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Ezra Sims

Pictures for an Institution

5 Short Pieces for the Junior Youth Chamber Orchestra of the New England Conservatory Extension Division

1983

Scoring

chamber orchestra:2/2/2/2 - 2/2/0/0 - kettledrum - strings

Duration

5 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

NEC Youth Chamber Orchestra

Premiere

, Brown Hall, NEC – New England Conservatory, USA. NEC JYCO – New England Conservatory Junior Youth Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: James Bergin

Party of Five

1988

Scoring

flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn

Duration

5 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Two Encores

1997

I. Sentir avec ardeur

II. Vocalise

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, violoncello

Duration

5 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Marie-Franoise-Catherine de Beaureau

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

-- furthermore...

2005

Scoring

clarinet, viola

Duration

5 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Anne Black (viola), Ian Greitzer (clarinet)

and, as I was saying,...

1979

Scoring

viola

Duration

5:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Aaron Picht

Publisher

Frog Peak Music / Corpus Microtonale

Premiere

, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass., USA. Aaron Picht (viola)

Production

CD: , Ezra Sims: All Done From Memory, Northeastern Records – NR 224

AEDM in memoriam

Five pieces for unaccompanied cello

1988

I. Singing quietly

II. Fleet and lyric

III. Gently

IV. Moderately

V. Plangent

Scoring

violoncello

Duration

5:30

Genre

Music for solo instruments

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Theodore Mook

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, Fine Arts Center, Univ of R.I., USA. Theodore Mook (violoncello)

Production

CD: , Ezra Sims: Musing and Reminiscence, New World Records 80709

Cantata III

1963

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, percussion

Duration

6 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Quarter tone system

Commission

Cathy Berberian

Text / Libretto

Various Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Anglo-Saxon

Brief Elegies

1983

Scoring

flute, Zoomoozoophone, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, double-bass

Duration

6 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Newband

Premiere

, Theater of the Open Eye, New York City, USA. Newband, Conductor: Dean Drummond

Invocation

1992

Scoring

singing voice, 3 flutes, viola, double-bass, quarter-tone guitar

singing voice, 3 flutes, viola, double-bass, keyboard

Duration

6 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Quarter tone system

Commission

IMS – International Microtone Society, Bern

Premiere

, Französische Kirche, Bern, Switzerland. IMS – International Microtone Society, Conductor: Bernhard Grossenbacher

Encores

Three Parlor Songs

2000

Scoring

alto, violoncello

Duration

6 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Firbank, Lear, Chivers

Premiere

, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Heidelberg, Germany. Christina Ascher (alto), Christoph von Erffa (violoncello)