20th & 21st Century Repertoire for
COUNTERTENOR
Works for Solo Countertenor
NOTE: For all works, tessitura is known or believed to be alto, unless otherwise noted.
Adès, Thomas
The Lover in Winter (1989)
piano / 5:40-8:00
Faber Music
Ali-Zadeh, Franghiz
The Might of Beauty (1999-2000)
string quartet / 5:00
Sikorski
Allen, Anthony C.: Passionsprüch, Op. 24
piano / 24:00
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
Argent, Mark
Binsey Poplars
flute
mail@markargent.com
Bachlund, Gary
Come unto These Yellow Sands (1989) [PDF score]
piano
bachlundmusicaol.com
Bachlund, Gary
Where the Bee Sucks (1989) [PDF score]
piano
bachlundmusicaol.com
Bacri, Nicolas
Lamento "Ach das ich Wassers genug hätte", Op. 81 (2002)
strings (min. 1/1.1.1/1/1 ad lib. - or - 5 cellos - or - 5 violas da gamba) / 6:00
Le Chant du Monde
Bacri, Nicolas
Cantata Vivaldiana (Ps. 127) (2004)
strings (min. 3.3/2/2/1) / 14:00
Le Chant du Monde
Bauld, Alison
One Pearl (1973)
string quartet / 16:00
tessitura: soprano
Novello
Baust, Jeffrey
Dublin Light (1986)
ensemble (unspec.)
breeze@world.std.com
Bedford, David
I Thirst For Shadows (1998)
a cappella / 8:00
jeffgower@bellsouth.net
Bedford, David
Inventress of the Vocal Frame (1997)
harpsichord, 2 baroque violins, baroque cello / 6:00
jeffgower@bellsouth.net
Beeson, Jack
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1999)
string orchestra, percussion (opt.), triangle / 9:00
B&H
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Time's Whiter Series (1974)
lute / 15:00
Novello
Bennett, Richard Rodney:
On the Underground, Set 2 (1987)
electronics, harp, strings (2.2.2.2.1) / 15:00
Novello
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Ophelia (1987)
oboe d'amore, strings (2.2.2.2.1), harp / 15:00
Novello
Bingham, Judith
The Ghost of a Candle (1999)
lute / 3:00
Maecenas Music
Bingham, Judith
Venetian Requiem (Lacrimosa)
saxophone / 8:00
Birtwistle, Harrison
26 Orpheus Elegies, First and Second Parts (2003-2004)
oboe, harp / 40:00
B&H
Blake, Howard
Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Op. 411 (1990)
organ
Highbridge Music
Bolcom, William
Morning and Evening Poems (1996)
alto flute, harp, piano, viola, percussion / 8:00
E.B. Marks
Bolle, Dylan
For Lola
slide mandolin
contact Tako Toda: toda@mills.edu
Bower, Neville
The Dream Follower, Op. 30
piano
Nymet Music
Boyd, Anne
Meditations on a Chinese Character (1996)
flute, shakuhachi or alto flute, cello, 2 pianos, harp, percussion / 22:00
Oecumuse
Boyd, Anne
Cycle of Love (1981)
alto flute, cello, piano
Faber Music
Boyd, Anne
Summer Nights (1976)
string orchestra, harp, percussion (4 players) / 15:00
Faber Music
Brown, Christopher R.
Nocturnal, Op. 26 (1970)
violin, cello, double bass, harpsichord / 15:00
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
Brown, Christopher R.
Soliloquy, Op. 35 (1973/74)
timpani, 3 percussion, piano or celesta, harp, strings (unspec.) / 30:00
Chester
Bryars, Gavin
Four Elements (ballet score, 1990)
bass clarinet, alto saxophone, horn, flugelhorn, trombone, piano, electric piano, 2 percussion, double bass / 29:00
Schott
Bryars, Gavin
Incipit vita nova (1989)
violin, viola, cello / 6:00
Schott
Burgon, Geoffrey
Cantata on Mediaeval Latin Texts (1964)
flute, oboe, bassoon / 7:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey: Dira vi amoris terror (1973)
a cappella / 3:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Acquainted with Night (1965)
strings (unspec.), harp, timpani / 15:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Almost Peace (1995)
bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, viola, double bass, percussion (unspec.) / 6:00-10:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
The Calm (1974)
2 trumpets, 2 violins, harp, tape (or timpani) - or -
1 trumpet, 1 violin, strings / 30:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Lunar Beauty (1986)
guitar (or lute) / 12:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Merciless Beauty (1997)
orchestra (incl. soprano saxophone, harp)
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Nearing the Upper Air (1988)
2 recorders (or 2 flutes), cello, harpsichord / 10:00
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
She Moved Through the Fair (1995)
viola, clarinet, double bass, percussion (unspec.)
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
Worldës Blissë (1971)
oboe / 6:55
burgon@argonet.co.uk
Burhans, Caleb
Another Afternoon in Janesville, WI (1998)
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, cello / 7:00
caleb.burhans@alarmwillsound.com
Bussey, Martin
The Voice from the Well (1986)
lute (or piano)
mb@mbuss.demon.co.uk
Coid, Marshall
Tempest Songs
baroque ensemble (unspec.)
