List of compositions by Charles Wuorinen

The following is a reverse-chronological list of works by the American composer Charles Wuorinen.

List

• Second Percussion Symphony – 2019
• Burlesque – 2018, for two pianos, for the American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles
• Sudden Changes – 2017, for Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony
• Second String Trio – 2017, for the Goeyvaerts String Trio, Belgium
• Xenolith – 2017, duo for viola and percussion, for Lois Martin and Michael Truesdell
• Eros and Nemesis (symphonic poem after Brokeback Mountain) for orchestra, for James Levine – 2016
• Exsultet (Praeconium Paschale) for Francisco Núñez and the Young People's Chorus of New York City – 2015
• Brokeback Mountain (chamber version) – 2015
• Megalith – 2014, piano and 15 players, for Peter Serkin
• Doubletake – 2014, for Steven Beck
• Jan's Dowland – 2014, two Dowland works for solo harp
• Alphabetical Ashbery – texts of John Ashbery – 2013, for loadbang
• Electric Quartet – 2013, 4 electric guitars
• Zoe – 2013, string sextet
• Intrada – 2012, for Peter Serkin
• Cygnus – 2012, commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble
• Brokeback Mountain – 2008–2012, an opera on the short story of Annie Proulx, with libretto by Proulx, commissioned by the Teatro Real, Madrid
• Intrada – 2012 for Peter Serkin
• Adagio – 2011, for Peter Serkin
• Etude (for Chords and Dynamic Balance) – 2011, commissioned by the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
• Big Spinoff – 2011, for 16 players
• Marian Tropes – 2010, for the Brentano String Quartet (on music of Dufay and Josquin)
• It Happens Like This, a dramatic cantata on poems of James Tate (writer) – 2010
• Oros – 2009, for Ursula Oppens
• The Haroun Piano Book – 2003/2009, premiered by Lynn Raley
• Marimba Variations – 2009 – commissioned by 22 percussionists
• Moon Clock – text of Donald Hall – 2009, premiered by Thomas Meglioranza, baritone and Peter Kolkay, bassoon
• Viola Variations – 2008, premiered by violist Lois Martin
• Trio for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano – 2008, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Metagong – 2008 – for two pianos and two percussionists – premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Time Regained, a fantasy for piano and orchestra – 2008, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• Second Piano Quintet – 2008, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin
• Ave Maria: Josquin – 2007, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Christes Crosse: Morley – 2008, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Scherzo – 2007, premiered by Peter Serkin
• Synaxis – 2007, premiered on the inaugural concert of the League ISCM Orchestra, Louis Karchin conducting, soloists: Timothy Cobb (contrabass), Patrick Pridemore (horn), Robert Ingliss (oboe), Alan R. Kay (clarinet)
• Fourth Piano Sonata – 2007, written for and premiered by Anne-Marie McDermott
• Eighth Symphony (Theologoumena) – 2006, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor
• Spin 5 – 2006, for violin solo and 18 players, premiered by Jennifer Koh
• Iridule – 2006, for oboe and six players, premiered by Jacqueline Leclair, oboe and the New Millennium Ensemble
• Never Again the Same – text by James Tate (writer) – 2006, premiered by Wilbur Pauley, bass and Christopher Hall, tuba
• Eleven Short Pieces – 2006, premiered by Erik Carlson, violin and Michael Caterisano, vibraphone
• Praegustatum - 2005, for solo piano, written for James Levine.
