| Composer |
Work |
Soloists, Conductor, Notes |
Date |
| John Adams |
Gnarly Buttons |
Diane Heffner, clarinet; Christopher Kendall, conductor |
September 15, 2001 |
| Thomas Adès |
Court Studies |
Michael Adelson, conductor; Boston Premiere |
October 14, 2007 |
| *Timothy Andres |
I Found It By the Sea |
First Boston performance |
January 25, 2009 |
| Theodore Antoniou |
Aphierosis |
|
November 8, 1987 |
| Theodore Antoniou |
Aphierosis |
|
December 31, 1987 |
| Milton Babbitt |
Homily |
First Boston performance |
February 13, 1994 |
| Milton Babbitt |
Septet But Equal |
Charles Fussell, conductor; First performance; Koussevitzky Foundation Commission |
February 13, 1994 |
| Milton Babbitt |
Septet But Equal |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
November 14, 1996 |
| Milton Babbitt |
Souper |
Karol Bennett, soprano; Stephen Mosko, conductor; First Boston performance |
April 14, 1991 |
| David Baker |
Singers of Songs, Weavers of Dreams |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| Elaine Barkin |
Three Rhapsodies |
First Boston performance |
November 17, 2002 |
| Béla Bartók |
Contrasts |
|
May 1, 1994 |
| *Mason Bates |
String Band |
|
February 4, 2007 |
| Ross Bauer |
Aplomb |
|
May 11, 1997 |
| Ross Bauer |
Pulse |
First Boston performance |
November 17, 2002 |
| Richard Beaudoin |
Eunoia Songs |
Frank Kelley, tenor; First performance of orchestrated version |
September 19, 2008 |
| *Richard Beaudoin |
Miniature Portraits |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| Eve Beglarian |
Machaut in the Machine Age |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1993 |
| Eve Beglarian |
Making Sense of It |
First Boston performance |
February 12, 1989 |
| Eve Beglarian |
Making Sense of It |
|
October 24, 1999 |
| Eve Beglarian |
Preciosilla |
First Boston performance |
October 14, 1990 |
| Arthur Berger |
Collage III |
|
November 17, 2002 |
| Arthur Berger |
Dyptich: Collages 1 & 2 |
First performance |
February 2, 1992 |
| Arthur Berger |
Ode of Ronsard |
|
November 8, 1987 |
| Arthur Berger |
Ode of Ronsard |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; First performance of orchestrated version |
November 17, 2002 |
| Arthur Berger |
Postcard |
First performance; Written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex |
February 12, 1995 |
| Arthur Berger |
Three One-Part Inventions |
|
April 14, 1996 |
| *Mark Berger |
Sugar High |
Dinosaur Annex commission |
December 31, 1969 |
| †Whit Bernard |
Make |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Lisa Bielawa |
Synopsis #11: It Takes One to Know One |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| Ran Blake |
The Death of Billie Holiday |
Ran Blake, piano |
April 30, 1989 |
| Ran Blake |
The Death of Billie Holiday |
Ran Blake, piano |
May 7, 1989 |
| Pierre Boulez |
Dérive |
|
November 8, 1987 |
| Pierre Boulez |
Dérive |
|
February 7, 1993 |
| *John Bower |
Echo Over the Voice |
|
January 27, 2008 |
| Martin Boykan |
For Yehudi at Eighty |
First performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Martin Boykan |
City of Gold |
|
November 17, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
City of Gold |
|
November 18, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Eclogue |
|
November 17, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Eclogue |
|
November 18, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Flume |
|
November 17, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Flume |
|
November 18, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
A Packet for Susan |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
November 17, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
A Packet for Susan |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
February 3, 2002 |
| Martin Boykan |
Piano Trio #2 |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
January 25, 1998 |
| Martin Boykan |
Piano Trio #2 |
|
July 12, 1998 |
| Martin Boykan |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
|
February 4, 1996 |
| Martin Boykan |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
|
November 17, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Sonata for Violin and Piano |
|
November 18, 2001 |
| Martin Boykan |
Usurpations |
|
May 6, 2001 |
| *Daniel Bradshaw |
Synapse |
First Boston performance |
January 25, 2009 |
| Henry Brant |
All Souls Carnival |
|
April 14, 1991 |
| Henry Brant |
Music for an Imaginary Ballet |
First Boston performance |
December 31, 1987 |
| Dana Brayton |
Bell Birds |
First performance |
May 6, 2001 |
| Dana Brayton |
A Little Traveling Music |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 14, 1996 |
| Martin Bresnick |
My Twentieth Century |
First Boston performance |
September 17, 2006 |
| †Martin Bresnick |
My Twentieth Century |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Martin Brody |
Reasons for Moving |
Lisa Saffer, soprano; Michael Adelson, conductor; First performance |
September 14, 2002 |
| Jeffrey Brooks |
Composition for Pipes and Winds |
First Boston performance |
April 8, 1990 |
| Jeffrey Brooks |
Planting Tears |
First Boston performance; Dinosaur Annex consortium commission |
February 4, 1996 |
| Gerard Brophy |
Seraphita |
First US performance |
November 15, 1992 |
| Margaret Brouwer |
