David Chesky
COMPOSITIONS
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concerto
"Adagio for English Horn and Orchestra; Song for Ueli Steck" 11:00 min
harp / glock / strings
"Rap Symphony" 19:00 min
2 rap vocalists /3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ B.Cl/ 2bs./ cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 6 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto for Bass Trombone and Orchestra" 14:00 min
cl / tpt. / 1 perc. / strings
"Concerto for Violin and Cello" 15:00 min
1perc./ strings
"Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" 26:13 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto No.2 for Violin and Orchestra" 15.00 min
1perc./ strings
"Concerto No.3 for Violin and Orchestra, The Klezmer" 18.00 min
1perc./ strings
"Concerto for Cello and Orchestra" 22:20 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto for Orchestra" 21:30 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ b.cl/ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 5 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra" 20:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ b.cl/ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 5 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Manhattan Suite for Trumpet and Orchestra" 15.00 min
trumpet/ harp/ 1perc./ strings
"Concerto for Flute and Orchestra" 22:17 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp./ strings
"Concerto No.2 for Flute and Orchestra" 15.00 min
1perc./ strings
"Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra" 24:15 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra" 20:15 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Harlem Strut" (for Bassoon and Orchestra) 11:00 min
1 perc/ strings
"Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra" 21:00 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra" 16:00 min
1fl./ 2 perc./ piano solo/ strings
"Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra" 15:30 min
5 perc./ piano solo/ strings
"Suite for Jazz Piano and Orchestra" 40:00 min
2fl, oboe, clar, basson, harp / 2 perc / strings
"Concerto for Two Guitars and Orchestra" 18:00 min
harp / glock / strings
"Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra" 23:00 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings
"Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra" 19:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ b.cl/ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 5 perc./ harp/ strings
"American Bluegrass" 5:00 min
String Orchestra or full orchestra
"Concerto Gaudi, for Viola and Orchestra" 14.00 min
1perc. / Harp / Strings
"Concerto Gaudi, for English and Orchestra" 14.00 min
1perc. / Harp / Strings
"Concerto Gaudi, for Oboe and Orchestra" 14.00 min
1perc. / Harp / Strings
THE VENETIAN CONCERTOS
"Venetian Concerto No.1" 16 min
strings / 1 flute
"Venetian Concerto No.2" 17 min
strings / 1 flute
"Venetian Concerto No.3" 14 min
strings/ 1 flute
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"Venetian Concerto No.4" 12 min
strings/ 1 flute
BALLET
"The Zephyrtine" - Children's Ballet - 60:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ B.Cl/ 2bs./ cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 6 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Snowbears of Lake Louise" - Children's Ballet - 64:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ B.Cl/ 2bs./ cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 6 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Abreu Danza No.1" 8:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Abreu Danza No. 2" 6:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Abreu Danza No. 3" 6.00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Abreu Danza No. 4" 6:30 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"The Abreu Danza No. 5" 4:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"Descarga for Orchestra No. 1" 6:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"Descarga for Orchestra No. 2" 4:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"Descarga for Orchestra No. 3" 5:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
"Urbanicity" - 21:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ B.Cl/ 2bs./ cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 6 perc./ harp/ strings
"New York Variations " 23:00 min
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ b.cl/ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 5 perc./ harp/ strings
"Central Park Dances"
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ harp/ 5 perc./ strings
Dance No. 1 for Orchestra 6:00 min
Dance No. 2 for Orchestra 5:40 min
Dance No. 3 for Orchestra 5:00 min
"String Theory" 7:00 min
String Orchestra (optional Harp, 2 perc)
"Hope" - 12:00 min
1fl./ 1 alto sax./ 1 tpt./ tymp./ 6 perc./strings / Mezzo soprano./ Gospel soprano. / Gospel Choir./
2 Rappers
chamber
"American Bluegrass" 5:00 min
String Orchestra
"String Quartet No. 1" 7:00 min
"Street Beats" 12:00 min
Percussion Quartet
"Duo for Bassoon and Bass Trombone" 3:00 minutes
VOCAL
"Songs of New York" for Mezzo and Orchestra. 8 songs total time" 37:00 min
1 perc/ strings
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"Poems of Paradise" 38:00 min for Mezzo and Orchestra.
