Richard Festinger

 COMPOSITIONS    

EQUINOX (2009) for clarinet and small orchestra 20’
piano, harp, percussion (1 player), strings (min. 54331), clarinet solo

LEGERDEMAIN (2008) 12’
solo percussion, hand drums

INSECT VOICES (2008) 14’
soprano, flute, violin, cello, percussion, optional CD

THE LOCUST TREE  (2007) 10’
chorus: SATB (text William Carols Williams)

CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND NINE INSTRUMENTS (2007) 15’
flute/piccolo, clarinet/bcl, horn, trumpet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, piano solo

BETWEEN THOUGHT AND THING (2006) 12’
flute, trumpet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion (1)

THE WAY THINGS GO (2006) 12’
flute, piano

FROM THE BEGINNING,
String Quartet No. 2  (2005) 13’

A MACHINE FOR INTERPRETING DREAMS (2005) 7’
oboe, violin, cello, piano

HIDDEN SPRING (2004) 13’
flute(alto), oboe(eh), vln, vc, 2 guitars(mandolin)
 For the Cygnus Ensemble

LAWS OF MOTION (2004) 15’
cello solo with flute, clarinet, viola and piano

DIARY OF A JOURNEY (2003) 12’
clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion

THE COMING OF AGE (2003) 25’
texts: Denis Johnson
soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano
 For Works and Process at the Guggenheim

A DREAM FORETOLD for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (200) 17'
 For the New York New Music Ensemble

ABSTRACTION IN METAL AND WOOD, for percussion& piano (2001) 10'
 For Thierry Miroglio and Ancuza Aprodu

CROSSFIRE, for two percussionists (2000) 12'
Commissioned by the Barlow Foundation at Brigham Young University for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. 

LITTLE ROUND MOON, for mixed chorus (SATB) (2000) 4'
 text: William Carlos Williams
Commissioned by the San Francisco State University Chamber Singers. 

PERIPETEIA, for clarinet, violin and cello (1999)  10'
Commissioned by the Alter Ego  Ensemble.   Publication by MZQ Edizioni Musicali.

ON THE LIGHTNESS OF THE MOON RISING OUT OF A TOURMALINE SEA (1998) 11'
for clarinet, violin, viola and piano
Commissioned by the Left Coast Ensemble. 

DAJUNSO MĂ DOR DĂ DUCĂ 5'
arrangement for small women's chorus of a  traditional Roumainian folk song.
commissioned by Kitka. 

AFTER BLUE, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (1998) 16min.             
Commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

TAPESTRIES, for violin, cello and piano (1997) 15'
Commissioned by the Laurel Trio. 
Published by C.F. Peters Corp. 

WINDSONGS, for woodwind quintet (1996) 7'
Commissioned by the City Winds. 
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

TRIONOMETRY (1996) 16'
flute, clarinet/bass clarinet and piano
Recorded by Earplay, CRI CD 832.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

VIOLUMINESCENCE, for violin and chamber orchestra (1995) 11'
Winner of the 1995 Boston Chamber Ensemble competition.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.                                   

TWINNING (1994) 12'
violin and piano
Commissioned by the California Association of Professional Music Teachers.  
Recorded by Curt Macomber and Karen Rosenak, CRI CD 832.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.
STRING QUARTET, (1994) 22'
Commissioned by the Alexander String Quartet
Recorded by the Alexander String Quartet, CRI CD 832.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

A SERENADE FOR SIX (1993) 16'
flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion
Commissioned by the New York New Music Ensemble. 
Recorded by the New Millennium Ensemble, CRI CD 772.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

SMOKIN' WITH COCUSWOOD (1992)  22'
oboe, string quartet and piano  
Commissioned by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. 
Published by Sound Out Digital Press.

HEAD OVER HEELS (1992) 10'
MIDI keyboard, computer and synthesizer (one player)

TWO LITTLE PIANO PIECES, for piano solo (1992) 3' 
Published by Fallen Leaf Press of Berkeley.

OCTET (1991) 15'
flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano
Commissioned for Parnassus by the Jerome Foundation. 

SONATA FOR CELLO AND PIANO, (1990) 12'

VARIATIONS, for solo piano (1988) 12'
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

SEPTET (1987) 12'
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, pianom
Recorded by Earplay, Centaur CD 2274.
Published by C.F. Peters Corp.

IMPROMPTU, for clarinet and piano, (1985) 10'
Published by Fallen Leaf Press of Berkeley.

LETTERS AND THE WEATHER OF SIX MORNINGS: EIGHT SONGS TO POEMS OF JANE COOPER, for soprano and piano (1984) 25'

SONG: BEAUTY IS A SHELL FROM THE SEA, for chamber chorus and ten instruments (1981) 12'
text by William Carlos Williams.

TRIPTYCH, for unaccompanied flute (1979) 12'
Recorded by Samuel Baron, Contemporary Recording Studios LP CRS 8738.
Published by Fallen Leaf Press of Berkeley.

MATIN, computer generated tape composition, (1978) 8'
Realized at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University. 

ONTOGENESIS (1978) 14'
flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano