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Red Sox Forever and Ever (2008 Edition) (14.00 length)
Text by Composer (English)
Narrator; violin; viola; cello
Commissioned by The Riverview Chamber Players, Rebecca Strauss, Director
Your beauty unfurled (2007)
(4.30 length)
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I & II, alto, tenor, bass
Commissioned by Stefan Schweiger and Kultur.Raum.Kirche (Austria)
Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for
Organ (2006-2007) (22.4 length)
Full work Premiered/performed 18 June 2007, Peter Sykes, organ,
American Guild of Organists Regional Conference, Dallas, TX
Prayer Three premiered 12 April 2007, Carson Cooman, organ, Aldolphus
Busch hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Seven Movements, solo organ
I. In your presence is fulness of joy
II. You lead me beside the still waters
III. From the farthest heavens
IV. Amen, from the farthest heavens
V. As the mornng dawns
VI. Our life, our sweetness, and our hope
VII. You have put into my heart a marvelous love
Expanded from Four Prayers (2006), commissioned by First Church in
Cambridge, MA, to commemorate Peter Sykes’s 20th year as Music
Director. Additional three movements commissioned by First Church in
Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, Cambridge, MA (for general use)
Si linguis (2007) (3:00)
Text from 1 Corinthians 13, in Latin, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Solo soprano, countertenor, tenor, tenor, baritone/bass
Commissioned by Mannerquartett Schnittpunktvokal (Austria)
May I rest my heart in you
(2007) (2.37)
Commissioned and Premiered 15 April 2007 by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor, bass (for general use,
memorial service)
Requiem: New Transcription for
Baroque String Orchestra (2006)
Premiere of transcription 2 December 2006, The Harvard Baroque Chamber
Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Director, The Memorial Church, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA (
Kyrie, The
Comforter and In Paradisum)
Seven Movements transcribed:
Kyrie,
Domine Jesu Christe, Sanctus, Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei,
The Comforter, and
In Paradisum
Baroque String Orchestra
In the very air I breathe
(2006) (2.45)
Commissioned and Premiered 10 December 2006 by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I & II (II occasional only), alto I & II (II occasional
only), tenor, bass (for general use)
Nada te turbe (2006) (7.00)
Text found in prayer book of St. Teresa of Avila (Spanish)
Commisioned by Tapestry (Laurie Monahan, Cristi Catt, Daniela Tosic)
for performing and recording purposes
Lullaby (2006) 3.14)
Premiered 11 November 2006 by Laurie Monahan, mezzo-soprano, Kalamazoo,
MI
Text by composer (English)
Mezzo-soprano and cello or harp
Anonymous commissioner
Sparrow, sparrow of the evening
(2006) (2:30)
Commissioned and Premiered 19 November 2006 by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I, II & III, alto I & II, tenor, bass (for general use,
memorial service and child baptism)
Joy flows down like radiant moon
(2006) (2:25)
Commissioned and Premiered 18 October 2006 by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I & II, alto, tenor, bass (for general use, Epiphany,
Pentecost)
Four Prayers, for Solo Organ
(2006) (18.00) Please see entry above for
Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ
Caritas (2005) (6.30)
Commissioned and Premiered 30 September 2006, by Mannerquartett
Schnittpunktvokal (Austria), Festival Niedersachsische Musiktage,
Hannover, Germany
Text from I Corinthians 13, in Latin,
Biblio
Sacra Vulgata translation
Countertenor, tenor, tenor, bass/baritone
Gloria (2005) (4.05)
Commissioned and Premiered 18 December 2005 by the Children and Adult
Choirs of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First
Church in Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Child soloist, children’s soprano choir, adult choir (soprano, alto,
tenor, bass) and cello or organ (for Christmas)
Sea Shanty (I’m a dirty old man on
the sparkling blue sea, and over the prow of my dory I pee)
(2005) (3.20)
Text by composer (English)
Voices and fiddle (violin)
Commissioned by Jimmy Bastille, wooden boatmaker, in exchange for
fixing a door
Prayer for Peace (2005) (4.09)
Commissioned and Premiered 25 May 2005, by Tapestry (Cristi Catt,
Laurie Monahan, Daniela Tosic) and SSAA choir, First Church in
Cambridge, MA (concert). Commissioned as supplemental music for
new staging of Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo.
Text from Psalm 148 (English)
Soprano, mezzo-soprano I & II, alto
Awakening (2005) (2.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 25 May 2005, by Tapestry (Cristi Catt,
Laurie Monahan, Daniela Tosic), First Church in Cambridge, MA
(concert). Commissioned as supplemental music for new staging of
Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo.
