Spatial Works
Orchestra
Antiphony I
1953
3/3/3/0; 5/3/3/0; timp, perc (3); str solo voices or chorus (optional) (5 groups, 5 conductors)
Desert Forests
1983
improv pno (optional)
(2 conductors)
Ice Field
2001
augmented orch and improv organ (lg pipe organ w/ a 32′ stop) (2 conductors)
On the Nature of Things
1956
3/1/2/2; 1/0/0/0; glsp; str unis: vln-vla-vlc (all available players), basses
Plowshares and Swords
1995
augmented orch (incl jazz drumset & 3 steel-drums); perc-pno & str groups on stage, hall: 7 wind groups.
In 74 individual parts
Solo Instrument(s) and/or Solo Voices with Orchestra/Chamber Orchestra
Antiphonal Responses
1978
subtitled Triple Concerto for 3 Bassoons
The Glass Pyramid
1980
solo Eb cl, solo hn, solo chimes; eng hn, bn, cbn; 2 pnos, str (4/2/2/2/0 minimum). Stage: 2 grps, hall: isolated soli & ww trio (2 conductors)
Inside Track*
1982
solo piano; sopranino obbligato 18 players (2 conductors)
Litany of Tides*
1983
solo violin, 4 solo sopranos and orchestra (2 conductors)
Odyssey—Why Not?
1965
solo flute (piccolo); obbligato flute (alto fl); 0/2/2/2; 2/2/2/0; timp/perc, pno, hp; str (12/3/3/2)
Solo Voice(s) with Orchestra/Chamber orchestra
Homage to Ives
1975
solo baritone; 3/3/3/3; 4/3/3/1; timp, perc (2), improv pno obbligato, hp; str (3 conductors)
Rainforest*
1989
4 solo voices and chamber orchestra of 19 players
(2 conductors)
String Orchestra
Labyrinth
1955
single voices SSAA (optional)
Large Band/Wind Ensemble
Millennium II
1954
soprano obbligato
Chamber Ensemble
Encephalograms II
1955
solo soprano; picc, ob, cl; glsp, pno, org (opt) hp
Ghost Nets*
1988
solo contrabass; fl (picc), cl (bs cl); str quartet; ob, bn; horn obbligato; str quartet
(2 conductors)
Ghosts & Gargoyles*
(see also Instrumental Ensemble of a Single Tone Quality)
2001
solo C-flute (piccolo, bass flute)
Invisible Rivers
1987
high soprano (opt); Eb cl (bs cl w/ext); timp/perc, pno; vln, vla, vlc, cb w/ ext
Pathways to Security*
1990
solo baritone; fl (picc), cl (bs cl w/ext); timp/perc, pno, optional accord, org or melodica, hp; vln, vla, vlc, cb
Revenge Before Breakfast*
1982
3 duos (doubling perc instruments); accordion or hp
Chamber Music
Cerberus
1978
solo double bass; piccolo
Headhunt
1962
solo trombone; bs cl, bn; timp/chimes; cb
Lombard Street
1983
solo organ, perc (4)
Mobiles 2
1932, rev.84
solo flute (alto fl); vibe, pno, org or accord, hp or hpschd; vln, vlc
Crossing the Bridge Before You Come To It
1959, rev.82
flute (alto fl), pno (or any 1: cel, hpschd, hp, org); vln, vlc
Homeless People*
1993
string quartet; pno (inside with perc mallets, also keyboard), accord (optional)
Instrumental Ensemble of a Single Tone Quality
Flight Over a Global Map
1989
trumpet (52); perc (3), pno
(2 conductors)
Ghosts & Gargoyles*
2001
solo C-flute (picc, bs flute); 2 picc (C-fl), 2 C-fl (picc), 2 alto fl, 2 bs fl; jazz drummer
Mass in Gregorian Chant for Multiple Flutes*
1984
picc (5), flute (20 or more)
Orbits*
1979
80 trb (in 80 real parts); org, coloratura voice obbligato
Percussion Ensemble
Dormant Craters*
1995
16 players/40 instruments incl: gamelan set, handbells (3 chromatic octaves), steel-drum choir
Chorus(es) and/or Soloists and Instrumental Groups
December (Dramatic Cantata with Dialogues)
1954
(winner of Prix Italia)
The Grand Universal Circus
(Spatial Theatre Piece in 8 Scenes)
1956
Meteor Farm* (A Secular Oratorio)
1982
Wind, Water, Clouds & Fire*
2004
3 soloists, 4 choruses and instruments
*available on commercial recording