• Flying to Kahani – 2005, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roberto Abbado conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• Heart Shadow – 2005, premiered by Bruce Levingston
• Theologoumenon – 2005, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor
• Duo Sonata for Flute and Piano – 2004, premiered by Robert Aitken, flute and James Avery, piano
• Visible – text by Paul Auster – 2004, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Mark Steinberg, violin
• Ashberyana – poems by John Ashbery – 2004, premiered by Leon Williams, baritone
• The Long Boat – poem by Stanley Kunitz – 2003, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Jacqueline Leclair, English horn
• Dodecadactyl – 2003, premiered by William Anderson and Oren Fader, guitars
• Fourth Piano Concerto – 2003, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• The Haroun Songbook – 2002, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano; James Schaffner, tenor; Michael Chioldi, baritone; and Phillip Bush, piano
• Hexadactyl – 2002, premiered by William Anderson, guitar
• Josquiniana – 2002, written for and premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Fifty Fifty – 2002, premiered by pianists Rolf Hind and Nicholas Hodges
• Pentecost poem by Derek Walcott – 2002, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and June Han, harp
• Fenton Songs II – 2002, text by James Fenton, premiered by Lucy Shelton
• September 11, 2001 – text by W. H. Auden – 2001, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and Phillip Bush, piano
• Two Machine Portraits – poem by Les Murray, premiered by Ryan MacPherson, tenor and Marilyn Nonken, piano
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories – an opera with libretto by James Fenton, based on the novel by Salman Rushdie 1997–2001
• Andante Espressivo – 2001, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
• Alap, a Prelude to Contrapunctus IX of the Art of Fugue – 2001, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Stanzas Before Time – poem by John Ashbery – 2001, premiered by Neil Farrell, tenor and June Han, harp
• Buttons and Bows (or, Superparticular Variations) – 2001, premiered by Madeleine Shapiro, cello and Mikko Luoma, accordion
• Cyclops (2000) – 2001, premiered by the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen conductor
• Fourth String Quartet – 1999, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Brass Quintet – 1999, premiered at the June-in-Buffalo Festival
• An Orbicle of Jasp – 1999, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
• Lepton – 1999, premiered by SurPlus, Freiburg
• Symphony Seven – 1997, premiered by the Toledo Symphony, Andrew Massey conductor
• Cello Variations III – 1997, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
• Big Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by students at the Juilliard School
• Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by Christopher Gekker and Raymond Mase
• Fenton Songs (Version 1) – 1997, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, Curtis Macomber, Fred Sherry and Wuorinen
• Fenton Songs (Version 2) – 1997, premiered by the Cygnus Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano
• Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 of Arnold Schoenberg: recast for two pianos for the New York City Ballet by Wuorinen (1996), premiered by the New York City Ballet, Cameron Grant and Richard Moredock pianos.
• The River of Light – the third part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1996 – two versions: orchestral and chamber, premiered by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Wuorinen conducting
• Katz Fugue – 1996, premiered by James Winn, piano
• The Great Procession – the second part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1995 – two versions: chamber (premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble, Wuorinen conducting) and orchestral (premiered by Deutsches-Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin, Bradley Lubman conducting)
• Sonata for Guitar and Piano – 1995, premiered by William Anderson, guitar and Joan Forsyth, piano
• In Heated Sylvan Glades & With Elegiac Sackbuts – aria from The W.of Bablylon arranged for 2 sopranos and piano – 1995, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Patricia Green, Mark Markham
• Lightenings VIII – poem by Seamus Heaney – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
• Piano Quintet – 1994, premiered by the Arditti String Quartet, Ursula Oppens pianist
• Christes Crosse (after Thomas Morley) – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
• Percussion Quartet – 1994, premiered by the Pulse Ensemble of the New Music Consort
• Guitar Variations – 1994, premiered by Todd Seelye
• Windfall – 1994, premieres by the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conducting
• The Mission of Virgil – the first part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1993 – two versions: orchestral (premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Massey conducting) and 2-pianos;
• Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra – 1993, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
• Missa Renovata – 1992
• Saxophone Quartet – 1992, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
• Microsymphony – 1992, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal conductor
• A Winter's Tale – text by Dylan Thomas – 1991, premiered by the Southwest Chamber Music Society, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soloist
• Delight of the Muses – 1991, premiered by the New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting
• Missa Brevis – 1991, premiered by the St. Ignatius of Antioch Church choir, Dr. Harold Chaney, conducting
• Astra – 1990, premiered by the orchestra of the Oberlin Conservatory Robert Spano conductor
• Twang – text of Wallace Stevens – 1989, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and James Winn
• String Sextet – 1989, premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
• A solis ortu – 1989, premiered by the Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Dr. Harold Chaney conducting
• Genesis – 1989, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony and chorus, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Agnus Dei (from the Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) – 1989
• Sonata for Violin and Piano – 1988, commissioned by the Library of Congress, premiered by Benjamin Hudson and Garrick Ohlsson
• Machault Mon Chou – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Josquin: Ave Christe (Josquin motet recast for solo piano) – 1988, written as a gift for Stephen Fisher, then president of C. F. Peters Music Publishing.
