Title
 Duration
Instrumentation and notes
Movements and MP3 Files

 

Tales of the Netsilik
for narrator and orchestra

 

 

 

 

41'


2(II+picc)/2(II+E.Hn)/2(II+Bs. Cl)/2(II+Cbsn)
4/2/3/1
2 perc/timp/piano(+celesta)/harp
Strings
Narrator

 

On Inuit Legends collected by Knud Rasmussen

Text in English or in French

13 Sections

1. Prelude
2. Songs My Mother Taught Me
(orchstra tacet)
3. The Earth and the People
4. Magic Words
5. Day and Night: How They Came to Be
6. The Things in the Sky
7. Sun and Moon
8. Thunder and Lightning (1)
(narrator and percussion)
9. Thunder and Lightning (2)
(orchestra)
10. How We Know About the Animals
11. Hunger
12. Heaven and Hell (1)
(narrator and percussion)
13 Heaven and Hell (2)
(orchestra)
Suite
from Tales of the Netsilik
19'
for orchestra (without narration)
2(II+picc)/2(II+E.Hn)/2(II+Bs. Cl)/2(II+Cbsn)
4/2/3/1
2 perc/timp/piano(+celesta)/harp
Strings		 1. Prelude
2. Day and Night: How They Came to Be
3. Thunder and Lightning (2)
4. Hunger
5 Heaven and Hell (2)
The North Wind's Gift
9'
 2(II+picc)/2(II+E.Hn)/2(II+B.Cl)/2(II+Cbsn)
4/2/3/1
2 perc/Timp/piano
Strings		 The North Wind's Gift
Shadow Music
'
13
 2/2/2/2
4/2/3/1
3 perc/timp
Strings		 Shadow Music
Clockworks

5'28"

2(II+picc)/2/2/2
4/2/3/1
2 perc/timp/harp
Strings

4 movoements

 
4 Cantos
18"
 2(II+picc)/2/2/2
4/2/3/1
4 perc/piano
Strings
  1. Mvt. 1
  2. Mvt. 2
  3. Mvt. 3
  4. Mvt. 4
The Transparency of Time
(Variations for piano and orchestra)
17'
 2(II+picc)/2(II+E.Hn)/2/2(II+Cbsn)
4/2/3/1
2 perc/Timp/Harp
Strings
Solo Piano

2 piano reduction available
MP3
Concerto for Double Bass
24'
 picc/1 fl/2 ob (II + E. Hn)/1 cl/bs. cl/1bsn/cbsn.
4/2/3/1
2 perc/Timp.
Strings
Solo Double Bass

NOTE: The Solo Double Bass part as it appears
in this score was written for Joel Quarrington's
special tuning: CGDA.
There are two other versions of the solo part:
for normal bass tuning
and for solo tuning. There are changes
in these parts to suit the tuning.

Note: Reduction for Double Bass and Piano available
Note: Reduction for Solo DB and small orch. available

 3 mvts. + cadenza
1. The King (in tribute to a king of composers)
2. The Lover/The Trickster
Cadenza
3. The Warrior
Concerto for Violin
31'30"
 2 (II+picc)/2 (II+E.Hn)/2/2(II+Cbsn)
4/2/3/1
2 perc.
Timp
Piano/Harp (optional)
Strings
Solo Violin
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
24"
 2(II+picc)/2/2/2
4/2/3/1
Timp
Strings
Solo Saxophone Quartet
(Bb Sop/Eb Alto/Bb Tenor/Eb Bari.)
Arrangement of Mvt. 3
for Saxophone Quartet and Piano 		4 movements
Fanfare for large orchestra and
12 herald trumpets
3'8''
 3(III=picc)/3(III=E. Hn)/4(III=Eb Cl,IV= Bs. Cl)/
3(III=Cbsn)
6/12/3/1
3 perc/timp/harp/piano/organ
Strings		 Fanfare