Solo Instrument with Orchestra

Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1994) • duration:40'
A sprawling ten movement work, part piano concerto/ part requiem exploring the mysterious passages from life to death and back again. 
solo piano; six boy sopranos; 4 (picc/a fl)/4 (eng hn)/4 (b cl, cb cl)/4 (cbn); 4/4/4/1; perc (4), harp, cel; str (10-10-10-10-5) 

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Cadenza: Ligeti’s Violin Concerto (2005) • duration:1'
Written for violinist Jennifer Koh after getting permission from Maestro Ligeti himself, this is a very intense cadenza to one of the 20th century's great concertos. 
solo violin 

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Contes de Fées (1999) • duration:12'
In the tradition of the great violin concertos, this is a powerful and dramatic showpiece for soloist and orchestra in the form of a romantic fantasy. 
solo violin; 1/alto fl/1/eng hn/E-flat cl (b cl) cl (b cl)/1/cbn; 1/0/1/1; perc (3); pno (cel, hpschd), str (6-5-4-3-2) 

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