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Instrumental & Chamber Works | ||
Aion | ||
| Composed | 1987 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Trombone Choir | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Trombone Choir; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXIII, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 6 October 1987 | |
Centennial Fanfare (A Common Call) | ||
| Composed | 2002 | |
| Duration | 1 min 30 sec | |
| Instrumentation | Four trumpets in C | |
| Commissioned by | the Minnesota Orchestra for its Centennial Celebration, with generous support from Ted and Roberta Mann Foundation and Dick and Mari Carlson | |
| First Performance | Minnesota Orchestra Trumpet Section: Manuel Laureano, Robert Dorer, Douglas C. Carlsen, Charles Lazarus; Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 13 September 2002 | |
Earthbridge | ||
| Composed | 1995 | |
| Duration | 2 min | |
| Instrumentation | Piano, glass cereal bowl, Tibetan singing bowl, metal spoon and wood pestle (Based on the large-scale sculpture Spoonbridge and Cherry by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen) | |
| Commissioned by | The Walker Art Center for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Audio Tour | |
| First Performance | Steve Heitzeg, piano; Paul Gunther, percussion; Minneapolis, MN, 3 June 1995 | |
Endangered | ||
| Composed | 1989 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Cello | |
| First Performance | Laura Sewell, cello; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 24 March 1990 | |
Fanfare 'Apocalyptic' | ||
| Composed | 1991 | |
| Duration | 1 min | |
| Instrumentation | 3 trpt, bass trpt | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Herald Trumpets; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXVVII, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 2 October 1991 | |
Fanfare 'The Four Winds: Totemic' | ||
| Composed | 1991 | |
| Duration | 1 min | |
| Instrumentation | 3 trpt, bass trpt | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Herald Trumpets; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXVVII, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 2 October 1991 | |
Fanfare I | ||
| Composed | 1990 | |
| Duration | 1 min | |
| Instrumentation | 3 trpt | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Herald Trumpets; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXVI, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 3 October 1990 | |
Fanfare 'Terrestrial' | ||
| Composed | 1991 | |
| Duration | 1 min | |
| Instrumentation | 3 trpts, bass trpt | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Herald Trumpets; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXVII, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 2 October 1991 | |
Flowering Prairie 'Crocus' | ||
| Composed | 1993 | |
| Duration | 3 min | |
| Instrumentation | English horn | |
| First Performance | Elizabeth Starr, English horn; Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 23 April 1993 | |
Fox Chant (Defense du Chasser) | ||
| Composed | 1999 | |
| Duration | 3 min | |
| Instrumentation | Horn and piano | |
| Commissioned by | Stephen Urion | |
| First Performance | Stephen Urion, horn; Gwen Perun, piano, Arcata, CA, 23 July 1999 | |
FREE! | ||
| Composed | 2003 | |
| Duration | 15 min | |
| Instrumentation | Solo percussion and piano | |
| Movements |
I. FREE PELTIER! II. FREE MUMIA! III. FREE THE REST! (All unnamed prisoners of conscience, victims of torture and oppressed beings — whatever the species) |
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| Commissioned by | Evelyn Glennie | |
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I Dreamed I Freed Leonard Peltier Last Night | ||
| Composed | 1999 | |
| Duration | 25 min | |
| Instrumentation | Piano and handcuffs | |
| First Performance | ||
Khaos / Kosmos | ||
| Composed | 1986 | |
| Duration | 15 min | |
| Instrumentation | Piano | |
| First Performance | John McKay, piano; Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN, 8 March 1987 | |
Knota | ||
| Date | 1992 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Trombone | |
| First Performance | Mark Lammers, trombone; Minnesota History Center, Saint Paul, MN, 27 February 1993 | |
The Legend of the Bluebonnet | ||
| Composed | 1992 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Narrator/fl, cl, bn/hn/perc/vln, vnc, cb | |
| First Performance | Minnesota Orchestra Kinder Konzert Ensemble; Joanna Cortright, narrator, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN 28 September 1992 | |
On the Day You Were Born | ||
| Composed | 2000 | |
| Duration | 18 min | |
| Instrumentation | Narrator, high voice, cello and piano | |
