The Tarot

by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 6, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber

2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 42 minutes

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

Description: Five movements, each based on a card from the tarot deck. Although it has not been done, I have always thought that it would be cool to have a local luminary draw the cards from the conductor’s hand and then project them behind the orchestra (they are very colorful) and then play the movements in the order they were drawn. Below are the movements as performed by the Capital City Symphony.

The Suite For Guitar and Orchestra

by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 6, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber

2004 – 5 Movements – Duration: 26 minutes

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

by Modern Songbook Records | Feb 6, 2012 | Concert Orchestral Works, Orchestral & Chamber

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