Compositions First Concert

Vivian Adelberg Rudow

Composer/Performance Artist/Lecturer

Compositions Premiere Performance

(Instrumentation; duration; year composed; first performance)

● Americana Visited: violin or viola and piano; 10:00; 1984; Baltimore Museum of Art, February 10, 1985 (Richard Field, viola; Jeffrey Chappell, piano).

● Americana Visited Variations: violin or viola and piano; 10:00; 1984; Name change 1992 (Crossover Variations, alternate title).

● Anomalies I, II, III, IV: soprano, flute, trumpet, & soprano; 1977; I-III performed at Peabody Conservatory, April 20, 1977 (Susan Wolan, soprano; Gail Pilling, flute; Wayne Cameron, trumpet).

● Ars Nova: two bassoons; 6:00; 1981; Baltimore Museum of Art, November 29, 1981 (Philip Kolker, James O. Bolyard).

● The Bare Smooth Stone Of Your Love, in memory of Daniel Malkin: cello and piano with narrator (text: “Cello Recital” by Carole Malkin 1996); Sundays at Three series, Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia, MD, 6:17; April 19, 1998 (Troy Stuart, cello; Adam Mahonske, piano; Ronald Mutchnik, narrator).

● Bertolt Brecht: narrator and prepared tape; 1974; Towson State College (Cevia Snyder, oral interpretations, accompanying music of prepared tape).

● Best of Friends (music to play by Grace Cavalieri): prepared tape; 1974; College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Alice Houstle, director).

● Call For Peace, Sara Nichols, flute plus tape, performance An Die Musik, Baltimore Composers Forum, December 1, 2006, 6:04

● Changing Space: prepared tape for dance; 10:00 and 5:00 versions; 1972 or 73; University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Elizabeth Walton Le Blanc, choreographer).

● Classical Jeans, see Purple Ice

● Clouds of Memories: version for 11 strings with no repeat, 5:30; version for 11 strings with narration of memories by 4 narrators and repeat, 12:00; 2002; second version performed Har Sinai Peggy & Yale Gordon Trust Concert, April 9, 2002 (Chesapeake String Orchestra: Jeffrey Silberschlag, conductor).

● Cry a Thousand Tears: soprano, alto flute, muted trumpet, prepared tape; 7:35; 1978; Peabody Conservatory, March, 1979 (Susan Wollen, soprano; Gail Cameron, flute; Wayne Cameron, trumpet).

● Cry Beloved Country: rapper and prepared tape; 3:00; Temple Oheb Shalom, May 13, 1992 (Suli Holum).

● Cuban Lawyer, Juan Blanco, excerpt from Portraits of Lawyers originally The Velvet Hammers; 22:29; 2002; Theme/Piece 5:24 plus 7 variations: Variation 1 Musician,:42; Variation 2 Preparing for Electroacoustic Music Festival, 1:29; Variation 5 Never, 1:22, Variation 8 Quilt 2 short, 2:33; Variation 8 Quilt long, 3:52; Variation 9 Never Ever Abandon Love Of Music, :10, (Bourges); Variation of Variations Kennedy Center, 6:42 may be live and interactive). Havana, Cuba, March 10, 2000, 13:00.

● Cuban Lawyer, Juan Blanco, Variation of Variations Kennedy Center: performed live on stage by composer via four remote-controlled CD players, 6:42; 2001.

● Dance Variations: trombone choir, electric bass guitar, percussion; 8:05; 1982; Artscape, Baltimore, Lyric Opera House lobby, July, 1982 (Baltimore Trombone Choir; David Fetter, conductor; David Holmes, bass guitar; Chris Williams, percussion).

● Dan’s Suite:
1. Lament
2. The Bare Smooth Stone of Your Love

● Dark Waters [alternate title, Journey of Waters,] dedicated to Sidney M. Friedberg: solo treble instrument with 11 instruments plus violin, cello and bass sections; 7:30; 1984 (revised 1994); Har Sinai Congregation Peggy & Yale Gordon Concert, May 10, 1994 (Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Anne Harrigan, conductor, Ed Hoffman, trumpet solo).

● Dark Waters: version for 14 instruments plus solo treble instrument; 7:30; 1984

● Dark Waters: version for treble instrument and piano; 3:00

● Dark Waters Of Elba, dedicated to Sidney M. Friedberg, orchestra arrangement Dark Waters 05, instrumentation same as Eroica Symphony by Beethoven, plus three small percussion instruments and piano.
Italian National Symphony Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Silberschlag, conductor, Alba Italy; a commission for a

Napoleon festival, Ferrero Foundation; December 18, 2005. 9:00.

