Works

SOLO

·  Three Summer Sketches ....  12’  (2012)
  (Black Earth; Mineral Point; Spring Green)
  (piano solo)

 

·  Bagatelle after Beethoven   3' (2012)
  (based on a theme from the Eroica Symphony—First Movement)
  (piano solo)

 

·  Impromptu for solo piano  7’ (1995)

·  Aria and Cadenza for solo violin  10’ (2001)

 

·  Lorca Music per cello solo  10’ (1999)



CHAMBER

· Abaciscus (String Quartet No. 2) 18' (2013) 
(commissioned by Third Angle Ensemble)

 

·  Duo Sonata  16' (2013)   
  (two horns and piano)

 

·  Flamingo (Five Views of the Calder Sculpture—Chicago)  6’ (2010)
  (flute {dbl piccolo and alto flute}, Bb clarinet {dbl. bass clarinet}, cello and piano)

·  Ink on Paper  25’  (2008)   
  (string quartet)

·  Cada canción es un remanso del amor  8’  (2011)
  (Every Song is the Remains of Love)
  (mandolin and guitar)

·  Reliquary  25’ (2010)
  (violin, cello and piano)

·  TRIO  10’ (2009)
  (Bb clarinet, violin and cello)

·  A Canticle in Shards  7’ (2004)
  (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano)

·  Fancywork  16’ (2006)
  (violin and guitar)

·  Echoes of Ferrara  20’ (2006)
  (alto recorder {dbl. tenor and soprano} and harpsichord)

·  wrecked angels ...  12’ (2003)
  (flute, guitar and cello)

·  Stanza della Segnatura  18’ (2004)
  (2 recorders, viola da gamba and harpsichord)

·  Interiors of a Courtyard  20’ (2003)
  (guitar and mandolin)

·  Bright White Smooth  6’ (2006)
  (flute, viola and harp)  (ALSO: flute, cello, one perc., piano)

·  Cool RED Cool (after Andy Warhol Self Portrait)  7’ (2000)
  (flute, alto sax, trumpet, 2 percussion, piano and bass)

·   Sonata da Chroma  16’ (2000)
  (oboe, Bb clarinet, one percussion, cello and harpsichord)

·  Interludium  5’ (1997)
  (flute, Bb clarinet, violin, viola and cello)

·  Caravaggio  8’ (2000)
  (oboe {or trumpet}, Bb clarinet, one percussion, cello and harpsichord {or piano})

·  Lines Written in Early Spring (after Wordsworth, 1789)  9’ (1998)
  (flute, English horn and piano; flute, viola and piano)

·  Two Portraits for Violin and Harp  11’ (2001)
  I. A Winter Landscape (6')  II. Still Life (5')


VOCAL

·  Needles in my flesh ....  12’  (2012)
  (after five texts by poet Pia Tafdrup)
  (alto voice and double bass)

 

 ·  Tiger Psalms  15’ (2011)
  (mezzo soprano soloist with flute, clarinet, trumpet, viola, Cb, one perc. and piano) 

 

·  Fallen Eve  17’  (2005)
  (Five Songs after Hughes)
  (mezzo soprano soloist with flute, clarinet, violin, cello, one perc. and piano)


·  la tristesse durera toujours  (after Van Gogh)  23’ (2004)
  (soprano soloist with clarinet, violin, cello, one percussion and piano)

·  Collage a Trois Trobar  10’ (1999)
  (five mixed voices with recorders and percussion)

CHORAL

· Four Preludes 8’ (2013)
(after a text by T. S. Eliot)
(SATB, string orchestra and piano)

 

· Love Among the Ruins 8’ (2009)
(for mixed choir: SATB unaccompanied)
(OR: for mixed choir SATB, with ten winds, 2 percussion, harp, piano, and bass)


· Shhhhh 7’ (2005)
(triptych for mixed choir a cappella)


· Agnus Dei  9’ (1997)
  (for SATB and ten instruments)

· Missa solemnis in fragminis 25’ (1996)
(for SATB and Chamber Orchestra)



ORCHESTRAL

·  Concerto for Flute and Orchestra  20’ (2012)


·  Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra  27’ (2010)

 

·  Meditation and Allegro for Viola and Ensemble  (chamber orchestra)  15’ (2010)


 ·  Shock Diamonds (for large orchestra)  13’ (2009)

·  Lux Solis Aeterna  (for chamber orchestra)  9’ (2008)

·  Still River Bridge –Grove Street  15’ (2007)

·  Altar Music (for large orchestra)  12’ (2007)

·  An Imagined Poussin Triptych  20’ (2004)
  (a fantasia in three movements for string orchestra)

·  Concerto in One Movement for Violin and Orchestra  16’ (1997)

·  Mis en scene (for large orchestra)  8’ (1999)

·  Milleniumianna (for large orchestra) (1999)

·  Sones Sueño del Maya  11’ (2001)
  (for orchestral winds and percussion)

·  Morning Hymn  9’ (1993)
  (fantasia for orchestra after Isaac Watts)


BALLET 

·  The House of Bernarda Alba (after the Lorca play)  54’ (1995)
  (Ballet in three acts for mixed chamber ensemble; also: three concert Suites)

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Gordon: A Canticle in Shards
Gordon: Lux solis aeterna
Gordon: wrecked angels
Gordon: Bright White Smooth
Gordon: Fancywork
Gordon: Mis en Scene (for large orchestra)
Gordon: La tristesse durera toujours
Gordon: Ink on Paper
Gordon: Shock Diamonds
Gordon: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Cello
Gordon: Meditation and Allegro for Viola and Chamber Ensemble
Gordon: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
Gordon: Abaciscus (for string quartet)