MUSIC

"The golden mean of truth in all things is no longer either known or appreciated. In order to win applause one must write stuff which is so inane that a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligible that it pleases precisely because no sensible man can understand it."

--W. A. Mozart, from a letter to his father, 28 December 1782

     Composed by humble self. As performances are recorded they replace the preliminary electronic renditions. You can download MP3 audio files , and also the Finale scores themselves. Download the free Finale software to read these scores here. (If you have problems with scores coming up as gibberish you will need to download the latest Finale software at this link. Many scores I list also in PDF format.) For accuracy sometimes you will need to download and install fonts which will be indicated. When possible I now include videos, which you can also see on  my YouTube channel.

       NEW ADDITIONS (2012-3): Elegy for Izabela for string orchestra; new edition (with brand new second movement) of Chamber Concerto for piano and small orchestra; recordings from the Feb. 24 concert (Goldbug Variations, I Dream of Buddha, I'm a Physicist, Der Jammerwock, Ananda Dances); newly revised edition of Art of the Recorder; Mantra Cantata recording, first two minutes included here (email me for more); E Pluribus Unum for two horns and strings.

          In 2002, when I was trying to play the violin again after many years, I made two electric violins, one with 6 strings, designed to play in the cello position, with gear to hold up my right arm. I also used a curved bow; you can see this in action in the clickable picture at the Bach Bogen site. I had to stop in the summer of 2003 due to arthritis.

       Here's a link to the video on You Tube of a fake commercial for a "Twelve-Tone Masters" compilation originally done by Robert Conrad and Co. in Cleveland in the '70s. Thanks to my dear friend Irene Bozarth for the heads up, and to Eric Pritchard for telling me about the video. Sums up my experience with the hideously ugly new concert music that has been dominant for a few generations now. None of that on THIS page!

       Often in New Music, the artist's statement is most of the action--sometimes it is ALL of the action. My "statements" are short and utilitarian, usually pointing out when and where and why I wrote the piece, sometimes for whom, and giving some performance tips. However this is not satisfactory to many in the academic scene. To fill this conceptual void, those feeling the need for more abstruse artist's statements can click on this website, which will generate all the statements required for the new music scene for decades to come.     

MUSIC FOR VOICE

STRANGE SONGS page

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Mantra Cantata for SATB Chorus and Orchestra

(also for Chorus and Piano Quintet
and Chorus, String Orchestra, and Piano) [NEW]

 (Nov. '08--Nov. '09)
Traditional lyrics in Sanskrit and Hindi;

First 2 minutes of recordings of all three movements from the October 21, 2012 premiere  of the string orchestra and piano version with Rodney Wynkoop leading the Chamber Chorus of the Choral Society of Durham, Ciompi quartet as section leaders of the string orchestra, Randall Love on piano.
For complete recordings, email me.

 
Full Orchestral Score, Legal size, PDF         Cover
Piano Quintet and Chorus Score, PDF

String Orchestra, Piano, and Chorus Score, PDF

String Orchestral Score, 11"x17",PDF
Vocal Parts, PDF

I. Om Jaya Jagadish Hare                    
     Brightly            [9:30]         MP3   video        
II. Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram     
     Adagio raghunatha         [6:44]     MP3   video      

    
III. Hanuman Chalisa         
     Allegro vanara           [19:34]     MP3   video
    
 Program to October 21, 2012 premiere performance  
with Rodney Wynkoop leading the Chamber Chorus of the Choral Society of Durham, Ciompi quartet as section leaders of the string orchestra, Randall Love on piano 

Also; recording of Sri Ram Jai Ram  from the January 13, 2012 premiere  of the string orchestra and piano version, arranged for Jewelsong
MP3     video (YouTube)  

Ananda Songs    

for Soprano, Violin, and Piano (Aug.23-Oct. 27 '07)

Premier performance by Penelope Jensen, soprano;
Eric Pritchard, violin; Randall Love, piano
Feb. 10 2010 (Memorial Concert for Akanda)

 Full Score (PDF)     Cover        

I. A Sufi Song,  text by Rumi (see Spirituality page)

    With Shining Heart  [5:23]      MP3      Score  video

II. Who Am I? text by B.R. (see Spirituality page)

   Adagio ramana maharshi [5:41]    MP3    Score  video

III. Hare Krishna Mahamantra

   Chaconne Sankirtana      [5:47]     MP3    Score  video

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I Dream of Buddha With The Light Golden Aura
(2003)    for Baritone and Piano: Lyrics by Padmasambhava, melody by Stephen Foster,
 arranged by BR

