LEON KIRCHNER COMPOSER Leon Kirchner printed: October 2009 photo credits: front cover, Lisa Kirchner; back cover, Lauren Piperno LEON KIRCHNER COMPOSER for the a work ; and for Sony; String Allan Kozinn Triptych and Five Piano Pieces String Quartet No. 4 ; wrote: “There is magic in the (BMG), and ; cel- for the Kalichstein-Laredo- for the Music for Twelve, featuring the Boston Symphony Piano Trio Of Things Exactly as They Are, the Orion Quartet recorded Kirchner’s the Orion Quartet Interlude Trio No. 2 ; the Concerto for Violoncello, Ten Winds, and The New York Times Percussion Quartet No. 4, Orion Quartet. Following their premiere of their premiere Following Orion Quartet. of Chamber Players. Of Classical); Classical); Music for Twelve, Music for Cello and Orchestra list Carter Brey; flutist Paula Robinson; conductors list Carter Brey; flutist Paula and the and ; Oliver Knussen, Hugh Wolff, and Buswell- trios of Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Parnas-Luvisi. first three string Other recordings include Kirchner’s String Quartet, Albany) quartets (Boston Composers all-Kirchner recording which includes and Nonesuch’s the interplay between the 12 soloistic lines, and in the way instrumental colors seem to grow from each other to form lengthy melodies.” music is published by Associated Music Kirchner’s Publishers. Robinson Trio; Trio; Robinson for orchestra, chorus, and soloists for the Boston and soloists chorus, for orchestra, and Orchestra; Symphony complete quartets —complete quartets which span a 57-year works period — Other recent works for Albany Records. and pieces for Russell Sherman included piano by and a violin-piano duo premiered , . Ida Levin and work Kirchner’s Performers who have championed and recorded both Ma, who has toured include Yo-Yo the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; the Chamber Music Society who commissioned Continuum; pianists Peter Serkin, and recorded 1 (Music for (String for Yo-Yo The Forbidden, the Pulitzer Prize and received the Naumburg the Friedheim Award the Friedheim Award and commissions from, among Music for Cello and Orchestra, ( No. 1), Cello and Orchestra), Quartets Nos. 1 and 2), others, the Ford, Fromm, and Koussevitzky others, the Ford, Fromm, and the Philharmonic, Foundations, the New York Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Paul Music Festivals, the Spoleto and Santa Fe Chamber the Chamber Music Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Elizabeth Sprague Society of Lincoln Center, and a per- Coolidge. He was composer-in-residence former at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival; the Music Today Tokyo Music Center; Tanglewood the Spoleto, Charleston; Festival); and (Takemitsu Aldeburgh; and Marlboro Music Festivals. He also conducted at a number of leading music festivals around the world, most recently at Ravinia. He taught for many years at . most recent works included Kirchner’s Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra (recorded on Sony Award Award Leon Kirchner was born on January born was Kirchner Leon of 1919 24, up in Los Angeles, grew parents in Brooklyn, Russian , Schoenberg, with Arnold and studied remained Kirchner Bloch. Stylistically, and Ernest of Hindemith, earlier influences individual; remarkably soon yielded to a wholehearted Bartók, and Stravinsky the the aesthetics, if not necessarily identification with and of Schoenberg, Berg, specific procedures, Webern. a conduc- gifted as both a pianist and Extraordinarily A Kirchner was first and foremost a composer. tor, of Arts and member of the American Academies he was honored Letters and of Arts and Sciences, Circle Music Critics’ twice by the New York for James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; (String Quartet No. 3), Orchestra and ensemble instrumentation A plus in front of the instrument indicates an addi- appear in score order: tional player 1+pic.111 signifies that there is a piccolo player as flute.oboe.clarinet.saxophone.bassoon/ well as a flute player. horn.trumpet.trombone.tuba/ percussion/ A plus in brackets indicates that additional instru- harp.keyboard/ ments can be used, if desired other plucked strings/ 213[+]2 signifies that three or more clarinets can be violin1.violin2.viola.cello.doublebass; used. continuo; Example 1 electronic tape; voice(s) treated as an instrument Solo: 2 violins, oboe The numbers between the slashes indicate the num- 2(pic:afl)2.2(Ebcl,bcl).2/4331/2perc/hp.2pf/ ber of instruments in each group. Sometimes within str(14.12.10.8.6) each group, instruments are separated by dots for 2 solo violins clarity. 1 solo oboe The letters “str” without indication of number indi- 2 flutes (1 player doubling piccolo, the other dou- cates that a string group, without any specific bling alto) demands as to the number of strings, is involved. 2 oboes 2 clarinets (one player doubling both E-flat clarinet Primary instruments within the woodwind and brass and bass clarinet) groups are indicated by numbers unless an abbrevi- 2 bassoons ation is clearer. Saxophones are not indicated by a 4 horns number unless present. For example: 2232/4331/str 3 trumpets indicates 2 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trombones 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, string section. 1 tuba 2 percussionists For example: fl.cl/hn/str harp indicates 1 flute, 1 clarinet, 1 horn, string section 2 pianos Instruments in parentheses indicate doubling a string group consisting of 14 first violins, 12 sec- 1(pic)111 signifies that the flute player also plays ond violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, and 6 bass the piccolo.

