The Suite For Guitar and Orchestra

2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 26 minutes

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Minimum orchestra required: 2 fl(picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2bsn, 2 trp, 2 hrn, 1 perc, timp, strings, solo guitar

Description: This was a commission for the guitarist Masayuki Kato. It has been played and recorded in the US by Peter Fields. The orchestral parts are a snap. The guitarist needs to be a master.

Score Sheets

Minotaur

Follows the Minotaur myth from its birth to its death in the Labyrinth, and Theseus’s tragic journey home from Crete.
Full orchestra – duration for three movements: 20 minutes.
pic, 2fl, 2ob, eh, 4cl, 2bs, cb, 4hr, 3trp, 4trb, tba, 3perc, timp, strings, harp.
Download the score:
Movement #1 – Pasiphae and the White Bull – Full Score
Movement #2 – Labyrinth – Full Score
Movement #3 – Theseus – Full Score
Stream the music:
Movement #1 – Pasiphae and the White Bull

Movement #2 – Labyrinth

Movement #3 – Theseus

Download the MP3s:
Movement #1
Movement #2
Movement #3

The Blue Chevrolet

The Blue Chevrolet

2002 – 4 Movements – Duration: 33 minutes

Description: A musical road trip. My parents used to drive us up Route 1 from Virginia to Maine each summer. This is my memory of that journey. Some orchestras have chosen to program individual movements of this piece, especially “The Detour, the Argument, and Finally, the Map” (Movement 3) and “Home” (Movement 4).

Instrumentation: 2 fl (picc), 2 ob(EH), 2 cl, 2bsn, 3 trp, 4 hrn, 3 trb, tba, 3 perc, timp, harp, strings

The Blue Chevrolet – Movement 3 – The Detour, The Argument, and Finally, The Map

Download scores: The Detour | Ah, The Scenic Overlook | The Blue Chevrolet | Home

The Brooklyn Affair

The Brooklyn Affair

2001 – 4 Movements – Duration: 30 minutes

Description: This piece is a blast to play and to conduct. The violinist Janice Martin knows this piece well and is available to play it.

Instrumentation: 2 fl (picc), 2 ob (eh), 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 trp, 3 hrn, 2 trb, tba, 2 perc, timp, harp, strings, solo violin

The Brooklyn Affair – Movement 2 – The Subway Chase

Download scores: An Intriguing Pocketbook | THe Subway Chase | Late Night, Slow Train | Loose Change

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