Lyrics: Om Vajra Guru Padme Siddhi Hum

                 PDF Score          Finale Score

   Largetto         [2:37]

premiere performance Feb. 24, 2013 by DeMar Neal, baritone, and Kent Lyman, piano

  video (YouTube)         MP3                                     ____________________________________

Two works for spoken chorus in four parts:

Little Miss Nonfat    [1:20]      (1979)

   Allegro macroneurotica             Score       MP3  (from 1982)

SEE STRANGE SONGS

Math Class: or, Does the Zero

Have Buddha-Nature™?       (1982)

   Allegro diploma                       Score        MP3  (from 1982)

Score for both with program notes, PDF

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*Robinsongs     
 for Oboe, Mezzo-Soprano, and Piano; composed for Joseph, Mary Kay, and Rebecca Robinson (April 30--September 11, 2012)

PDF Score      Oboe part      Vocal part     Cover

I. Some Hallucinations    (lyrics by Lewis Carroll)
   A Perfectly Sane Tempo    [5:20]
II. The Purist          (lyrics by Ogden Nash)
    Allegro academia        [3']

III. You Are Old, Father William   (lyrics by Lewis Carroll)

    Guano ma non troppo      [5:40]

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MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA

STRANGE SONGS page

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Ananda Concerto   for Violin and Orchestra

(Christmas '06--May 4 '07; middle movement '80-'82;
revised January 2013)

Premier performance by Eric Pritchard and the Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, Randall Foy director, at NCSU, November 23, 2008

(Solo part edited by Eric Pritchard)

    Full Score (PDF)        Cover     

I. Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

   With Centered Atttention   [6:18]        MP3     Finale Score

II. Theme and 6 Variations [9:19]  MP3    Finale Score

III. Transfigured Ho Dao

   Hayseedic       [4:14]    MP3     Finale Score

  Program Notes (title page)

  Review of premier performance

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*E Pluribus Unum for Two Horns and Strings
    (Sept. 29--December 23, 2012)  [NEW]
   
Full Score, PDF           Cover        
                                                              

 I. The Harmonic Series     [6:29]

      Adagio alexandria           Score PDF       MP3 (synth)
II. Completely Legal Theme and Three Variations
         [6:40]                Score PDF               MP3 (synth)
III. This is The End        [6:30]      Score PDF 
      Vivace con sanguinamento labbra            MP3 (synth)

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*Chamber Concerto    [NEW]

for 1) Piano and Small Orchestra   PDF Score
or  2) Piano , String Orchestra and Timpani  Score

or 3) Piano and String Quartet   Score 

(1984, 2003, 2007, 2013) Cover 

The second movement is a modern treatment of Vivaldi's
Concerto for Four Violins, by way of J. S. Bach's
Concerto for Four Harpsichords.   

I. First Movement: Allegro: Presto: Allegro   [6:27]
II. Something Old, Something New 
        Allegro Vivaldi    [5']      
III. Ram Nam: Largo, Adagio Ram Nam  [6:40]       
IV. Rondo Recidivisto   [5:46]       

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*Variations on the Grosse Fuge

for String Quartet and Orchestra

(see also Piano Quintet version in Music for Strings)

(1987, 2003, '05, '07)                  [17:38]

Allegro: Slow: Allegro Bigga Fuga: Largo: Allegro Bigga Fuga:

Moderato I: Piu Mosso:  Moderato II: Fugato Bordello: Really Really Largo: Allegro: Big Slow Ending   

(see the piano quintet version for a live recording)

        Finale Score                Program  notes (title page)
        PDF Score                    Cover     

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MUSIC FOR MIXED CHAMBER

                ENSEMBLES

Aditya Hridayam
 for Oboe, Violin and Piano       (2006)

This was premiered on my Feb. 22, 2011 concert at Duke.

Joseph Robinson, oboe; Mary Kay Robinson, violin; Thomas Warburton, piano  (YouTube)

    video (YouTube)

I. One Chord Is Enough    [6:55]       MP3   Score(Finale)

   Moderoboinsono: Raucus: Codadajoe  

II. Aditya hridayam punyam sarv shatru veena

     shanam

   Glacial                          [7:07]       MP3        Score

III. Twisted Jig

Tierkoerperbeseitigungsgesetz   [6:07]  MP3   Score

   Cover                PDF Entire Score

   Program Notes (title page)

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Grand Serenade for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano

  (Nov. 9, '07--Jan. 20, last mov. July 14--Aug. 15 2008)

