Joseph Schwantner

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Works

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  • and the mountains rising nowhere...
    for wind ensemble
    (1977 )
  • Angelfire
    fantasy for amplified violin and orchestra
    amplified violin and orchestra (2002 )
  • Angelfire
    solo and piano reduction
    amplified violin and orchestra (piano) (2002 )
  • The Awakening Hour
    for wind ensemble
    (2017 )
  • Black Anemones
    for flute and piano
    (1980 )
  • Black Anemones
    transcribed for horn and piano by Matthew Mauro
    (1981/2021 )
  • Concerto
    for percussion and orchestra
    transcribed for wind ensemble by Andrew Boysen Jr. (1997) (1994/1997 )
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
    violin solo and piano reduction
    (2019 )
  • Daydreams... Reverie
    for violin and vocal quartet with crystal glassware (glass harmonica)
    violin vocal quartet (two sopranos, two tenors) with eight glass crystals (glass harmonica) (2018 )
  • Distant Runes and Incantations
    for amplified piano and orchestra
    (1983 )
  • Dreamcaller
    three songs for soprano, violin, and orchestra
    (1984 )
  • Dream Drapery
    Thoreau Songs
    contralto (2 glass crystals), two violins, viola da gamba (or viola), cello (2012 )
  • Freeflight
    "Fanfares & Fantasy"
    for orchestra (1989 )
  • From a Dark Millennium
    for wind ensemble
    full score (1981 )
  • In Aeternum (Consortium IV)
    for violoncello and 4 players
    (1975 )
  • In evening's stillness...
    for wind ensemble
    pic.3.3.ca.3.bcl.3.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc-amp pno (1996 )
  • Magabunda (Witchnomad)
    "Four Poems of Agueda Pizarro"
    for soprano and orchestra (1983 )
  • Music of Amber
    for chamber ensemble
    (1981 )
  • New Morning for the World
    "Daybreak of Freedom"
    for narrator and chamber orchestra (1982 )
  • New Morning for the World
    "Daybreak of Freedom"
    for narrator and orchestra (1982 )
  • Silver Halo
    flute quartet (2007 )
  • Soaring
    for flute and piano
    (1986 )
  • Sparrows
    for soprano and chamber ensemble
    (1979 )
  • A Sudden Rainbow
    for orchestra
    (1985 )
  • Taking Charge
    flute, piano, percussion (2012 )
  • Toward Light
    for orchestra
    study score (1986 )
  • Velocities (Moto Perpetuo)
    for solo marimba
    (1990, rev. 2007 )
• Solo (excluding keyboard)
  • Velocities (Moto Perpetuo)
    for solo marimba
    (1990, rev. 2007 )
• Chamber (2-5 players)
  • Angelfire
    solo and piano reduction
    amplified violin and orchestra (piano) (2002 )
  • Black Anemones
    for flute and piano
    (1980 )
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
    violin solo and piano reduction
    (2019 )
  • In Aeternum (Consortium IV)
    for violoncello and 4 players
    (1975 )
  • Silver Halo
    flute quartet (2007 )
  • Soaring
    for flute and piano
    (1986 )
  • Taking Charge
    flute, piano, percussion (2012 )
• Voice(s) with instrument(s) (1-5 players)
  • Daydreams... Reverie
    for violin and vocal quartet with crystal glassware (glass harmonica)
    violin vocal quartet (two sopranos, two tenors) with eight glass crystals (glass harmonica) (2018 )
• Large ensemble (6-12 players)
  • Music of Amber
    for chamber ensemble
    (1981 )
• Voice(s) with large ensemble (6-12 players)
  • Sparrows
    for soprano and chamber ensemble
    (1979 )
• Orchestra
  • Angelfire
    fantasy for amplified violin and orchestra
    amplified violin and orchestra (2002 )
  • Distant Runes and Incantations
    for amplified piano and orchestra
    (1983 )
  • Dreamcaller
    three songs for soprano, violin, and orchestra
    (1984 )
  • Freeflight
    "Fanfares & Fantasy"
    for orchestra (1989 )
  • Magabunda (Witchnomad)
    "Four Poems of Agueda Pizarro"
    for soprano and orchestra (1983 )
  • New Morning for the World
    "Daybreak of Freedom"
    for narrator and chamber orchestra (1982 )
  • New Morning for the World
    "Daybreak of Freedom"
    for narrator and orchestra (1982 )
  • A Sudden Rainbow
    for orchestra
    (1985 )
  • Toward Light
    for orchestra
    study score (1986 )
• Voice(s) and orchestra
  • Magabunda (Witchnomad)
    "Four Poems of Agueda Pizarro"
    for soprano and orchestra (1983 )
  • New Morning for the World
    "Daybreak of Freedom"
    for narrator and orchestra (1982 )
• Wind ensemble
  • and the mountains rising nowhere...
    for wind ensemble
    (1977 )
  • The Awakening Hour
    for wind ensemble
    (2017 )
  • Concerto
    for percussion and orchestra
    transcribed for wind ensemble by Andrew Boysen Jr. (1997) (1994/1997 )
  • From a Dark Millennium
    for wind ensemble
    full score (1981 )
  • In evening's stillness...
    for wind ensemble
    pic.3.3.ca.3.bcl.3.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.4perc-amp pno (1996 )