Below is a partial list of works performed by Dinosaur Annex since 1987. Venues have included First & Second Church in Boston (where the ensemble performs its regular series), other locations in Boston and Cambridge including Jordan Hall, Paine Hall, Tremont Temple, Berklee College of Music, and the Holmes Elementary School; Goodman and Weill Halls in New York; Amherst and Smith Colleges, Clark University, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; the University of New Hampshire at Durham; the Provincetown Art Association, and on special tours to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and the Ijsbreker in Amsterdam.


Composer


Work


Soloists, conductors, notes


Dates performed

Theodore Antoniou

Aphierosis

11/8/87
12/31/87

Milton Babbitt

Souper

Karol Bennett, soprano, Stephen Mosko, conductor; first Boston performance

4/14/91

Milton Babbitt

Homily

First Boston performance

2/13/94

Milton Babbitt

Septet But Equal

First performance, Koussevitzky Foundation Commission

2/13/94

Milton Babbitt

Septet But Equal

Gunther Schuller, conductor

11/14/96

Bela Bartók

Contrasts

5/1/94

Ross Bauer

Aplomb

5/11/97

Eve Beglarian

Making Sense of It All

2/12/89
10/24/99

Eve Beglarian

Preciosilla

First Boston performance

10/14/90

Eve Beglarian

Machaut in the Machine Age

First Boston performance

10/24/93

Arthur Berger

Ode of Ronsard

11/8/87

Arthur Berger

Dyptich: Collages 1 & 2

First performance

2/2/92

Arthur Berger

Postcard

First performance, written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex

2/12/95

Arthur Berger

Three One-Part Inventions

4/14/96

Ran Blake

The Death of Billie Holiday

Ran Blake, piano

4/30/89
5/7/89

Pierre Boulez

Dérive

2/7/93

Martin Boykan

Sonata for Violin and Piano

2/4/96

Martin Boykan

Piano Trio #2

First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission

1/25/98

Martin Boykan

Usurpations

 

5/6/01

Henry Brant

Music for an Imaginary Ballet

12/31/87

Henry Brant

All Souls Carnival

4/14/91

Dana Brayton

A Little Traveling Music

first performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

4/14/96

Dana Brayton

Bell Birds

first performance

5/6/01

Jeffrey Brooks

Composition for Pipes and Winds

5/90

Jeffrey Brooks

Planting Tears

First Boston performance, Dinosaur Annex consortium commission

2/4/96

Gerard Brophy

Seraphita

First US performance

11/15/92

Margaret Brouwer

Chamber Concerto

Boston Premiere

2/15/98
3/22/98

Richard Busch

Dunes

8/30/89

John Cage

Sonatas for prepared piano (IV, X, XI, XII)

4/28/93

Edmund Campion

A Treasured Collection of Eddies

John Harbison, conductor; first Boston performance

5/7/95

Edmund Campion

Losing Touch

James Russell Smith, vibes
first Boston performance

2/2/97
2/9/97

Elliott Carter

Canon for Four

11/15/92

Elliott Carter

Canonic Suite

3/22/98

Robert Ceely

Metamir

2/12/89

Evan Chambers

The Fire Hose Reel

First Boston performance

11/15/98

Aaron Copland

Two Threnodies

10/23/88

Henry Cowell

Iridescent Rondo in Old Modes

2/15/98

Mario Davidovsky

Chaconna

10/30/94

Mario Davidovsky

Flashbacks

 

11/15/98

Lyle Davidson

Centering

3/20/87

Lyle Davidson

Furies of Complexity

Marylène Altieri, mezzo-soprano

2/7/93

Peter Maxwell Davies

Le Jongleur de Notre Dame

Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble, Nat Warren-White juggler

10/23/88
12/31/88
3/89

Peter Maxwell Davies

Runes from a Holy Island

Adam Grossman, conductor; first US performance

3/29/92

Peter Maxwell Davies

Solita

2/7/93

Tamar Diesendruck

Being As How

John Harbison, conductor; first performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