Chamber Concerto |
First Boston performance |
February 15, 1998 |
| Margaret Brouwer |
Chamber Concerto |
|
March 22, 1998 |
| Margaret Brouwer |
Chamber Concerto movt. 2 |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Margaret Brouwer |
Chamber Concerto movt. 2 |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| *Ryan Brown |
Our Friend Adam |
First performance, 2009 version |
January 31, 2010 |
| Richard Busch |
Dunes |
Jayne West, soprano; First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
August 30, 1989 |
| †Robert Griffin Byron |
Swarm |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| John Cage |
Sonatas for prepared piano (IV, X, XI, XII) |
|
April 28, 1993 |
| Edmund Campion |
Losing Touch |
James Russell Smith, vibes |
February 2, 1997 |
| Edmund Campion |
Losing Touch |
James Russell Smith, vibes; First Boston performance |
February 9, 1997 |
| Edmund Campion |
A Treasured Collection of Eddies |
John Harbison, conductor; First Boston performance |
May 7, 1995 |
| Elliott Carter |
Canon for Four |
|
November 15, 1992 |
| Elliott Carter |
Canonic Suite |
|
March 22, 1998 |
| Robert Ceely |
Metamir |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 12, 1989 |
| Evan Chambers |
The Fire Hose Reel |
|
November 13, 1998 |
| Evan Chambers |
The Fire Hose Reel |
First Boston performance |
November 15, 1998 |
| *Chao-Jan Chang |
Beyond the Boundary |
|
January 25, 2004 |
| Yu-Hui Chang |
Lost Threads |
Michael Adelson, conductor; First Boston performance |
October 14, 2007 |
| †Eric Chasalow |
Due (Cinta)mani for Piano and Tape |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Eric Chasalow |
Due (Cinta)mani for Piano and Tape |
|
April 29, 2007 |
| Eric Chasalow |
Yes, I really did |
First performance |
February 3, 2002 |
| Shih-Hui Chen |
Returnings |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 11, 2010 |
| Chen Yi |
Qi |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1999 |
| Chen Yi |
Qi |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
April 10, 2005 |
| *Anthony Cheung |
Swan and Shadow |
Robert Honeysucker, baritone |
January 25, 2004 |
| Robert Cogan |
Events Dancing |
First performance |
April 28, 2002 |
| Aaron Copland |
Two Threnodies |
|
October 23, 1988 |
| Richard Cornell |
Nocturne |
|
September 18, 2005 |
| Henry Cowell |
Iridescent Rondo in Old Modes |
|
February 15, 1998 |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Chaconna |
|
October 30, 1994 |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Flashbacks |
|
November 13, 1998 |
| Mario Davidovsky |
Flashbacks |
|
November 15, 1998 |
| Lyle Davidson |
Centering |
|
March 20, 1987 |
| Lyle Davidson |
Furies of Complexity |
Marylène Altieri, mezzo-soprano |
February 7, 1993 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame |
Paul Houghtaling, baritone, Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble, Nat Warren-White juggler |
October 23, 1988 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame |
Paul Houghtaling, baritone, Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble, Nat Warren-White juggler |
December 31, 1988 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame |
Paul Houghtaling, baritone, Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble, Nat Warren-White juggler |
March 1, 1989 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Runes from a Holy Island |
Adam Grossman, conductor; First US performance |
March 29, 1992 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Solita |
|
February 7, 1993 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
Being As How |
John Harbison, conductor; First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
May 7, 1995 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
On That Day |
First Boston performance |
October 20, 1991 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel |
|
April 28, 1993 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
Sound Reasoning in the Tower of Babel |
|
May 1, 1994 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
Strange Lines and Distances |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
October 24, 1999 |
| Tamar Diesendruck |
When I woke up, the dinosaur was still there |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Norman Dinerstein |
Zalmen |
First Boston performance |
May 11, 1997 |
| Franco Donatoni |
Lumen |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 1996 |
| Sara Doncaster |
Rhapsody |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
March 22, 1998 |
| Jacob Druckman |
Come Round |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1993 |
| Jacob Druckman |
Lamia |
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Christopher Kendall, conductor |
September 15, 2001 |
| Paul Elwood |
Altars Altered |
First US performance |
April 30, 2000 |
| Pozzi Escot |
Mirabilis (1990) |
First Boston performance |
April 28, 2002 |
| Richard Felciano |
Shadows |
Adam Grossman, conductor; First Boston performance |
March 29, 1992 |
| Morton Feldman |
The King of Denmark |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| Tom Flaherty |
Moments of Inertia |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
May 4, 2003 |
| Thomas Flaherty |
Quartet for Viola, 'Cello and Digital Processor |
First Boston performance |
