Title: Slow movement op. 152
(an arrangement for piano of Vincent Persichetti’s slow movement from his Symphony no. 6 for Band.
Date of arrangement: 2018
Instrumentation: solo piano
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Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds op. 157
Title: Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds, op. 157 (based on a phrase from Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations)
Instrumentation: marimba 1, marimba 2 (2 players), glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone
Commissioned by: The Rivers School Conservatory
Dedication: to Sarah Tenney and Marimba Magic
Duration: ca. 3 minutes
First performance: April 7, 2019 The Rivers School 41st annual Seminar for Contemporary Music
Dona Nobis Pacem op. 155
Title: Dona Nobis Pacem op. 155
Commissioned by: Word/Song
Instrumentation: string quartet
First performance: April 2018 First Church Boston Choir + string quartet
Date of composition: 2018
Perfomance time: ca. 3 minutes
Sonata Sacre op. 151
Title: Sonata Sacre op. 151
Commissioned by: Delores August
Date of composition: 2018
Instrumentation: Baroque flute and harpsichord
Performance time: ca. 10 minutes
First performance: December 2018, Harvard University, Delores August-baroque flute, Robert August-harpsichord
Harmony in Blue and Silver op. 153
Title: Harmony in Blue and Silver for Wind Orchestra, op. 153 (after a painting by James Whistler)
Commissioned by: New England Preparatory School for the 150th anniversary of New England Conservatory
Dedication: To Michael Mucci and the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble
Date of composition: 2018
Instrumentation: standard wind ensemble + piano and harp
First performance: May 15, 2019 Jordan Hall at NEC. MYWE conducted by Michael Mucci
Domenica a Filicudi op. 158
Title: Domenica a Filicudi, op. 158
Commissioned by: Joan, Mary, and Cathy Collins
Dedication: in memory of Deborah Collins
Date of composition: 2019
Instrumentation: soprano voice, viola, and piano
Text: based on a poem by Deborah Collins
Performance time: ca. 5 minutes
First performance: May 12, 2019, Christie Lee Gibson-voice, David Wallace-viola, Larry Bell-piano
TEXT
Sunday on Filicudi (Domenica a Filicudi)
Aeolus frolicking in the fronds,
Caressing the bougainvillea,
Cavorting in the soft ripples of the blue Tyrrhenian
sea.
Swallows dipping, the occasional raven croaking,
All else is quiet.
My world is at peace.
-Deborah Collins, 2016
The Lone Wild Bird op. 154
title: The Lone Wild Bird, op. 154
date of composition: 2018
text: traditional folk
instrumentation: mezzo-soprano-voice and piano
first performance: Marilyn Oliver-voice, Larry Bell-piano, June 2018, Berklee College of Music
duration: ca. 3 minutes
Thou God of Love op. 161
title: Thou God of Love, op. 161
dedication: to the choir of First Church of Boston
instrumentation:A capella choir (SATB)
date of composition: 2018
text: Issaac Watts
program notes: The first version of an original hymn tune on a text by Isaac Watts. This version is based on a 16 note pattern and is more chromatic than the second version. It is also included in A Hymnbook for Congregational Singing. op. 169)
Gaslight op. 147
Title: Gaslight op. 147
Date of Composition: 2017
Instrumentation: baritone voice and piano
Text: Larry Bell
First performance: Bill Thorpe-voice, Larry Bell-piano, January 20, 2018 Williams Hall at New Enaland Conservatory
subsequent performances: Bill Thorpe and Larry Bell at the Berklee College of Music June, 2018