Soprano, mezzo-soprano I & II, alto
Come, Emmanuel (2005) (3.15)
Commissioned and Premiered 12 December 2004 by The Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (English)
Soprano I & II, alto (for Christmas/Advent)
Requiem (2004) (35.7)
Commissioned and Premiered 31 October 2004, by Coro Allegro, David
Hodgkins, Director, Sanford Sylvan, baritone, Church of the Covenant,
Boston
Text is Mass in Latin, and one additional text by composer (in English)
Eight Movements, Solo baritone, Soprano I & II, alto I & II,
tenor I & II, baritone, bass, solo oboe, and string orchestra
I.
Introit
II.
Kyrie
III.
Domine
IV.
Sanctus and Hosanna
V.
Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei
VI.
Lux aeterna
VII.
Libera me/The Comforter
VIII.
In Paradisum
Written in memory of Julie Ince Thompson
Three Ben Franklin Dances
(2003) (9.24)
Commissioned and Premiered 16-24 August 2003 by The Boston Landmarks
Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, at Boston Common, Mechanics
Hall (Worcester), Franklin Park (Roxbury), Rogers Center for the Arts
(North Andover), Piers Park (East Boston) and The Tabernacle (Martha’s
Vineyard), MA
Three Movements, Flute, oboe I & II, horn in F I & II, Bb
trumpet I & II, timpani, percussion, and string orchestra
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Presto
All Commissioners: The American Composers Forum Boston and The Boston
Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, in Collaboration
with The City of Boston Parks and recreation ParkARTS Program in the
Emerald Necklace Commissioning Project, to honor Franklin Park (MA).
May We Live in Peace (2003)
(6.12)
(For commissioner, please see below.) Premiered 16-24 August 2003
by Leah Hunt, Jonita Lattimore and Deborah Fields, sopranos, and the
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, at Boston
Common, Mechanics Hall (Worcester), Franklin Park (Roxbury), Rogers
Center for the Arts (North Andover), Piers Park (East Boston) and The
Tabernacle (Martha’s Vineyard), MA
Text by composer, translated into Spanish and Creole (to promote peace
in Boston area neighborhoods)
Three sopranos, flute, oboe I & II, horn in F I & II, timpani,
and string orchestra
Commissioned by Charles Ansbacher and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra,
to promote peace in Boston area neighborhoods.
Domine exaudis orationem meam (2003) (5.12)
Premiered Spring 2004 by Rebecca Strauss, viola (recorded)
Eight violas
Transcription commissioned by Rebecca Strauss for the multi-media
production Soul Servivor
De ave phoenice (The Phoenix)
(2002) 42.00)
(For commissioner, please see below.) Premiered 27 November 2002,
by Ellen Hargis, soprano; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Peter Sykes,
harpsichord, Julianne Verret, oboe/English horn, Jane Harrison,
oboe/English horn; Anne Black, violin/viola, and Emily Walhout, cello,
The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
Text by Carmen Lactantius (some debate), in Latin, Sister Mary Francis
McDonald, O.P., English translation for program notes
Twelve Movements, solo soprano, solo baritone, harpsichord, oboe I
& II, English horn, violin, viola, and cello
I. The grove of the sun
II. The fountain and the bird
III. (cello solo)
IV. Indescribable notes by day and night
V. The flight to this world where death holds sway
VI. Building the sepulchre and the death of the phoenix
VII. Rebirth
VIII. (Instrumental)
IX. She sips the ambrosial dew and hastens to the city of the sun
X. Egypt marvels
XI. She returns to her proper habitat
XII. O bird of happy lot and purpose
Commissioned by the Boston Athenaeum in commemoration of their
reopening after renovations, 2002.
Benediction (for I am certain
that neither death...) (2002) (1.00)
Commissioned, Premiered and Performed Fall 2002 as choral response, The
Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First
Church in Cambridge, MA
Text is Romans 8:38-39, in Latin, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor and bass (for choral
response)
In principio (2002) (5.40)
Commissioned and Premiered 30 March 2003 by Youth pro Musica, Hazel
Somerville, Director, St. Cecilia’s Church, Boston, MA
Text from Genesis 1, Psalm 148 and Psalm 91, in Latin, Biblia Sacra
Vulgata translation
Soprano I & II, alto
Fellow recipients of commission award: Augusta Read Thomas and
Amy Scurria.
Amen (2001) (1.00)
Commissioned, Premiered and Performed Fall 2001 as choral response, The
Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First
Church in Cambridge, MA
Soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor and bass (for choral
response)
O Red Sox Forever and Ever (Rosea
Soleae semper ad aeternum) (2001) (15.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 8 September 2001, by Susan Sheriff Neubauer,
soprano, Benjamin Neubauer, viola, and Perry King Neubauer, cello and
recorder, private residence, Cambridge, MA
Text by composer, in English
Five movements, solo soprano, viola, cello, and recorder
I. O Red Sox forever and ever
II. Ah! An error! A slip in the great dance!
III. Exquisite crumbling ruin, Fenway Park
IV. And what of that huge player who willingly donned pinstripers?
V. O Red Sox forever and ever, beyond players, beyond top brass
Commissioned to commemorate their great love of the game.
