Aaron Jay Kernis

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Repertoire/Discography

AARON JAY KERNIS compositions

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   Aaron Jay Kernis : Work List
Orchestra
 Color Wheel (2001) - 24 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(pic)+pic.3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4431/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp.eb/str
 Concerto with Echoes (2009) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration   0.2.0.2/2.Ctpt.0.0/perc/str (no vn)
 Five Etudes
 Invisible Mosaic III (1988) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(2pic).3(3ca).3(2Ebcl,3bcl).3(3cbn)/432+btbn1/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
 Musica Celestis (1990) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   str
 New Era Dance (1992) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration   2+pic.22(Ebcl,bcl).2(opt police whistles)/432+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(police whistle)/str; audio effects
 Newly Drawn Sky (2005) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(ebcl:bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf.hp/str
 Overture in Feet and Meters (2000) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2.2/2200/2perc/str
 Sarabanda in Memoriam (2004) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration   str
 Second Symphony (1991) - 25 minute(s)
Orchestration   2(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4441/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
 Symphony In Waves (1989) - 30 minute(s)
Orchestration   1(pic).2(ca).1(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/3.1([pic tpt]).0.0/perc/pf(cel)/str (min 6.6.4.4.2)
 Too Hot Toccata (1996) - 6 minute(s)
Orchestration   2(pic).2.1(Ebcl)+bcl.2/2.2(pictpt).0.0/2[=3]perc/pf/str
Soloist(s) and Orchestra
 Air (for Cello and Orchestra) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Cello
Orchestration   2(pic).121/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
 Air (for Violin and Orchestra) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Violin
Orchestration   2(pic).1.2.1/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str
 Colored Field (Cello Concerto) (1994) - 40 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Cello
Orchestration   3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str
 Colored Field (English Horn Concerto) (1994) - 40 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   English Horn
Orchestration   3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str
 Concierto de “Dance Hits” (1999) - 12 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Guitar (amp)
Orchestration   str
 Double Concerto for Guitar and Violin (1997) - 30 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Guitar, Violin
Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/3perc/hp.syn.cel.honkytonk pf/str
 dream of the morning sky (Cycle V, Part I) (1982) - 23 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.perc/hp.pf(cel)/str
 Lament and Prayer (1996) - 25 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Violin
Orchestration   0100/0000/perc.small Asian bells/2hp/str
 Simple Songs (soprano and chamber orchestra) (1991) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   1(pic).100/1000/perc/hp/str (min 6.6.4.3.2)
 Toy Piano Concerto (2002) - 28 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Toy piano (amplified)-grand piano
Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2111/3perc/syn.hp.egtr/str
 Valentines (2000) - 25 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   4(2pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf+cel/gtr/str
Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
 a Voice, a Messenger (2009) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Trumpet
Orchestration   4(2pic,afl).4(ca).5(Ebcl,2bcl,cbcl).4(cbn)/4.3[=4].4.2/timp.4[=5]perc/hp.1[=2]kbd(cel,syn,pf).ebgtr/1[=3]db
Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
 Invisible Mosaic II (1988) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration   1(pic).1.1(bcl).1/1111/2perc/hp.pf(cel)/str (1.1.1.1.1 players)
Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
 America(n) (Day)dreams (1984) - 18 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Mezzo-soprano
Orchestration   1(pic).01(bcl).0/1100/perc/hp.pf/str (1.0.1.1.1 players)
 Ballad (2004) - 8 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Cello
Orchestration   7vc
(Cello; 7 recorded vc)
 Barbara Allen (1988) - 5 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, 2perc, hp, 2vn, va, vc, db
 Cycle III (1981) - 11 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano, Baritone
Orchestration   fl(pic,afl), ob(ca), 2perc, hp, pf(cel), gtr, va
 Goblin Market (1995) - 45 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Narrator
Orchestration   1(pic,afl).1(ca).2(Ebcl:bcl).1/1100/1[=2]perc/pf/vn.va.vc.db
 Morningsongs (1982) - 15 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone
Orchestration   1(pic,afl).02(bcl).1/1000/perc/hp/str (1.0.1.1.0 players)
 Simple Songs (soprano and ensemble) (1991) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   1(pic)100/1000/perc/hp/str(1.1.1.1.1)
Works for 2-6 Players
 100 Greatest Dance Hits (1993) - 15 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Guitar
Orchestration   2vn, va, vc
 Air (for Cello and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   vc, pf
 Air (for Flute and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl, pf
 Air (for Flute and String Quartet) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl/2vn.va.vc
 Air (for Violin and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)
Orchestration   vn, pf
 Ballad (for Cello and Piano) (2004) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration   vc, pf
 Delicate Songs (1988) - 18 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl(pic,afl), vn, vc
 Fanfare con fuoco (2002) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf
 Harlem River Reveille (1993) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   hn, 2tpt, tbn, tba
 Invisible Mosaic I (1986) - 30 minute(s)
Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf
 Lullaby (1994) - 5 minute(s)
Orchestration   2vn.va.vc
 Meditation (1981) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration   vc, pf
 Mozart en Route (1991) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   vn, va, vc
