CD of orchestral music: SONIC FLIGHT available from Amazon.com It contains Violin Concerto, Dialogue and Diaphony for Orch. and Wind Trio, Wakefield Autumn, Kaleidoscope, and Venus and Adonis (ballet music).
Reviews of the above:
S. James Wegg in the Jewish World Review: "Much to admire in wide-ranging program." Colin Clarke in FANFARE: "Recommended, primarily for Venus."
Now available, 2nd CD of orchestral music. Navona Records CD name: "COLONNADE" available from Amazon.com Free Designs Irish Symphony Symphonic Arias - Night (soloists and choir) Aedon
Also available on Navona Records is the 1980 score TransActions, recorded by the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ovidiu Marinescu. This work is on a compendium recording (shared by three other composers) entitled CONTINUUM, that is also available from Amazon.com.
Review of the above:
Kraig Lamper in Amer. Record Guide: "Free Designs....exhilerating expression. ....Symphonic Arias ...... the gem of the program."
Available ERM label on its MILLENNIUM PROJECT -- MADE IN AMERICA, VOLUME ONE, SET TWO and conducted by the late Robert Ian Winstin, is String Quartet No. 6.
The following works have been recorded by that same company, ERM Media, using European orchestras, but will be released in 2013 by Parma/Navona:
Counter Currents (1960)
Trumpet Concerto (1967)
Naiadina (2006) ballet music
Catalog of works is available on the web under WAC (Wisconsin Alliance for Composers).
www.wiscomposers.org/members/cunningham.html
Most music published by Seesaw Music Corp., a division of Subito Music, 60 Verona Street Verona, New Jersey 07044 mail@subitomusic.com
Certain saxophone works and quartet arrangements LAUREN KEISER MUSIC of St. Louis info@laurenkeisermusic.com
Seven scores from MEDIA PRESS, INC www.mediapressinc.com Prisms for string trio Delicacies for fl, ob and cello In Memoriam Leonard Bernstein for cl and piano Polyphonies for perc. quartet Baritone Sax Sonata (with piano) Ohio River Medley for a. sax and conc. band Starry Visions for conc. band and electrosonics CD
W A I T I N G F O R STAGE P R O D U C T I O N S
Orchestrated comic opera: Figg and Bean (Box and Cox redone) Operas in piano score: Catherine Sloper (Washington Square) Dorian Gray (Picture of....) Enchanted Cottage, The Midge and Annabel (Dorothy Parker) mini-opera Getting Gertie's Garter Elizabeth and DeVere mini-opera Fall of Occitania, The (lutes, guitars, soloists, pantomime action) Magic Voice, The (based on l944 film The Climax) Mudlark, The mini-opera Chic Socialite, The (deaf woman discovers plot) Quality Street New Year's Wish, The (a year lived over)
CONCERT BAND MUSIC:
The following are most serious:
SUITE MONTAGE Seesaw Music Corp.
STARRY VISIONS (with CD) Media Press, Chicago
CLARINET CONCERTO MS FRENCH RHAPSODY (with T. Sax) Seesaw Arensky VALSE (piano solo) MS Brahms' SYMPHONIC MOVEMENTS MS LANDSCAPE AND SUNBURST MS SCHUMANN CORSAGE (4 pieces) MS YOUNG DEBUSSY (3 early pieces) MS THE TRIUMPH OF CHOPIN MS Clement's POLONAISE MS In preparation: Faure's NOCTURNE No. 6
The following are light and suitable for summer park concerts: COFFEE-CAKE WALK (clarinet solo) Seesaw MOUNTAIN POEM Seesaw OHIO RIVER MEDLEY (a.sax solo) Media Press, Chicago LITTLE RHAPSODY (a. sax. solo) MS HYMNAL FANTASY MS Three THEATER MUSIC Suites MS Two Theater OVERTURES MS NASSAU CABANA MS MICHIGANIA MS URBAN SAMBA MS ARMORED DIVISION MARCH MS PRESSED ROSE MS In preparation: ANTHEM OF TWO NATIONS (variations on America/God Save the King by Beethoven)
Corrections to the Sheetmusicplus.com. These works are published by Seesaw/Subito, but are either not listed by Sheetmusicplus, or are wrongly described:
Not listed: Coffee Cake Walk, violin and piano version, or clarinet and piano version Song and Fantasia for string quartet
Three Satires for string quartet (Qt. No. 2)
Partitions for string quartet (Qt. 3)
Interlacings for string quartet (Qt. 4)
String Quartet No. 5
Romantic Sonata for String Bass (or Tuba) and piano
