David Lang
let me come in (arr. SSA) (2023) 10'
text by David Lang (after Song of Songs 5:2)
3 voices (SSA), percussion, viola, cello
Vox Clamantis
Works
Cello
Michael Gordon
Travel Guide to Nicaragua (2022) 70'
for solo cello and 24 voice choir
solo cello, SATB
Carnegie Hall, Penn Live Arts
David Lang
let me come in (2021) 10'
text by David Lang (after Song of Songs 5:2)
soprano, percussion, viola, cello
The Fisher Center at Bard College with co-commissioning support by The Los Angeles Opera
David Lang
composition as explanation (2020) 60'
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
Julia Wolfe
Spinning (2018) 60'
3 cellos and voice
Peak Performances (Montclair, NJ)
Julia Wolfe
Wind in my hair (2018) 20'
cello concerto
amplified solo cello, 2+picc.2.2.2/4.2.3.1/timp/strings
Cello Biennale Amsterdam and Music for Galway (Ireland)
David Lang
prayers for night and sleep (2018) 15'
text by David Lang
solo soprano, solo cello, 1 perc, strings
Cello Biennale Amsterdam, Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Michael Gordon
House Music (2018) 60'
solo cello
Cello Biennale Amsterdam
Michael Gordon
8 (2018) 53'
8 cellos
Cello Octet Amsterdam, November Music, Cello Biennale Amsterdam
Julia Wolfe
Retrieve (2016) 10'
cello and double bass
Cornell University
David Lang
the day (2016) 30'
solo cello + playback
Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa for Maya Beiser
David Lang
anatomy theater (2016) 75'
Mezzo,Ten,Bar,Bass, fl(picc),cl(bcl),tpt,perc,pf(acc),vn,va,vc,db
David Lang
simple song #3 – arr. chamber ensemble (2015) 6'
soprano, solo violin, 1.1.0.0/1.0.0.0/1 perc/1 timp/hp or pno/optional synth/1.1.1.1.1
Indigo Films
David Lang
simple song #3 – arr. piano trio (2015) 6'
soprano, piano, violin, cello
Indigo Films
David Lang • Julia Wolfe • Michael Gordon
Cloud River Mountain (2015, rev. 2017) 32'
music by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Lau Luo
soprano, cl, perc, egtr, piano, vc, db
commissioned by Maria and Robert A. Skirnick and Arts Brookfield
Julia Wolfe
Emunah (2015) 10'
cello
Maya Beiser
Michael Gordon
Hyper (2014) 10'
fl, cl, pno, perc, gtr, vl, vc, db
Da Camera Society of Los Angeles
David Lang
hammerspace (2014, rev. 2023) 3'
a collection of small pieces for cartoons
solo trumpet
Commissioned by Kunststiftung NRW, Philharmonie Essen, HELLERAU Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden, and Ensemble Musikfabrik
David Lang
just (after song of songs) (2014) 13'
SSA + perc, vla, vc
Louth Contemporary Music Society
David Lang
the whisper opera (2013) 60'
text by David Lang
soprano; flute, clarinet, percussion, cello
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Julia Wolfe
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary – for orchestra (2013) 9'
2.2.2.2/4.2.1+btbn.1/perc.pno.egtr/strings
The MAP Fund
David Lang
stuttered chant (2011) 4'
cello and percussion, in unison
for Maya Beiser and Evelyn Glennie
Michael Gordon
Cold (2011) 15'
1.1.2.1/1.2.1.0/2perc/pno/2.1.2.1 + electronics [all instruments amplified]
Ensemble Modern
Julia Wolfe
With a blue dress on – 5 violins (2010, rev. 2014) 10'
5 violins/voice
version also available for 5 cellos/voice
Eduard van Beinum Stichting
David Lang
concerto (world to come) (2010) 24'
cello concerto 1,1,1+bcl,1/2,0,0,0/ 1 perc, strings
commissioned by saint paul films and swedish television for the choreographer pontus lidberg
David Lang
undanceable (2010) 3'
piano and cello
David Lang
forced march (2008) 10'
fl, bcl, tbn, pno, perc, egtr, vln,va,vc,db; amp
the Crash Ensemble
David Lang
these broken wings (2008) 16'
fl/pc,cl/bcl,pf,vn,vc,perc