Amor meus tibi ex sepulcro vacuo
effundit (2001) (10.05)
Co-Commissioned and Co-Premiered 15 April 2001, by The Choir of
Trinitarian Congregational Church, Victoria Wagner, Director,
Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, MA; and The Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Three Movements, Soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor, bass, oboe
or piccolo trumpet and organ
I. Tu, qui cum condione...
II. Duobus, qui miseri interquieverunt
III. Ego sum Christus aeternae misericordia (Easter Cantata)
Cor meum est templum sacrum
(2001) (3.58)
Commissioned and Premiered 20 January 2001 by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (1993), translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys,
S.J.
Soprano I & II, alto, tenor, bass
For Just Peace Sunday, 2001 (for general use)
Et factum est (2001) (4.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 7 January 2001 by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA
Text Mark 1:9, in Latin, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Solo soprano, soprano I & II, alto tenor/bass
For the installation of Dr. J. Mary Luti as Senior Minister of First
Church in Cambridge (for Epiphany, general use)
Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris
(2000) (2.45)
Commissioned and Premiered Easter Sunday 2000, by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text Isaiah 9: 2, 6, in Latin, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Soprano, alto, tenor, bass only, OR soprano, alto, tenor, bass, oboe,
trumpet in C, violin I & II, viola, cello, and contra bass (for
Advent, general use)
Spiritus laetitiae (2000)
(9.00)
Commissioned and Premiered Easter Sunday 2000, by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in
Cambridge, MA
Text by composer (1993), translated into Latin by David Petrain
Three movements, Soprano, alto, tenor, bass, oboe, trumpet in C, violin
I & II, viola, cello, and contra bass
I. Spiritus laetitiae
II. Consolator, commiserator
III. Spiritus summi amoris
(Easter Cantata)
Nocturnes (2000) (27.04)
Commissioned and Premiered 20 and 21 May 2000, by the Newton Choral
Society, David Carrier, Director, Newton, MA (in commemoration of David
Carrier’s 20th Anniversary as Director)
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Seven Movements, soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor, baritone,
bass, horn in F I & II, trumpet I & II, trombone, tuba
I. Invocation
II. Nycetereutes
III. Denfensae silvae
IV. Moonfish
V. Mooncalf’s Ditty
VI. Somnambulator
VII. In laude noctis
To commemorate David Cararier’s 20th Anniversary as Director of the
Newton Choral Society
Amissus (1999) (5.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 16 May 1999, by Trinity Episcopal Choir,
Wayne Petersen, Director, Fort Wayne Indiana
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
(for general use)
Grace (1999) (5.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 4 April 1999, by The Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, Peter Sykes, Music Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA
Text by composer, in English
Soprano I, II, & III, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, and organ;
optional trumpet or cello (for general use, memorial services)
Air for Flugelhorn and Organ
(1998) (5.13)
Commissioned and Premiered 13 December 1998, by Robinson Pyle,
flugelhorn, and Peter Sykes, organ, First Church in Cambridge,
MA. To commemorate installation of minister David Grishaw-Jones
Flugelhorn and organ
The Voice of the Tenth Muse
(1998) (39.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 15, 20 and 22 November 1998, by Coro
Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director, soprano Ruth Cunningham, Bowker
Auditorium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; First Church in
Cambridge, MA; Church of the Covenant, Boston
Text by Sappho, in old Greek and English
Nine movements, Solo soprano, soprano I & II, alto I & II,
tenor I & II, baritone, bass
I. So I pray (Greek)
II. Come to me from Krete (Greek)
III. I urge you (Greek)
IV. Now she stands among Lydian women (English)
V. To me it seems that man has the fortune of the gods (Greek)
VI. Some say an army of horsemen (English)
VII. On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite (English)
VIII. So I pray (reprise) (Greek)
IX. Many crowns of violets, roses and crocuses (Greek)
O infans lucis (1998) (5.03)
Commissioned and Premiered 2 and 3 May 1998, by the Fort Wayne
Children’s Choir, Ty Magsig, Director, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Soprano I & II and alto I & II
O magna res (1998) (20.02)
Commissioned and Premiered 17 April 1998, by the Heidelberg Festival
Ensemble, The Heidelberg Festival for New Music, Heidelberg, Germany
Text by Hildegard von Bingen, in Latin
Five movements, Alto or tenor soloist, flute, Bb clarinet, guitar and
viola
I. O magna res
II. O vita
III. O luctus
IV. O feminea forma
V. Te Sapientia crexit
Advent (1997) (15.04)
Commissioned and Premiered December 1997, by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Three movements, Soprano I & II, alto, tenor, bass, and string
orchestra
Prelude. Inter decem milia dolorum et gaudiorum volventium
I. Statim vero
II. Per arcum apertum illa frigida nocte
III. Nives tenues in nostris vultibus fulgent
Soprano I & II, alto I & II, tenor, baritone, bass, and string
orchestra (for Advent)
The Erminia (1997) (15.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 12 October 1999, by Ellen Hargis, soprano,
and Peter Sykes, harpsichord, Kings Chapel, Boston (in conjunction with
The Boston Athenaeum)