Recording  by Fred Jacobowitz, clarinet; Bonnie Thron, cello; and Nancy Whelan, piano

Introductory talk (from premier in November 2008)

  video (YouTube)  from Feb. 28, 2012 concert
with Tom Warburton, piano

Cover             Entire Score, PDF             

1. Overture  

   Allegro                   [6:46]    MP3     Score

2. Romantic Interlude

   Largo                          [7:18]       MP3      Score

3. Serious Scherzo       [6:12]     MP3      Score

    Capo di tutti capi; Slow Trio; Tempo I   

4. Grand Finale with Loose Canons  [5:21]

     Allegro con brouhaha           MP3       Score

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Quartet for a New Beginning

for Violin, Clarinet, Cello and Piano   (2006) Score 1

Violin, Viola, Cello, and Piano (2008) Score 2

Violin, Alto Sax, Cello, and Piano (2006) Score 3

Concert Hall Premier performance by Aurora Musicalis:
Izabela Spiwak, violin; Jimmy Gilmore, clarinet;
Elizabeth Beilman, cello; John Noel, piano
Feb. 10, 2010 (Memorial Concert for Akanda)

   video (YouTube)       Entire Score (1), PDF      Cover

Program notes (title page)

I. Rajas

   Marcia kaliyuga      [6:17]      MP3      Scores  1   2   3

II. Tamas

   Alla marcia funebre  [7:22]     MP3       Scores   1  2   3

III. Satvas

   Preambling; Logarythmus  [5:08  ]   MP3  Scores  1  2  3

IV. Celebration (after the Dust Settles)

   Marcia prestidigitalis    [4:53]     MP3      Scores  1   2  3

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MUSIC FOR WINDS AND BRASS

*Art of the Recorder     [NEW mov. 2]

 for SATB Recorders, Third Edition;
also available as "Art of the Flute" and "Art of the Violin" (1975, 2004, 2013)
Recorder Full Score, PDF       Recorder Parts, PDF

Violin Full Score, PDF           
Flute Full Score, PDF            

I. Just For Fun

    Root'n Toot'n     [3:03]    Synth MP3   Score
II. Elegy for Izabela
     Adagio            [2:50]    Synth MP3      Score
III. An Original Traditional Melody

      Allegro Jigolo [3:56]     Synth MP3    Score

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*The Big Note      

for Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, and Tuba
                                                     (1990, 2004, 2011)

Full Score, PDF            Cover

I. Let's Get Things Rolling [6:40]     Score, Finale
II. More Dolce Please [5:17]           Score, Finale
III. Polytonalmodalyodel [7']          Score, Finale

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The Elements of Wind and Wood
for Woodwind Quintet (1990, 2004)

  (live recording (of a rehearsal). Erik Gratton, flute; Roger Wiesmeyer, oboe; Lee Levine, clarinet; Radu Rusu, horn; Gil Perel, bassoon,  Nov. 2005

   Full Score, PDF         Cover

I. Prelude, Moderato latino      Score, Finale
II. Relaxed [total 11:10]    MP3(both movements)

                                                          Score, Finale
III. Don't Run Out of Breath [4:20]   MP3   Score, Finale

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*Govinda Sonata for Flute and Piano  (2006)

(see also for violin and piano which includes a fine live recording.)       

I. Flavors of Devotion 

   Allegro bhagavata     [6:07]        Score

II. Largo Govinda

   Dark and lovely    [5:00]            Score

III. Power and Light

   Vivace Sivaratri     [5:03]          Score

Program Notes (by Pat Marriott)           Cover    

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*For Those Who Fell:

A War Memorial For Jazz Band                

Solemn         [4:07]  (1990)     
 Finale Score        PDF Score      Cover    

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*The Popular Music of Planet X:

A Symphony for Jazz Band  (1990, 2004)

Full Score, PDF       Program Notes        Cover

I. Allegro Boogerini     [4:29]      Score

II. A Little Poem   [4:33]       Score

III. Waltz  [5:46]         Score

IV. Bump and Grind   [6:49]        Score

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MUSIC FOR STRINGS

11 Sonatas for Solo Violin or Viola
composed from 1975 to 2003 (click here to enter)
 

This has live recordings of the Duke recitals

of March 31 '06 and January 14 '07, and from a recording session in October '09 at Duke; thus, Sonatas # 1, 4,  6, 7, 10, and 11 are live recordings. The rest are synthesized.
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Ananda Dances for String Quartet (SQ)