Eighth Blackbird
Michael Gordon
the light of the dark (2008) 13'
fl, cl, perc, pno, vn, vc (performers double on a variety of instruments and percussion)
Eighth Blackbird
Julia Wolfe
singing in the dead of night (2008) 18'
fl.cl/perc/pno/vn.vc
Eighth Blackbird
David Lang
pierced (2007) 15'
solo cello, solo piano, solo percussion, strings
Real Quiet
Michael Gordon
All Vows (2006, rev. 2014) 9'
solo cello
Carnegie Hall Corporation
Michael Gordon
Light Is Calling (2004) 7'
amplified violin and audio playback; version for amplified cello and audio playback
David Lang
world to come (2003) 24'
solo cello, plus prerecorded cellos
for Maya Beiser by Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures, On the Boards, and Connecticut College, with support from Meet The Composer
David Lang
depart (2002) 18'
vc, 4 vocals
Fondation de France as a permanent installation for the morgue in the Raymond Poincare Hospital in Garches, France
David Lang
how to pray – for chamber ensemble (2002) 9'
vc, pno, rock organ, e gtr, drums
Audrey Riley
Julia Wolfe
Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (2002) 15'
cl/perc/pf/egtr/vc.db; amp
The MAP Fund
David Lang
child (2001) 42'
my very empty mouth, sweet air, short fall, stick figure, and little eye
fl(pic),cl(bcl),perc,vn,va,vc,pf
David Lang
stick figure (2001) 10'
cl,pf,vc, perc and 1 or 2 non-percussionists
David Lang
short fall (2000) 4'
picc,pf,vn,vc
Pearls Before Swine Experience
David Lang
pay me now (2000) 2'
soprano, viola, cello, bass
David Lang
my very empty mouth (1999) 13'
fl,bcl,pf,vn,va,vc
Ensemble Alternance
David Lang
little eye (1999) 7'
cello and four non-percussionists
Nuova Consonanza for Alter Ego
David Lang
sweet air (1999) 8'
fl,cl,pf,vn,vc
Sentieri Selvaggi
David Lang
sweet air (arr. chamber orch) (1999, rev. 2005) 8'
arr. small orchestra
fl, cl, perc, pf, 2vn, va, vc, db (small string section or solo strings)
Sentieri Selvaggi
David Lang
I fought the law (1998) 6'
pic,ob,ebcl,tpt,vn,va,vc,db, two pieces of junk metal (1 or 2 players)
Sentieri Selvaggi
Julia Wolfe
Girlfriend (1998) 18'
fl.cl/perc/kbd/vn.vc;tp;amp
the California E.A.R. Unit, New York New Music, The San Francisco Chamber Players with funds from Meet the Composer Consortium Commissioning Program
Michael Gordon
acdc (1996) 10'
Chamber Music America for Alternate Currents
Michael Gordon
Trance (1995) 52'
2(2pic,2panpipe).00.3sx.0/0440/3kbd.acn.egtr.bgtr/perc/vn.vc + audio playback [all instruments amplified]
Icebreaker
Julia Wolfe
Steam (1995) 8'
fl/eorg/vc/Harry Partch instruments (2 harmonic canons, 1 blo-boy)
David Lang
my evil twin (1992) 11'
0.0.3.0/2.0.0.0/hp.eorg.eb.perc/2va.2vc
the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Michael Gordon
Industry (1992) 11'
amplified cello + electronics
Maya Beiser
Julia Wolfe
Four Marys – arr. for string orchestra (1991, rev. 2015) 11'
strings
Renga -- Steven Schick, conductor
David Lang
burn notice (1988) 7'
fl,vc,pf or vn,vc,pf
Meet the Composer/Readers Digest Commissioning Program for the Omni Ensemble, Dinosaur Annex and Earplay
Michael Gordon
Four Kings Fight Five (1988) 23'
011+bcl.0/perc/eorg/egtr/vn.va.vc [all instruments amplified]
The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
David Lang
dance/drop (1987, rev. 1997) 11'
bn,bar sax,pf,syn,perc (also available for fl,bcl,pf,vn,vc,perc)
Sound Pressure
David Lang
spud (1986) 10'
fl,ob,cl(bcl),hn,timp,vn,va,vc,db
the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Michael Gordon
Acid Rain (1986) 8'
1(pic,afl).01(Ebcl,bcl).0/0000/eorg/str(1.1.1.1.1)
Yvar Mikhashoff
David Lang
frag (1984) 7'
fl,ob,vc
the Huntington Trio