Concerto for cello quartet and orchestra
I. Prelude
II. Fantasia
Commissioned for NPR station, WDAV, to commemorate their 20th anniversary. Premiered by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, March 1999.
“Classic Peck, tonal and accessible, and driven by syncopation”
Charlotte Observer
The Upward Stream– concerto for tenor saxophone
The Glory and The Grandeur– concerto for percussion trio
Cave– dramatic piece for wind ensemble
This concerto for three percussionists has been performed across America – by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Symphonies and many others. The opening is a paraphrase of the composer’s Lift-Off for percussion, reviewed by the N.Y. Times as “the hit of the evening . . . smashingly propulsive.”
The Smashingly Propulsive opening drum cadenza
The entertaining spectacle of performance by interwoven percussionists makes this piece ideal for video productions, and performances have been broadcast nationwide-The West Virginia video production won first prize in the prestigious Houston International Video Competition in the live music category.
Excerpt #1
Excerpt #2
Finale
According to the composer, Cave was written with the interest of merging wind ensemble performance with theatricality. Like exploring the depths of a cave, the music develops with “…a classic buildup over a drum ostinato, where the winds ride in 4/4 time over a 3/4 beat like a human pulse.
From the prose poem by the composer, “The rock walls ring to one unchanging pulse,
upon which all the Cave dwellers build their spontaneous symphonies.”
Commissioned in 1976 by the Northern Illinois University
Wind Ensemble, Larry Livingston, Conductor, Cave contains
options for theatrical presentation. Since its premiere
performance the work (also known as Cave of the Winds)
has been performed throughout the United States and
in other countries.
duration: 6′ 30′
score and parts
available through music stores, including:
Eble Music 319-338-0313 www.eble.com
Shattinger Music 314-621-2408
Instrumentation:
2 piccolos, 4 flutes, 1 or 2 oboes, 4 B-flat clarinets,
bass clarinet, opt. contrabass clarinet,
2 alto saxophones, 1 tenor saxophone,
1 baritone saxophone
4 B-flat trumpets, 4 horns (F),
4 trombones, baritone, tuba
opt. doublebass, timpani, 5 percussion
The original version of The Upward Stream with orchestra has been performed throughout the United States, as well as in Berlin, Warsaw and other European cities, and Canada, Czech Republic, England, South Korea, and Taiwan/R.O.C.
The Symphonic Band arrangement of The Upward Stream
was premiered by the Indiana University Symphonic Band,
February 5, 2013.