28 Nov Fresh Face
(2013; words by James Rolfe; soprano, harp; 3 min.)...
28 Nov Open road
(2013 soprano, baritone, choir SATB, string orchestra; 15 min.) ...
23 Oct raW: chamber music by James Rolfe
(raW and 7 other chamber works) Continuum Contemporary Music Centrediscs, 2011. continuum Press reviews, James Rolfe, raW (CD) The Continuum ensemble, comprised of Toronto’s top contemporary musicians, adds a third CD to its discography. Here effectively conducted by Gregory Oh, the entire album is dedicated to the music of multi-award winning Toronto composer James Rolfe (b. 1961). raW (2003) is a delightful musical...
23 Oct Transatlantic Swing
Idiot Sorrow John Snijders, piano. Hat[now]ART CD149, 2008 HatHut Amazon jazzloft...
23 Oct Canadian Oboe Quartets
Oboe Quartet The Gallery Players of Niagara GPN09001, 2009. cdbaby...
23 Oct String Theory
Worry Mark Fewer, Violin; Rosemary Thomson, conductor. Eclectra CD ECCD-2074, 2006. Amazon...
23 Oct my soul, there is a country…
Come lovely and soothing death and Three Songs University of Alberta Madrigal Singers, Leonard Ratzlaff, conductor. Arktos CD200149, 2001. ...
22 Oct The View From Here
Idiot Sorrow Barbara Pritchard, piano. Centrediscs CD 6298, 1998; Centrediscs Amazon itunes...
26 May When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d
(2006; words by W. Whitman; choir SSAATTBB; 13 min.)...
26 May Two Hopeful Songs for Children’s Choir
(2010; words: Dennis Lee; choir SSAA; 4 min. 30 sec.)...
26 May Hope
(2011; orchestra (2222 2221 timp 2 perc str) and choir; 8 min.)...
26 May Winter
(2012; words by Archibald Lampman; tenor and 8 vlc.; 4 songs; 13 min.)...
26 May Tango: Del Amor Imprevisto
(2011; words by Federico Garcia Lorca; contralto, vln., bandoneon, pno., bass; 4 min.)...
26 May Joyce Songs
(2009; words by James Joyce; sopr., mezzo, ten, bar.: 8 songs: 2 T, 2B, 2 TB, 2 SMTB; all with piano; 15 min.)...
26 May Five and a Half Bridges
(2012; words by André Alexis; for voice, choir, oud, setar, perc, gamba; 14 min.)...
26 May Breathe
(2010; words by Hildegard von Bingen, Anna Chatterton, Antonio Scandello; 2 sopr., mezzo, recorder, violin, perc., chamber organ, lute; 19 min.)...
23 May Inês
(2008; libretto by Paul Bentley; opera for 5 voices (sopr., mezzo, Fadista, 2 bass baritones), clarinet, violin, bass, piano, guitar; 100 min.)...
23 May Aeneas and Dido
(2007; chamber opera, words by André Alexis; 2 sopr., mezzo, bar.; recorder, oboe, violin, viola, cello, harpsichord, lute; 35 min.)...
23 May Swoon
(2006; chamber opera, words by Anna Chatterton; 2 sopr., ten., bar.; orch. 1111 1110 2 perc hp 11111; 50 min.)...
23 May Elijah’s Kite
(2005; opera for young audiences; words by Camyar Chai; 2 sop., mezzo, ten., bar., chorus of children, perc., elec. bass, keyboard; 35 min.)...
23 May Orpheus and Eurydice
(2004; words by André Alexis; opera for 3 sopr., alto, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, 2 recorders, 2 violins, 2 viola da gambas, cello, harpsichord, theorbo; 36 min.)...
23 May Rosa
(2004; words by Camyar Chai; opera for sopr., tenor, cl., vln., vlc., pno., & perc.; 14 min.)...
23 May Fire
(1999; words by André Alexis; four women’s voices SSAA; 12 min.)...
23 May Beatrice Chancy
(1998; libretto by George Elliott Clarke; opera for 6 voices (2 sopr., mezzo, 2 bari., bass), 2 vln., vla., vlc., bass, pno., perc.; 100 min.)...