5/7/95

Tamar Diesendruck

On That Day

First Boston performance

10/20/91

Tamar Diesendruck

Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel

4/28/93
5/1/94

Tamar Diesendruck

Strange Lines and Distances

First performance

10/24/99

Norman Dinerstein

Zalmen

First Boston performance

5/11/97

Franco Donatoni

Lumen

First Boston performance

2/4/96

Sara Doncaster

Rhapsody

First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission

3/22/98

Jacob Druckman

Come Round

First Boston performance

10/24/93

Paul Elwood

Altars Altered

First US performance

4/30/00

Richard Felciano

Shadows

Adam Grossman, conductor; first Boston performance

3/29/92

Thomas Flaherty

Quartet for Viola, 'Cello and Digital Processor

First Boston performance

5/1/94

Lukas Foss

Time Cycle

Jayne West, soprano, Christopher Kendall, conductor

10/5/96
10/6/96

Donal Fox

Toccata

First performance

3/29/92

Donal Fox

improvisation

the composer with members of Dinosaur Annex

3/29/92

David Froom

Chamber Concerto

Christopher Kendall, conductor; first Boston performance

10/8/95

Kyle Gann

Chicago Spiral

First performance

2/2/92
2/12/95

Michael Gordon

The Low Quartet

First Boston performance

2/2/92

Philip Grange

Cimmerian Nocturne

11/8/87
11/15/92

Philip Grange

Des Fins sont des Commencements

First US performance

2/2/97
2/9/97

Tom Guralnick and the Mobile Saxophone and Mute Unit

selections

Tom Guralnick, guest artist

2/2/92

Mark Gustavson

Quintet

First Boston performance

2/4/01

Henry Gwiazda

themusicofthefutureisnotmusic

First Boston performance

10/24/93

John Harbison

Between Two Worlds

Kendra Colton, soprano; first Boston performance

3/7/99

John Harbison

Due Libri dei Mottetti
di Montale

Lorraine Hunt, soprano, John Harbison, conductor; first Boston performance

5/7/95

John Harbison

Piano Quintet

10/20/91

John Harbison

Rot und Weiss Im Spiegel;

Karol Bennett, soprano, Stephen Mosko, conductor; first Boston performances

4/14/91

Stephen Hartke

The King of the Sun

First Boston performance

10/14/90
11/15/91

John Heiss

Bagatelles

2/90

Paul Hindemith

March

Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble

10/23/88

Peter Homans

Bridges

US Premiere

10/19/97

Peter Homans

Tavistock

First Boston performance 

9/16/00

Lee Hyla

Pre-Pulse Suspended

Gunther Schuller,guest conductor

4/30/89
5/7/89

Lee Hyla

Ciao, Manhattan

First performance, Meet the Composer commission

2/17/91

Lee Hyla

In Double Light

11/15/92

Kamran Ince

Hammer Music

Christopher Kendall, conductor

10/8/95

Charles Ives

Five Takeoffs

10/23/88

Charles Ives

Trio

8/30/89
2/90

Charles Ives

Studies nos. 16,20,23

4/28/93

Charles Ives

Studies, Five Take-Offs

4/14/96

David Jaggard

Quartet

4/30/00

Hunter Johnson

Sonata for piano

5/6/01

Mauricio Kagel

Phantasiestück

First Boston performance

2/2/97
2/9/97

Oliver Knussen

Trumpets

Karol Bennett, soprano, Stephen Mosko, conductor; first Boston performance

4/14/91

Vance Koven

Collectibles

DíAnna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano

2/15/98

Ernst Krenek

String Trio

3/20/87

Ian Krouse

Tientos

First Boston performance

10/8/95

Maria Lambertini

Misa de Pájaros

2/90

David Lang

Burn Notice

10/29/89

David Lang

Vent

First Boston performance

2/13/94

Alcides Lanza

Acufenos III

First US performance

10/14/90

Libby Larsen

Corker

First Boston performance

11/15/98

Tania Léon

Parajota de la te

First Boston performance

10/14/90

Arthur Levering

Catena

First performance
Donald Berman, piano

9/16/00

Arthur Levering

Clarion/Shadowing

4/9/98

Arthur Levering

Cloches II

First performance

4/9/98

Arthur Levering

School of Velocity

4/28/93
4/9/98

Arthur Levering

Twenty Ways Upon the Bells

First performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

10/30/94
1/25/98
4/9/98

Arthur Levering

Uncle Inferno

4/9/98

György Ligeti

Etudes

First Boston performance

2/17/91

György Ligeti

Poème Symphonique

New England Metronome Ensemble

11/8/87

Györgi Ligeti

Ramifications

9/16/00

Scott Lindroth

Relations to Rigor

2/90
2/7/93

Scott Lindroth

Light

D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano; first Boston performance

