Ezra Sims

Song

1980

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, clarinet, viola

Duration

4:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Wystan Hugh Auden

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

08/13/1994, Das Kleine Konzert, Schloss Ritzen, Saalfelden. Gertraud Steinkogler-Wurzinger (mezzo-soprano), Emil Rieder (clarinet), Yutaka Mitsunaga (viola)

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

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

String quartet No. 4

1984

Scoring

string quartet

Duration

15 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Koussevitsky Foundation

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

11/03/1994, Muziekcentrum ‘De IJsbreker’, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Huyghens Quartet

String quartet No. 5

2000

Scoring

string quartet

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

11/19/2003, Tucson, Ariz., USA. The Pacifica Quartet

The Conversions

Four exercises in style for SSAATTBB on texts by Harry Mathews

1985

Scoring

8-voice choir (SSAATTBB soli) a cappella

Duration

12 min

Genre

Choral music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Ariel

Text / Libretto

Harry Mathews

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

06/1986, Trinity Chapel, Berkeley, Calif., USA. Ariel, Conductor: Christopher Fulkerson

The Lullaby in Come Away

1980

Scoring

mezzo-soprano, viola

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mezzo-soprano, violin

Duration

2:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

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

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)

Tune & Variations

1983

Scoring

French horn

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2 French horns

Duration

4:30

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music