List of compositions by Charles Wuorinen

The following is a reverse-chronological list of compositions by Charles Wuorinen.Charles Wuorinen – Compositions Official complete composition list, searchable and sortable by date, category, instrument, length, or title

List Second Percussion Symphony – 2019 Burlesque – 2018, for two pianos, for the American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles Sudden Changes – 2017, for Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Second String Trio – 2017, for the Goeyvaerts String Trio, Belgium Xenolith – 2017, duo for viola and percussion, for Lois Martin and Michael Truesdell Eros and Nemesis (symphonic poem after Brokeback Mountain) for orchestra, for James Levine – 2016 Exsultet (Praeconium Paschale) for Francisco Núñez and the Young People's Chorus of New York City – 2015 Brokeback Mountain (chamber version) – 2015 Megalith – 2014, piano and 15 players, for Peter Serkin Doubletake – 2014, for Steven Beck Jan's Dowland – 2014, two Dowland works for solo harp Alphabetical Ashbery – texts of John Ashbery – 2013, for loadbang Electric Quartet – 2013, 4 electric guitars Zoe – 2013, string sextet Intrada – 2012, for Peter Serkin Cygnus – 2012, commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble Brokeback Mountain – 2008–2012, an opera on the short story of Annie Proulx, with libretto by Proulx, commissioned by the Teatro Real, Madrid Intrada – 2012 for Peter Serkin Adagio – 2011, for Peter Serkin Etude (for Chords and Dynamic Balance) – 2011, commissioned by the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition Big Spinoff – 2011, for 16 players Marian Tropes – 2010, for the Brentano String Quartet (on music of Dufay and Josquin) It Happens Like This, a dramatic cantata on poems of James Tate (writer) – 2010 Oros – 2009, for Ursula Oppens The Haroun Piano Book – 2003/2009, premiered by Lynn Raley Marimba Variations – 2009 – commissioned by 22 percussionists Moon Clock – text of Donald Hall – 2009, premiered by Thomas Meglioranza, baritone and Peter Kolkay, bassoon Viola Variations – 2008, premiered by violist Lois Martin Trio for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano – 2008, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble Metagong – 2008 – for two pianos and two percussionists – premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble Time Regained, a fantasy for piano and orchestra – 2008, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist Second Piano Quintet – 2008, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin Ave Maria: Josquin – 2007, premiered by Tashi Quartet Christes Crosse: Morley – 2008, premiered by Tashi Quartet Scherzo – 2007, premiered by Peter Serkin Synaxis – 2007, premiered on the inaugural concert of the League ISCM Orchestra, Louis Karchin conducting, soloists: Timothy Cobb (contrabass), Patrick Pridemore (horn), Robert Ingliss (oboe), Alan R. Kay (clarinet) Fourth Piano Sonata – 2007, written for and premiered by Anne-Marie McDermott Eighth Symphony (Theologoumena) – 2006, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor Spin 5 – 2006, for violin solo and 18 players, premiered by Jennifer Koh Iridule – 2006, for oboe and six players, premiered by Jacqueline Leclair, oboe and the New Millennium Ensemble Never Again the Same – text by James Tate (writer) – 2006, premiered by Wilbur Pauley, bass and Christopher Hall, tuba Eleven Short Pieces – 2006, premiered by Erik Carlson, violin and Michael Caterisano, vibraphone Praegustatum - 2005, for solo piano, written for James Levine. Flying to Kahani – 2005, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roberto Abbado conductor, Peter Serkin soloist Heart Shadow – 2005, premiered by Bruce Levingston Theologoumenon – 2005, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor Duo Sonata for Flute and Piano – 2004, premiered by Robert Aitken, flute and James Avery, piano Visible – text by Paul Auster – 2004, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Mark Steinberg, violin Ashberyana – poems by John Ashbery – 2004, premiered by Leon Williams, baritone The Long Boat – poem by Stanley Kunitz – 2003, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Jacqueline Leclair, English horn Dodecadactyl – 2003, premiered by William Anderson and Oren Fader, guitars Fourth Piano Concerto – 2003, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist The Haroun Songbook – 2002, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano; James Schaffner, tenor; Michael Chioldi, baritone; and Phillip Bush, piano Hexadactyl – 2002, premiered by William Anderson, guitar Josquiniana – 2002, written for and premiered by the Brentano String Quartet Fifty Fifty – 2002, premiered by pianists Rolf Hind and Nicholas Hodges Pentecost poem by Derek Walcott – 2002, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and June Han, harp Fenton Songs II – 2002, text by James Fenton, premiered by Lucy Shelton September 11, 2001 – text by W. H. Auden – 2001, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and Phillip Bush, piano Two Machine Portraits – poem by Les Murray, premiered by Ryan MacPherson, tenor and Marilyn Nonken, piano Haroun and the Sea of Stories – an opera with libretto by James Fenton, based on the novel by Salman Rushdie 1997–2001Peter G. Davis, "Good Time Charlie". New York, 15 November 2004. Andante Espressivo – 2001, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano Alap, a Prelude to Contrapunctus IX of the Art of Fugue – 2001, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet Stanzas Before Time – poem by John Ashbery – 2001, premiered by Neil Farrell, tenor and June Han, harp Buttons and Bows (or, Superparticular Variations) – 2001, premiered by Madeleine Shapiro, cello and Mikko Luoma, accordion Cyclops (2000) – 2001, premiered by the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen conductor Fourth String Quartet – 1999, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet Brass Quintet – 1999, premiered at the June-in-Buffalo Festival An Orbicle of Jasp – 