Cooper, Peter and Skeaping, Roderick
Songs for Elizabeth (2003)
viols
spyway@avnet.co.uk
Costello, Elvis
Put Away Forbidden Playthings, Part II (1994)
4 viols
contact Fretwork: forqueray1@mac.com
Crosse, Gordon
Verses: In Memoriam David Munrow (1988)
recorder, harpsichord, cello / 9:00
OUP
Dalbavie, Marc-André
Sextine Cyclus (2000)
flute, clarinet, harp, piano, percussion (unspec.), strings (unspec.) / 20:00
tessitura: soprano
Gérard Billaudot - or - United Music Publishers
Dawe, Jonathan
The Siren (2003)
viola, guitar
jdawe@juilliard.edu
Dayer, Xavier
Sonnet XXII (2000)
archlute, alto flute, bass flute, bass clarinet, cor anglais, tenor-bass trombone, celeste, cello, double bass, piano, percussion (unspec.) / 14:00
Editions Papillon
Del Tredici, David
Brother (1997)
piano / 30:00
ddtxiii@aol.com
Del Tredici, David
This Solid Ground
piano
ddtxiii@aol.com
Del Tredici, David
Night Conjure-Verse (1965)
chamber ensemble (unspec.) / 17:00
ddtxiii@aol.com
Derungs, Martin
Cantiga, Op. 68 (2000)
violin / 4:00
Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, Musikkommission, Postfach 8022 Zürich; Tel 01 216 34 22/01 216 34 23; Fax 01 212 14 04
Dickinson, Peter
Elegy (1966)
harpsichord, cello / 8:00
Novello
Dickinson, Peter
Surrealist Landscape (1973)
piano, pre-recorded tape / 10:00
Novello
Dickinson, Peter
Four Poems of Alan Porter (1968)
harpsichord / 9:00
Novello
DiOrio, Dominick
Sour Pickles (2004)
piano / 9:00
domdiorio@gmail.com
Dove, Jonathan
Hojoki (An Account of My Hut) (dramatic cantata, 2006)
orchestra [3(III=Picc).3(III=Ca).3(III=B-cl).3(III=Cbsn)4.3.3.1Timp 3Perc Hp Str(14.12.10.8.6)] / 20:00
Edition Peters
Downes, Andrew
Five Holy Songs, Op. 11 (1976)
3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass / 20:00
Lynwood
Duddell, Joe
Computation (Version 1, 1999)
flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass / 7:00
Schott
Duddell, Joe
Computation (Version 2, 1999)
oboe, cor anglais, 2 alto clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns / 7:00
Schott
Edwards, Ross
The Hermit of Green Light (1979)
piano / 12:20
Universal Edition
Edwards, Ross
Maninya I (1981)
piano (or cello) / 11:00
Universal Edition
Edwards, Ross
Maninya V (1986)
piano / 11:45
Universal Edition
Fabeck, Walter
Four Mill House Interludes (1986) (work is performed with dancer)
5 instruments (unspec.), pre-recorded 2-channel tape
wf@walterfabeck.com
Falkner, Felix
And if thou wilt, remember (2002)
tuba / 12:00
SME/EMS
Ferguson, Howard
Love and Reason (1958/1993)
piano (or harp)
Banks Music
Finnissy, Michael
Two Motets (1991)
guitar / 8:00
OUP
Firsova, Elena
Winter Elegy, Op. 91 (1999)
string trio / 4:00
Sikorski
Fokkens, Robert
Dulce et decorum est
trombone quartet
Ford, Andrew
The Past (1997)
boatswain's whistle, didgeridoo (opt.), string orchestra / 18:00
ford@shoalhaven.net.au
Frankel, Ari
wiping ceramic tiles (1999)
piano
ari@infochild.com
Frey, Jürg
Der Mensch gleicht einem Hauche (Ps. 144:4) (1993/1994)
recorder, viola, cello, double bass, organ / 5:00
SME/EMS
Frey, Jürg
Infancia (1999/2000)
violin
Edition Wandelweiser
Fricker, Peter Racine
Elegy: The Tomb of St. Eulalia, Op. 25 (1955)
viola da gamba, harpsichord / 9:00
Schott
Gant, Andrew
Ten Musicians (2002)
piano
andrew@andrewgant.info
Gardner, John
Six by Four, Op. 181 (1988)
recorder, cello, harpsichord / 12:00
info@johnlintongardner.co.uk
Gardner, John
Six by Five, Op. 181a (1988)
2 recorders, cello, harpsichord / 13:00
info@johnlintongardner.co.uk
Gerle, Andrew
Anacreontea
piano
agerle@aol.com
Glanert, Detlev
Orlando furioso (2005)
guitar
B&H
Głowicka, Katarzyna
Summer's day (cycle of 3 Shakespeare songs) (2000) [MP3: Sonnet #1]
string quartet
info@glowicka.com
Goehr, Alexander
3 Sonnets and 2 Fantasias, Op. 68 (1992/2000)
treble viol, 2 tenor viols, bass viol
Schott
Grubb, Thomas
Es brillig war (1992)
electronics (unspec.), piano
SonnyandTom@aol.com
Gureckis, Trevor
Visitations (2006)
viola / 2:00
tgureckis@gmail.com
Hagen, Daron
Merrill Songs (1995)
piano / 20:00
tessitura: soprano
E.C. Schirmer
Harpham, James
Twelfth Night Suite (1995)
piano
Hazitz, Christos
Erotikos Logos (1991)
clarinet, viola, cello, piano / 22:00
Promethean Editions
Hazitz, Christos
Three Songs on Poems by Sappho (1993)
clarinet, viola, cello, piano / 25:00
Promethean Editions
Heggie, Jack
Encountertenor (1995)
piano / 13:25
AMP (in the book The Faces of Love)
Hellermann, William
Countertenormusic (1972)
"variable ensemble"
whellermanncnm@taconic.net
Hennessy, Martin
Benjamin Fraser (2000)
flute, harp and/or piano, cello, percussion
Classical Vocal Repertoire - or - martin@martinhennessy.net
