Ezra Sims

Invocation

1992

Scoring

singing voice, 3 flutes, viola, double-bass, quarter-tone guitar

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singing voice, 3 flutes, viola, double-bass, keyboard

Duration

6 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Quarter tone system

Commission

IMS – International Microtone Society, Bern

Premiere

02/12/1993, Französische Kirche, Bern, Switzerland. IMS – International Microtone Society, Conductor: Bernhard Grossenbacher

Duo

1992

Scoring

flute, violoncello

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Theodore Mook

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

10/02/1994, Teyler Stichting, Haarlem, Netherlands. Suellen Hershman (flute), Michael Curry (violoncello)

Duo

1992

Scoring

violin, violoncello

Duration

12 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

01/16/2000, Killian Hall, MIT, Mass., USA. Rohan Gregory (violin), Dan Levin (violoncello)

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

If I Told Him

1996

Scoring

alto, violoncello

Duration

13 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Christina Ascher and Christoph von Erffa

Text / Libretto

Gertrude Stein

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

02/1997, Akademie für Musik, Darmstadt, Germany. Christina Ascher (alto), Christoph von Erffa (violoncello)

Production

CD: 2010, Ezra Sims: Musing and Reminiscence, New World Records 80709

Duo

1996

Scoring

viola, violoncello

Duration

11 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Duo 97

1997

Scoring

clarinet, viola

Duration

11 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Premiere

04/28/2002, First and Second Church, Boston, Mass., USA, USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble: Anne Black (viola), Ian Greitzer (clarinet)

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

Encores

Three Parlor Songs

2000

Scoring

alto, violoncello

Duration

6 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Firbank, Lear, Chivers

Premiere

05/29/2000, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Heidelberg, Germany. Christina Ascher (alto), Christoph von Erffa (violoncello)

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