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Past Imperfect (1990) 15 minutes UNDER REVISION--CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE Chamber orchestra Award: Riverside Symphony Orchestral Reading Program, May 17, 1996, Merkin Hall, NYC, Riverside Symphony; George Rothman conductor. First Performance: July 1990, Koger Arts Center, Columbia, South Carolina, Ray Egan, conductor. Instrumentation: 1.1(+eh).1(+bcl).1-1.1.1.0-2 perc*-pft-strings * I = whip (or slapstick), glsp, SD, 2 crash cyms, 2 tom-t (high-low), BD (shared with II), susp.cym; II = timp, BD Concerto (in the Form of Variations) for Viola and Orchestra (1988, Revised 1989) 21 minutes Prizes: 1988 ASCAP Young Composers' Competition; 1989 New Music Orchestral Project competition (sponsored by the National Orchestral Association) First Performance: January 19, 1990 at Carnegie Hall, New York City Paul Neubauer, viola (Carnegie Hall debut); Jorge Mester, conductor; The National Orchestral Association Instrumentation: 2(II=picc.).2.2(II=bcl).2-2.2.2.1-hp-pft*-2perc**-strings * some light preparation is necessary (see score for details) ** I = lg susp.cym, high tam-t, TB, crot (w/bow), vib, BD, SD; II = lg susp.cym, low tam-t, BD, timp; to be shared (I&II)= 2 timb, 3 tom-t, mar NB: For information on a chamber orchestra edition of the work please contact the composer. One Evening's Poems - A Song Cycle (1983, Revised 1987) 14 minutes A song cycle for soprano, tenor, and chamber orchestra (settings of Chinese poems in English translation). Prize: 1983 Malloy Miller Composition Award; performance by the Contemporary Collegium, November 1984, Charles Fussell, conductor. Text: Chinese poems by King Hsien, Chang Yueh, Wei Chuang, Wen T'ing Yun, Li Yu, and Li Po. English translations by Kang-I Sung and Stephen Owen First Performance: May 1983, Boston University Composers' Forum concert series, Boston, MA. First Performance Revised Edition: February 1987, Underground Composers concert series, First and Second Church of Boston. Kathryn Komidar, Soprano; Perrin Allen, tenor; Joel Phillip Friedman, conductor. Instrumentation: soprano, tenor, 2(I=afl, II=picc).0.1(+bcl).1-pft-2perc*-2.1.1.0 * vib, mar, 25" timp, crot, 2 lg susp.cym, 3 tom-t, tgl, tamb (w/stand), gong, 2 cello or bass bows RECORDINGS Americus Crystal Records Jay/Ter PUBLISHERS Samuel French, Inc. Grey Bird Music Back to top> ©2005 Joel Phillip Friedman