Text by Torquato Tasso from Gerusalemme Liberata, in Italian,
translation by Ralph Nash for program notes
Five Movements, solo soprano and harpsichord
I. e in lui verso de’inessicabil vena
II. “Misera!”
III. “Ma che?”
IV. “Raccogli tu l’amina mia segauce”
V. Sente la donna il cavalier che geme
Dominus pascit me (1997) (6.15)
Commissioned and Premiered Summer 1997 (24 performances) by Village
Harmony, Larry Gordon, Director, Vermont (USA) and England
Twenty-third Psalm, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Soprano I & II, alto tenor bass
Maundy Thursday (1997) (4.00)
Commissioned and Premiered 27 March 1997, by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Soprano I & II, alto, tenor, baritone, bass (for Lent, Maundy
Thursday)
Epiphany (1996) (3.27)
Commissioned and Premiered 6 January 1997, by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, in English
Soprano I & II, alto I & II (for Epiphany)
Magnificat (1996) (6.25
minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 22 December 1996, by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text Luke 1:45-55, in Latin, Biblia Sacra Vulgata translation
Soprano I & II, alto, and organ (for Advent and Christmas)
Requies aeterna donata est
(1996) (4.15 minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 24 November 1996, by the Choir of First
Church in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
SATB (Soprano, alto, tenor, bass) (for All Saints Day, memorial
services)
In oculis Dei (1996) (4.00
minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 6 October 1996, by the Choir of First Church
in Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
SSAATB (Soprano 1 & 2, alto 1 & 2, tenor, bass) (for general
use)
Tu Risa (1996) (12.00)
Premiered 12 October 1999, by Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes,
harpsichord, Kings Chapel, Boston (in conjunction with The Boston
Athenaeum)
Text by Pablo Neruda, in Spanish
Five Movements, scored for each as soloist: soprano solo, alto
solo, tenor solo, or bass solo, and harpsichord or piano
I. Quitame el pan
II. Mi lucha es dura y vuelvo
III. Amor mio
IV. Junto al mar en otone
V. Riete de la noche
Pentecost (1996) (5.00 minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 26 May 1996, by the Choir of First Church in
Cambridge, MA, Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
SATB (Soprano, alto, tenor bass) (for Pentecost)
The Nine Orders of the Angels
(1996) (43.39 minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 22 March 1996 by Tapestry, Laurie Monahan,
Director, First Church in Cambridge, MA (concert)
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Nine movements, for soprano, mezzo-soprano I & II, and alto
I. Nos sumus Custodes Angeli
II. Archangelus
III. Sum anael ex Septimi Chori
IV. Angeli Potestatis
V. Raphael sum Virtutum
VI. Dominationes
VII. Angelus sum Thronorum
VIII. Angeli ab lacrimis Michaelis
IX. Michael sum Seraphim
Arcanae (1995) (11:01)
Commissioned and Premiered 24 February 1996 by Ensemble Project Ars
Nova, First Church in Cambridge, MA (concert)
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Three movements, for male and female ensembles
I. Seraphim
II. Michael
III. Lucis angeli
Ego sum Custos Angela (1995)
(2.59 minutes)
Commissioned and Premiered 21 October 1995, Laurie Monahan,
mezzosoprano, St. Martins Episcopal, Providence, RI
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Solo soprano
Cor mei cordis / Heart of my Heart
(1994) (15.00 minutes)
Premiered 5 and 6 October 1996 by Schola Cantorum of Boston, Fred
Jodry, Director, Church of the Advent, Boston, and Harvard Epworth
Church, Cambridge, MA
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Five Movements, plus Amen from Five Meditations (1993),
I. Fleo
II. Tu es mea infans
III. Cor mei cordis
IV. Una nos ambulabimus in silva
V. Tu es mea infans
Amen (
Five Meditations, 1993)
Five Meditations (1993) (28.00)
Amen only has been premiered, 5 and 6 October 1996 by Schola
Cantorum of Boston, Church of the Advent, Boston, and Harvard Epworth
Church, Cambridge, MA
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.
