Chamber, other concert music

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  • Transcriptions
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Chamber

Air and Jig
2007; english horn, viola; 10′
Program notes, pdfs

1. Air, I’m Away for the Western Isles Play button mp3, 8.8 MB, 6:21
2. Jig, The Likes of Gwynn Play button mp3, 3.5 MB, 2:28

    American Spirituals
    2006; violin, piano; 11′
    Written for and recorded by David Kim, CD released 2006 and score published 2007 by Paul Jones Music

    1. Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass
    2. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
    3. The Old Ship of Zion

    Chant
    2006; trombone, bassoon, piano; 6′
    Commissioned by Thomas Elliott and premiered 19 Feb 2006, Thomas Elliott, tbn, Rachel Elliott, bn, Rodrigo Ojeda, pno, Carnegie Mellon University. Program notes

    Fanfare Play button mp3, 0.6 MB, 0:26
    1993, 2006; 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam; 2′
    Commissioned by Westminster Brass and premiered 1993, for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Rev. Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. Revised and 2 horns added, 2006.

    Four French Carols
    1988/96; brass quintet; 12′
    Commissioned and premiered by Westminster Brass.

    1. A Cry Went Up at Midnight Play button mp3, 1.7 MB, 1:15 excerpt
    2. Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Play button mp3, 0.9 MB, 0:39 excerpt
    3. Saw You Never Play button mp3, 1.2 MB, 0:56 excerpt
    4. O Come, Divine Messiah Play button mp3, 0.8 MB, 0:36 excerpt

    Four Hymns for Four Guitars
    1985; 15′

    Hymn and Fugue No. 2
    1993; violin, cello, piano; 8′

    Hymn and Fugue No. 3
    1994; alto saxophone,     violin, cello, piano; 8′

    Hymn and Fugue No. 4
    1998; clarinet, piano; 7′

    Mazurka
    1984; 4 guitars; 3′

    Sonata for Horn and Piano
    1983; 12′

    Sonata for Tuba and Piano
    1986/96; 17′

    A Song of Sonia Sanchez Play button mp3, 1.3 MB, 1:00
    1998; medium voice, violin, piano, 3 latin percussion, double or electric bass; 7′
    Program notes

    Spirituals for Cello and Piano
    1987-97; 9′

    1. Sinner, Don’t Let this Harvest Pass
    2. Little David, Play on your Harp

    Stationen auf dem Wege zur Freiheit (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
    1998; soprano, tenor saxophone, piano; 15′

    1. Zucht (Discipline)
    2. Tat (Deed)
    3. Leiden (Suffering)
    4. Tod (Death)

    St. Theodulph March
    1986; brass quintet; 4′

    The Three Graces
    2008; ob.hn.vc.db.pno; 12′
    Premiered 15 Feb 2008 by Priscilla Smith, Patrick Hines, Rajli Bicolli, Leon Boykins, Jeremy Gill. Originally for soloists and string orchestra. Program notes

    Three Italian Songs
    2005; medium voice, violin, cello, clarinet, bass clarinet; 10′

    1. Morire (To die) (Irma Bartoli)
    2. Autunno (Autumn) (Giovanni Maggianni)
    3. Donare (To give) (Alexandra Fuso)

    Solo Instrument

    Etude for Tuba
    1997; 3′

    Hymn for Piano (“Softly and Tenderly”)
    1986; 4′

    Mazurka
    1984; guitar; 3′

    Mazurka
    1983; piano; 3′

    Missy’s Waltz
    1997; piano; 4′

    Sonata for Piano
    1986; 13′

    St. Theodulph March
    1985; org; 4′

    Totentanz Play button mp3, 6.1 MB, 4:29
    1994; guitar; 5′
    premiered by William Ghezzi

    Variations on a Theme of Schubert
    1998/9; piano; 17′

    The Waters of the Delaware
    1999; piano; 6′

    Voice

    Alas, and Did my Savior Bleed
    1981; high voice, organ; 4′

    Five Scottish Songs
    1984; high voice, piano; 15′

    1. Two Girls Singing (Iain Crichton Smith)
    2. Anemones (Marion Angus)
    3. The Lodging (George Mackay Brown)
    4. Wedding (George Mackay Brown)
    5. On a Cat, Ageing (Sir Alexander Gray)

    Holy Mountain
    1982;     high voice, organ; 4′

    Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
    1982;     high voice, organ; 4′