May 1, 1994 |
| Peter Flint |
Migratory Routes (excerpts) |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Peter Flint |
Migratory Routes (excerpts) |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| *Jean Foo |
Still Life |
First Boston performance |
January 31, 2010 |
| Lukas Foss |
Curriculum Vitae with Time Capsule |
|
February 3, 2002 |
| Lukas Foss |
Fantasy Rondo |
|
April 29, 2007 |
| Lukas Foss |
Time Cycle |
Jayne West, soprano; Christopher Kendall, conductor |
October 5, 1996 |
| Lukas Foss |
Time Cycle |
Jayne West, soprano; Christopher Kendall, conductor |
October 6, 1996 |
| Donal Fox |
improvisation |
the composer with members of Dinosaur Annex |
March 29, 1992 |
| Donal Fox |
Toccata |
First performance |
March 29, 1992 |
| David Froom |
Chamber Concerto |
Christopher Kendall, conductor; First Boston performance |
October 8, 1995 |
| David Froom |
Fantasy Dances |
Christopher Kendall, conductor |
September 15, 2001 |
| Charles Fussell |
Piano Trio |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Charles Fussell |
Piano Trio |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| *Tyler Futrell |
String Trio for Bill |
|
January 25, 2004 |
| Michael Gandolfi |
To Yehudi: One in 42+ Million |
First performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Kyle Gann |
Chicago Spiral |
First performance |
February 2, 1992 |
| Kyle Gann |
Chicago Spiral |
|
February 12, 1995 |
| *Chris Gendall |
Three Scenes |
|
January 27, 2008 |
| *Peter Gilbert |
Burn |
|
January 25, 2004 |
| †Lyn Goeringer |
Kreis |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Michael Gordon |
The Low Quartet |
First Boston performance |
February 2, 1992 |
| Philip Grange |
Cimmerian Nocturne |
First Boston performance |
November 8, 1987 |
| Philip Grange |
Cimmerian Nocturne |
|
November 15, 1992 |
| Philip Grange |
Des Fins sont des Commencements |
First US performance |
February 2, 1997 |
| Philip Grange |
Des Fins sont des Commencements |
|
February 9, 1997 |
| Tom Guralnick and the Mobile Saxophone and Mute Unit |
selections |
Tom Guralnick, guest artist |
February 2, 1992 |
| *Trevor Gureckis |
Unsound Grounds |
First Boston performance |
January 25, 2009 |
| Mark Gustavson |
Quintet |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 2001 |
| Henry Gwiazda |
themusicofthefutureisnotmusic |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1993 |
| Stefan Hakenberg |
Days |
First Boston performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Stefan Hakenberg |
Emergence |
First Boston performance |
September 18, 2005 |
| John Harbison |
Between Two Worlds |
Kendra Colton, soprano |
February 26, 1999 |
| John Harbison |
Between Two Worlds |
Kendra Colton, soprano; First Boston performance |
March 7, 1999 |
| John Harbison |
Due Libri dei Mottetti di Montale |
Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano; John Harbison, conductor; First Boston performance |
May 7, 1995 |
| John Harbison |
Piano Quintet |
|
October 20, 1991 |
| John Harbison |
Rot und Weiss; Im Spiegel |
Karol Bennett, soprano; Stephen Mosko, conductor; First Boston performances |
April 14, 1991 |
| John Harbison |
Songs America Loves to Sing |
John Harbison, conductor; First Boston performance |
April 30, 2006 |
| Stephen Hartke |
Beyond Words |
First Boston performance |
May 4, 2003 |
| Stephen Hartke |
The Horse with the Lavender Eye |
First Boston performance |
October 14, 2007 |
| Stephen Hartke |
The King of the Sun |
First Boston performance |
October 14, 1990 |
| Stephen Hartke |
The King of the Sun |
|
November 15, 1991 |
| Stephen Hartke |
The King of the Sun |
|
April 11, 2010 |
| John Hawkins |
Urizen |
|
April 28, 2002 |
| John Heiss |
Bagatelles |
|
February 18, 1990 |
| John Heiss |
Epigrams |
|
April 8, 1990 |
| John Heiss |
Major Seconds |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Franz Richter Herf |
Ekmelischer Gesang op.5 |
|
May 4, 1991 |
| Paul Hindemith |
March |
Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble |
October 23, 1988 |
| Paul Hindemith |
Sonata for Viola Solo |
|
April 28, 2002 |
| Peter Homans |
Reliquaire |
David Hoose, conductor; First performance |
April 11, 2010 |
| Peter Homans |
Bridges |
First US performance |
October 19, 1997 |
| Peter Homans |
Dialogs |
Will Frampton, viola; David Hoose, conductor; First performance |
March 22, 2008 |
| Peter Homans |
Plie de Trois |
First performance |
May 4, 2003 |
| Peter Homans |
Quintino |
First performance |
May 8, 2007 |
| Peter Homans |
Tavistock |
First Boston performance |
September 16, 2000 |
| Lee Hyla |
At Suma Beach |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; First Boston performance |
September 17, 2006 |
| Lee Hyla |
Ciao, Manhattan |
First performance; Meet the Composer/Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 17, 1991 |
| Lee Hyla |
Dinosaur Cocktail |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Lee Hyla |
In Double Light |
|
November 15, 1992 |
| Lee Hyla |
Pre-Pulse Suspended |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
April 30, 1989 |
| Lee Hyla |
Pre-Pulse Suspended |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
May 7, 1989 |
| Kamran Ince |
Hammer Music |
Christopher Kendall, conductor |
October 8, 1995 |
| Charles Ives |
Five Takeoffs |
|
