Chamber Music

Title

Duration

Instrumentation and Notes

MP3

Video

Publisher

Kafka Shorts
      Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
The Moon in the Labyrinth
26'30"
harp and string quartet
1. Calm and Expressive
2. Scherzando Capriccioso
3. Poco Lento
4. Fast and Frenzied
Mvt. II
The Lyre of Orpheus
15'
harp and string quartet
or 2 harps
Note 1: The Lyre of Orpheus is meant to be an intermediate level piece for harp.
Note 2: There are two versions of the harp part, one somewhat simplified.
Note3: The Lyre of Orpheus is also available as a piece for two harps (no string quartet)
1. Eurydice, Bride of Orpheus
2. Persephone, Queen of Darkness
3. The Wild Women of Ciconia
4. Elegy in Praise of Orpheus
 
Ceremonial Dances
40'
piano and string quartet
inspired by Pablo Neruda's Ceremonial Songs
1. Spain was dry, thirsty...tense as a drum
2. Between whispers and silence
3. In blue fire, in amber ashes
4. Between death and existence
5. The pact was chosen
6. The silken soldier should dance, dying
7. The feminine one is smooth, like a tender almond
8. Netted in the shadow
9. The towers of Spainare red blazes
Mvt. 1 Spain was dry
Mvt.. 3 In Blue Fire
Mvt. 4 Between Death and Existence
Mvt. 5 The compact was chosen
Elemental Dances
28'
guitar and string quartet
inspired by Pablo Neruda's
Elemental Odes
1. Bees
2. Wine
3. Seaweed and Salt
4. Summer
5. The Storms of Cordoba
Summer
Tango Dreams
24'

accordion and string trio

MP3 with Joseph Petric and the Adaskin Trio Movie
String Quartet
37'
string quartet
after the poem by William Carlos Williams
"Of Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"
1. Of Love, abiding love
2. Of Shadows
3. Of Approaching Death
4. Of Asphodel, that greeny flower
5. Of love, which is a sea
 
Nocturnal Variations
28'
woodwind quintet
Note: Nocturnal Variations is based on Chopin's Prelude in E Minor. This is, technically, a very easy Prelude. It is possible that one of the members of the quintet can play the Prelude on the piano before the performance of the quintet piece.

Chopin, Prelude in E minor

Introduction, Theme, 15 Variations and Coda

 

 

 

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Questions / Preguntas
24'
flute, viola, double bass
with narrator (optional) after Pablo Neruda's
Questions (Preguntas)
Note: It is possible to read the poems in either English or Spanish
1. Prelude
2. Question 1
3. Question 2
4. Question 3
5. Question 4
6. Question 5
7. Question 6
8. Question 7
9. Coda
1.Prelude
2.Question1
3.Question2
4.Question3
5.Question4
6.Question5
7.Question6
8.Question7
9. Coda
Garbage Delight
24"
saxophone quintet
on poems by Dennis Lee
Bb sop/Eb alto/Bb tenor/Eb bar/Bb bass (alternate: string double bass)
with narration by the players
1. Prelude
2. The Aminals
3. Suzy Grew a Moustache
4. The Big Blue Frog
5. The Coming of Teddy Bears
6. I Eat Kids
7. I Have My Father's Eyes
8. The Secret Song
9. Garbage Delight
10. Finale
Garbage Delight at The Young People's Theatre
Serenade
12'
oboe, cello, piano
 
Three Episodes from Wild Flowers
10'
Piano and Sting Trio (vln., vla., vcl.)
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
 
Macchu Picchu
34'
flute (+picc, alto fl), clarinet (A, Bb, Eb), violin (+viola), piano inspired by Pablo Neruda's
The Heights of Macchu Picchu
1. Jasmine
2. Quartz and Insomnia
3. Irresistible Death
4. Macchu Picchu
5. Customs and Tattered Syllables
6. Wilkamayu of the Sounding Looms
7. Time within Time
 
Mystery Madrigals
21'
flute (piccolo)/clarinet (A, Bb, Eb)/
violin/cello/1 perc.
inspired by various poems of Pablo Neruda
1. The Harp
2. Moonmarks
3. Light's Marination
4. Theater of the Gods
 

Quintet for Brass

Complexity and Contradiction

18'

Brass Quintet
2 tpts/horn/trombone/tuba

inspired by the book by Robert Venturi
Complexity and Contradiction in Modern Architecture

10 Movements  
Fanfare - Joy
2'30"
Brass Quintet
2 tpts/hn/tbn/tuba
   
Brother Jack
6'
violin, English horn, harpsichord
Note: Variations on Frère Jacques, the French folk song
   
Little Suite for 3 Horns
12'35"
3 horns in F
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Lento calmo
3. Allegro moderato
4.Moderato assai
5. Alla marcia
 
Variations
5'
oboe and string trio (vln., vla., vcl.)
   

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Suite
12'
Brass trio (tpt., hn., tbn)
   
Five Pieces
15'
Flute, harp, and cello
   
Divertimento 1
12'
2 clarinets and bassoon
1. March
2. Waltz 1
3. Andante
4. Waltz 2
5. Rondo & Fugue
 
Divertimento 2
12'
2 clarinets and bassoon
1. Allegro
2. Waltz 1
3. Pastorale
4. Waltz 2
5. Rondo
 
Coming Apart
10'
woodwind quintet