VOCAL

Three Norwegian Songs for baritone and piano, 6 min. - for Peter McGillivray

• With a Rose (H. Ibsen)
• In the Forest (B. Bjørnson)
• Moonlight Stroll After a Ball (H. Ibsen)

The Poet and the War for soprano and chamber orchestra, 20 min.

• From Here...
• Sparrows
• Dark Lullaby
• Hangmen’s Ballad
• White Magic    

Marnie Breckenridge, soprano
Festival Cornell Orchestra
Norbert Palej, conductor

The Poet and the War for soprano and piano, 20 min.

• From Here…
• Sparrows
• Dark Lullaby
• Hangmen’s Ballad
• White Magic

Linda Larson, soprano
Chi-Chen Wu, piano

CHORAL

Through Snowy Winds for mixed choir a cappella, 4 min. - for the Univox Choir

Ogopogo for 2-part children's choir, piano, and optional flute and cello parts, 5 min. - for the Canadian Children's Opera Company

To the Mother of God from Katyn - a Prayer for mixed choir a cappella, 5 min. - for the Univox Choir

'Neath the Northern Skies - five songs to words by Pauline E. Johnson for mixed choir a cappella, 14 min. - for the Univox Choir

Arise, Cry out in the Night (in memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943) for large choir, chamber choir and children's choir, 15 min. [also available: version for one large choir]

Whispers of Heavenly Death (settings of W. Whitman) for mixed choir a cappella, 12 min.

• Darest Thou Now O Soul
• The Voice of the Rain
• Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
• Whispers of Heavenly Death

Cornell Chorus and Glee Club
Scott Tucker, conductor 

CONCERTO

Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra, 18 min. - for Kornel Wolak

click here to listen to the MIDI demo
click here to read the program note
click here to link to the website of Kornel Wolak

Concertino "in memory of an alpinist" for percussion and wind ensemble, 30 min. - for Dame Evelyn Glennie

Movimento Concertante for piano and wind ensemble, 10 min.

Frédéric Lacroix, piano
Cornell Wind Ensemble
Cynthia Johnston-Turner, conductor

WIND ENSEMBLE

Recollections [Thee Movements for the Young], 10 min. - published by Maecenas Music

• Vigilance
• Game
• Prayer

University of Toronto Wind Orchestra
Jeffrey Reynolds, conductor

Big Smoke Fanfare for brass ensemble, 1 min.

Souffle de Lumière [Breath of Light], 10 min.

University of Toronto Wind Ensemble
Gillian MacKay, conductor

Song and Dance, 5 min.

Canzona III, 15 min.

Cornell Wind Ensemble
Cynthia Johnston-Turner, conductor

CHAMBER

Quay Quodlibet for clarinet and accordion, 6 min. - commissioned by Harbourfront Centre for the Toronto Music Garden

Táncház Fantasy for tárogáto, violin and piano, 12 min. - for the Riverdale Ensemble

String Quartet 'De Profundis', 20 min. - for the Penderecki String Quartet

The North Imagined for clarinet, violin and piano, 12 min.

Rhapsody for clarinet and piano, 20 min.

Peter Stoll, clarinet
Norbert Palej, piano

Chase 'N Air for clarinet choir, 8 min.

Sonatina for violin and piano, 10 min.

Joseph Lin, violin
Chi-Chen Wu, piano

Divertimento for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 percussion players, piano and string quintet, 15 min.

Cantilena 'Veni Creator Spiritus' for viola (or clarinet) with piano accompaniment, 8 min.

March Music II for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, and violoncello, 9 min.

Cassation for pierrot ensemble and percussion, 8 min.

Ensemble X
Steven Stucky, conductor

Burlesque for violin, clarinet, and piano, 4 min.

Rebecca Ansel, violin
Rick Faria, clarinet
Blaise Bryski, piano

Three Interludes for violin, clarinet, and violoncello, 9 min.

• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

Piano Trio “Horizons”, 12 min.

Eloe for viola and harp, 11 min.

Beth Guterman, viola
Matthew Agen, harp

Under the Maple for four violins and double bass, 11 min.

ORCHESTRAL

Rorate Coeli for string orchestra, 9 min.

Two Orchestral Songs for symphony orchestra, 7 min.

• Day of Sparrows
• Dark Lullaby 1940

Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Norbert Palej, conductor

Movimento Sinfonico for symphony orchestra, 11 min.

Estampie for symphony orchestra, 10 min.

Vistula’s Lullaby for chamber orchestra, 9 min.

Cornell Festival Orchestra
Chris Kim, conductor

Miniature for string orchestra, 5 min.

66th Street Strings
Norbert Palej, conductor

Sinfonietta Cracoviana for symphony orchestra, 20 min.

• The Bugle-call
• The Prayer and Dream of Blessed Salomea of Cracow
• Larum

Passacaglia or Sidereal Wheels for symphony orchestra, 6 min.

SOLO

Cadenza from the Concertino "in memory of an alpinist" for solo marimba (and optional Tam-tam), 5 min. - for Dame Evelyn Glennie

Seven River-Views for piano solo, 25 min.

• The Vistula at Night. Reflections
• White Fog and a Red Sun
• A Dragonfly’s Serenade to the Moon
• Amongst Rocks
• Game of Light and Shadow on the Water Surface
• Bright Waves
• After the Rainfall

Norbert Palej, piano

Three Caprices after Matisse’s “Jazz” for piano solo, 10 min.

• 1.
• 2.

Xak Bjerken, piano

• 3.

Preludio e Fuga for organ solo, 5 min.

Via Crucis for organ solo, 40 min.

• Excerpt: Mov. 14. “The Lamb of God is Carried to the Tomb”

Timothy Huth, organ

CHOREOGRAPHY

Primal Senses for brass quintet, piano and percussion, 6 min.

THEATRE

Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

• Excerpt

Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Coriolanus

• Excerpt

Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream

Incidental Music to Spence Porter’s The Woman from the Sea