Michael Gordon
Field of Vision (2022) 60'
36 percussionists
Caramoor Center for the Arts
Works
Percussion
David Lang
composition as explanation (2020) 60'
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello
eighth blackbird
Michael Gordon
loved. (2020) 7'
7 vibraphones or other pitched metal
Brooklyn Botanical Garden for an installation at the BBG Cherry Esplanade: August 7-September 7, 2020 and March 13-May 8, 2021 (David Cossin, vibraphones)
Julia Wolfe
Forbidden Love (2019) 40'
4 percussion playing string quartet
Carnegie Hall, LA Philharmonic, Kennedy Center
Michael Gordon
Material (2016) 65'
2 pianos, 2 percussion
commissioned for Yarn/Wire by the Augustine Foundation
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
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
man made (2013, rev. 2017) 22'
percussion quartet concerto 2(1pic).2.2(1bcl).2(1cbn)/4.3.2(1btbn).1/3perc.timp/hp.pno/str
Barbican Centre and Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Lang
the whisper opera (2013) 60'
text by David Lang
soprano; flute, clarinet, percussion, cello
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
David Lang
man made (2013, rev. 2017) 22'
arr. chamber orchestra
percussion quartet concerto 1+picc.2.2.1+cbn/3.2.2.1/3perc.timp.hp.pno/strings
Barbican Centre and Los Angeles Philharmonic
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
Julia Wolfe
Body Language (2012) 25'
concerto for percussion and orchestra
BBC Radio 3
David Lang
love fail (2012) 60'
Text by David Lang (after Lydia Davis, Marie de France, Gottfried von Strassburg, Béroul, Thomas of Britain and Richard Wagner)
SSAA playing simple percussion instruments
love fail was co-commissioned by The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa. Movement 4, 'the wood and the vine', was commissioned by The Newman Center for the Performing Arts at University of Denver, The University of California at Riverside, and the Santa Fe Concert Association in Santa FE, NM. Movement 10, 'I live in pain', in a different version, was originally written for “TheCrossing,” Donald Nally, conductor.
David Lang
love fail – arr. female chorus (2012, rev. 2016) 60'
Text by David Lang (after Lydia Davis, Marie de France, Gottfried von Strassburg, Béroul, Thomas of Britain and Richard Wagner)
SSAA chorus (or 8 solo women singers) playing simple percussion instruments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2012 Next Wave Festival, The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, The John F. Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, The Wake Forest University / Secrest Artists Series, and Hancher Performances at the University of Iowa
David Lang
involuntary (2011) 4'
2 piccolos, 2 trumpets in C, 1 drummer
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, for the opening of the DiMenna Center for Classical Music
David Lang
stuttered chant (2011) 4'
cello and percussion, in unison
for Maya Beiser and Evelyn Glennie
David Lang
the woodmans: music from the film (2011) 35'
Scott Willis, director
David Lang, composer
C. Scott Films
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
David Lang
battle hymns (2009) 50'
Text by David Lang (after Sullivan Ballou, Stephen Foster and Abraham Lincoln)
large chorus, plus one snare drum
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and Leah Stein Dance Company
Michael Gordon
Timber (2009) 60'
six percussionists playing wooden simantras (2x4s) [all instruments amplified]
Club Guy and Roni, Slagwerk den Haag, Mantra Percussion, with support from The Nief Norf Project
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
David Lang
table of contents (2008) 8'
percussion duo
a percussion consortium (The Meehan/Perkins Duo – Doug Perkins and Todd Meehan, The Coalescence Duo – Judy Moonert and Greg Scour, Matthew McClung and Lisa Nicol, and Greg Beyer, Michael Correa, Matthew Duvall, Hunter/Gatherer – Ian Antonio and Russell Greenberg, and Yu Chun Kuo)
David Lang
lend/lease (2008) 3'
piccolo and percussion
London Sinfonietta
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
David Lang
the little match girl passion (2007) 35'
Text by David Lang (after H.C. Andersen, H.P. Paulli, Picander and Saint Matthew)
4 voices (SATB) each playing simple percussion
Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall for Paul Hillier and Theatre of Voices
David Lang
string of pearls (2006) 9'
solo marimba
a marimba consortium (Thomas Burritt and the University of Texas Percussion Program, Michael Burritt, David Cossin, Joseph Gramley, Eduardo Leandro, Todd Meehan, William Moersch, Doug Perkins, Steven Schick, Adam Sliwinski, Robert Van Sice)
David Lang
o isis and osiris (2005) 4'
2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp
Mannheim Opera
Michael Gordon
What to Wear (2005) 65'
Text by Richard Foreman
2S, A, T, small female chorus
2kbd, perc, egtr, 2vn, db, drums [all instruments and voices amplified]
The Center for New Performance at CalArts and the Ontological-Hysteric Theater with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. What to Wear is also a Meet the Composer Commissioning Music/USA commission and was produced with the additional support of the Shubert Foundation.
David Lang
loud love songs (2004) 18'
percussion concerto 1,2,2,2/2111/timp,3perc,pf/str
the Eos Orchestra for Evelyn Glennie
David Lang
the so-called laws of nature (2002) 32'
percussion quartet
So Percussion
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
Julia Wolfe
Dark Full Ride (2002) 18'
perc. quartet for 4 drum sets
Talujon Percussion Quartet with funds from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust
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
little eye (1999) 7'
cello and four non-percussionists
Nuova Consonanza for Alter Ego
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
XY (1997) 15'
5 tuned drums
Evelyn Glennie
David Lang
miracle ear (1996) 4'
toy piano and metal pipes; for one player - who may be either a toy pianist or a percussionist
commissioned for recording by Margaret Leng Tan
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
David Lang
Born to be Wild – arr. Lang (1994) 3'
percussion
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
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
Strange Quiet (1985) 14'
cl(bcl),egtr,pn,perc,vn,va [all instruments amplified]
Michael Gordon
Thou Shalt!/Thou Shalt Not! (1983) 18'
cl(bcl)/perc/eorg/egtr/vn.va [all instruments amplified]
David Lang
hammer amour (1978, rev. 1989) 10'
pf solo, 2 fl, 2 cl, 2 hn, tpt, tbn, perc