Guitar
First performance: 9 February 1986
92nd Street Y, New York
David Starobin, Guitar
Commissioned by David Starobin
P67096

Consider..., cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Baritone, French Horn

A Crimson Path (2000) 28'
Solo Cello, Piano
First performance of completed version: 15 November 2002
Christopher Roy, Cello, Pascale Berthelot, Piano
Festival Why Note? Dijon, France
Commissioned by Festival Why Note?
(extensively revised with 2nd movement added)
First performance of Movements 1 and 3: 10 May 2000
Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles, Beauvais, France
Rohan de Saram, Cello, Druvi de Saram, Piano
Commissioned by Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles
P68048

Epigram and Evolution, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Fantasy for Pianist, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Focus a beam, emptied of thinking, outward... (1989) 13'
Solo Cello
First performance: 27 February 1992
Merkin Concert Hall, New York
Rohan de Saram, Cello
P67313

Kokoro (1992) 18'
Solo Violin
First performance: 30 January 1993
Le Botanique, Brussels
Irvine Arditti, Violin
Commissioned by Irvine Arditti with funds from the British Arts Council
P67484

Mosaic (1962) 10'
Solo Flute (Piccolo), Piano
First performance: 10 February 1963
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
Karen Hill, Flute (Piccolo), Bob James, Piano
P6620

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic
computer processed sound, modest staging

*Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being) (1985) 30'
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, electronic processing
Text: extracted from Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
First performance: 14 May 1985
Symphony Space, New York
Joan La Barbara, Voice/Piano
P67810

*Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: I) (1984) 11.5'
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 7 November 1984
Interlink Festival, Tokyo
James Ostryniec, Oboe
Commissioned by Randolph S. Rothschild
P67097

Transfigured Wind I (1984) 9'
Solo Flute
First performance: 4 May 2005
Pacific Rim Music Festival
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lisa Cella, Flute
P67002a

*Transfigured Wind IV (1985) 18'
Solo Flute, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 10 February 1985
Lincoln Center, New York City
Robert Aitken, Flute
Commissioned by Robert Aitken
P67002d

Variation, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Watershed I (1995) 27.5'
Solo Percussion
First performance: 1 December 1995
Manhattan School of Music, New York
Steven Schick, Percussion
P67667a

Watershed IV, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization

Solo with Ensemble

*The Angel of Death (1998-2001) 34'
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra (16 players), 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
Jean-Marie Cottet, Solo Piano, Ensemble Court-Circuit
Pierre-André Valade, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam for the 2001 Agora Festival, Paris
P67979

*Aspiration (2004-2005) 18'
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)
Solo Violin, Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn (Cbsn), Hn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 6 October 2006
Ultima Festival, Oslo
Irvine Arditti, Solo Violin, Oslo Sinfonietta, Christian Eggen, Conductor
Commissioned by Oslo Sinfonietta and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

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

*On the Balance of Things (1996-98) 24'
Solo Oboe, Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Trp, Perc, Vln, Vc,
Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional dance component
Text: fragments from four poems by 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
P67770

*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
P67321

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
P67002c

*Watershed III (1995) 31'
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra (13 players), 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, TRAnSiT, Spatialization
P67667c

*Will you answer if I call? (1998) 8'
Solo Harpsichord, Fl, Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Hn, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 13 January 1998
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Järvenpää, Finland
Jukka Tiensuu, Harpsichord, John Storgårds, Conductor
60th Birthday Tribute to Paavo Heininen
P67856

String Ensemble

*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
P67677

*Aspiration, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)

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
P67095

A Crimson Path, cf. Solo
Solo Cello, Piano

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

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

Kokoro, cf. Solo
Solo Violin

*Process and Passion (2002) 23'
Violin, Cello, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization
First Performance: 15 November 2002
Nicolas Miribel, Violin, Alexis Descharmes, Cello,
Frédéric Voisin, Technical Support
Festival Why Note?
Dijon, France
Commissioned by Festival Why Note?
P68049

