writing on water (2005) 32'
Text by Peter Greenaway
3 voices (2 bar, 1 bass); 0.0.0.0/1.1.1.0/pno.2perc.egtr.eb/va.vc; amp
by Lloyds of London for the London Sinfonietta and Synergy Vocal Group
3 voices (2 bar, 1 bass); 0.0.0.0/1.1.1.0/pno.2perc.egtr.eb/va.vc; amp
by Lloyds of London for the London Sinfonietta and Synergy Vocal Group
David Lang, arranger
solo baritone, solo piano; perc, va, vc, db
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2016 Next Wave Festival
soprano, tenor, baritone, bass; men's chorus; 2+pic.2.2(bcl).2+cbn/4.2[in C].2.0/timp/3 perc/strings
New York Philharmonic, de Doelen Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, l’Auditori, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Bruges, and Malmö Opera.
picc,pf,vn,vc
Pearls Before Swine Experience
SSAATTBB
co-commissioned by the Company of Music, Vienna, Johannes Hiemetsberger, Director; the Crossing, Philadelphia, Donald Nally, Director; and the Fisher Center at Bard College
SSAA playing simple percussion instruments
love fail was co-commissioned by The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa. Movement 4, 'the wood and the vine', was commissioned by The Newman Center for the Performing Arts at University of Denver, The University of California at Riverside, and the Santa Fe Concert Association in Santa FE, NM. Movement 10, 'I live in pain', in a different version, was originally written for “TheCrossing,” Donald Nally, conductor.
string quartet
American Conservatory Theater for the Kronos Quartet
SSAA chorus (or 8 solo women singers) playing simple percussion instruments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa
bn,bar sax,pf,syn,perc (also available for fl,bcl,pf,vn,vc,perc)
Sound Pressure