Hennessy, Martin
Rhapsody and Remembrance (2000)
piano
martin@martinhennessy.net
Hermann, Sven
ILI XIV (1999)
a cappella
hermann@interzone-perceptible.de
Hess, Benton
Straw into Gold (1986)
bassoon, unspec. strings
bhess@esm.rochester.edu
Hoekman, Timothy
The Nash Menagerie (1999)
piano
Recital Publications
Hogarth, Samuel
The Evils of Tobacco
piano
Holliger, Heinz
Induuchlen (2004)
horn
Schott
Holliger, Heinz
Beiseit (Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser) (1990-91)
B-clarinet, accordion, double bass / 40:00
Schott
Holt, Simon
Lament for Ewen Henderson (2001-01)
oboe / 2:00
Chester
Holt, Simon
Six Caprices (1998)
a cappella / 8:00
Chester
Howard, Michael
Seven Songs for Countertenor and Piano (1951; publ. 1984)
piano
B. Brunton
Huang, Hao
Change of State (2003)
piano
American Composers Alliance -or- Chappell/Intersong
Hughes, Laurence Armstrong
Two poems of Edward Thomas (1998)
piano
lah@freeuk.com
Hughes, Laurence Armstrong
Two Hopkins Songs (1998) [RealAudio]
piano
lah@freeuk.com
Hus, Walter
Francesco's Paradox (orig. version, 1998)
piano
walterhus@skynet.be
Huyssen, Hans
Andreas Gryphius Karfreitags-Sonett
oboe d'amore, viola
hhuyssen@new.co.za
Ikebe, Shin-Ichiro
Monovalance III (1973)
percussion (opt.) / 7:00
Zen-On Music
Irman, Regina
Surdina (1999/2000)
a cappella / 7:00
SME/EMS
Jeffreys, John
New Brooms
some with piano, some a cappella
Thames Publishing
Johnson, Paul
Exposures
organ
Jolliffe, Edmund
The Signallers Vision (2003)
piano / 10:00
edmund.jolliffe@gmail.com
Joubert, John
Crabbed Age and Youth, Op. 82 (1974)
recorder, harpsichord, viola da gamba / 20:00
Chester
Kancheli, Giya
And Farewell Goes out Sighing... (1999)
violin, orchestra (incl. piano, harp, bass guitar) / 20:00
G. Schirmer
Kancheli, Giya
Diplipito (1997)
cello, orchestra (incl. guitar and bass guitar) / 28:00
G. Schirmer
Käser, Mischa
Musik zu Dufay (1989)
recorder, viola da gamba, lute, continuo / 12:35
Keeling, Andrew
Modern Love, from "Book of Shadows" (2002)
4 recorders, lute / 5:00
webmaster@larkstonguesinaspic.ukf.net
Kennedy, John
One Body (1998)
string quartet, 2 percussion (unspec.) / 62:00
John@sfnm.com
Kentish, Oliver John
Djákninn á Myrká
piano / 5:30
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Hvíld
piano
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Síđasti Valsinn
piano
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Rökkursöngvar
piano
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Sól Stattu Kyr
piano
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Þrá
piano / 2:00
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Kvöldbæn
piano / 3:15
oliver@ismennt.is
Kentish, Oliver John
Hiđ Dulda
piano / 4:40
oliver@ismennt.is
King, Alastair
Seven Goodbyes to the Twentieth Century (1997)
piano / 20:00
Chester
Kohn, Steven Mark
5 American Folksongs, arr.
piano
Koumendakis, Giorgos
The song of Hedda Gabler (1994)
piano / 1:37
Koumendakis, Giorgos
The Snowman (1996)
piano / 16:26
Koumendakis, Giorgos
Eros daemon (1991)
piano / 16:59
Kozarenko, Oleksandr
Pierrot's Deathly Loops (1986) [MP3]
ensemble (unspec.) / 6:50
new_music@irf.odessa.ua
Krouse, Ian
Cinco canciones insólitas, Op. 17 (1996)
flute, viola, harp
P.O. Box 117, 23705 Vanowen Street, West Hills, CA 91307
Kyr, Robert
The Wisdom of Flowers
flute, oboe, cello, harp / 16:00
E.C. Schirmer
Laitman, Lori
male choir with Small Heads (orig. version, 1999-2000)
piano / 11:00
Enchanted Knickers - or - Classical Vocal Repertoire
Lampard, Michael
Five Folksong Arrangements
piano
http://www.myspace.com/michaellampard
Lann, Vanessa
Herman's Song (1994)
piano / 11:00
vlann33@hotmail.com
Leach, Mary Jane
Tricky Pan (1995)
pre-recorded tape of 8 countertenors (or tenors) / 9:30
mjleach@earthlink.net
LeFanu, Nicola
La Canción de la Luna (1993)
string quartet / 10:00
Novello
LeGrove, John
The Fly
recorder, piano
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich
Drei Lieder für Kontratenor und Klavier (2000)
piano / 22:00
Edition Gravis
Lehmann, Hans Ulrich
"Sprich..." (1993)
tenor recorder / 15:00
Edition Gravis
Lidov, David
Three Songs on Poems by Robert Graves (1998)
piano
lidov@yorku.ca
Lister, Rodney
Nowe Welcom, Somor (1975)
flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord
Mäder, Urban
Anhaltend (2000)
tenor recorder, baroque violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord / 8:00
SME/EMS
Man-Ching, Donald Yu
Romance
piano
Marshall, Nicholas
Cat and Mouse (1977)
recorder, harpsichord / 14:00
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
Martinov, Vladimir
Magnificat Quinti Toni (1972/1996)
strings (unspec.)
