Continuum for orchestra
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolin
Johnson, Vermont, Composers’ Conference, The Vermont Symphony, Efrain Guigui, conductor, August 1973
RAI Orchestra of Rome, Massimo Pradella, conducting, November 1984; orchestral reading, The Juilliard Orchestra, 1980, Richard Fletcher, conductor
The piece was written in 1971 when the composer was a sophomore at East Carolina University and a student of Gregory Kosteck. The title of the single-movement work refers to the gradual change of color from the lowest, darkest instruments that gradually moves to the higher and clearer sonorities in the highest-pitched percussion at the conclusion of the work. Even though the color passes from the dark to the light, the structure of the piece is distinguished principally by the discontinuity of the development.
More Orchestra or Large Ensemble Works
The Bell, a cantata, Opus 182 1
Symphony no. 4 op. 170 based on texts from the Psalms (KJV), Opus 170 2
Harmony in Blue and Silver for Wind Orchestra, Opus 153 3
Song of the Open Road, Opus 134 4
Songs of Reconciliation, Opus 120 7
David and Old Ironsides, Opus 89 9
Holy Ghosts, No. 1 Chorale Prelude for Wind Ensemble, Opus 80 no. 1 10
Dark Orange Concerto; a concerto for viola and winds, Opus 77 11
The Triumph of Lightness, a concerto for cello and chamber orchestra, Opus 70 12
Songs of Innocence and Experience, Opus 55 15
Short Symphony for Band, Opus 47 16
The Sentimental Muse, a Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, Opus 45 17
What Goes Around Comes Around, Opus 40A 19
Idumea Symphony (Symphony No. 2), Opus 40 20
The Idea of Order at Key West, Opus 13 23
Novelette Arranged for String Orchestra, Opus 1A (unperformed) 24