Doublings separated by a comma may indicate one Example 2 player 2(afl,pic)111 signifies that one of the flutes doubles afl.1[=ca].1.1/1000/timp.perc/str both alto flute and piccolo. 1 alto flute Doublings separated by a colon may indicate differ- 1 oboe or English horn ent players 1 clarinet 2(afl:pic)111 signifies that one flute doubles alto 1 bassoon flute and the other doubles piccolo. 1 horn 1 timpanist Instruments preceded by an equals sign in square 1 percussionist brackets indicate alternatives strings 11[=ca]11 signifies that the oboe can be replaced by an English horn. Instruments in square brackets indicates that the instrument is optional 111[bcl]1 signifies that the bass clarinet part is optional

2 LEON KIRCHNER KEY TO SCORING LEON KIRCHNER ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF WORKS 3 Percussion . . . .4 ...... original for flute and optional percussion ...... 5 revised for flute and percussion ...... 5 opera ...... 4 for soprano and chamber ensemble ...... 5 Concerto Concerto for Piano No. 1 . . . .4 ...... Concerto for Piano No. 2 . .4 ...... Winds, and 10 for Violin, Violoncello, Concerto Duo...... 5 ...... Duo No. 2...... 5 ...... Fanfare...... 5 ...... Fanfare II . . . .4 ...... Five Pieces...... 6 ...... Flutings for Paula For Cello Solo ...... 5 For Violin Solo...... 5 . . . . . For Violin Solo II...... 5 ...... The Forbidden ...... 4 Happy Birthday David ...... 6 Illuminations...... 4 ...... Interlude ...... 6 Interlude II. . . . .6 ...... L. H...... 6 ...... Lily Little Suite ...... 6 Music for Cello and Orchestra ...... 4 Music for Flute and Orchestra ...... 4 Music for Orchestra.4 ...... Music for Twelve ...... 4 Of Things Exactly As They Are ...... 6 Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) ...... 4 Piano Sonata No. 3 (The Forbidden) ...... 6 Sinfonia ...... 4 Sonata Concertante ...... 5 Sonata No. 1 ...... 6 Sonata No. 2 ...... 6 String Quartet No. 1 ...... 5 String Quartet No. 2 ...... 5 String Quartet No. 3 ...... 5 String Quartet No. 4 ...... 5 Toccata ...... 4 Trio ...... 5 II ...... 5 Trio Triptych...... 5 ...... StoodThe Twilight ...... 6 Words from Wordsworth ...... 6 Concerto for Piano No. 2 (1963) 30’ Opera and Music Theatre Solo: Piano Lily (1977) 1h 30’ 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.5perc/cel/str Text: English; Libretto by the composer after Saul First performance: October 28 1963 Bellow’s novel ‘Henderson the Rain King’ Leon Fleisher, piano; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Solo: 3 male, 4 female roles; chorus Leon Kirchner, conductor; Seattle, WA 3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).2(cbn)/4.3.3.1/timp.4perc/str/tp First performance: April 14 1977 Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, Opera; Tom O’Horgan, director; 10 Winds, and Percussion (1960) 19’ Leon