John Corigliano

Score-This 35-minute work is in five movements which bears a resemblance to the arch-form principales of Bartok’s fourth quartet. The quartet is based upon a motto composed of even repetitions of a single tone and a sequenceof disjunct minor thirds. There are also four pitch centers recurring throughout the work: C C-sharp G and G-sharp.The String Quartet was commissioned by the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for the Cleveland Quartet. Thefirst performance was on Oct 26 1995 by the Cleveland Quartet.

This piece for unaccompanied viola solo transforms the gentle arches of Bach's theme into slowly soaring arpeggi of almost unending phrase lengths. Originally written for cello it was premiered by Yo-Yo Ma in Boston in 1997 inmemory of Robert Goldberg. This version for viola is edited by Melia Watras.

John Corigliano (b. 1938) is an American composer. One of his most enjoyable compositions is The Mannheim Rocket commissioned by the Mannheim orchestra in the year 2000. It takes inspiration from theRocket of the title – a famous compositional device invented by the orchestra in the 1700s. From there it swiftly traverses 200 years of German music cleverly hiding quotes from some of the most famous orchestralworks of the era rising to its zenith before falling back to earth – exactly as a real rocket would. Described by the composer as a “marvellous journey” this orchestral piece is one of the mostentertaining in the repertoire – both to play and to listen to.

for String Orchestra-A thoughtful lyric movement for strings Reverie for String Orchestra continues to be a favorite of orchestra directors particularly as an expressive program piece for festival and contest. This work offers plenty ofopportunities to present dramatic and sensitive musical expression from the entire ensemble.

Francisco J Nunez' Transient Glory Series-Upon Julia's Clothes by John Corigliano for unaccompanied SA choir.

Score and Parts-This string quartet was inspired by a photo of Corigliano's father playing a violin and his uncle playing the guitar. It was commissioned by the Elements String Quartet and premiered in November 2003 at Merkin Concert Hall inNew York City.

Score and Parts-Version for Flute and Harp arranged fom the Original work for Flute and String Orchestra by Valerie Von Pechy Whitcup.

The song cyclette Petit Fours was composed in 1959 by John Corigliano for Voice and Piano based on the four poems by Robert Herrick Ogden Nash Aloysius Bertrand and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Contents: The Ancient Mariner The Turtle Une Allee Luxembourg and Upon Julia's Clothes. One of contemporary music's most distinguished composers John Corigliano has infused classical music with new life by engaging an unusually broad audience. The only person to have won two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Classical Composition he has alsoreceived three other Grammy Awards the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Symphony No. 2 the 2000 Academy Award for his score for The Red Violin (his third film score) and the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Best New Orchestral Composition for his Symphony No. 1.

Song number three from The Cloisters for Voice and Piano. Text by William M. Hoffman.