1999, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano Lepton – 1999, premiered by SurPlus, Freiburg Symphony Seven – 1997, premiered by the Toledo Symphony, Andrew Massey conductor Cello Variations III – 1997, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry Big Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by students at the Juilliard School Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by Christopher Gekker and Raymond Mase Fenton Songs (Version 1) – 1997, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, Curtis Macomber, Fred Sherry and Wuorinen Fenton Songs (Version 2) – 1997, premiered by the Cygnus Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 of Arnold Schoenberg: recast for two pianos for the New York City Ballet by Wuorinen (1996), premiered by the New York City Ballet, Cameron Grant and Richard Moredock pianos. The River of Light – the third part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1996 – two versions: orchestral and chamber, premiered by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Wuorinen conducting Katz Fugue – 1996, premiered by James Winn, piano The Great Procession – the second part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1995 – two versions: chamber (premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble, Wuorinen conducting) and orchestral (premiered by Deutsches-Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin, Bradley Lubman conducting) Sonata for Guitar and Piano – 1995, premiered by William Anderson, guitar and Joan Forsyth, piano In Heated Sylvan Glades & With Elegiac Sackbuts – aria from The W.of Bablylon arranged for 2 sopranos and piano – 1995, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Patricia Green, Mark Markham Lightenings VIII – poem by Seamus Heaney – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano Piano Quintet – 1994, premiered by the Arditti String Quartet, Ursula Oppens pianist Christes Crosse (after Thomas Morley) – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano Percussion Quartet – 1994, premiered by the Pulse Ensemble of the New Music Consort Guitar Variations – 1994, premiered by Todd Seelye Windfall – 1994, premieres by the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conducting The Mission of Virgil – the first part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1993 – two versions: orchestral (premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Massey conducting) and 2-pianos; Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra – 1993, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet Missa Renovata – 1992 Saxophone Quartet – 1992, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet Microsymphony – 1992, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal conductor A Winter's Tale – text by Dylan Thomas – 1991, premiered by the Southwest Chamber Music Society, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soloist Delight of the Muses – 1991, premiered by the New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting Missa Brevis – 1991, premiered by the St. Ignatius of Antioch Church choir, Dr. Harold Chaney, conducting Astra – 1990, premiered by the orchestra of the Oberlin Conservatory Robert Spano conductor Twang – text of Wallace Stevens – 1989, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and James Winn String Sextet – 1989, premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center A solis ortu – 1989, premiered by the Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Dr. Harold Chaney conducting Genesis – 1989, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony and chorus, Herbert Blomstedt conductor Agnus Dei (from the Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) – 1989 Sonata for Violin and Piano – 1988, commissioned by the Library of Congress, premiered by Benjamin Hudson and Garrick Ohlsson Machault Mon Chou – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor Josquin: Ave Christe (Josquin motet recast for solo piano) – 1988, written as a gift for Stephen Fisher, then president of C. F. Peters Music Publishing. Bagatelle – 1988, premiered by Elissa Stutz, piano Another Happy Birthday – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra – 1987, premiered by New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting, Fred Sherry, soloist Third String Quartet – 1987, premiered by the Franciscan String Quartet, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College Galliard – 1987, premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Edwin London conductor Third Piano Sonata – 1986, premiered by Alan Feinberg The Golden Dance – 1986, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor A Doleful Dompe on Deborah Departure as well as Borda's Bawdy Badinage – 1986 Fanfare (for Rutgers University) – 1986, premiered by members of Rutgers Band, Wuorinen conducting Fanfare (for the Houston Symphony) – 1986, premiered by the Houston Symphony, Wuorinen conducting Bamboula Beach – 1986, for the inaugural concert of the New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Horn Trio Continued – 1985 Double Solo for Horn Trio – 1985, premiered by Speculum Musicae Natural Fantasy – 1985, premiered by David Schuler, organ Trombone Trio – 1985, premiered by Parnassus Ensemble Prelude to Kullervo – 1985, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor, David Braynard tuba soloist Movers and Shakers – 1984, premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Bamboula Squared – 1984, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting Concertino (for 15 Solo Instruments) – 1984, premiered by the Parnassus ensemble, Anthony Korf, conductor Crossfire – 1984, premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conductor Album Leaf (for Howard Klein) – 1984, premiered by Wuorinen, piano Concertino – 1984 Third Piano Concerto – 1983, premiered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi conductor, Garrick Ohlsson soloist Spinoff – 1983, premiered by Speculum Musicae Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano – 1983, premiered by the Arden Trio