Peter Child: Compositions

Compositions and Selected Performances

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LARGE ENSEMBLE

Louisa's War, 2009 (orchestra, chorus, and narrator; libretto by Michael Ouellette), 18'
New England Philharmonic Orchestra, Simmons College Chorale and Chorus Pro Musica (women's voices), Joyce Kulhawik, narrator

Washington Park, 2008, 14'
Albany Symphony Orchestra

Triptych, 2007, 10'
Co-commisioned by the wind ensembles of Emory University, MIT, New England Conservatory, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, and Yale University.

Down-Adown-Derry: A Fairy Suite, for Orchestra, 2007, 15'
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Robert Ian Mackenzie, narrator)

Punkie Night, 2006, 5'
New England Philharmonic Orchestra

Adirondack Voices, 2006, 13'
Albany Symphony Orchestra

The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow, 2005 (orchestra and women's chorus), 15'
New England Philharmonic Orchestra

Remembrance from Heavenly Mountain: Rhapsody on Kazakh Themes for Violin and Orchestra, 2004, 11'
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Chee-Yun, soloist

Festival, 2003, 9'
Albany Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Kazakhstan

Jubal, 2001, 15'
New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra, MIT Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic Orchestra

Sinfonietta, 1998 (string orchestra), 12'
Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Symphony by the Sea, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan

Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman, 1994
(baritone, actor, chorus, orchestra, libretto by Alan Brody), 60'
John Oliver Chorale

Fanfare, 1990 (brass ensemble), 2'
Jordan Winds, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble

Estrella: the Assassination of Augusto Cesar Sandino, 1988,
(mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus, orchestra), 35'
Cantata Singers

Ritornel, 1985 (orchestra and computer-synthesized tape), 12'
Pro Arte Orchestra, Berkshire Symphony Orchestra

CHAMBER

Pantomime, 2007 (ob, vn, va, cello), 15'
Winsor Music, Ensemble Lontano

Promenade, 2006 (cl, tpt, tbn, perc, vn, va, db), 9'
CrossSound Sinfonietta, Ensemble Lontano

Moonsculptures, 2005 (jazz tenor sax, vn, pno), 12'
Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, Joe Lovano, saxophone

Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet, 2005, 20'
Lydian Quartet, Maggie Cole, harpsichord

Fanfare and Fugue, 2005 (4 tps, 2 hns, tnr tbn, bass tbn [or tuba], timp), 3'
MIT Presidential Inauguration

Chorale Prelude, 2004 (ob, vn, va, cello), 4'
Winsor Music

Skyscraper Music, 2004 (string quartet), 9'
Lydian Quartet

Concertino, 2002 (violin and chamber winds), 9'
MIT Wind Ensemble, Young Nam Kim, violin

Duo, 2002 (piano, four hands), 14'
Hirsch-Pinkas Duet

Prayers from the Ark, 2001 (wind quintet and narrator), 14'
Arcadia Winds

Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2000, 14'
Marcus Thompson and Judith Gordon, Music of Changes

Refrain, 1999 (percussion ensemble), 10'
Percussion Ensembles of Tanglewood, New England Conservatory, Eastman, Oberlin, Shepherd School, Bloomington

Perelandra, 1999 (four marimbas), 12'
Marimba Magic

Trio, 1996 (vn, cl, pno) 25'
MIT Chamber Music Society, Interensemble

Tableaux II, 1992 (fl/alto/picc, Bb/A/bass cl, vn/va, cello, perc, pno), 20'
Boston Musica Viva, Brandeis University Contemporary Ensemble, Music of Changes

Arrows to the Sun, 1991 (percussion ensemble, narrator), 15'
Marimba Magic
Alternate version, 1994 (two pianos eight hands, two percussion, narrator)

Tableaux I, 1991 (fl/alto, Bb/A/bass cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 18'
Collage New Music, Music of Changes

String Quartet No.2, 1989, 17'
Lydian Quartet

String Quartet No.1, 1987, 12'
Lydian Quartet

Wind Quintet, 1983, 15'
Emmanuel Quintet, Ariel Quintet

Teneramente, 1983 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello), 12'
Alea III

Ensemblance, 1982 (fl/alto, cl, vn, va, cello, perc, pno, computer-synthesized tape), 12'
Lontano, Collage, Boston Musica Viva, Interensemble, Eastman Musica Nova

Tape.intervention, 1981 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello, computer-synthesized tape), 12'

