CHARLES WUORINEN

CHAMBER MUSIC

AVE MARIA (2007) of Josquin, 4 minutes
clarinet, violin, cello, piano
for TASHI

CHRISTES CROSSE (2007) of Thomas Morley 4 minutes
clarinet, violin, cello, piano
for TASHI

ELEVEN SHORT PIECES (2006) 2 and ½ minutes
violin, vibraphone
for The New York Miniaturist Ensemble

NEVER AGAIN THE SAME (2006) 4 minutes (text: James Tate)
bass-baritone, tuba
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

IRIDULE (2006) Chamber Concerto for Oboe and 6 Players 14 minutes
oboe, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (1)
Commissioned for Jacqueline Leclair

ASHBERYANA (2004) 18 minutes (texts: John Ashbery)
baritone, trombone, string quartet & piano
for Da Camera of Houston

DUO SONATA (2004) 16 minutes
flute & piano
for Robert Aitken and James Avery

VISIBLE (2004) 3  minutes (text: Paul Auster)
tenor & harp
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

DODECADACTYL (2003) 4 minutes
two guitars
for William Anderson and Oren Fader

THE LONG BOAT (2003) 3  minutes (text: Stanley Kunitz)
mezzo soprano & english horn
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

FENTON SONGS II (2002) 14  minutes (text: James Fenton)
soprano with violin, cello and piano
for Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

PENTECOST (2002) 3  minutes (text: Derek Walcott)
tenor & harp
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

HEXADACTYL (2002) 2:30  minutes
guitar
for William Anderson

THE HAROUN SONGBOOK (2002) 48  minutes
four singers (SATB) & piano
Selections from the opera, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, on the novella of Salman Rushdie, libretto by James Fenton

FIFTY FIFTY (2002) 4 minutes
for two pianos
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta in observance of Oliver Knussen's 50th birthday

ANDANTE ESPRESSIVO (2001) 5:30  minutes
cello & piano

TWO MACHINE PORTRAITS (2001) 3:30  minutes
(text: Les Murray)
tenor & piano
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (2001) 9  minutes
(text: W.H. Auden)
tenor & piano

JOSQUINIANA (2001) 8  minutes
for the Brentano Quartet

ALAP (2001) 4 & 1/2  minutes
for the Brentano Quartet (ART OF THE FUGUE project)

BUTTONS AND BOWS (or Superparticular Variations) (2001) 11:15 minutes
for cello and accordion
for Madeleine Shapiro and Mikko Luoma

STANZAS BEFORE TIME (2001) 3:30 minutes (text: John Ashbery)
tenor & harp 
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim

FOURTH STRING QUARTET (2000) 22 minutes
for the Brentano Quartet, premiere 2000-2001 season. 
READ Paul Griffith review of the New York premiere 

BRASS QUINTET (1999) 8 minutes
commissioned by the June-in-Buffalo Festival

AN ORBICLE OF JASP (1999) 8 minutes
cello and piano

LEPTON (1998) 8 minutes, trio for harp, celeste and piano
commissioned by SurPlus, Freiburg

CELLO VARIATIONS III (1997) unaccompanied, 11 minutes
Program Note

FENTON SONGS (1997) soprano and piano trio, ca. 8 minutes (texts: James Fenton)
(a second version for soprano, 2 guitars, violin and cello)
Program Note   

EPITHALAMIUM for two trumpets in C (1997) ca. 5 minutes
(can also be performed by two violins, two clarinets, two alto saxophones, two oboes with minor adjustments)
Program Note

THE RIVER OF LIGHT (1997) ca. 17 minutes
Chamber Version for 13 players
flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, oboe, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, harp, 3 percussion, piano & celeste

SCHOENBERG Op. 31 VARIATIONS, remade for two pianos (1996)
Published by Belmont (USA) and via Universal Editions (Vienna) in Europe   