● Dark Waters Of The Chesapeake, dedicated to Sidney M. Friedberg, orchestra arrangement Dark Waters 05 instrumentation, with more percussion similar to original, alternate title:1..of Earth Day Suite. April 18, 2010, The Orchestra of St. Johns, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, Luis Engelke, trumpet, Andrew Stewart, piano added on audio & DVD.7:30

● Dawn’s Journey, in memory of Dawn Culbertson , a DVD, An die Musik, Baltimore Composers Forum, April 16, 2005; electronic, all composers music except electroacoustic music with brief English Country Music excerpts from Bare Necessities CD, English Country Dances on Rounder Records, plus collection of photograph's of Dawn gathered by Dawn’s mother. Special thanks to the Baltimore Folk Music Society, Carl Friedman, Mike Franch, Karin Loya, Herman Heyn and photographers Jackie Donowitz and Neal Sakima

● Dawn’s Journey, in memory of Dawn Culbertson, live piano and tape (CD)

● Devy's Song: treble instrument and piano; 2:30; 1984; Baltimore Museum of Art, February, 1985 (Richard Field, viola, Jeffrey Chappell, piano).

● Dona Nobis Pacem: prepared tape; 4:30; 1977; Peabody Conservatory.

● Earth Day Suite:
1.Dark Waters Of The Chesapeake, orchestra, April 18, 2010, The Orchestra of St. Johns, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, Luis Engelke, trumpet, Andrew Stewart, piano added on audio & DVD.7:30
2. Go Green!, flute concerto, easy orchestra accompaniment, April 18, 2010, The Orchestra of St. Johns, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, Sara Nichols, flute 4:45

● Fanfare For My Hero, In The Pin Striped Suit: full orchestra; 3:00 or 2:00 if faster; 1993; Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, May 1, 1994 (reading by enlarged Goucher Chamber Symphony; Sebrina Alfonso, conductor).

● Force III: full orchestra; 12:00; 1979; Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, December 2-3, 1982 (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Celebrity Series; Sergiu Comissiona, conductor).

● Garden Song [excerpt from Portrait Of A Friend]: tenor and tape; 5:02; 1986; October 1992-1994, television, From My Window, cable 19, Kjell Forsting director, (Howard Carr, tenor).

● Go Green!, flute concert, alternate title: 2. Earth Day Suite, April 18, 2010, The Orchestra of St. Johns, Ronald Mutchnik, conductor, Sara Nichols, flute. Spirited music about cleaning up the earth. 4:45, orchestra accompaniment easy

● The Head Remembers Victims, of W.W.II, composed/created for Franz West Exhibition, December 5, 2008 SOUND OFF!, Baltimore Museum of Art concert, saxophone and prepared tape, Benny Russell, saxophone, V.A.R. tape.3:21

● The Healing Place (version 1): narrator with flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, keyboards, tape (text: Grace Cavalieri); 15:20; 1985; Baltimore Museum of Art, March 14, 1987 (Joseph Eubanks, narrator; ensemble conducted by Rudow).

● The Healing Place (version 2): no narration, keyboards combined with tape as one tape; 15:20; Res Music America, Charles County Arts Alliance, November 4, 1989 (Res MusicAmerica: Reinhard Sunnus, flute; Daniel Silver, clarinet; Ronald Mutchnik,violin; Sherrie Norwitz, viola; Daniel Malkin, cello; Rudow, conductor).

● The Healing Place (1991 revised version): no narration, live keyboards and tape; 20:00; The Motor Coach, Ltd., February 24, 1991 (Res MusicAmerica: Sara Landgren, flute; David Drosinos, clarinet; Hou Lei, violin; Joan Bob, viola; Daniel Malkin, cello; Rudow, conductor).

● The Healing Place VI (total revision with no live keyboards, prepared tape combined with former keyboard part, plus click track): flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, prepared tape, optional narrator; 13:46; 1991.

● The Healing Place VI (revised version): flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, prepared tape, live keyboards, optional narrator; 13:45; 1991; (ensemble conducted by Forrest Toby).Adrian Semo, violin, Joseph Eubanks, narrator.

● Hope/Beauty, created for Franz West Exhibition, December 5, 2008 SOUND OFF!, Baltimore Museum of Art concert, saxophone and piano, Benny Russell, saxophone, Todd Simon, piano 5:47.

● I Hope You Are Pleased: clarinet; Walters Art Gallery, October 31, 1982 (Steve Barta, clarinet, Stephanie Powell, dancer).