String Quartet (1961) 13'
String Quartet
First Performance: 31 July 1961
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox Quartet
P6623

Visions (1991) 32'
String Quartet
First performance: 27 May 1992
Music Today, Tokyo
Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Arditti Quartet
P67512

Percussion

Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II), cf. Solo
Solo Marimba

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound

SANCTUARY (2004)
Percussion Quartet, Real-time computer processed and spatialized sound, Lighting design
red fish blue fish: Gustavo Aguilar, Rob Esler, Don Nichols, Mathias Reumert, percussion,
Pei Xiang, David Camargo, Joseph Sarlo, computer processing, Chris Parry, Lighting design
First performance of Part 2: Oracle: 4 June 2004
Warren Lecture Halls, Studio A
UCSD, La Jolla

Watershed I, cf. Solo
Solo Percussion

Watershed III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra, Optional real-time computer sound spatialization

Watershed IV, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization

Piano

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra, 6-channel computer processed sound

Epigram and Evolution (1960) 9'
Solo Piano
First performance: 4 March 1961
Robert Ashley, Piano
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor

Fantasy for Pianist (1964) 19'
Solo Piano
First performance: 26 September 1965
Warsaw Autumn Festival
John Tilbury, Piano
P06612

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound

*Traces (1968) 23.5'
Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing
First performance: 17 December 1968
Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, Yuji Takahashi, Piano,
Robert Cram, Flute, Marijke Verbene, Cello
(Center for Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY Buffalo)
P66247

Variation (1988) 22'
Solo Piano
First performance: 3 December 1991
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, Aleck Karis, Piano
Written under the auspices of The Banff Centre for the Arts
P67294

Electroacoustic

"22" (2004-2005) 30'
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings:
Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion),
Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer
First Performance: 9 April 2005
Arizona State University, ISA/AME motione Project
Bill T. Jones, Dancer/Choreographer, Paul Kaiser, Shelly Eshkar,
Marc Downie, Digital Imagery, Pei Xiang, Musical Assistant
Commissioned by Arizona State University
ame.asu.edu/motione

*Again (originally titled Template Series One) [rev. 1971-74] (1970) 30'
2 Sopranos, 2 Fl, 2 Tbn, 2 Perc, 2 Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, amplification, Optional lighting
First performance: 20 July 1970
American Festival, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, St-Paul-de-Vence
Evenings for New Music Ensemble, Lukas Foss, Conductor
P66249

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra, 6-channel computer processed sound
Solo Piano, 2 Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Hn, 2 Trp, Tbn, 3 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db

Archipelago, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Chamber Ensemble (32 players), 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound

Ariadne's Thread, cf. String Ensemble
String Quartet, Computer generated sound

...brain ablaze...she howled aloud, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

Compass, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, 35mm slide projections, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

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

*Eclipse [Voicespace III] (1979) 16:10'
Electroacoustic version, Quadraphonic computer generated sound, Electronically processed voices
Text: fragments from Issa, Melville, Stevens,
Borges, Joyce, García Márquez
Voices: Carol Plantamura, Philip Larson
First performance: 18 February 1982
Symphony Space, New York City
(Concert in honor of Ross Lee Finney)
Commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
P67010

Video version, cf. Multimedia

...from behind the unreasoning mask, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Trombone, Percussion (+ Assistant), Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

*The Ivanov Suite (1991) 32:20'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound (originally in an 8-channel format)
I. Trumpet Dream, II. The Scream, III. Religious Music, IV. The Brides,
V. Piccolo Dream, VI. Monogatari ("Stories"), VII. Primitive Music
First performance: 5 July 1992
Computer Music Conference/Festival, Delphi, Greece
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
P67527

JUSTICE, cf. Music for Theater
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization, Computer processed sound, Optional staging

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer generated sound

*A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II] (1976) 36'
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 9 June 1976
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
P67807

