Roger Reynolds

MUSIC FOR THEATER

The Emperor of Ice Cream [rev. 1974] (1961-62) 15.5'
(Staged) 8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db
Text: poem The Emperor of Ice Cream by Wallace Stevens
First performance staged [première]: 27 April 1965
Nuova Consonanza Festival, Rome, Daniele Paris, Conductor
First performance without staging: 19 March 1965
20th Century Innovations, New York City, Gunther Schuller, conductor
EP06616


ILLUSION (2006) 60'
2 Actors, Baritone, High Soprano
Solo Picc, Solo Cl, Solo Vc, Chamber Ensemble,
8-channel computer processed sound, Staging
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, Richard Bugg, Sound projection,
Pei Xiang, Musical assistant
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 MAP Fund
and the University of California, San Diego


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


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
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation MAP Fund and Art Tower Mito


JUSTICE (1999-2001) 48'
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Multichannel computer sound,
Real-time surround sound, Staging
Text: assembled by the composer from Aeschylus
First performance (revised version): 30 November 2001
Donnah Welby, Actress, Carmen Pelton, Soprano,
Steven Schick, Percussion, Josef Kucera, Robert Pitt, Peter Otto, Spatialization and dissemination,
Henry Fonte, Director, Martha Mountain, Lighting, K Williams, Manager, Harvey Sollberger, Musical Advisor
The Great Hall of the The Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 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
EP67916


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


The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. VOICE(S) AND INSTRUMENT(S)
(Staged) Bass Baritone, Quadraphonic
computer processed sound, modest staging


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