 Music for Trio (1982) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration   fl(afl,pic), vc, pf
 Passacaglia-Variations (1985) - 19 minute(s)
Orchestration   va, pf
 Still Movement With Hymn (1993) - 28 minute(s)
Orchestration   vn, va, vc, pf
([or cl, vn, vc, pf])
 String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis” (1997) - 39 minute(s)
Orchestration   2vn, va, vc
 String Quartet, "musica celestis" (1990) - 35 minute(s)
Orchestration   2vn, va, vc
 Trio in Red (2001) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration   clarinet in A(Ebcl), vn, pf
 Two Movements (with Bells) (2007) - 17 minute(s)
Orchestration   violin, piano
Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
 Aria-Lament (1992) - 9 minute(s)
Orchestration   violin
 A Dance of Life (2010) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   vn
 Partita (1981) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration   gtr
Solo Keyboard(s)
 Angel Lullaby 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Ballad(e) out of the Blues - Superstar Etude #3 (2008)
Orchestration   pf
 Before Sleep and Dreams (1990) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Cycle II (1979) - 8 minute(s)
Orchestration   2pf, 4 or 8 hands
 Hymn (1993) - 18 minute(s)
Orchestration   acn
 Lullaby (from “Before Sleep and Dreams”) (1987) - 7 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Phantom Polka (1987) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   acn
 Playing Monster (2006) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Speed Limit Rag (2001) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Suite in Three Parts (1982) - 16 minute(s)
Orchestration   org
 Superstar Etude No. 1 (1992) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Superstar Etude No. 2 (2002) - 4 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
 Waltz for Linda (2003) - 3 minute(s)
Orchestration   pf
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
 Dorma, Ador (2000) - 4 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Mezzo-Soprano
Chorus   SATB a cappella choir
Orchestration   opt handbells
 Ecstatic Meditations (1998) - 17 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SSAATTBB a cappella choir
 Effortlessly love flows (1998) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB unaccompanied
 Home (No. 1 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 4 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 How God Answers the Soul (1995) - 5 minute(s)
Chorus   SSAATTBB unaccompanied
 How the soul speaks to God (1998) - 4 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB unaccompanied
 I Cannot Dance O Lord (1998) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB unaccompanied
 I Will Lie Down (1985) - 5 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB choir
Orchestration   pf
 In Our Children's Embrace (No. 5 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 4 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 In Search of Hope (No. 4 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 2 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella
 Is There a Place? (No. 3 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 3 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 Light of Heaven (No. 2 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 2 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 The Love of God (2007) - 5 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   org
 Music is a Gift (2004) - 3 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 On the Presence of God, from Two Meditations (2006) - 7 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   opt org
 On Transience, from Two Meditations (2006) - 7 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   org
 Praise Ye The Lord (1984) - 6 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus a capella
 Stein Times Seven (1980) - 13 minute(s)
Chorus   SSATB chorus
Orchestration   pf
 Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord (1982) - 4 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   organ
 Two Meditations (2006) - 14 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus
Orchestration   org
 The Wheel of Time, the Dance (2003) - 17 minute(s)
Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella
Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
 Garden of Light (1999) - 45 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Boy soprano, Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone
Chorus   SATB chorus, Children’s chorus
Orchestration   4(2pic).4(ca).4(Ebcl.2bcl).ssx+asx+tsx+barsx.3+cbn/643+btbn.1/timp.6perc/egtr.eb/hp.cel.pf.syn/str
 Symphony of Meditations (2009) - 1 Hour(s) 5 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   soprano, bass-baritone
Chorus   SATB
Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3(Dtpt).3.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf/str
Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
 Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky (1990) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Baritone
Orchestration   perc, pf, vn
 Death Fugue (1981) - 11 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Bass Baritone
Orchestration   perc, db
 Love Scenes (1986) - 25 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   vc
 Nocturne (1982) - 5 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   tpt, 2pf, 2glock
 Le Quattro Stagioni dalla Cucina Futurismo (The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine) (1991) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Narrator
Orchestration   vn, vc, pf
 Simple Songs (soprano and piano) (1991) - 20 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   piano
 Six Fragments of Gertrude Stein (1979) - 5 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   fl(pic,afl)
 Songs of Innocents, Book I (1989) - 15 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   pf
 Songs of Innocents, Book II (1991) - 15 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   pf
 Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby (2006) - 22 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   vn, gtr, pf
(Soprano; vn, pf)
 Valentines (2000) - 25 minute(s)
Soloist(s)   Soprano
Orchestration   pf 
Discography
AARON JAY KERNIS: Simple Songs, Valentines, Songs of Innocents
Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor
(Koch International Classics)