*A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II] (1976) 35:47'
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound version:
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance quadraphonic electroacoustic version: 11 December 1976
Currents Series, Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles
National Endowment for the Arts Award
P67807a

Not Only Night, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Soprano, Fl (Picc), Cl Eb (B-cl), Pf, Vln, Vc, Stereophonic computer processed sound

Odyssey, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
(originally titled Entre le galet et la dune)
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8-channel (4 + 4) computer processed sound, Lighting

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

Personae, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble, Stereophonic or quadraphonic computer processed sound

Ping, cf. Multimedia
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing

Process and Passion, cf. String Ensemble
Violin, Cello, Computer sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

The Red Act Arias, cf. Orchestra
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, Computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound

*The Red Act Arias Suite (1997-2001) 15'
Multichannel computer processed sound (4- and 8-channel versions)
First performance (revised version): 8 May 2001
Warren Lecture Halls - Studio A, University of California, San Diego
First performance (1st version, 1997): 4 May 1998
Programa Musicistas,
Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Brazil

*...the serpent-snapping eye... (1978) 20'
Tpt, Perc, Pf, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound
First performance: 31 January 1979
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Edwin Harkins, Trumpet, Jean-Charles François, Percussion, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66821

Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being), cf. Solo
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, Electronic processing

*Still [Voicespace I] (1975) 21:35'
Electroacoustic vocal work, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracts from The Wanderings of Cain, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Philip Larson, Baritone,
The Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
First performance: 27 October 1976
Sixth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
National Endowment for the Arts Award
P67808

Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: II), cf. Solo
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Traces, cf. Piano
Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing

Transfigured Wind II, cf. Orchestra
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Transfigured Wind III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra (14 players), Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Transfigured Wind IV, cf. Solo
Solo Flute, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

*The Vanity of Words [Voicespace V] (1986) 20:12'
Electroacoustic vocal work, Stereophonic computer processed sound
Text: extracted from The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
First performance: 6 June 1987
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
P67333

*Versions/Stages I-V (1986-91) 25'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
I. Cello Dream, II. Dionysus (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae),
III. Waterfall, IV. Farewell Cult (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's" The Farewell Cult"), V. Ocean
First presentation: 29 March 1994
Intercambio/Exchange Concerts, CRCA, La Jolla
P67528

*Vertigo (1985) 16:50' or 19:30'
Quadraphonic computer processed materials recorded by pianist Cecil Lytle
First performance: 25 April 1987
New and Unusual Music, San Francisco
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67809
Video version, cf. Multimedia

Watershed III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra, Optional real-time computer sound spatialization

*Watershed IV (1995) 29'
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization
First performance: 11 April 1996
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Steven Schick, Percussion, TRAnSiT, Spatialization
P67667d

Multimedia

"22", cf. Electroacoustic
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings: Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and
Steven Schick (percussion), Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer

Compass, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, 35mm slide projections

*Eclipse (1979) 16:48'
Quadraphonic computer generated sound, Electroacoustically processed voices,
Video images by Ed Emshwiller
Text: fragments from Issa, Melville, Stevens,
Borges, Joyce, García Márquez
Voices: Carol Plantamura, Philip Larson
First performance with video, slides, film: 31 January 1980 [25']
First Intermedia Art Festival, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
P67010a
Electroacoustic version, cf. Electroacoustic

The Emperor of Ice Cream, cf. Music for Theater
(Staged) 8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db

*I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers (1970) 35-70'
9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing, Projections, Staging
First performance: 24 January 1971
Encounter Series, Pasadena
Commissioned by the Pasadena Museum of Art and the
California Institute of Technology
P66424

last things, I think, to think about, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Piano, Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional 35mm slides of text

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

*Ping (1968) 22'
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film by the composer,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing
Text: the short story, Ping, by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 5 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Roger Reynolds, Piano, Karen Reynolds, Flute,
Hiroshi Kumagai, Percussion
Originally published in SOURCE Magazine, No. 6
P67806

