MUSIC OF IVAN TCHEREPNIN:
Catalogue of Works
| Orchestra |
Le
Va et le Vient (1978) for Orchestra (n. 29)
333 sax 3/ 4331/ harp, 4 perc./ strings
First Performance: The Basel Radio Orchestra, Ivan
Tcherepnin, cond., Lucerne Music Festival, 8/25/1978
(17') [pub. Belaieff] |
Double
Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra
(1995) (n. 59)
First Performance: Lynn Chang, violin; Yo Yo Ma,
cello; Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
David Commanday, cond.
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. 6/3/1995 (23') [MPB]
1996 Grawemeyer Prize |
| Music
for Wind Ensemble |
Oboe
Concerto (1981) for Oboe and Wind Symphony
Orchestra (n. 32)
3343/5551/harp, 6 perc., Ob. solo
First Performance: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra;
Robert Boudreau, cond.
Pittsburgh, Penn. 6/1981 (16') [pub. CF Peters]
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Statue
(1986) for Wind Symphony Orchestra (n. 43)
4444/4441/harp, celesta, 5 perc
First Performance: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Boudreau, cond.
Little Falls, NY, 6/9/1986 (16') [pub. CF Peters] |
Constitution
(1987) for Wind Symphony Orchestra (n. 44)
4454/4441/hp., 5 perc., narrator(s) (one or two)
First Performance: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Boudreau, cond.
Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, Penn. 7/4/1987 (12')
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Concerto
for Two Continents (1989) for Kurzweil Synthesizer
and Wind Symphony (n. 47)
4444/4341/ harp, 5 perc, Kurzweil 1000 solo
First Performance: The American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Boudreau, cond., Ivan Tcherepnin, soloist
Vaasa, Finland, 7/7/1990 (9') [pub. CF Peters] |
Carillona
(1993) for Wind Symphony Orchestra (n. 54)
4444/4441/harp, celesta, 5 perc
First Performance: American Wind Symphony Orchestra,
Robert Boudreau, cond., Pittsburgh, 6/15/1993 (4') |
Conversation
Between Moon and Venus As Overheard by an Earthling
(1994) (n. 56)
for Chamber Wind Symphony, Harp and Percussion
2222/2221/ harp, celesta, 4 perc.
First Performance: Harvard Wind Ensemble, Thomas
Everett, cond.
Lowell Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
3/14/1996 (8') |
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Triple Concertino for
English Horn, Trombone and Eb-Contrabass Clarinet
and Wind Symphony (1997)
3333/4331/timp,mar/vib, 2 perc. Commissioned by
American Wind Symphony
First Performance: Barrett Seals, English horn;
Timothy McKay, trombone; Robert Hoit, contrabass
clarinet;
American Wind Symphony, Robert Boudreau, cond.
Albany, New York (13')
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| Chamber
Orchestra |
Light
Music With Water (1970) for four instrumental
groups, sound activated lights, (n. 16)
tape and live electronics 2222/1111
First Performance: New Music Ensemble, De Young
Museum,
San Francisco Conservatory of Music 3/20/1970 (24') |
Les
Adieux (1971) for Tenor, Alto, 14 Instruments,
Tape, Electronics and Light (n. 18)
0111/1111/harp, piano, 2 perc., solo str., vocal
solo: tenor, alto
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory of
Music New Music Ensemble
De Young Museum, San Francisco, Calif. 5/12/1971
(42') |
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The New Consonance
(1983) for String Orchestra (n. 36)
First Performance: Groton School New Works Orchestra,
Harry Chalmiers, cond., Groton, Mass. 5/21/1983
Version for String Octet: Korsholm Music Festival,
Finland, 6/25/90 (20') [pub. Belaieff]
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Solstice (1983) for Chamber Orchestra
2*111/2210/harp, harmonium, perc/strings
First performance: Alea III, Theodore Antoniou, conductor, Boston University, 11/19/1983 [pub. Belaieff] 14'
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| Choral
Works |
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And So It Came To Pass
(1991) for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra
(n. 50)