2/12/95
1/25/98

Scott Lindroth

Stomp

First Boston performance

9/16/00

David Liptak

Ancient Songs

First Boston performance; William Sharp, baritone

11/15/98

Rodney Lister

The Ballad of the Children of the Czar

D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano

2/12/95

Ruth Lomon

The Talisman

2/12/89

Ruth Lomon

Esquisses

First Boston performance

4/28/93

Witold Lutoslawski

Subito

First Boston performance

5/11/97

Witold Lutoslawski

Dance Preludes

2/15/98
3/22/98

David Macbride

Shape Notes

First Boston performance

5/2/99

Tod Machover

Yoku Mireba

First performance of revised version

4/30/00

Steven Mackey

Indigenous Instruments

Adam Grossman, conductor

3/29/92

Ursula Mamlok

When Summer Sang

8/30/89
10/29/89

Ursula Mamlok

Five Bagatelles

First Boston performance

5/1/94

Salvatore Martirano

Phleu

Wendy Rolfe, flute

11/15/91

William Mayer

Messages

First Boston performance

2/4/96

John McDonald

Aubade with Merengue

first performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

4/14/96

Harold Meltzer

Exiles

Paul Sperry, tenor; first Boston performance

2/4/01

Darius Milhaud

Suite Française

Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble

10/23/88

James Mobberley

In Bocca del Lupo

Cyrus Stevens, violin; first Boston performance

2/13/94

Eric Moe

Riprap

first Boston performance

4/14/91

Eric Moe

On the Tip of my Tongue

2/12/95

Eric Moe

Grande Etude Brilliante

First Boston performance

4/14/96

Stephen Mosko

Schweres Loos

Karol Bennett, soprano, Stephen Mosko, conductor; first Boston performance

4/14/91

Jeff Nichols

The Light Fantastic

First performance, Fromm Foundation commission

2/7/93
3/22/98

Jeff Nichols

Caracole

First performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

4/14/96

Juliet Palmer

Skirt

First Boston performance

10/24/93

Danilo Perez & Steve Turre

improvisation

10/14/90

George Perle

Sextet

Christopher Kendall, conductor

10/5/96
10/6/96

Malcolm Peyton

Four Songs from Shakespeare

D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano

2/17/91

Malcolm Peyton

Sonnets from John Donne

David Ripley, baritone, Malcolm Peyton, conductor

11/15/91

Malcolm Peyton

Suite for Seven Players

First performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

2/2/97
2/4/97
2/9/97

Geoffrey Poole

Septembral

First US performance

10/24/99

Mel Powell

Die Violine

Karol Bennett, soprano, Stephen Mosko, conductor; first Boston performance

4/14/91

Anthony Powers

Another Part of the Island

5/90

David Rakowski

Imaginary Dances

Donald Palma, conductor

10/19/97

Shulamit Ran

Mirage

10/5/96
10/6/96

Ned Rorem

Serenade on Five English Poems

DíAnna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; First Boston performance

1/25/98
2/15/98

Mathew Rosenblum

Circadian Rhythms

First Boston performance

10/20/91

Robert Rowe

Hall of Mirrors

3/20/87

Poul Ruders

Corpus cum Figuris

First Boston performance

9/16/00

Elena Ruehr

Nightingale

First performance, Dinosaur Annex commission

4/30/00

Carl Ruggles

Evocations

4/28/93

Laurie San Martin

Bone Dance

commissioned for Dinosaur Annex

2/4/01

Arnold Schoenberg

Suite op. 29

3/20/87

Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake

The Trial

Ran Blake, piano; Gunther Schuller, conductor
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission

4/30/89
5/7/89

Roger Sessions, arr. Richard Aldag

scenes from Montezuma

First Boston performance; John Harbison, conductor, Kendra Colton, soprano

3/7/99

Harold Shapero

String Trio

8/30/89

Ralph Shapey

Three for Six

10/29/89

Ralph Shapey

Variations for Viola and 10 instruments

Walter Trampler, viola; first Boston performance

2/17/91

Ralph Shapey

Dinosaur Annex

First performance, written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex

