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
EP66992
Archipelago (1982-83) 32.5'
Chamber Ensemble (32 players),
4- or 8-channel computer processed sound
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Ob (2 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 Pierre Schlumberger for Ircam
EP66956
...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
EP66248
...brain ablaze...she howled aloud (2000-2003) 22'
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, and 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: 14 June 2000
John Fonville, Rachel Rudich, Piccolos,
Chris Mercer, Computer spatialization and processing
June in Buffalo, New York
Commissioned by June in Buffalo
A Crimson Path (2000-2002) 27'
Cello and Piano
First performance (movements I and III): 29 September 2000
Rohan de Saram, Cello, Druvi de Saram, Piano
Parma, Italy
Première of complete version (movements I, II, III): 15 November 2002
Christopher Roy, Cello, Pascale Berthelot, Piano
Why Note? Festival
Dijon, France
Complete version commissioned by Festival Why Note?
EP68048
First performance (movement I): 10 May 2000
Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles, Beauvais, France
Rohan de Saram, Cello, Druvi de Saram, Piano
Movement I commissioned by Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles
Dionysus (1990) 14.5'
Chamber Ensemble (8 players)
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
EP67371
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
EP66251
Gathering (1965) 10'
Woodwind Quintet
First performance: 12 July 1966
Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Danzi Quintet
EP6828
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
EP66774
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
EP67038
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 Vl, 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
EP67370
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
EP66720
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
EP66655
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
EP6661
Seasons: Cycle 1 a: Of Life and Spring (2009-2010)
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 7 May 2009
John Fonville, Flute, G. A., Cello, Steven Schick, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla
Seasons is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund,
the National Gallery of Art, University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
EP68298a
Seasons: Cycle 1 b: Understand: Nothing (2009-2010)
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Seasons is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund,
the National Gallery of Art, University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
EP68298b
Seasons: Cycle 1 c: With Awe and Tenderness (2009-2010)
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion,
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Seasons is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund,
the National Gallery of Art, University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
EP68298c
Seasons: Cycle 1 d: A Mind of Winter (2009-2010)
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First Performance: 29 March 2009
"Roger Reynolds and His Protégés"
New Music Concerts Ensemble
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Seasons is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund,
the National Gallery of Art, University of California, Washington Center (UCDC)
EP68298d
...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
National Endowment for the Arts Award
EP66899
Traces, cf. PIANO
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 (14 players),
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
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