List of Works

* denotes rental piece

Solo Works

Aether (1983) 22'
Violin, Piano
First performance: 29 October 1983
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
János Négyesy, Violin, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Commissioned by The McKim Fund in the Library of Congress
EP66992

Ambages (1964) 9.5'
Solo Flute
First performance: October 1964
Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio
Karen Reynolds, Flute
P06829

Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II) (1986) 13'
Solo Marimba
First performance: 7 November 1986
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Gordon Stout, Marimba
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Award
P67191

The Behavior of Mirrors (1986) 6.5'
Solo Guitar
First performance: 9 February 1986
92nd Street Y, New York
David Starobin, Guitar
Commissioned by David Starobin
P67096

Colombi Daydream (2010) 7'45"
Solo Cello
First performance: 12 February 2011
Mystery Variations (31 short works based on the Chiacona by Giuseppe Colombi)
Anssi Karttunen, Cello
Festival Présences (Radio France), Théâtre du Châtelet
Paris
EP68420

Consider..., cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Baritone, French Horn

A Crimson Path (2000) 28'
Solo Cello, Piano
First performance of completed version: 15 November 2002
Christopher Roy, Cello, Pascale Berthelot, Piano
Festival Why Note? Dijon, France
Commissioned by Festival Why Note?
(extensively revised with 2nd movement added)
First performance of Movements 1 and 3: 10 May 2000
Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles, Beauvais, France
Rohan de Saram, Cello, Druvi de Saram, Piano
Commissioned by Rencontres d'ensembles de violoncelles
P68048

Dream Mirror, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Guitar, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Epigram and Evolution, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Fantasy for Pianist, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Focus a beam, emptied of thinking, outward... (1989) 13'
Solo Cello
First performance: 27 February 1992
Merkin Concert Hall, New York
Rohan de Saram, Cello
P67313

imagE/cello & imAge/cello, cf. Strings
Solo Cello

imagE/guitar & imAge/guitar (2009)
Solo Guitar
First performance: 3 March 2011
Pablo Gómez Cano, Guitar
The Phillips Collection
Washington, DC
EP68489B (imAge) & EP68489A (imagE)

imAge/flute (2014)
Solo Flute
First performance: 19 November 2014
Rachel Beetz, Flute
XI FESTIVAL Internacional de MÚSICA NUEVA Monterrey 2014
Teatro del Centro de las Artes
Monterrey, México
EP68422B

imagE/flute (2009)
Solo Flute
First performance: 9 May 2012
Rachel Beetz, Flute
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
La Jolla, California
EP68422A

imagE/violin & imAge/violin, cf. Strings

Kokoro (1992) 18'
Solo Violin
First performance: 30 January 1993
Le Botanique, Brussels
Irvine Arditti, Violin
Commissioned by Irvine Arditti with funds from the British Arts Council
P67484

Mosaic (1962) 10'
Solo Flute (Piccolo), Piano
First performance: 10 February 1963
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
Karen Hill, Flute (Piccolo), Bob James, Piano
P6620

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic
computer processed sound, modest staging

*Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being) (1985) 30'
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, electronic processing
Text: extracted from Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
First performance: 14 May 1985
Symphony Space, New York
Joan La Barbara, Voice/Piano
P67810

*Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: I) (1984) 11.5'
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 7 November 1984
Interlink Festival, Tokyo
James Ostryniec, Oboe
Commissioned by Randolph S. Rothschild
P67097

Transfigured Wind I (1984) 9'
Solo Flute
First performance: 4 May 2005
Pacific Rim Music Festival
University of California, Santa Cruz
Lisa Cella, Flute
P67002a

*Transfigured Wind IV (1985) 18'
Solo Flute, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
First performance: 10 February 1985
Lincoln Center, New York City
Robert Aitken, Flute
Commissioned by Robert Aitken
P67002d

Variation, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

Watershed I (1995) 27.5'
Solo Percussion
First performance: 1 December 1995
Manhattan School of Music, New York
Steven Schick, Percussion
P67667a

Watershed IV, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization

Solo Violin

imagE/piano & imAge/piano, cf. Piano
Solo Piano

The Image Machine, cf. Electroacoustic
Real-time interactive computer music

MARKed MUSIC, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Contrabass, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Shifting/Drifting, cf. Electroacoustic
Violin, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Toward Another World: LAMENT, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Clarinet, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Solo with Ensemble

*The Angel of Death (1998-2001) 34'
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra (16 players), 6-channel computer processed sound
Solo Piano, Fl (Picc), Picc (Fl), Cl, B-cl, Hn, 2 Trp, Tbn, 3 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 7 June 2001
2001 Agora Festival, Paris
Jean-Marie Cottet, Solo Piano, Ensemble Court-Circuit
Pierre-André Valade, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam External for the 2001 Agora Festival, Paris
P67979

*Aspiration (2004-2005) 18'
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)
Solo Violin, Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Bsn (Cbsn), Hn, Trp, Tbn, Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 6 October 2006
Ultima Festival, Oslo
Irvine Arditti, Solo Violin, Oslo Sinfonietta, Christian Eggen, Conductor
Commissioned by Oslo Sinfonietta and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

*The Dream of the Infinite Rooms, cf. Orchestra
Solo Cello, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

*On the Balance of Things (1996-98) 24'
Solo Oboe, Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Trp, Perc, Vln, Vc,
Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional dance component
Text: fragments from four poems by Elizabeth Bishop
I. A Summer's Day, II. Questions of Travel,
III. Anaphora, IV. The Monument
Recorded voice: Lucinda Childs
First performance dance version: 16 January 1998
Cité de la Musique, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, László Hadady, Oboe,
Lucinda Childs, Dancer/Choreographer,
Anne Manson, Conductor
Commissioned by Meet The Composer External
for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company
P67770

*Personae (1990) 26'
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble, Stereophonic or Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Hn, B-tbn, Perc, Pf, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 28 March 1991
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, New York
János Négyesy, Violin, Sonor Ensemble, Rand Steiger, Conductor
P67321

Submerged Memories (2006) 20'
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc,
Electroacoustic processing
Text: from W. G. Sebald's Vertigo and The Rings of Saturn as translated from the German by Michael Hulse
First performance: 31 March 2006
The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band with Tenor/Narrator John Duykers
Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation for The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band
With visual projections: Leonardo de Vinci's The Annuciation and Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson
First performance with visual component: 20 April 2013
Philip Larson, Narrator, Leah Asher, Violin, Curt Miller, Bass Clarinet, Pablo Gómez Cano, Electric Guitar, Dustin Donahue, Percussion, Image and sonic montages, Paul Hembree
Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts & Sciences
Calit2 Theater, Atkinson Hall
La Jolla, California
for rent on Zinfonia

