Ezra Sims

This Way to the Egress or Manners Makyth Man

1983

Scoring

violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

21 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

02/1984, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Janet Packer (violin), Anne Black (viola), Michael Curry (violoncello)

Sextet

1981

I. Smooth Going

II. Slow

III. Quick

Scoring

clarinet, alto saxophone, French horn, violin, viola, violoncello

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clarinet, alto saxophone, horn, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

22 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

03/1982, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Ian Greitzer (clarinet), Kenneth Radnofsky (saxophone), Tomas Haunton (horn), Janet Packer (violin), Anne Black (viola), Theodore Mook (violoncello), Conductor: Ezra Sims

Production

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

Sextet (a)

Arrangement for 3 clarinets and strings

1983

Scoring

3 clarinets, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

24 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

10/14/1984, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Ian Greitzer, Diane Heffner, Kathy Matasy (clarinet), Janet Packer (violin), Anne Black (viola), Michael Curry (violoncello)

Third Quartet

1962

I. Rushing

II. Quite slow - still and intense

III. Fast and furious

IV. Slow but moving

V. Calm fluent and graceful

Scoring

string quartet

Duration

25 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Quarter tone system

Commission

The Endicott Fund

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

1965, Carnegie Recital Hall, USA. Lenox Quartet string quartet

Production

Vinyl record: 1978, Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR784

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CD: 1967, Moevs / Sims: Chamber Works, CRI CRL223

Longfellow Sparrow

1976

Scoring

5 flutes, 5 clarinets, 3 trumpets, 5 trombones

Duration

30 min

Genre

Orchestral music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Cambridge Arts Council

String quartet No. 2

1962,1974

I. Fluent and always placid

II. Calmly moving

III. Cheerfully Fast

IV. The same

V. Quick and lightfooted

Scoring

flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

30:20

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Boston Musica Viva

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

1st movement: 04/1975, Longy School, USA. Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman

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Whole work: 02/1976, Longy School, USA. Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman

Production

Vinyl record: 1978, Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR784

Annotation

s. Sonate Concertante / 5 Sonate

Quartet

1989

Scoring

string quartet, clarinet

Genre

Chamber music