Ezra Sims

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

5 Songs

1979

Scoring

alto, viola

Duration

14 min

Genre

Solo vocal music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Text / Libretto

Nashe, Herrick, Fletcher, Ford, Donne

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

All Done From Memory

1980

Scoring

violin

Duration

7:50

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Janet Packer

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

07/1980, Haus Paula Schmidt, Ernen. Janet Packer (violin)

Production

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

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

Ruminations

1980

Scoring

clarinet

Duration

10 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

02/1988, Bowdoin College, USA. Tim Smith (clarinet)

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)

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

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

Phenomena

1981

Scoring

clarinet, flute, violin, viola, violoncello

Duration

18 min

Genre

Chamber music

Tone system

Twelfth tone system

Commission

Boston Musica Viva

Publisher

Frog Peak Music

Premiere

03/1982, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Mass., USA. Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman

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