October 23, 1988 |
| Charles Ives |
Five Takeoffs |
|
April 14, 1996 |
| Charles Ives |
Studies nos. 16,20,23 |
|
April 28, 1993 |
| Charles Ives |
Studies nos. 16,20,23 |
|
April 14, 1996 |
| Charles Ives |
Trio |
|
August 30, 1989 |
| Charles Ives |
Trio |
|
February 18, 1990 |
| *Derek Jacoby |
Harmonic Crisis |
|
February 4, 2007 |
| David Jaggard |
Quartet |
|
April 30, 2000 |
| Arthur Jarvinen |
Isoluminaries |
Michael Adelson, conductor |
September 14, 2002 |
| Hunter Johnson |
Sonata for piano |
|
May 6, 2001 |
| *Eric Jorgensen |
Aaponi’s Destiny |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Phantasiestück |
|
February 2, 1997 |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Phantasiestück |
First Boston performance |
February 9, 1997 |
| *Eva Kendrick |
Against the Grain |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
January 25, 2009 |
| Aaron Jay Kernis |
Mozart en Route |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Aaron Jay Kernis |
Mozart en Route |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| Guy Klucevsek |
Loosening up the Queen |
|
April 5, 2009 |
| Guy Klucevsek |
The Return of Lasse |
|
April 5, 2009 |
| Guy Klucevsek |
Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse |
First Boston performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Guy Klucevsek |
Loosening Up the Queen |
First Boston performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| †Brian Knoth |
Bokeh |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Oliver Knussen |
Trumpets |
Karol Bennett, soprano; Stephen Mosko, conductor; First Boston performance |
April 14, 1991 |
| Vance Koven |
Collectibles |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano |
February 15, 1998 |
| *Matti Kovler |
Shoresh Nishmat |
First performance, 2009 version |
January 31, 2010 |
| Ernst Křenek |
String Trio |
First Boston performance |
March 20, 1987 |
| Ian Krouse |
Tientos |
First Boston performance |
October 8, 1995 |
| Ian Krouse |
Tientos |
|
February 3, 2002 |
| Maria Lambertini |
Misa de Pájaros |
First Boston performance |
February 18, 1990 |
| David Lang |
Burn Notice |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
October 29, 1989 |
| David Lang |
Vent |
First Boston performance |
February 13, 1994 |
| David Lang |
Vent |
|
July 14, 2000 |
| David Lang |
Vent |
|
August 12, 2000 |
| Alcides Lanza |
Acufenos III |
First US performance |
October 14, 1990 |
| Libby Larsen |
Corker |
|
November 13, 1998 |
| Libby Larsen |
Corker |
First Boston performance |
November 15, 1998 |
| Libby Larsen |
Slang |
First Boston performance |
May 4, 2003 |
| Forrest Larson |
The Crows Return |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 11, 2010 |
| Billy Jim Layton |
Three Studies for piano op.5 |
First Boston performance |
April 29, 2007 |
| Tania Léon |
Parajota de la te |
First Boston performance |
October 14, 1990 |
| Fred Lerdahl |
Marches |
John Harbison, conductor |
April 30, 2006 |
| Arthur Levering |
Tesserae |
|
April 11, 2010 |
| Arthur Levering |
Catena |
Donald Berman, piano; First performance |
September 16, 2000 |
| Arthur Levering |
Clarion/Shadowing |
|
April 9, 1998 |
| Arthur Levering |
Cloches II |
First performance |
April 9, 1998 |
| Arthur Levering |
School of Velocity |
|
April 28, 1993 |
| Arthur Levering |
School of Velocity |
|
April 9, 1998 |
| Arthur Levering |
Still Raining, Still Dreaming |
|
September 18, 2005 |
| Arthur Levering |
Twenty Ways Upon the Bells |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
October 30, 1994 |
| Arthur Levering |
Twenty Ways Upon the Bells |
|
January 25, 1998 |
| Arthur Levering |
Twenty Ways Upon the Bells |
|
April 9, 1998 |
| Arthur Levering |
Uncle Inferno |
|
April 9, 1998 |
| *Lei Liang |
Lake |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| György Ligeti |
Etudes (2) |
First Boston performance |
February 17, 1991 |
| György Ligeti |
Poème Symphonique |
New England Metronome Ensemble; First Boston performance |
November 8, 1987 |
| György Ligeti |
Ramifications |
|
September 16, 2000 |
| Magnus Lindberg |
Ricorrente |
Michael Adelson, conductor; First US performance |
September 14, 2002 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Bell Plates |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Light |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; First Boston performance |
February 12, 1995 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Light |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano |
January 25, 1998 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Relations to Rigor |
First Boston performance |
February 18, 1990 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Relations to Rigor |
|
February 7, 1993 |
| Scott Lindroth |
Stomp |
First Boston performance |
September 16, 2000 |
| David Liptak |
Melissa’s Quilt |
First Boston performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| David Liptak |
Ancient Songs |
William Sharp, baritone |
November 13, 1998 |
| David Liptak |
Ancient Songs |
William Sharp, baritone; First Boston performance |
November 15, 1998 |
| David Liptak |
Ancient Songs |
William Sharp, baritone |
October 3, 2004 |
| Rodney Lister |
Another Faith-Based Initiative |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Rodney Lister |
