Painting Shadows (chamber opera; work in progress, 2004-)
Number Two in The Hudson River Trilogy
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel; two singers (Mezzosoprano, Baritone), flute, three synthesizers, fretless bass
See the tuning chart.
The Planets (Astrological Studies) (1994-2008)
Book I: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars (1994)
Book II: Jupiter (2001), Mercury, Saturn (2008)
Book III: Uranus (2007), Neptune (2001), Pluto (2008)
for flute, oboe, alto saxophone, bassoon, synthesizer, percussion (tom-toms, cymbals, vibraphone), viola, and double bass (movements performable separately); 75 minutes
commissioned by the Relache Ensemble
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Book I available from Frog Peak Music
Performed by the Relache ensemble
Composure (2007)
for four electric guitars; 14 minutes
commissioned by Tim Brady
Olana (2007)
for vibraphone; 8 minutes
commissioned by Andrew Bliss
Kierkegaard, Walking (2007)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello; 16 minutes
commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Players
Charing Cross (Tuning Study No. 8) (2007)
for keyboard sampler in just intonation, and soundfile; 8 minutes
Sunken City (Concerto for Piano and Winds in memoriam New Orleans; 2007)
for piano solo with flute, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, 3 trumpets, horn, 3 trombones, bass; 25 minutes
commissioned by the Orkest de Volharding
Fugitive Objects (Tuning Study No. 7) (2007)
for keyboard sampler in just intonation; 7 minutes
On Reading Emerson (2006)
for piano; 8 minutes
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commissioned by Sarah Cahill
Implausible Sketches (2006)
1. The Desert's Too-Zen Song
2. The Goodbye Fugue
3. Frigid Azure
4. Don't Touch My Pint
for piano, four hands; 25 minutes
my father moved through dooms of love (2005)
for SATB chorus, violin, piano; text by e. e. cummings; 12 minutes
commissioned by the Dessoff Choir
Triskaidekaphonia (Tuning Study No. 6) (2005)
for (electronically simulated) microtonal piano; 5 minutes
See the tuning chart.
The Day Revisited (2005)
for flute, clarinet, keyboard sampler, synthesizer, electric bass (microtonal, 27-tone just-intonation scale); 13 minutes
commissioned by Pat Spencer and Meighan Stoops
Scenario (2003-4)
for theatrical soprano and virtual orchestra (soundfile); text by S.J. Perelman, "Scenario"; 17 minutes
Read program notes and text.
Minute Symphony (2004)
1. Passionate, with energy
2. Sustained, thoughtful
3. Jaunty
4. Exuberant
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello; 1 minute
commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Players
Unquiet Night (Mechanical Piano Study No. 10) (2004)
for Disklavier; 16 minutes
Private Dances (2000/4)
1. Sexy
2. Sad
3. Sentimental
4. Sultry
5. Saintly
6. Swingin'
for piano; 25 minutes
Commissioned by Sarah Cahill
The Watermelon Cargo (chamber opera; 2002-3)
Number Three in The Hudson River Trilogy
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel; four singers (SATB), chorus, flute, three synthesizers, fretless bass, drums; 42 minutes
Read the libretto by Jeffrey Sichel.
Petty Larceny (Mechanical Piano Study No. 9) (2003)
for Disklavier; 6 minutes
Imaginary Isle (2003)
for nine computerized toy pianos; 2 minutes
commissioned by Trimpin
Love Scene (2003)
for string quartet in just intonation (based on Act III of The Watermelon Cargo); 6 minutes
Cinderella's Bad Magic (chamber opera; 2002)
Number One in The Hudson River Trilogy
Libretto by Jeffrey Sichel; five singers (SSABarB), flute, three synthesizers, fretless bass; 43 minutes
Read the program notes.
See the tuning chart.
Read the libretto by Jeffrey Sichel.