Thoughts, Places, Dreams (2013) 24'
Solo Cello, Chamber Orchestra
Fl, Cl, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln
First performance: 13 October 2013
Alexis Descharmes, Solo Cello
Ensemble Court-circuit, Jean Deroyer, Conductor
Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
Venice Biennale
Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture
EP68443
for rent on Zinfonia

Transfigured Wind II, cf. Orchestra
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

*Transfigured Wind III (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra (14 players), Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Ob, 2 Cl (I = Cl Eb, II = B-cl), Bsn (Cbsn), Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 21 June 1984
Olympic Arts Festival, Los Angeles
CalArts New Music Ensemble,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Jean-Charles François, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67002c

*Watershed III (1995) 31'
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra (13 players), Optional real-time computer sound spatialization
Fl (Picc), Ob, Cl, B-cl, Hn, Tpt, B-tbn, Pf, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 30 October 1995
Loeb Centre, New York
Music Mobile Ensemble, Steven Schick, Percussion,
Bruno Ferrandis, Conductor, TRAnSiT, Spatialization
P67667c

*Will you answer if I call? (1998) 8'
Solo Harpsichord, Fl, Cl, B-cl, Bsn, Hn, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db
First performance: 13 January 1998
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Järvenpää, Finland
Jukka Tiensuu, Harpsichord, John Storgårds, Conductor
60th Birthday Tribute to Paavo Heininen
P67856

String Ensemble

*Ariadne's Thread (1994) 16'
String Quartet, Computer generated sound (stereophonic and quadraphonic versions)
First performance: 2 December 1994
Messiaen Hall, Radio France, Paris, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Radio France,
The Florence Gould Foundation, and Les Ateliers UPIC
P67677

*Aspiration, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Orchestra (14 players)

Coconino...a shattered landscape [rev. 1993] (1985) 19'
String Quartet
First performance: 10 November 1985
Almeida Festival, London, Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by the Arditti Quartet
P67095

A Crimson Path, cf. Solo
Solo Cello, Piano

Elegy – for Toru Takemitsu, cf. Orchestra
Solo Flute, Percussion, String Orchestra

Focus a beam, emptied of thinking, outward..., cf. Solo
Solo Cello

Kokoro, cf. Solo
Solo Violin

*Process and Passion (2002) 23'
Violin, Cello, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization
First Performance: 15 November 2002
Nicolas Miribel, Violin, Alexis Descharmes, Cello,
Frédéric Voisin, Technical Support
Festival Why Note?
Dijon, France
Commissioned by Festival Why Note?
P68049

String Quartet (1961) 13'
String Quartet
First Performance: 31 July 1961
Tanglewood Music Festival, Lenox Quartet
P6623

Visions (1991) 32'
String Quartet
First performance: 27 May 1992
Music Today, Tokyo
Arditti Quartet
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Arditti Quartet
P67512

Percussion

Autumn Island (Islands from Archipelago: II), cf. Solo
Solo Marimba

Here and There (2018) 35"
Speaking Percussionist
First performance: 27 February 2019
Steven Schick, Percussion
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
La Jolla, California

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound

SANCTUARY I (20'), II (32'), III (20') (2003-2007) 75'
Percussion Quartet, Real-time computer processed and spatialized sound, Lighting design
First performance of full work [including SANCTUARY Part III: Song]: 18 November 2007
I.M. Pei's East Wing Atrium, National Gallery of Art
Steven Schick and red fish blue fish ensemble,
Justin DeHart, Ross Karre, Fabio Oliveira, Greg Stuart, Percussionists
Josef Kucera, Peter Otto, Jacob David Sudol, Sound projection
Ian Saxton, Musical assistant,
Gordon Anson and Robert Johnson, Lighting design of the National Gallery of Art, John Conway, Sound systems at the National Gallery of Art
Presented by Contemporary Music Forum, Steven Antosca, Artistic Director and Concert Producer (logistical planning and consulting)
at the National Gallery of Art, East Wing Atrium, Washington, DC
A special program associated with the exhibition "Let the World In: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg from the National Gallery of Art and Related Collections" at the National Gallery of Art, and made possible by Lockheed Martin Corporation.
SANCTUARY is co-commissioned by red fish blue fish percussion ensemble, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Contemporary Music Forum, and the Randy Hostetler Living Room Fund.
Pre-premiere performance full work: 16 November 2007 National Gallery of Art

SANCTUARY Part I: Chatter/Clatter(2007) 20'
First performance: 7 June 2007
Steven Schick, Percussionist
Ian Saxton, Algorithmic computer sound
June in Buffalo Festival
University at Buffalo - SUNY
EP68083A (Score Part I)
PERCUSSION

SANCTUARY Part II: Oracle (2003-2004) 32'
First performance: 4 June 2004
red fish blue fish: Gustavo Aguilar, Rob Esler, Don Nichols, Mathias Reumert, Percussion,
Pei Xiang, David Camargo, Joseph Sarlo, Computer processing
Chris Parry, Lighting design
Warren Lecture Halls, Studio A
UCSD, La Jolla
EP68083B (Score Part II)
PERCUSSION

SANCTUARY Part III: Song
EP68083C (Score Part III)
PERCUSSION

Watershed I, cf. Solo
Solo Percussion

Watershed III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra, Optional real-time computer sound spatialization

Watershed IV, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization

Piano

ACTIONS, cf. Electroacoustic
Solo Piano, Real-time algorithmic transformation

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra, 6-channel computer processed sound

Epigram and Evolution (1960) 9'
Solo Piano
First performance: 4 March 1961
Robert Ashley, Piano
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor

Fantasy for Pianist (1964) 19'
Solo Piano
First performance: 26 September 1965
Warsaw Autumn Festival
John Tilbury, Piano
P06612

imagE/piano & imAge/piano (2007-2008) 2' and 4'
Solo Piano
First performance [imagE/piano]: 8 December 2007
Eric Huebner, Piano
Chelsea Art Museum, New York City
First performance [imAge/piano]: 20 May 2008
Eric Huebner, Piano
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City
May be performed separately:
EP68224a (imagE) & EP68224b (imAge)

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound

OPPOrTuniTy (2012)
Solo Piano
Margaret Leng Tan, Pianist/Voice
First performance: 9 September 2012
National Gallery of Art, East Building Atrium
Washington, DC
commissioned by the John Cage Cennenial Festival Washington, DC
EP68421