3343/4331/ cel., harp, 4 perc., strings, SATB
chorus, solo tenor and soprano
First Performance: The Oratorio Society of New
York, Lyndon Woodside, cond., Benita Valente,
soprano; David Britten, tenor
Carnegie Hall, NY, 5/8/1991 (30') [pub. Belaieff,
pending]
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Canzona
for Tilman (1978) for Small Chorus (n. 27)
First Performance: Boston Camerata, Fogg Museum,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass 4/1978 (2') |
Noël,
Noël! (1982) SATB Chorus (n. 35)
First Performance: Ars Musica Chorus, Robert Finster,
cond., Evanston, Illinois, June 30, 1996 (3') |
Star
(1982) for SATB Chorus and Harp (7') (n. 34)
Butterfly Dream
(1987) for SATB Chorus (n. 45)
First Performance: Dartington Summer Music Choir
Dartington Summer Music School, England, 7/31/1987
(5') [pub. Ludwig] |
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Farewell to John
(1990) for SATB Chorus (n. 49)
First Performance: Music Department, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass. (3')
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| PIANO |
Four
Pieces from Before for Piano (n. 1)
For Christmas (1959) - Valse (1960) - Vernal Equinox
(1962) -Riding the Clouds (1962)
First Performance: By the composer, Paine Hall,
Harvard University, 4/18/1961 (10') [pub. M.P. Belaieff] |
Beginnings
(1964) for Piano (n. 9)
First Performance: By the composer, Rheinische Musikschule,
Köln, 3/1965 (8') |
Two
Reminiscences (1968) for Piano (n. 15)
First Performance: Tanya Bartevyan-Gailus, Williams
Hall, New England Conservatory, 2/16/1979 (8') |
Three
Pieces for Two Pianos (1971) (n. 19)
First Performance: Luise Vosgerchian and Jeffrey
Goldberg, pianists
Gardner Museum, Boston, 1/3/1987 (8') [pub. Belaieff] |
Fêtes
(Variations on Happy Birthday) (1975) for
Piano (n. 22)
First Performance: By the composer, Rockefeller
Study Center, Bellagio, 12/1975 (12') [pub. Belaieff] |
Valse
Perpetuelle "The 45 r.p.m." (1977)
for Piano (n. 26a)
First Performance: John Cobb, piano; The Chicago
Art Institute, 5/2/1978 (4') [pub. C. F. Peters] |
Twelve
Variations on "Happy Birthday"
(1970-1979) for Piano (n. 33)
First Performance: Joseph Kubera, piano; Brooklyn
P.S.1, 10/28/1979 (26') |
Two
Pieces for Piano
1. Tango (1979)
2. Rounds (1968-79) |
Summer
Nights (1980) (n. 22/26)
First Performance: Luise Vosgerchian, piano; Fromm
Foundation Concert
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, 2/3/1980 (25') |
| For
David Hughes for piano solo (1994) (3') |
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A Musical Thought for
a Thoughtful Musician (1994) for Piano
(n. 57a)
First Performance: By the Composer, Harvard University,
12/24/1994 (3')
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| Chamber
Music |
Suite
Progressive Pentatonique (1959) for Flute,
Cello and Tympani (n. 2)
First Performance: Academie Internationale d'Eté,
Nice, 8/1959 (4') |
Monkey
Bear Suite (1960) for Flute and Two Percussion
(n. 3)
First realization by MIDI instruments and computer,
Watertown, Mass., 8/1990 (4') |
Deux
Entourages pour un Théme Russe (1961)
(n. 4)
Version 1: for
Ondes Martenot, Piano, and Percussion
First Performance: Claude Helffer, piano; Jeanne
Loriod, Ondes Martenot; Jean-Charles François,
percussion
Salle de l'O.R.T.F., Paris, 5/18/1962 [pub. Belaieff]
Version 2: for
French Horn and Piano and Percussion
First Performance: Ensemble with the composer at
the piano
Academie Internationale d'Eté, Nice, France
8/1960 (8') [pub. Belaieff] |
Mozartean
Suite (1961) for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon
(n. 5)
First Performance: Concert of Randall Thompson's
composition seminar at his home,
Cambridge, Mass., 5/1961 (8') |
Reciprocals
(1962) for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon (n. 6)
First Performance: Academie Internationale d'Eté,
Nice, 8/1962 (9') |
Cadenzas
in Transition (1963) for Flute, Clarinet
and Piano (n. 7)
First Performance: David Johnson, fl.; Jonathan
Kramer, cl.; Ivan Tcherepnin, piano; Serge Tcherepnin,
perc.