Six movements, for SSAATTBB, Baroque or modern oboe, violas da gamba,
and symphonia or organ
I. Atque cum in frigas apothecas introimus
II. Quando ad primam lucen oculos nostros aperiamus
III. Tu per foras me magnas perducis
IV. Cor meum est templum sacrum (1993 music)
V. Cum securus in silentio sum
VI. Amen
Evensong (1991) (36.00)
Premiered 7 and 9 March 1992 by Scott Metcalfe, Director and Baroque
violin; Heather Knutson, soprano; Rob Dobson, Richard Duguay, Daniel
McCabe and Art Rawding, Tenors; Owen Watkins, Baroque oboe; Shira
Kammen, violle, and Janet Haas, Carol Lewis, Lynn Tetenbaum and Emily
Walhout, violas da gamba; Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA.
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Richard Schenk, O.P. and
Marianne Schlosser
Nine movements, for Solo soprano, four tenors, Baroque oboe, vielle,
Baroque violin, five violas da gamba.
I. Kyrios eleemon
II. tu nos numquam reliquisti
III. Divisum cor meum quod multa turpia inhabitant
IV. Benedicas amicis nostris benevolentiam tuam relucentibus
V. In confinio maris clamavi ad te
VI. Elaboration on In confinio
VII. Conquiescamus post contentionem placato corde
VIII. Altissima
IX. Amen
Note: New transcription for SATB with period instruments for
Chanticleer, Louis Botto, Artistic Director, Joseph Jenniings, Music
Director, 5 and 12 August 1995, Basilica, Mission Dolores, San
Francisco, CA
Music for the ballet
The Wild Swans
(1990) (36.00 minutes)
(Also known as
Still Falls the Rain,
Toni Pimble, Choreographer)
Commissioned and Premiered 9-12, 15-19 May 1991, by the Boston Ballet
Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, Conductor, for The Wild Swans, Jill E.
Bahr, Choreographer, the Wang Center, Boston
Nine movements, Orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes 1 English horn, 2
clarinets in Bb, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in Bb, 3
trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, percussion, guitar, and violins, viola,
cello, contra bass.
Prelude (curtain down)
Movement I Full ensemble: celebration of wedding of king
and stepmother; curse of the stepmother; Eliza is banished
Movement II solo: Eliza
Movement III fairy ensemble; Eliza taught to weave nettles
Movement IV men’s ensemble with solo woman: Eliza and swans
unite
Movement V Pas de deux: King of new land and Eliza
Movement VI full ensemble: bad priest, Eliza condemned; pas de
deux to end movement
Movement VII full ensemble: execution scene; Eliza breaks curse
Coda full ensemble: celebration
An Untitled Work for Guitar and
Orchestra (1987) (15.00)
Premiered (movements 1, 2, 3, 1) by Boston Ballet, Monica Levy,
Choreographer, for the dance Ghosts, 1 and 2 June 1988, Spoleto
Festival, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Stanley Sussman, Conductor,
Charleston, SC
Four Movements, Oboe, horns in F, string orchestra
Thanksgiving Music (1987)
(6.00 minutes)
Premiered 4-6 March 1994 as portion of music for the dance Zerkolo,
Beth Soll, Choreographer, Festival on the Volga, Russia (also included
as music for Zerkolo: Reaping)
Solo soprano, mandolin, string orchestra (recorded by composer for
Soll’s use)
Reaping (1987) (7.00 minutes)
Premiered as portion of music for Hands of Wind, Monica Levy,
Choreographer, Fall 1988, Transition Dance Company of London
Solo violin, four mandolins and string orchestra (recorded by composer
for use by Levy)
Music Commissioned for Choreographer Beth Soll’s 10th Anniversary
Concert Place of Ambush. (1987) (45 minutes, with additional existing
music
Bird of the Golden Circle
and
Character Sketch (1985)
Premiered April 1987, Chicago, New York City, and Boston, MA
String orchestra, solo soprano (recorded by composer for Soll’s use)
Character Sketch (1985) (16.00
minutes)
Premiered April 1986 for Beth Soll, Choreographer, Paris, France
Six Movements, for string orchestra (recorded by composer for Soll’s
use)
The Gulf (1985) (9.40 minutes)
Premiered June 1985 for Beth Soll, Choreographer, at Jacob’s Pillow
Dance Festival
Celeste and string orchestra (recorded by composer for Soll’s use)
The Red Skirt (1985) (14.00)
Premiered Fall 1988 as portion of music for Hands of Wind, Monica Levy,
Choreographer, Transition Dance Company of London
Four Movements, for string orchestra (recorded by composer for Levy’s
use)
Bird of the Golden Circle
(1985) (15.00)
Premiered as portion of the dance Place of Ambush, April 1987, for Beth
Soll, Choreographer, Chicago, New York, Boston
Four Movements, String orchestra (recorded by composer for Soll’s use)
Lake Desire (1985) (6.00)
String orchestra
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Air for
Flugelhorn and Organ
written for Robinson Pyle and Peter Sykes, 1998
Scored for flugelhorn (or trumpet) and organ
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA for the installation of
David Grishaw-Jones
Free Score Available:
Air.pdf
(Three) Ben
Franklin Dances
Please see below under "Three"
Excerpts from an
Untitled Work for
Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto Version)
for the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, 1988
Full String and Woodwind Orchestra
Written as incidental music for Boston Ballet's work "Ghosts," Monica
Levy, Choreographer
Free Scores Available:
Guitar and
Orch (Spoleto) I.pdf
Guitar
and Orch (Spoleto) II.pdf
Guitar
and Orch (Spoleto) III.pdf
Excerpts from an
Untitled Work for
Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto
Version), reduction for String
Quartet
for the Riverview Chamber Players, Rebecca Strauss, Director
String Quartet
Until Posted Here, Scores Available From Composer
Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto
Version), Excerpts from an Untitled Work
for,
please see above under "Excerpts..."
