Libby Larsen - Selected Works

Selected Works

This is only a list of selected works. For a list of Larsen's complete works please see List of compositions by Libby Larsen. Opera:

• Clair de Lune (1984)

two act chamber opera; libretto by Patricia Hampl

• Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus (1990)

full length music drama; libretto by Libby Larsen

• Barnum’s Bird (2000)

chamber choral opera in two acts; libretto by Bridget Carpenter

• Dreaming Blue (2000)

opera in one act for child actor, SATB soloists, children’s chorus, rhythm chorus, and drumming group; libretto by Libby Larsen using texts from third and fourth graders from Mountain View Elementary, Salt Lake City.

Orchestral:

• Symphony No. 1 “Water Music” (1985)

full orchestra

• Symphony No. 2 “Coming Forth Into Day” (1986)

soprano solo, baritone solo, SATB chorus, full orchestra; various texts

• Marimba Concerto: After Hampton (1992)

solo marimba and full orchestra

• Ring of Fire (1995)

full orchestra

• Song-Dances to the Light (1995)

SA chorus, Orff instruments, full orchestra (or piano); text by young people

• Symphony No. 5: “Solo Symphony” (1999)

full orchestra

• “Still Life with Violin” (2000)

solo violin and full orchestra

• “Evening in the Palace of Reason” (2008)

solo string quartet and string orchestra

Band:

• Strut (2003)

concert band

• An Introduction to the Moon (2005)

symphonic wind ensemble, tuned water glasses, recorded voice, eight collaborative improvisations

Choral:

• ”Who Cannot Weep Come Learn of Me” (1985)

SSA, mezzo-soprano and tenor solos; text from MS09:38 Trinity College

• Songs of Youth and Pleasure (1986)

four movements

SATB a cappella; Renaissance text

• The Settling Years (1988)

three movements

SATB, woodwind quintet, piano, percussion; 20th century biographical texts

• "I Just Lightning" (1994)

SSAA and percussion; text by Maria Sabina

• Seven Ghosts (1995)

five movements

SATB with soprano solo, brass quintet, piano, and percussion; 20th century biographical texts

• Today This Spring (1995)

three songs

SA and piano; text by Emily Dickinson, Charles Wilson, and Jan Kimes

• "By a Departing Light" (1999)

SATB a cappella; text by Emily Dickinson

• Four Valentines: A Lover’s Journey (2000)

four movements

six-voice male a cappella; text by James Joyce, William Shakespeare, and Karl Joseph Simrock

• "Jack’s Valentine" (2001)

SSAA; text by Aldeen Humphreys

• "Womanly Song of God" (2003)

SSAA divisi a cappella; text by Catherine de Vinck

• Western Songs (2005)

three songs

SATB a cappella; text from American Folksongs

Vocal:

• Songs From Letters (1989)

five movements

soprano and piano or chamber ensemble; text by Calamity Jane

• Sonnets From the Portuguese (1991)

six movements

soprano and chamber ensemble or piano; text by Elizabeth Barret Browning

• Love After 1950 (2000)

five movements

mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rita Dove, Julie Kane, Kathryn Daniel, Liz Lochhead, and Muriel Rukeyser

• Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (2000)

five movements

soprano and piano; text by Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Katherine Parr

• This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony (2003)

four movements

soprano and string quartet; text by Dima Hilal and Sekena Shaben

• Sifting Through the Ruins (2005)

five movements

mezzo-soprano, viola and piano; text by Hilary North, anonymous, Alicia Vasquez, Martha Cooper, and Ted Berrigan; chosen by Susanne Mentzer

Instrumental:

• “Four on the Floor” (1984)

violin, cello, contrabass, and piano

• “Dancing Solo” (1994)

solo clarinet

• “Slang” (1994)

clarinet, violin, and piano

• Concert Piece for Tuba and Piano (1995)

tuba and piano

• “Holy Roller” (1997)

alto saxophone and piano

• “Barn Dances” (2001)

flute, clarinet, and piano

• “Bid Call” (2002)

alto saxophone and cello

• "Yellow Jersey" (2004)

two clarinets

• “Song Concerto” (2005)

alto saxophone and piano

• Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano

bassoon and piano