Paine Hall, Harvard University, 4/29/1963 (12')
[pub. Belaieff] |
Sombres
Lumières (1964) for Flute, Cello and
Guitar (n. 8)
First Performance: Paine Hall, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass. 5/1964 (5') [pub. Belaieff] |
Work
Musik (1965) for French Horn, Clarinet, Cello
and Electric Guitar (n. 10)
Knight Prize, Harvard University, 1966 (9') |
Wheelwinds
(1966) for Nine Wind Instruments (n. 11)
3*2*31/0000
First Performance: Paine Hall, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass. 5/1966 (16') [pub. Schott] |
| Prelude
and March (1981) for Flute and Harp (4') |
Explorations
(1984) for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello,
Piano & Electronics (n. 39)
First Performance: Marya Martin, flute; David Shifrin,
clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Heiichiro Ohyama,
viola; Timothy Eddy, violoncello; Ursula Oppens,
piano; Ivan Tcherepnin, electronic processing &
keyboards
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 7/15/1984 (38')
[pub. Belaieff, pending] |
Trio
Fantasia (1985) for Violin, Cello and Piano
(n. 40)
First Performance: Susan Worters, violin; Michael
Seabury, cello; Sueyoung Min, piano
Rivers Seminar for Contemporary Music, Weston, Mass.,
3/30/1985 (11') [pub. Belaieff] |
Encore,
Encore (1988) for Violin, Cello and Piano
First Performance: Lynn Chang, violin; Yo Yo Ma,
cello; Luise Vosgerchian, piano
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. 4/1989 (2') |
Duo
Fantasia "A Rose Is A Rose Is" for Violin
and Violoncello (1991) (n. 51)
First Performance: Lynn Chang, violin; Yo Yo Ma,
cello
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. 5/12/1991 (12') [pub. Belaieff] |
| For
Christmas (1992) for three recorders (2') |
Pensamiento
for Flute and Piano (1995) (n. 57b)
First Performance: Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin,
flute; David Witten, piano
American Embassy Theater, Quito, Ecuador, 1/26/1996
(3') [pub. Belaieff] |
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Song My Mother Taught
Me (Dvorak/Kreisler) (1996) arranged for
String Octet
First Performance: Lynn Chang & Pamela Frank,
violins; Marcus Thompson, viola; Yo Yo Ma, cello;
The Amaryllis Quartet
Regis College, Weston, Mass. 5/12/1996 (2")
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| Music
for Brass |
Summer
Music (1970) for Brass Sextet (n. 17)
Paine Hall, Harvard University, 11/11/72 (25') [pub.
Belaieff] |
In
Memoriam A.T. (1987) for Brass Choir (n.