The Ballad of the Children of the Czar |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo soprano; First performance |
February 12, 1995 |
| *David Little |
Piano Trio |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| Ruth Lomon |
Esquisses |
First Boston performance |
April 28, 1993 |
| Ruth Lomon |
Shadowing |
|
September 18, 2005 |
| Ruth Lomon |
The Talisman |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 12, 1989 |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Dance Preludes |
|
February 15, 1998 |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Dance Preludes |
|
March 22, 1998 |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Subito |
First Boston performance |
May 11, 1997 |
| David Macbride |
Shape Notes |
First Boston performance |
May 2, 1999 |
| Tod Machover |
Yoku Mireba |
First performance of revised version |
April 30, 2000 |
| Steven Mackey |
Indigenous Instruments |
Adam Grossman, conductor |
March 29, 1992 |
| Ursula Mamlok |
Five Bagatelles |
First Boston performance |
May 1, 1994 |
| Ursula Mamlok |
When Summer Sang |
|
August 30, 1989 |
| Ursula Mamlok |
When Summer Sang |
First Boston performance |
October 29, 1989 |
| Salvatore Martirano |
Phleu |
Wendy Rolfe, flute |
November 15, 1991 |
| William Mayer |
Distant Playing Fields |
Kurt Phinney, tenor |
December 14, 1995 |
| William Mayer |
Messages |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 1996 |
| *Melissa Mazzoli |
Interruptions |
|
February 4, 2007 |
| Lansing McCloskey |
blur |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 5, 2009 |
| Elizabeth McConchy |
Five Sketches |
|
April 28, 2002 |
| John McDonald |
Aubade with Merengue |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 14, 1996 |
| Lansing McLoskey |
Requiem, ver. 2.001 |
|
February 3, 2002 |
| Lansing McLoskey |
Requiem, ver. 2.001 |
|
October 14, 2007 |
| Harold Meltzer |
Exiles |
Paul Sperry, tenor; First Boston performance |
February 4, 2001 |
| Harold Meltzer |
Sindbad |
Will LeBow, narrator; First Boston performance |
September 17, 2006 |
| †Harold Meltzer |
Sindbad |
Harold Meltzer, narrator |
March 14, 2007 |
| Darius Milhaud |
Suite Française |
Mass. Youth Wind Ensemble |
October 23, 1988 |
| James Mobberley |
In Bocca del Lupo |
Cyrus Stevens, violin; First Boston performance |
February 13, 1994 |
| Eric Moe |
Dance of the Honey Monkey |
First Boston performance |
April 29, 2007 |
| Eric Moe |
Grande Etude Brilliante |
First Boston performance |
April 14, 1996 |
| Eric Moe |
Hey Mr. Drummachine Man (piano and boombox) |
|
April 29, 2007 |
| Eric Moe |
On the Tip of my Tongue |
|
February 12, 1995 |
| Eric Moe |
On the Tip of my Tongue (excerpts) |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Eric Moe |
On the Tip of my Tongue (excerpts) |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| Eric Moe |
Riprap |
First Boston performance |
April 14, 1991 |
| Eric Moe |
Where Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind |
|
April 29, 2007 |
| John Howell Morrison |
Ember |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 5, 2009 |
| Stephen Mosko |
Schweres Loos |
Karol Bennett, soprano; Stephen Mosko, conductor; First Boston performance |
April 14, 1991 |
| *Florie Namie |
P for Y |
|
January 31, 2010 |
| Jeff Nichols |
Caracole |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 14, 1996 |
| Jeff Nichols |
The Light Fantastic |
First performance; Fromm Foundation commission |
February 7, 1993 |
| Jeff Nichols |
The Light Fantastic |
|
March 22, 1998 |
| Jeff Nichols |
A Metaphysician in the Dark |
First performance |
April 28, 2002 |
| Jeff Nichols |
Wakefulness |
Ellen Rabiner, contralto; First performance |
September 18, 2005 |
| *John Orfe |
Sonata |
First Boston performance |
January 25, 2009 |
| Juliet Palmer |
Skirt |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1993 |
| †Kevin Patton |
The Sun is Fire |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| *Kevin Patton |
The Sun is Fire |
|
January 27, 2008 |
| Danilo Perez & Steve Turre |
improvisation |
|
October 14, 1990 |
| George Perle |
Sextet |
Christopher Kendall, conductor |
October 5, 1996 |
| George Perle |
Sextet |
Christopher Kendall, conductor |
October 6, 1996 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Four Songs from Shakespeare |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano |
February 17, 1991 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Sonnets from John Donne |
David Ripley, baritone; Malcolm Peyton, conductor |
November 15, 1991 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Suite for Seven Players |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 2, 1997 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Suite for Seven Players |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 1997 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Suite for Seven Players |
|
February 9, 1997 |
| Malcolm Peyton |
Tango Steps |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Astor Piazzolla |
Etudes Tanguistiques |
|
February 18, 1990 |
| *Andrea Pinto-Correia |
Four Portuguese Folk Tales & A Lullaby |
Community Music Center Youth Chorus; Samuel Martinborough, conductor; First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
January 31, 2010 |
| Geoffrey Poole |
