title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
My Friend's Story: An Opera in a Prolog, 3 Scenes and an Epilog based on a story by Anton Chekhov Libretto by J.D. McClatchy. Premiere: New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas, June 2013 |
Cast of Characters: Narrator - Baritone Peter - Tenor Milena - Mezzo Soprano Hannah - Soprano Jacob - Bass Musicians: 2 clarinets (2nd doubles Bass clarinet) Piano Percussion Violin Cello Contra Bass Conductor |
2013 | ca 75' | Carl Fischer |
title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
Angelus Novus | Orchestra | 1991 | 9' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Encore! | Orchestra | 2003 | 4' 30" | Carl Fischer |
Falling | Orchestra & Mezzo Soprano solo | 1994 | 20' | Carl Fischer |
Grace | Concerto in 3 movements for two marimbas and orchestra | 2000 | 19' | Carl Fischer |
Little Suite | Amateur String Orchestra | 1987 | 20' | |
Ocean of Storms | Orchestra | 1970 | 16' | Bote & Block, dist. US by B&H |
On An Overgrown Path (Janacek-Bresnick) | Chamber Orchestra | 1996 | 25' | Carl Fischer |
ONE | Chamber Orchestra | 1986 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Pan Penseroso | solo Flute and Orchestra: solo flute, 2 ob, 2 cl (Bb), 2 bn, 2 Hn (F), 2 trpts, 1 tenor trb, 1 bass trb, vibraphone, strings | 2009 | 20' | Carl Fischer |
Pontoosuc | Orchestra | 1989 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
Sinfonia | Orchestra | 1992 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
The Way It Goes | Composition for Orchestra | 2015 | 11' | Carl Fischer |
Wir Weben, Wir Weben | String Orchestra (9 vlns, 3 vla, 3 vc, 1 cb) | 1978 | 22' | Carl Fischer |
title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
Ants | ww quintet, string quartet, cb, percussion, harp, soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone soli, 5 actor/mimes | 1976 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
B.'s Garlands | 8 violoncelli | 1973 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Bread & Salt | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 sax, 2 hn, vc, cb |
1984 | 7' | Carl Fischer |
Der Signál | fl, cl, sax, cornet, trb, vla, vc, cb, perc, soprano, alto, mezzo soli, narrator or tape | 1982 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
Fanfare | 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones | 2001 | 5' | Carl Fischer |
Fantasia on a Theme by Willie Dixon | piano and amplified ensemble | 2001 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Introit | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 2 trb | 1969 | 7' | Carl Fischer |
Musica | fl, cl, bn, hn, tpt, trb, vln, vla, vc | 1972 | 7'30"-22'30" | Carl Fischer |
title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
*** | cl., vla., & pno | 1997 | 9' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
A Message from the Emperor |
for two speaking percussionists marimba, vibraphone, four small drums amplification as needed |
2010 | 11' | Carl Fischer |
Ballade | Cello & Piano | 2004 | 11' | Carl Fischer |
BE JUST! | cl., vc., cb., guit., pno., perc. | 1995 | 4' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Bird As Prophet | Violin & Piano | 1999 | 12' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Caprichos Enfáticos | Piano soloist and Percussion Quartet (with images of Goya) | 2007 | ca 35' | Carl Fischer *for performance materials, please email Martin Bresnick |
Capricho Nuevo | cl, a. sax, pno, vibe, perc, vln, db bss | 2006 | 6'30" | Carl Fischer |
Conspiracies | solo flute, 4 other flutes | 1979 | 14' | Carl Fischer |
Every Thing Must Go article: Martin Bresnick’s Every Thing Must Go for saxophone quartet by Susan Fancher, published in the July/August 2009 issue of the Saxophone Journal |
Saxophone Quartet | 2007 | ca 15' | Carl Fischer |
Follow Your Leader | bcl(cl)., bn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vc.) or bcl(cl)., bn., bar,sax., perc., pno., synth., vln. | 1994 | 3' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Going Home (Vysoke, My Jerusalem) |
for oboe quartet (oboe, violin, viola, 'cello) | 2010 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Grace | 2 marimbas and piano (orchestra reduction) | 2009 | 19' | Carl Fischer |
Handwork | 2 pianos | 2014 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
High Art | piccolo, toy piano | 1983 | 8' | Carl Fischer |
Just
Time article: Works by Martin Bresnick, Mel Powell, Ronald Roseman, Ralph Shapey |
ww quintet | 1985 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
La Gaya Scienza | Brass Quintet (Bass Tbn) & Timpani | 1998 | 3' | Carl Fischer |
My
Twentieth Century dissertation: "Pitch Symmetry in Martin Bresnick's My Twentieth Century" by Mark Fromm |
fl, cl, vln, va, vc, pno | 2002 | 15' | Carl Fischer |
Pan Penseroso | Versions: 1 flute & piano (with multi-phonics) 2 flutes and piano (without multi-phonics) Commissioned by the National Flute Association, Inc |
2009 | Carl Fischer | |