Piano Etudes, Book I: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (complete) (2010-11)
1. Barrage
2. Alternation
3. Web
4. Mercurial
5. Persistence
6. Fixities
Solo Piano First Performance: 11 April 2014
Eric Huebner, Stephen Gosling, Steven Beck, Pianists
(multiple performances of individual etudes)
Barge Music/Talea
New York City
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation
EP68374

Piano Etudes, Book II: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (complete) (2016-17)
7. Migration
8. Insistence
9. Rips
10. Concatenation
11. Calligraphy
12. Fields

*Traces (1968) 23.5'
Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing
First performance: 17 December 1968
Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, Yuji Takahashi, Piano,
Robert Cram, Flute, Marijke Verbene, Cello
(Center for Creative and Performing Arts, SUNY Buffalo)
P66247

Variation (1988) 22'
Solo Piano
First performance: 3 December 1991
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, Aleck Karis, Piano
Written under the auspices of The Banff Centre for the Arts
P67294

Electroacoustic

"22" (2004-2005) 30'
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings:
Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion),
Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer
First Performance: 9 April 2005
Arizona State University, ISA/AME motione Project
Bill T. Jones, Dancer/Choreographer, Paul Kaiser, Shelly Eshkar,
Marc Downie, Digital Imagery, Pei Xiang, Musical Assistant
Commissioned by Arizona State University
ame.asu.edu/motione External

ACTIONS (2019)
Solo Piano, Real-time algorithmic transformation First performance:
Eric Huebner, Piano, Jacob Sundstrom, Computer Musician
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

*Again (originally titled Template Series One) [rev. 1971-74] (1970) 30'
2 Sopranos, 2 Fl, 2 Tbn, 2 Perc, 2 Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, amplification, Optional lighting
First performance: 20 July 1970
American Festival, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, St-Paul-de-Vence
Evenings for New Music Ensemble, Lukas Foss, Conductor
P66249

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra, 6-channel computer processed sound
Solo Piano, 2 Fl (Picc), Cl, B-cl, Hn, 2 Trp, Tbn, 3 Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vc, Db

AngelSpace (2010) 24'
Real-time interactive computer music
First performance : 5 June 2010
Jacob Sudol, Computer Musician
ICMC, Stony Brook University - SUNY
Stony Brook, New York
EP88320

Archipelago, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Chamber Ensemble (32 players), 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound

Ariadne's Thread, cf. String Ensemble
String Quartet, Computer generated sound

...brain ablaze...she howled aloud, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

Compass, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, 35mm slide projections, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

Dervish (1962), cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Piano, Percussion, Db, Stereophonic electroacoustic sound

The Dream of the Infinite Rooms, cf. Orchestra
Solo Cello, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Dream Mirror (2010) 22'
Solo Guitar, Real-time algorithmic transformation First Performance: 1 April 2011
Pablo Gómez Cano, Guitar, Jaime Oliver, Computer Musician
"Music of Roger Reynolds"
Centro Mexicano para la Música y Artes Sonoras Conservatorio de las Rosas
Morelia, Mexico
EP68426
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

*Eclipse [Voicespace III] (1979) 16:10'
Electroacoustic version, Quadraphonic computer generated sound, Electronically processed voices
Text: fragments from Issa, Melville, Stevens,
Borges, Joyce, García Márquez
Voices: Carol Plantamura, Philip Larson
First performance: 18 February 1982
Symphony Space, New York City
(Concert in honor of Ross Lee Finney)
Commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
P67010

Video version, cf. Multimedia

FLiGHT (Stage 1) cf. Multimedia
String Quartet, Multiple projection surfaces, Multichannel sound distribution

...from behind the unreasoning mask, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Trombone, Percussion (+ Assistant), Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

Here and There, cf. Percussion
Percussion

The Image Machine (2005) 25'
Real-time interactive computer music
Roger Reynolds, Computer, Pei Xiang, Musical assistant
First performance: 6 October 2005
Roger Reynolds, computer
Ultima Festival, Oslo

*The Ivanov Suite (1991) 32:20'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound (originally in an 8-channel format)
I. Trumpet Dream, II. The Scream, III. Religious Music, IV. The Brides,
V. Piccolo Dream, VI. Monogatari ("Stories"), VII. Primitive Music
First performance: 5 July 1992
Computer Music Conference/Festival, Delphi, Greece
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
P67527

JUSTICE, cf. Music for Theater
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization, Computer processed sound, Optional staging

Less than Two, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
2 Pianos, 2 Percussion, Quadraphonic computer generated sound

MARKed MUSIC (2011) 18'
Solo Contrabass, Real-time algorithmic transformation
First performance: 25th August 2011
Mark Dresser, Contrabass, Jaime Oliver, Computer Musician
The Stone, New York City
EP68416

*A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II] (1976) 36'
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 9 June 1976
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
P67807

*A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II] (1976) 35:47'
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound version:
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance quadraphonic electroacoustic version: 11 December 1976
Currents Series, Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles
National Endowment for the Arts Award
P67807a

Not Only Night, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Soprano, Fl (Picc), Cl Eb (B-cl), Pf, Vln, Vc, Stereophonic computer processed sound

Odyssey, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
(originally titled Entre le galet et la dune)
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8-channel (4 + 4) computer processed sound, Lighting

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

Personae, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble, Stereophonic or quadraphonic computer processed sound

Ping, cf. Multimedia
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing

Positings (2012-2013)
Flute/Piccolo, French horn, Violin, Cello, Piano, Real-time sound spatialization
First performance: 2 March 2013
Southwest Chamber Music
Jeff von der Schmidt, Artistic Director
Larry Kaplan, Flute/Piccolo, Andrew Pelletier, French horn,
Lorenz Gamma, Violin, Peter Jacobson, Cello,
Ming Tsu, Piano, Paul Hembree, Computer
Ambassador Auditorium, The Colburn School
Los Angeles
Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of Southwest Chamber Music
by The James Irvine Foundation and the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Full Score EP68415
Parts rental on Zinfonia

Process and Passion, cf. String Ensemble
Violin, Cello, Computer sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

The Red Act Arias, cf. Orchestra
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, Computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound

*The Red Act Arias Suite (1997-2001) 15'
Multichannel computer processed sound (4- and 8-channel versions)
First performance (revised version): 8 May 2001
Warren Lecture Halls - Studio A, University of California, San Diego
First performance (1st version, 1997): 4 May 1998
Programa Musicistas,
Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Brazil