*Vertigo (1985) 16:50' +
Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Video by Ed Emshwiller
First performance: 3 May 1986
The Pacific Ring Festival, La Jolla
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67809a
Electroacoustic version, cf. Electroacoustic

Voices(s) and Instrument(s)

Again, cf. Electroacoustic
(originally titled Template Series One)
2 Sopranos, 2 Fl, 2 Tbn, 2 Perc, 2 Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Amplification, Optional lighting

*Blind Men (1966) 16'
24-voice Mixed Chorus, Chamber Ensemble: 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf
Text: extracted from Journal up the Straights by Herman Melville
First performance: 15 August 1966
Berkshire Music Festival, Lenox
Tanglewood Choir, Iva Dee Hiatt, Conductor
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
P06826

*Compass (1972-73) 30'
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, 35mm slide projections
Text: the poem, Compass, by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Alistair Reid)
First performance: 7 March 1974
Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles
Howard Crook, Tenor, Philip Larson, Bass,
Peter Farrell, Cello, Bertram Turetzky, Double Bass
Commissioned by the Judith S. Stark Foundation
P66250

Consider... (2004) 8.5'
Baritone, French Horn
Text: extracted from White Spaces by Paul Auster
First performance: 12 September 2004
Thomas Meglioranza, Baritone, William Purvis, French Horn
Works and Process Series
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Commissioned by the Works and Process Series for the Guggenheim Museum

The Emperor of Ice Cream, cf. Music for Theater
8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db, Modest Staging

JUSTICE, cf. Music for Theater
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization, Computer processed sound

I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers, cf. Multimedia
(Staged) 9 Female Vocalists, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing,
Projections, Staging

*last things, I think, to think about (1994) 66'
Bass-Baritone, Piano, Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional 35mm slide projections of text
Text: Poems by John Ashbery
I. I Had Thought, II. The Painter, III. Sonnet, IV. At North Farm, V. Landscape, VI. Faust,
VII. Hotel Lautréamont, VIII. Myrtle, IX. Illustration (I and II), and Debit Night,
a poem commissioned for this composition and recorded by Mr. Ashbery
[The following can be performed out of context: Sonnet, At North Farm, Faust, Myrtle,
Illustration I, Illustration II.]
First performance: 17 November 1994
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, New York
Philip Larson, Bass-Baritone, Aleck Karis, Piano
Commissioned by the Meet The Composer / Reader's Digest Commission Program
P67620

Masks, cf. Orchestra
8-part Mixed Chorus, Orchestra

A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II], cf. Electroacoustic
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

*Not Only Night (1988) 10'
Soprano, Fl (Picc), Cl Eb (B-cl), Pf, Vln, Vc, Stereophonic computer processed sound
Text: O. E. Hartleben's translations of Abend, and Morgen, from Pierrot Lunaire by Albert Giraud
First performance: 7 November 1988
Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
New York New Music Ensemble, Christine Schadeberg, Soprano,
Robert Black, Conductor
Commissioned by the Schoenberg Institute
P67266

Odyssey, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
(originally titled Entre le galet et la dune)
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8 channels (4 + 4) of computer processed sound, Lighting

*The Palace [Voicespace IV] (1978-80) 16'
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Text: the poem, The Palace, by Jorge Luis Borges
First performance: 28 February 1981
Contemporary Music Festival 1981, CalArts, Los Angeles
Philip Larson, Bass-Baritone
Under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66856

A Portrait of Vanzetti (1962-63) 21'
Narrator, 2 Fl (2 Picc), Cl, 2 Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Stereophonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from the letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti
First performance: 16 February 1963
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
ONCE Chamber Ensemble, Jack O'Brien, Narrator, Donald Scavarda, Conductor

The Red Act Arias, cf. Orchestra
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, Computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound

Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being), cf. Solo
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, Electronic processing

