Ezra Sims

Flight

1989

Scoring

flute, electronics

Duration

6:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Hanneke Provily

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

05/1989, Teyler Stichting, Haarlem, Netherlands. Hanneke Provily (flute)

Production

CD: 1993, Ezra Sims: The Microtonal Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR643

From an Oboe Quartet

1971

Scoring

computer-generated sound

Duration

7 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Premiere

1971, AI Lab, MIT, Boston, Mass., USA

All Done From Memory

1980

Scoring

violin

Duration

7:50

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Janet Packer

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

07/1980, Haus Paula Schmidt, Ernen. Janet Packer (violin)

Production

CD: 1985, Ezra Sims: All Done From Memory, Northeastern Records – NR 224

Chase

1987

Scoring

clarinet

Duration

8 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

In Memoriam Alice Hawthorne

1967

Scoring

narrator, tenor, baritone, 3 clarinets (B flat), bass clarinet (B flat), French horn, marimbaphone (2 marimbaphones)

Duration

9 min

Genre

Vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Language

English

Text / Libretto

Edward Gorey

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

01/1977, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass., USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Raymond Hardin (tenor), Gilbert High (baritone), Ezra Sims (narrator), Conductor: Eric Culver

Yr Obedt Servt

1977

Scoring

2 clarinets, violin, violoncello
flute, alto flute, horn, trombone, violin, viola, double-bass, guitar, 2 marimbaphones

—

French horn, 4 clarinets, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, marimbaphone, trombone, double-bass, guitar

Duration

10 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

01/1978, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Conductor: Scott Wheeler

Twenty Years After

or “I breathe when I sleep”

1978

Scoring

clarinet (B flat), violin

Duration

10 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

10/1978, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass., USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Kathy Matasy (clarinet), Janet Packer (violin)

Ruminations

1980

Scoring

clarinet

Duration

10 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

02/1988, Bowdoin College, USA. Tim Smith (clarinet)

Stanzas

1995

Scoring

flute, 3 clarinets, viola, violoncello

Duration

10 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

05/07/1995, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Conductor: Ezra Sims

Sonate Concertante

1961

5 sonatas, 5 sonatinas

Scoring

string quartet, oboe, viola, violoncello, double-bass

Duration

11 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Quarter tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

04/1961, Music In Our Time 1900-1961. 5 sonatas: Joseph Schor, Alan Ohms (violin), Jack Glick (viola), Joseph Tekula (violoncello). 5 sonatinas: Judith Martin (oboe), Lamarre Alsop (viola), Evalyn Steinbock (violoncello), Conductor: Ralph Shapey

Description

Oktett-Version (jedes Quartett separat aufführbar)