Works by Eric Chasalow
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INSTRUMENT AND TAPE
The Wings That Bear The Night Away (2022) violin and fixed media (9:43) - program notes
Extinction, (2022) (text by Eric Chasalow and Barbara Cassidy) for Bb clarinet and fixed media (7:00) program notes
Shatter and Glide (2012-13) string trio and tape. Network for New Music commission (11:00)
I’m Just Sayin’ (2012) for string quartet and tape. Lydian String Quartet commission (5:00)
Incident and Scatter… (2012) for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, percussion, piano and tape. Barlow commission for Talea Ensemble (18:00)
On That Swirl of Ending Dust (2011) for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, percussion, piano and tape. CMA commission for NY New Music Ensemble (20:00)
Are You Radioactive, Pal? (2010) alto saxophone and tape (13:00) program notes
Scuffle and Snap (2010) violin and tape (5:30)
The Fundamental Object (2004) viola and tape. David Bursack commissioned (5:00)
Trois Espaces du Son (2004) piano, percussion, tape. Miroglio-Aprodu duo commission (11:04)
Due (Cinta)mani (2002) piano and tape. Vicki Ray commission for PianoSphere (7:15) program notes
What is Danced…(and what is not) (2002) harp and tape. Lucia Bova commission (7:25)
In a Manner of Speaking (2000) bass clarinet and tape. Guido Arbonelli commission (5:00)
Suspicious Motives (1999) flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, tape. Boston Musica Viva commission (7:58)
‘Scuse Me (1998) electric guitar and tape. Tim Brady commission (5:40)
Out of Joint (1994) trumpet and tape. Nuova Consonanza commission for Mauro Maur (5:25)
Fast Forward (1988) two percussion and tape. Amy Knoles commission (6:35)
Over The Edge (1986) flute and tape. NEA commission (6:04)
The Furies (1984) soprano and tape. on poems by Anne Sexton. NEA commission (13:15)
Hanging in the Balance (1983) 'cello and tape. for Fred Sherry. NEA commission (6:31)
ORCHESTRA
Violin Concerto (Ancient Signs and Infamous Rhthyms) (2021) for Miranda Cuckson (20:00)
Horn Concerto (2008-09). Horn and chamber orchestra. For Bruno Schneider (14:00)
Concerning Sunspots (2004), Fromm commission for Boston Modern Orchestra Project (14:00) program notes
Dream Songs (2001) orchestra and tape. five poems of John Berryman. BMOP commission (15:00) available too for tenor, orchestra (or sinfonietta) and tape also arranged for tenor and piano. program notes
CHAMBER MUSIC
Muriel’s Songs (2023) for mezzo-soprano and eleven instruments (35:00)
Alternative Facts (2023) for percussion quartet (19:45) for Talujon leading a consortium of percussion ensembles.
Rounding the Keys (2022) In honor of the 200th anniversary of Key West (for two pianos) (6:00)
Rounding the Keys (2022) (alternate version recomposed for marimba duo) (6:00)
Fabliau of Florida (2022) (text by Wallace Stevens) for soprano, or mezzo-soprano, or tenor and piano (3:00)
Third Piano Trio: Rock Hill Variations (2022) to the memory of Aaron Copland (8:00)
Violin Concerto (Ancient Signs and Infamous Rhthyms) (2021), piano reduction. for Miranda Cuckson (20:00)
Second Quartet (2019) spatially distributed string quartet, for the Lydian Quartet and museum space (1 hour)
Second Quartet (2019) concert hall version. string quartet, for the Lydian Quartet and the Rose Museum (15:00)
The Nothing That Is (2018) three poems by Wallace Stevens, recomposed for solo cellist who speaks and sings (14:00)
The Nothing That Is (2017-18) three poems by Wallace Stevens, soprano and guitar (14:00)
String Sextet (2009) Portland Chamber Music Festival commission (16:00)
Horn Concerto (2008-09). piano reduction. For Bruno Schneider (14:00)
Flute Concerto (Three Love Poems) (2005), Flute solo, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, percussion, piano. Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission (15:00)
Fourth of Nature (2004) marimba duo. Stephen Paysen and Dominic Donato commission (4:00)
Lo Schermo (2002) flute, violin, piano. David Macculi commission (3:30)
Yes, I Really Did (1998) second piano trio (7:30)
To The Edge and Back (1997) flute and piano. Pappoutsaki Flute Competition commission. (6:40)