46)
First Performance: Harvard University Wind Ensemble,
Ivan Tcherepnin, cond. 7/11/1987 (3') |
Music
for Otto Hall for Three Trumpets and Four Horns
(1991) (n. 52)
First Performance: Ensemble conducted by Shui Lan,
Carpenter Center, Harvard Univ., 9/28/1991 (7') |
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Six Fanfares for Herald
Trumpets (1994) (n. 58)
First Performance: Harvard University Band, Harvard-Yale
game, Harv. Stadium, 11/1994 (2') [Ensemble Publications]
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| Voice
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Les
Adieux (1971) for Tenor, Alto, 14 Instruments,
Tape, Electronics and Lights (n. 18) 0111/1111/harp,
piano, 2 perc., solo str., solo vocal: tenor, alto
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory of
Music New Music Ensemble De Young Museum, San Francisco,
Calif. 5/12/1971 (42') |
Five
Songs (1979) for Contralto, Alto Flute and
Electronics (n. 30)
Marion Dry, voice; Jean-Pierre Dautricourt, flute;
Ivan Tcherepnin, electronics
Commissioned by WFMT-FM, Chicago and broadcast on
3/7/1979, Karen Monson, host (29') |
| Just
a Dream (1982) for Mezzo Soprano and Piano
(4') |
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There Was No Wind
(1996) for String Quartet and Soprano. (n. 61)
First Performance: Dan Stepner & Sandra Kott,
violins; Mary Ruth Ray, viola; Reinmar Seidler,
cello
Ivan Tcherepnin Memorial Service, Paine Hall,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 5/13/1998
(12') [pub. Belaieff, pending]
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| Instruments
and/or Voice with Electronics |
Deux
Entourages pour un Théme Russe (1961)
(n. 4)
Version 1: for Ondes Martenot, Piano, and Percussion
First Performance: Claude Helffer, piano; Jeanne
Loriod, Ondes Martenot; Jean-Charles François,
percussion
Salle de l'O.R.T.F., Paris, France 5/18/1962 |
Rings
(1967) for String Quartet and Ring Modulators (n.
12)
First Performance: String Quartet led by Nathan
Rubin, violin; New Music at Mills College concert,
11/5/1967 (12') |
AC-DC
(Alternating Currents) (1967) for 8 Percussion
Players and Tape Electronics (n. 13)
First Performance: Percussion Ensemble, Pauley Ballroom,
Univ. of Calif. @ Berkeley, 3/1967 (25') |
Light
Music With Water (1970) for four instrumental
groups, sound activated lights, (n. 16)
tape and live electronics 2222/1111
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory of
Music New Music Ensemble
De Young Museum, San Francisco, Calif. 3/20/1970
(24') |
Les
Adieux (1971) for Tenor, Alto, 14 Instruments,
Tape, Electronics and Lights (n. 18)
0111/1111/harp, piano, 2 perc., solo str., solo
vocal: tenor, alto
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory of
Music New Music Ensemble
De Young Museum, San Francisco, Calif. 5/12/1971
(42') |
Globose
Floccose (1973) for String Quartet, Brass
Quintet with Electronics (n. 21)
First Performance: Fromm Foundation Concert, Sanders
Theater, Harvard University, 12/18/1973 (18') |
Set,
Hold, Clear and Squelch (1976) for Oboe,
Frequency Follower and Electronics (n. 24)
First Performance: Martin Yaffee, oboe; Ivan Tcherepnin,
electronics; with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
New York City, 2/21/76 (60') |
Santur
Opera (1977) for Santur and Electronics with
projections (n.25)
First (partial) performance by the composer, Currier
Art Gallery, Manchester, N.H., 4/2/1977 |
Common
Ground (Flute Fancy) (1978) for Flute and
Tape
Music for a film by Janet Mendelsohn, commissioned
by the U.S. Department of the Interior (4') |
Five
Songs (1979) for Contralto, Alto Flute and
Electronics (n. 30)
First Performance: Marion Dry, voice, Jean-Pierre
Dautricourt, flute, Ivan Tcherepnin, electronics
Commissioned by WFMT-FM, Chicago and broadcast on
3/7/1979, Karen Monson, host (29') |
Flores
Musicales (1980) for Oboe, Violin and Electronics
(n. 31)
First Performance: Peggy Pearson, oboe; David Gable,
violin; Ivan Tcherepnin, electronics; Boston University,
11/29/1979
Version with added Cello: Peggy Pearson, oboe; Wilma
Smith, violin; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Ivan Tcherepnin,
electronics
Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. 7/7/1980 (28') |
Cantilenas/Hybrids
(1983) for Violin and Electronics (n. 38)
First Performance: Sylvia Rosenberg, violin; Ivan
Tcherepnin, electronics
Kilbourne Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester,
NY 1/24/1984 (12') |
Explorations
(1984) for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello,
Piano and Electronics (n. 39)
First Performance: Marya Martin, flute; David Shifrin,
clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Heiichiro Ohyama,
viola;
Timothy Eddy, violoncello; Ursula Oppens, piano;
Ivan Tcherepnin, electronic processing and keyboards.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, 7/15/1984 (38') |
Rhythmantics
(1985) for Synthesizer Keyboard Solo (n. 41a)
First Performance: By the composer, New Music Circle,
St. Louis, 3/10/1985 (18') |
New
Rhythmantics (1985) for String Quartet, Sampling
Synthesizer and Delays (n. 41b)
First Performance: Los Angeles Philharmonic New
Music Group at New Music America
Los Angeles, Calif. 10/4/1985 (20') |
New
Rhythmantics IV (1987) for Trumpet, String
Quartet, Sampling Synth and Delays (n. 41c)
First Performance: Brooklyn Philharmonic Chamber
Players, Lukas Foss, cond.