Cast:
Rip Van Winkle: Kimberly Kahan
Cinderella 1: Helen Donaldson
Cinderella 2: Michael Callas
Mother: Kate Sullivan
Father: David Garry
Flute: Patricia Spencer
Synthesizers: Carmine Aufiero, Nicole Reisnour, Kyle Gann
Bass: Bernard Gann
Conductor: James Bagwell
Transcendental Sonnets (2001-2)
The Son
Enoch
Love
Faith
The Word
Chorus, two soloists, and orchestra (2, 2, 2, 2; 2, 2, 1 [no tuba]; perc [timp, glock]; strings; soprano and tenor soloists; SATB; also version for chorus and piano); poems by Jones Very (1813-1880); 34 minutes
Commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
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Performed by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and Orchestra, Erik Stark conducting
Soloists: Kathleen Hacker, Chistopher Paul Aspaas
Tango da Chiesa (Mechanical Piano Study No. 8) (2002)
for Disklavier; 6 minutes
Das Knaben Wunderklavier (2000-2001)
for live pianist and Disklavier, or Disklavier alone; 7 minutes
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Cosmic Boogie-Woogie (Mechanical Piano Study No. 7) (2000-2001)
for Disklavier; 8 minutes
New World Coming (2001)
for solo bassoon with flute (or oboe), violin (or viola), and piano; 6 1/2 minutes
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Bud Ran Back Out (Mechanical Piano Study No. 6) (2001)
for Disklavier; 3 minutes
Hovenweep (2000)
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; 11 minutes
commissioned by the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
Texarkana (Mechanical Piano Study No. 5) (2000)
for Disklavier; 4 minutes
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Time Does Not Exist (2000)
for piano; 16 minutes
Folk Dance for Henry Cowell (Mechanical Piano Study No. 4) (1999)
for Disklavier; 2 minutes
Nude Rolling Down an Escalator (Mechanical Piano Study No. 3) (1997/99)
for Disklavier; 5 minutes
See a page from Nude Rolling Down an Escalator
"Last Chance" Sonata (1999)
1. Flowers
2. Snake Dance
3. Apparition
4. Dance of Indeterminate Ethnicity
for clarinet and piano; 19 minutes
Score available from Frog Peak Music
Performed by Meighan Stoops (1,4) and Sara Phillips (2,3), clarinet, and Bari Mort, piano
Custer and Sitting Bull (1997-99)
Custer: "If I Were an Indian..."
Sitting Bull: "Do You Know Who I Am?"
Sun Dance / Battle of the Greasy-Grass River
Custer's Ghost to Sitting Bull
for speaking voice and computer tape; 35 minutes
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Score available from Frog Peak Music
Kyle Gann, voice(s)
The Disappearance of All Holy Things from this Once So Promising World (1998)
for orchestra (winds 2221, 2 hns, 1 trp, 1 perc, strings); 11 minutes
Commissioned by Luis Garcia-Renart for the Woodstock Orchestra
Arcana XVI: Homage to Joan Tower (Tuning Study No. 5) (1998)
for three synthesizers (24-tone scale); 7 minutes
See the program notes and tuning chart for Arcana XVI
The Waiting (Mechanical Piano Study No. 2) (1997)
for mechanical piano (Disklavier); 7 minutes
Despotic Waltz (Mechanical Piano Study No. 1) (1997)
for mechanical piano (Disklavier); 2 minutes
How Miraculous Things Happen (Tuning Study No. 4) (1997)
for synthesizer (24-tone scale) and tape; 11 minutes
***Hear a 1:51 audio sample of How Miraculous Things Happen.
See program notes and tuning.
Fractured Paradise (Tuning Study No. 3) (1995)
for synthesizer (16-tone scale) and tape; 4 minutes
See program notes and tuning.
Snake Dance No. 2 (1995)
for percussion quartet with optional sampling keyboard; 12 minutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Desert Sonata (1994-95)
for piano; two movements; 19 minutes
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Available from Frog Peak Music
Commissioned by Lois Svard
Homage to Cowell (Tuning Study No. 2) (1994)
for keyboard sampler (just-intonation scale); 5 minutes
So Many Little Dyings (1994)
for keyboard sampler; text (and sampled voice) by Kenneth Patchen; 6 minutes
Read program notes.
Kyle Gann, keyboard sampler
Ghost Town (1994)
for synthesizer (seven-limit just-intonation scale) and computer tape; 10 minutes
Read program notes.
See the tuning chart.
"Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service" (1985/93)
female voice and piano; text by T. S. Eliot
Superparticular Woman (Tuning Study No. 1) (1992)
synthesizer (22-tone scale) and computer tape; 4 minutes
See program notes and tuning.