whellermanncnm@taconic.net
Martland, Steve
Fairest Isle (1999)
wind octet / 24:00
Schott
Marty, Éric
Eightfold (2007)
trombone / 8:30
marty@ericmarty.com or Canadian Music Centre
Matthews, David
A Congress of Passions
Op. 62 or 63 (1993/1994)
oboe, piano / 9:00
Faber Music
Op. 63a (1994)
oboe, 14 strings (unspec.) / 9:00
dmatthews@argonet.co.uk
McCabe, John
Two Latin Elegies (1991)
treble recorder, cello, harpsichord, +1-3 instruments (unspec.) / 7:00
Novello
McDowall, Celia
Inferno (1999)
trumpet, percussion
http://www.ceciliamcdowall.co.uk/
McLeod, John
Peacocks with a Hundred Eyes (1984)
piano / 17:00
Griffin Music
Medyulyanova, Polina
David's Psalms (1996)
string quartet
gloriya_m@ars-inform.uz - or - polina_02@mail.ru
Mejer, Thomas K. J.
Barockengel im Schuss (2001)
recorder, violin, viola da gamba / 8:00
SME/EMS
Miller, Michael
Five Romantic
Songs
piano
Mongoven, Casey Patrick
Study in Fibonacci Pitch Class Sets #8 (2001)
a cappella / 1:50
cm@caseymongoven.com
Moody, Ivan
O Taphos (1996)
viol consort / 20:00
Moody, Ivan
Three Shakespeare Songs (1983)
harpsichord / 7:00
Müller, Thomas David
Howl (2000) (performance may include speaking actor)
clarinet, viola, cello, piano, CD player, shortwave radio (opt.) / 16:00
SME/EMS
Mulsant, Florentine
Voix, Op. 17 (1998)
piano
florentinemulsant@club-internet.fr
Mykietyn, Paweł
Shakespeare's Sonnets (2000)
piano
tessitura: soprano
Nakada, Yoshinao
Cherry Blossoms Lane
piano
Nelson, Larry
Symphony in Gray Major (2004)
chamber ensemble (unspec.), computer enhancements
lnelson@wcupa.edu
Neuwirth, Olga
Five Daily Miniatures (1994)
bass clarinet, violin, viola or cello, piano / 9:00
Ricordi - or - Universal Edition
Neuwirth, Olga
Ce qui Arrive (2003/2004)
ensemble (unspec.), pre-recorded tape, pre-recorded video / 56:00
B&H
Newbury, Guy
Eclat du ciel (2000)
piano
guy.newbury@music.ox.ac.uk - or - guy.newbury@pembroke.ox.ac.uk
Notareschi, Loretta
Love Songs (1999)
piano / 14:00
tessitura: mezzo-soprano (may be sung by female mezzo)
notareschi@yahoo.com
Notareschi, Loretta
Pido Silencio (2004)
clarinet, strings / 15:00
tessitura: soprano
notareschi@yahoo.com
Nyman, Michael
Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence
Version 1 (1992)
5 viols / 18:00
Version 2 (1998)
wind ensemble / 18:00
Chester
Olive, Vivienne
Ripples of Unseen Rivers (2002)
percussion (unspec.) / 5:00-6:00
mail@vivienne-olive.de
O'Regan, Tarik
The Appointment (1999)
piano (or guitar)
Novello
O'Regan, Tarik
The Tongue of Epigrams (1998)
percussion (unspec.) / 12:00
Novello
Orr, Buxton
Eight Songs from the Yüan (1969)
piano / 13:00
Gamber Press
Oteri, Frank
The Impatient Explorer
clarinet, trombone, theremin, kalimba, banjo
frank@amc.net - or - sevenyork@aol.com
Parkinson, Tim
Bed (1997/1999)
clarinet, alto saxophone, strings (unspec.) / 9:00
tim@untitledwebsite.com
Pärt, Arvo
My Heart's in the Highlands (2000)
organ / 8:00
Universal Edition
Pärt, Arvo
Es sang vor langen Jahren (1984)
violin, viola / 8:00
Universal Edition
Pike, Jeremy
A Helpstone Statute (1987)
harpsichord
jeremypike@lineone.net
Pile, Judy
It dwells between (2005)
cello
Pinkham, Daniel
Music in the Manger
piano or harpsichord (tessitura: mezzo) / 10:00
Pitts, John
Typhus (1997)
guitar, violin, cello
Severnside Composers' Alliance
Powers, Anthony
High Windows (1992)
piano / 15:00
OUP
Powers, Anthony
Peacocks with a Hundred Eyes (1984)
piano
Griffin Music
Przybylski, Darius
5 Rilke-Lieder, Op. 22 (2005)
string quartet / 12:00
d-przybylski@wp.pl
Ra, Armen
Wrequiem
theremin (tessitura: soprano)
http://www.myspace.com/armenra
Raskatov, Alexander
Let there be night (1989)
string trio / 18:00
B&H
Richter, Marga
Dew-drops on a Lotus Leaf (2000)
string quartet, piano
margarichterskel@juno.com
Richter, Marga
Testament (2002-03)
string quartet
margarichterskel@juno.com
Ridout, Alan
Epitaph for Amy
strings (unspec.)