Cooper Union, NY, 11/17/1987 (20') |
The
Creative Act (1989) for four performers with
electronics (n. 48)
First Performance: Takehisa Kosugi, Robert Miller,
Michael Pugliese and Robert Miller for
Fields and Figures, choreographed by Merce Cunningham
for his company
Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minn. 2/7/89 (29') |
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Pictures at an Exhibition
I: "Untitled" by Jasper Johns
(1992) for Samplers (n. 53)
First Performance: By the composer, Sackler Museum,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 3/16/1992
(16')
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| Tape
Compositions |
Grand
Fire Music (1966) for Tape
Realized at the Toronto University Electronic Music
Studio (20') |
Beethoven's
Late Quartet (1967) for Tape
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory of
Music, 5/1967 (16') |
Reverberations
(1968) for Tape (n. 14)
First Performance: Alea II, Stanford University,
Stanford, Calif. 2/14/1968 (12') |
One,
Two, Three for KQED (1970) for Tape
Broadcast by KQED-FM, (Robert Moran, host), San
Francisco, Calif. 5/3/1970 (3') |
| Watergate
Suite (1972) for Tape (9') (n. 20) |
Clouds
(1973) for Tape (5')
First Performance: Fromm Foundation Concert, Sanders
Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 12/18/1973
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Bachamatics
(1985) for Tape (n. 42)
First Performance: Bach Festival, Paine Hall,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 4/14/1985
(8')
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| Film
and Video |
Post
Office (1969) for Tape
film by Derek Lamb (2') |
Peelings
(1974) for Tape
film by Len Gittleman (5') |
USA
Film (1976) (n. 23)
film by Eric Martin, shown at the Portland, Oregon
Art Museum, 4/2/1977 (17') |
Common
Ground (Flute Fancy) (1978)
film by Janet Mendelsohn, commissioned by the U.S.
Department of the Interior (4') |
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Sky Piece (1978)
(n. 28)
film by Alfred Guzzetti (11')
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| Multimedia |
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Les Adieux (1971)
for Tenor, Alto, 14 Instruments, Tape, Electronics
and Lights (n. 18)
0111/1111/harp, piano, 2 perc., solo str., vocal
solo: tenor, alto
First Performance: San Francisco Conservatory
of Music New Music Ensemble De Young Museum, San
Francisco, Calif. 5/12/1971 (42')
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Santur
Opera II: the Sequel (1994) for Santur, Live
Analog and (n. 55)
Digital Electronics with Slide Projectors
First Performance: By the composer, New Music Circle,
Washington Univ. Gallery of Art, St. Louis, 2/13/1994
(90') |
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Pictures at an Exhibition
II: "Sin Fronteras" by Ivonne Abaki
for Video, (n. 60)
Pre-recorded and Live Electronic Sources (1995)
First Performance: By the composer, Salones del
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Quito, Ecuador,
6/12/1995 (16')
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