Submerged Memories (2006) 20'
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc, Electroacoustic processing, Visual projections
Text: from W. G. Sebald's Vertigo and The Rings of Saturn as translated from the German by Michael Hulse
Visual projections: Leonardo de Vinci's The Annuciation and Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson
First performance: 31 March 2006
The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band with Tenor/Narrator John Duykers
Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

Instrumental Ensemble

Aether (1983) 22'
Violin, Piano
First performance: 29 October 1983
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
János Négyesy, Violin, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Commissioned by The McKim Fund in The Library of Congress
P66992

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra (16 players), 6-channel computer processed sound

*Archipelago (1982-83) 32.5'
Chamber Orchestra (31 players), 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Ob (II=Ca), 2 Cl (Cl Eb, B-cl), 2 Bsn (2 Cbsn),
2 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 1 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Ampf Hpd, Hp, Str (3, 0, 2, 2, 2)
First Performance: 15 February 1983
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Péter Eötvös, Conductor
Commissioned by Mme Pièrre Schlumberger for Ircam
P66956

*...between... (1968) 17'
2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Perc, Pf, Str, live electronic processing (ring modulator,
sound distribution device, function generator)
First performance: 10 March 1970
Music Educators National Conference, Chicago
Hope College Symphonette, Harrison Ryker, Conductor
Commissioned by Hope College
P66248

*...brain ablaze...she howled aloud (2000-2003) 22'
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization
First complete performance and European première: 6 May 2003
Anne La Berge, Carin Levine, Jäckle Burkhard, Piccolos
Roger Reynolds, Computer spatialization and processing
Bavarian Radio/Musica Viva, Munich, Germany
First performance incomplete version: 14 June 2000
John Fonville, Rachel Rudich, Piccolos, Chris Mercer, Computer spatialization and processing
June in Buffalo, New York
Commissioned by June in Buffalo
P67993

A Crimson Path, cf. Solo
Solo Cello, Piano

*Dionysus (1990) 14.5'
Chamber Ensemble: Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Hn, Tpt, B-tbn, Perc, Pf, Db
First performance: 1 July 1990
Music of Our Time, Indiana University, Bloomington
New Music Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by Indiana University
P67371

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

*...from behind the unreasoning mask (1974-75) 17'
Trombone, Percussion (+ Assistant), Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 29 January 1975
Fifth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
Ted Grove, Trombone, Jean-Charles François, Percussion,
Roger Reynolds, Assistant
P66251

Gathering (1965) 10'
Woodwind Quintet
First performance: 12 July 1966
Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Danzi Quintet
P6828

*Less than Two (1978) 22'
2 Pf, 2 Perc, Quadraphonic computer generated sound
First performance: 23 February 1979
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
James Freeman, Gilbert Kalish, Pianos,
Raymond DesRoches and Richard Fitz, Percussion
Commissioned by DesRoches, Fitz, Freeman, Kalish
P66774

*Mistral (1985) 21'
2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 2 Hn, Amp Hpd, 2 Vln, 2 Vc, 2 Db
First performance: 12 February 1985
Symphony Space, New York City,
The Group for Contemporary Music, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by The Group for Contemporary Music and the
Lontano Ensemble of London, Odaline de la Martinez, Director
P67038

Mosaic, cf. Solo
Flute (Piccolo), Piano

*Odyssey (originally titled Entre le galet et la dune) (1989-93) 75'
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8-channel (4 + 4) computer processed sound, Lighting
Fl (Picc), Ob, Cl, Bsn (Cbsn), Hn, Tpt, Tbn, B-tbn, 3 Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vc, Db
Texts by Samuel Beckett: I. they come,
II. what would I do, III. my way is in the sand,
IV. section IX from Texts for Nothing
First performance: 17 June 1993
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, David Robertson, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam
P67370

