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Ezra Sims

Second Thoughts

1974

Scoring

5 double-basses

Duration

5 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Premiere

, Brown Hall, NE Conservatory, USA. Alan Nagel, Barbara Schultz (double-bass), play-back (3 double-basses)

Flourish

1975

Scoring

oboe, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

1:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, Old South Meeting House, Boston, Mass., USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Peggy Pearson (oboe), Janet Packer (violin), Linda Kirkwood (viola), Deborah Thompson (violoncello)

Elegie - nach Rilke

1976

Scoring

soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

13:50

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Goethe Institute of Boston

Text / Libretto

Rainer Maria Rilke

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, Longy School of Music, USA. Elsa Charlston (soprano), Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman

Production

Vinyl record: , Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR784

Celebration of Dead Ladies

1976

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, alto flute, clarinet (basset clarinet bass clarinet) (A), viola, violoncello, percussion

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

F. R. Higgins

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, Longy School of Music, USA. Gloria Raymond (mezzo-soprano), Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman

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

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

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

Aeneas on the Saxophone

1977

Scoring

4-voice choir (SATB soli) a cappella, 2 clarinets, French horn, trombone, viola, double-bass

Duration

1:35

Genre

Vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Osbert Lancaster

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Conductor: Rodney Lister

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

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

Midorigaoka

1978

Scoring

2 violins, 2 violas, violoncello

Duration

15 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Kijima Masataka

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, Japan Composers Assoc., Tokyo, Japan. Conductor: Noda Teruyuki

Come Away

5 songs

1978

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, clarinet (B flat), viola
flute (alto flute) (G), French horn, trombone, double-bass

Duration

20:40

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Campion, Fletcher, Hardy, Whitman

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Laurel Stavis (mezzo-soprano), Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Conductor: Scott Wheeler

Production

CD: , James Dashow / Bruce Saylor / Ezra Sims: Vocal Works, CRI CR578