Works

(Mar. 2024) (161 works; a few appear in more than one category)

Full List

OPERAS

The Blind Men (1974; rev. 2009)                   30’

Adrian and Jusemina (1976; rev. 2009)          53’ 30”

A Night to Remember (2009)                         70’

[Libretti by the composer, based on plays of Michel de Ghelderode]

ORCHESTRAL WORKS

Chaconne for Small Orchestra (1969)                        5’ 40’

Overture to Euripedes’s “The Bacchae”(1971)          10’      

Variations for Orchestra (1972)                                  19’

Three Polish Legends:

            1. “The Woman in the Panama Hat” (2000; rev. 2007)        12’ 30”

            2. “Zamek w nocy”[Castle by Night] (2002)                         9’42”

            3.  “Jan Sobieski” (2007)                                                      7’ 30”

“Harbst” (2010 – 2013)                                              7’ 50”

“Zumernakht in Lemberik” (2017)                             9’

“Postcards from Provence” (2019)                            14’

“Isis Queen of Heaven” (2020)                                  17’ 30”

Overture to a Yiddish Drama (2021)                         11’ 10”

Serenade for Small Orchestra (2021)                        24’ 20”

“Ceasar at Ravenna” (2022)                                       9’

“Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea” (2023)                        7’ 20”

“Positano” (2024) 5′

CONCERTI

Fantasia Concertante for 2 Violins (1979; rev. 2009)              25’ 30”

Concerto for Saxophone with Piano (1987)                           21’ 30”

Concerto for Saxophone with Orch. (1987)                           21’ 30”

Cello Concerto (1998; rev. 2008)                                           28’ 30”

Rhapsody for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (2004)              14’

Concerto for Guitar (2006)                                                     15’

Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra (2009)         11’ 10”

Piano Concerto (2012)                                                            23’

Concertino for Trumpet and String Orchestra (2016)             9’

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2016)                              21’

LARGE ENSEMBLE

“La Joie de Vivre” for String Orchestra (1971; rev. 1997)                                  

8’ 10”

Triple Quintet for Strings, Winds, and Brass (1996)              36’ 40”

Intermezzo for Trombone and Double Quintet (Str. Quin. and Ww. Quin.) (2001)  10’ 37”

“Lines from Vergil” for Flute and Strings (2021)      13’ 30”

“Musica mundana” for Harp and Strings (2022)        5’ 20”

CH. MUSIC – STR. or STR. w PIANO

Adagio for String Quartet (1960)                                           14’ 10”

Adagio for Viola and Piano (1962) [Romance No. 1]            6’ 50”

String Trio (1970)                                                                   15’ 45”

Sonate for Violin and Piano (1978)                                        22’ 30”

String Quartet (1982; rev. 2003, 2011)                                  17’ 10”

Introduction and Rondo for Violin and Piano (1983)             9’ 45”

Melody for Violin and Piano (1989; rev. 2011)                     8’

“The Secret Flower” Duo for Violin and Viola (1991)          7’ 15”

Piano Trio (1992)                                                                    28’ 30”

Piano Quintet No. 1 (1995)                                                     19’ 5”

Five Jewish Airs for Cello and Piano (1995)                         9’ 50”

Two Romances for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (2000)          13’ 20”

String Trio No. 2 (2005)                                    15’ 40″                                               

Romance No. 2 for Viola and Piano (2008)                           3’

Mobiles for Violin and Piano (2010)                                      9’ 30”

“Maquettes” for Piano Quintet (2012)                                    9’ 10”

“Boat of Ra” for Violin and Piano (2014)                                                      5’ 45”

Fantasia on a Song by Frederick Delius for Viola and Piano (2014)             8’ 15”

String Trio Pieces (2014)                                                                                10’

“Hommage à Baudelaire” for Cello Quartet (2015)                                       9’ 10”

“Hommage à Ducasse” for String Quartet (2016)                                8’ 30”             

Sonata for Cello and Piano (2016)                                       15’

“Reichenfels” for Piano Quintet (2017)                                 9’ 25”

Divertimento for Violin and Cello (2017)                              8’ 45”

“Bricolage” for 2 Violins” (2018)                                          10’ 40”

Divertimento for String Trio (2019)                                       8’ 45”

“Contrapuncti I” for String Quartet (2019)                           15’

“Pampinea” for String Quartet (2020)                                   13’ 10”

Harp Duets (2020)                                                                 7’ 45”

“Contrapuncti II” for String Quartet (2021)                           9’ 30”

Romanza for Piano Trio (2021)                                              6’ 15’

