instrumentation: solo organ
dedication: To Forest Eimold
duration: ca. 5’30”
(based in part on the Agnus Dei of the Mass a6)
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Mass a6 op. 147
dedication: to Graham Hair and Scottish Voices
commissioned: Scottish Voices
instrumentation: Three Sopranos and Three Mezzo-Soprano soloists
date of composition: 2017
duration: ca. 15 minutes
text: traditional Latin Mass
Kyrie
Gloria
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Communion
Once to Every Soul and Nation op. 144
commissioned: Paul Cienniwa for the women’s voices of the First Church Boston choir
text: Russell Lowell (18th century)
instrumentation: SSA women’s choir (or as SSA soloists)
first performance: April 2017, First Church Boston (available on YouTube)
First Harpsichord Sonata
dedication: to Paul Cienniwa
instrumentation: solo harpsichord
duration: ca. 8′ (in three movements)
publisher: Casa Rustica Publications
Arrangements of congregational music for Thanksgiving op. 142 nos. 1-3
dedication: to First Church Boston and Music Director Paul Cienniwa
commissioned by: First Church Boston
date: 2016
instrumentation: congregational singing, brass quintet (with Tuba), and organ
first performance: November 2016, First Church Boston
duration: ca. 15′
arrangements: Come Ye Thankful People Come, Wake Now My Senses, We Sing Now Together
Serenade no. 5 op. 141
dedication: To Peter Cokinias
date of composition: arranged for clarinet choir based upon the Madrigals, “A Cry Against the Twilight”
instrumentation: cl. in eb, 2 cls. in Bb, bass cl., contralto cl.
performance time: ca. 12
first performance: December 2017 Berklee College of Music
movements:
1. Overture
2. Double Mirror Canon
3. Waltz
4. Adagio
5. Arioso Recitative
6. Finale
Newtown Variations
dedication: for David Wallace. “Written in memory of the 26 people killed in Newtown, CT. in 2013”
date of composition: 2016
first performance: September 20, 2017 David Wallace-viola, Larry Bell-piano, Berklee College of Music
Water Music, op. 137
A song cycle for based on poetry by Langston Hughes
dedication: To Phil Lima
instrumentation: baritone voice, double bass, and piano
date of composition: 2016
publisher: Casa Rustica Publications
first performance: January 25, 2017 NEC’s Williams Hall
Philip Lima, Mark Poiniatowski, and Larry Bell
Songs:
1. Catch
2. April Rain Song
3. Sea Calm
4. Jaime
5. Sea Charm
6. Sailor
7. Long Trip
8. My Loves
9. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Response no. 3: Is not this the fast that I have chosen?
Commissioned by Thomas Gregg
Instrumentation: Tenor and Baritone soloists with Organ
Date: 2016
Text: Isaiah
First performance: Thomas Gregg, Phil Lima, and Heinrich Christensen, Kings Chapel, Boston August, 2016