List of compositions by Libby Larsen
The following is a chronological list of compositions by Libby Larsen, divided into genre groups.
List of works
Opera
- Children's opera in one act[1]
- full evening performance with water slides, tapes, and costumes
- Family opera in one act; John Olive, libretto
- two-act chamber opera; libretto by Patricia Hampl
- full-length music drama; libretto by Libby Larsen
- one-act opera; libretto by Walter Green
- full-length music drama in two acts; libretto by Bonnie Grice
- full-length opera with orchestra; libretty by Chas Rader-Shieber
- chamber choral opera in two acts; libretto by Bridget Carpenter
- opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children's chorus, rhythm chorus, and drumming group; libretto by Libby Larsen
- chamber opera, based on the life of Jack London; libretto by Philip Littell
- opera in three acts based on the play by William Inge; libretto by David Holley
Orchestral
- Weaver's Song & Jig (1978)
- chamber orchestra and string band
- violin concerto with chamber orchestra
- full orchestra
- Overture: Parachute Dancing (1983)
- full orchestra
- Symphony: Water Music (Symphony No. 1) (1985)
- full orchestra
- Coming Forth Into day (Symphony No. 2) (1986)
- soprano solo, baritone solo, SATB chorus, full orchestra; various texts
- What the Monster Saw (1987)
- full orchestra, optional slides, adapted from the opera Frankenstein.
- full orchestra
- Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1988)
- C trumpet and full orchestra
- Concerto: Cold, Silent Snow (1989)
- flute, harp, chamber orchestra
- full orchestra
- The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (1992)
- solo flute, percussion, string orchestra
- Marimba Concerto: After Hampton (1992)
- solo marimba, full orchestra
- Piano Concerto: Since Armstrong (1992)
- solo piano, full orchestra
- Symphony No. 3: Lyric (1992)
- full orchestra
- Overture for the End of a Century (1994)
- full orchestra
- Song-Dances to the Light (1994)
- SA chorus, Orff instruments, full orchestra (or piano); text by young people
- full orchestra
- full orchestra
- orchestra, no strings
- Roll Out the Thunder (1997)
- full orchestra
- Spell On Me That Holy Hour: Overture to Tsvetaeva (1997)
- full orchestra
- full orchestra, cued CD; text by John Coy
- Solo Symphony (Symphony No. 5) (1999)
- full orchestra
- String Symphony (Symphony No. 4) (1999)
- string orchestra
- Still Life With Violin (2000)
- solo violin and full orchestra
- full orchestra
- Brandenburg for the New Millennium (2002)
- trumpet, marimba, electric guitar, amplified harpsichord, and string orchestra
- saxophone (alto and soprano) and chamber orchestra
- full orchestra
- Evening in the Palace of Reason (2008)
- string orchestra, solo string quartet
- double choir, full orchestra, full wind ensemble, three marimbas, three pianos
- tenor, baritone, narrator, SATB chorus, full orchestra; text by U Sam Oeur
- The Moabit Sonnets (2011)
- two sopranos, tenor, bass, chamber orchestra; text by Albrecht Haushofer, trans. M.D. Herter Norton
Band
- concert band
- concert band
- brass choir
- concert band
- concert band
- concert band
- concert band
- British brass band
- An Introduction to the Moon (2005)
- symphonic wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice, eight collaborative improvisations
- solo euphonium and wind ensemble
Instrumental
- Circular Rondo, Canti Breve (1974)
- oboe and guitar
- Three Pieces for Treble Wind and Guitar (1974)
- treble winds and guitar
- solo piano
- flute, clarinet, and bassoon
- clarinet and percussion
- Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977)
- solo bassoon
- solo guitar
- trombone, two percussion
- Saraband: In profane style (1979)
- solo guitar
- guitar and string trio
- solo cello
- flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola (featured), and cello
- solo flute
- violin, cello, contrabass, piano
- Sonata In One Movement on Kalenda Maya (1983)
- solo organ
- Up Where the Air Gets Thin (1985)
- cello and contrabass
- With Love & Hisses (1985)
- double woodwind quintet.