*Only Now, and Again (1977) 11'
Fl, 2 Picc, Ob, Cl Eb, Cb-cl, A-sax, Bsn, Cbsn, Hn, 4 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 2 B-tbn, 2 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf
First performance: 23 January 1977
NIU Wind Ensemble, DeKalb, Illinois
Larry Livingston, Conductor
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard and the
Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble, Larry Livingston, Conductor
P66720

Process and Passion, cf. String Ensemble
Violin, Cello, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

Personae, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble, Stereophonic or Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Ping, cf. Multimedia
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing

*The Promises of Darkness (1975) 22'
Fl, Cl, Bsn, Tpt, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln, Vc, Db
First performance: 8 January 1976
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
Commissioned by Arthur Weisberg
P66655

*Quick Are the Mouths of Earth (1964-65) 19'
3 Fl (3 Picc), Ob, Tpt, Tbn, B-tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, 3 Vc
First performance: 24 November 1965
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
P6661

...the serpent-snapping eye..., cf. Electroacoustic
Tpt, Perc, Pf, Quadraphonic computer generated tape

Shadowed Narrative (1977-82) 30'
Cl, Pf, Vln, Vc
First performance: 29 March 1982
Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City
The Da Capo Chamber Players
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66899

Traces, cf. Piano
Solo Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing

Transfigured Wind III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Wedge (1961) 9.5'
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Db
First performance: 10 February 1962
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
ONCE Chamber Ensemble, David Sutherland, Conductor

Music for Theater

"22", cf. Electroacoustic
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings: Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion), Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system, digital graphics, and dancer

*The Emperor of Ice Cream [rev. 1974] (1961-62) 15.5'
8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db, Staging
Text: the poem, The Emperor of Ice Cream, by Wallace Stevens
First performance: 27 April 1965
Nuova Consonanza Festival, Rome
Daniele Paris, Conductor
P06616

I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers, cf. Multimedia
(Staged) 9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing, Projections

ILLUSION (2006) 60'
2 Actors, Baritone, High Soprano Solo Picc, Solo Cl, Solo Vc, Chamber Ensemble, 8-channel computer processed sound
Text: assembled by the composer from Aeschylus and Euripides
First performance: 9 May 2006
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Hila Plitmann, Soprano, Troy Cook, Baritone, Melinda Page Hamilton, Speaker, Tim Monsion, Speaker
Josef Kucera, Pei Xiang, Richard Bugg, Spatialization, with a real-time multichannel environment in the foyers preceding and following the performance Sarah Jackson, Piccolo, Lorin Levee, Clarinet, David Garrett, Cello
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and
The Koussevitzky Music Foundations, and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund
and the University of California, San Diego

Music for Chekhov's Ivanov (1991) 50'
8-channel computer processed sound
First performance: 3 January 1992
Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
Tadashi Suzuki Theater Company

*JUSTICE (1999-2001) 48'
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Multichannel computer sound, Real-time surround sound, Staging
Text: assembled by the composer from Richmond Lattimore's translation of Aeschylus's Agamemnon
First performance (revised version): 30 November 2001
Donnah Welby, Actress, Carmen Pelton, Soprano,
Steven Schick, Percussion, Peter Otto, Spatialization
The Great Hall, The Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Commissioned by the Julian E. Berla and Freda Hauptman Berla Fund in the Library of Congress for the celebration of the LOC's Bicentennial in 2000
P67916

A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II], cf. Electroacoustic
Music theater for three vocalists, Electroacoustic sound

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

Music for Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980) 40'
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 30 July 1980
The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts
Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer, Director

Orchestra

Archipelago, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Chamber Orchestra, 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound

*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
P67506

*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
P67168

*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
P67738

*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
P66765

*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 February 1965
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims, Conductor
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
P6622

*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
P6827

*The Red Act Arias (1997) 47'
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
P67793

*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
P67353

*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
The Library of Congress for Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
P67530

*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
P67198

*Threshold (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
P66246

*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
P67002b

*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
P67788

*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
P67261

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