COMPOSITIONS FOR ORCHESTRA
Janequins (1978/2005)
Dance suite (after a set of original piano pieces) in homage
to French composers of the early 20th century, to the Renaissance era
composer Clement Janequin and to the spirit of Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin”
(2/2/2/2, 4/3/2+1/1, perc, strings)
Monsieur Ravel’s Dancing Shoes (premiered
by the Kurt Sprenger & Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, Texas Christian
University, 12/3/05)
Monsieur Fauré’s Muse
Monsieur Satie’s Nap
Monsieur Debussy’s Fingers
Mbuti (in work)
Suite inspired by music of the
Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri rainforest in northeast
ORCHESTRAL TRANSCRIPTIONS
Pictures from an Exhibition by Modeste Mussorgsky (1995)
An alternative version of
Mussorgsky’s keyboard masterpiece refracted “in the style of” composers who
were masters of the orchestral palette (3/2+1/3/3, 4/3/3/1, perc, pf, strings)
Chorale No. 1 in E Major by César Franck (2001)
Franck’s mighty organ chorale scored identically to
Franck D minor Symphony except for
two small auxiliary trumpets in place of trumpets in F (2/2/1/2/1/2,
4/2/2-cornet/2-aux+1/1, timpani, hp, strings)
Danserye Suite (in work)
Suite of Renaissance dances from the 1551 edition by Tielman Susato
(2+1/2+1/2+1/2+1, 4/3/2+1/1, perc, strings, kazoos)
Mille ducas
Ronde
Entre du fol
Ronde et Salterelle
La Battaille
LIBRETTO TRANSLATION
Maurice Ravel/Colette L’Enfant et les Sortilèges
New English translation (2002)
Sassy, contemporary American
update of Colette & Ravel’s moderne era fairy tale intended to speak
directly to the 21st century sensibility, language and experience of
a new generation of young listeners
Contact
Byrwec Ellison