“Fantasmes” for String Quartet (2024) 10′ 15″

CH. MUSIC – STR. w OTHER

“Quetzalcoatl” for Flute and Viola (1970)                             5’ 30”

Duo for Oboe and Viola (1973)                                            5’ 30”

Quintet for Trombone and String Quartet (1999)                23’ 30”

Romances for Tpt., Vln. and Pf. (2000)                                 13’ 20”

“Quetzalcoatl” (2005) for Flute and Violin                            5’ 30”

“Hommage à Couperin” for Cello [or Trb.] and Vibraphone (2002) (arr.)                14’ 30”

“De rerum natura” (2005) for Flute and Violin                                                          11’ 30”

“From Willem de Kooning” (2006) for Flute, Violin and Percussion                       16’ 45”

Three Polish Dances (2007) for Flute and Violin                                                       11’

Carmina Populi for Double Bass [or Cello], Flute, Clarinet and Marimba (2010)   

9’ 15”

Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet (2010)                                                          12’

“Sakuntala” for Oboe Quartet (2018)                                     6’

Little Suite for Vibraphone and Cello (2019)                         6’ 50”

“Drift” for Fl., Cl., Vln., Vcl. and Perc. (2019)                      7’ 50”

CH. MUSIC – WINDS, BRASS or w. OTHER

Wind Quintet (1960) 3′ 30″

“Quetzalcoatl” for Flute and Viola (1970)         5’ 30”

Duo for Oboe and Viola (1973)                                                          5’ 30”

“Naiu” for Piccolo, Harp, and Percussion(1977)                                5’ 35”

Septet for Winds (1988)                                                                     19’ 10”

Sonata for Trombone and Piano (1996)                                             22’

“Shprikhverter” for Trombone and Piano (1997)                               8’ 30”

Quintet for Trombone and String Quartet (1999)                               23’ 30”

Two Romances for Trumpet, Violin and Piano (2000)                      13’

“Hommage à Rimbaud” for Flute Quartet (2001; rev. 2012)             10’ 40”

Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (2002)                                            9’ 12”

Three Polish Dances for Baroque Flute and Guitar (2002)                                        11’

Fantasy on a Theme by Gustav Holst for Trombone and Harp (2004)                      13’ 15”

Variations for Three Trombones (2005); version for BCl, Bsn and BTrb (2017)     

11’ 15”

“Quetzalcoatl” (2005) for Flute and Violin                                                                5’ 30”

“De rerum natura” (2005) for Flute and Violin                                                          11’ 30”

“From Willem de Kooning” (2006) for Flute, Violin and Percussion                       16’ 45”

Three Polish Dances (2007) for Flute and Violin                                                       11’

Brass Quintet (2008)                                                                                                   10’ 50”

Persian Miniatures for 2 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (2009)                                     11’ 55”

Carmina Populi for Double Bass [or Cello], Flute, Clarinet and Marimba (2010)    9’ 15”

Quintet for Bassoon and String Quartet (2010)                                                          12”

“Carignane” Variation for Basson and Piano (2012)                                                 1’ 10”

“Epitaph” for Two Flutes (2013)                  

2’ 10”                                                                          

“Mauvais Ton” for Cl. And Harpsichord (2014)                                4’ 20”

“Hommage à Sutzkever” for Piano and Wind Quintet (2016)          8’ 50”

“La Voie Sacrée” for Wind Quintet (2016)                                        7’ 10”

“Sakuntala” for Oboe Quartet (2018)                                                6’

Little Suite for  Vibraphone and Cello (2019)                                    6’ 50”

“Drift” for Fl., Cl., Vln., Vcl. and Perc. (2019)                                  7’ 50”

Wind Quintet after Alban Berg (2021)                                               7’

“Lines from Vergil” for Flute and Piano (2022)                                7’

“D’apres Mozart K. 522” for Brass Quintet (2024) 6′

Prelude and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano (2024) 6′ 30″

Round for Flute and Clarinet (2024) 2′ 30″

GUITAR or GUIT. w. OTHER

“Lady Penelope’s Web” for guitar solo (1975)                      9’ 15”

Duet for Two Guitars (1977)                                                  13’

Overtura for 8 Guitars (1981)                                                 9’ 50”

Two Pieces for Guitar Quartet (1996)                                    4’ 20”

“Et ades sera l’alba” for Recorder and Lute (1997)               12’

“Ballade of the Desert” for Guitar Trio (1998)                      11’

Three Polish Dances for Baroque Flute and Guitar (2002)    11’