AARON JAY KERNIS: COLORED FIELD; MUSICA CELESTIS - AIR
Truls Mork (cello)
Eiji Oue/ Minnesota Orchestra
(Virgin Classics)

AIR, DOUBLE CONCERTO for violin and guitar, LAMENT AND PRAYER
Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Cho-Liang Lin, Sharon Isbin
Minnesota Orchestra/ David Zinman
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/ Hugh Wolff
(Argo)

STRING QUARTETS NO. 1 ("musica celestis") and NO. 2 ("musica instrumentalis")
Lark Quartet
(Arabesque)

THE FOUR SEASONS OF FUTURIST CUISINE and other works
Eberli Ensemble
(Phoenix)

SECOND SYMPHONY, MUSICA CELESTIS, INVISIBLE MOSAIC III
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
(Argo)

COLORED FIELD, STILL MOVEMENT WITH HYMN
J. A. Giacobassi (english horn)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Alasdaire Neale
(Argo)

100 GREATEST DANCE HITS and other works
David Tannenbaum (guitar)
Chester Quartet; Michael Barrett, piano
(New Albion)

SYMPHONY IN WAVES, STRING QUARTET NO. 1 ("MUSICA CELESTIS")
Lark Quartet
New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
(Argo)

LOVE SCENES; BRILLIANT SKY, INFINITE SKY; MORNINGSONGS
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble
(CRI)

WORKS BY AARON JAY KERNIS ON OTHER RECORDINGS

DANCE MIX
Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, John Adams and others
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
(Argo)

SONGS OF AMERICA
Songs by Aaron Jay Kernis, Babbitt, Bolcom and others
Jan de Gaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano
(Nonesuch)

LONG DISTANCE
Music by Aaron Jay Kernis and others
Seth Jose, guitar
(CRI)

MANHATTAN CASCADE Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, John Zorn and others
Guy Klucevsek, accordion
(CRI)

DAVID TANENBAUM Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Steve Reich, Frank Zappa, Alan Hovhaness and others
David Tanenbaum, guitar
(New Albion)

DIVINE GRANDEUR
Music by Aaron Jay Kernis, Robert Beaser and others
The New York Concert Singers; Judith Clurman, conductor
(New World)

HEARTBEATS
Songs for the AIDS Quilt Songbook
(Innova)