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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.
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.
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2. Five Chorale Preludes: 10 minutes; performed many times by Harvey Burgett at St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston; The Church of The Ascension in NYC and elsewhere. Selections also played by Gordon Dean and James Christi. Please click buttons below to hear Mr. Burgett's performance:
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Harvey Burgett, organist
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II. Harpsichord:
1. Sonatina for Harpsichord: 3 movements in 2 and a half minutes. Unperformed.
III. Piano:
IIIa. Sonatinas:
1. Piano Sonatina: 6 minutes and 35 seconds, 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/V/2 movements II & V. Also see I/I/10. III. is a short version of III/III/3 movements II and IV.
2. Itsy Bitsy Piano Sonatina: 2 minutes, written in Italy. See "This Old Man" III/IV/2/IV.
IIIb. Sonatas:
1. Piano Sonata I: The Primeval Forest: 17 minutes; two movements. Unperformed. See harp concertino: III/III/6.
2. Piano Sonata II: The Water-Death Sonata: 11 minutes and 40 seconds; revised in 2021: 18 minutes: See also Symphony 2 for Large Orchestra (III/IV/2): 18 minutes. Piano Sonata II was premiered by pianist, Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, with "Music Now." The story was taken from Fate Magazine: The captain of a ship murders his mutinous crew; then he sees their faces on the waves. To hear Ms. Rodriguez-Peralta's performance please click the red button below:
1. Sonatina for Harpsichord: 3 movements in 2 and a half minutes. Unperformed.
III. Piano:
IIIa. Sonatinas:
1. Piano Sonatina: 6 minutes and 35 seconds, 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/V/2 movements II & V. Also see I/I/10. III. is a short version of III/III/3 movements II and IV.
2. Itsy Bitsy Piano Sonatina: 2 minutes, written in Italy. See "This Old Man" III/IV/2/IV.
IIIb. Sonatas:
1. Piano Sonata I: The Primeval Forest: 17 minutes; two movements. Unperformed. See harp concertino: III/III/6.
2. Piano Sonata II: The Water-Death Sonata: 11 minutes and 40 seconds; revised in 2021: 18 minutes: See also Symphony 2 for Large Orchestra (III/IV/2): 18 minutes. Piano Sonata II was premiered by pianist, Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, with "Music Now." The story was taken from Fate Magazine: The captain of a ship murders his mutinous crew; then he sees their faces on the waves. To hear Ms. Rodriguez-Peralta's performance please click the red button below:
3. Piano Sonata #III: Ice: 4 movements; 17 minutes. Unperformed.
4. Piano Sonata #4: Itsy Bitsy Piano Sonata: 8 minutes and 35 seconds: 5 movements. Uses both Sonatinas II/IIIa/1 & 2.
IIIc. Miscellaneous Piano Pieces:
1. 20 Five-finger Etudes: "Book of the Hanging Fruit Flies" 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. They were written while I was listening to Mahler's first 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 either of them. Recorded by the composer, used in the withheld video "Grasshopper Gartside" by Robert Morris and cablecast on BNN-TB as the primitively-drawn-computer-animated soap opera "Dynosaur" which is the world's first continuous soap opera found on the walls of caves and brought to us today by computer.
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.
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To see the musical score, please use the PDFs to the right. Please click on one of
the bugs in bottles to the right to release "Dynosaur" 
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2. BIlly Goats Gruff: Premiered See also II/IIIc/2 & III/IV/2a. Premiered by pianist, Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta (photo above, left, I/IIIb/2) at The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, USA. Ms. Rodriguez-Peralta's performance was used for the clay animated video "The Train" as part of Crazy Dinosaurs, cablecast on BNN-TV. To see "The Train" please click on one of the6 midinosaurs, or the train below:
3. Time: 3 minutes; see II/IIc/3; III/V/2a. Premiered at The University of Vermont when I was age 17. Also performed by Eileen Feldman (below, left) with "Music Now" at Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Cambridge, MA, USA. 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. The pianist was Eileen Feldman (left, below).
Eileen Feldman, pianist
Ms. Feldman's recording was also used in the clay animated video "Dinos in Space" as cablecast on BNN-TV. To watch "Dino's in Space" please click on any of the dinosaurs to the right: |
IIId. Other piano versions of Orchestral Works:
1a. III/1/3b. The Hermit in The Crystal Forest: 17 minutes and 40 seconds for piano.
TJ Norris , actor
1b. III/1/3c. The Hermit in The Crystal Forest: 5 minute and 14 second piano solo used for "Medusa Seduca" which was cablecast on BNN-TV: a gay man (the pianist/composer) on a bad hair day meets many suitors (TJ Norris) until he finds the perfect kiss. Please click the arrow ot the right to watch "Medusa Seduca.."
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2. III/I/6b. The Great Liberator: 33 minutes. Unperformed.
3. III/I/7c. Scrooge: one hour and 7 minutes. Unperformed in this version.
3. III/I/7c. Scrooge: one hour and 7 minutes. Unperformed in this version.