Charles Wuorinen

Composer, born in New York City, New York, USA. He began composing in childhood and studied at Columbia University, later teaching there and at the Manhattan School. He was a prolific, well-known, sometimes controversial exponent of the serial compositional technique.

31 of Arnold Schoenberg: recast for two pianos by Charles Wuorinen - 1996 The River of Light - the third part of the Dante trilogy - 1996 Katz Fugue - 1996 The Great Procession - the second part of the Dante trilogy - 1995 Sonata for Guitar and Piano -1995 Lightenings VIII - text by Seamus Heaney - 1994 Piano Quintet - 1994 Christes Crosse (after Thomas Morley) - 1994 Percussion Quartet - 1994 Guitar Variations - 1994 Windfall - 1994 The Mission of Virgil - the first part of the Dante trilogy - 1993 Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra - 1993 Missa Renovata - 1992 Saxophone Quartet - 1992 Microsymphony - 1992 A Winter's Tale - text by Dylan Thomas - 1991 Delight of the Muses - 1991 Missa Brevis - 1991 Astra - 1990 Twang - text of Wallace Stevens - 1989 String Sextet - 1989 A solis ortu - 1989 Genesis - 1989 Agnus Dei (from the Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) - 1989 Sonata for Violin and Piano - 1988 Machault Mon Chou - 1988 Josquin: Ave Christe (Josquin motet recast for solo piano) - 1988 Bagatelle - 1988 Another Happy Birthday - 1988 Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra - 1987 Third String Quartet - 1987 Galliard - 1987 Third Piano Sonata - 1986 A Doleful Dompe on Deborah's Departure as well as Borda's Bawdy Badinage - 1986 Fanfare (for Rutgers University) - 1986 The Golden Dance - 1986 Bamboula Beach - 1986 Horn Trio Continued - 1985 Double Solo for Horn Trio - 1985 Natural Fantasy - 1985 Trombone Trio - 1985 Prelude to Kullervo - 1985 Movers and Shakers - 1984 Bamboula Squared - 1984 Concertino (for 15 Solo Instruments) - 1984 Crossfire - 1984 Album Leaf (for Howard Klein) - 1984 Concertino - 1984 Third Piano Concerto - 1983 Spinoff - 1983 Piano Trio - 1983 Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra - 1983 Divertimento for String Quartet - 1982 New York Notes - 1982 Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano - 1982 Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields - 1982 Horn Trio - 1981 Capriccio - 1981 Short Suite - 1981 Trio for Bass Instruments - 1981 The Blue Bamboula - 1980 The Celestial Sphere (An Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra) - 1980 Ecclesiastical Symphonies (4 Movements from "The Celestial Sphere") - 1980 Beast 708 - 1980 Percussion Duo - 1979 Second String Quartet - 1979 The Magic Art: An Instrumental Masque drawn from the works of Henry Purcell - 1979 Fortune - 1979 Psalm 39 - 1979 Joan's Instrumentation - 1979 Three Songs for Tenor and Piano - text by Coburn Britton- 1979 Archeopteryx - 1978 Two-Part Symphony - 1978 Ancestors - 1978 Fast Fantasy - 1977 The Winds - 1977 Self-Similar Waltz - 1977 Six Pieces for Violin and Piano - 1977 Archangel - 1977 Wind Quintet - 1977 Album Leaf for Ayda and Fred - 1977 Six Songs For Two Voices - Text by Coburn Britton - 1977 Percussion Symphony - 1976 Second Piano Sonata - 1976 Tashi - 1975/6 Cello Variations II - 1975 Hyperion - 1975 A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky - 1975 The W. of Babylon, (or The Triumph of Love over Moral Depravity) - 1975 Fantasia - 1974 Second Piano Concerto (for Amplified Piano and Orchestra) - 1974 Anthem for Epiphany - 1974 Third Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano - 1973 Twelve Short Pieces - 1973 Grand Union - 1973 Mannheim 87.87.87 - 1973 Arabia Felix - 1973 Bassoon Variations - 1972 Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra - 1972 Speculum Speculi - 1972 Violin Variations - 1972 Harp Variations - 1972 On Alligators - 1972 First String Quartet -1971 Grand Bamboula - 1971 Canzona - 1971 Tiento Sobre Cabezon - 1971 Chamber Concerto for Tuba with 12 Winds and 12 Drums - 1970 Message to Denmark Hill - text of Richard Howard - 1970 Ringing Changes - 1970 A Song to the Lute in Musicke - 1970 Cello Variations - 1970 Nature's Concord - 1969 Time's Encomium - 1969 Adapting to the Times - 1969 First Piano Sonata - 1969 The Long and the Short - 1969 Contrafactum - 1969 Flute Variations II - 1968 String Trio - 1968 The Politics of Harmony (A Masque) - 1967 Duo - 1967 Janissary Music - 1966 The Bells - 1966 Bicinium - 1966 Making Ends Meet - 1966 Harpsichord Divisions - 1966 First Piano Concerto - 1966 Salve Regina: John Bull - 1966 Composition for Oboe and Piano - 1965 Orchestral and Electronic Exchanges - 1965 Chamber Concerto for Oboe and 10 Players - 1965 Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players - 1964 Composition for Violin and 10 Instruments - 1964 Super Salutem - 1964 Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players - 1963 Piano Variations - 1963 Flute Variations I - 1963 Second Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano - 1962 Bearbeitungen ueber das Glogauer Liederbuch - 1962 Octet - 1962 The Prayer of Jonah - 1962 Duuiensela - 1962 Invention for Percussion Quintet - 1962 Symphonia Sacra - 1961 Description: voices and instruments - 1961 Evolutio: Organ - 1961 Concert for Double Bass Alone - 1961 Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano - 1961 Evolutio Transcripta - 1961 Madrigale Spirituale sopra salmo secondo - 1960 Consort of Four Trombones - 1960 Concertone for Brass Quintet &