SANCTUARY I, II, III, cf. Percussion
Percussion Quartet, Real-time computer processed and spatialized sound, Lighting design

SEASONS: Cycle I, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing

*...the serpent-snapping eye... (1978) 20'
Tpt, Perc, Pf, Quadraphonic computer synthesized sound
First performance: 31 January 1979
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Edwin Harkins, Trumpet, Jean-Charles François, Percussion, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66821

Shifting/Drifting (2015) 23'37"
Solo Violin, Real-time algorithmic transformation
First performance: 25 September 2015
Irvine Arditti, Violin, Paul Hembree, Computer Musician
ArtPower
Experimental Theater
Conrad Prebys Music Center
La Jolla, California
Score EP68552
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being), cf. Solo
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, Electronic processing

*Still [Voicespace I] (1975) 21:35'
Electroacoustic vocal work, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracts from The Wanderings of Cain, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Philip Larson, Baritone,
The Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
First performance: 27 October 1976
Sixth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
National Endowment for the Arts Award
P67808

Submerged Memories, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc, Electroacoustic processing, Visual projections

Summer Island (Islands from Archipelago: II), cf. Solo
Solo Oboe, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Toward Another World: LAMENT (2010-2017) 27"
Solo Clarinet, Real-time algorithmic transformation
First performance: 31 July 2017
Anthony Burr, Solo Clarinet, Jacob Sundstrom, Real-time algorithmic transformation
Society for Music Perception and Cognition Conference
Calit2 Auditorium
University of California, San Diego
[Preliminary version first performance: 12 July 2011
Bill Kalinkos, Solo Clarinet, Jaime Oliver, Real-time algorithmic transformation
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Whitmore Recital Hall, University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri]
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

Traces, cf. Piano
Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing

Transfigured Wind II, cf. Orchestra
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Transfigured Wind III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra (14 players), Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Transfigured Wind IV, cf. Solo
Solo Flute, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

*The Vanity of Words [Voicespace V] (1986) 20:12'
Electroacoustic vocal work, Stereophonic computer processed sound
Text: extracted from The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera
First performance: 6 June 1987
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
P67333

*Versions/Stages I-V (1986-91) 25'
Quadraphonic computer processed sound
I. Cello Dream, II. Dionysus (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae),
III. Waterfall, IV. Farewell Cult (Text: Tadashi Suzuki's The Farewell Cult), V. Ocean
First presentation: 29 March 1994
Intercambio/Exchange Concerts, CRCA, La Jolla
P67528

*Vertigo (1985) 16:50' or 19:30'
Quadraphonic computer processed materials recorded by pianist Cecil Lytle
First performance: 25 April 1987
New and Unusual Music, San Francisco
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67809
Video version, cf. Multimedia

VOICESPACE (1975-1986)
Voicespace I, Still, Electroacoustic vocal work
Voicespace II, A Merciful Coincidence, Electroacoustic vocal work
(There is also a music for THEATER version for 3 vocalists and electroacoustic sound. VOICESPACE II HAS 2 VERSIONS)
Voicespace III, Eclipse, Electroacoustic vocal work
(There is also a MULTIMEDIA version with video by Ed Emshwiller. VOICESPACE III HAS 2 VERSIONS)
Voicepace IV, The Palace, (Modest staging) Bass Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Voicespace V, The Vanity of Words. Electroacoustic vocal work
Voicespace I-IV commissioned by a 1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award with one exception which is the multimedia version of Voicespace III, Eclipse. It was commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Watershed III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Percussion, Chamber Orchestra, Optional real-time computer sound spatialization

*Watershed IV (1995) 29'
Solo Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization
First performance: 11 April 1996
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Steven Schick, Percussion, TRAnSiT, Spatialization
P67667d

Multimedia

"22", cf. Electroacoustic
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings: Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and
Steven Schick (percussion), Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system,
digital graphics, and dancer

ACTIONS, cf Electroacoustic
Solo Piano, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Compass, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, 35mm slide projections

*Eclipse (1979) 16:48'
Quadraphonic computer generated sound, Electroacoustically processed voices,
Video images by Ed Emshwiller
Text: fragments from Issa, Melville, Stevens,
Borges, Joyce, García Márquez
Voices: Carol Plantamura, Philip Larson
First performance with video, slides, film: 31 January 1980 [25']
First Intermedia Art Festival, Guggenheim Museum, New York
Commissioned by The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
P67010a
Electroacoustic version, cf. Electroacoustic

The Emperor of Ice Cream, cf. Music for Theater
(Staged) 8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db

FLiGHT (2012-2016)
I Imagining, II Preparing, III Experiencing, and IV Perspective
String Quartet, A Montage of Texts Assembled by the Composer (pre-recorded and spatialized), centering on human aspirations for flight which span centuries and culture, Reconfigurable projection modules, Real-time Algorithmic sound processing, Multichannel sound distribution
JACK Quartet
Ross Karre, Visual design, Paul Hembree, Audio design
Recorded speakers: Eva Barnes, Lowell Gaspar, Carla Harting, Jack Mikesell
Robert Castro, Direction
First performances (complete): 30-31 October 2016
The Park Avenue Armory, New York
FLiGHT is commissioned by the JACK Quartet with the National Gallery of Art.
Partners include the James Madison University, The Phillips Collection, Mount Tremper Arts, the University of California, the Dean of Arts and Humanities at UCSD, the Department of Music at UCSD, the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Park Avenue Armory, the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the San Diego Air and Space Museum, Caltech’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
EP68561
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

FLiGHT (2012-2016) I: Imagining
String Quartet, Reconfigurable projection modules, Multichannel sound distribution
JACK Quartet
Ross Karre, Visual Design, Paul Hembree, Audio Design
Ingrid De Sanctis, Ben Lambert, Quynh-My Luu, Adrian Tafesh, Speakers
First performance (Movement !): 19 February 2015, 8:00 pm
2014-2015 Masterpiece Season, Concert Hall
Contemporary Music Festival, 17-19 February 2015
Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

FLiGHT
I Imagining
String Quartet, Reconfigurable projection modules, Multichannel sound distribution JACK Quartet
Ross Karre, Visual Design, Paul Hembree, Audio Design
Ingrid De Sanctis, Ben Lambert, Quynh-my Luu, Adrian Tafesh, Speakers
(Movements I, II, III) 8 March 2015 at 6:30 pm
66th American Music Festival: Personal Visions
National Gallery of Art
West Building, West Garden Court
Washington, DC