| Text | Debra Frasier | |
| Commissioned by | David Ranheim | |
| First Performance | Nancy Grundahl, narrator; Bjorn Ranheim, cello; Thelma Hunter, piano, Saint Paul, MN, 16 December 2000 | |
Open Spaces | ||
| Composed | 2004 | |
| Duration | 1 min 40 sec | |
| Instrumentation | 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C and timpani | |
| Commissioned for | The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra by Fred and Gloria Sewell and Ruth and John Huss on the occasion of the opening of The SPCO Center | |
| First Performance | Members of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; The SPCO Center, Saint Paul, MN 11 September 2004 | |
Odyssey | ||
| Composed | 1986 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Brass choir and percussion | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Brass Choir; Mark Lammers, conductor, Nobel Conference XXII, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 30 September 1986 | |
Of Wind and Wood | ||
| Composed | 2004 | |
| Duration | 7 min | |
| Instrumentation | 2 (picc)-2-2-2 / 2 E-flat alto sax (1st doubling soprano sax)-1 B-flat tenor sax, 1-B-flat Baritone sax / 4-3-3-Euphonium -1 / timpani, 6 percussion | |
| Commissioned by | Gustavus Adolphus College in celebration and honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Gustavus Band | |
| First Performance | The Gustavus Band, Douglas Nimmo, conductor, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 3 May 2003 | |
Out of Breath | ||
| Composed | 1994 | |
| Duration | 6 min | |
| Instrumentation | 8 ocarina, /8 gourd rattle, pf | |
| First Performance | University of Saint Thomas Earth Ensemble; University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, 13 April 1994 | |
Pipestone Peace Pipe | ||
| Composed | 1993 | |
| Duration | 7 min | |
| Instrumentation | Flute | |
| First Performance | Julia Bogorad, flute; San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1 May 1993 | |
Propheteia | ||
| Composed | 1988 | |
| Duration | 6 min | |
| Instrumentation | Brass choir | |
| First Performance | Gustavus Brass Choir; Mark Lammers, conductor, Christmas in Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, 2 December 1988 | |
Raven and Crow: Medicine Birds | ||
| Composed | 1993 | |
| Duration | 20 min | |
| Instrumentation | Woodwind player (cl, b cl, e-flat asax)/2 perc, pf | |
| First Performance | Zeitgeist; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 23 May 1993 | |
Sandhill Crane | ||
| Composed | 1998 | |
| Duration | 7 min | |
| Instrumentation | Piano | |
| Commissioned by | Suzanne Son | |
| First Performance | Suzanne Son, piano; Minneapolis, MN, 12 March 1998 | |
Sky Loom | ||
| Composed | 1996 | |
| Duration | 10 min | |
| Instrumentation | Harp | |
| Commissioned by | Ann Benjamin | |
| First Performance | Ann Benjamin, harp; World Harp Congress, Seattle, WA, 24 July 1996 | |
String Trio | ||
| Composed | 1983 | |
| Duration | 8 min | |
| Instrumentation | Vln, vla, vnc | |
| First Performance | Wendy Ultan, vln; Alicia Ultan, vla; Jacqueline Ultan, vnc; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2 February 1984 | |
The Tin Forest | ||
| Composed | 2002 | |
| Duration | approx. 8 min | |
| Instrumentation | Narrator and Chamber Ensemble (fl/bsn/horn in F/trb/perc/hp/vln/cb) | |
| Text | Helen Ward | |
| Commissioned by | WAMSO — Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association for the 25th anniversary of Kinder Konzerts | |
| First Performance | Minnesota Orchestra Kinder Konzert Ensemble, Joanna Cortright, narrator, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 10 October 2002 | |
When Violets Appear | ||
| Composed | 2004 | |
| Duration | 4 min | |
| Instrumentation | Viola and Piano | |
| Commissioned by | Linda Kelsey | |
| First Performance | Jessica Thompson, vla; Deborah Clayton piano, Hudson, Wisconsin, 13 June 2004 | |
White Tulips | ||
| Composed | 1997 | |
| Duration | 5 min | |
| Instrumentation | Cello and piano | |
| First Performance | Laura Sewell, cello; Fredrick Pappas, piano, Minneapolis, MN, 1 August 1997 | |
The World in Tune | ||
| Composed | 1991 | |
| Duration | 4 min | |
| Instrumentation | Fl, ob, bn/hn/perc, pf/vln, cb | |
| First Performance | Minnesota Orchestra Kinder Konzert Ensemble; Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 31 October 1991 | |
Wounded Fields | ||
| Composed | 2002 / 2004 | |
| Duration | 4 min | |
| Instrumentation | String Quartet | |
| First Performance | Jorja Fleezanis, Julie Ayer — violins; Richard Marshall, viola; Janet Horvath, cello; Minnesota State Capitol Building, Saint Paul, MN, 11 March 2004 | |
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