Encore Publications (not yet published)
Ridout, Alan
The Second Coming
strings (unspec.)
Encore Publications (not yet published)
Ridout, Alan
When First Mine Eyes
piano
Thames Publishing (in Songs for Countertenors, Vol. I)
Riley, Dennis
Summer Music (1979)
flute, guitar / 8:00
American Composers Alliance
Rimple, Mark T.
Songs on Romantic Poems
piano
mrimple@wcupa.edu
Robinson, Paul
Tango "Nuit Rhénane"
clarinet, bass clarinet or alto saxophone, piano, accordion, cello, double bass, percussion (small kit, 2 tabors, vibraphone)
P.A.Robinson@sussex.ac.uk
Roe, Betty
Noble Numbers (5 Songs)
piano (or harpsichord)
Thames Publishing
Roe, Helen
The Seven Voices of Nikeratos (1998)
harp, 1 percussion, oboe or cor anglais, clarinet or bass viola, viola, cello / 31:00
helen@helenroe.org.uk
Rorem, Ned
From an Unknown Past (1951)
piano (transcr. by the composer) / 8:45
Peermusic - or - T. Presser
Rorem, Ned
Poems of Love and the Rain (1963)
piano (rescored by the composer) / 28:00
B&H
Rorem, Ned
More than a Day (1995)
orchestra
Rorem, Ned
Back to Life (1980)
double bass / 14:00
B&H
Rosano, Marco
Stabat Mater in D minor (2004)
chamber orchestra
Rousseau, Norbert
Leis van de Herder, Op. 2, No. 73 (1973)
recorder, 3 violas da gamba / 5:30
CeBeDeM
Roxbury, Ronald Clifton
Insect Fear (1972-73)
piano
Johns Hopkins Univ. Peabody Conservatory Music Library
Rubbra, Edmund
Salve Regina, Op. 119
piano or harpsichord
Legnick & Co.
Russo, Tadd
To___ (1997)
piano
tadd@taddrusso.com
Rutherford, Jonathan
An Intake of Breath (1999)
musical saw, piano / 23:00
jonruth@argonet.co.uk
Sametz, Steven
Two songs for Lent (1973)
viola
sps0@lehigh.edu
Samuel, Rhian
Path (1995)
strings (unspec.) / 7:00
Stainer & Bell
Sawa, Marian
Psalm 96 (1998)
organ
Scelsi, Giacinto
Three Latin Prayers
a cappella
Schickele, Peter
The Maiden on the Moor (1975)
chamber orchestra / 8:00
T. Presser
Schneider, Enjott
In Namen der Rose (2002)
organ / 35:00
Schott
Schultheis, Bernd
Erdkunde (2006)
piano / 45:00
http://www.bernd-schultheis.de/B_EN/DIVERSES/kontakt.html
Schultheis, Bernd
Agneau de Dieu (Agnus Dei) (solo cantata)
a cappella
http://www.bernd-schultheis.de/B_EN/DIVERSES/kontakt.html
Schultheis, Bernd
Schädelbasislektion
sound effects, electronics / 11:00
http://www.bernd-schultheis.de/B_EN/DIVERSES/kontakt.html
Schultheis, Bernd
Combinazione (solo cantata)
harpsichord
http://www.bernd-schultheis.de/B_EN/DIVERSES/kontakt.html
Schwartz, Leo
Leaves of Grass (2004)
6 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, 1 double bass / 23:00
http://www.leoschwartz.com/contact.php
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Studi per l'intonazione del mare (2000)
4 flutes, 4 saxophones, percussion, 100-piece orchestra
Clarius Audi
Sculthorpe, Peter
The Song of Tailitnama (1996)
piano
Faber
Shields, Alice
Rani tero (2000/2002)
4 bass viols / 6:00
Jilmar Music
Sigubjörnsson, Hróðmar Ingi
Stokkseyri (1997)
chamber orchestra (strings, percussion, 1.1.1.1-2.1.1.0) / 28:00-32:00
Icelandic Music Information Centre
itm@mic.is (Cat. # TM 052-063)
Sibersky, Charles
The Architect
chamber ensemble (unspec.)
Skeaping, Roderick and Cooper, Peter
Songs for Elizabeth (2003)
viols
spyway@avnet.co.uk
Smirnov, Dmitri
Ariel's Songs, Op. 76 (1993)
2 recorders, cello, harpsichord / 15:00
G. Schirmer
Smirnov, Dmitri
The Lamb, Op. 83 (1995)
6 viols / 6:00
G. Schirmer
Snider, Sarah Kirkland
Passenger Seat
piano / 4:00
sksnider@gmail.com
Solomons, David
An Imagined Conversation (Nocturne) (2002)
piano / 3:15
Musik Fabrik
Solomons, David
Melissanthi - Poetess of Athens (c.2003)
guitar
Musik Fabrik
Solomons, David
Songs of Solomons
Volume 2
piano
Volume 1
guitar
Da Capo Music Ltd.