Kirchner, conductor; New York, NY Solo: Violin, Cello Unavailable 1.1.1.1+cbn/1.2.2.0/timp.3perc/cel First performance: October 16 1960 Orchestra Robert Gerle, violin; Aldo Parisot, cello; members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Leon Kirchner, The Forbidden (2008) 15’ conductor; Baltimore, MD 2.2+ca.2.2/4.3.3.1/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str Score 50237750 for sale First performance: October 16 2008 Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, Music for Cello and Orchestra conductor; Boston, MA (1992) 18’ Solo: Cello Music for Orchestra (1969) 14’ 3(pic).3+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.3perc/ 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4=[5]perc/pf[=cel]/str pf(cel)/str First performance: October 16 1969 First performance: October 16 1992 New York Philharmonic; Leon Kirchner, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Philadelphia Orchestra; David New York, NY Zinman, conductor; Philadelphia, PA Score 50481438 for sale Music for Flute and Orchestra Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1978) 13’ (1990) 10’ Solo: Flute 3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/ 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.5[+]perc/pf(cel,[epf]).hp/str pf(cel)/str First performance: October 20 1978 First performance: January 30 1990 , flute; Indianapolis Symphony New England Conservatory Orchestra; Leon Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor; Indianapolis, IN Kirchner, conductor; Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Sinfonia (1951) 22’ Large Ensemble 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str First performance: January 1952 (7 or more players) New York Philharmonic; Dmitri Mitropoulos, Fanfare II (1977) 1’ 30’’ conductor; New York, NY 2hn, 2tpt, 2tbn, tba Score 50488723 for sale First performance: 1985 Tanglewood Music Festival; Lenox, MA Toccata (1955) 14’ 0.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/cel/str Illuminations (1986) 1’ 15’’ First performance: February 16 1956 2hn, 3tpt, 3tbn, btbn Orchestra; Enrique Jorda, First performance: September 4 1986 conductor; San Francisco, CA 350th Anniversary of Harvard University; University Score 50237600 for sale Brass; Tercentenary Theatre, Cambridge, MA

Music for Twelve (1985) 10’ Soloist(s) and Orchestra fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, pf, vn, va, vc, db Concerto for Piano No. 1 (1953) 32’ First performance: February 17 1985 Solo: Piano Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Leon Kirchner, 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel/str conductor; Boston, MA First performance: February 23 1956 Score 50481503 for sale Leon Kirchner, piano; New York Philharmonic; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor; New York, NY Score 50239030 for sale

