STRING QUARTET (solo & chamber music)

Date

Instr.

Dur.

Comments

I sleep and my soul awakens [Jung]
[clicking on title plays MIDI version]

2005

Guitar, String Quartet

13'

·Commissioned by CBC for Daniel Bolshoy
· Premiered in 2007, Virtuosi Series, Winnipeg, by D. Bolshoy & Penderecki Quartet
·Guitar part completely fingered by the composer
[Programme Notes]

Canciones Sobre el Amor y la Muerte [Lorca]

1. Canción de Jinete (Rider's Song)
2. Es Verdad (It is True)
3. Interlude: La Muerte Me Está Mirando (Death is Watching Me)
4. Despedida (Farewell)

1988 (®1996)

Soprano, String Quartet

24'

·#2 and #3 are the basis for the first two Lorca Sketches for Orchestra
·#3 is for string quartet only, and may be played independently of the others (this recording of #3 is of str. orch. version)

VIOLIN (solo & chamber music)

Date

Instr.

Dur.

Comments

Song of Songs [Bible]

1998

Soprano, Percussion, Violin, Cello

10'

·Commissioned by Continuum Contemporary Music, Toronto
·Based on biblical text of same name (AKA Song of Solomon)

Three Pieces for Violin and Piano

1. Old Friends
2. Slow Dance, Interrupted
3. Walking the Dog

1997 (®2004)

Violin, Piano

11'

(4')
(3')
(4')

·Commissioned by Duo Concertante through the Nfld. and Labrador Arts Council

Steppin' Out

1996

Violin, Cello, Piano

12'

·Commissioned by CBC for Nancy Dahn, Thomas Heinrich, and Liana Lam

VIOLA (solo & chamber music)

Date

Instr.

Dur.

Comments

Wanderlust

1998

Viola, 2 Percussion

13'

·Commissioned by CBC (Two New Hours) for Rivka Golani and the 1998 Newfoundland Sound Symposium

Genesis: Chapters One to Three

1987

Clarinet, Viola, Piano

16'

·A musical depiction of the creation story
[Programme Notes]

CELLO (solo & chamber music)

Date

Instr.

Dur.

Comments

Lamentations

2002

Cello SOLO

9'

·Based on Biblical text of same name
·Commissioned by Thomas Loewenheim

Song of Songs [Bible]

1998

Soprano, Percussion, Violin, Cello

10'

·Commissioned by Continuum Contemporary Music, Toronto
·Based on biblical text of same name (AKA Song of Solomon)

Steppin' Out

1996

Violin, Cello, Piano

12'

·Commissioned by CBC for Nancy Dahn, Thomas Heinrich, and Liana Lam

Double Bass (solo & chamber music)

Date

Instr.

Dur.

Comments

Jennifer's Tune

2005

Piano, Bass, optional Drum Kit

5'

·Gospel/Jazz style
·PARENTAL ADVISORY: Uses Functional Harmony; Middle Section Funky

Late-Night Music

1990

Trumpet, Drum Kit, Piano, Bass (electric or acoustic)

12'

·Jazz idiom, all notated, except for drum kit part
·First performers included composers James Rolfe and Omar Daniel

Dialogues for Ten Players

1988

fl/picc, ob, cl/b-cl, bn, tpt, hn, 2 perc, pno, db

20'

·
[Programme Notes]