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2008 On the Death of David Blakely. November 8, 1896, Wednesday. David Blakely, manager of Sousa's Band, died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the Carnegie Building, Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Blakely was in the best of health until stricken. At about 4 o'clock his typewriter went out on an errand. When she returned, she found Mr. Blakely lying on his face on the floor of his office. Score and recording. 2008 Mordake, a solo electronic opera for John Duykers with a libretto by Douglas Kearney. A listening score is here. 2006, 2008 Missa Beati Notkeri Balbuli Sancti Galli Monachi, Mass of the Blessed Notker the Stammerer, Monk of St. Gallen. Premiered April 12/13 in St Gallen and Jona, Switzerland, Hans Eberhard, director, Kimberly Brockman, soprano, Willibald Guggenmos, organ, Collegium Vocale der Kathedrale St. Gallen, Collegium Instrumentale der Kathedrale.
2007, 2008 Orchestral Suite from Mordake #1 and #2. Played by the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, September 2007 and March 2008.
2007 Waltz for Lynne for piano. Score here. 2007 Baron Ochs suite for orchestra. Orchestration of the original from 1985. Performed by San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, March 2007.
2005 La Lunga Ombra (the long shadow), a film by Jon Jost.
2005 Blinde Liebe (aka Brother/Sister) a dance opera with the Palindrome Dance Company. Performed in Nürnberg and San Francisco so far. 2004 Brightness exists in two versions, one for clarinet, piano and bass-baritone and an expanded score for orchestra. The text is a poem by Dan Bellm. The recording of the chamber version features Rachel Condry and Joe Kinyon (and myself). The orchestral version is played by the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra with Rachel Condry and Micah Epps as soloists.
2004 Homecoming, a film by Jon Jost. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Won first prize at Spirit Film Festival, 2005. 2004 Trio, for Deborah Slater Dance Theater with Thom Blum. Here's an mp3. 2003 Raheel, a set of songs, and poem to you written in whispers, a song, both on texts by Dima Hilal, piano-vocal and orchestral versions. The recordings below feature Dina Emerson, soprano, and the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra.
1994-2003 Sub Pontio Pilato, an opera about the suicide and historical recreation of Pontius Pilate to a libretto by James Bisso. Various scenes presented in San Francisco, Nürnberg and the Alternativa Festival in Prague. An orchestral version of some scenes was presented in Seattle with the Seattle Creative Orchestra, Laurie Amat, John Duykers, and the Ancora choir. A workshop production was done in Wels, Austria in December of 2002 and the piece premiered in San Francisco at the ODC Theater in April of 2003. Some production photos are here. Below are recordings of the premiere performance and the orchestral performances.
2001 Veracity, an ongoing suite of pieces for piano solo written for Marja Mutru. The performance below is a live recording of a performance by Erling Wold on the Kalvos and Damien radio show
2001 Die Nacht wird kommen, German version of A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil. Premiered in Austria by the Klagenfurter Ensemble in July 2001. Performed in Brühl Germany in September of 2002.
2000 queer, a chamber opera based on the William Burroughs novel. Premiered in San Francisco, April 2001. The libretto is here.
2000 Harvest of Rage, a set of songs for tenor and orchestra. 1998 I brought my hips to the table, collaboration with Cid Pearlman for the ACF Composer/Choreographer award. Based on Bearing the Names by Michelle Murphy. Presented at ODC, San Francisco, December 1998.
1998 Hushed Piece, song to a poem by Amy Trachtenberg. Score is here. 1997 London Brief, soundtrack for a film by Jon Jost. Premiered at the Yamagata and Rotterdam film festivals. DVD release on OtherShore.
1997 Close/Minotaur, a dance choreographed by Cid Pearlman of The Nesting Dolls (San Francisco) as well as Robert Wechsler of Palindrome Dance (Nürnberg). Both versions were premiered in 1997. An MP3 recording of a performance by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble is here and a score is here. It has also been performed in Philadelphia by Relâche. 1996 13 Versions of Surrender, song cycle for piano, bassoon, cello and voice based on the poem by Michelle Murphy. Premiered by Laurie Amat in several concerts in San Francisco, including Footwork. The libretto is here. Lauren Elder did a painting based on the piece.