FLiGHT
I Imagining, II Preparing, and III Experiencing
String Quartet, Reconfigurable projection modules, Multichannel sound distribution
JACK Quartet
Ross Karre, Visual Design, Paul Hembree, Audio Design
Recorded speakers: Eva Barnes, Lowell Gaspar, Carla Harting, Jack Mikesell
Robert Castro, Direction
First performance (Movements I, II, III): 22 May 2016
The Phillips Collection, 57th Anniversary Celebration
Washington, DC
STRING ENSEMBLE

george WASHINGTON (2012-2013) 24'
Orchestra, 3 Narrators, Video projection, Real-time sound processing and spatialization
2 Fl (Picc), Al-fl, 2 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, B-cl, Cbs-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn, 4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Hp,
Strings in traditional 5 sections
Ross Karre, Videographer, Jaime Oliver, Computer Cues, Josef Kucera, Sound Design
First performances: 3, 4, 5 October 2013
National Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Clark Young, Thomas Keegan, Philip Larson, Narrators
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC Co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra through a grant from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for New Orchestral Works, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, and the University of California
EP68437
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

*I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers (1970) 35-70'
9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing, Projections, Staging
First performance: 24 January 1971
Encounter Series, Pasadena
Commissioned by the Pasadena Museum of Art and the
California Institute of Technology
P66424

JUSTICE, cf. Music for Theater
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Multichannel computer sound, Real-time spatialization, Staging

last things, I think, to think about, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Piano, Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional 35mm slides of text

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

*Ping (1968) 22'
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film by the composer,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing
Text: the short story, Ping, by Samuel Beckett
First performance: 5 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Roger Reynolds, Piano, Karen Reynolds, Flute,
Hiroshi Kumagai, Percussion
Originally published in SOURCE Magazine, No. 6
P67806

*Vertigo (1985) 16:50' +
Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Video by Ed Emshwiller
First performance: 3 May 1986
The Pacific Ring Festival, La Jolla
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67809a
Electroacoustic version, cf. Electroacoustic

Voices(s) and Instrument(s)

Again, cf. Electroacoustic
(originally titled Template Series One)
2 Sopranos, 2 Fl, 2 Tbn, 2 Perc, 2 Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Amplification, Optional lighting

*Blind Men (1966) 16'
24-voice Mixed Chorus, Chamber Ensemble: 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf
Text: extracted from Journal up the Straights by Herman Melville
First performance: 15 August 1966
Berkshire Music Festival, Lenox
Tanglewood Choir, Iva Dee Hiatt, Conductor
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation
P06826

*Compass (1972-73) 30'
Tenor, Bass, Vc, Db, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, 35mm slide projections
Text: the poem, "Compass," by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Alistair Reid)
First performance: 7 March 1974
Theatre Vanguard, Los Angeles
Howard Crook, Tenor, Philip Larson, Bass,
Peter Farrell, Cello, Bertram Turetzky, Double Bass
Commissioned by the Judith S. Stark Foundation
P66250

Consider... (2004) 8.5'
Baritone, French Horn
Text: extracted from White Spaces by Paul Auster
First performance: 12 September 2004
Thomas Meglioranza, Baritone, William Purvis, French Horn
Works and Process Series
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Commissioned by the Works and Process Series for the Guggenheim Museum

The Emperor of Ice Cream, cf. Music for Theater
8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db, Modest Staging

ILLUSION, cf. Music for Theater
2 Actors, Baritone, High Soprano Solo Picc, Solo Cl, Solo Vc, Chamber Ensemble, 8-channel computer processed sound, Staging

JUSTICE, cf. Music for Theater
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Real-time computer sound spatialization, Computer processed sound

I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers, cf. Multimedia
(Staged) 9 Female Vocalists, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing,
Projections, Staging

*last things, I think, to think about (1994) 66'
Bass-Baritone, Piano, Stereophonic computer processed sound, Optional 35mm slide projections of text
Text: Poems by John Ashbery
I. I Had Thought, II. The Painter, III. Sonnet, IV. At North Farm, V. Landscape, VI. Faust,
VII. Hotel Lautréamont, VIII. Myrtle, IX. Illustration (I and II), and Debit Night,
a poem commissioned for this composition and recorded by Mr. Ashbery
[The following can be performed out of context: Sonnet, At North Farm, Faust, Myrtle,
Illustration I, Illustration II.]
First performance: 17 November 1994
Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, New York
Philip Larson, Bass-Baritone, Aleck Karis, Piano
Commissioned by the Meet The Composer External / Reader's Digest Commission Program
P67620

Masks, cf. Orchestra
8-part Mixed Chorus, Orchestra

A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II], cf. Electroacoustic
Music theater for three vocalists, Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound

*Not Only Night (1988) 10'
Soprano, Fl (Picc), Cl Eb (B-cl), Pf, Vln, Vc, Stereophonic computer processed sound
Text: O. E. Hartleben's translations of Abend, and Morgen, from Pierrot Lunaire by Albert Giraud
First performance: 7 November 1988
Monday Evening Concerts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
New York New Music Ensemble, Christine Schadeberg, Soprano,
Robert Black, Conductor
Commissioned by the Schoenberg Institute
P67266

Odyssey, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
(originally titled Entre le galet et la dune)
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8 channels (4 + 4) of computer processed sound, Lighting

Of this Word’s being … heard / not heard, cf Instrumental Ensemble
Soprano, Flute, Piano, Percussion

*The Palace [Voicespace IV] (1978-80) 16'
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
Text: the poem, "The Palace," by Jorge Luis Borges
First performance: 28 February 1981
Contemporary Music Festival 1981, CalArts, Los Angeles
Philip Larson, Bass-Baritone
Under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66856

A Portrait of Vanzetti (1962-63) 21'
Narrator, 2 Fl (2 Picc), Cl, 2 Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Stereophonic electroacoustic sound
Text: extracted from the letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti
First performance: 16 February 1963
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
ONCE Chamber Ensemble, Jack O'Brien, Narrator, Donald Scavarda, Conductor

The Red Act Arias, cf. Orchestra
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, Computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound

SEASONS: Cycle II (2010-2012) 30'
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf, Vl
First performance [première]: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts
Movements may be performed separately.

