Pierrot Ensemble - Major Works For Pierrot Ensemble

Major Works For Pierrot Ensemble

• Christina Athinodorou (1981): Aktaí pour flûte, clarinette, vibraphone, violon, violoncelle et piano (2008)
• Milton Babbitt: Arie da Capo (1979)
• Martin Bresnick: My Twentieth Century (2002) + viola
• Earle Brown: "Tracking Pierrot" (1992) + percussion
• John Cage: Seven (1988) + viola
• Elliott Carter: Triple Duo (1983) + percussion
• Chen Yi: Sparkle (1992) + 2 percussionists & double-bass
• Sebastian Currier: Static (2003) {recipient of the 2007 Grawemeyer Award}
• Mario Davidovsky: Flashbacks (1995) + percussion
• Maurício Dottori: Elegie per il tramonto della luna (1989)
• Jacob Druckman: Come Round (1992)
• Hanns Eisler: Palmström (1926) + soprano (without piano)
• Mohammed Fairouz: Unwritten (2010)
• Manuel de Falla: Harpsichord concerto (1926) + oboe (the keyboard is the harpsichord)
• Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life 2 (1970) + viola (the keyboard is a celesta)
• Morton Feldman: I Met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg (1971) + percussion, soprano
• Morton Feldman: For Frank O'Hara (1976) + percussion
• Jorge Grossmann: "Siray" (2005)
• Gérard Grisey: Taléa (1986)
• Gérard Grisey: Vortex Temporum (1996) + viola
• John Harbison: The Natural World (1986) + soprano
• Dorothy Hindman: Setting Century (1999)
• Kamran Ince: Waves of Talya (1989)
• David Lang: Sweet Air (1999)
• Fred Lerdahl: Time After Time (2000) + percussion {finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize}
• Fabien Levy: A propos (2008)
• Steven Mackey: Indigenous Instruments (1989)
• Steven Mackey: Microsymphony (1999) + percussion
• Donald Martino: Notturno (1973) + percussion {winner of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize}
• Ron C. Mann: Claire Lunaire (2009) flute/piccolo, oboe/cor Anglais, viola, harp, soprano.
• Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969) + baritone and percussion
• Rytis Mazulis: Canon mensurabilis (2000) + viola
• Ira J. Mowitz: Shimmerings (2004) + Digital Soundtrack: Alto flute/Piccolo, B-flat Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Glockenspiel
• Tristan Murail: Winter Fragments (2000) + electronic sounds
• Lior Navok: Sextet (1998) + percussion
• Lior Navok: Elegy to the Future (2001)
• George Perle: Critical Moments 2 (2001) + percussion
• Mel Powell: Sextet + percussion
• Steve Reich: Double Sextet (2007) can be performed either by Pierrot ensemble with tape or by 12 players {winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize}
• Belinda Reynolds: Coming Around
• Frederic Rzewski: Pocket Symphony + percussion
• Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (1912) + mezzo-soprano
• Gunther Schuller: Paradigm Exchanges (1991)
• Salvatore Sciarrino: "Lo Spazio inverso" (1985) + Celesta
• Ralph Shapey: Three for Six (1979) + percussion
• Matteo Sommacal: Counter Rotating In Vacuum (2001)
• Matteo Sommacal: La ragazza che dormiva sotto il letto (2009)
• Steven Stucky: Ad Parnassum (1998)
• William Susman: Twisted Figures (1987) + mallets
• William Susman: The Starry Dynamo (1994)
• William Susman: Camille (2010) with piano four-hands
• Michael Torke: Telephone Book (1995) {comprising Yellow Pages (1985), Blue Pages (1995), and White Pages (1995)}
• Joan Tower: Petroushskates (1980)
• Theo Verbey: Perplex (2004) + vibraphone
• Rolf Wallin: The Age of Wire and String (2005)
• Barbara White: Learning to See + percussion
• Barbara White: Life in the Castle + mezzo-soprano
• Barbara White: My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon
• Charles Wuorinen: New York Notes (1982) + 1 or 2 percussionists and electronic sounds
• Iannis Xenakis: Plektó (1993) + percussion
• Carolyn Yarnell: Lapis Lazuli
• Zhou Long: Five Elements (2002) + percussion {also exists in a version with Chinese instruments}