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ Cbsn/ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 3 perc./ harp/ strings
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The Spanish Poems for Soprano and Orchestra
"The Girl from Guatemala" 7:33 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp / strings/ soprano soloist
"The Romance of Love" 5:20 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp/ strings/ soprano soloist
"Sonnet No 5" 7:00 min
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs/ 4 perc./ harp / strings/ soprano soloist
"The Wiener Psalm" 15:00 min
Bass Soloist/ Bass choir/ 1 perc./harp/strings
"Letter to a Composer" for Soprano and Orchestra" 8:00 min
harp / 1 perc/ strings
opera
"Beauty of Evil" 120 minutes
Pic, 2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 4 perc./ strings
Lead soloists 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, Tenor, Bass
Choir SATB
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"Calista" 130 minutes
Pic, 2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 4 perc./ strings
Lead soloists 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, Tenor, Bass
Choir SATB
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"La Farranucci" - 120:00 min
fl. / cl./ trpt. / harp / 1 perc./ harp / strings
Solists: 4 Tenors, 1 Bass, 1 Soprano. /mezzo
Choir SATB
"The Pig, The Farmer, and The Artist" - 120:00 min
fl. / cl./ harp / 1 perc. / strings
Solists: 3 Tenors, 1 Baritone, 1 Soprano
Choir SATB
"Juliet & Romeo" - 100:00 min
fl. / cl./ harp / 1 perc. / strings
Soloists: 1 Tenor, 1 Baritone, 1 Soprano, 1 Alto
Choir SATB
OPERA FOR CHILDREN
"The Mice War" - 60:00 min
flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, percussion, harp, violin, bass
Narrator/Actor, Soprano Singer/Actress, Baritone Singer/Actor
choral
"The Excommunication Mass" 46 min
2fl./ 1tpt./ harp / 2 perc./ strings
Choir SATB
Mezzo Soprano Soloist
Soprano Soloist
"Power and Innocence" 80 min
Oratorio
3fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 3bs./ 4hrns./ 3tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 4perc./ strings
Choir SATB
Solists SATB
Boys Choir
Boy Solist
"The Agnostic" 70 min
Oratorio
2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ 4hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 4 perc./ strings
Choir SATB
Boy Alto Soloist
Female Alto Soloist
Baritone Soloist
"Remembrance for the Victims of the Vietnam War" 10:00 min
Soprano Soloist, SATB choir, harp / 1 perc/ strings
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"Sacred Child of Aleppo" 5:00 min
Soprano Soloist, SATB choir, harp / 1 perc/ strings,
"The White Rose Trilogy"
The White Rose 9:00 min
Solo cello, 2 perc, harp, strings
The Names of the White Rose7:30 min
Mezzo Soprano, SATB choir 2 perc, harp / strings
The Girl the White Rose: 9:00 min
Mezzo-Soprano soloist, SATB choir, flute, 2 perc, harp/strings
spiritual
"Adagio for English Horn & Orchestra/Song for Ulei Steck" 10.00 min
Solo English Horn/ 1perc./ harp / strings
"Arbiet Macht Frei" 13.00 min
Solo cello/ 1perc./ clar. / trpt. strings
"The Fiddle Maker" 18.00 min
1perc./ clar. / trpt. strings
"Betty's March" 6.00 min
1perc./ cla. / trpt. strings
"Dora's Dance" 5.00 min
1perc./ clar / trpt. strings
"Concerto No.3 for Violin and Orchestra, The Klezmer" 18.00 min
1perc./ clar. / trpt. strings
"The Wiener Psalm" 15:00 min
Bass Soloist / Bass choir/ 1 perc./ harp / strings/
"Psalm 1 For String Orchestra" vln 1&2/ vla/ cello/ bass 17:00 min
"Psalm 2 For String Orchestra & Cello Soloist" vln 1&2/ vla/ cello/ bass 18:00 min
"Psalm 3 For String Orchestra" vln 1&2/ vla/ cello/ bass 17:00 min
"Psalm 4" - "Remembrance for the Victims of the Modern Holocaust" - "Sorrow" 24:00 min
Cello soloist / 2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ 4hrns./ 3tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 2 perc./ strings
"Psalm 5" - "Remembrance for the Victims of the Modern Holocaust" - "Aftermath" 21:00 min
Clarinet soloist / 2fl./ 2ob./ 2cl./ 2bs./ 4hns./ 3tpts./ 3tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 2 perc./ strings
"Psalm 6" - "Remembrance for the Victims of the Modern Holocaust" - "Rage & Despair" 22:00 min
Pic./ 2fl./ 2ob./ 1 eng hrn./ 3 cl./ 2 bs./ 1 con bs./ 4 hrns./ 3 tpts./ 3 tbns./ tuba / tymp./ 4 perc./ strings
solo piano
"The New York Rags"
All approximately 2-3 minutes
Rag No. 1 " The New Yorker"
Rag No. 2 " The Bernstein"
Rag No. 3 " The Duke"
Rag No. 4 " Times Square"
Rag No. 5 " Fourth Street"
Rag No. 6 " Third Avenue"
Rag No. 7 " Broadway Boogie Woogie"
Rag No. 8 " Fifth Avenue"
Rag No. 9 " Grand Central Morning "
Rag No. 10 " Seventh Avenue"
Rag No. 11 "The Circle at Fifth "
Rag No. 12 "The Park Avenue Rag"
Rag No. 13 "The Thanksgiving Day Parade Rag in 7/4"
Rag No. 14 " Kids Your Late For School Rag"
Rag No. 15 "The Manhattan Blues Variations Rag"
Rag No. 16 " Penn Station"
Rag No. 17 "The J Walker Rag"
Rag No. 18 "The Coney Island Rag"
"The Brazilian Dances"
Dance No.6 - 3:30 min
Dance No. 7 - 3:22 min
Dance No. 8 - 3:11 min
Etude No.1 - 3:00 min
"The New York Chorinhos"
A collection of 16 Chorinhos for solo piano
"The Tango and Dances"
Dance No.1 for solo piano 4:25 min
Dance No.2 for solo piano 6:31 min
Dance No.3 for solo piano 4:57 min
Dance No.4 for solo piano 8:24 min
Dance No.5 for solo piano 9:58 min
Chorinho No. 7 for solo piano 5:58 min
Chorinho No. 18 for solo piano 7:27 min
Chorinho No. 19 for solo piano 6:05 min
Tango No.1 for solo piano 6:51 min
Tango No. 2 for solo piano 6:31 min
"The Fantasies"
Fantasy No.1 for solo piano 9:47 min
Fantasy No.2 for solo piano 12:08 min
Fantasy No.3 for solo piano 11:57 min
Fantasy No.4 for solo piano 9:48 min
Fantasy No.5 for solo piano 12:37 min
Choro No. 20 for solo piano 7:12 min
Choro No. 21 for solo piano 5:50 min
BRASS
"Central Park Morning" Lighter pops ballad 8 min
Brass Quintet & Strings