2017 was a banner year, compositionally speaking:
- POW! Finished the Symphony № 1 in January
- POW! Finished the Clarinet Sonata in June
- POW! Resumed work – in significant measure – on White Nights this summer
Let's go to the tape:
Symphony № 1, Op.143; picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, b cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tp, 2 tenor tn, b tn, ta, timp, 2 prc (vibes, marimba), strings; duration: 25'. Oct 2016 (1st mvt), Dec 2016 (2nd mvt), Jan 2017 (3rd mvt)
Voglio che Gesù camminerebbe con meco, Op.142 № 4; handbell choir; duration: 3'00. Jan 2017
Psalm 51, Op.142 № 5; unison mixed choir; duration: 4'00. Feb 2017
Mistaken for the Sacred, Op.141a; 2 fl, hn, fixed media; duration: 7'15. Mar 2017
The Woman at the Well, Op.142 № 6; flute, handbell choir, frame drume; duration: 4'00. Mar 2017
O Traurigkeit, Op. 142 № 7; choir SATB, clarinet in A, organ; duration: 3'30. Mar 2017
Song of the Empty Tomb, Op.142 № 8; flute, handbell choir; duration: 5'00. Mar 2017
Nun of the Above, Op.144; cl, gtr, db; duration: 5'00. Apr 2017
« Boulez est mort » (Wounding Silence), second mvt of the Clarinet Sonata, Op.136; cl, pf; duration: 9'45. Apr 2017
Unanticipated Serenity, third mvt of the Clarinet Sonata, Op.136; cl, pf; duration: 2'30. Apr 2017
Things Like Bliss, version 1, Op.137 № 1f; cl & hp; duration: 4'30. May 2017
sand dance, Op.137 № 5; cl & hp; duration: 1'00. May 2017
America the Beautiful, Op.142 № 3; handbell choir; duration: 2'30. May 2017
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me, Op.142 № 9; unison choir, pf; duration: 3'00. May 2017
Ambiguity & Overlap (Something or other, if not something else entirely), fourth mvt of the Clarinet Sonata, Op.136; cl, pf; duration: 4'00. May 2017
Ear Buds (The dream of a young man in the woods, listening), Op.135a; orchestra; duration: 9'30. June 2017
After a reading of "The Mysterious Stranger," fifth mvt of the Clarinet Sonata, Op.136; cl, pf; duration: 8'00. June 2017
Pavane (Memories of Packanack Lake), Op.142 № 10; handbell choir; duration: 3'00. June 2017
O Gracious Light, Op.50d; mixed choir SATB, string quartet, pf; duration: 8'00. June 2017
White Nights, Scene viii: At the Opera, Op.75 № 11; orchestra; duration: 9'00. July 2017
White Nights, Scene ix: Nastenka's Story Continued, Op.75 № 12; orchestra; duration: 7'30. July 2017
White Nights, Scene x: The Lodger Has Returned From Moscow, But…., Op.75 № 13; orchestra; duration: 2'45. July 2017
White Nights, Intermezzo II, Op.75 № 14; orchestra; duration: 6'00. July 2017
Kurosawa's Scarecrow (Memories of Packanack Lake), Op.145; fl, alto fl, cl, hn & fixed media; duration: 12'40. Aug 2017
Kurosawa's Scarecrow (Memories of Packanack Lake), Op.145a; string quartet & fixed media; duration: 12'40. Aug 2017
The last man to come to the vineyard to work, Op.146 № 1; clavichord solo; duration: 0'30. Sep 2017
Rendez à Dieu, Op.146 № 2; handbell choir; duration: 3'00. Sep 2017
Tuolumne, Op.146 № 3; handbell choir; duration: 3'00. Sep 2017
Fantasy on « I Saw Three Ships on Christmas Day », Op.146 № 4; clarinet & harp; duration: 3'00. Nov 2017
Just a Smoother Glide With Thee, Op.146 № 6; clarinet unaccompanied; duration: 3'00. Nov 2017
Even allowing for all the arrangements and/or church occasional pieces, there is substantial musical work laid in here.
More to write next year, of course.
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