Compositions

Operas

• The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden (60 minutes)
  libretto by Michael Shapiro based on the play of Federico Garcia Lorca

• The Slave (150 minutes)
  libretto by Michael Shapiro based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer (150 minutes)
  
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Film Scores

• American Jewish Committee documentary (5 minutes)

• Distant Relatives – Israel Broadcasting Authority (120 minutes)

• Frankenstein (70 minutes)
  directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive
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Symphonies

• Symphony – Pomes Penyeach (45 minutes)
  based on the poetry of James Joyce
  3223-4331-timp., 3perc., mezzo sopr., bass, hp., pf., str.
  
  
• Second Symphony (30 minutes)
  3332-433-timp, hp.(2), str
  
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Orchestra

• A Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  for narrator and orchestra
  Narr.-3222-4331-timp., perc. (1-2), pf., str.

• Lyric Variations for chamber orchestra (8 minutes)
  1111-211-perc., str.

• like the roaring sea (10 minutes)
  3223-4331-timp., 3perc., hp., pf., str.

• Frankenstein-The Overture (3 minutes) 

• The Headless Horseman (18 minutes)
  for narrator and orchestra
  3222-4331-timp., perc. (2), electric bass guitar, hp., synth, baritone soloist, str. quintet, str

• Perlimplinito, Opera Sweet, a lace paper Valentine (12 minutes)
  2(1)2(1)2(1)2-4331-timp., perc/hp-strings

• Widorama! (5 minutes) 

• Roller Coaster (4 minutes)
  1222/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str
  
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Concerti

• Harp Concerto (15 minutes)
  harp+strgs
  
  
• Sinfonia Concertante for violin, ‘cello, and strings (20 minutes)
  solo violin, solo ‘cello + str

• Guitar Concerto (15 minutes)
  Solo guitar + str
  
  
• Archangel Concerto for piano and orchestra
  (commissioned by Jeffrey Biegel, piano, and the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Rhodes, conductor)
  3,3,3,3 - 4,3,3,1 - timp., perc. (2) - piano solo - str
  
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Band/Wind Ensemble

• Roller Coaster (4 minutes) 
  (band version)
  
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Chamber

• Yiddish Quartet (24 minutes)
  string quartet

• Piano Quintet (22 minutes)
  piano + string quartet

• Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (15 minutes) 

• Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (20 minutes)

• Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (18 minutes) 

• Sextet for Piano and Winds (15 minutes)
  piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn

• Shir for Flute and Piano (6 minutes) 

• Songs of the Jewish Ghetto (10 minutes)
  cello + piano (alt. violin + piano)

• Musical Chairs for Brass Quartet (one minute)
  2 horns, trumpet, trombone
  
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Solo Instrumental (excluding piano)

• Eliahu Hanavi Variations (30 minutes)
  cello
  Milken Archive Recording

• Peace Variations (20 minutes)
  violin

• Kaddish - Berakhot - Nigun (10 minutes)
  flute
  
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Piano

• Five Preludes (8 minutes) 

• Mysteries (5 minutes)

• Sonata No. 1 (8 minutes) 

• Sonata No. 2 (8 minutes)
  
  
• Bitter(sweet) Waltzes (20 minutes)
  
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Choral

• Three Psalms (8 minutes)
  Chorus SSAA

• Psalm 137 (5 minutes)
  Chorus SATB + organ

• Three Shakespeare Madrigals (8 minutes)
  Chorus SATB

• There is that in me (Whitman) (10 minutes)
  Chorus SATB + [chamber ensemble]

• Spanish Medieval Lyrics (Anonymous) (12 minutes)
  Chorus SSATB
  
  
• Ani Maamin (6 minutes)
  Soprano soloist, chorus SATB + cl, alto sax, tpt., tromb., S.D., drum set, guitar, piano, accordion, str
  
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Song Cycles

• Canciones (5 songs, 12 minutes)
  poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca

• Dublin Songs (12 songs, 30 minutes)
  poetry by James Joyce (alternate version with orchestra)

• Songs of American Poets (3 songs, 12 minutes)
  poetry by Walt Whitman, Teton Sioux, Carl Sandburg

• Wordsworth Songs (3 songs, 12 minutes),
  poetry by William Wordsworth

• Erotic Songs (3 songs, 12 minutes))
  poetry by Erica Jong and Denise Levertov
  
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