ORCHESTRAL WORKS:

After the Victory for orchestra and chorus (25 minutes) – April 2006
Commission: Grand Rapids Symphony – David Lockington

Al ha-Shminit: Interludes on a Bygone Mode for chamber orchestra (12 minutes) –
November 2003
Commission: Joel Sachs and the New Juilliard Ensemble
Performances: New Juilliard Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall

Camille’s Dance (10 minutes) – September 2002
World premiere: Grand Rapids Symphony – David Lockington
Whitaker Reading: American Composers Orchestra – Dennis Russell Davies

Beethoven’s Symphony Op. 26 – January 2002
[An orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in Ab Major, including his own transcription of the work’s “Marcia Funebre”]

World premiere: The Beethoven Festival, sponsored by Friends of the Arts
Camerata NY – Richard Owen
Performance lecture: The Juilliard School

Maid of Domremy (16 minutes) – March 1995
Commission: Empire State Youth Orchestra – Francisco Noya
Other performances:
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor

The Mountain (22 minutes) – October 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Roanoke Symphony Orchestra – Victoria Bond
Other performances:
The Juilliard Symphony – Gisele Ben Dor

Dolphy (15 minutes) – April 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston – Gisele Ben Dor
Other performances:
New Century Ensemble – Emory Waters

Musings (17 minutes) – March 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Book of Isaiah
Commission: Colorado Symphony Orchestra – David Lockington
Sandra Schwarzhaupt, soprano

The Kingdom of Lord Dolphy (15 minutes) – December 1990
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons

The Doom of King Saul (15 minutes) – February 1988
Commission: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor
Other performances:
Augusta Symphony Orchestra – Gisele Ben Dor

Ruth (12 minutes) – April 1986
Commission: Israel Sinfonietta – Gisele Ben Dor
Other performances:
Boston Symphony Orchestra – Grant Llewellyn
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor
Portland Symphony Orchestra – Toshiyuki Shimada
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra – David Lockington

Conflicts in Genesis (12 minutes) – December 1985
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons

In the Beginning (27 minutes) – September 1984
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons
Other performances:
New York Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta
Cleveland Orchestra – Jahja Ling
Houston Symphony – Toshiyuki Shimada
Albany Symphony – Victoria Bond
Little Orchestra Society – Dino Anagnost
Y Chamber Orchestra – Amy Kaiser
Eugene Symphony – Marin Alsop

Fun Suite (15 minutes) – September 1983
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons
Other performances:
Denver Symphony – David Lockington
Disney’s Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra – Daniel Hege
Toledo Symphony – Ole Schmidt
Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra of Pittsburgh – James Meena
Vallejo Symphony – David Ramadanoff

CHAMBER WORKS:

Tehinnot for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello and piano (21 minutes) - July 2004
Commission: Bowdoin International Music Festival
Performance:
Re'ut Ben Zeev, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Jacqueline Ross, violin
John Root, piano
Simone Fontanelli, conductor

Nizk'orah for theremin, 'cello and piano (7 minutes) - April 2001
Performances:
Pamelia Kurstin, theremin
Dorothy Lawson, 'cello
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
Memorial Concert for Clara Rockmore, Steinway Hall Dalit Hadass Warshaw, theremin
Lora Tchekoratova, piano
Clarke Studio

And the Furies Wept for piano, four hands (6 minutes) – January 1997
Choreography: Lorena Egan
Performances:
Wednesdays at One Concert Series at Alice Tully Hall
The Juilliard Theater

The Nameless for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, ‘cello, piano (14 minutes) – July 1993
Commission: The Carlysle Project and Boston Ballet II
Other performances:
Rebecca Kelly Dance Company
Bowdoin Summer Music Festival

Quartet on the Roof for clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano (6 minutes) – January 1990
Commission: Northwest Indiana Chamber Players
Other performances:
Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
The Juilliard Theater
Miller Theater
Steinway Hall

Morning After the Victory for string orchestra, flute and piano (5 minutes) – December 1988
Commission: Northwest Indiana Symphony – Robert Vodnoy
Other performances:
Misgav Chamber Ensemble – Lukas Foss

Woodwind Trio for flute, English horn and bass clarinet (5 minutes) – July 1990
Performances: Music Amici

Ruth arranged for piano, four hands (12 minutes) – 1989
Performances:
Merkin Hall, memorial concert for Nadia Reisenberg
Rockland Community College

Vocalise for ‘cello (or soprano) and piano (3 minutes) – 1995
Performances:
Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
Paul Hall