KATZ FUGE (1996), 3 minutes, solo piano

SONATA FOR GUITAR AND PIANO (1995), 11 minutes   

THE GREAT PROCESSION (1995) 25 minutes, seven movements
flute, clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano, percussion

THE MISSION OF VIRGIL (1994) version for two-pianos [ca.25 minutes]
Commissioned by the New York City Ballet, also exists for orchestra
Program Note

GUITAR VARIATIONS (1994) unaccompanied [ca. 14 minutes]
Program Note     

CHRISTES CROSSE by Thomas Morley (ca. 1597), Recomposed by Wuorinen (1994) [4:15]
soprano and piano
Program Note

PIANO QUINTET (1994) [ca. 22 minutes]
commissioned by the Lincoln Center Great Performers Series for Ursula Oppens and the Arditti Quartet   
  
LIGHTENINGS VIII {text: Seamus Heaney} (1994) [2:00]
Soprano and Piano     

PERCUSSION QUARTET (1994) [18:00]
commissioned by the New Music Consort, New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, and the Percussion Group of Cincinnati

SAXOPHONE QUARTET (1992) [16:00]
Commissioned for the Rascher Quartet by the City of Mönchengladbach and the Ludwig Forum, Aachen
REVIEW   

A WINTER'S TALE {text: Dylan Thomas} (1991) [25:00]
two versions: Soprano & Piano;
Soprano & Clarinet, Horn, String Trio and Piano   

STRING SEXTET (1989) [18:00]
commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center     

TWANG{text: Wallace Stevens} (1989) [2:00]
(Mezzo) soprano and Piano   

A SOLIS ORTU (1989) [2:00] for Chorus   
SATB, a cappella     

SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1988) [20:00]
Commissioned by the Library of Congress     

AVE CHRISTE (1988) [5:00] Josquin motet remade for the piano

BAGATELLE (1988) [10:00] for Piano     

THIRD STRING QUARTET (1987) [28:00]

THIRD PIANO SONATA (1986) [22:00]   

A DOLEFUL DOMPE (1986) [4:00]
English Horn, Violin, Cello
Program Note

FANFARE for Rutgers University (1986) [1:45]
2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones

DOUBLE SOLO FOR HORN TRIO (1985) [14:00]

TROMBONE TRIO (1985) [8:30]
Trombone, Marimba/Vibraphone, Piano

HORN TRIO CONTINUED (1985) [9:30]
- separate work or Part 2 to Horn Trio (1981)

NATURAL FANTASY for Organ (1985) [11:30]
Program Note

ALBUM LEAF for Piano (1984) [2:00]

CONCERTINO for Fifteen Solo Instruments (1984) [16:00]
2(Picc)-2-4(E-flat, BCl, CbCl)-2(Cbsn)-4-0-0-0; solo Cb; Strings (optional)

TRIO for Violin, Cello and Piano (1983) [10:30]

SPINOFF for Violin Conga Drums and Contrabass (1983) [6:30]

DIVERTIMENTO for String Quartet (1982) [11:00]

DIVERTIMENTO for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1982) [11:00]

MASS (for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) (1982) [30:00, with motet]
Chamber chorus (SATB) w. Soprano solo, 3 Trombones (TTB), Violin and Organ

NEW YORK NOTES for six players (1982) [21:00]
Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion
Program Note      

TRIO FOR BASS INSTRUMENTS (1981) [8:30]
Bass Trombone, Tuba, Contrabass

HORN TRIO (1981) [10:30]

CAPRICCIO for Piano (1981) [13:00]
Program Note

BEAST 708 FOR HUMANS (1980) [2:00 & 1:42 for each repetition]
Transcription of computer output for
Flute, Clarinet, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, Vibraphone, Piano, Violin, Contrabass

THE BLUE BAMBOULA for Piano (1980) [11:00]

JOAN'S for Five Instruments (1979) [6:00]
Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano

FORTUNE for Four Instruments (1979) [17:00]
Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Program Note

PSALM 39 for Baritone and Guitar (1979) [11:00]

