ORCHESTRA WITHOUT SOLOIST 2*2*2*2 4*3*3*1 Timpani (5 drums), 2 Perc: snare drum, 3 suspended cymbals (high + medium + low) crotales (arco), bass drum, high triangle, anvil, chimes, glockenspiel, xylophone, crash cymbal, bass drum, police whistle, large tam-tam, Harp, Strings Duration: ca. 10 minutesComposed: 2005… Read More »And So Be Changed to Lightning in the End
ORCHESTRA WITHOUT SOLOIST 3*2*2*2 4*3*3*1 Timpani (5 drums), 2 Perc: Perc. 1: large bass drum, *3 suspended cymbals (med., med. high, high — all higher than perc.2), snare drum, xylophone, brass wind chimes, crotales (bowed), **2 drums Tomtoms or similar). Perc. 2: snare drum, g… Read More »A Thousand Natural Shocks
ORCHESTRA WITHOUT SOLOIST 2*2*2*2 4*3*3*1 Timpani, 2 Perc. (Tamtam, snare drum (concert), 2 wood blocks, 1 bongo (high), high suspended cymbal, high triangle, crotales (bowed and struck), brass wind chimes. Perc. 2: whip, snare drum (military), 1 bongo (medium), bass drum, medium Duration: ca. 10… Read More »Utterances
STRING ORCHESTRAminimum 6•6•4•4•2 Duration: ca. 14 minutesComposed: 1997 Programme Note: Circadian Rhythms was commissioned by CBC Radio Music for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra’s 1997/98 concert season. It was written between September 1996 and February 1997. The title refers to our solar day biorhythms. This piece… Read More »Circadian Rhythms
ORCHESTRA WITHOUT SOLOIST 2*2*2*2 4*3*3*1 Timpani, 2 Perc. (brass wind chimes, 5 roto-toms, pod rattle, 3 susp. cymb., offstage chimes; bass drum, tamtam, 2 tom-toms, crash cymbals, bowed crotales) Piano, Strings Duration: ca. 14 minutesComposed: 1995 Programme Note: From the Drum Comes a Thundering Beat.… Read More »From the Drum Comes a Thundering Beat…
SOLOpercussion: 2 bongos, 3 tom-toms, 1 bass drum, bell metronome Duration: ca. 10 minutes Premiere: First performance by Zac Pulack, July 2017. Sample:
SOLOcello Duration: ca. 10 minutesComposed: 2017 Programme Note: The concept of elegance in science and mathematics refers to simplicity. Mathematical elegance is exhibited when a theorem is surprisingly simple yet effective. In chemistry one might strive for elegance in theory, method, technique, or procedure. There… Read More »The Book of Elegant Feelings
SOLOviolin Duration: ca. 5 minutesComposed: 2010 Programme Note: “I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.” – Henry David Thoreau One for Solitude for solo violin was commissioned for the Concours Musical International de Montréal as the… Read More »One For Solitude
SOLOpiano Duration: ca. 8 minutesComposed: 2003 Programme Note: Let Hands Speak was commissioned for the Fourth Honens International Piano Competition as the imposed piece to be played by all twenty-one finalists. As a work that is meant to showcase the individual talents of pianists who… Read More »Let Hands Speak
SOLOpiano Duration: ca. 10 minutesComposed: 2000 Programme Note: Star Burning Blue was commissioned by the Esther Honens International Piano Competition for Maxim Philippov; first laureate of the 1996 competition. It is a single movement work lasting approximately 8 minutes, and roughly depicts the life cycle… Read More »Star Burning Blue