Orchestra Music

Black is the Color Variations

for string orchestra Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMD) Duration: 4 minutes

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An Urban Landscape

Instrumentation: oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon; horn in F, Bb trumpet (with mutes), trombone (with mutes); strings (3-3-2-2-1 or string quintet) Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMD) Premiered: May 1981, San Francisco, CA Musicians: Dwayne Smith, conductor; pick-up orchestra Duration: 7 minutes

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Guitar Concerto

Instrumentation: flute, Bb clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon; horn in F, Bb trumpet (with mutes); percussion (one player): timpani, large tam-tam, suspended cymbal, wood block, and claves; strings (3-3-2-2-1 or string quintet) Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC) Premiered: March 10, 1985, Princeton, NJ Musicians: Chamber Symphony of Princeton; Portia Sonnenfeld, conductor; Alice Artzt, soloist Duration: 18 minutes

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First Cello Concerto

Publisher: Theodore Presser Company Premiered: June 21, 1992, Old First Church, San Francisco Musicians: Lawrence Grainger, violoncello; Geoffrey Gallegos, conductor; San Francisco Concerto Orchestra Duration: 21 minutes

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First Violin Concerto

Instrumentation: solo violin; 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2. doubles on English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 French horns; 1 percussionist (timpani, glockenspiel, large tam-tam, suspended cymbal, snare drum, and bongos); strings (6-6-4-4-2) Publisher: Theodore Presser First Recording: New Albion Records Musicians: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; Kees Hülsmann, soloist Released: January 1, 1996 Commissioned: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, music director Premiered: April 27, 1987, Berkeley, CA Musicians: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Robert Hughes, conductor; Mayumi Ohira, soloist Duration: 20 minutes

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Where the Heart is Pure

Instrumentation: flute, oboe (English horn), clarinet (bass clarinet.), and strings (3-3-2-2-1 or string quintet) Text: Robert Sund (used by permission) Publisher: Theodore Presser Company First Recording: New Albion Records Performing Artists: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Laurent Pillot, conductor; Stephanie Friedman, mezzo-soprano Released: January 1, 1996 Premiered: June 15, 1995, Berkeley, CA Duration: 16 minutes

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Second Violin Concerto

Instrumentation: solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (English horn), 2 Bb clarinets (bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 Bb trumpets, 2 trombones (1 tenor and 1 bass), timpani, 2 perc., strings (6-6-4-4-2) Publisher: Theodore Presser Company Commissioned: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Music Director Performing Artists: Rotterdam Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor; Kees Hülsmann, soloist Premiered: January 22 & 23, 1999: Rotterdam and Einhoven, The Netherlands Duration: 30 minutes

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Pacific Triptych

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (English horn), 2 clarinets (bass clarinet), 2 bassoons; 2 French horns, 2 trumpets (with mutes), 2 trombones (1 tenor and 1 bass), timpani, 2 perc., strings (6-6-4-4-2) Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMD) Duration: 22 minutes

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Second Cello Concerto

Instrumentation: flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, bassoon, horn, solo violoncello, and strings (3-3-2-2-1) or string quintet Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMD) Duration: 22 minutes

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