● I Pledge My Love: tenor and string quartet; 3:11; June, 1992 (Howard Carr, tenor; string quartet directed by Joan Bob).

● I Pledge My Love: version for tenor and tape; 3:11.

● Juan’s Garden of Music, in memory of Juan Blanco, electronic music, VAR performance art, starting/stopping CD tracks on stage, March 15, 2010, Havana, Cuba, 13th International Electroacoustic Music Festival, Spring Time in Havana, in memory of Juan Blanco. Alejandro Dario artist, photo. of his painting of a garden.

● John’s Song, in memory of John J. Hill, voice or instrument and keyboard, or keyboard. Recordings: Edward Hoffman, trumpet, Jonathan Jensen, keyboard, 2:39; Diana Bogart keyboards,:52; Benny Russell, saxophone, Todd Simon piano, 5:47, adapted for Franz West exhibition

● Journey of Waters [alternate title, Dark Waters,] dedicated to Sidney M. Friedberg: soprano solo and 14 instruments; 7:30; 1984 (text by Grace Cavalieri); Baltimore Museum of Art, December 2, 1984 (Pamela Jordan, soprano; ensemble conducted by Rudow).

● Journey of Waters: version for voice and 11 instruments plus violin, cello and bass sections; 1994.

● Journey of Waters: version for voice and piano; 3:04; 1984.

● Journey of Waters II,Grace Cavalieri words, (alternate title Dark Waters Of Elba) similar to new December 05, Elba instrumentation, Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:00 PM, Open REHEARSAL, St Annes Church, Annapolis, MD., Annapolis Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, J. Ernest Green Conductorr

● Kaddish, in memory of Isaac Hollins: solo bassoon; 6:00; 1975; Peabody Conservatory, April 14, 1975 (James O. Bolyard).

● Lament, in memory of Daniel Malkin: cello and piano with narrator; 5:15; (text: “Passover Questions” by Carole Malkin); Music in Common series, Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia, MD, August 3, 1997 (Troy Stuart, cello; William Zvarick, piano; Ronald Mutchnik, narrator).

● Lavender (1992): tape, excerpt from Migrations. 1:10. Melancholy, wishful, awing, loving.

● Lies: prepared tape; 3:30; 1973; Peabody Conservatory.

● The Lion and The Hares: prepared tape; 6:00; 1972; Peabody Conservatory.

● Love Chain [male voice and piano version of String of Pearls; alternate title, Classical Jeans] see Classical Jeans: 8 simple songs, Purple Ice.

● The Majesty Of It All: prepared tape; 2003, 9:02; November 21, 2004, WMUA FM 91.1 Amherst, Mass. Martian Gardens, host Max Shea, radio

● Migrations: prepared tape for poetry by Grace Cavalieri; 32:00; 1992; Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC, September 14, 1992 (performance with dance and slides).

● Migrations; Postlude from Migrations; 3:46.

● No Rest For Devy's Spirit: solo viola; 3:00; 1984; Baltimore Museum of Art, February, 1985 (Richard Field).

● Norma's Children's Shoes: electronic score, alternate Rebecca's Rainbow; 2:37; 1992.

● Not Me!: violin, cello, and piano; 14:00; 1989; Charles Ives Center for American Music, Roxbury, Connecticut, August 21, 1992 (reading by Cosima Trio).

● The Oak and The Reeds: prepared tape; 3:30; 1972; Peabody Conservatory.

● The Ocean Sings, guitar orchestra and solo viola. Alternate: 5 guitars and solo viola, May 5, 2010, Towson University Classical Guitar Orchestra, Troy King, conductor, Sherrie Norwitz solo viola.

● Portrait of A Friend: tenor and prepared tape (text: Grace Cavalieri); 21:00; 1986.

● Portrait of A Friend: mezzo soprano and prepared tape; 21:00; 1986; Baltimore Museum of Art, October 26, 1986 (Pamela Jordan, soprano).

● Portraits of Lawyers, originally The Velvet Hammers: Recorded electronic and acoustic music plus recorded speech by lawyers and their friends edited and mixed into a sound collage as an art music documentary honoring lawyers. A radio work. Easily understood. 37:48; 1989-2004 (INTRODUCTION-FOUNDER, 2004; PARADE OF LAWYERS, Help People, Exciting, Respected, Right Wrongs, Scholarship, Panic, Chaos, Adrenaline, Family, Rationalizing, Reasoning, Strategizing, Crisis, War Games, Telephone!, Hired Gun, Chickens, Actor, Community Service, Divorce, 2004; Young Lawyer, 1989, :31, Drone, 1989, 1:25; Artist, Litigator, Stress, 2003; Managing Partner,1993, 3:05; Barter System, Legal Aid, Lose Child, 1992, 6:00; Native American Lawyer, 2:42, Lawyers Out West, 1996, 2:36; Cuban Lawyer, 2000; Billable Hours, RECAPITULATION 2004)