PERCUSSION DUO for Mallet Instruments and Piano (1979) [14:00]   

SECOND STRING QUARTET (1979) [20:00]     

THREE SONGS for Tenor and Piano {text: Coburn Britton} (1979) [9:00]

ARCHÆOPTERYX for Bass Trombone and Ten Players (1978) [15:00]
3Fl(Picc), 2Cl(Bcl), 2Hn, Tba, Marimba, Pf, Bass Trombone solo

ANCESTORS for Chamber Orchestra (1978) [9:00]
Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Perc, Piano, 2 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Celli, Contrabass

SELF-SIMILAR WALTZ for Piano (1977) [1:45]

ARCHANGEL for Bass Trombone and String Quartet (1977) [12:00]

WIND QUINTET (1977) [15:00] REVIEW

FAST FANTASY for Cello and Piano (1977) [15:00]
Program Note

SIX PIECES for Violin and Piano (1977) [18:00]     

SIX SONGS for Two Voices {text: Coburn Britton} (1977) [15:30]
Countertenor (or Alto), Tenor, Oboe, Bassoon, 2 Horns, Violin, Cello

THE WINDS for Nine Players (1977) [14:30]
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Piano     

SECOND PIANO SONATA (1976) [28:00]     

ALBUM LEAF for Violin and Cello (1976) [2:30]

HYPERION for Twelve Instruments (1975) [16:00]
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass

CELLO VARIATIONS II (Unaccompanied) 1975 [7:00]
Program Note

TASHI for Four Instruments (1975) [31:00]
Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano

FANTASIA for Violin and Piano (1974) [17:00]

AN ANTHEM FOR EPIPHANY, on Fragments from the Gospels (1974) [4:00]
Chorus (SATB), Organ, Trumpet

TWELVE SHORT PIECES for Piano (1973) [4:30]

ARABIA FELIX for Six Instruments (1973) [11:00]
Flute, Bassoon, Vibraphone, Guitar (Amplified), Violin and Piano
REVIEW (New York Times, 4 November 1997)
Program Note

GRAND UNION, duo for Cello and Drums (1973) [13:30]

MANNHEIM 87.87.87 (1973) [2:00]
Hymn setting for congregation and organ

THIRD TRIO for Flute Cello and Piano (1973) [16:00]

SPECULUM SPECULI for Six Players (1972) [14:30]
Flute, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Piano, Percussion, Contrabass

ON ALLIGATORS for Eight Instruments (1972) [17:00]
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon; 2 Violins, Viola, Cello

VIOLIN VARIATIONS Unaccompanied (1972) [11:00]

BASSOON VARIATIONS, accompanied by Harp and Timpani (1972) [11:30]
Program Note

HARP VARIATIONS, accompanied by String Trio (1972) [12:00]

CANZONA for Twelve Instruments (1971) [14:00]
1-1(EH)-1(Bcl)-1; 0-1-0-0; Vibra, Pf, Hp, Vn, Va, Vc, Cb

STRING QUARTET (1971) [22:00]

CELLO VARIATIONS Unaccompanied (1971) [9:00]

A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL {text: Richard Howard} (1970) [26:00]
Baritone, Flute, Cello and Piano

CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR TUBA with 12 Winds and 12 Drums (1970) [17:00]
4 Flutes(Picc/Alto), 2 Oboes(EH), 2 Bassoons (Cbsn), 4 Horns, Drums (1 Player), Tuba Solo

A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE {text: Richard Edwards} (1970) [3:00]
Soprano and Piano

RINGING CHANGES for Percussion Ensemble (1970) [17:00]
12 Players

PIANO SONATA (1969) [20:00]

NATURE'S CONCORD (1969) [11:00]
Trumpet and Piano

THE LONG AND THE SHORT, Violin Unaccompanied (1969) [9:00]

ADAPTING TO THE TIMES for Cello and Piano (1969) [16:00]