Incidental Music for Alice in Wonderland (1991-92)
for flute, clarinet, electronics (keyboard sampler and synthesizer)
Commissioned by the Bloomburg Theater
Snake Dance No. 1 (1991)
percussion quartet with optional keyboard sampler; 12 minutes
"I Slept and Dreamed that Life was Beauty" (1991)
female voice and piano; text by Ellen Sturgis Hooper
Chicago Spiral (1990-91)
for flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone (or three flutes), drums, violin, viola, cello, and synthesizer; 9 minutes
Read program notes.
Performed by Dinosaur Annex
Available from Frog Peak Music
Paris Intermezzo (1989)
for toy piano; 6 1/2 minutes
The Convent at Tepoztlan (Homage to Nancarrow: Canon 23:24) (1989)
for piano and computer tape, or two pianos; 7 minutes
Sweeney Out West (Five Vacation Mishaps for Piano) (1987-89)
for piano
Straddled in the Sun
Truckstop Angel
The Ocotillo's Message
Questionable Company (The Transformation Tango)
Satori Canyon
Laredo (1988)
for snare drum; five minutes
Cyclic Aphorisms (1988)
for violin and piano; three movements; 8 minutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Windows to Infinity (1987)
for piano; 11 minutes
I'itoi Variations (1985)
for two pianos; 26 minutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Performed by Double Edge (Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann)
Commissioned by the American Ritual Theater Company
Hesapa ki Lakhota ki Thawapi ("The Black Hills Belong to the Sioux") (1984/9)
for flute, trumpet (or saxophone), synthesizer (or accordion), and drum; 9 minutes
"Faith" (1984)
for female voice and piano; text by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sweeney Among the Tribes (1984)
Sound installation in collaboration with visual artist Mark Staff Brandl; five tape loops plus visual installation
"In the Busy Streets" (1983)
for female voice and piano; text by Henry David Thoreau
Cherokee Songs (1983)
for soprano and percussion; 12 minutes
Baptism (1983)
for two flutes, two drums, glockenspiel, and synthesizer; 12 minutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Mountain Spirit (1982-83)
for two flutes, two drums, and synthesizer; 12 minutes
The Question Answer'd (1983)
for piano; 4 minutes
Dakota Moon (1982)
for clarinet
As the Day Is Long (1982)
for flute, synthesizer, drums, and computer tape; 13 minutes
Jim Gley, drums; Kyle Gann, synthesizer; flutist?
The Mercy of the Storm (1981)
for piano; 11 minutes
Canso (1981)
computer tape; 3 minutes
Long Night (1980-81)
for three pianos; ca. 22 minutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Katy Elsey, Mary Slaughter, Kyle Gann, pianos
Oil Man (1981)
for 2 flutes, clarinet, piano, drums; text by Kyle Gann from letters by Marvin Gann
Read the text.
Song of Acceptance (1980)
for three female voices, flute, French horn, trombone, tuba, celeste, two violins, and cello; length indeterminate; texts from Lao-Tzu, Walt Whitman, and Ecclesiastes
"The Hippopotamus" (1979)
for baritone and piano; text by T.S. Eliot
Tempo Canon (1979)
for harp, piano, and harpsichord
Desert Flowers (1979)
for flute
Lord Thomas and Fair Annie (1978)
for alto flute, clarinet, viola, harpsichord, celesta
Siren (1978)
for five flutes
Available from Frog Peak Music
Could Ye Loan Me Ten Pence? (1977)
for tenor and two melody instruments
Untitled, 1977 (1977)
for two flutes, marimba, violin, contrabass
Satie (1975)
for female voice, violin, flute, harp, celesta; texts by Erik Satie
See program notes.
Performed by the Real Time Ensemble: Paulette Wallendorf, soprano; Joseph England, flute; Mary Ann Banks, violin; Carolyn Harris, harp; Janeen Vestal, vibraphone; Kyle Gann, conducting
Redeemable Juvenilia:
Commentary on Hope and Meaninglessness (1973)
for piano; 2 minutes
Adagio (1972)
for orchestra
Fantasy on Two Protestant Hymns (1972)
for handbells; 3 minutes
also in 1973 arrangement for symphonic band
Arrangements/Transcriptions:
Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting," by Charles Ives (2000-1)
for piano
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, by Edvard Grieg (1983)
for clarinet and string quartet
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