● Purple Ice: voice and piano, words and lyrics Grace Cavalieri, [alternate titles, Classical Jeans, String of Pearls, 8 songs for female voice and piano; Love Chain, male voice and piano]; 10 songs composed 1984-92; 28:00, 34:14 (all 10 songs); 8 songs as mono opera Baltimore Museum of Art, November 29, 1987 (Beth Rothenberg, mezzo soprano; Jeffrey Chappell, piano).

● White Ribbons of Love;

● Blue Bird;

● Ya Gotta Know Me (male version Get With Me Baby);

● Liquid Gold;

● I Will Not Be There;

● Walking Beside You;

● Running;

● Shadows In The Wind,

● I Pledge My Love;

● Journey Of Waters.

● Puzzle 1: prepared tape; 1:39; 1972; Baltimore radio, 1972.

● Racing Inside the Milky Way: prepared tape; 2:58; 1994; Sonic Circuits II festival, St. Paul, MN, April 30, 1994.

● Rebecca's Suite, in memory of Rebecca Blackwell [Rebecca's Song and Rebecca’s Rainbow Racing Among The Stars, combined]: solo piano; 9:30..

● Rebecca's Song: solo piano; 5:30; 1989; Charles County Arts Alliance, November 4, 1989 (Eric Conway, piano).

● Rebecca's Rainbow Racing Among The Stars: solo piano; 4:00; 1991; Jack B. Kussmaul Theatre, Frederick, MD, May 6, 1994 (Jeffrey Chappell, piano).

● Spirit of America, alternate preferred title, Urbo Turbo, 1999: full orchestra, audience participation; 10:30; revised 2001; River Side Festival, St. Mary's City, MD, July 12, 2002 (enlarged Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Silberschlag, conductor).

● Spirit of America, alternate title, Urbo Turbo, 2008: full orchestra and revised chorus.

● Syntheticon: prepared tape; 5:30 or 6:00; 1973; Peabody Conservatory.

● The Sky Speaks, 1. Clouds: always there for you: soprano, SSAATTBB chorus, cello, 2 percussion, piano, simple alternate percussion 2 part for percussion composed for chorus members or a second percussionist; 1996, TOTALLY REVISED 2007 Peabody Singers Chorus, Edward Polochick, conductor, Lindsay Thompson, soprano, Lauren Latessa, cello, Adam Rosenblatt & Candy Chiu, percussion and Stefan Petrov, piano, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Thursday, March 29, 2007, in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Peabody Conservatory of Music.

● The Sky Speaks, 1996, 8 strings, or 8 winds, or combination of strings and winds, treble instrument, cello, percussion & piano, plus simple alternate, optional percussion 2 part for percussion composed for the chorus members to play; 10:00, new ageish, strong, soft, rhythmic (transposition from choral piece above)

● Squiggle, composed for Franz West Exhibition, December 5, 2008 SOUND OFF!, Baltimore Museum of Art concert, cello, and incidental percussion, Tim Anderson cello, Ljiljana Jovanovic, shakers V.A.R. bells and Adaptor rain stick, 1:43

● Trojan Women: prepared tape for play; 1973; College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Alice Houstle, director).

● Urbo Turbo,(Urban Turbulence), full orchestra, alternate title for “Spirit of America.” MAIN TITLE as of 05 revision 10:15

● Trojan Women: prepared tape for play; 1973; College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Alice Houstle, director).

● Urbo Turbo (Urban Turbulence) full orchestra with student chorus 1999; Goucher College, Towson, MD, April 18, 2000 (expanded Goucher Chamber Symphony; Elisa Koehler, music director). CHORUS REVISED 2008, student and or adult chorus, optional audience participation, approximate 11:00

● Weeping Rocker: prepared tape; 8:35; 1992; Towson State University, June 26-28, 1992 (accompaniment to dance by Nancy Wanich Romita).

● Weeping Rocker III: chamber orchestra and SATB chorus; 5:40; 1993 [see listing under songs].

● Weeping Rocker III: SATB chorus and prepared tape; 5:40; 1993.

● With Love, a fantasy for live cello and cello cases in memory of Myrtle Hollins Adelberg: cello and prepared tape; 16:43; 1986; Res Musica Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, January, 1986 (Paula-Skolnick-Virizlay, cello, with prepared tape; Amalie Rothschild, cello cases).

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