Symphony No. 7 (2021)
The single purpose behind writing the Seventh Symphony was to render a piece made entirely of patrician music – nothing surprising or edgy.
Wind Band
Symphony No. 2 (1980)
The opening three notes of the Symphony No. 2 not only comprise the beginning of the fugue subject of the first movement, but they also reappear in the other movements as an idée fixe.
Symphony No. 1 (1979)
Symphony No. 1 has no exact, underlying program. It goes beyond the realm of the absolute and presents music to the listener as moments and images.
Etude Symphonique (1992/2020)
Chamber music can often be transcribed and expanded for performance by a large ensemble, and Etude Symphonique is an example of how this can be done with satisfying effect.
Dance Etudes (1979/2020)
Dance Etudes, composed in 1979, was commissioned for Festliche Musiktage Uster 1981.
Auguries (2019)
“Auguries” refers to the ancient Roman practice of augury – the interpreting of the observed behavior of birds as omens of things to come.
Cyclette (1984)
Cyclette is a monothematic work. All three of its movements are based on one single theme that appears differently from one movement to the next.
Captain Christmas Overture (2014)
In the mid-1990s I wrote a long story — somewhat autobiographical — about a decade in the adult life of a certain Peter Platter, who captains his own dual journey from the East Coast to the West.
Congruence and Divergence (2013)
This work unfolds as a sequence of variations on two theme groups stated in the beginning.
Toccata Concertante (2014)
Small groups of instruments within the band assume soloist roles throughout the piece, hence the term concertante in the title.