 (Jan. 21--March 30, 2008)
Full Score, String Quartet PDF

premiere performance Feb. 24, 2013 by Eric Pritchard,
Mary Kay Robinson, violins; David Marschall, viola;
 Virginia Hudson, cello
video (YouTube)      
    

also arranged for Violin and Piano (VP) (March '09)
recorded by Eric Pritchard, violin, and
 Randall Love, piano, at Duke, October 2009

I. Waltz      [6:10]   MP3(SQ)    MP3 (VP)     Score: SQ  VP

   Allegro WCPE : Slow Waltz: Tempo I

II. Texas Two Step [5:03] MP3(SQ)  MP3(VP)    Score:  SQ   VP

   Amarillo ma non troppo  

III. Slowest Waltz   [6:33]  MP3(SQ)   MP3(VP)  Score: SQ  VP

   Where Wings Take Dream   

IV. Wild Gipsy Fling

   Romayana     [6:26]   MP3(SQ)   MP3(VP)      Score: SQ  VP

Program Notes (title page, SQ)    (title page, VP)
Cover
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Ananda Duet for Violin and Violoncello

 (June 3--July 7, 2009)
Premier performance by Eric Pritchard and Fred Raimi,
Feb. 10 2010 (Memorial Concert for Akanda)
         video (YouTube)       PDF Score

I. Overture          [5:24]      MP3     Finale Score  

   Moderato Akanda

II. A Catchy Little Tune     

   Aerobic Allegro  [6:09]        MP3     Finale Score   

Program Notes (title page)       Cover

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Ananda Sonata for Violin and Piano (2007)

  Full Score, PDF          Cover
This was premiered on my Feb. 28, 2012 concert at Duke.
Eric Pritchard, violin; Thomas Warburton, piano
     video (YouTube)
 

I. Hard Times      [5:42]      MP3       Score

   Allegro non troppo

II. Allah       [5:01]       MP3       Score

   Adagio alla mantra

III. Prime Times    [6:47]

   Highly Eccentric        MP3     Score

  Program Notes (title page)

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Birthday Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello
(September 11--November 15, 2010)
Full Score, PDF             Cover
Fonts required: (1)  (2)  (3)

This was premiered on my Feb. 22, 2011 concert at Duke.
Eric Pritchard, violin; Yoram Youngerman, viola; Elizabeth Marshall, cello

       video (YouTube)

I. A Modest Beginning [7:13]       MP3    Score
   An Excellent Tempo
II. Dr. Albert Hofmann's Bike Ride [6:10]  MP3   Score

   Presto Change-o

III. Seasonal Affective Music  [5:52]  MP3   Score

   SSSLLLOOOWWW

Exit by Pat Marriott, WHQR (mp3)

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Clarinet Sextet for Clarinet in A and Strings
(2 violins, viola, 2 cellos) (Nov. 26, 2009--Feb. 22, 2010)

     
Full Score, PDF            Cover
This was premiered on my Feb. 28, 2012 concert at Duke.
Eric Pritchard and Mary Kay Robinson, violin;
David Marschall, viola; Nathan Leyland and Bonnie Thron, cellos; Fred Jacobowitz, clarinet

     video (YouTube)

I. A Small Still Voice  [5:32]   MP3    Score:  Finale   PDF

    Adagio con queso

II. Faster, Higher, Louder [6:17]   MP3  Score: Finale  PDF

     Paprika

III. Curious Interlude  [6:31]  MP3    Score: Finale   PDF
     Oregano I: Oregano II: Oregano I: Oregano II: Oregano I
IV. A Fearful Earful  [5:09]   MP3    Score: Finale    PDF
     Gorgonzola

  Program Notes (title page)

*Concert for Clarinet and Strings for Clarinet in A and String Orchestra (arranged from Clarinet Sextet)
(July, 2012)

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*Elegy for Izabela  for String Orchestra   [NEW]
(see Movement II in Art of the Violin/Art of the Recorder)
in memory of Izabela Spiewak

Score, PDF

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Gayatri Sonata for Cello or Viola and Piano

(Cello 2005, arranged for viola 2007)

Recording by Bonnie Thron, cello, and Nancy Whelan, piano
(Memorial Concert for Akanda, Feb. 10, 2010)
          video (YouTube)       PDF Score (Cello edition)

I. First Movement   [6:55]
     IWHWIFATBS*

  CelloMP3     Cello Score   Viola Score

II. Second Movement: Gayatri Mantra [8:12] 

   CelloMP3     Cello Score     Viola Score

III. Third Movement: Rondo Cappuccino [7:13]

     Git Them Toes to Tappin'  