Duo for Flute and Percussion, 1979, 15'
New York New Music, Boston Musica Viva

SOLO

Revoicing Echoes, 2005 (piano), 8'
David Deveau

Anniversary Rag, 2005 (piano), 4'
Peter Child

Fantasia, 2003 (harpsichord), 14'
Mark Kroll, Mary Farbood

Variations, 1999 (violin solo), 20'
Daniel Stepner, Alexey Shabalin

Doubles, 1998 (piano), 35'
David Deveau, Elaine Chew, Christopher Oldfather

Sonatina for Piano, 1990, 12'
J.Y. Song

Sonatina for Oboe, 1985, 12'
Peggy Pearson, Theodore Baskin

The Herb Garden, 1986 (harp), 12'
Elizabeth Morse

Three Brief Impressions for Computer, 1979 (tape), 5'

Sonata for Piano, 1977, 6'
Robert Pollack

VOCAL / CHAMBER-VOCAL

Rilke Songs, 2008 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 17'
Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch

Sag weißt du Liebesnächte (Rilke), 2006 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 2'
Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch

Songs of Bidpai, 2002 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 10'
Boston Musica Viva and Lucy Shelton, Ensemble Lontano and Olivia Robinson
(also for voice and piano)

Bleak Light: Four Poems of John Hildebidle, 2001 (bar, pno), 12'
Music of Changes, David Ripley and Arlene Kies

Wassail, 2000 (SSA, hp), 5'

Emily Dickinson Songs, 1998 (sop, pno), 11'
Jane Bryden, Mimmi Fulmer, Melinda Spratlan

Sing Song Merry Diggle: A Playground Cantata, 1995
(treble chorus, fl, Bb/bass, cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 15'
Boston Musica Viva and Youth Pro Musica

Catches and Chimes, 1993 (treble chorus), 10'
Wellesley College Chorus

The Jaguar and the Moon: Four Poems of Pablo Antonio Cuadra, 1992 (sop, guitar), 13'
Barbara Winchester and Robert Ward

The Great Panjandrum: Seven Songs for Young Listeners, 1989 (sop, pno), 14'
Karol Bennett and John MacDonald, Jana Baty and Elaine Chew

Clare Cycle, 1984 (sop, fl/alto, ob, cl/bass, vn1, vn2, va, cello, db, perc, piano), 18'
Collage New Music, NEC Contemporary Ensemble

Embers,a chamber opera based upon the play by Samuel Beckett, 1984
(bar, mezzo-sop, fl/alto, cl, vn/va, cello, perc, pno), 60'
Alea III, Auros New Music

Heracliti Reliquiae, 1987 (sop, fl/picc, ob, cl, vn, cello), 10'

Updated 2 Feb 2009.


		Louisa's War, 2009 (orchestra, chorus, and narrator; libretto by Michael Ouellette), 18' New England Philharmonic Orchestra, Simmons College Chorale and Chorus Pro Musica (women's voices), Joyce Kulhawik, narrator
		Washington Park, 2008, 14' Albany Symphony Orchestra
		Triptych, 2007, 10' Co-commisioned by the wind ensembles of Emory University, MIT, New England Conservatory, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Texas at Austin, and Yale University.
		Down-Adown-Derry: A Fairy Suite, for Orchestra, 2007, 15' Albany Symphony Orchestra (Robert Ian Mackenzie, narrator)
		Punkie Night, 2006, 5' New England Philharmonic Orchestra
		Adirondack Voices, 2006, 13' Albany Symphony Orchestra
		The Sifting: Three Songs of Longfellow, 2005 (orchestra and women's chorus), 15' New England Philharmonic Orchestra
		Remembrance from Heavenly Mountain: Rhapsody on Kazakh Themes for Violin and Orchestra, 2004, 11' Albany Symphony Orchestra, Chee-Yun, soloist
		Festival, 2003, 9' Albany Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Kazakhstan
		Jubal, 2001, 15' New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra, MIT Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic Orchestra
		Sinfonietta, 1998 (string orchestra), 12' Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Symphony by the Sea, National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan
		Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman, 1994 (baritone, actor, chorus, orchestra, libretto by Alan Brody), 60' John Oliver Chorale
		Fanfare, 1990 (brass ensemble), 2' Jordan Winds, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble
		Estrella: the Assassination of Augusto Cesar Sandino, 1988, (mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus, orchestra), 35' Cantata Singers
		Ritornel, 1985 (orchestra and computer-synthesized tape), 12' Pro Arte Orchestra, Berkshire Symphony Orchestra

