list, orchestral

David Gunn [composer, writer, isosogist]

Mass of Mercury
augmented chamber orchestra, SATB chorus (1999)

Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, it lacks a Gloria, which I was working on when Time Ran Out. On the other hand, it does feature a Processional. The text is straight from the Roman Catholic Eucharist. I’d considered giving the text a physics spin along the lines of Einstein’s E=mc², where E is energy, m is the equivalent mass and c is the speed of light, but the rhyming structure got overly abstruse and the time signature only made sense to quantum theorists.

Processional

Kyrie

Sanctus

Benedictus-Agnus Dei

Urban Renewaltz
full orchestra (2001)

Written for the Vermont Youth Orchestra as a dedication for their new home, the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vt. To date, the Orchestra has played the Urb a dozen times, including this performance from their 2004 Carnegie Hall concert.

A Tangoed Web
chamber orchestra with solo percussion (2002)

Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for its 2002 “Made In Vermont statewide tour,” this percussion concerto employs non-Western percussion instruments: a Tar (Middle Eastern frame drum), a Cajon (Andean box drum that doubled as his seat), three Ewe drums from Ghana, a pair of timbales, a cowbell with foot pedal, two cymbals, a foot drum, as well as other instruments from Asia, South America, Africa and JC Penney.

Forbidden Kitchen
full orchestra (2006/2008)

Mass of Mercury augmented chamber orchestra, SATB chorus (1999) Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, it lacks a Gloria, which I was working on when Time Ran Out. On the other hand, it does feature a Processional. The text is straight from the Roman Catholic Eucharist. I’d considered giving the text a physics spin along the lines of Einstein’s E=mc², where E is energy, m is the equivalent mass and c is the speed of light, but the rhyming structure got overly abstruse and the time signature only made sense to quantum theorists. Processional Kyrie Sanctus Benedictus-Agnus Dei	Urban Renewaltz full orchestra (2001) Written for the Vermont Youth Orchestra as a dedication for their new home, the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, Vt. To date, the Orchestra has played the Urb a dozen times, including this performance from their 2004 Carnegie Hall concert.
A Tangoed Web chamber orchestra with solo percussion (2002) Commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for its 2002 “Made In Vermont statewide tour,” this percussion concerto employs non-Western percussion instruments: a Tar (Middle Eastern frame drum), a Cajon (Andean box drum that doubled as his seat), three Ewe drums from Ghana, a pair of timbales, a cowbell with foot pedal, two cymbals, a foot drum, as well as other instruments from Asia, South America, Africa and JC Penney.	Forbidden Kitchen full orchestra (2006/2008) Originally scored for eight instruments, it was orchestrated in 2008 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the taking of the first known photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.
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