ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Transition and/or Reformation (1967) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — str
Evolutio Questionis (1967) fl, ob, cl, bn — hn, tpt, tbn — timp, perc — soprano solo — str Premiere: Tanglewood, 1971; Berkshire Music Center Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conducting
Movement for Orchestra (1967) 2fl, 2ob, cl — 2hn, 3tpt, 4tbn — timp (2 players), perc — pno — str
Manifestation (1968) 2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn, tba — timp, perc — pno — str Choreographed as “Manifestations” by Arthur Mitchell; signature ballet of Dance Theatre of Harlem Premiere: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Auxiliary 2⁴ (1971) Wind Orchestra: 2picc, 2fl, 2ob, 2eh, Ebcl, Bbcl, 2bcl, 3bn, cbn — 5hn, 5tpt, 5tbn — timp, perc Commissioned: American Wind Orchestra
Huh (1971) 2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — hp, pno — str
Ritual Dances of the Amaks (1973)
2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, Ebcl (doubling 2nd bcl), 2cl, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno — str
Timing: mvt I — 7’18”; mvt II — 3’54”; mvt III — 12’51”
Premieres: Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood, 1973; Berkshire Music Center Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conducting
East Coast Tour concluding at Carnegie Hall, 1977; Buffalo Philharmonic; Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting (second version, second movement)
Exiled (1974) picc, 2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno, hp — str
Untitled (1975) 2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno — str
Cello Concerto (1976) 2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno — solo vc — str Commissioned: Anthony Elliott and Minnesota Orchestra Premiere: Anthony Elliott, cello; Minnesota Orchestra; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conducting
Caprice (1978) 2fl, afl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno — str Premiere: American Composers Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conducting
Espiritu (1980) Solo tenor voice, chorus, and orchestra 2fl, afl, 2ob, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 4tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, vib — pno, hp — tenor solo — chorus — str
Harp Concerto (1981) Instrumentation to be provided
Symphony No. 1 “Epitome of the Oppressed” (1984) 2fl, afl, 2ob, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — hp, pno — str Commissioned: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Premiere: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; Lukas Foss, conducting, 1984
Orchestra Work (1988) 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — pno — str
String Orchestra (1999) Full strings Commissioned: William Forsythe and Frankfurt Ballet Performance: Movements 7 and 8; National Symphony Orchestra of Teleradio – Moldova; Gheorghe Mustea, conducting
Beginning with Symphony No. 2, the architecture widened.
Symphony No. 2 (2007) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — hp — str Commissioned: Quincy Jones Performance: Lugansk Philharmonic Orchestra, short version, 2011 Awarded: Best Cultural Event of the Year, Lugansk, Ukraine, 2011
Trumpet and Strings from Symphony No. 2 (2007) tpt solo — str
Symphony No. 3 (2010) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — str
Symphony No. 4 (2011) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — hp — str Performance: Pannon Philharmonic, Hungary; conductor to be confirmed
Symphony No. 5 (2012) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp, perc — str
Symphony No. 6 (2012) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — str Performance: National Symphony Orchestra of Teleradio – Moldova; Gheorghe Mustea, conducting, 2014
Symphony No. 7 (2013) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — str Premiere: Festival International de Musică, Chișinău, Moldova, June 2019; National Symphony Orchestra of Teleradio – Moldova; Gheorghe Mustea, conducting
Untitled Orchestral Work (one movement) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — str
Symphony No. 8 (2020) picc/fl3, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — str
Symphony No. 9 (2026) picc, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 2cl, bcl, 2bn, cbn — 4hn, 3tpt, 2tbn, btbn — timp — str