Robert Carl: Works List

Robert Carl: Works list, 1978-2006

Chamber

Breaking the Surface (2006) for alto saxophone, bass trombone, viola, and cello (3')
Sonatina, "The Dance of Sound and Space" (2006) for violin (or flute) and piano (8')
Changing My Spots (2005) for open instrumentation (open duration)
The Wind’s Trace Rests on Waves and Leaves for string quintet (sq +cb) (2004-05) (18')
Shake the Tree (2004-05) for piano four-hands (20')
Where Sound and Thought Meet (2003) for saxophone quartet (6')
Piano Trio No.2, "The Blossom" (2002) (17')
Excavating the Perfect Farewell (2003) for viola and piano (15')
Four Occasions (2002-3):

Blessing for Two for violin and vibraphone (5')
Gideon's Lullaby for two trumpets (3')
From the Ground Up for piano (3')
Solo Song for soprano alone (7')

String Quartet No.2, "Fear of Death/Love of Life" (2001) (22')
Coloring Sound's Scent (2001) for oboe. cello, and piano (8')
Transcendental Cakewalk (2001) for alto saxophone (E-flat), clarinet, electric guitar, ’cello, contrabass, piano, and percussion (7')
Open (1998) for string trio (18')
The Eternal Bagatelle (1997) for open instrumentation (10'-15')
Villa of the Mysteries (1997) for flute, violin, cello, and piano (19')
Our Meeting is Inevitable (1996) for brass quintet [tuba] (9')
Bells Dance, Drums Ring (1996) for percussion quartet (7')
Event Horizon (1995) for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, and contrabass (15')
A Sampler of the Senses (1994) for viola, 'cello, and piano (9')
Two for Le Nôtre (1993-4) for baroque quartet [baroque flute and violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord] (11')
Duke Meets Mort (1992) for saxophone quartet (12')
100 Views from the Bird's Eye (1991) for flute, bass clarinet, and piano (7')
Growing Up (1990) for string quartet (8')*
Magic Act (1988) for violin and marimba (10')
A Fork in the Road (1987) for wind quintet (10')
Sunburst (1985) for brass quintet and computer-generated tape (8')
A Path Between Cloud and Light (1985) for string quartet (11')
Always Rising (1979) for piano trio (13')
Waterlight (1978) for piano, vibraphone, and glockenspiel (10')

Mixed chamber ensemble (conductor optional):

Lesgedowdaheah (1996) for raucous ensemble [eleven players/funk band] (9')
Liberty (1991) for two pianos and three percussionists
[arrangement of movement from Symphony #2]
Stonypath Sunrise and Victory March for Little Sparta (1991) for mixed quartet [oboe/english horn, viola, harp, and percussion] (8')
Time/Memory/Shadow (1988) for sextet [double trio: violin/'cello/piano, and violin/viola/harp] (16')
WindRiver (1984) for 'Pierrot' sextet (10')
Time's Filter (1983) for double quintet [string/wind], after Purcell (4')

Chamber ensemble (with conductor):

Marfantasie (2003-04) for large ensemble (13')
Un Arco Lento (2000) for flute and string orchestra (15')
Carving Space for Sound (1998) for trumpet and six players (14')
Time's Spring (1982) for nine strings (8')

Wind ensemble:

Portrait of Days and Nights on Lake Como (1988) for wind ensemble and tape (11')

Chamber Orchestra:

Un Arco Lento (2000) for flute and string orchestra (15')
A Matter of Scale (1993) for chamber orchestra (13')
Duke Meets Mort (1992) for chamber orchestra (12')
A Wide Open Field (1990) for electric cello and chamber orchestra (13')
The Distant Shore II (1982) for soprano and chamber orchestra (12')
The Distant Shore (1981) for chamber orchestra (10')
[see also Seeing Forms, Hearing Voices (vocal)]

Orchestra:

Symphony #3: "The World Turned Upside Down" (1993-2000) (25')
Mountains Travel on Water for orchestra (1997) (1')
Symphony #2: "Liberty and/or Death" (1989-92) for orchestra (20')
The Stars' Harmony/The Night's Pleasure (1989) for orchestra (8')
Symphony #1: Images of Birth, A Piero Triptych (1987) for orchestra (16')

Solo piano:

Blues Box (2003) (3')
From the Ground Up (2002) (3')
Braided Bagatelles (2001) (17')
Car Radio Rant (2001) for left-handed talking pianist (3')
Piano Sonata No. 2, "The Big Room" (1999) (25')
The Big Room (1993) (13')
Nach[t(raum)] ist Kommen (1989) (3')
Swing Shift (1988) (4')*
Ritratto dei Giorni e delle Notti su Lago di Como (1987) for piano and environmental sounds on tape (11')
From Him to Me (1987) (7')
Warm Waxing Wail (1986) for singer/pianist (10')
Piano Sonata No. 1, "Spiral Dances" (1984) (20')

Solo instrument (other than piano):

Bird Escapes Cage; Takes Flight (1998) for solo clarinet in A (1')
Garland (1981) for solo and duo celli (8',4') [also in version for electric cello and video]
Towards the Crest (1981) for bass clarinet (9')
Forms of Floating (1979) for solo flute (8')

Solo instrument with accompaniment:

A Clean Sweep (2005) for shakuhachi and MAX/MSP (13')
Excavating the Perfect Farewell (2003) for viola and piano (18')
In Flight Together (2001) for violin and organ (4')
Written on Wood (2000) for percussion and piano (8')
Angel Skating [Violin Sonata No.2] (1999) for violin and piano (20')
Yearning (1997) for oboe with live electronics and tape (19')
Die Berliner Hornisse (1995) for alto saxophone and piano (10')
An Intimate Field (1991) for cello and piano (9')
Birds and Flowers (1990) for flute and piano (7')
Surge (1987) for contrabass and piano (9')
Roundabout( 1985) for contrabass and computer-generated tape (7')
Celestial Fragments [Violin Sonata No.1] (1980) for violin and piano (15')
Shadow Box (1978) for clarinet and piano (11')

Vocal:

Solo:

Our Heart and Home Is With Infinitude (1998) for soprano and piano (15')
(texts by Wordsworth, Baudelaire, Friedrich, Whitman, and Leopardi)

(see also Warm Waxing Wail, solo piano, Solo Song from Four Occasions)

Duo:

Di Pensier a Pensier (2000) for soprano, mezzo soprano, and harpsichord (15')
[text by Petrarch]

Music Theater:

Trancendance (1991) for soprano, piano, and bass (w/electronics) [on Shaker texts] (15')

With Chamber ensemble:

The Sting of Command (2002) for baritone, violin, clarinet, piano and contrabass (4')
[text from Elias Canetti]

Seeing Forms, Hearing Voices (1999) for soprano, male chorus, strings, brass, percussion, keyboard sampler, and electroacoustic part (20')
[texts from Petrarch and Lotus Sutra]

Pensées Nocturnes (1994) for soprano and piano trio (13')
[texts by Blaise Pascal]

El Canto de los Asesinados (1993) for tenor, two backup singers, clappers, percussion, soprano saxophone and bass guitar (5')
[texts by Federico Garcia Lorca and Robert Carl]

Two Visions (1987) for soprano and thirteen players (texts by W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens) (20')
[see also Distant Shore II under "chamber orchestra"]

American Space (1983) for soprano and six players (text by Louis Sullivan) (14')

Choral:

Simic Songs (2004), a book of 15 madrigals for four solo voices (SATB) (20')

Sanctus for Zepernick (2002) for a capella choir (7')

Autumn Song (1993) for children's choir (2')*
[text by Emily Dickinson]

Sullivan Songs (1983) for 12-voice a capella choir (9')
[texts by Louis Sullivan]

Electronic:

Haiku of Buson (1996) for reciter and tape (13')
Tales My Grandmother Told Me (1988) for sampled and synthesized sounds on tape (12')
Three-Real Time Etudes (1986) for Synclavier II (12')
Skyway (1985) for computer-generated tape (14')
Like a High Wind Never Ceasing (1979) for shakuhachi and synthesized sounds on tape (15')
[see also Ritratto..., (solo piano), A Clean Sweep, Roundabout and Yearning (solo instrument with accompaniment), Sunburst (chamber)]

"Performance":

Farewell to the Funless 80's! (1989) for lounge singer
Platonic (1978) for two thundersheets (indeterminate)
[see also Warm Waxing Wail (solo piano), Car Radio Rant (solo piano), Trancendance (vocal/music theatre); Haiku of Buson (electronic)]

* Written for younger musicians