Septembral |
First US performance |
October 24, 1999 |
| Mel Powell |
Die Violine |
Karol Bennett, soprano; Stephen Mosko, conductor; First Boston performance |
April 14, 1991 |
| Anthony Powers |
Another Part of the Island |
First US performance |
April 8, 1990 |
| David Rakowski |
Imaginary Dances |
Donald Palma, conductor |
October 19, 1997 |
| David Rakowski |
Two New Etudes (#71, 72) |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 29, 2007 |
| David Rakowski |
Twofer |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company; First performance |
October 14, 2003 |
| David Rakowski |
Twofer |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| Shulamit Ran |
Mirage |
|
October 5, 1996 |
| Shulamit Ran |
Mirage |
|
October 6, 1996 |
| *Jeff Roberts |
Wandering (in the footsteps of Li Po) (2003) |
Dinosaur Annex commission |
January 25, 2004 |
| Brian Robison |
Danca da Tranquilidade |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
September 19, 2008 |
| Ned Rorem |
Serenade on Five English Poems |
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; First Boston performance |
January 25, 1998 |
| Ned Rorem |
Serenade on Five English Poems |
|
February 15, 1998 |
| Mathew Rosenblum |
Circadian Rhythms |
First Boston performance |
October 20, 1991 |
| Robert Rowe |
Hall of Mirrors |
First Boston performance |
March 20, 1987 |
| Poul Ruders |
Corpus cum Figuris |
First Boston performance |
September 16, 2000 |
| Elena Ruehr |
The Law of Floating Objects |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 30, 2000 |
| Elena Ruehr |
The Law of Floating Objects |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 14, 2003 |
| Elena Ruehr |
The Law of Floating Objects |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company |
October 15, 2003 |
| †Elena Ruehr |
The Law of Floating Objects |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Carl Ruggles |
Evocations |
|
April 28, 1993 |
| Laurie San Martin |
Dawn Song |
First performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Laurie San Martin |
Bone Dance |
Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 4, 2001 |
| *Dominique Schafer |
Fluchtpunkte |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Suite, Op. 29 |
Pascal Verrot, conductor |
March 20, 1987 |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Suite, Op. 29 |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
April 10, 2005 |
| Gunther Schuller |
Duo Sonata |
|
October 14, 1990 |
| Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake |
The Trial |
Ran Blake, piano; Gunther Schuller, conductor; First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 30, 1989 |
| Gunther Schuller and Ran Blake |
The Trial |
First Boston performance |
May 7, 1989 |
| Laura Elise Schwendinger |
Magic Carpet Music |
First Boston performance |
May 4, 2003 |
| Roger Sessions, arr. Richard Aldag |
Two Tableaus and Malinche's Aria from Montezuma |
|
February 26, 1999 |
| Roger Sessions, arr. Richard Aldag |
Two Tableaus and Malinche's Aria from Montezuma |
First Boston performance |
March 7, 1999 |
| Harold Shapero |
String Trio |
|
August 30, 1989 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Dinosaur Annex |
First performance; Written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex |
October 30, 1994 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Dinosaur Annex |
|
May 2, 1999 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Dinosaur Annex |
in memory of the composer |
September 14, 2002 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Evocation #1 |
|
February 25, 1997 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Evocation #1 |
|
May 11, 1997 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Three for Six |
First Boston performance |
October 29, 1989 |
| Ralph Shapey |
Variations for Viola and 10 instruments |
Walter Trampler, viola; Ralph Shapey, conductor; First Boston performance |
February 17, 1991 |
| Judith Shatin |
Akhmatova Songs |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; Michael Adelson, conductor; First Boston performance |
October 14, 2007 |
| Judith Shatin |
Fasting Heart |
First Boston performance |
February 12, 1989 |
| Allen Shearer |
We Three |
First Boston performance |
October 14, 1990 |
| Bright Sheng |
Four Movements for Piano Trio |
|
November 15, 1992 |
| Ezra Sims |
AEDM in Memoriam |
First European performance |
September 30, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
AEDM in Memoriam |
|
October 2, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Alice Hawthorne in Memoriam |
Frank Kelley, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Scott LaFeber, narrator |
September 19, 2008 |
| Ezra Sims |
All Done From Memory |
|
May 1, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Duo '97 |
First performance |
April 28, 2002 |
| Ezra Sims |
Duo for flute and cello |
First performance |
October 2, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Flight |
|
April 14, 1991 |
| Ezra Sims |
Flight |
First European performance |
September 30, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Flight |
|
October 2, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
furthermore |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| Ezra Sims |
Night Piece |
First Boston performance |