“No More Bad Dreams, My Child” for clarinet and piano (3 minutes) – 1985

Horah and Variations for violin and piano (3 minutes) – 1984

CHORAL WORKS:

After the Victory for SSAB (young people’s chorus) or SATB choir and orchestra (or piano reduction) (25 minutes) – January 2006
Text: Excerpts from the Song of Deborah
Translations: Hilan Dov Warshaw, King James
Scenario: Hilan Dov Warshaw

That I Shall Wake for SSAA choir (4.5 minutes) – November 2002
Text: Selections from Psalms and Evening Service

Ki le-Olam Ashirah for SATB choir (30 minutes) – November 2001
Text: Selections from the Psalms
Jeremiah I
“Birkat ha-Kohanim” (The Priests’ Blessing)

Birkat ha-Neshamah for SATB choir (1:30 minutes) – March 2002
Text: Excerpts from the Morning Service

Canto for SATB choir (6 minutes) – December 1999
Text: “Vago Augelletto,” from Canti Amorosi, Petrarch

VOCAL WORKS:

“But Not Forgotten”: Ruminations On Love Future, Past and Present (25 minutes) – June 2006
Texts by Muriel Rukeyser, Sappho (trans. Mary Barnard), Dorothy Parker, Christina Rossetti

Tehinnot for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello and piano (21 minutes) - June2004
Commission: Bowdoin International Music Festival
Performance:
Re'ut Ben Zeev, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Jacqueline Ross, violin
John Root, piano
Simone Fontanelli, conductor

K iddush ha-Levanah (or: Sanctification of the Moon) for soprano and piano (11 minutes) – July 2002
Text: “Seder Kiddush ha-Levanah,” from the Sabbath Prayer Book
Performances: Cutting Edge Concert Series at Greenwich House
The Juilliard School
Middlebury College Reut Ben Zeev, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

Rose of Sharon for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano (6 minutes) – March 1996 Commission: New York Festival of Song
Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Michael Barrett, piano
Other performances:
Moab Festival
The Juilliard School, Paul Hall

Notes from the Jaded Balladeer for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano (8 minutes) – January 1996
Text: “Pour Prendre Conge,” Dorothy Parker
Performance: The Juilliard School
Hila Plitman, soprano
Shelly Watson, mezzo-soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

Musings for soprano and piano (15 minutes) – January 1992
Text: Poems by Hilan Dov Warshaw and excerpts from the Book of Isaiah
Performance: Merkin Hall
Monica Yunus, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

Poetry for narrator and piano (5 minutes) – April 1997
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performances: Clark Studio Theater
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

The Pheasant and the Serpent for narrator and piano (8 minutes) – April 1987
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Young Audiences at Lincoln Center
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

The War of Gettysburg for narrator and piano (8 minutes) – 1984
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performances at Rockland Community College and other locations
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS:

(from Muse Sequences): Muse III: Euterpe for solo oboe (2006)
Performance: Angela Lickiss, The Boston Conservatory

Muse IV: Erato for solo harp (2006)
World Premiere: Cutting Edge Concert Series, April 2008

Muse V: Terpsichore for solo trumpet (2006)

Muse VI: Urania for solo vibraphone (2006)

Desert Call for ‘cello solo (10 minutes) – July 2001
Performances:
Chagit Glaser - Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fontainebleau
Clarice Jenson - The Juilliard School, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Craig Hultgren - Middlebury College, University of Georgia

Tyburne-Tanzen for solo piano (11 minutes) – August 2000

Lessons from the Muir Woods for solo flute (4 minutes) – September 1997
Commission: Dancing Bear Ensemble
Tara Gilb, flute

Prelude to Charlotte for solo piano (7 minutes) – November 1996
Commission: Zoom! Concert Series at Merkin Hall
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Other performances:
The Juilliard School
Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
SUNY at Stony Brook
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

Lone Conversation for Clarinet (6 minutes) – July 1994
Performances:
The Aspen Music Festival
The Juilliard School
Music Amici

Three Intermezzi for Solo Piano (15 minutes) – July 1994
I. For Saba and Forgotten Souls
II. To the Fireflies and Others Not Thought Of As Souls At All
III. Agitato
Performances:
The Aspen Music Festival
The Juilliard School
Les Ecoles des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
International Piano Festival of Jerusalem at Tel Hai

The Nameless for solo piano (14 minutes) – June 1993
Performances:
International Piano Festival of Jerusalem at Tel Hai
Les Ecoles de Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau

Ruth arranged for piano solo (12 minutes) – 1989
Performances: New York University and other locations

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