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I. Organ:
1. Invocation: 3 minutes. Commissioned by The American Guild of Organists for The Biennial National Convention in Boston, MA; published by E. C. Schirmer. Premiered by Lenora McCroskey at First Baptist in Newton, MA.
2. Five Chorale Preludes: 10 minutes; performed many times by Harvey Burgett: at St. Paul's Cathedral, and Marsh Chapel in Boston and The Church of The Ascension in NYC and at Corpus Christie. Selections also played by Gordon Dean and James Christi. A recording will be available soon.
II. Harpsichord:
1. Sonatina for Harpsichord: 3 movements in 5 minutes. Unperformed.
III. Piano:
IIIa. Sonatinas:
1. Piano Sonatina: 7 minutes, 3 movements; premiered by Eileen Feldman and "Music Now" at Paine Hall of Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, USA; I & II are included in III/IV/2/II & V. & I/I/10.
2. Itsy Bitsy Piano Sonata: 3 minutes, 3 movements; written in Italy. Used in "This Old Man" III/IV/2/IV.
IIb. Piano Sonatas:
1. Piano Sonata #1: Two Melodies: 10 minutes. Unperformed.
2. Piano Sonata #II: Ice: 4 movements; 15 minutes. Unperformed.
IIIc. Miscellaneous Piano Pieces:
1. 20 Five-finger Etudes: 5 suites totaling 20 minutes, and consisting entirely of "five finger exercises" That is to say, each finger is assigned only one note per movement. Written while listening to a Mahler symphony, and talking on the phone with John Walsh, a pianist who looks like Richard Gere and has one blue eye and one brown one. To my best knowledge neither John nor Gustav realized that I was composing this piece at the time, and I don't think that this piece is at all influenced by Malher. I revised it in late May of 2019. It was used in the video "Grasshopper Gartside" by Robert Morris. Cablecast on BNN-TB in the primitively-computer-drawn soap opera "Dynosaur" as part of "Crazy Dinosaurs." Recorded by the composer.
Suite I: littlbabysaurus: 5 etudes; 3 minutes and 48 seconds;
Suite II: Taxes: 3 etudes; 1 minute and 45 seconds;
Suite III: Bugs: 4 etudes; 3 minutes and 53 seconds;
Suite IV: Rocks: 3 etudes: 3 minutes and 40 seconds;
Suite V: The Wedding: 5 etudes: 6 minutes and 24 seconds.
2. Two Ballads: originally "Water Death Piano Sonata" 11 minutes and 40 seconds. Premiered by Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta at The United Parish in Brookline, MA with "Music Now" and cablecast as the clay animated video "Murder Mystery" in "Crazy Dinosaurs" on BNN-TV. Separated in 2019: I now believe that they are better done as two individual pieces. I use the term "Ballad" to mean a poetic story, here told in music:
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2a. Ballad I: Water Death: Faces on The Waves: The captain murders all of his mutinous crew; then he sees their faces on the waves. Stroy from a story in Fate Magazine.
2b. Ballad II: The Aztec Tomb: In the sacred space we are confronted by malevolent spirits. You can hear Ms. Rodriguez-Peralta's performances to the right: |
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3. Percussion Piece:
3 minutes. Premiered by Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta at The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, USA. Ms. Rodriguez-Peralta's performce was used for the clay animated video "The Train" as part of Crazy Dinosaurs, cablecast on BNN-TV. You can see "The Train" to the right: |
4. Time: 3 minutes; see II/IIId/4c below; premiered at The University of Vermont. Performed by Eileen Feldman with "Music Now" at Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Choreographed by Nancy Angelini, performed by Ms. Angelini with Joe Pocaro and "Music Now & Now Dance" at The Villa Victoria in South Boston, MA, USA. Ms. Feldman's recording was used in the clay animated video "Dinos in Space" as cablecast on BNN-TV. You can see "Dino's in Space" with the button to the right:
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IIId. Piano versions of Orchestral Works:
1a. The Hermit in The Crystal Forest: for piano solo. See III/I/3b.
1b. The Hermit in The Crystal Forest: 5 minute piano solo version used for "Medusa Seduca" which was cablecast on BNN-TV: a gay man (the composer) on a bad hair day meets many suitors (TJ Norris) until he finds the perfect kiss. See III/I/3c.
2. III/I/6b. The Great Liberator: 33 minutes. Unperformed.
3. III/I/7c. Scrooge: A Symphony Ballet for New Year's Day: one hour and 7 minutes.Unperformed in this version.
4. III/III/1c. Passacaglia: 5 minutes. Unperformed.
5. III/III/4e. Time: 3 minutes; Also see I/VIII/1 & II/IIIc/4 directly above.