Ezra Sims

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)

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

Two for One

1980

Scoring

violin, viola

Duration

11:40

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

03/1981, Somerville Public Library, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Janet Packer (violin), Anne Black (viola)

Production

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

Wedding Winds

1986

Scoring

3 clarinets

Duration

3 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Premiere

08/1986, Decordova Museum, USA (The wedding of Anne Black and Frank Cunningham). Ian Greitzer, Dianne Heffner, Kathy Matasy (clarinet)

Yr Obedt Servt

1977

Scoring

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

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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

Yr Obedt Servt II

1981

Scoring

2 clarinets, violin, violoncello
2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 2 marimbaphones, 4 violins, 2 violas, violoncello, double-bass

Duration

11:30

Genre

Orchestral music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Description

Enlarged version of Yr Obedt Servt

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

06/1979, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass., USA. Aaron Picht (viola)

Production

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