In
the Very Air I Breathe, reduction for String Quartet
for Rebecca Strauss, viola, and the Riverview Chamber Players,
April 2007
Scored for string quartet
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
In the Very Air I Breathe (String Quartet).pdf
Joy
Flows Down Like Radiant Moon, reduction for String Quartet
for Rebecca Strauss, viola, and the Riverview Chamber Players, April
2007
Scored for string quartet
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Joy
Flows Down (String Quartet).pdf
Joy Flows
Down (Violin I).pdf
Joy Flows
Down (Violin II).pdf
Joy Flows Down
(Viola).pdf
Joy Flows Down
(Cello).pdf
Pastoral Suite
(Seven Prayers) for
Organ
for Peter Sykes, organist, 2006, 2007
Solo Organ
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA, in honor of Peter Sykes' 20th
Anniversary as Music Director
Free Score Available:
Pastoral Suite I.pdf
Pastoral Suite II.pdf
Pastoral Suite III.pdf
Pastoral Suite IV.pdf
Pastoral Suite V.pdf
Pastoral Suite VI.pdf
Pastoral Suite VII.pdf
The Phoenix, Movement VIII
for Ellen Hargis, soprano; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Peter Sykes,
harpsichord; Jane Harrison, oboe; Julianne Verret, oboe/English horn;
Anne Black, violin/viola; and Emily Walhout, 'cello, 2002
Solo soprano; solo baritone; oboes I and II; English horn;
violin/viola; 'cello
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence of the Boston Athenaeum,
2002
Free Scores Available:
Phoenix 8 Full Score.pdf
Phoenix 8 Oboe I EH.pdf
Phoenix 8 Oboe II.pdf
Phoenix 8 Viola
Violin.pdf
Phoenix 8 'Cello.pdf
Requiem
(transcribed for
string orchestra)
for the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Robert Mealy, Director, 2006
String Orchestra
Until Posted, Scores Available From Composer
Still Falls the Rain
please see "The Wild Swans," below
The Wild Swans
(also music for
"Still Falls the Rain")
for the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, Conductor
Full Orchestra, 1991
Commissioned by Boston Ballet for the ballet "The Wild Swans," Jill E.
Bahr, choreographer
Until Posted, Scores Available From Composer
Three Ben Franklin
Dances
for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, 2003
Full Orchestra
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence with the Boston Landmarks
Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
Free Score Available:
Ben Franklin I.
Allegro pdf
Ben Franklin II.
Adagio.pdf
Ben Franklin III.
Presto.pdf
You Hear My Cry
(Domine exaudis
orationem meam)
for Rebecca Strauss, viola, 2002
Eight Violas
Free Score Available:
You Hear My
Cry (Viola).pdf
INSTRUMENTAL WITH CHORAL
Advent
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 1998
Scored for full chorus and string orchestra
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Scores Available:
Advent Text.pdf
Advent Prelude,
Full Score.pdf
Advent I, Full Score.pdf
Advent II, Full
Score.pdf
Advent III, Full
Score.pdf
Please see Choral Music: accompanied
for all Advent instrumental
parts
Amissus (The Lost
One)
for the Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church, Wayne Petersen, Director,
Fort Wayne, IN, 1999
Scored for SSATB or SSA with organ
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Commissioned by and dedicated to The Rev’d Edwin and Naarah Griswold
Free Score Available:
Amissus Text.pdf
Amissus.pdf
Amor meus tibi ex
sepulcro vacuo effundit (My Love Flows from the
Tomb, Like Song)
(For Easter)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 2001
Scored for SA, oboe or trumpet, and organ
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Amor meus tibi Cover.pdf
Amor meus tibi Text.pdf
Amor meus tibi II.pdf
Cor mei cordis
(Heart of my Heart) 1994
Scored for SATBB(B)
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Premiered by Schola Cantorum of Boston, Fred Jodry, Director, Church of
the Advent, Boston, MA, 1996
Free Scores Available:
Cor mei cordis Text.pdf
Cor mei cordis I.