October 29, 1989 |
| Ezra Sims |
Night Piece |
|
May 4, 1991 |
| Ezra Sims |
Night Piece |
|
September 30, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Quintet for clarinet and strings |
First performance |
March 20, 1987 |
| Ezra Sims |
Quintet for clarinet and strings |
|
May 4, 1991 |
| Ezra Sims |
Stanzas |
First performance; Written for the 20th Anniversary of Dinosaur Annex |
May 7, 1995 |
| Ezra Sims |
Twenty Years After |
First European performance |
September 30, 1994 |
| Ezra Sims |
Twenty Years After |
|
February 15, 1998 |
| Ezra Sims |
Twenty Years After |
|
March 22, 1998 |
| Ezra Sims |
Two for One |
|
May 4, 1991 |
| Ezra Sims |
Two for One |
|
September 30, 1994 |
| Robert Sirota |
Seven Picassos |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
December 31, 1987 |
| Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
String Trio |
First Boston performance |
April 30, 2006 |
| James Russell Smith |
A Lion at the Window |
First performance |
April 10, 2005 |
| James Russell Smith |
The Presence of Things |
James Russell Smith, conductor; First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
May 2, 1999 |
| James Russell Smith |
Triple Helix |
|
October 30, 1994 |
| *Sarah Snider |
Until I Became Human |
Dinosaur Annex commission |
February 4, 2007 |
| *Kate Soper |
Door |
Kate Soper, soprano |
January 27, 2008 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
A Few Delectable, if Moody, Goodies |
First performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Images |
Christina Bouras, soprano |
January 28, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Images |
Christina Bouras, soprano |
January 30, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Life is a Dream, Act II, concert version |
Allan Glassman, tenor; John Cheek, bass-baritone; Christina Bouras, soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Ripley, bass-baritone; J. David Jackson, conductor; First performance |
January 28, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Life is a Dream, Act II, concert version |
Allan Glassman, tenor; John Cheek, bass-baritone; Christina Bouras, soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Ripley, bass-baritone; J. David Jackson, conductor; First Boston performance, winner of Pulitzer Prize |
January 30, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Penelope's Knees |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
April 30, 1989 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Penelope's Knees |
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
May 7, 1989 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Sojourner |
First performance; Commissioned by Koussevitzky Foundation for Dinosaur Annex |
January 28, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
Sojourner |
First Boston performance |
January 30, 2000 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
When Crows Gather |
|
February 13, 1994 |
| Lewis Spratlan |
When Crows Gather |
|
October 3, 2004 |
| Manfred Stahnke |
Viola Sonata in Just Intonation |
|
May 4, 1991 |
| Manfred Stahnke |
Viola Sonata in Just Intonation |
First US performance |
October 20, 1991 |
| Kurt Stallman |
Metaphysical Miniatures |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
May 4, 2003 |
| *Chris Stark |
Soledad |
First Boston performance |
January 31, 2010 |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Tierkreis |
First Boston performance |
May 7, 1995 |
| Gordon Stout |
Two Mexican Dances |
|
May 2, 1999 |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Élégie |
|
October 23, 1988 |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Duo Concertante |
|
May 11, 1997 |
| Donald Sur |
A Neo-Platonic Epistrophe: While Crossing Times Square |
John Harbison, conductor |
February 26, 1999 |
| Donald Sur |
A Neo-Platonic Epistrophe: While Crossing Times Square |
John Harbison, conductor; First Boston performance |
March 7, 1999 |
| Su Lian Tan |
Invention and Sinfonia |
|
July 14, 2000 |
| Su Lian Tan |
Invention and Sinfonia |
|
August 12, 2000 |
| Su Lian Tan |
Invention and Sinfonia |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 2001 |
| Su Lian Tan |
U-Don Rock |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 29, 2007 |
| Hilary Tann |
From the Song of Amergin |
First Boston performance |
April 30, 2000 |
| Hilary Tann |
Of Erthe and Air |
First Boston performance |
October 19, 1997 |
| Ivan Tcherepnin |
Cadenzas in Transition |
|
February 2, 1997 |
| Ivan Tcherepnin |
Cadenzas in Transition |
|
February 9, 1997 |
| Ivan Tcherepnin |
Pensiamento |
|
February 2, 1997 |
| Ivan Tcherepnin |
Pensiamento |
|
February 9, 1997 |
| Ivan Tcherepnin |
Prelude and March |
|
April 30, 2000 |
| *Sergei Tcherepnin |
Look up firefly the night is calling |
|
February 4, 2007 |
| Augusta Read Thomas |
Rumi Settings |
First Boston performance |
October 3, 2004 |
| Virgil Thomson |
Five Phrases from The Song of Solomon |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
November 17, 2002 |
| Virgil Thomson |
Mostly About Love |
|
August 30, 1989 |
| Virgil Thomson (arr. Wheeler) |
Northeastern Suite |
|
October 29, 1989 |
| *Montserrat Torras |
Havanera d’Hivern |
|
March 5, 2006 |
| Joan Tower |
Fantasy (…those harbor lights) |
|
April 5, 2009 |