- Accompanies the silent Laurel and Hardy film "Love and Hisses."
- cello and piano
- Song Without Words (1986)
- clarinet and piano
- Astonishing Flight of the Gump (1987)
- flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano
- Black Birds, Red Hills (1987)
- clarinet, viola, and piano
- organ and flute
- Kathleen, as she was (1989)
- oboe and harpsichord
- solo organ
- bassoon and percussion
- Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)
- flute, oboe, viola, cello, and keyboard
- String Quartet Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger (1991)
- string quartet
- solo clarinet
- Fanfare for the Women (1994)
- solo trumpet
- clarinet, violin, and piano
- Concert Piece for Tuba & Piano (1995)
- tuba and piano
- Blessed be the Tie That Binds (1996)
- solo organ
- flute or clarinet and guitar
- brass choir
- saxophone and piano
- Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus (1997)
- solo organ
- brass quintet
- solo piano
- violin, cello, clarinet (or saxophone), flute, piano, percussion, and cued CD
- Three for the Road (2000)
- violin, cello, and piano
- The Atmosphere as a Fluid System (also known as "Sky Concerto) (2001)
- flute and orchestra
- flute, clarinet, and piano
- Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (2001)
- violin, cello, and piano
- viola and piano
- clarinet and piano
- solo organ
- solo guitar
- alto saxophone, cello
- Fanfare for Humanity (2003)
- brass ensemble
- flute/piccolo, violin, cello, and piano
- oboe, alto saxophone, violin, cello, marimba/vibraphone, and piano
- solo clarinet
- Concertino for Tenor Steel Drum and Chamber Ensemble (2004)
- tenor steel drum and chamber ensemble
- four-hand piano
- four-hand piano
- carillon
- solo piano
- saxophone quartet
- B♭ clarinet duet
- woodwind quintet and piano
- Fanfare for a Learned man (2005)
- brass quintet
- amplified flute and prepared CD; text by A. E. Stallings
- flute, cello, and piano
- saxophone and chamber orchestra
- Trio in Four Movements (2005)
- four movements
- flute, violin, and harp
- Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2006)
- bassoon and piano
- Engelberg: Trio for Brass and Organ (2006)
- trumpet, horn in F, trombone, and organ
- He Arose: A Fanfare for Easter (2006)
- organ, two trumpet, two trombone, optional horn
- The Adventures of Wonderboy: Issue One (2008)
- bass, sampler, narrator, cartoons, strings
- Double String Quartet, J.S.B. (2008)
- double string quartet
- Quartet: She Wrote (2008)
- string quartet
- two marimbas
- solo piano
- Downwind of Roses in Maine (2009)
- flute, B♭ clarinet, and mallet percussion
- violin, viola, cello, and piano
- two violas and recorded voice; text by William Shakespeare
- Like Blind Men Tapping in the Dark (2010)
- one marimba, two performers
- Rodeo Queen of Heaven (2010)
- clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- tuba and wind ensemble
- 4 ½: A Piano Suite (2016)
- solo piano
Choral
- Eine Kleine Snailmusik (1978)
- SA and contrabass; text by May Sarton
- SA, soprano solo, soprano recorder, triangle, and keyboard; text by Libby Larsen
- SATB, clarinet, cello, percussion, piano; textless
- SATB divisi, handbells, organ; text by Michael Thwaites
- In a Winter Garden (1982)
- SATB, soprano and tenor solos, chamber orchestra; text by Patricia Hempl
- SATB, harp, two percussion; text by Siegfried Sassoon
- five movements
- SATB, handbells, string orchestra; medieval French text
- A Creeley Collection (1984)
- five movements
- SATB, flute, percussion, piano; text by Robert Creeley