SEASONS: Cycle II a What's To Come 7'
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
EP68300E

SEASONS: Cycle II b Surprised Accords 7'30"
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
EP68300F

SEASONS: Cycle II c Something Resides... 5'30"
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
EP68300G

SEASONS: Cycle II d When They Were Gone 8'30"
Soprano, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
First performance: 14 July 2011
Susan Naruki, Soprano, Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson, Conductor
Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts
MIZZOU New Music Summer Festival
Columbia, Missouri
Movements may be performed separately.
EP68300H

SEASONS: Cycle I, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing

Sketchbook (for The Unbearable Lightness of Being), cf. Solo
Low female voice accompanying herself at the piano, Electronic processing

Submerged Memories (2006) 20'
Narrator, B-cl, Vln, Elect Gtr, Perc, Electroacoustic processing, Visual projections
Text: from W. G. Sebald's Vertigo and The Rings of Saturn as translated from the German by Michael Hulse
Visual projections: Leonardo de Vinci's The Annuciation and Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci and Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson
First performance: 31 March 2006
The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band External with Tenor/Narrator John Duykers
Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

Instrumental Ensemble

Aether (1983) 22'
Violin, Piano
First performance: 29 October 1983
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
János Négyesy, Violin, Cecil Lytle, Piano
Commissioned by The McKim Fund in The Library of Congress
P66992

The Angel of Death, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Piano, Chamber Orchestra (16 players), 6-channel computer processed sound

*Archipelago (1982-83) 32.5'
Chamber Orchestra (31 players), 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Ob (II=Ca), 2 Cl (Cl Eb, B-cl), 2 Bsn (2 Cbsn),
2 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 1 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf, Ampf Hpd, Hp, Str (3, 0, 2, 2, 2)
First Performance: 15 February 1983
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Péter Eötvös, Conductor
Commissioned by Mme Pièrre Schlumberger for Ircam
P66956

*...between... (1968) 17'
2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Perc, Pf, Str, live electronic processing (ring modulator,
sound distribution device, function generator)
First performance: 10 March 1970
Music Educators National Conference, Chicago
Hope College Symphonette, Harrison Ryker, Conductor
Commissioned by Hope College
P66248

*...brain ablaze...she howled aloud (2000-2003) 22'
One, two, or three Piccolos, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization
First complete performance and European première: 6 May 2003
Anne La Berge, Carin Levine, Jäckle Burkhard, Piccolos
Roger Reynolds, Computer spatialization and processing
Bavarian Radio/Musica Viva, Munich, Germany
First performance incomplete version: 14 June 2000
John Fonville, Rachel Rudich, Piccolos, Chris Mercer, Computer spatialization and processing
June in Buffalo, New York
Commissioned by June in Buffalo
P67993

A Crimson Path, cf. Solo
Solo Cello, Piano

Dervish (1962)
Piano, Percussion, Db, Stereophonic electroacoustic sound First performance: 6 April 1962
Bob James Trio
Bob James, Piano, Ron Brooks, Contrabass, Bob Pozar, Percussion
Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival 1962
University of Notre Dame
This score is in the Reynolds Trust.

*Dionysus (1990) 14.5'
Chamber Ensemble: Fl (Picc), Cl (B-cl), Hn, Tpt, B-tbn, Perc, Pf, Db
First performance: 1 July 1990
Music of Our Time, Indiana University, Bloomington
New Music Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by Indiana University
P67371

Dream Mirror, cf Electroacoustic
Solo Guitar, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Elegy – for Toru Takemitsu, cf. Orchestra
Solo Flute, Percussion, String Orchestra

FOUR ETUDES for Flute Quartet (1961)
3 Flutes & Piccolo, 1 Alto Flute
First performance: 6 November 1961
Karen Hill, Connie Cowan, Frances Whitcomb, Anne Speer, Flutes
Composers Forum
Lane Hall Auditorium, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
In the Reynolds Archive.

*...from behind the unreasoning mask (1974-75) 17'
Trombone, Percussion (+ Assistant), Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 29 January 1975
Fifth Annual Contemporary Music Festival, Las Vegas
Ted Grove, Trombone, Jean-Charles François, Percussion,
Roger Reynolds, Assistant
P66251

Gathering (1965) 10'
Woodwind Quintet
First performance: 12 July 1966
Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Danzi Quintet
P6828

*Less than Two (1978) 22'
2 Pf, 2 Perc, Quadraphonic computer generated sound
First performance: 23 February 1979
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
James Freeman, Gilbert Kalish, Pianos,
Raymond DesRoches and Richard Fitz, Percussion
Commissioned by DesRoches, Fitz, Freeman, Kalish
P66774

*Mistral (1985) 21'
2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 2 Hn, Amp Hpd, 2 Vln, 2 Vc, 2 Db
First performance: 12 February 1985
Symphony Space, New York City,
The Group for Contemporary Music, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by The Group for Contemporary Music and the
Lontano Ensemble of London, Odaline de la Martinez, Director
P67038

Mosaic, cf. Solo
Flute (Piccolo), Piano

*Odyssey (originally titled Entre le galet et la dune) (1989-93) 75'
Mezzo-Soprano, Bass-Baritone, Ensemble (16 players), 8-channel (4 + 4) computer processed sound, Lighting
Fl (Picc), Ob, Cl, Bsn (Cbsn), Hn, Tpt, Tbn, B-tbn, 3 Perc, Pf, 2 Vln, Vc, Db
Texts by Samuel Beckett: I. they come,
II. what would I do, III. my way is in the sand,
IV. section IX from Texts for Nothing
First performance: 17 June 1993
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, David Robertson, Conductor
Commissioned by Ircam
P67370

Of this Word’s being … heard / not heard (2014) 10'
Soprano, Flute, Piano, Percussion
Text: from the writings of Heraclitus, as assembled by the composer
First performance: 20 September 2014
Alice Teyssier, Soprano, Ine Vanoeveren, Flute, Brendan Nguyen, Piano, Jonathan Hepfer, Percussion
Musica Sacra Maastricht
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Commissioned by Musica Sacra Maastricht

*Only Now, and Again (1977) 11'
Fl, 2 Picc, Ob, Cl Eb, Cb-cl, A-sax, Bsn, Cbsn, Hn, 4 Tpt, 2 Tbn, 2 B-tbn, 2 Tba, 3 Perc, Pf
First performance: 23 January 1977
NIU Wind Ensemble, DeKalb, Illinois
Larry Livingston, Conductor
Commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard and the
Northern Illinois University Wind Ensemble, Larry Livingston, Conductor
P66720

'O'o (2018)
Flute and String Quartet
Robert Aitken, Flute
Iris String Quartet
Yolanda Bruno, Mark Lee, Rory McLeod, Leana Rutt
First performance: 14 June 2018
New Music Concerts event on 21C Music Festival
The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Canada
Commissioned by New Music Concerts and the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, with the financial assistance of The Koerner Foundation; The Merryweather Fund; Austin and Beverly Clarkson; Camille Watts; Véronique Lacroix and Paul Taub