Sprange, Matthew
The Red Blaze (2001)
string quartet
msprange@yahoo.co.uk
Stäbler, Gerhard
Winter, Blumen (1995)
violin and viola with scordaturas, cello, double bass / 20:00
EarPort
Stahl, Andreas
o vento voa (1999/2000)
violin / 5:00
SME/EMS
Stahl, Andreas
rufen wir charon? und wenn er nicht kommt? (1997-98)
bass clarinet, double bass, piano / 8:00
SME/EMS
Stahl, Andreas
sonnetts VIII and LXIV (1990)
3 recorders, percussion / 18:00
SME/EMS
Steele, Douglas
The faery beam upon you (1983)
alto recorder, piano
Forsyth Bros.
Steer, Maxwell
Streams and Dreams (2000)
piano
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
Steptoe, Roger
Chinese Lyrics, Set Two (6 songs) (1983)
piano / 9:00
Stainer & Bell
Steptoe, Roger
An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin (1988)
11 solo strings (unspec.) / 7:30
Stainer & Bell
Strutt, Dal
Three Songs, Op. 128 (1993)
clarinet / 10:00
Roeginga Edition
Swayne, Giles
Convocation of Worms, Op. 67 (1995)
organ / 12:00
Novello
Szymanski, Pawel
Villanelle (1981)
2 violas, harpsichord / 10:00
Chester Music
Tavener, John:
Apokatastasis (1999)
2 treble viols, 2 tenor viols, 2 bass viols, high + medium + low Tibetan temple bowls / 2:00
Chester
Tavener, John
The Hidden Face (1996)
oboe, 8 violins, 8 violas / 15:00
Chester
Tavener, John
Meditation on the Light (1986)
guitar, handbells / 20:00
Chester
Tavener, John
Nipson (1998/1999)
2 treble viols, 2 tenor viols, 1 bass viol / 20:00-25:00
Chester
Tavener, John
Supernatural Songs (2003)
strings (8.8.4.4.3), pow-wow drum, Hindu temple gong / 30:00
Chester
Thilloy, Pierre
Circles of Grief (2004)
string quartet / 25:00
Pierre.Thilloy@wanadoo.fr
Thurlow, Jeremy
Black Suns (1997)
organ / 4:00
jrt26@cam.ac.uk
Tippett, Michael
Songs for Ariel (1962)
Version 1
piano or harpsichord / 6:00
Version 2
flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, harpsichord / 6:00
Schott
Trümpy, Balz
Indianisches Lied (Version 2, 1994)
a cappella / 3:00
SME/EMS
Tuchin, Colin
Evening Gold: "The belfry clock ticks quietly" (1983)
recorder, piano / 2:00
Forsyth Bros.
Vanderhoeven, Wannes
The Sea
piano
aficionado@pandora.be
Vanderhoeven, Wannes
Three Hymns
piano (or organ)
aficionado@pandora.be
Venables, Ian
At the Court of the Poisoned Rose, Op. 20 (1994)
piano / 6:00
http://ianvenables.com/?loc=html/music_order_form.htm
Vicar, Jan
Pouceni Suruppakovo (The Instructions of Suruppak) (1994)
harp / 7:00
vicarjan@risc.upol.cz
Vidjeskog, Patrik
Efter nattvinden (After the Night Wind), Op. 20 (1989/1990)
alto flute, piccolo clarinet, bass clarinet, cello, harp, piano, percussion / 12:30-13:00
vidje@kolumbus.fi
von Bose, Hans-Jürgen
Der Ausflug ins Gebirge (2005)
piano / 7:00
copy-us Internet Music Publishing
Waitzman, Daniel
We only speak as others speak (1999)
unknown
danwaitz@sprynet.com
Waitzman, Daniel
I would not have you sing me (1999-2000)
2 melody instruments (flute or oboe + oboe d'amore - or - 2 violins), 1 keyboard instrument (pianoforte, harpsichord, or fortepiano), cello
danwaitz@sprynet.com
Waitzman, Daniel
Three Songs to Poems by Byron (1998)
2 violins, continuo
danwaitz@sprynet.com
Wanamaker, Gregory
Night, Night Listen Well (1992)
viola / 4:25
wanamagr@potsdam.edu - or - greg@gregorywanamaker.com
Ward, Stuart
Four Songs of Love
guitar
Crestring Music
Whitlock, Luke
Three Songs of Love, Op. 8 (2006)
piano / 10:00
http://www.lukewhitlock.com/contactluke.htm
Wilberforce, Richard
Flower Songs (2002)
piano
richardwilberforce@cantab.net
Wickham-Smith, Simon
Snyder Triptych
piano
Frog Peak Music (Cat. # Wic02)
Wills, Arthur
The Hound of Heaven (1990)
piano (or organ)
Fagus Music
Wills, Arthur
Love's Torment (four Elizabethan love songs)
Original (1975)
guitar / 13:00
Fagus Music
Composer's transcr. (1980)
piano or harpsichord / 13:00
Oecumuse - or - Brunton
Wills, Arthur
A Toccata of Galuppi's (1993)
string quartet
Fagus Music
Wills, Simon
Morro Lasso
chamber ensemble (unspec.)