| Joan Tower |
Amazon |
|
October 8, 1995 |
| George Tsontakis |
The Past, the Passion |
Christopher Kendall, conductor |
September 15, 2001 |
| various young composers from Weston School (Brian Hyett, Ryan Vigil, James Adler, Ashima Scripp and David Holland) |
various works |
|
April 8, 1990 |
| various very young composers (age 11-16) |
various works |
under the direction of Rodney Lister |
April 14, 1991 |
| Alejandro Vinao |
Cuaderno del Ritmo |
Michael Adelson, conductor; First US performance |
September 14, 2002 |
| Alejandro Viñao |
Triple Concerto |
First Boston performance |
November 8, 1987 |
| Alejandro Viñao |
Triple Concerto |
|
October 30, 1994 |
| Ezequiel Viñao |
The Conference of the Birds |
First Boston performance |
April 14, 1996 |
| Carl Vine |
Miniature IV |
|
April 8, 1990 |
| Carl Voss |
Trip |
First performance |
February 26, 1999 |
| Carl Voss |
Trip |
First Boston performance |
March 7, 1999 |
| Richard Wagner, arr. Judith Weir |
Waltraute’s Narration |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
April 18, 2004 |
| †Matthew Warne |
Traces |
|
March 14, 2007 |
| Judith Weir |
Sketches from a Bagpiper’s Album |
|
April 5, 2009 |
| Judith Weir |
The Art of Touching the Keyboard |
Donald Berman, piano |
April 18, 2004 |
| Judith Weir |
Distance and Enchantment |
First US performance |
February 17, 1991 |
| Judith Weir |
Distance and Enchantment |
|
April 18, 2004 |
| Judith Weir |
Horse d'oeuvres |
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano |
April 18, 2004 |
| Judith Weir |
Serbian Cabaret |
First US performance |
October 5, 1996 |
| Judith Weir |
Serbian Cabaret |
First Boston performance |
October 6, 1996 |
| Judith Weir |
Several Concertos |
First US performance |
February 12, 1989 |
| Judith Weir |
Several Concertos |
|
October 24, 1993 |
| Judith Weir |
Several Concertos |
|
July 14, 2000 |
| Judith Weir |
Several Concertos |
|
August 12, 2000 |
| Judith Weir |
Tiger Under the Table |
First US performance |
April 18, 2004 |
| Judith Weir |
Trio |
First Boston performance |
May 6, 2001 |
| *Richard Whalley |
Twisted Variations |
|
February 4, 2007 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Evidence Read at the Trial of the Knave of Hearts |
Sabrina Learman, mezzo-soprano; First performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Artist Proofs |
|
July 14, 2000 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Dragon Mountain |
|
January 26, 1997 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Flow Chart |
First performance |
April 28, 1993 |
| Scott Wheeler |
The Gold Standard |
Frank Kelley, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; First Boston performance |
September 19, 2008 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Night Owl Variations |
|
November 17, 2002 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Shadow Bands |
First Boston performance |
February 2, 1992 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Shadow Bands |
|
January 26, 1997 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Winter Hills |
|
April 8, 1990 |
| Scott Wheeler |
Winter Hills |
|
February 12, 1995 |
| Donald Wheelock |
Piano Quartet |
First performance; Dinosaur Annex commission |
November 13, 1998 |
| Donald Wheelock |
Piano Quartet |
First Boston performance |
November 15, 1998 |
| Barbara White |
the mind's fear, the heart's delight |
First Boston performance |
February 4, 2001 |
| Barbara White |
the mind's fear, the heart's delight |
|
October 3, 2004 |
| Barbara White |
My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon |
First Boston performance; Dinosaur Annex co-commission |
September 19, 2008 |
| Amy Williams |
Cineshape I |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| Mark Wingate |
Brahma Sleeps |
First performance ; Dinosaur Annex commission |
April 29, 2007 |
| Mark Wingate |
Sombras |
First Boston performance |
May 6, 2001 |
| Christian Wolff |
Peace March (Stop Using Uranium) |
First Boston performance |
April 30, 2000 |
| Stefan Wolpe |
Piece for Two Instrumental Units |
Donald Palma, conductor; First Boston performance |
October 19, 1997 |
| Randall Woolf |
Modern Primitive |
First performance |
February 2, 1992 |
| Randall Woolf |
Modern Primitive |
|
February 4, 1996 |
| Randall Woolf |
Quicksilver |
|
April 30, 2000 |
| Charles Wuorinen |
Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch |
|
February 18, 1990 |
| Yehudi Wyner |
Commedia |
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Yehudi Wyner, piano |
November 1, 2009 |
| Yehudi Wyner |
A Mad Tea Party |
Sabrina Learman, mezzo-soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Yehudi Wyner, piano; First Boston performance |
November 1, 2009 |
| Yehudi Wyner |
Tanz and Maissele |
First Boston performance |
October 24, 1999 |
| Iannis Xenakis |
Rebonds |
|
May 18, 2008 |
| *Michele Zaccagnini |
Ménage à Trois |
First Boston performance |
January 25, 2009 |
| Evan Ziporyn |
Prayers for the Planet |
with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company and batik artist Mary Edna Fraser; First performance; Fromm Foundation commission |
June 8, 2005 |
| *Hillary Zipper |
Cythera |
|
January 25, 2004 |
| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich |
Passages |
Nancy Armstrong, soprano |
May 2, 1999 |