4 LEON KIRCHNER WORKS String Quartet No. 3 (1966) 16’ WORKS LEON KIRCHNER Soloist(s) and 2vn, va, vc, tape Large Ensemble First performance: January 27 1967 Beaux Arts Quartet; New York, NY (7 or more players) String Quartet No. 4 (2006) 13’ Lily (for soprano and chamber ensemble) 2vn, va, vc (1973) 22’ First performance: August 6 2006 Text: English; Saul Bellow La Jolla Music Society Summerfest 2006; Orion Solo: Soprano String Quartet; La Jolla, CA fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, perc, pf, cel, vn, va, vc, tape First performance: March 11 1973 Trio (1954) 15’ Diana Hoagland, soprano; The Ensemble; Dennis vn, vc, pf Russell Davies, conductor; New York, NY First performance: November 30 1954 Unavailable Henri Temianka, violin; Lucien Laporte, cello; Leon Kirchner, piano; Pasadena, CA Works for 2-6 Players Score and Part(s) 50225180 for sale Duo (1947) Trio II (1993) 15’ vn, pf vn, vc, pf First performance: 1947 First performance: December 14 1993 Berkeley, CA Jaime Laredo, violin; Sharon Robinson, cello; Score 50488507 for sale Joseph Kalichstein, piano; New York, NY Duo No. 2 (2001) 14’ Score and Part(s) 50482307 for sale vn, pf Triptych (1988) 20’ First performance: July 27 2002 vn, vc Ida Levin, violin; Jeremy Denk, piano; Marlboro First performance: August 17 1988 Music Festival; Marlboro, VT Tanglewood Music Festival; Lynn Chang, violin; Score and Part(s) 50485827 for sale Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Lenox, MA Fanfare (1965) 2’ Score and Part(s) 50481216 for sale hn, 2tpt First performance: 1965 Solo Works Marlboro Music Festival; Marlboro, VT (excluding keyboard) Score and Part(s) 50225970 for sale Flutings for Paula (1973) 5’ 30’’ Flutings for Paula (1973, rev. 2006) 5’ 30’’ fl, [opt perc] fl, perc First performance: July 23 1971 First performance: September 21 2006 Paula Robison, flute; Paula Robison, flute; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Score 50228000 for sale Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY Score 50486462 for sale For Cello Solo (1986) 11’ vc Sonata Concertante (1952) 20’ First performance: May 28 1988 vn, pf Spoleto Festival USA; Carter Brey, cello; First performance: November 30 1952 Charleston, SC Tossy Spivakovsky, violin; Leon Kirchner, piano; Solo Part 50480494 for sale Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Score and Part(s) 50488722 for sale For Violin Solo (1986) 11’ vn String Quartet No. 1 (1949) 20’ First performance: September 1986 2vn, va, vc International Violin Competition of Indianapolis; First performance: March 1950 Indianapolis, IN Juilliard String Quartet; New York, NY Solo Part 50480299 for sale Score 50481193, Set of Parts 50488737 for sale For Violin Solo II (1988) 8’ String Quartet No. 2 (1958) 19’ vn 2vn, va, vc First performance: January 22 1989 First performance: 1958 Maria Bachman, violin; Washington, DC Lenox Quartet; New York, NY Score 50237710, Set of Parts 50225080 for sale 5 Solo Keyboard(s) Chorus a cappella / Five Pieces (1987) 14’ pf Chorus plus 1 instrument First performance: March 7 1987 Words from Wordsworth (1966) 5’ Jeffrey Kahane, piano; Boston, MA Text: English; William Wordsworth Score 50480353 for sale Mixed chorus a cappella Interlude (1989) 7’ Chorus and pf First performance: November 11 1989 Orchestra/Ensemble Peter Serkin, piano; 92nd St. Y, New York, NY Of Things Exactly As They Are Score 50481215 for sale (1997) 35’ Text: English; Robinson Jeffers, Emily Dickinson, Interlude II (2003) 6’ Edna St. Vincent Millay, Wallace Stevens, pf Robert Lowell First performance: July 1 2003 Solo: Soprano, Baritone Jonathan Biss, piano; City of London Festival; SATB chorus; London, England 2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/4perc/ Score 50485965 for sale hp.pf(cel)/str First performance: September 26 1997 L.H. (1995) 7’ Roberta Alexander, soprano; William Stone, pf baritone; Boston Symphony Orchestra; First performance: December 6 1995 Seiji Ozawa, conductor; Boston, MA Leon Fleisher, piano; Carnegie Hall, New York, NY Score 50485964 for sale Solo Voice(s) Little Suite (1949) 10’ pf and up to 6 players Score 50488721 for sale Happy Birthday David 1’ 30’’ High voice, pf Piano Sonata No. 3 (The Forbidden) First performance: July 10 1996 (2006) 12’ 30’’ Minnesota Orchestra Sommerfest; pf Minneapolis, MN First performance: November 11 2006 Joel Fan, piano; Longy School of Music, The Twilight Stood (1982) 12’ Cambridge, MA Text: English; Emily Dickinson Soprano, pf Sonata No. 1 (1948) 14’ First performance: June 1982 pf Spoleto Festival USA; Beverly Hoch, soprano; First performance: March 1949 Leon Kirchner, piano; Charleston, SC New York, NY Score 50507910 for sale Published by Mobart Music Publications