Winkler, Peter
But a Rose
piano four hands
pwinkler@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitry
"..." (1999)
string trio, pre-recorded tape / 5:00
Chant du Monde
Yiu, Raymond
Forget-Me-Not (2003)
piano or string quartet / 5:00
New Voices (British Music Information Centre (BMIC))
Yiu, Raymond
A Whorl of Knowings Dim and Bright (2004)
a cappella / 7:00
New Voices (British Music Information Centre (BMIC))
Zimmerlin, Alfred
Motivo (2000)
violin / 3:00
azimmerlin@access.ch
Works for Multiple Countertenors
Brown, Christopher R.
The Harper of Chao, Op. 44 (1975)
2 voices
viola da gamba (or cello), harpsichord (or piano) / 16:00
British Music Information Centre (BMIC)
Burgon, Geoffrey
Canciones del Alma (1975)
2 voices
13 solo strings (4.4.2.2.1) / 13:20
Chester
Burgon, Geoffrey
This Ean Night (1972)
2 voices
organ, percussion (unspec.) / 4:05
Chester
Crosse, Gordon
A Wake Again (1986)
2 voices
2 recorders, harpsichord, cello, crotales
OUP
Dickinson, Peter
A Memory of David Munrow (1977)
2 voices
2 recorders, viola da gamba, harpsichord / 5:00
Novello
Giannini, Vittorio
Stabat Mater
2 voices
tessitura: 1 soprano, 1 alto
Hagen, Daron
We Two (2006)
2 voices
piano / 7:00
http://daronhagen.com/mailform.html
Neuwirth, Olga
La Vie...ulcérant(e) (1995)
2 voices
clarinet, guitar, viola, cello / 10:00
B&H
frank.harders@boosey.com
Schickele, Peter
Swing Sweet, Low Chariot
1-3 voices
orchestra / 5:30
information@schickele.com
Solomons, David
Planet (c.1995)
2 voices
piano / 2:00
tessitura: 2 altos
Da Capo Music Ltd.
Solomons, David
Prayer to the Virgin (c.1995)
2 voices
piano / 2:00
tessitura: 2 altos
Da Capo Music Ltd.
Solomons, David
The Recipe (c.1995)
3 voices
guitar / 3:00
tessitura: 3 altos
Da Capo Music Ltd.
Solomons, David
My Love (c.1995)
3 voices
guitar ostinato / 3:00
tessitura: 3 altos
Da Capo Music Ltd.
Tavener, John
Canciones españolas (1972)
2 voices
2 alto flutes, handbells, harpsichord, chamber organ / 15:00
Chester
Choral Works with Countertenor Soloist
Bernstein, Leonard
The Lark (1995)
SATB
percussion (unspec. ad lib.)
Amberson Group/B&H
Bernstein, Leonard
Missa Brevis (1988)
6-part mixed
percussion (unspec., ad lib.) / 9:00
Amberson Group/B&H
Bullard, Alan
He came all so still
women or trebles
Colne Edition
Burgon, Geoffrey
First Was the World (1994)
unspec.
orchestra (incl. harp) / 10:00
Chester
Coid, Marshall
Walt Whitman Cantata (2000)
mixed
accomp. unknown
mpc3@columbia.edu
DiOrio, Dominick
Stabat mater dolorosa... (2007)
SSAATTBB
ensemble (incl. viola da gamba) / 18:00
domdiorio@gmail.com
Gordon, Ricky Ian
The Angel Voices of Men (2000)
male choir
unspec.
Harle, John
Sederunt (The Princes' Verdict) (1996)
male choir
000+8sx.0, 002+btbn.0, 2perc.kbd/hp / 23:00
Chester
Hawes, Patrick
Italian Song
male choir
chamber orchestra / 3:00
Novello
Levaillant, Denis
Tombeau de Gesualdo (1994)
12-part mixed
a cappella
contact@denislevaillant.net
Lloyd, George
Requiem (1998)
SATB
organ / 45:00-51:00
http://www.georgelloyd.com/librarysales.html
Milner, Anthony
Emmanuel (1975)
SATB + congregation
strings (1111/1100), organ / 20:00
Novello
Moody, Ivan
John in the Desert (1996)
SATB
viol consort / 10:00
Pike, Jeremy
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (1998)
SSAATTBB
a cappella
jeremypike@lineone.net
Powers, Anthony
A Picture of the World (2001)
SATB chorus
clarinet / 23:00
OUP
Standford, Patric
A Ceremony for Christmas (1968)
choir (unspec.)
piano, percussion, string quartet, double bass
Novello
Swayne, Giles
Havoc, Op. 83 (1999)
SATB (28 voices, amplified)
flute, baroque continuo ensemble (incl. baroque harp, theorbo), ((opt.)) electro-acoustic treatment / 80:00
Chester
Vähi, Peter
Planeetide Kantaat (Planet Cantata) (199x)
male choir
handbell choir, tanpura / 19:00
CultureWare Music Publ./Sony Music
Operatic and Dramatic Oratorio Roles Written for Countertenor
Major Roles
Adams, John
El Niño
Three Wise Men (3 roles)
Barry, Gerald
The Intelligence Park
Serafino
Britten, Benjamin
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
Bryars, Gavin
Dr. Ox's Experiment
Frantz
Burgon, Geoffrey
The Fall of Lucifer
Lucifer
Clostre, Adrienne
Le Triomphe de la Vertu
Chionie
Davies, Peter Maxwell
Resurrection
Mam/Zeus or Hera
Davies, Peter Maxwell
Taverner
Priest-Confessor (later God the Father)
Davies, Peter Maxwell
Notre Dame des Fleurs
unknown
Dazzi, Gualtiero
La Rosa de Ariadna
Minotauro
tessitura: baritone singing falsetto
Dove, Jonathan
Flight
Refugee
Dove, Jonathan
In Search of Angels
Poet
Dove, Jonathan
L'Augellino Belverde (The Little Green Swallow)
L'augellino (the swallow)
Dove, Jonathan
Tobias and the Angel
Raphael
Draminsky Højmark, Jakob
<MR.X>_ _ _</MR.X>
Mr. X
Eiríksdóttir, Karólína
Maður lifandi
Death
Eötvös, Peter
Trois Soeurs
Natasha, Olga, Masha, Irina
Finnissy, Michael
Thérèse Raquin
unknown
Finnissy, Michael
The Undivine Comedy
The Leader
Frankel, Ari
to scratch an angel
Messenger
Gilbert, Anthony
The Chakravaka-Bird
unknown
Glass, Philip
Akhnaten
Akhnaten
Gribbin, Deirdre
Hey, Persephone!
