Daniel Palkowski: Compositions and Performances

Compositions and Performances

Solo

Peas in a Pod for Pipa and Live Electronics(1992)
Premiered by Wu Man at the Music Lives! festival in Pittsburg, 9/92.
Canonic Vectors for Piano and Live Electronics(1989)
Premiered by Shi-Ling Shih at Bruno Walter Auditorium, 3/90.
L'Etranger for Clarinet and Live Electronics(1988)
Premiered by Brian Farias at New England Conservatory, 12/88
Premiered by Andrea Mueller at Manhattan School of Music at contemporary festival, 4/89.
Summer Suite for Piano (1988)
Premiered by Shi-Ling Shih, CUNY, New York, 5/88.
Tapestry for Piano (1985)
Variations for Piano (1983)
Premiered by Shi-Ling Shih at recitals and concerts in NYC and Phila.,1983/85.
Premiered by Kathryn Jacobson, RES MUSICA concert, Baltimore, Md., 3/86.

Allegro Troppo for Percussion Improvisor and Electronic Sound (1982)
Premiered by Mark Rendon at Manhattan School of Music, 2/83.

Sonata Allegro on a Rhythmic Exercise of Arthur Weisberg (1982)

Three Morning Scenes for Flute and Electronic Sound (1981)
Premiered by John Winston (Flute Force) Village Chamber Music Series, 4/83.

The Confrontation of Pandora for Trombone and Electronic Sound(1981)
Premiered by Steve Freeman at Manhattan School of Music, 4/81.

'Low' and Behold for Tuba and Tape (1980)
Premiered by David Grego at Manhattan School of Music, 4/80.

Intervals I for Clarinet solo (1979)
Premiered by Mark Friedman at the Manhattan School of Music, 10/79.

Agitated Night for Piano Solo (1978)
Premiered by the composer, Manhattan School of Music, 2/79.

Oberon (Piano, 2005)

Duos

Schizo a la Russe (Overture to the Film "Yes, Darling" by Yves Lavandier)for Cello and Piano (1985)
Premiered by Marisol Espada and Shi-Ling Shih, 1985.
Reflections, Wallace Stevens Songs (1983-85)

A Fading of the Sun
Premiered by Gloria Parker at MSM, 1981.
Of Mere Being
Premiered at MSM, 1982, Rhea Stone, Soprano.
The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm
Premiered atRutgers Univ.,Sandia Ang, Soprano, 1986.
Premiered at Tanglewood Festival, 1985.

Intervals II for Oboe and Bassoon (1978)
Movement for Violin and Piano (1978)
Two Peas In a Pod for Pipa duet.
Premiered by Wu Man and Tang Liang-Xing at Merkin Hall, 10/92.

Trios

String Trio (1987-88)
Read by members of Speculum Musicae, 1/88.
Premiered by Debora Wong, Virginia Salas and Michael Finckel, Miller Theatre, 12/89.
Seranak, 4 A.M. for clarinet, violin and piano (1986)

Premiered by Adriana Rosin, David Schneider and Shi-Ling Shih at Columbia University, 12/87.
Premiered by INFUSION at the Brooklyn Museum, 1/90.
Minim for brass trio (1980)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, 1/80.

Quartets

Periodic Tables for Percussion Quartet (1990).
Premiered by members of Manhattan Contemporary Ensemble at Columbia University, 12/90.
Baton Rouge Overpass: Night for four horns and electronic sound (1983)
Available on the solo album "Asterism"
BrahmA's Lullaby for string quartet (1982)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music 3/83.
Scherzo Cubique for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1981)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, 11/81.
Bridges I for percussion quartet (1980)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music 12/80.