- TTBB and strings
- TTBB, tenor solo; text by Paul Verlaine
- SATB and organ; text by Nathan Everett
- Peace, Perfect Peace (1985)
- SATB a cappella; text from Isaiah 26:3, Edward Bickersteth
- SATB, piano or organ; text by John Cummins
- Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me (1985)
- SSA, mezzo-soprano and tenor solos; text from MS09.38 Trinity College
- Clair de Lune in Blue (1986)
- SATB jazz choir, piano; textless
- Songs of Youth and Pleasure (1986)
- four movements
- SATB a cappella; Renaissance text
- SSAAA, finger cymbals, synthesizer, organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi
- unison choir, keyboard, Orff instruments, 7 speaking roles, and congregation
- SSAA a cappella; text by Sara Teasdale
- The Settling Years (1988)
- three movements
- SATB, woodwind quintet, piano, percussion; 20th century biographical texts
- Three Summer Scenes (1988)
- SATB, optional youth choirs, full orchestra; texts by William Carlos Williams, Lloyd Frankenburg, and Maurice Lindsay
- SATB a cappella; text by Rainer Marie Rilke
- I Am a Little Church (1991)
- SATB and organ; text by e.e. cummings
- SATB a cappella
- TTBB, five soloists, piano, handbells
- SATB, four-hand piano; text by Joy Harjo
- Missa Gaia—Mass for the Earth (1992)
- SATB, SSA, soprano solo, oboe, strings, four-hand piano
- Mother, Sister, Blessed Holy (1992)
- SATB, four-hand piano
- Pied Beauty (Glory to God) (1992)
- SATB, four-hand piano; text by Gerard Manley Hopkins
- God As Ribbon of Light (1993)
- SATB and organ; text by Sr. Mary Virginia Micka
- SSA, four-hand piano or chamber orchestra; text from the Magnificat and Gregorian hymnal
- SATB divisi, keyboard or orchestra; text by G. Galina
- SSAA and percussion; text by María Sabina
- Little Notes on A Simple Staff (1994)
- SATB and piano; text by Siv Cedering
- Fanfare & Alleluia (1995)
- SATB, brass, handbells, chimes, and organ
- SATB and organ; text from St Patrick's Breastplate
- I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm (1995)
- SATB and organ; text by St. Francis of Assisi
- Invitation to Music (1995)
- SATB and string quartet, string orchestra, or piano; text by Elizabeth Bishop
- five movements
- SATB with soprano solo, brass quintet, piano, and percussion; 20th century biographical texts
- Today, This Spring (1995)
- three songs
- SA and piano; text by Emily Dickinson, Charles Wilson, and Jan Kimes
- SATB with soprano and mezzo-soprano solos, speaker, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion; text by Sally M. Gall
- So Blessedly It Sprung (1996)
- SATB, oboe, viola, and harp; text from 12th century poetry by Adam of Saint Victor
- I Find My Feet Have Further Goals (1997)
- SATB a cappella; text by Emily Dickinson
- SATB and piano; text based on love songs by American woman poets
- SATB divisi, a cappella; text by Tokuji Hirai, Neiji Ozawa, Reiko Gomyo, and Suiko Matsushita
- Reasons for Loving Harmonica (1997)
- SATB and piano; text by Julie Kane
- SATB, treble choir, brass; text by Thomas H. Troeger
- SSA children's chorus and piano; text by M.K. Dean
- SSA, handbells, oboe, and marimba; text by Denise Levertov
- Sweet & Sour Nursery Rhymes (1998)
- SATB and french horn; text by Eugene Field and traditional
- By a Departing Light (1999)
- SATB a cappella, text by Emily Dickinson
- SSA a cappella; text by N. F. S. Grundtvig, and Libby Larsen
- Is God, Our Endless Day (1999)
- SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich
- A Salute to Louis Armstrong (1999)
- from choral suite Seven Ghosts.