Pigs & Fishes | bcl(cl)., bn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vc.) or (bcl(cl)., bn., bar. sax., perc., pno., synth., vln. | 1993 | 5' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Pine Eyes | Clarinet(s), piano, 2 percussion, & narrator | 1998 | 20' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Pine Eyes {complete work} | cl (bs.cl), pno (synthesizer), 2 perc, narrator , DVD projections | 2006 | Act 1: 45', Act 2: 40'. Total 85' | |
Prayers Remain Forever | cello and piano | 2011 | ca 15' | Carl Fischer |
Songs of the Mouse People | Cello & Vibraphone | 1999 | 11' | Carl Fischer |
String Quartet #1 | string quartet | 1968 | 16' | Carl Fischer |
String
Quartet #2 "Bucephalus" article: Beating A Dead Horse: An Analysis Of Formal and Motivic Significance In Martin Bresnick's Second String Quartet |
string quartet | 1984 | 20' | Carl Fischer |
String Quartet #3 | string quartet | 1992 | 20' | Carl Fischer |
Tent of Miracles | solo baritone sax, 3 other baritone saxes or solo bass clarinet, 3 other bass clarinets or solo bassoon, 3 other bassoons | 1984 | 12' | Carl Fischer |
The Bucket Rider | bcl., vc., cb., guit., pno., perc |
1995 | 11' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Trio Article: Observations and commentary on the First movement of Martin Bresnick’s Piano Trio, by Justin Tierney |
vln, vnc, pno | 1988 | 22' | Carl Fischer |
Trio | two trumpets, percussion | 1966 | 7' | Bote & Bock, dist. US by B&H |
Tucket | bcl(cl)., bn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vc.) or bcl(cl)., bn., bar,sax., perc., pno., synth., vln. or brass quintet | 1991 | 3' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Willie's Way | arranged for Woodwind Quintet by Richard Matthias) | 2012 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Wir Weben, Wir Weben | 3 vln, vla, vc, cb | 1978 | 22' | Carl Fischer |
title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
Bag O' Tells | solo mandolin | 1984 | 12' | Carl Fischer |
Conspiracies | flute solo and tape | 1979 | 14' | Carl Fischer |
Extrana Devocion (Strange Devotion) | piano solo | 2010 | ca 6' | Carl Fischer |
For
The Sexes: The Gates of Paradise Dissertation: "Martin Bresnick's For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise - Analysis of a Multimedia Composition" by Robert Auler |
solo piano & DVD projection | 2001 | 30' | Carl Fischer |
Four Short Piano Pieces | piano solo | 1964-1968 | 8' | Carl Fischer |
High Art | piccolo solo, toy piano ossia | 1983 | 8' | Carl Fischer |
Ishi's Song | piano solo | 2012 | 8'40" | Carl Fischer |
Joaquin Is Dreaming (Joaquin Soñando) | guitar solo | 2008 | ca 7' | Carl Fischer |
Josephine The Singer | violin solo | 2012 | 8'30" | Carl Fisher |
Lady Neil's Dumpe | DX7 digital synthesizer & TX 816 driven by Macintosh computer | 1987 | 12' | Carl Fischer |
On an Overgrown Path | solo guitar | 1987 | 25' | Carl Fischer |
Tent of Miracles | baritone sax solo and tape or bass clarinet solo and tape or bassoon solo and tape | 1984 | 12' | Carl Fischer |
The Dream of the Lost Traveller | solo piano | 1997 | 13' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
Theme and Variations | oboe solo | 1964 | 5' | Carl Fischer |
Three Intermezzi | violoncello solo | 1971 | 10' | Bote & Bock, dist. US by B&H |
Willie's Way | solo piano | 2006 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
title | ensemble | year | duration | publisher |
Falling | Mezzo Soprano, piano | 1994 | 20' | Carl Fischer |
New Haven | SATB a cappella, Psalm texts | 1993 | 2' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
The Human Abstract | Mezzo Soprano and Piano | 2005 | 4' | text William Blake Carl Fischer |
Three Choral Songs | SATB a cappella, text by Yehuda Amichai | 1986 | 10' | Carl Fischer |
Where is the Way | SATB a cappella | 1970 | 5' | Carl Fischer |
Woodstock | SATB a cappella, Psalm texts | 1993 | 3' | Carl Fischer part of Opere della Music Povera |
title | type | company & year | director | publisher |
Arthur & Lillie *Academy Award nomination |
short documentary | Pyramid Films, 1975 | Jon Else | CommonMuse |
Cadillac Desert Series: Mulhollands' Dream, An American Nile, The Mercy of Nature | 4 feature length films | PBS Prime Time program; PBS & Columbia TriStar Television, 1997 | Jon Else | CommonMuse |
Cadillac Desert Series: The Last Oasis | PBS Prime Time Program | Linda Harrar | CommonMuse | |
Man Made Out Of Words: Wallace Stevens | feature length documentary | The Center for Visual History, Voices & Visions, 1987 | Richard Rogers | CommonMuse |
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet | 2 hr. documentary | PBS Prime Time program, 2002 | Michael Schwarz | CommonMuse |
Next Year Country | feature length documentary | PBS, Non-fiction Television, 1981 | Beth Ferris | CommonMuse |
POUR | short documentary | 1969 | Kathy Hansen-Butler | CommonMuse |
The Botany of Desire | 2 hour documentary | PBS Prime Time program, Kikim Media 2009 | Michael Schwarz | CommonMuse |
The Day After Trinity *Academy Award nomination, Special prize Sundance Film Festival |
feature length documentary | Pyramid Films, 1980 | Jon Else | CommonMuse |
The Mediterranean | dramatic feature | Nascimbene Films, 1982 |
Jan Nascimbene | CommonMuse |
WCW: William Carlos Williams | feature length documentary | The Center for Visual History, Voices & Visions, 1986 | Jill Janows | CommonMuse |