    Magnificat see also Church Music
    2003; soprano, soprano recorder, percussion; 6′

    Morire (Irma Bartoli)
    2005; medium voice, piano; 4′

    Poems of Stephen Berg
    2000; soprano, clarinet, piano; 9′
    Program notes

    1. Ibycus: Fragments 2, 3, 4 (B.C. 536)
    2. Always

    Stationen auf dem Wege zur Freiheit (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
    1998; soprano, tenor saxophone, piano; 15′

    1. Zucht (Discipline)
    2. Tat (Deed)
    3. Leiden (Suffering)
    4. Tod (Death)

    Thine for Ever
    1982; soprano, organ; 4′

    Three Italian Songs
    2005; voice, piano; 10′

    1. Morire (To die) (Irma Bartoli)
    2. Autunno (Autumn) (Giovanni Maggianni)
    3. Donare (To give) (Alexandra Fuso)

    Three Italian Songs
    2005;     medium voice, violin, cello, clarinet, bass clarinet; 10′

    1. Morire (To die) (Irma Bartoli)
    2. Autunno (Autumn) (Giovanni Maggianni)
    3. Donare (To give) (Alexandra Fuso)

    Three Songs, No. 1 (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
    1978/2000; high voice, piano; 12′

    1. The Isle
    2. Yet Look on Me
    3. Memory

    Three Songs, No. 2 (Gordon Brown Birrel)
    1979; tenor, piano; 9′

    1. Comings
    2. Wee Wiggly Wee
    3. To a Waterfall

    Three Songs, No. 3
    1979; high voice, piano; 8′

    1. Batter My Heart, Three Person’d God (John Donne)
    2. On Zacheus (Francis Quarles)
    3. The Voice of Still Waters (Mary Sheetz)

    Three Songs, No. 4 (Kile Smith)
    1980/99; high voice, piano; 8′

    1. Reading Gulag by the Fire
    2. The Rainmaker
    3. Untitled

    Three Songs, No. 5 (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
    1989;     high voice, piano; 14′

    1. Penmaen Pool
    2. Spring and Fall
    3. Henry Purcell

    Two Tunes by Gerard Manley Hopkins (harmonized K.S.)
    1989;     high voice, piano; 4′

    1. Who is Silvia? (William Shakespeare, 1st version)
    2. Who is Silvia? (William Shakespeare, 2nd version)

    who are you, little i (e.e. cummings)
    1981;     high voice, piano; 3′

    Chorus

    Now ys the Time of Crystymas (Richard Hill)
    1997; S.A.T.B; 4′
    for other choral music, see Church Music

    Band

    An April Breeze
    2002; solo trumpet, concert band; 8′
    Commissioned and premiered 19 Mar 2003, Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Kevin Rodgers, John Thyhssen, trumpet.

    Transcriptions

    Agincourt Hymn (attr. Dunstable)
    1985; brass quintet, org; 4′

    Agincourt Hymn (attr. Dunstable)
    1985; trumpet, horn, trombone, organ; 4′

    An Early English Carol Service
    1984; s.a.t.b, solos, S.A.T.B., violin, viola, cornetto, sackbut; 10′

    Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Brahms)
    1984; flute, english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon; 2′

    Jesu, meine Freude (J.S. Bach)
    1985;     trumpet, horn, trombone, organ; 4′

    Nun bitten wir (Buxtehude)
    1985;     trumpet, horn, trombone, organ; 4′

    Nun bitten wir (Buxtehude)
    1987; brass quintet, organ; 4′

    Nun freut euch
    1996; 2 trumpets; 2′

    Old Hundredth (Doxology)
    1987; brass quintet.org; 2′

    Psalm XIX: The Heavens Declare (B. Marcello)
    1985; brass quintet; 4′
    pub. Theodore Presser

    Psalm XIX: The Heavens Declare (B. Marcello)
    1982; brass sextet; 4′

    Psalm XIX: The Heavens Declare (B. Marcello)
    1984; 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-str; 4′
    pub. Edwin F. Kalmus

    Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Brahms)
    1984;     flute, english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon; 2′

    Swiss Noël, with Variations (Daquin)
    1982; flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon, organ; 6′

    Vater unser
    1996; 2 trumpets; 2′

    Modern Performing Edition

    Clara Schumann, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, A minor
    1993; pno-2.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-timp-str; 17′
    pub. Hildegard Publishing, two-piano version and full score available; parts rental; contact Theodore Presser Company