- SATB divisi and piano; text by Louis Armstrong
- To a Long Loved Love (1999)
- SATB, string quartet; text by Madeleine L'Engle
- Four Valentines: A Lover's Journey (2000)
- four movements
- six-voice male a cappella; text by James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Karl Joseph Simrock
- SATB chorus, SATB quartet, SAT trio, trumpet, piano, and percussion; text by James Dickey
- SSA (children's) chorus
- Lord, Before This Fleeting Season (2000)
- SATB a cappella; text by Maryann Jindra
- SSAA divisi a cappella; text from and by Psalm 121, Patricia Hennings, and John Muir
- Touch the Air Softly (2000)
- SSAA a cappella; text by William Jay Smith
- SSAA a cappella; text by William Shakespeare
- If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking (2001)
- SSA, woodwind quintet, percussion, and strings; text by Emily Dickinson
- SSAA; text by Aldeen Humphreys
- The Ballerina and the Clown (2002)
- SSA and harp; text by Sally Gall
- Flee We to Our Lord (2002)
- SATB a cappella; text by Julian of Norwich
- Come Before Winter (2003)
- SATB, baritone solo, orchestra or piano; text by Arthur Mampel
- I It Am: The Shewings of Julian of Norwich (2003)
- SATB divisi, soprano, countertenor, baritone, and chamber orchestra; text by Julian of Norwich
- Womanly Song of God (2003)
- SSAA divisi a cappella; text by Catherine de Vinck
- A Young Nun Singing (2003)
- SSA a cappella; text by anonymous, Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Idea Vilarino
- SATB divisi a cappella; text adapted by Libby Larsen
- Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (2004)
- two or three-part, solo voice, and piano; traditional text
- Natus Est Emmanuel (2004)
- SSAA divisi a cappella; anonymous text from Piae Cantiones
- SATB, SATB favori, orchestra; text adapted by Libby Larsen from Psalms 146, 147, 148, and 150
- The Shepherds and the Angels (2004)
- SATB, soprano and baritone solos, organ and brass ensemble; text from Luke 2:8-20
- SSAA and string quartet; text by Chief Jake Swamp
- God So Loved the World (2005)
- SATB a cappella; text from John 3:16-17
- SATB and percussion; text by children of former Yugoslavia
- The Nothing That Is (2005)
- SATB, baritone solo, three speaking voices and chamber ensemble; text adapted by Libby Larsen
- SSAA and string quartet; text by Mary Oliver
- SATB a cappella; text from American Folksongs
- SSAA and four-hand piano; text by Emily Dickinson
- TTBB and piano; text by Wallace Stevens
- three pieces
- SATB, guitar, flute, oboe, bassoon, and string quartet
- Four Meditations of Mechthild of Magdeburg (2007)
- SATB, organ, handbells; text by Mechthild of Magdeburg
- I Lift My Eyes to the Hills (2007)
- SATB, handbells, organ; text from Psalm 121
- SATB a cappella; text from and by Ecce Novum Gaudium and Angelus Emittitur
- SATB a cappella; text by M. K. Dean
- SATB a cappella; text by Walt Whitman
- SSA and piano; text by Kasey Zitnik
- SSAA and piano; text by Z. E. Budapest
- Free, Fearless, and Female (2009)
- SSAA and marimba; text by Judy Belski, Anonymous Pampa Poem trans. by W. S. Merwin, and Anna Swir
- Celebration Mass-Lutheran Edition (2010)
- SATB choir, congregation, organ, and optional handbells, brass quintet/quartet and percussion/timpani; text from traditional Lutheran liturgy
- SATB, baritone, actress, piano; text from various letters and writings regarding Frederick Douglass; libretto by Libby Larsen, Kathleen Holt and Jeanne Soderberg
- SSAA, oboe, clarinet and piano; text adapted by Libby Larsen
- SATB chorus and string quartet or piano; text by Tom Sexton
- Celebration Mass-Catholic Edition (2011)
- SATB choir, congregation, organ; text from traditional Catholic liturgy
- If Music Be the Food of Love (2011)
- SATB; text by Henry Heveningham
- Matineé: The Fantom of the Fair (2014)
- soprano, baritone, violin, cello, piano with animated slideshow by Toni Lindgren based on Paul Gustavson's 1939 comic book of the same name - première April 6, 2014, Rivers School Conservatory, Weston, Massachusetts[2][3]
Voice
- Saints Without Tears (1976)
- soprano, flute, and bassoon; text by Phyllis McGinley
- Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (1978)