Process and Passion, cf. String Ensemble
Violin, Cello, Computer processed sound, Optional real-time computer spatialization

Personae, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Violin, Chamber Ensemble, Stereophonic or Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Ping, cf. Multimedia
Fl, Perc (Harmonium, Bowed Tam Tam, Bowed Cymbal), Pf, 35mm slide projections, 16mm film,
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound, Live electronic processing

*The Promises of Darkness (1975) 22'
Fl, Cl, Bsn, Tpt, Hn, Tbn, Perc, Pf, Vln, Vc, Db
First performance: 8 January 1976
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
Commissioned by Arthur Weisberg
P66655

*Quick Are the Mouths of Earth (1964-65) 19'
3 Fl (3 Picc), Ob, Tpt, Tbn, B-tbn, 2 Perc, Pf, 3 Vc
First performance: 24 November 1965
Lincoln Center, New York City
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, Conductor
P6661

SEASONS: Cycle I (2009-2010) 50'
Flute, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance complete Cycle 1: 7 March 2010
Lisa Cella, Flute, Alexis Descharmes, Cello, Ross Karre, Percussion, Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
National Gallery of Art, DC
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund, the National Gallery of Art
EP68300
Movements may be performed separately.
TECHNICAL MANUAL
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

SEASONS: Cycle I a Of Life and Spring 16'30"
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance [Of Life and Spring]: 7 May 2009
John Fonville, Flute, Gabrielle Athayle., Cello, Steven Schick, Percussion, Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
Conrad Prebys Music Center, La Jolla
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund, the National Gallery of Art
EP68300A
Movements may be performed separately.

SEASONS: Cycle I b: Understand: Nothing 9'30"
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion, Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund, the National Gallery of Art
EP68300B
Movements may be performed separately.

SEASONS: Cycle 1 c: With Awe and Tenderness 6'45"
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 7 March 2010
Lina Bahn, Violin, Bill Kalinkos, Bass Clarinet, Ross Karre, Percussion, Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
SEASONS: Cycle 1 is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund, the National Gallery of Art
Movements may be performed separately.
EP68300C

SEASONS: Cycle I d: A Mind of Winter 16'
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
First performance: 29 March 2009
New Music Concerts Ensemble
Jaime Oliver, Real-time computer sound processing
"Roger Reynolds and His Protégés"
Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Canada
SEASONS: Cycle I is co-commissioned by New Music Concerts, the Randy Hostetler Living Room Music Fund, the National Gallery of Art
EP68300D
Movements may be performed separately.

SUMMARY:
SEASONS: Cycle I & II (2009-2012)
Cycle I a: Of Life and Spring
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I b: Understand: Nothing
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I c: With Awe and Tenderness
Violin, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Cycle I d: A Mind of Winter
Flute, Cello, Percussion, Real-time computer sound processing
Four Real-Time Algorithms, Roger Reynolds (with Jaime E. Oliver and Paul Hembree) (2015)
Technical manual for the use of software in the works of Roger Reynolds (SEASONS: Cycle 1, Dream Mirror, MARKed MUSIC, Toward Another World, Toward Another World: LAMENT, Positings, george WASHINGTON, FLiGHT, "Shifting, Drifting," ACTIONS)
EP68491

Cycle II a: What's To Come
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Cycle II b: Surprised Accords
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Pf, Vl
Cycle II c: Something Resides...
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf
Cycle II d: When They Were Gone
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf

SEASONS: Cycle II, cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Soprano, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Tbn, Pf, Vl

...the serpent-snapping eye..., cf. Electroacoustic
Tpt, Perc, Pf, Quadraphonic computer generated tape

Shadowed Narrative (1977-82) 30'
Cl, Pf, Vln, Vc
First performance: 29 March 1982
Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City
The Da Capo Chamber Players
Written under the auspices of a National Endowment for the Arts Award
P66899

Shifting/Drifting, cf. Electroacoustic
Violin, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Toward Another World: LAMENT, cf.Electroacoustic
Solo Clarinet, Real-time algorithmic transformation

Traces, cf. Piano
Solo Piano, Fl, Vc, Multichannel electroacoustic sound (6 channels [3 stereo pairs]), Live electronic processing

Transfigured Wind III, cf. Solo with Ensemble
Solo Flute, Chamber Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound

Wedge (1961) 9.5'
2 Fl (2 Picc), 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Db
First performance: 10 February 1962
ONCE Festival, Ann Arbor
ONCE Chamber Ensemble, David Sutherland, Conductor

Music for Theater

"22", cf. Electroacoustic
5.1 computer processed and spatialized sound, recordings: Anthony Burr (bass clarinet) and Steven Schick (percussion), Real-time processing for coordination with motion capture system, digital graphics, and dancer

Eclipse[Voicespace III] VIDEO VERSION (1979) 16:48', cf. MULTIMEDIA
Electroacoustic vocal work
Quadraphonic computer generated and processed sound,
Electroacoustically processed voices,
Video images by Ed Emshwiller

Electroacoustic version [Eclipse, VOICESPACE III], cf. ELECTROACOUSTIC

*The Emperor of Ice Cream [rev. 1974] (1961-62) 15.5'
8 Voices, Perc, Pf, Db, Staging
Text: the poem, "The Emperor of Ice Cream," by Wallace Stevens
First performance: 27 April 1965
Nuova Consonanza Festival, Rome
Daniele Paris, Conductor
P06616

I/O: A Ritual for 23 Performers, cf. Multimedia
(Staged) 9 Female Voices, 9 Male Mimes, 2 Fl, Cl, 2 Technician/Performers, Live electronic processing, Projections

ILLUSION (2006) 60'
2 Actors, Baritone, High Soprano Solo Picc, Solo Cl, Solo Vc, Chamber Ensemble, 8-channel computer processed sound
Text: assembled by the composer from Aeschylus and Euripides
First performance: 9 May 2006
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group
Hila Plitmann, Soprano, Troy Cook, Baritone, Melinda Page Hamilton, Speaker, Tim Monsion, Speaker
Josef Kucera, Pei Xiang, Richard Bugg, Spatialization, with a real-time multichannel environment in the foyers preceding and following the performance Sarah Jackson, Piccolo, Lorin Levee, Clarinet, David Garrett, Cello
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group and
The Koussevitzky Music Foundations, and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund
and the University of California, San Diego