Larger Ensembles

Kyrie for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Cello and Piano (1994)
Premiered at Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 3/94, composer cond.
A Trinity in Moonlight (Text: Li P'o; translation by the composer) for Soprano,Mezzo, Tenor, mixed ensemble of Chinese and Western instruments. (1989)
Performance by the Sydney Alpha Ensemble, July '94 in Sydney, Australia.
Still Life With Wind for double wind quintet (1985)
Southern Impingement for mixed octet plus amplified guitar (1983)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, 5/83, composer cond.
Featured at the Tanglewood Music Festival, 8/85, Carl St. Clair, cond..
Performed at Columbia, 12/85, composer cond.
A Changing of the 'Garde' for 16 brass instruments(1984)
Multiple Choices for Improvisation Ensemble(1984)
Meditation for oboe, clarinet, bassoon,trumpet, horn and trombone (1982)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, 12/82.
Chamber Concertante for Electric Bass (1978)

Orchestral

The Founding of Narnia for Orchestra and electronic sound
Commissioned and Premiered by the Westchester Philharmonic, Paul Dunkel, cond., 1996
Views of Time for Orchestra (1992)
Scherzo Concertante for Piano and Orchestra(1986)
Electronic realization available from composer
Seance for string orchestra and electronic sound (1983)
Commissioned and Premiered by the Greenwich Symphony, Pat Handy, cond. 4/83.
Jovian Crepuscule for large orchestra (1982)
Premiered at Manhattan School of Music, George Manahan, cond. 3/82.

Theatrical/Operatic

Henry IV. Complete incidental music and electronic improvisatory programs for the play.
Premiered in Taipei, Taiwan in October, 1992.
Trurl's Electronic Bard. An adaptation for stage of the story by Stanislaw Lem (1982).
Staged at Manhattan School of Music, 1982.
The Emperor's New Clothes . A musical set to the children's play by Charlotte Chorpenning.
Premiered in Oak Ridge, Tenn., 4/72.

Selected Electronic Music

cdbaby

Glimpses of Chaos (music for chaos cd rom)(Electria)
A Switch in Time, part I* (rock trio plus electronics)
A Switch in Time, part II (rock trio plus electronics)
A Switch in Time, part III (rock trio plus electronics) (Electria)
Advent
Ambience
BeCause* (trio plus electronics)
Before Eden
Brahma's Lullaby (Electria)
Conflicting Landscapes
Dynachase
First Fall* (available on solo album "Asterism")
For the Forgotten* ("Asterism")
Ghost Story
Hard Hat Area
I-75* (trio plus electronics)
In Memoriam: Russell Cape* ("Asterism")
Kata* (Electria)
Middle Eastern Fantasy*
Monody I
Novelette
Pandora in Eden*
Pandora (Electria)
Pavane
Prelude to Winter
Quasimodo's Dream (Electria)
Safari
Shi-Ling*
Sonova
Space Construction
Diurne* (Electria)
Tao Yen
Turbulence

Synthetic Orchestrations/ Arrangements

Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses (F.Liszt)

Invocation*
Funerailles
Benedictions de Dieu dans la Solitude*

Annees de Pelerinage (Liszt) Etude in E*
La Lugubre Gondola #2 [a.k.a.: "Dearth in Venice"] (Liszt)

* featured on WNYC "New Sounds" program (John Schaefer, Host) Film Music

Claire. Experimental film by Alvaro Varela (1992).
Mountains and Rivers : 1 hour documentary on the Zen teachings of Dogen
(Sensei Daido Loori, dir). Dharma Productions, 1989.
Macbeth (Alvaro Varela, dir.) (1988)
Les Perverts theme song and incidental music, film by Yves Lavandier
(1st prizewinner in le 4eme Festival des Festivals du Films Courts (Paris)). (1986)
Yes, Darling incidental music, film by Yves Lavandier.(1985)

Music for Dance

Light Tide
Mestless
Arcturian Jig
Leaves

Multimedia Work

The Photography of Marilyn Bridges (Voyager Co.)
CD ROM of the aerial photography of Marilyn Bridges which incorporates narrative and music as an accompaniment to a tour through photos of ancient and modern natural and man-made sites. Over an hour of music included.
Released Dec. 1996.
CHAOS (Harper-Collins)
An interactive fantasy-adventure about chaos theory.
Released May 1996.
The Music Connection (Silver Burdett Ginn, Harper Collins)
Several arrangements of international styles of music for singing and dance instruction, distributed to schools nationwide.
Music for CD Roms by MacMillan Digital:

Frohmmers Travel Guide
Burpee's Gardening CD
The War in Vietnam.

Over 100 compositions and arrangements for Ernst & Young, LLP. Music is used in their web sites, videos and live events, most notably the last five International Partners Meetings, and the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.