OPERA | CHORUS | ORCHESTRA | LARGE ENSEMBLE | CHAMBER ENSEMBLE | SOLO/DUO | ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC | STAGE | DANCE

OPERA
The Carbon Copy Building (1999)      75'
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with David Lang and Julia Wolfe
comic book opera
Libretto (English) and drawings by Ben Katchor
Cast: A,T,2Bar/Ct
cl(bcl,cbcl,ssx)/perc/syn/egtr; amp
Commissioned by Settembre Musica Festival
Premiere: Ridge Theater with Bob McGrath, Director, Teatro Carignano, Turin, Italy, 9 September 1999

Libretto (English) by Matthew Maguire
Cast: S,A,T,2Bar
electronic tape, amp
Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts
Premiere: Creation Productions, The Kitchen, New York City, 10 October 1998

with David Lang and Julia Wolfe
Libretto by Deborah Artman
Multimedia theater by La Fura Dels Baus
Staged oratorio for S,2Ct solo; chor; DJ
e ensemble (egtr, ebgtr, perc, syn, acdn); Baroque orch
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival
Premiere: Concerto Koln, the RAIS-Kammerchor, Bang on a Can Lost Objects Ensemble, Dresden, Germany, 23 May 2001

Libretto (English) based on the letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Video by Elliot Caplan
Cast: S,T,B
cl(bcl)/perc/egtr(kbd)/vn.va; amp
Commissioned by the New York State Council on the Arts
Premiere: Michael Gordon Philharmonic, Bang on a Can Festival, CSC Repertory Theater, New York City, 28 May 1991

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CHORUS

XVI (1993)      15'
Text by Morton Feldman
SATB 16 voices
Commissioned by The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
Premiere: New York Virtuoso Singers, St. Peter's Church, New York City, 20 February 1993

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ORCHESTRA
Decasia (2001)      70'

orchestra
Commissioned by the Basel Sinfonietta
Multimedia component by the Ridge Theater
Premiere: Basel, Switzerland, November 2001

with David Lang and Julia Wolfe
bcl/perc.sam/pf/egtr.ebgtr/vc/str
Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra with funds provided by Hancher Auditorium and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festival
Premiere: Bang on a Can All-Stars and Australian Chamber Orchestra, Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 8 April 2000

4(4pic)44.4asx.2bsn+2cbn/4442/4perc.2timp/4syn/2egtr.2bgtr/str
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern Orchestra
Premiere: John Adams, conductor, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 24 August 1999

strings (min 6.3.3.3.1)
movement 3: + tp
Multimedia video component by Elliot Caplan opt
Commissioned by The Seimens Kulturprogram for Ensemble Resonanz
Premiere: Bonn Oper, Bonn, Germany, 27 November 1997

2222/2220/timp.perc/str
Commissioned by The Yale Bach Society Orchestra
Premiere: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 28 April 1992

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LARGE ENSEMBLE
Four Kings Fight Five (1988)      23'

011+bcl.0/perc/eorg/egtr/vn.va.vc; amp
Commissioned by The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust for the Bowery Ensemble
Premiere: Cooper Union, New York City, 25 October 1988

1(pic).1(ca).bcl.cbn/1111/sam/egtr.bgtr/vn.va.vc; amp
Commissioned by the BBC Proms for Ensemble Modern
Premiere: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 20 July 1997

2fl(2pic,2panpipe).2ssx+asx/4tpt.4tbn/perc/3sam.acn/egtr.bgtr/
vn.vc; amp; tp
Premiere: Icebreaker, Leeds College of Music, Leeds, England, 7 May 1996

1020/1211/2perc/pf/egtr.bgtr/vn.vc; amp
Commissioned by Ensemble Modern
Premiere: Kolner Philharmonie, Koln, Germany, 11 June 1998

2fl(2pic,2panpipe).ssx(tsx)+asx(barsx)/perc/3syn.acn/egtr.bgtr/
vn.vc; amp
Premiere: Icebreaker, Jackson's Lane Theatre, London, England, 14 December 1992

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CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
ACDC (1996)      9'
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fl.cl/pf/vn.vc
Commissioned by Chamber Music America for Alternate Currents
Premiere: Music in the Mountains Spring Festival, Grass Valley, California, 4 April 1997

1(pic,afl).01(ebcl,bcl).0/0000/eorg/str(1.1.1.1.1)
Premiere: Spectrum, Christ Church Cathedral House, Hartford, Connecticut, 1 April 1986

cl/perc.sam/egtr/vc.db; amp
Premiere: Bang on a Can All-Stars, Phoenix Arts, Leicester, England, 25 January 1996

bcl,bsx,tbn,db or any four low instruments
versions for 3bcl.cbcl and 3bn.cbn
Premiere: Michael Gordon Philharmonic, Roulette, New York City, 8 May 1985

string quartet
Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet

cl(bcl)/perc.syn/egtr/vn.va; amp
Premiere: Michael Gordon Philharmonic, Symphony Space, New York City, 18 November 1985

cl(bcl)/perc/eorg/egtr/vn.va; amp
Premiere: Michael Gordon Philharmonic, International With Monument, New York City, 3 December 1983

version for: ssx/syn/egtr/vn; amp; tp
Premiere: Michael Gordon Band, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, 8 January 1998

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SOLO/DUO
Industry (1992)      11'
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amplified cello with electronics
Premiere: Maya Beiser, St. Petersburg Spring Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2 April 1992

doublebass
Commissioned by The Minnesota Composers Forum
Premiere: Robert Black, New York Days at Rotterdam Festival, Holland, The Netherlands, 15 December 1988

percussion
Commissioned by Evelyn Glennie
Premiere: Steven Schick, St. Stevens Church, New York City, 1 November 1998

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ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC
Grand Dairy (1996)      7'

Commissioned by The Jewish Museum in Vienna
for installation with video by Elliot Caplan
Premiere: The Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria, 17 October 1996

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STAGE
House Arrest, First Edition (1997)

with Julia Wolfe
Play by Anna Deveare Smith
clarinet, drum beats, string trio and sampled interviews on tape
Premiere: Arena Stage Theater, Washington, DC, 7 November 1997

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DANCE
Intricacies of a Third Order (1998)      27'

2ssx/egtr.bgtr; amp; tp
Commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company
Premiere: Icebreaker, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 30 January 1998

with David Lang
2fl.ssx+asx/perc/2syn/egtr.ebgtr/vn.vc; amp
Choreographer: Ashley Page
Commissioned by The Royal Ballet
Premiere: Icebreaker, The Barbican Centre, London, England, 16 June 1998

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Other dances to Mr. Gordon's music by Eliot Feld, Stephanie Skura, Heinz Spoerli, Deutsche Oper Ballett and the Zurich Opera.