  CelloMP3      Cello Score    Viola Score

  Program Notes (title page, Cello edition)    Cover
*it won't hurt when I fall off this bar stool

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Govinda Sonata for Violin and Piano  (2006)

(see also for flute and piano)

Eric Pritchard and Randall Love's recording at
Duke University October, 2009
 

Introduction to WHQR broadcast by Pat Marriott

(September 8, 2008) mp3

I. Flavors of Devotion 

   Allegro bhagavata     [7:23]       MP3    Score    

II. Largo Govinda

   Dark and lovely    [6:56]       MP3       Score   

III. Power and Light

   Vivace Sivaratri     [5:37]       MP3     Score    

Program Notes (by Pat Marriott)       Cover 

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Nocturne and Minuet

for String Orchestra; also available for String Quartet

(2003) performed by the Raleigh Civic Chamber

 Orchestra, Dr. Randolf Foy conductor, Nov.2003

I. Nocturne     [7:34]    MP3    Score(Orch)    (St.Qu.)
II. Minuet      [5:24]     MP3     Score(Orch)    (St.Qu.)

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The Three Kinds of Music
 for Violin, Cello, and Piano
(Feb. 21--June 5, 2010)

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Variations on the Grosse Fuge

for Piano Quintet (1987, 2003, '05, '07) [18:23] 

(see orchestral version in Music for Orchestra)

Allegro: Slow: Allegro Bigga Fuga: Largo: Allegro Bigga Fuga:
 Moderato I: Piu Mosso:  Moderato II: Fugato Bordello:

Really Really Largo: Allegro:  Big Slow Ending 

Introductory talk (Eric Pritchard at premier; the quartet played the original Grosse Fuge before the VGF)

MP3    Score (Finale)     Program and performance notes

This was performed by the Ciompi Quartet and Randall Love, piano, in the Sights and Sounds concert series, January 25, 2009 at the NC Art Museum in Raleigh NC.

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*Violations     
(Nov. 23, '11--Feb. 19, '12)      
Cover
 PDF Scores for
(1) Viol Consort (2 treble, 1 tenor, 2 bass viols)

           Viol Consort parts
(2) String Quintet (quartet plus cello)
(3) String Orchestra 
              

Violation I      [4:50]      Synth MP3      (viol version)
        Finis Origine Pendet
Violation II      [4:45]    Synth MP3     (st. quintet version)

        With Vigor    
Violation III          [5:03]       Synth MP3  (st. quintet version)
       Largo lacrimoso     
Violation IV      [5:04]        Synth MP3    (viol version)
       Allegro landini      

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MUSIC FOR KEYBOARDS

A Major Piano Sonata*

*not really in A major

(May 9--October 29, 2008)  
Font required: (1)

This was premiered on my Feb. 22, 2011 concert at Duke. John Noel, piano
      video (YouTube)   
 Entire Score, PDF         Cover

I. Heavy Pedal     [5:40]            MP3        Score

    Moderato

II. Roll Over Stockhausen [6:39]     MP3      Score

    Moderato again

III. Tell Chuck Berry the News  [6:10]  MP3     Score

    Allegro knucklebuster

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*Art of the Synthesizer

(1984-5, 2005) in four Books

  (I'm not terribly pleased with this work but post it for historical perspective...)

Book the First 

Allegro verismo: Tempo Rarily: Adagio placido domingo:  Allegro verismo: Adagio placido domingo: Allegro di alkaloid indole: Allegro verismo: Moderato placido domingo: Allegro verismo: Moderato placido domingo: Allegro verismo: Vivace   [12:53]        Score       Cover

Book the Second

   Moderato, Faster, Step it up   [8:31]         Score

Book the Third

   Largo ricardo         [5:06]       Score

Book the Fourth         [7:34]             Score

 Presto: A Little Ritarded: Presto: A Little Ritarded: Presto

Program and Performance notes

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Goldbug Variations for Harpsichord, also
arranged for Piano  (Sept. 9--Oct. 24, 2011)
composed for Elaine Funaro   
(font required for Finale)     Cover  

Score, Harpsichord     PDF      Finale
Score, Piano                   PDF     Finale

video (YouTube)  harpsichord playing theme and variations 2, 4,6, 7, 8 by Elaine Funaro; piano playing all variations, by John Noel; premiere performance, Feb. 24, 2013

Piano version recording (MP3)             [22:30]
 premiere performance by John Noel,
with theme on harpsichord by Elaine Funaro

Synthesized recording (harpsichord) MP3        [20:46]

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