1995 Abstände, Duet, etc, several pieces for dancer-interactive computer system, computer-controlled pipe organ and electronics, performed at Tafelhalle, Nürnberg, and Gasteig theatre, Munich, with the Palindrome Dance Company. There are some approximations to possible realizations of the pieces in piano reductions here and here. 1995 Song of Songs for soprano and piano. MP3 here and score here. 1995 Albrechts Flügel, four pieces for piano solo. Marja Mutru plays them here.
1995 Yoga Garden for a yoga dance performance by Gay White. An MP3 file is here. 1993-4 A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera based on the collage novel by Max Ernst. Scored for flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, horn, cello, keyboard, percussion. 50 minutes. Performed at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, January-February 1995. Produced by the Paul Dresher Ensemble at ODC Theater, San Francisco, March 2000. Some production photographs of the ODC performance are here.
1993 The Bed You Sleep In, soundtrack for a film by Jon Jost, produced by Complex Corporation. Film invited to film festivals in Berlin, London, Vienna, Iceland, Istanbul, Sundance, San Francisco, etc. Scored for saxophone, oboe, flute, clarinet, piano, drums, cello, viola.
1992 Modules and Loops, electronic music for a dance by Robert Wechsler, performed in Germany and Czechoslovakia. MP3 file is here. 1991 Table for One, electroacoustic music for dance by Ann di Fruscia, performed in San Francisco. 1990 Sure Fire, music for film directed by Jon Jost, who asked me to write country music that wasn't country music. Oh, and it had to be in Just Intonation.. Released theatrically in France, USA, UK, Germany. Winner of Caligari Prize, Berlin Film Festival 1991. First place in Athens Film Festival 1992. Scored for pedal steel, electronics and drums.
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1989 Seven Days Ago for organ, flute, horns and orchestral vibraphone. Included on I Weep. Score here and MP3 here. 1989 Egg Dance, electroacoustic music for a dance by Gay White and Leigh Evans, performed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Included on I Weep. 1989 Mo for piano. Included on I Weep. 1989 Center Mother and Boss-puss, setting of the Antonin Artaud poem for keyboard and two solo instruments and soprano or tenor. Score here and MP3 here. 1988 It was in the summer that I first noticed your hair, your face, your eyelids. Scored for flute, clarinet, oboe, bells, retuned piano and electric bass. Included on I Weep. Included on Numbers Racket, Just Intonation Network, 1991. 1988 Piano Concerto #4 by V.M. Included on I Weep.
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1987 Duncan's Long Day for synthesizer. Included on I Weep. 1987 Incidental music for the play The Islamic Republic of Las Vegas: Dance of the Testifiers, for retuned flute, vibraphone and drums. Included on Music of Love. Included on Rational Music for an Irrational World, Just Intonation Network, 1989. Dance of the Polygamists for piano. Ten Tan Girls for Every Boy for organ, saxophone, bass, synthesizer. 1987 Suite for music box: Heaven for Girls, Ara Hemat, The Story of Play-Do, Canned Demon, etc. Included on Music of Love. 1987 318th 45th Street for string orchestra, included on I Weep. 1987 Quintet, music for a dance by Robert Wechsler, performed in New York and Germany. MP3 here. 1986 Tune for Lynn Murdock #2, included in Tellus #14, special issue on just intonation. 1986 Crash, music for a dance by Gay White, performed at New Langston Arts in San Francisco, Nexus Gallery, Berkeley and Lhasa Gallery, Los Angeles. Included on Music of Love. Included in premiere issue of Leonardo Music Journal CD, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1991. 1986 Baron Ochs (LP) released by Spooky Pooch. 1985 Marriage for two trumpets and bass or slide guitar and bass. 1985 Hawaii Five-O for 3 keyboards. Two included on Baron Ochs, one on I Weep. 1985 Baron Ochs, music for a recitation. Text by Everett Shock and Erling Wold. Scored for two keyboards and solo instrument. 25 minutes. Included on Baron Ochs. Performances in San Francisco, 1985 and Berkeley, 1991.
1985 1982 Tune for Lynn Murdock #1, for 11 amplified strings and percussion. Included on Music of Love (CD), 1988. 1979 Concerto for String bass and Chorus in quarter-tones and sixth-tones. 1978 The Waste Land, setting of the T.S. Eliot poem. Scored for piccolo, flute, violin, vibraphone, percussion, piano/celesta and soprano. Eleanor Remick Warren music composition award from Occidental College. 1978 Sonata for clarinet and piano in two tempi. |
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13 Versions of Surrender (CD), released by Spooky Pooch Records.