James
Hagon, Daron
Vera of Vegas
Vera
tessitura: soprano
Harle, John
Angel Magick
Sir Philip Sidney; Edmund Spenser
Henze, Hans Werner
L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe
Adschib ("The Wayward")
Hogarth, Simon
David and Goliath
David
Koumendakis, Giorgios (Yorgos)
Bacchae
Dionysus
tessitura: soprano (written for Aris Christofellis)
Lauten, Elodie (with Michael Andre)
Orfreo
Orfreo
Lens, Nicholas
Terra Terra - The Aquarius Era (#2 of The Accacha Chronicles trilogy)
Ismaïl
Lens, Nicholas
Amor Aeternus - Hymns of Love (#3 of The Accacha Chronicles trilogy)
Ismaïl
Ligeti, Györgi
Le Grand Macabre
Prince Go-Go
tessitura: soprano
Masumoto, Michael
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
Belvedere
McQueen, Ian
Line of Terror (Judit och Holofernes)
Akior
McQueen, Ian
Fortunato
unknown
Morrill, Kam
Perlimplín
Belisa's Mother
Neuwirth, Olga
Bählamms Fest
Jeremy
Neuwirth, Olga
Lost Highway
Mystery Man
Oliver, Stephen
The Duchess of Malfi
unknown
Oliver, Stephen
The Waiter's Revenge
unknown
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Raj Utracony (Paradise Lost)
Death
Rodgers, Lloyd
Orpheus
Orpheus
Samodaieva, Lyudmyla
Delires - II. Alchimie Du Verbe
unknown
tessitura: soprano (may be sung by female soprano)
Schnittke, Alfred
Historia von D. Johann Fausten
Mephistophiles
Shields, Alice
Mass for the Dead
unknown
tessitura: mezzo-soprano (may be sung by female mezzo)
Sleichim, Eric
Men in Tribulation
Artaud I
Smirnov, Dmitri N.
Zhaloby Teli (The Lamentations of Thel)
Cloud
tessitura: soprano
Toovey, Andrew
UBU
King
Weir, Judith
A Night at the Chinese Opera
Military Governor
Willi, Herbert
Schlafes Bruder
Seff (the father)
Yiu, Raymond
The Original Chinese Conjuror
Chai Ping/Newspaper Boy
Minor Roles and Roles of Unknown Size
Adès, Thomas
The Tempest
Trinculo
Bach, P.D.Q. (Peter Schickele)
The Abduction of Figaro
Opec
von Bose, Hans-Jürgen
Schlachthof 5
Trafalmadorian (Alien)
Britten, Benjamin
Death in Venice
Voice of Apollo
Bryars, Gavin
Dr. Ox's Experiment
Fritz
Burgon, Geoffrey
Hard Times
unknown
tessitura: mezzo (may be sung by female mezzo)
Coid, Marshall
The Bundle Man
unknown
Eötvös, Peter
Angels in America
Belize (also plays: Mr. Lies, the travel agent; Woman in the South Bronx; Angel Africanii)
tessitura: mezzo
Glass, Philip
Galileo Galilei
Cardinal #1
Henze, Hans Werner
Das verratene Meer
Gang member Number 2
Monk, Meredith
Atlas
Ice Demon and Lonely Spirit
tessitura: soprano (created by Randall Wong)
Offenbach, Jacques
Ba-ta-clan
2 conspirators
tessitura: tenors singing falsetto
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Raj Utracony (Paradise Lost)
Ithuriel; Raphael
Reimann, Aribert
Lear
Edgar, when feigning madness
tessitura: tenor singing falsetto (when sane, sings in modal voice)
Spratlan, Lewis
Earthrise
Wilder
Tippett, Michael
The Ice Break
Astron (played by two singers simultaneously)
tessitura: female lyric mezzo + high tenor or alto countertenor
Wallace, Stewart
Harvey Milk - or - here
Henry Wong (closet lover)
tessitura: soprano (written for Randall Wong)
Wallace, Stewart
Where's Dick - or - here
Boldface Headlines
tessitura: soprano (rewritten for Randall Wong)
Wallace, Stewart
Kabbalah - or - here
unknown
tessitura: soprano (written for Randall Wong)
Weisgall, Hugo
Esther
Hegai (the chief eunuch harem-keeper)
Werner, André
Der Jude von Malta
Machiavelli (role shared with speaking actor)
Wold, Erling
Sub Pontio Pilato
Ananias
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