Capriccio for Solo Guitar (2005)                                            8’ 40”

Piano

Sonata No. 0 (1959                 6’

Sonata No. 1 (1966)                11’ 30”

“From Paul Klée” (1970)        9’ 44”

“Carillon” (1973)                    6’ 40”

“Amoretti” (1975)                   7’ 20”

Sonata No. 2 (1977)                10’ 10”

Pastorale (1980)                      4’ 23”

Pfitzner Variations (1980)      12’ 6”

Ballade (1981)                        10’

Sonatine (1988)                       19’ 5”

Variations (1990)                    11’ 50”

Capriccio on a Theme by Benjamin Britten (1994)   6’ 15”

Four Preludes (1999)              15” 50”

“Antinomia” (2001)                18’ 31”

“Harbst” I (2002)                    8’

“Harbst” II, III, IV, V (2007) 15’

6 Piano Pieces (2011)             6’ 5”

“The Ravens” (2014)              13’ 50”

“Arcana” for piano or harpsichord (2015)                  8’ 35”

“Hommage à Leivick” (for pf. four hands) (2015)     12’ 14”

“Flat Land” (2016)                  7’ 33 “

“Flotsam and Jetsam” (2017) 13’ 40”

“Natures Mortes” (2017)        14’ 34”

“Parole Musicali” (2018)        10’ 25”

“D’après Baudelaire” (2018)  14” 10”

“Objets de vertu” (2019)         7’ 25”

“Pensées fugaces” (2019)       11’ 42”

“September Diary” (2019)      14’ 40”

“Year End Diary” (2020)        26’ 30”

“August Diary” (2020)           16’ 34”

“Fin de journée” (2022)          8’ 25”

“Oisiveté” (2022)                    4’ 35”

“Variant” (2024) 5′

“Fantastico” (1964) 2′

“Three Fugues” (2024) 7′ 30″

SOLO – OTHER

“Lady Penelope’s Web” for Guitar (1975)                 9’ 15”

Trope ‘Agnus dei’ for Organ (1975)                          3’ 48”

Fugue for Organ (1978) [Str. Qu. (2007)]                  5’ 20”

“Lament for a Young Poet” for Shinobue(1990)        5’ 13”

“Eshel Yehuda” for Trombone and Elect. (2000)      6’ 30”

“Wozzeck” Fantasy for Timpani Solo (2003)            5’ 20”

Three Dances for Marimba (2004)                             9’ 28”

Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin (2004)                     9’ 20”

Capriccio for Guitar (2005)                                        8’ 40”

“A Word of Warning” for Trombone (2005)             4’

Rhapsody No. 2 for Solo Violin (2007)                     10’ 10”

“The Ballad of Camden Town” for Flute (2012)       6’ 15”

Piece for Clarinet (2012)                                            3’ 40”

Capriccio for Violin (2012)                                        6’ 24”

J. S. Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (arr. for Trombone)

Vocal works

Four Blake Songs (soprano and piano) (1971)                                               7’

“The Poet in New York” (after Garcia Lorca)

for Baritone and Piano (1991)                                                               13’ 35”

Three Madrigals of Mutability (1992) (4-part a cappella);

on 15/16 century English lyrics                                                    8’ 37”

Cantata on Akkadian Texts (1995) [Libretto by the composer]                     30’

“Der gayst funem shturem”(Yiddish) for mezzo soprano

and small ensemble (2003); on poems by Binem Heller                 15’

“Zi un der troym” (Yiddish) (2005) for Tenor and Piano;

on poems by Abraham Reisen                                                     15’

“Worlds of Wanwood” for Soprano and Guitar (2007);

on poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins                                         11’ 20”

“Ikh un di velt” for soprano, poem by Abraham Shulman                  2’ 33”

“Al-Madina” for Baritone and Piano (Arabic)

by Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati (2010)                                                6’ 55”

Cantata on Odes of Horace for soprano, baritone and tenor;

 flute (ch. picc.), clarinet (ch. bcl.), violin, cello, piano (2011)     24’ 35”

“In Treblinke bin ikh nit geven” for chorus, mezzo soprano, baritone,

organ, oboe and strings (2.2.2.2.1) (Yiddish) (2011)                  17’ 30”

“Gumpelzhaimer” for two bass-baritones and small ensemble (2020)          3’

“Warsaw 1939” for tenor and piano (2020);

for tenor and small orchestra (2023)                                                  8’ 15’

“Ver vet rateven di velt” for chorus, organ, strings, fl., ob., cl., bsn. (2024) 10′ 30