Double Choir with Double Brass Choir-This 6-minute sacred motet by John Harbison was premiered in January 2004 at the Vatican. Featuring a text from Psalm 17 it was composed to strengthen the ties between the Jews Christians and
Composed in 1988 on commission from the McKim Fund at the Library of Congress. Fantasy-Duo was written for David Abel and Julie Steinberg who premiered the piece at the Library of Congress on December 2 1988. Duration: ca. 14 mi
In four movements. The first two choral movements memorialize the composer's mother and mother-in-law. The final movement depicts Mary Magdalene inspired by Harbison's work with Bach's St. John Passion.
Score and Parts-Twilight Music was written in 1985 for Horn Violin and Piano by John Harbison This abstract piece will provide a unique addition to your chamber ensemble's repertoire.
Originally for soprano and orchestra these 7 songs on the poetry of Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz were premiered by Dawn Upshaw and the New York Philharmonic in 2006.
Score and Parts-Score and Parts. For String Orchestra (8 8 4 4 4) most of Fantasia on a Ground was composed for the Music School at Rivers in Weston Massachusetts. Duration: ca. 6 minutes.
Score and Parts-This 1994 single-movement work is based on a hymn-like theme that both evokes the tradition of American hymn singing and echoes the much older tradition of plainchant. 22 minutes.
13 Piano works inspired by anagras based on the name of Leonard Stein. Stein was an AMerican pianist conductor musicologist professor and champion of Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.