TIME'S ENCOMIUM for Synthesized and Processed Sound (1969) [32:00]
Tape: 4 Channel or 2 Channel], Awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize

FLUTE VARIATIONS II Unaccompanied (1968) [6:30]
Program Note

STRING TRIO (1968) [16:00]     

THE POLITICS OF HARMONY: A MASQUE {text: Richard Monaco}(1967) [35:00] STAGE
Singers: Alto,Tenor, Bass; 2Flutes(Picc/Alto), 2Tubas, 2Harps, 2 Violins, 2Contrabass, and Percussion(3)

DUO for Violin and Piano (1967) [15:00]

SALVE REGINA: JOHN BULL (1966) [8:00] - two settings of John Bull transcribed for fourteen instruments
2 Flutes, Oboe, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet, 2 Trombones, Timp, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello

MAKING END MEET for Piano - 4 Hands (1966) [15:00]

HARPSICHORD DIVISIONS Unaccompanied (1966) [13:00]

JANISSARY MUSIC for Percussionist (1966) [13:00]

BICINIUM for Two Oboes (1966) [4:00]

CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR OBOE AND 10 PLAYERS (1965) [17:00]
Tuba, Timp, Perc(5), Piano, Harp, Contrabass, Oboe solo

COMPOSITION FOR OBOE AND PIANO (1965) [15:00]

SUPER SALUTEM for Male Voices and Instruments (1964) [7:00]
Chorus:TTBB, 2Horns, 3Trumpets 3Trombones, Tuba, Piano, Percussion

CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND TEN PLAYERS (1964) [13:00]
Perc (4), Guitar, Piano, Celeste, Harpsichord, Harp, Contrabass, Flute solo

COMPOSITION FOR VIOLIN AND TEN INSTRUMENTS (1964) [11:00]
2 Oboes, Bass Clarinet, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, Perc, Piano, Contrabass, Violin solo

FLUTE VARIATIONS Unaccompanied (1963) [6:00] - mm
Program Note

FLUTE VARIATIONS Unaccompanied (1963) [6:00] - mm
Program Note

PIANO VARIATIONS (1963) [7:00] - mm

CHAMBER CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND TEN PLAYERS (1963) [16:30]
Flute, Oboe(EH), Clarinet(BCl), Bassoon, Piano, Perc(2), Violin, Viola, Contrabass, Cello solo

SECOND TRIO Piece for Stefan Wolpe (1962) [8:30]
Flute, Cello and Piano      | CD REVIEW

BEARBEITUNGEN ÜBER DAS GLAUGHER LIEDERBUCH (1962) [7:00]
15th Century works recomposed for modern instruments
Flute(picc), Clarinet(BCl), Violin and Contrabass (or Cello)
Program Note     

DUUIENSELA for Cello and Piano (1962) [9:00] - mm

OCTET (1962) [14:00] - mm
Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Cello, Contrabass, Piano

INVENTION for Percussion Quintet (1962) [6:00] - mfp

CONCERT FOR DOUBLE BASS ALONE (1961) [5:30] - mm

TIENTO SOBRE CABEZON (1961) [4:00]
Transcription of Antonio de Cabezon's "Tiento del Primer Tono" for Seven Instruments
Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Harpsichord and Piano

EVOLUTIO for Organ (1961) [9:00]

TURETZKY PIECES (1960) [13:00]
Flute, Clarinet and Contrabass (w/o extension)

MADRIGALE SPIRITUALE SOPRA SALMO SECOUNDO (1960) [4:30]
{Text: Psalmus II, Vulgate 1- 4}
Singers: Tenor, Bass; 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, Cello and Piano

CONSORT FOR FOUR TROMBONES (1960) [5:30]

BE MERY ALL THAT BE PRESENT {Anon. 16th Century text} (1957) [4:00]
Motet for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Organ

TWO LUTE SONGS OF THOMAS CAMPION arranged for Male Voices (1956) [4:00] - lg
Singers: TTBB a cappella

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