Fleo.pdf
Cor mei cordis
II. Tu es.pdf
Cor mei cordis
III. Cor.pdf
Cor mei
cordis IV. Una nos.pdf
Cor mei
cordis V. Tu es mea.pdf
The Erminia
for Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes, harpsichord, 1996, and
premiered at Kings Chapel, Boston, MA, 1999
Scored for solo soprano and harpsichord
Text excerpted from Jerusalem
Delivered by Torquato Tasso; in Italian
Commissioned by Ellen Hargis
Free Scores Available:
Erminia Cover.pdf
Erminia Inner Cover.pdf
Erminia Text.pdf
Erminia I.pdf
Erminia II.pdf
Erminia III.pdf
Erminia IV.pdf
Erminia V.pdf
Evensong (9
movements), 1992
Scored for solo soprano; four tenors; vielle, Baroque violin; five
violas da gamba
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Richard Schenck, O.P and
Marianne Schlosser; in Latin
Premiered March 1992, Scott Metcalfe, Director, Lindsay Chapel,
Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA
Free Scores Available:
Evensong I.pdf
Evensong II.pdf
Evensong III.pdf
Evensong IV.pdf
Until posted, Movements V - IX available from composer
Gloria (Adult
Choir)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 2005
Scored for SSATB and 'cello
Text by composer; in English
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Gloria.pdf
Gloria
(Adult and Children's Choir)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 2005
Scored for optional child solo, children's choir, SSATB and 'cello or
organ
Text by composer; in English
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Gloria
(children and adults).pdf
Grace
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 1999
Scored for SSSATBB (or organ for B2)
Text by composer; in English
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Grace.pdf
Magnificat
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 1996
Scored for SA or SS and organ
Text: Luke 1:46-55, in Latin (Biblia Sacra Vulgata)
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available:
Magnificat.pdf
May We Live in
Peace
for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor, 2003
Scored for three sopranos, flute, 2 oboes, 2 horns in F, timpani, and
string orchestra
Text by composer; translated into Spanish by Miguel Rodriguez;
translated into Creole by Sophia Ceptus; in English, Spanish and Creole
Commissioned by Charles Ansbacher and The Boston Landmarks Orchestra,
Free Score Available:
May We Live in
Peace.pdf
Nocturnes
for the Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, Director, 20 November 2000
Scored for SSATB, horns in F I & II, trumpets I & II, trombone
and tuba
(Piano reductions for rehearsal only)
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Commissioned by the Newton Choral Society, David Carrier
Free Scores Available:
Nocturnes Cover.pdf
Nocturnes Text.pdf
Nocturnes 1 CONDUCTOR.pdf
Nocturnes 2
CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
Nocturnes 3
CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
Nocturnes 4 CONDUCTOR.pdf
Nocturnes 4 PIANO.pdf
(rehearsal only)
Nocturnes 5.pdf
Nocturnes 6
CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
Nocturnes 7 CONDUCTOR.pdf
Please see
Choral Music: accompanied
for all
Nocturnes
instrumental
parts
O magna res (O
Greatness)
for the Heidelberg New Music Festival Ensemble, 18 April 1998
Scored for solo tenor or soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar, and viola
Text by Hildegard von Bingen; in Latin
Commissioned by the Heidelberg New Music Festival
Free Scores Available:
O magna res Cover.pdf
O magna res Text.pdf
O magna res I.pdf
O magna res II.pdf
O magna res III.pdf
O magna res IV.pdf
O magna res V.pdf
O Red Sox Forever
and Ever (O Rosae Soleae, semper ad aeternum) 2001
edition
for Susan Neubauer, soprano, Benjamin Neubauer, viola, and Perry King
Neubauer, recorder and 'cello, 8 September 2001
Scored for solo soprano, tenor recorder, viola and cello
Commissioned by Susan and Perry King Neubauer
Free Scores Available:
Red Sox Text.pdf
Red Sox Annotations.pdf
Red Sox I. O Red
Sox.pdf
Red Sox II.
Ah! An Error.pdf
Red Sox III.
Exquisite Ruin.pdf
Red Sox IV. That
Player.pdf
Red Sox V.