23 May Flourish
(2005; solo accordion and orchestra (2222 4231 timp 2 perc str); 27 min.)...
23 May Songs and Rounds
(2001; recorders (1 part, beginners) and orch. 2222, 2221, 1 perc., str.; 5 min.)...
23 May Mechanical Danny
(2000; words by Dennis Lee; for children; narrator with orch. 2222, 2221, timp., 1 perc., strings; also arranged with orch. 1111 1110 timp. perc. str.; 22 min.)...
23 May Ears, Nose, & Throat
(1994; orchestra: 2222/22/2, pno/66442; 12 min.)...
23 May Four Anthems for Four Seasons
(2003; words from the Bible; choir SSSSAATTBB; 11 min.)...
23 May Under the Sun
(2002; words from Ecclesiastes; eight choirs, each SATB; 8 min.)...
23 May O that you would kiss me
(2001; words: Song of Solomon; double choir, each SSAATTBB; 16 min.)...
23 May Come lovely and soothing death
(2000; words by Walt Whitman; choir SSAATTBB; 5 min.)...
23 May O you whom I often
(2000; words by Walt Whitman; choir SSAA; 2 min.)...
23 May Three Songs
(1998; words by E. Pauline Johnson; four women’s voices SSAA; 8 min.)...
23 May The Mayor’s Fanfare
(2009; 4 trumpets.; 1 min. 15 sec.)...
23 May Ask You Dance Me
(2008; picc, ob, b. cl, bsn, hn, tpt, tbn, perc, pno, 2 vlns, vla, vlc, CB; 14 min.)...
23 May Oboe Quartet
(2006; oboe, vln., vla., vlc.; 12 min.)...
23 May Devilled Swan
(1995; perc., pno., vln., cb.; 7 min.)...
23 May Revenge! Revenge!! Revenge!!!
(1995; cl., perc., pno., vlc.; 10 min.)...
23 May Dissolution
(1994; cl., tpt., trbn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vlc., cb.; 14 min.)...
23 May Before After
(1992; piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn; 7 min.)...
23 May Global Bifurcation & Chaos
(1992; contrabassoon, accordion, piano, violin, cello; 17 min.)...
23 May James’ Theorem
(1992; mixed 14-piece improvisatory ensemble; 15 min.)...
23 May Departure Lounge
(1991; recorder, clarinet, trumpet, reed organ, synthesizer, piano; 21 min.)...
23 May Railway Street
(1991; solo bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello, bass; 14 min.)...
23 May Beloved
(2005; words by Dennis Lee; soprano, mezzo, & piano; 8 min.)...
23 May Bird
(2005; composed with John Oswald; sopr. & ensemble 1111 1111 perc pno 11111; 5 min.)...
23 May Swipe
(2005; words by Anna Chatterton; soprano & piano; 6 min.)...
23 May Dust
(2003; words from Wilhelm Müller and Ecclesiastes; soprano and cello; 9 min.) ...
23 May Six Illuminations
(2003; words by Arthur Rimbaud; soprano & piano; 10 - 18 min.)...
23 May Six Songs
(2001; words by Walt Whitman; soprano and string quartet; also arranged for mezzo soprano, and for mezzo or soprano with piano; 15 min.)...
23 May Simon & Garfunkel & The Prophets Of Rage
(1993; words by James Rolfe; voice, perc., pno.; 13 min.)...
23 May Fêtes de la Faim & Plainte
(1991; words by Arthur Rimbaud and Sappho; sopr., cl., fl., perc., pno., vln., vlc.; 7 & 5 min.)...
23 May Phrases
(1991; words by Arthur Rimbaud; soprano, clarinet, piano; 14 min.)...
23 May Four Songs on Poems by Walt Whitman
(1990; bass voice, pno.; 16 min.)...
23 May The Connection
(2001; words by Daniil Kharms; solo marimbist who also recites; 10 min.)...
23 May Discontinuous Probability Fields #1-4
(1993; piano; 13 min.)...
23 May Discontinuous Probability Field #5
(1993; piano; 11 min.)...
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