List of compositions by Matthew de Lacey Davidson

This is a list of compositions by Canadian composer Matthew de Lacey Davidson.^[1]

Orchestral

Concertos & Related Works

• Music for Piano with Orchestra (2008)
• Music for Viola & Orchestra (2011)

Works for full orchestra

• Le Poème Inattendu for Large Orchestra (1989) [Revised & re-orchestrated 2009]
• Nicklettes (orchestral suite for children) (1997)
• Trois Oeuvres de Rameau - for Orchestra [arrangements of harpsichord works by Jean Philippe Rameau] (1999) [revised slightly 2009]
• Robert Schumann / Symphony No. 5 [Orchestration of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E♭, Op. 44] (2011)
• Symphony No. 1 in 20 keys - symphony for large orchestra and voices in five movements ("Letter to the World") (2014)

Chamber/Instrumental

Works for string quartet and string trio

• Music for String Quartet (revised 1996) (1988)
• I had five long years for string quartet (1991)
• Music for String Trio (Violin, Viola, Violoncello) (2006)
• QUARTETTO DELL'ARTE (String Quartet in Five Movements) (2012)

Works for a solo instrument

• Magyar Rondo for solo viola (1985)
• Stolen Music for a flute player solo flute and/or piccolo (1993)
• Bergamasques for solo violin (2013)

Others

• Deux Plaisanteries for (E♭) alto saxophone and piano (1988)
• Music for Viola and Piano (2006)
• Trio Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (2013)

Keyboard

Works for solo piano

• Five Vignettes for piano solo (1982-4)
• Three Elusive Rags for piano solo (1990)
• Etudes for Piano, Book I (five movements) (1993)
• Etudes for Piano, Book II (five movements) (1993)
• In the Land of Wonderful Dreams (five movement suite for solo piano) (1995)
• Nicklettes (solo piano suite for children) (1996)
• Six Chorale Preludes for piano solo (2002)
• Menuetto (piano arrangement of 3rd Movement of Schubert's 5th symphony) (2008)
• Sonatine Pastorale pour le piano (2008)
• Papillons (15 short pieces for piano solo) (2008)

Works for piano four-hands

• After Brahms (Nine Concert Tangos for piano four hands) (2000)

Vocal

Works for chorus

• Zwei Motetten (2011)

Songs

• Nonsense Music mezzo-soprano and piano (2006)
• Quatre Mélodies Québécoises Music set to four poems by three Québécois authors: Albert Lozeau, Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard, and Émile Nelligan (for voice and piano) (2012)

Opera & Stage Works

• Love or Money (Singspiel for singer/actors & orchestra, based on The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe) (2010) [Now withdrawn]
• The Singing Lesson (Chamber Opera in Three Acts Based on the short stories of Katherine Mansfield (PD) for 2 Lyric Sopranos, 2 Dramatic Mezzo-Sopranos, 1 Lyric Contralto, 1 Tenor Buffo, 1 Basso Buffo, and small chamber orchestra : Cl in B♭, Bsn, Tpt in C, Bs Tbn, Vln, Cb, and Perc (1-2): wind chimes, triangle, sleigh bells, cowbell, tam-tam, vibraslap, wood block, glockenspiel, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, tubular bells, snare drum, bass drum, and celesta. (2012)

Electronic

• Signor Grinderino (analog tape) (1988)
• Between the Lines (analog tape) (1988)
• The Minute Passacaglia (analog tape) (1990)
• “5” (analog tape) (1991)

Miscellaneous

• Millet Music, canon for unspecified number of untuned percussion instruments, for indeterminate length of time (1992)

References

1. American Composers Alliance. "Composer Biography". August, 2013.

External links

• Official Site