A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II] THEATRICAL VERSION (1976) 36'
Music theater for three vocalists, Electroacoustic montage
Text: extract from Watt, a novel by Samuel Beckett
First performance with vocalists: 9 June 1976
Festival International de Musique Expérimentale, Bourges
Extended Vocal Techniques Ensemble
1976 Bicentennial Year National Endowment for the Arts Award
Score rental on Zinfonia

Music for Chekhov's Ivanov (1991) 50'
8-channel computer processed sound
First performance: 3 January 1992
Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
Tadashi Suzuki Theater Company

*JUSTICE (1999-2001) 48'
Actress, Soprano, Percussion, Multichannel computer sound, Real-time surround sound, Staging
Text: assembled by the composer from Richmond Lattimore's translation of Aeschylus's Agamemnon
First performance (revised version): 30 November 2001
Donnah Welby, Actress, Carmen Pelton, Soprano,
Steven Schick, Percussion, Peter Otto, Spatialization
The Great Hall, The Jefferson Building
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Commissioned by the Julian E. Berla and Freda Hauptman Berla Fund in the Library of Congress for the celebration of the LOC's Bicentennial in 2000
P67916

A Merciful Coincidence [Voicespace II], cf. Electroacoustic
Music theater for three vocalists, Electroacoustic sound

The Palace [Voicespace IV], cf. Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
Bass-Baritone, Quadraphonic computer processed sound, Modest staging

Music for Shakespeare's The Tempest (1980) 40'
Quadraphonic electroacoustic sound
First performance: 30 July 1980
The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts
Shakespeare & Company, Tina Packer, Director

Orchestra

Archipelago, cf. Instrumental Ensemble
Chamber Orchestra, 4- or 8-channel computer processed sound

*Dreaming (1992) 24.5'
2 Fl, Picc, 3 Ob, 3 Cl (II = Cl Eb, III = B-cl), 2 Bsn, Cbsn, 3 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn (III = B-tbn), Tba,
Stereophonic tape, Perc, Timp, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 10 January 1993
Carnegie Hall, New York City
American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
American Composers Orchestra Co-Commission
with funds provided by the Meet The Composer External/
Reader's Digest Commissioning Program
P67506

*The Dream of the Infinite Rooms (1986) 24'
Solo Cello, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob (II = Ca), 2 Cl (II = B-cl), 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn (II = B-tbn), 2 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 2 March 1987
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Cleveland, Ohio
Regina Mushabac, Cello, Edwin London, Conductor
Commissioned by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony
P67168

*Elegy – for Toru Takemitsu (1996) 7'
Solo Flute, Percussion, String Orchestra
First performance: 15 May 1996
Mandeville Center for the Arts, La Jolla
Sonor Ensemble, Harvey Sollberger, Flute, John Fonville, Conductor
P67738

*Fiery Wind (1977) 17.5'
2 Fl (II = Picc), Picc, Ob, Ca, Cl Eb, Cl, Bsn, Cbsn, 3 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 13 February 1978
American Composers Orchestra
Lincoln Center, New York
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Commissioned by the Contemporary Music Society, Inc., New York
P66765

george WASHINGTON, cf. MULTIMEDIA
Orchestra, 3 Narrators, Video projection, Real-time sound processing and spatialization

*Graffiti (1965) 9'
3 Fl (II, III = Picc), 3 Ob, 3 Cl, 3 Bsn, 4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 3 Tbn, Tba, Timp, Perc, Pf, 2 Hp, Str
First performance: 2 February 1965
Seattle, Washington
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milton Katims, Conductor
Commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation
P6622

*Masks (1965) 25'
8-part Mixed Chorus, Orchestra: 2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl (II = Cl Eb), 2 Bsn, 4 Hn,
2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, Timp, Perc, 2 Pf, Str
Texts culled from the works of Herman Melville, principally Moby Dick, and Mardi
P6827

*The Red Act Arias (1997) 47'
Orchestra, Chorus, Narrator, 8-channel computer processed and spatialized vocal, instrumental, and environmental sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, Cl Eb (Cl), B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
Text edited by the composer from Richmond Lattimore's translation of Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
First performance: 4 August 1997
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers,
Harriet Walker, Narrator, Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Promenade Concerts
P67793

*Symphony[Myths] (1990) 21'
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 4 Ob (IV = Ca), 3 Cl (III = Cl Eb), B-cl, 4 Bsn (IV = Cbsn), 4 Hn, 4 Tpt,
3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 25 October 1990
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kotaro Sato, Conductor
Commissioned by Suntory Hall
P67353

*Symphony[The Stages of Life] (1991-92) 28'
3 Fl (II = A-fl, III = Picc), Picc, 3 Ob, Ca, Cl Eb, 2 Cl, B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn, 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Hp, Pf, Str
First performance: 29 April 1993
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Commissioned by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in
The Library of Congress for Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
P67530

*Symphony[Vertigo] (1987) 23'
Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), A-fl, 2 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl (II = Cl Eb), B-cl, 2 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, Perc, Pf, Hp, Str
First performance: 9 December 1987
Davies Hall, San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony, Andrew Massey, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67198

*Threshold (1968) 18'
4 fl (I-IV = Picc), 2 Ob (II = Ca), 3 Cl (III = B-cl), 3 Bsn (III = Cbsn), 4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 4 Tbn (III, IV = B-tbn),
2 Tba, Perc, Pf, Hpd, Hp, Mand, Str
First performance: 7 June 1968
Orchestral Space '68, Tokyo
Japan Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa, Conductor
P66246

*Transfigured Wind II (1984) 35.5'
Solo Flute, Orchestra, Quadraphonic computer processed sound
2 Fl (II = Picc), 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tba, 2 Perc, Pf, Str
First performance: 4 June 1984
Horizons '84, New York City, American Composers Orchestra,
Harvey Sollberger, Flute, Charles Wuorinen, Conductor
Written under the auspices of the Systems Development Foundation
P67002b

*Two Voices – an allegory (1996) 15.5'
Orchestra, Stereophonic computer processed sound
4 Fl (III, IV = Picc), 3 Ob, Ca, 2 Cl, Cl Eb, B-cl, 3 Bsn, Cbsn,
4 Hn, 4 Tpt, 3 Tbn, B-tbn, Tba, 4 Perc, Pf, Cel, Hp, Str
First performance: 17 October 1997
The Academy of Music, Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Luis Biava, Conductor
Commissioned by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Association,
Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor
P67788

*Whispers Out of Time (1988) 26.5'
String Orchestra
First performance: 11 December 1988
Amherst College, Harvey Sollberger, Conductor
Commissioned by the Amherst College Friends of Music
P67261

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