10/30/94
5/2/99

Ralph Shapey

Evocation #1

2/25/97
5/11/97

Judith Shatin

Fasting Heart

2/12/89

Allen Shearer

We Three

First Boston performance

10/14/90

Bright Sheng

Four Movements for Piano Trio

11/15/92

Ezra Sims

Quintet for clarinet and strings

3/20/88

Ezra Sims

Night Piece

10/29/89

Ezra Sims

Flight

4/14/91

Ezra Sims

All Done From Memory

5/1/94

Ezra Sims

Stanzas

First performance, written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex

5/7/95

Ezra Sims

Twenty Years After

2/15/98
3/22/98

Robert Sirota

Seven Picassos

12/31/87

James Russell Smith

The Presence of Things

First performance, Dinosaur Annex commission; James Russell Smith, conductor

5/2/99

James Russell Smith

Triple Helix

10/30/94

Lewis Spratlan

Life is a Dream, Act II, concert version

J. David Jackson, conductor; Allan Glassman, tenor; John Cheek, bass-baritone; Christina Bouras, soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Ripley, bass-baritone; first performance, winner of Pulitzer Prize

1/30/00

Lewis Spratlan

Penelope's Knees

Gunther Schuller, conductor

4/30/89
5/7/89

Lewis Spratlan

Sojourner

First performance, commissioned by Koussevitzky Foundation for Dinosaur Annex

1/30/00

Lewis Spratlan

When Crows Gather

2/13/94

Manfred Stahnke

Viola Sonata in Just Intonation

First US performance

10/20/91

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Tierkreis

First Boston performance

5/7/95

Gordon Stout

Two Mexican Dances

 

5/2/99

Igor Stravinsky

Élégie

10/23/88

Igor Stravinsky

Duo Concertante

5/11/97

Donald Sur

A Neo-Platonic Epistrophe: While Crossing Times Square

First Boston performance; John Harbison, conductor

3/7/99

Su Lian Tan

Invention and Sinfonia

First Boston performance

2/4/01

Hilary Tann

From the Song of Amergin

First Boston performance

4/30/00

Hilary Tann

Of Erthe and Air

First Boston performance

10/19/97

Ivan Tcherepnin

Cadenzas in Transition

2/2/97
2/9/97

Ivan Tcherepnin

Pensiamento

2/2/97
2/9/97

Ivan Tcherepnin

Prelude and March

 

4/30/00

Virgil Thomson

Mostly About Love

8/30/89

Virgil Thomson (arr. Wheeler)

Northeastern Suite

10/29/89

Joan Tower

Amazon

10/8/95

various very young composers (age 11-16)

various works

under the direction of Rodney Lister

4/14/91

Alejandro Viñao

Triple Concerto

11/8/87
10/30/94

Ezequiel Viñao

The Conference of the Birds

First Boston performance

4/14/96

Judith Weir

Several Concertos

2/12/89
10/24/93

Judith Weir

Distance and Enchantment

US Premiere

2/17/91

Judith Weir

Serbian Cabaret

US Premiere
First Boston performance

10/5/96
10/6/96

Judith Weir

Trio

First Boston performance

5/6/01

Scott Wheeler

Shadow Bands

First Boston performance

2/2/92

Scott Wheeler

Flow Chart

First performance

4/28/93

Scott Wheeler

Winter Hills

2/12/95

Donald Wheelock

Piano Quartet

First performance, Dinosauar Annex commission

11/15/98

Barbara White

the mind's fear, the heart's delight

First Boston performance

2/4/01

Mark Wingate

Sombras

First Boston performance

5/6/01

Christian Wolff

Peace March (Stop Using Uranium)

First Boston performance

4/30/00

Stefan Wolpe

Piece for Two Instrumental Units

First Boston performance
Donald Palma, conductor

10/19/97

Randall Woolf

Modern Primitive

First performance

2/2/92
2/4/96

Randall Woolf

Quicksilver

 

4/30/00

Charles Wuorinen

Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch

2/90

Yehudi Wyner

Tanz and Maissele

First Boston performance

10/24/99

Chen Yi

Qi

First Boston performance

10/24/99

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Passages

Nancy Armstrong, soprano

5/2/99

 

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