• Bagatelle – 1988, premiered by Elissa Stutz, piano
• Another Happy Birthday – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra – 1987, premiered by New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting, Fred Sherry, soloist
• Third String Quartet – 1987, premiered by the Franciscan String Quartet, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
• Galliard – 1987, premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Edwin London conductor
• Third Piano Sonata – 1986, premiered by Alan Feinberg
• The Golden Dance – 1986, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• A Doleful Dompe on Deborah Departure as well as Borda's Bawdy Badinage – 1986
• Fanfare (for Rutgers University) – 1986, premiered by members of Rutgers Band, Wuorinen conducting
• Fanfare (for the Houston Symphony) – 1986, premiered by the Houston Symphony, Wuorinen conducting
• Bamboula Beach – 1986, for the inaugural concert of the New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
• Horn Trio Continued – 1985
• Double Solo for Horn Trio – 1985, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Natural Fantasy – 1985, premiered by David Schuler, organ
• Trombone Trio – 1985, premiered by Parnassus Ensemble
• Prelude to Kullervo – 1985, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor, David Braynard tuba soloist
• Movers and Shakers – 1984, premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
• Bamboula Squared – 1984, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
• Concertino (for 15 Solo Instruments) – 1984, premiered by the Parnassus ensemble, Anthony Korf, conductor
• Crossfire – 1984, premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conductor
• Album Leaf (for Howard Klein) – 1984, premiered by Wuorinen, piano
• Concertino – 1984
• Third Piano Concerto – 1983, premiered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi conductor, Garrick Ohlsson soloist
• Spinoff – 1983, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano – 1983, premiered by the Arden Trio
• Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra – 1983, premiered by San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart conductor, Daniel Kobialka violin soloist
• Divertimento for String Quartet – 1982, premiered by the Atlantic String Quartet
• New York Notes – 1982, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano – 1982, premiered by Christopher Ford and Wuorinen
• Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields – 1982
• Horn Trio – 1981, premiered by Julie Landsman, horn, Benjamin Hudson, violin and Wuorinen, piano
• Capriccio – 1981, premiered by Alan Feinberg
• Short Suite – 1981, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
• Trio for Bass Instruments – 1981, premiered by David Braynard
• The Blue Bamboula – 1980, premiered by Ursula Oppens
• The Celestial Sphere (An Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra) – 1980, premiered by the Augustana College Handel Oratorio Society Orchestra, Donald Morrison conductor
• Ecclesiastical Symphonies (4 Movements from "The Celestial Sphere") – 1980, premiered by the Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Culver conductor
• Beast 708 – 1980, premiered by students at the University of Southern California, Wuorinen conducting
• Percussion Duo – 1979, premiered by Steven Schick and James Avery
• Second String Quartet – 1979, premiered by the Columbia String Quartet
• The Magic Art: An Instrumental Masque drawn from the works of Henry Purcell – 1979, premiered by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
• Fortune – 1979, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Psalm 39 – 1979, premiered by Richard Frisch, baritone and David Starobin, guitar
• Joan's Instrumentation – 1979, premiered by the Da Capo Chamber Players
• Three Songs for Tenor and Piano – text by Coburn Britton – 1979, premiered by Paul Sperry and Wuorinen
• Archaeopteryx for Bass Trombone and 10 Players – 1978, premiered by Dave Taylor
• Two-Part Symphony – 1978, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies conducting
• Ancestors – 1978, premiered by Chamber Music Northwest, Wuorinen conducting
• Fast Fantasy – 1977, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
• The Winds – 1977, premiered by Parnassus, Anthony Korf, conductor
• Self-Similar Waltz – 1977
• Six Pieces for Violin and Piano – 1977, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Wuorinen
• Archangel for Bass Trombone and String Quartet – 1977, premiered by Dave Taylor
• Wind Quintet – 1977, premiered by the Boehm Quintet
• Album Leaf for Ayda and Fred – 1977
• Six Songs For Two Voices – Text by Coburn Britton – 1977, premiered at Somerset County College, New Jersey, Wuorinen conducting
• Percussion Symphony – 1976, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Wuorinen conducting
• Second Piano Sonata – 1976, premiered by Jeffrey Swann
• Tashi – 1975/6 – two versions: 4 soloists with orchestra (premiered by the Clevaland Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting Tashi Quartet soloists) and 4 soli (premiered by the Tashi Quartet)
• Cello Variations II – 1975, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
• Hyperion – 1975, premiered by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg conductor