- soprano, flute, guitar, and harp; text by Rainer Maria Rilke
- soprano and piano; text by Anonymous, Belle Starr, and Robert Creeley
- high voice and guitar; text by Rainer Maria Rilke
- A Verse Record of my Peonies (1980)
- tenor, tape, and percussion; text by Masaoka Shiki
- baritone and organ; text by Arthur Mampel
- Me (Brenda Ueland) (1987)
- soprano and piano; text by Brenda Ueland
- Songs From Letters (1989)
- soprano and piano or chamber ensemble; text by Calamity Jane
- When I Am An Old Woman (1990)
- soprano and piano; text by Jenny Joseph
- Sonnets From the Portuguese (1991)
- soprano and chamber ensemble or piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- How Lovely Are Thy Holy Groves (1992)
- soprano and piano; text from the Chinook Psalter
- baritone and piano; text by Roberto Echavarren
- Beloved, Thou Hast Brought Me Many Flowers (1994)
- mezzo-soprano, cello, and piano; text by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hilde Doolittle, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
- mezzo-soprano, trombone, orchestra and slides; text from the historical narrative and letters of Mary Cassatt
- soprano and piano; text by Willa Cather and Libby Larsen
- Chanting to Paradise (1997)
- soprano and piano; text by Dickinson
- Lord, Make Me An Instrument (1997)
- tenor and piano; text by St. Francis of Assisi
- The Ant and the Grasshopper (1998)
- soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard
- soprano and piano; text by Jeanne Shepard
- Songs of Light and Love (1998)
- soprano and chamber ensemble; text by May Sarton
- five movements
- mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rita Dove, Julie Kane, Kathryn Daniels, Liz Lochhead, and Muriel Rukeyser
- high voice and piano; text by Willa Cather
- Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (2000)
- five movements
- soprano and piano; text by Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr
- four movements
- mezzo-soprano and handbells; text by Tallulah Bankhead, Billie Jean King, Gertrude Stein, and Nursery Rhyme
- Jazz at the Intergalactic Nightclub (2001)
- tenor and piano; text by Thomas McGrath
- Notes Slipped Under the Door (2001)
- soprano, solo flute and orchestra; text by Eugenia Zukerman
- Raspberry Island Dreaming (2002)
- mezzo-soprano and full orchestra; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl
- Raspberry Island Dreaming (Piano/Vocal) (2002)
- mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Joyce Stuphen and Patricia Hampl
- De Toda la Eternidad (2003/2005)
- soprano and wind ensemble or piano; text by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
- I Love You Through the Daytimes (2003)
- baritone and piano; ancient Egyptian text
- This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony (2003)
- soprano and string quartet; text by Dima Hilal and Sekena Shaben
- solo tenor; text by Dylan Thomas
- A Pig in the House (2004)
- tenor and piano; Alvin Greenburg
- Sifting Through the Ruins (2005)
- mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano; text by Hilary North, anonymous, Alicia Vasquez, Martha Cooper, and Ted Berrigan
- soprano and piano; text by Margaret Atwood
- soprano and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch
- baritone and piano; text by Brenda Ueland
- written in memory of Bruce Carlson of the Schubert Club
- soprano, flute, and piano; text by Michele Antonello Frisch
- Within the Circles of Our Lives (2007)
- soprano, baritone, and wind ensemble; text by Wendell Berry
- Far in a Western Brookland (2008)
- tenor and piano; text by A. E. Housman
- soprano and tenor duet and piano; anonymous text from Cupples and Leon Given book of poems
- This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony, Orchestral Version (2008)
- soprano, percussion I, II, III, celeste, and string orchestra; text by Dima Hilal and Sekeena Shaben
- solo soprano; text by e.e. cummings
- The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes (2010)
- baritone and prepared piano; text by H. H. Holmes aka Herman Mudgett
References
"Libby Larsen: Works", accessed 03/21/2011.
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