In The Works (1993) flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, percussion, piano. Fromm Foundation commission (15:00)
First Quartet (1989-90) string quartet. (21:00)
Two from Three (1980) piano trio (10:00)
VOICE
Muriel’s Songs (2023) for mezzo-soprano and eleven instruments (35:00)
Fabliau of Florida (2022) (text by Wallace Stevens) for soprano, or mezzo-soprano, or tenor and piano (3:00)
Fabliau of Florida (2022) for SATB chorus (2:30)
Encounter (2022) (text by Barbara Cassidy)for soprano and piano (1:30)
The Trees (2022) (text by Barbara Cassidy)for soprano and piano (3:15)
Ghosts of Our Former Selves (2019-20) ten texts by E Chasalow - version for fixed media and for live performance (1 hour)
Four Ghost Songs (2019-21) songs about identity on texts by E Chasalow for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, piano (15:00)
Wallace Stevens Songs (2018 rev. 2021) three songs for singing/speaking cellist (15:00)
Where it Finds Nothing But the Wind (2013) ten texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls. for soprano, flute, guitar, percussion, electronics (30:00)
Dream Songs (2001) fives songs on texts by John Berryman, based upon the orchestra piece of the same title, arranged for tenor and piano (15:00)
Five Simic Songs (1998) sop and string quartet. five songs on poems of Charles Simic. For the 50th anniversary of Brandeis University (10:00)
Pass it On (1995) soprano and piano. on a poem by Rachel Hadas (3:30)
The Shampoo (1988) soprano and piano. on a poem by Elizabeth Bishop (3:00)
The Furies (1984) soprano and tape. on poems by Anne Sexton (13:15)
Triptych (1984) soprano and piano. three songs on poems by Elizabeth Bishop and Rachel Hadas (10:00)
SOLO
Fierce and Airy Occupations (2021) flute solo (3:00)
Ariel Fantasy (2017) text by William Shakespeare, monodrama for flute (5:00)
Preconditions Create the Event (2017) violin solo (20:00)
This Day Will Be (2015) flute solo. text by Eric Chasalow (4:00)
Winding Up (1989) horn solo. Bruno Schneider commission (5:30)
PIANO
Rounding the Keys (2022) In honor of the 200th anniversary of Key West (for two pianos) (6:00)
A Solution in Search of a Problem (second piano sonata) (2015) (12:00)
If True, Then… (2014) (4:00)
As a Kind of Always (2014) (4:00)
A Loose Translation (first piano sonata) (1995 - 96) (11:00) program notes
Groundwork (1984) (5:00)
CHORUS
Fabliau of Florida (2022) for SATB chorus (2:30)
Elegy and Observation, an environmental requiem (2016) twelve voices and electronics. MusicaTrieze commission (30:00)
Words (1980) SATB. four poems by Robert Creeley
OPERA
The Puzzle Master (2007), text by F.D. Reeve. One-hour opera for five singers, keyboard, electronics and video.
MUSEUM
What shade of green is our horizon? (2022) sound piece for museum spaces (42:00 loop)
Foster Mix (In Memoriam Alvin Lucier) (2021) violin and electronics; for a museum space (1 hour)
Second Quartet (2019) spatially distributed string quartet, for the Lydian Quartet and museum space (1 hour)
ELECTROACOUSTIC
Vista dal Giardino di Bogliasco (2022) electroacoustic (6:10)
Ghosts of Our Former Selves (2019-20) ten texts by E Chasalow (40:00)
Buchla Pieces (2018) fixed media (10:30) program notes
As a Kind of Knowing (2014) 8.1 chanl, 4 chnl, or stereo fixed media. In three movements. (16:40) program notes
Symphony of Popular Misconceptions (2008-10) 4 chnl or stereo fixed media. 3 mvts. may be programmed independently (11:39)
Into Your Ears (2004) In honor of Mario Davidovsky’s 70th birthday (4:01)
Museum in D (2004) for The Rose Museum. (5:13)
Wolpe Variations (2003) Commissioned by the Stefan Wolpe Society to mark the Wolpe Centennial (5:46)
Clapping Game (2002) Based on material from children at Charles Sumner Elementary School, Boston. A BMOP Project (3:00) program notes
Crossing Boundaries (2000) Commissioned by Bates College (9:41) program notes
Seven Variations on Three Spaces (1999) (11:00)
Portrait of The Artist (1997) the voice of John Lennon (4:43)
Left to His Own Devices (1996) the voice of Milton Babbitt (5:51)
And it flew upside-down (1994) Commissioned by the Watertown Cultural Council (3:11) program notes
The Fury of Rainstorms (1992) on a poem by Anne Sexton (2:06)
This Way Out (1991) (4:32)