Sonata No. 2 (2003) 14’ pf First performance: November 2 2003 Russell Sherman, piano; Boston, MA

6 LEON KIRCHNER WORKS Concerto for Piano No. 1 Music for Twelve DISCOGRAPHY LEON KIRCHNER Leon Kirchner, piano Boston Symphony Chamber Players New York Philharmonic Leon Kirchner, conductor Dmitri Mitropoulos, conductor Nonesuch 79188 Music & Arts 1045 Piano Sonata No. 3 (‘The Forbidden’) Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, 10 Winds, and Jonathan Biss, piano Percussion Albany TROY 906 Jules Eskin, cello Malcolm Lowe, violin Sonata Concertante Boston Symphony Chamber Players Eudice Shapiro, violin Nonesuch 79188 Leon Kirchner, piano Music & Arts 1045 Duo Continuum Jaime Laredo, violin Naxos 8559195 , piano Phoenix USA 136 Ida Levin, violin Jeremy Denk, piano Sonata No. 1 Bridge 9203 Leon Fleisher, piano Albany TROY 906 Five Pieces Sony SK 57338 Leon Kirchner, piano Nonesuch 79188 Continuum Naxos 8.559195 Max Levinson, piano Albany TROY 906 Sara Laimon, piano Albany TROY 685 Flutings for Paula William Race, piano Continuum Elan Recordings 82292 Naxos 8.559195 Sonata No. 2 Paula Robison, flute Jeremy Denk, piano Ayano Kataoka, percussion Albany TROY 906 Pergola 1038 String Quartet No. 1 Interlude Boston Composers String Quartet Peter Serkin, piano Albany TROY 137 Albany TROY 906 American Art Quartet Interlude II Music & Arts 1045 Jonathan Biss, piano Albany TROY 906 Orion String Quartet Albany TROY 1030 Lily (for soprano and chamber ensemble) Diana Hoagland, soprano String Quartet No. 2 Columbia Chamber Soloists Boston Composers String Quartet Leon Kirchner, conductor Albany TROY 137 Music & Arts 1045 Orion String Quartet Music for Cello and Orchestra Albany TROY 1030 Yo-Yo Ma, cello Lenox String Quartet Philadelphia Orchestra Music & Arts 1045 David Zinman, conductor Sony Classical SK 66299 Mendelssohn String Quartet BIS 1264

7 Sonata No. 3 (“The Forbidden”) Jonathan Biss, piano Albany TROY 906

String Quartet No. 3 Boston Composers String Quartet Albany TROY 137

Beaux Arts Quartet Music & Arts 1045

Orion String Quartet Albany TROY 1030

Concord String Quartet Vox Box 5143

String Quartet No. 4 Orion String Quartet Albany TROY 1030

Trio Continuum Naxos 8559195

Samaris Piano Trio Newport Classic 85642

Oberlin Trio SNE 2028

Nathan Rubin, violin George Neikrug, cello Leon Kirchner, piano Music and Arts 1045

Malcolm Lowe, violin Jules Eskin, cello Leon Kirchner, piano Nonesuch 79188

Trio II Kalichstein, Laredo, Robinson Trio Arabesque 6676

Triptych Continuum Naxos 8.559195

Lynn Chang, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony Classical SK 53126

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