Solo voice or instrument
Preliminary Look at Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty” – Baritone Solo (1980)
A solo setting of one of Hopkins’ nature poems
Something – Bass clarinet (2008)
Paragraph for a Wordsmith – Clarinet in A (2009)
Two pieces for clarinet solo, of which the first also has a place for an improvisation
Partita pour piano (2011)
Deuxième Partita pour piano (2014)
Though not formally written as a pair, these two partitas complement one another,
the first more serious, the second more playful
Algorithm – Percussion solo (2011/12-2016)
The main work in this piece is undertaken by the marimba and the vibraphone
Songs with Accompaniment
Prairie Conversation – 2 voices [Alto, Baritone], Cello (1970/2015)
A brief, laconic, Midwestern duet
The Applebush – Voice, Piano (2003)
A successful attempt by Alasdair Macdonald and me to write the worst Lied ever composed
Never performed, alas
Song-Set No. 1 – High voice, Piano (2008) Also available for Low Voice, Piano.
The four songs in this set can be performed starting anywhere, but must continue in seasonal order
Song-Set No. 2: Fem sånger till dikter av Arthur Landfors – Low voice, Piano (2010)
This set was written for and performed by Åsa Olsson in 2013 and 2014
Words – Low voice, Piano (2011)
[Version for Oboe d’amore, Viola, and Cello, in preparation]
This is a short scena on a serious, even political, theme
Sur un poète moderne – Low voice, Piano (2017)
A short sonnet by Verlaine excoriating the poet Leconte de Lisle.
Choral music
Missa Aestiva – SSAATTBB
Commissioned and performed by the Salt Lake Vocal Ensemble (1989)
Published by Paraclete Press, 1992
A Sentence for All Souls – SSAATTBB (1992)
This short piece uses the closing text of the Requiem as its material
Balulalow. S, Organ (1994)
Performed Clare College Choir, Cambridge, 1999
[Luther’s German text also available]
This often-set text is actually a Scottish translation of two verses of Martin Luther’s Von Himmel hoch, and is for unison choir (optional solo) and organ
Alleluia Verses – SATB (2011-14)
These three short pieces are settings of psalm texts, with alleluias, used for the Gradual in the mass
Veni sancte spiritus/Komm heiliger Geist, Gott und Herr SSATB (2013-14)
The macaronic texts for this piece come from the Latin text for Pentecost and Martin Luther’s German paraphrase of it
Alleluia: De profundis – SSA (2015)
This is a simple Alleluia verse as used as a Gradual
Chamber music
Second Essay for String Quartet (1993-2003)
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello (2012-2015)
Trio No. 2, for Piano, Violin, and Cello (2016)
The second of these trios is a reworking of Ex umbra, for Violin, Cello, and Harpsichord, 2015
One, Two, Three String Trio. (2017)
A choreographic set for String trio, three dancers, and three chairs.
Equali
Equale per quattro tromboni, “Academic Discussion in Groningen” – ATTB Trombones (2006)
Equale per quattro sassofoni, Tre frasi di Dante – SATBaritone Saxophones (2015)
An equale is a piece written for four equal instruments, usually wind instruments. Beethoven wrote three for four trombones. The first here was written for and performed by Quatrebrass and the second commissioned and performed by the Keuris Quartet
Music with orchestra
Concerted Music for Viola and Strings (2013)
Works In progress
Psalm verses, for the Escolania de Montserrat
One, Two, Three, for String Trio