Soloist(s) & Orchestra

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Mirrors (Suite in Five Movements for Piano and Orchestra) (2009)

For Piano and Orchestra (22′)

Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony

Premiered by the Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, music director; Jeffrey Biegel, piano

Segerstrom Hall, Orange County, CA, February 28, 2010

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A Woman's Life (2008)

For Soprano Solo and Orchestra (28')

Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Texts by Maya Angelou

Premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Angela Brown, soprano

Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, October 16, 2009

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Three Prayers (2007)

For Soprano & Orchestra (13')

Excerpt from Danielpour's opera Margaret Garner (2005)

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Pastime (2006)

Song-cycle for Baritone & Orchestra

Co-commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic

in celebration of the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on 10 July 2006

Premiered by the Atlanta Symphony, Robert Spano, conductor, Gregg Baker, baritone

May 2007

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Triptych (2006)

For Soprano & Orchestra (15')

Three arias from Danielpour’s opera Margaret Garner (2005)

Commissioned by the Wheeling Symphony

Premiered by Tracie Luck, soprano; André Raphael Smith, conductor

Wheeling, WV, May 19, 2006

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Washington Speaks (2005)

For Narrator & Orchestra (7')

Commissioned by the Knights of Columbus for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Premiered by Sir Gilbert Levine with Ted Koppel as narrator

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Washington, D.C., November 14, 2007

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Songs of Solitude (2004)

Song-cycle for Baritone & Orchestra (30')

Written for Thomas Hampson, baritone

Commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra

Premiered by David Robertson in Philadelphia, PA on 21 October 2004

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Piano Concerto No. 3, "Zodiac Variations" (2002)

For Piano Left-Hand & Orchestra (24')

Commissioned by Herbert R. Axelrod for pianist Gary Graffman

Premiered with the National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., April 4, 2002

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An American Requiem (2001)

for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone soli, S.A.T.B. Choir & Orchestra (1 hour)

​Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony

Premiered by the Pacific Symphony, Carl St. Clair, conductor, Pacific Chorale, John Alexander, choral director, Soloists: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Hugh Smith, tenor, Mark Oswald, barintone

November 2001

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Cello Concerto No. 2, "Through the Ancient Valley" (2001)

For Cello Solo, Kamancheh Soloists & Orchestra (29')

Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for cellist Yo-Yo Ma

Premiered by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Kurt Masur

Avery Fisher Hall, NY, March 12, 2001

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In the Arms of the Beloved (2001)

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra (28')

Commissioned to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Jaime Laredo (violinist) and Sharon Robinson (cellist)

Premiered by the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Michael Stern, conductor

Germantown, TN, April 20, 2002

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A Child’s Reliquary (2000)

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra (29')

Premiered by Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello; Pacific Symphony; Carl St. Clair, conductor
Santa Ana, CA, November 2006

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Voices of Remembrance (1998)

Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra (24')

Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra

Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra, Guarneri Quartet, Leonard Slatkin, conductor;

Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.,/ Carnegie Hall, NY January 2000

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Elegies (1997)

Song-cycle for Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone & Orchestra (33')

Commissioned by the Jacksonville Symphony

Premiered by the Jacksonville Symphony Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano, Thomas Hampson, baritone, Roger Nierenberg, conductor

Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, January 1998

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (1993)

For Piano & Orchestra (31')

Commissioned by Absolut Vodka for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Premiered by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor, Christopher O’Riley, piano

Avery Fischer Hall, New York, NY, March 31, 1993

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Symphony No. 3, "Journey Without Distance" (1990)

For Solo Soprano, S.A.T.B. Choir & Orchestra (30')

Commissioned by the Akron, Stamford, and Jacksonville Symphony Orchestras

Premiered by the Akron Symphony, Alan Balter, conductor

Akron, OH, February 1990

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Cello Concerto No. 1 (1990)

For Cello & Orchestra (31')

Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony

Premiered by the San Francisco  Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor, Yo-Yo Ma, cello

September 1994

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Piano Concerto No. 1, "Metamorphosis" (1990)

For Cello & Orchestra (28')

Commissioned by the New York Chamber Symphony

Premiered by Gerard Schwarz, conductor

92nd St. YMCA, New York, NY, April 1990

 

 

Symphony No. 2, "Visions" (1986)

For Soprano, Tenor and Orchestra (36')

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