Forever and Ever.pdf
Pentecost
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA), Peter
Sykes, Music Director, Spring 1996
Scored for SATB (with optional organ)
Text by composer; translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available
Pentecost.pdf
The Phoenix (De
ave phoenice)
for Ellen Hargis, soprano; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Peter Sykes,
harpsichord; Jane Harrison, oboe; Julianne Verret, oboe/English horn;
Anne Black, violin/viola; and Emily Walhout, 'cello, 22 November 2002
Scored for solo soprano; solo baritone; oboes I and II; English horn;
violin/viola; 'cello
Text excerpted from De Ave Phoenice, Lactantius; English transations
(program) by Sr. Mary Francis McDonald,. O.P.; in Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence of the Boston Athenaeum,
2002
Free Scores Available:
Phoenix Cover.pdf
Phoenix Inside Cover.pdf
Phoenix Text.pdf
Phoenix 1 Full Score
Phoenix 2 Full Score
Phoenix 3 Full Score
Phoenix 4 Full Score
Phoenix 5 Full Score
Phoenix 6 Full Score
Phoenix 7 Full Score
Phoenix 8 Full Score
Phoenix 9 Full Score
Phoenix 10 Full Score
Phoenix 11 Full Score
Phoenix 12 Full Score
Please see
Choral Music:
accompanied
for all Phoenix instrumental parts
Red Sox Forever
and Ever (O Rosae Soleae, semper ad aeternum) 2001
edition
See above,
"O Red
Sox..."
Requiem
for Sanford Sylvan, baritoneCoro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Music
Direcctor, 31 October 2004
Scored for solo baritone, full chorus, oboe, and string orchestra
Text Requiem Mass; text for "The Comforter" by composer; all but "The
Comforter" (English) in Latin
Commissioned by Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Director (in memory of
Julie Ince Thompson)
Free Scores Available:
Requiem Cover.pdf
Requiem Text.pdf
Requiem Interview.pdf
Requiem I. Introit.pdf
Requiem II. Kyrie.pdf
Requiem III.
Domine.pdf
Requiem
IV Sanctus Conductor.pdf
Requiem IV
Sanctus Chorus.pdf
Requiem V. Pie
Jesu.pdf
Requiem VI.
Lux aeterna.pdf
Requiem VII.
Lib.Com.pdf
Requiem VIII.
Paradisum.pdf
Requies aeterna
donata est
(Eternal Rest is
Granted)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA),
Peter
Sykes, Music Director, November 1996
Scored for SATB (with optional organ)
Text by composer; translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available
Requies aeterna.pdf
Tu Risa (Your
Laughter) (1996)
Alto
Scored for solo alto and harpsichord/piano (or
guitar)
Text by Pablo Neruda; in Spanish
Premiered by Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes, October 1999
Free Score Available:
Tu Risa Alto Cover.pdf
Tu Risa Alto I.pdf
Tu Risa Alto II.pdf
Tu Risa Alto III.pdf
Tu Risa Alto IV.pdf
Tu Risa Alto V.pdf
Tu Risa (Your
Laughter) (1996)
Baritone
Scored for solo alto and harpsichord/piano (or
guitar)
Text by Pablo Neruda; in Spanish
Premiered by Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes, October 1999
Free Score Available:
Tu Risa Baritone
Cover.pdf
Tu Risa Baritone
I.pdf
Tu Risa Baritone
II.pdf
Tu Risa Baritone
III.pdf
Tu Risa Baritone
IV.pdf
Tu Risa Baritone
V.pdf
Tu Risa (Your
Laughter) (1996)
Soprano
Scored for solo alto and harpsichord/piano (or
guitar)
Text by Pablo Neruda; in Spanish
Premiered by Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes, October 1999
Free Score Available:
Tu Risa Soprano
Cover.pdf
Tu Risa Soprano I.pdf
Tu Risa Soprano
II.pdf
Tu Risa Soprano
III.pdf
Tu Risa Soprano
IV.pdf
Tu Risa Soprano V.pdf
Tu Risa (Your
Laughter) (1996)
Soprano
Scored for solo alto and harpsichord/piano (or
guitar)
Text by Pablo Neruda; in Spanish
Premiered by Ellen Hargis, soprano, and Peter Sykes, October 1999
Free Score Available:
Tu Risa Tenor Cover.pdf
Tu Risa Tenor I.pdf
Tu Risa Tenor II.pdf
Tu Risa Tenor III.pdf
Tu Risa Tenor IV.pdf
Tu Risa Tenor V.pdf
CHORAL MUSIC, A CAPPELLA
Amen (Choral Response)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA),
Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 2001
Scored for SSAATB
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available
Amen.pdf
Amissus (The Lost
One)
for the Choir of Trinity Episcopal Church, Wayne Petersen, Director,
Fort Wayne, IN, 1999
Scored for SSATB or SSA with organ
Text by composer, translated into Latin by Edward J. Vodoklys, S.J.; in
Latin
Commissioned by and dedicated to The Rev’d Edwin and Naarah Griswold
Free Score Available:
Amissus Text.pdf
Amissus.pdf
Benediction (Choral Response)
for the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, Congregational (MA),
Peter
Sykes, Music Director, 2002
Scored for SSAATB
Text: Romans 8:38-29, Latin from the
Biblia
Sacra Vulgata; in Latin
Written in capacity as Composer-In-Residence at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, MA
Free Score Available
Benediction.pdf
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