• A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky – 1975, Premiere at the Ojai Festival, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
• The W. of Babylon, (or The Triumph of Love over Moral Depravity) – 1975, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Wuorinen conducting
• Fantasia – 1974, premiered by Paul Zukofsky and Wuorinen
• Second Piano Concerto (for Amplified Piano and Orchestra) – 1974, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Erich Leinsdorf conductor, Wuorinen as soloist
• Anthem for Epiphany – 1974
• Third Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano – 1973, Premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry and Wuorinen
• Twelve Short Pieces – 1973
• Grand Union – 1973, premiered by Fred Sherry
• Mannheim 87.87.87 – 1973, premiered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York
• Arabia Felix – 1973, premiered by The Composer's Ensemble, Peter Lieberson, conductor
• Bassoon Variations – 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
• Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra – 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Paul Zukofsky soloist
• Speculum Speculi – 1972, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Violin Variations – 1972, premiered by Max Pollikoff
• Harp Variations – 1972, premiered by Gloria Agostini and members of the Composers String Quartet
• On Alligators – 1972, premiered by University Of South Florida players
• First String Quartet – 1971, premiered by the Fine Arts Quartet
• Grand Bamboula – 1971, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conducting
• Canzona – 1971, premiered by Speculum Musicae, Wuorinen conducting
• Chamber Concerto for Tuba with 12 Winds and 12 Drums – 1970, premiered by Donald Butterfield and Music in Our Time series
• Message to Denmark Hill – text of Richard Howard – 1970, premiered by Richard Frisch, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry, Wuorinen
• Ringing Changes – 1970, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
• A Song to the Lute in Musicke – 1970, premiered by Valarie Lamoree and Wuorinen
• Cello Variations – 1970, premiered by Fred Sherry
• Nature's Concord – 1969, premiered by Ronald Anderson
• Time's Encomium – 1969 – electronic work – awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music
• Adapting to the Times – 1969, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello, and Wuorinen, piano
• First Piano Sonata – 1969, premiered by Alan Mandel, written for and dedicated to Robert Miller
• The Long and the Short – 1969, premiered by Paul Zukofsky
• Contrafactum – 1969, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon, conductor
• Flute Variations II – 1968, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
• String Trio – 1968, premiered by the Potomac Trio
• The Politics of Harmony (A Masque) – 1967, text by Richard Monaco, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting
• Duo – 1967, premiered by Paul Zukofsky, violin and Wuorinen, piano
• Salve Regina: John Bull – 1966, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting
• Making Ends Meet – 1966, premiered by Jean and Kenneth Wentworth
• Harpsichord Divisions – 1966, written for Paul Jacobs
• Janissary Music – 1966, premiered by Raymond DesRoches, percussion
• Bicinium – 1966, premiered by Josef Marx and Judith Martin
• The Bells – 1966 – for carillon
• First Piano Concerto – 1966, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor, Wuorinen as soloist
• Three Cadenzas for the Mozart Concerto in C Major – 1965? (date is approximated)
• Chamber Concerto for Oboe and 10 Players – 1965, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting, Josef Marx, soloist
• Composition for Oboe and Piano – 1965, premiered by Josef Marx and Wuorinen
• Orchestral and Electronic Exchanges – 1965, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Lukas Foss conductor
• Super Salutem – 1964
• Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players – 1964, premiered at the Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood, Melvin Strauss conductor, Harvey Sollberger, soloist
• Composition for Violin and 10 Instruments – 1964, premiered by Music in Our Time, Arthur Bloom conductor, Max Pollikoff soloist
• Flute Variations I – 1963, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
• Piano Variations – 1963, premiered by Wuorinen
• Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players – 1963, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Arthur Bloom conducting, Robert Martin soloist
• Second Trio: Piece for Stafan Wolpe – 1962, premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Wuorinen
• The Prayer of Jonah – 1962, premiered by the Contemporary Music Society, Daniel Pinkham conducting
• Bearbeitungen ueber das Glogauer Liederbuch – 1962, premiered by Stanley Aronson, Henry Larsen, B. Lurie, Betram Turetzky
• Duuiensela – 1962, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello and Jens Nygaard, piano
• Octet – 1962, premiered by the New York Chamber Society, Alvin Brehm conductor
• Invention for Percussion Quintet – 1962, Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Paul Price conductor
• Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano – 1961, premiered by Harrvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Wuorinen
• Concert for Double Bass Alone – 1961, premiered by Bertram Turetzky
• An Educator's 'Wachet Auf – 1961, portions of J.S. Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 for mixed instruments
• Tiento Sobre Cabezon – 1961, premiered at the School of Sacred Music, Unionion Theological Seminary, New York, Thomas Dunn conductor
• Evolutio: Organ – 1961, premiered by Leonard Raver
• Symphonia Sacra – 1961, premiered at St. Thomas Church, New York, Wuorinen conductor
• Consort from Instruments and Voices – 1961 – magnetic tape, premiered at Music of Our Time Series, 92nd Street YMHA New York
• Eight Variations for Violin and Harpsichord – 1960, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Leonard Raver
• Madrigale Spirituale sopra salmo secondo – 1960, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
• Concertone for Brass Quintet & Orchestra – 1960, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor
• Turetzky Pieces – 1960, premiered by Stanley Aronson, flute; Henry Larsen, clarinet; Bertram Turettzky, bass
• On The Raft – 1960
• Consort of Four Trombones – 1960, premiered by the New Music Chamber Goroup, Jerome L. Keller director
• The Door In The Wall – 1960, premiered by Susan Thieman, Janet Baxter, Wuorinen
• Sonata for Flute and Piano – 1960, premiered by Jean Kershaw and Douglas Nordli
• Symphony III – 1959, premiered by the Orchestra of America, Richard Korn conductor
• Concertante IV – 1959, premiered at Music in Out Time series 92nd Street YHHA, Howard Shanet conductor, Max Pollikoff and Douglas Nordi soloists
• Concertante III – 1959, premiered at Union Theological Seminary School, Leonard Raver, Josef Marx, Paul Wolfe, George Grossman, Joan Brockway
• Musica Duarum Partium Ecclesastica – 1959
• Symphony II – 1959, premiered on the Music in the Making Series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conductor
• Three Prepositions for Piano – 1958, Written for Vladimir Ussachevsky for publication in New Music Edition
• Trio Concertante – 1958, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Bob Bloom, Douglas Nordli
• Three Pieces for String Quartet – 1958, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center), Bennington, Vermont
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra – 1958
• Concertante II for Violin and Chamber Orchestra – 1958, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
• Sonata for Piano – 1958, premiered by Douglas Nordli
• Spectrum – 1958, for solo violin, brass quintet, piano, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Douglas Nordli, University Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Music in Our Time series
• Movement for Wind Quintet – 1958
• Symphony in One Movement – 1958, Music in the Making series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conducting
• Be Mery All That Be Present – 1957, premiered at the Church of the Transfiguration, NYC, Stuart Gardner director
• Triptych – 1957, for violin, viola and percussion, Premiered at Music of Our Time series, 92nd Street Y, New York, Max Pollikoff violin, Walter Trampler viola, Mo Goldenberg percussion, William Goldenberg piano
• Alternating Currents – 1957, antiphonal piecefor chamber orchestra, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center); Henry Brant, conducting
• 3 Mass Movements – 1957, for unaccompanied violin, premiered by Max Pollikoff
• Concertante I for Violin Solo and Strings – 1957, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
• String Quartet – 1957, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center); Henry Brant, conducting
• Wantering in this Place – 1957, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano, for Betty Tiedemann
• Dr. Faustus Lights The Lights – 1957, music for Paul Sanasardo's dance adaptation of Gertrude Stein's opera libretto, premiere at Rooftop Theatre, NYC, Leon Hyman conductor
• Music for Orchestra – 1956, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor
• Wind Quintet #1 – 1956, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center)
• Subversion – 1956, string septet or orchestra, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center); Henry Brant, conducting
• The Descent with Music – 1956, antiphonal pieces, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center); Henry Brant, conducting
• Two Tranquil Pieces for Piano – 1956
• Sonatina for Woodwind Quartet – 1956, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center)
• Concert Piece for Piano and String Orchestra – 1956, premiered at the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East (then known as the Composers' Conference and Chamber Music Center); Henry Brant, conducting
• Two Lute Songs of Thomas Campion – 1956, premiered at Town Hall, New York by the Trinity School School Glee Club
• Homage a Bach – 1955, premiered by Theodore Pierce, organ
• Prelude and Fugue for Four Percussionists – 1955, premiered the University of Illinois Percussion, Urbana, Paul Price director
• Song and Dance – 1953, premiered by Wuorinen
• Te Decet Hymnus – 1954, premiered in Town Hall, New York by Trinity School Glee Club
• Scherzo – 1953, premiered by Wuorinen