Preludes for Harp
Nocturnes for Harp
Forest Ballads for guitar
Cavatina and Jiubiloso for Sop. Sax and Guitar
Violin Sonata No. 1
Piano Trio No. 9
Piano Sonata No. 4
Harpsichord Sonata
Dialogue for Two Pianos
Theater Music for two pianos
Little Organ Book of neglected melodies
Miraculous Legends for organ
Spring Sonnet for solo flute and 8 instruments
Haiku Suite for flutes and piano
Trumpet Sonata No. 1
Trumpet Concerto
Statements for trombone and piano
Alto Sax Sonata
Illusions for trombone and piano
Piano Trio No. 4 for clarinet, bassoon and piano
Song of Hope for bassoon and piano
Pastel Design for flute quintet
Linear Ceremony for ww. quintet
Concertant (Brass quintet No. 1)
Aedon for chamber orchestra and electrosonics
Time Frame for chamber orchestra
Islands for orchestra
Holiday Drive for brass choir and rhythm section
Terzetts for three horns
Illustrations for trombone quartet
Saxophone quartet
Soliloquy for timpano
Miro Gallery for ww quintet
Brass Quintet No. 2
Chaconne for euphonium/tuba quartet
Noetical Rounds for Violin, oboe, marimba and string bass Romantic Sonata for piano and double bass, or tuba Toy Waltz for cello and piano Three Valentines for a.sax, strings and rhythm section Memorabilia for piano Chaconne for tuba quartet Counter Currents for string orchestra Counter Currents for full orchestra Irish Symphony for string orchestra TransActions for orchestra
JAZZ ENSEMBLE PIECES AVAILABLE FROM SEESAW/SUBITO: Autumn Moan Cat Feet Grasshopper Moxie Quatrain Remembering Bill Evans Shorty Swing Waltz Vignette
THE FOLLOWING ARE AVAILABLE FROM SEESAW/SUBITO, BUT HAVE MISLEADING INSTRUMENTATION LISTED ON sheetmusicplus.com Azure Blues is for 3 cellos Cathedral Music is for brass ensemble Churches of Utrillo is for organ and 5 horns Coloratura is for clarinet choir Confections is for brass ensemble Dialogue for Orchestra and Wind Trio involves fl,cl,bssn French Rhapsody is for t.sax and concert band French Rhapsody is available with just t.sax and piano Holiday Drive is for brass ensemble and percussion Illustrations is for trombone quartet Islands is for full orchestra Man About Town is for 6 clarinets and rhythm section with elec. piano Motet for Brass is for brass ensemble Night Flight for 2 violins and piano Pavane is for 3 cellos Potpourri Overture is for chamber orchestra Remembering Helen Keller is for brass ensemble Rivals is for 2 trumpets Serenade (string version) is for either string trio or string ensemble Serenade (ww version) is for clarinet, a.sax and bassoon Sonatina is for 2 clarinets Theater Music is for 2 pianos Three Inventions is for 2 like saxophones Three Terzetts is for 3 horns Trifles is for flute and vibes
THE FOLLOWING INVOLVE POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE INSTRUMENTS: (there are specification errors in the sheetmusicplus.com listings) Chromaglyphs is for bass flute and guitar (or harpsichord) Cool Fantasy Fugue is for flute, string bass and vibes (or clarinet, or a.sax) Eusebius (a piano trio) is for cello and viola (or clarinet) Fireside Music is for flute, clarinet, bassoon, and oboe (or soprano sax.) Incantation is for one player on piano and electronic piano on celeste stop, and alto flute (or a.sax) Linear Ceremony is for standard woodwind quintet (with t.sax possibly replacing horn) Noetical Rounds is for violin, marimba, double bass and oboe (or cl, or s.sax) Phantasm is for harpsichord and oboe (or cl, or s.sax) Three Romances are for viola (or clarinet), and cello (or bassoon) or any combination. Vocalise is for organ and soprano (or trumpet, or s.sax)

85 Art Songs by Michael G. Cunningham
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For over 45 years composer Michael G. Cunningham, himself a pianist and singer, created a number of Art Songs, which he now shares with the public. Most are for medium-range voice, and all use poetry from the Renaissance through the early 20th-Century.
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