		Pantomime, 2007 (ob, vn, va, cello), 15' Winsor Music, Ensemble Lontano
		Promenade, 2006 (cl, tpt, tbn, perc, vn, va, db), 9' CrossSound Sinfonietta, Ensemble Lontano
		Moonsculptures, 2005 (jazz tenor sax, vn, pno), 12' Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, Joe Lovano, saxophone
		Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet, 2005, 20' Lydian Quartet, Maggie Cole, harpsichord
		Fanfare and Fugue, 2005 (4 tps, 2 hns, tnr tbn, bass tbn [or tuba], timp), 3' MIT Presidential Inauguration
		Chorale Prelude, 2004 (ob, vn, va, cello), 4' Winsor Music
		Skyscraper Music, 2004 (string quartet), 9' Lydian Quartet
		Concertino, 2002 (violin and chamber winds), 9' MIT Wind Ensemble, Young Nam Kim, violin
		Duo, 2002 (piano, four hands), 14' Hirsch-Pinkas Duet
		Prayers from the Ark, 2001 (wind quintet and narrator), 14' Arcadia Winds
		Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2000, 14' Marcus Thompson and Judith Gordon, Music of Changes
		Refrain, 1999 (percussion ensemble), 10' Percussion Ensembles of Tanglewood, New England Conservatory, Eastman, Oberlin, Shepherd School, Bloomington
		Perelandra, 1999 (four marimbas), 12' Marimba Magic
		Trio, 1996 (vn, cl, pno) 25' MIT Chamber Music Society, Interensemble
		Tableaux II, 1992 (fl/alto/picc, Bb/A/bass cl, vn/va, cello, perc, pno), 20' Boston Musica Viva, Brandeis University Contemporary Ensemble, Music of Changes
		Arrows to the Sun, 1991 (percussion ensemble, narrator), 15' Marimba Magic Alternate version, 1994 (two pianos eight hands, two percussion, narrator)
		Tableaux I, 1991 (fl/alto, Bb/A/bass cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 18' Collage New Music, Music of Changes
		String Quartet No.2, 1989, 17' Lydian Quartet
		String Quartet No.1, 1987, 12' Lydian Quartet
		Wind Quintet, 1983, 15' Emmanuel Quintet, Ariel Quintet
		Teneramente, 1983 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello), 12' Alea III
		Ensemblance, 1982 (fl/alto, cl, vn, va, cello, perc, pno, computer-synthesized tape), 12' Lontano, Collage, Boston Musica Viva, Interensemble, Eastman Musica Nova
		Tape.intervention, 1981 (ob/Eh, hn, va, cello, computer-synthesized tape), 12'
		Duo for Flute and Percussion, 1979, 15' New York New Music, Boston Musica Viva

		Revoicing Echoes, 2005 (piano), 8' David Deveau
		Anniversary Rag, 2005 (piano), 4' Peter Child
		Fantasia, 2003 (harpsichord), 14' Mark Kroll, Mary Farbood
		Variations, 1999 (violin solo), 20' Daniel Stepner, Alexey Shabalin
		Doubles, 1998 (piano), 35' David Deveau, Elaine Chew, Christopher Oldfather
		Sonatina for Piano, 1990, 12' J.Y. Song
		Sonatina for Oboe, 1985, 12' Peggy Pearson, Theodore Baskin
		The Herb Garden, 1986 (harp), 12' Elizabeth Morse
		Three Brief Impressions for Computer, 1979 (tape), 5'
		Sonata for Piano, 1977, 6' Robert Pollack

		Rilke Songs, 2008 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 17' Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch
		Sag weißt du Liebesnächte (Rilke), 2006 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 2' Boston Musica Viva and Elizabeth Keusch
		Songs of Bidpai, 2002 (sop, fl, cl, vn, cello, pno, perc), 10' Boston Musica Viva and Lucy Shelton, Ensemble Lontano and Olivia Robinson (also for voice and piano)
		Bleak Light: Four Poems of John Hildebidle, 2001 (bar, pno), 12' Music of Changes, David Ripley and Arlene Kies
		Wassail, 2000 (SSA, hp), 5'
		Emily Dickinson Songs, 1998 (sop, pno), 11' Jane Bryden, Mimmi Fulmer, Melinda Spratlan
		Sing Song Merry Diggle: A Playground Cantata, 1995 (treble chorus, fl, Bb/bass, cl, vn, cello, perc, pno), 15' Boston Musica Viva and Youth Pro Musica
		Catches and Chimes, 1993 (treble chorus), 10' Wellesley College Chorus
		The Jaguar and the Moon: Four Poems of Pablo Antonio Cuadra, 1992 (sop, guitar), 13' Barbara Winchester and Robert Ward
		The Great Panjandrum: Seven Songs for Young Listeners, 1989 (sop, pno), 14' Karol Bennett and John MacDonald, Jana Baty and Elaine Chew
		Clare Cycle, 1984 (sop, fl/alto, ob, cl/bass, vn1, vn2, va, cello, db, perc, piano), 18' Collage New Music, NEC Contemporary Ensemble
		Embers,a chamber opera based upon the play by Samuel Beckett, 1984 (bar, mezzo-sop, fl/alto, cl, vn/va, cello, perc, pno), 60' Alea III, Auros New Music
		Heracliti Reliquiae, 1987 (sop, fl/picc, ob, cl, vn, cello), 10'