Roger Reynolds



ELECTROACOUSTIC



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
EP66249


The Angel of Death, cf. SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra,
5-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, and 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 vocal work
Quadraphonic computer generated and processed sound,
Electronically processed voices
Text: fragments by 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
EP67010

Video version, cf. MULTIMEDIA


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


The Image Machine (2005) 25'
Real-time interactive computer music
Roger Reynolds, Computer, Pei Xiang, Musical Assistant
First performance: 6 October 2005
Roger Reynolds, computer
Ultima Festival, Oslo


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
EP67527


JUSTICE, cf. MUSIC FOR THEATER
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization,
Computer processed sound, Staging by Tadashi Suzuki


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, Electroacoustic sound
(and quadraphonic electroacoustic version: 35:47')
Text: extract from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance with vocalists: 9 June 1976
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
EP67807

First performance electroacoustic version: 11 December 1976
Currents Series, Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles
National Endowment for the Arts Award
EP67807A


Not Only Night, cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
Soprano, Fl (Picc), Cl Eb (B-cl), Pf, Vl, 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. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Violin, Cello, Computer sound


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


The Red Act Arias Suite 2001 (1997-2001) 15'
Multichannel computer processed sound
First performance: 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


SANCTUARY I and II and III
Percussion Quartet, Real-time computer processed and spatialized sound, Lighting design


Seasons
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing


...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, Sonor Ensemble,
Edwin Harkins, Trumpet, Jean-Charles François, Percussion, Cecil Lytle, Piano
National Endowment for the Arts Award
EP66821


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 from The Wanderings of Cain by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
First performance: 27 October 1976
Sixth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
National Endowment for the Arts Award
EP67808


Submerged Memories, cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc, Electroacoustic processing, Visual projections


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 drawn from The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
First performance: 6 June 1987
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
EP67333


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
EP67528


Vertigo (1985) 16:50' or 19:30'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 25 April 1987
New and Unusual Music, San Francisco
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
EP67809

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
EP67667D



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