NEW MUSIC FOR NEW INSTRUMENTS


MUHAL RICHARD New Horizons for flute, cello, microtonal

ABRAMS        synthesizer, three percussionists: diamond

              marimba*, bamboo marimba*, cloud chamber bowls*,

              spoils of war*, cone gongs*, zoomoozophone**,

              juststrokerods**

 

 

ELIZABETH     Archipelago for flute, cello, microtonal

BROWN         synthesizer, three percussionists: surrogate

              kithara*, diamond marimba*, zoomoozophone**

 

              Delirium for flute, cello, harmonic canon*,

              kithara*, diamond marimba*, bamboo marimba*

 

              Seahorse for theremin, adapted guitar*, harmonic

              canon*, chromelodeon*, diamond marimba*, bass

               marimba*, zoomoozophone**

 

 

JOHN CAGE     Haikai for Flute and Zoomoozophone for flute, one

              percussionist: zoomoozophone**

 

 

JOHN COLTRANE Naima (arr. by Dean Drummond) for alto flute,

              chromelodeon*, harmonic canon*, kithara*,

              zoomoozophone** (2 players)

 

 

DEAN DRUMMOND Before the Last Laugh for flute, cello, three

              harmonic  canons* (2 players), two

              percussionists: zoomoozophone**, percussion

 

              Café Buffé - chamber opera for five singers,

              dancers, eighteen instrumentalists: flute,

              clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin,

              bass, microtonally programmed synthesizer,

              chromelodeon, 4 harmonic canons (2 players),

              diamond marimba/spoils of

              war/justrokerods/percussion, bamboo

              marimba/percussion, zoomoozophone (4 players),

               drums - libretto by Charles Bernstein

 

              Columbus for flute, three percussionists:

              zoomoozophone**

 

              Congressional Record for low male voice and eight

              players: wind controller MIDI’d to microtonal

              synthesizer, chromelodeon*, adapted guitar*,

              harmonic canons*, diamond marimba*, bamboo

              marimba*, juststrokerods* and zoomoozophone** -

              texts from the U.S. Congressional Record.

 

              Copégoro for one percussionist: zoomoozophone**,

              percussion 

 

              Dance of the Seven Veils for flute, cello,

              chromelodeon*/microtonal synthesizer (1 player),

              three percussionists: three harmonic canons*, bloboy*,

              diamond marimba*, marimba eroica*, boo*, spoils of

              war*, cone gongs*, zoomoozophone**, juststrokerods**,

              digital drums, percussion

 

              The Day the Sun Stood Still for flute, trumpet, cello, 

              microtonal synthesizer;  two harmonic canons*, four 

              percussionists: kithara*, diamond marimba*, bass

              marimba*, boo*, spoils of war*, rhythm boat*, 

              zoomoozophone**,  juststrokerods**, percussion 

 

              Different Drums for Different Strokes for one

              percussionist: microtonal synthesizer, juststrokerods**,

              digital drums, percussion

 

              For the Last Laugh for flutes, trumpet, cello, 

              chromelodeon*/microtonal synthesizer, four harmonic 

              canons* (2 players), four percussionists: kithara*, 

              bloboy*, diamond marimba*, bass marimba*, boo*, spoils 

              of war*, rhythm boat*, zoomoozophone**, 

              juststrokerods*, percussion

 

              Four Miniatures: Syncopation in Glass and Talking Bowls

              for cloud chamber bowls* (solo); Bow, Chords and Zoom

              and Three Dream Fragments for zoomoozophone** (duet)

 

              The Golden Bird for narrator, seven microtonal soloists –

              juststrokerods**, zoomoozophone** (3 players), diamond marimba*,

              bamboo marimba*, synthesizer - and orchestra (picc., 3 fl.,

              2 ob., EbCl., 3 BbCl., 2 bsn., 4 hn., 3 tpt., 3 trm., tuba,

              timp., 3 perc., strings) - text by Ruby Stardrum

 

              Incredible Time for flute, microtonal synthesizer, three 

              percussionists: zoomoozophone**, digital drums, percussion

 

              The Last Laugh (with silent film Der Letzte Mann by F.W. Murnau)

              for flutes, trumpet, cello, chromelodeon*/microtonal synthesizer,

              four harmonic  canons* (2 players), four percussionists: 

              kithara*, bloboy*, diamond marimba*, bass marimba*, bamboo

              marimba*, spoils of war*, rhythm boat*, zoomoozophone**, 

              juststrokerods*, percussion

 

              M.S. Genitron for ten players: juststrokerods**, 2 chromelodeons*,

              harmonic double canon*, kithara*, crychord*, zoomoozophone**,

              diamond marimba*, bamboo marimba*, bass marimba*, marimba eroica*,

              cone gongs*, spoils of war*

 

              Mysteries (quintet version) for five percussionists: zoomoozophone**

               (four players), percussion (one player)

 

              Mysteries (septet version) for flute, bass trombone, five 

              percussionists: zoomoozophone** (four players), percussion

              (one player)

 

              Mysteries (octet version) for flute, violin, cello, five

              percussionists: zoomoozophone** (four players), percussion (one player)

 

              Phil Harmonic for orchestra: 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 bsn., alto

              saxophone, 2 hn., 2 tpt., 2 trm., chromelodeon*, zoomoozophone**,

              timpani, percussion (1), strings

 

              Ruby Half Moon for two trumpets, trombone, bass trombone, four

              percussionists: zoomoozophone**, percussion

 

              Then or Never for flute, viola, double bass, three percussionists:

              zoomoozophone**

 

 

STEVE GORN    Sruti Lalit for bamboo flute, two percussionists: zoomoozophone**

 

 

DAVID         American Tragedy: Paul Maul for clarinet, four percussionists:

KRAKAUER      zoomoozophone 

 

 

JOAN LA       Silent Scroll for voice, flute, double bass, two percussionists:

BARBARA       zoomoozophone**

 

 

ANNE LE BARON Southern Ephemera for flutes, cello, surrogate kithara*, harmonic canon*

 

 

ANNEA         Western Spaces for flute, three percussionists: zoomoozophone**,

LOCKWOOD      percussion

 

 

THELONIUS     'Round Midnight (arr. by Dean Drummond) for cello, three

MONK          percussionists: zoomoozophone**

 

 

JIM PUGLIESE  Freeze for alto flute, microtonal synthesizer, two percussionists:

              zoomoozophone**, percussion 

 

 

MATHEW        Yonah’s Dream for flute, surrogate kithara*, crychord*,

ROSENBLUM     diamond marimba*, bass marimba*, bamboo marimba*, spoils of war*

 

 

EZRA SIMS     Brief Elegies for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, double bass,

              four percussionists: zoomoozophone**

 

 

LASSE         Thus for flute, clarinet, microtonal synthesizer, three percussionists:

THORESEN      zoomoozophone**, percussion

 

 

JULIA WOLFE   Steam for flute, cello, synthesizer, two harmonic canons* (2 players),

              bloboy*

 

 

JOHN ZORN     The Wanderers for five players: tenor violin***, chromelodeon*,

              surrogate kithara*, harmonic canon*, bloboy*,  diamond marimba*,

              bass marimba*, marimba eroica*, boo*, cloud chamber bowls*

              spoils of war*, juststrokerods**

 

 

*   Harry Partch instrument
**   Dean Drummond instrument
***   Carleen Hutchins instrument


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