Four Lyrics
March 9, 2002; Boston, private gathering, Andrew Sorg, trumpet, Larry Bell, piano
This piece was written in exchange for a painting by the artist Fay Chandler called “Multifarious Explanations.” The painting was done in 1974 and was given to the composer in May 2002. The piece is an arrangement of Shakespeare Sonnets; see op. 58.
More Chamber Music Works
String Quartet no. 4, Epiphany, Opus 196 1
Clearing the Clouds from Our Minds, Opus 157 3
Serenade No. 4, Walk That Lonesome Valley, Opus 112 9
Serenade No. 2 for alto recorder, cello, and harpsichord, Opus 98 12
Poems for Trumpet and Piano, Opus 85 14
Two Encores: 1, Canon; 2, Lament, Opus 78 no. 2 16
Two Encores: 1, Canon; 2, Lament, Opus 78 No. 1 17
Harmonium: Eight Poems for Brass Quintet after Wallace Stevens, Opus 48 22
Mahler in Blue Light, Opus 43 23
Four Pieces in Familiar Style, Opus 41 24
What Goes Around Comes Around, Opus 38 26
Concerto for Oboe and Five Instruments, Opus 32 28
The Book of Moonlight, Opus 31 29
“Sleep Song” a children’s piece for violin and piano, Opus 18 31
Fantasia on an Imaginary Hymn, Opus 17 32
String Quartet No. 2, Opus 16 33
String Quartet No. 1, Opus 6 34