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including First Performances
| 2010 | Concerto No. 3 for Piano, Orchestra and Electronics (to the memory of Bohuslav Martinu) |
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| First Performance: | April 16, 2010, Opperman Music Hall | |
| Tallahassee, Florida | ||
| Read Gainsford, piano; Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Jiménez, conductor |
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| 2009 | Sonata-Portrait for solo piano | |
| First Performance: | July 1, 2010, International Festival of Chamber Music | |
| Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic | ||
| Hui-Ting Yang, piano | ||
| 2007-08 | Sinfonietta No. 3, "Gong" for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, orchestra, and electronics | |
| based on the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke | ||
| First Performance: | March 30, 2008, Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum | |
| Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Jadwiga Rappé, mezzo-soprano; Kühn Mixed Choir, Marek Vorlíček, choirmaster; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Kučera, conductor |
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| 2006 | Dawn for mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, and piano | |
| based on the text of Karen Bentley- Pollick | ||
| First Performance: | November 18, 2009, Martinu Hall, Prague Academy of Music | |
| Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Jana Kosinová, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Vondráček, violin; Eva Langerová, cello; Václav Němec, piano |
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| 2005 | Portrait for piano and percussion (2 players) | |
| First Performance: | June 14, 2006, Concert Hall of the Pálffy Pallace | |
| Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Joanna Sobkowska, piano; Radek Krampl, Petr Holub, percussion | ||
| 2004 | Sonata for Trombone and Piano | |
| First Performance: | June 18, 2004, 33rd International Trombone Festival | |
| Ithaca, New York | ||
| Jay Evans, trombone; Joanna Sobkowska, piano | ||
| 2003 | Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, “Metamorphoses” 
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| First Performance: | November 8, 2004, Dvořák Hall, Prague | |
| Florida Trio Con Brio (Frank Kowalsky, clarinet; | ||
| Lubomir Georgiev, cello; Carolyn Bridger, piano) | ||
| 2002-05 | Songs of Zhivago for tenor and orchestra / tenor and piano | |
| on the poetry of Boris Pasternak | ||
| First Performance: | Scheduled for November 2, 2006, Dvořák Hall, Prague | |
| Adrian Thompson, tenor | ||
| Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimír Válek, conductor | ||
| 1999 | Sinfonietta No. 1 for
nineteen instruments |
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| First Performance: | November 15, 1999, Cleveland, OH; | |
| Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Andrew Rindfleisch, conductor | ||
| Sinfonietta No. 2 for Orchestra, “Jacob’s
Well” |
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| First Performance: | February 5, 2005, Florida State University Twelfth Biennial Festival | |
| of New Music, Ruby Diamond Auditorium, Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| FSU Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Jiménez, conductor | ||
| 1998 | Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (“Concerto
Breve”) |
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| First Performance: | February 3, 2001, Florida State University Tenth Biennial Festival of | |
| New Music, Ruby Diamond Auditorium, Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| Joanna Sobkowska, piano; FSU Symphony Orchestra, | ||
| László Marosi, conductor | ||
| 1997 | Ad vitae fontes aquarum | |
| for wind orchestra | ||
| First Performance: | October 20, 1998, Florida State University, Opperman Music Hall; | |
| FSU Wind Orchestra, James Croft, conductor | ||
| In Night | ||
| for
baritone, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, piano and percussion, text by Franz Kafka |
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| First Performance: | November 18, 1998, Florida State University, Dohnányi Recital Hall | |
| Jerrold Pope, baritone; FSU New Music Ensemble, | ||
| Alexander Jiménez, conductor | ||
| 1996 | The River in Spring |
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| Three
Fragments from Franz Kafka’s “The Great Wall of China”
for mezzo-soprano and percussion (three players) |
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| First Performance: | January 10, 1997, Florida State University, Opperman Music Hall; | |
| Tina Stringfellow, mezzo-soprano, FSU Percussion Ensemble, | ||
| Paul Bamonte, conductor | ||
| 1995 | Elegy in Two Movements | |
| for solo cello | ||
| First Performance: | November 25, 1995, Florida State Music Teachers Association, | |
| Fort Myers, Florida; | ||
| Lubomir Georgiev, cello | ||
| Music for Nine Wind Instruments (Divertimento II) | ||
| for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two trumpets, trombone, and tuba | ||
| First Performance: | April 18, 1996, Music Educators National Conference | |
| Kansas City, Missouri; | ||
| FSU Faculty Wind Ensemble, James Croft, conductor | ||
| 1994 | Angels and Airplanes | |
| for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano | ||
| First Performance: | October 11, 1994, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York; | |
| Opperman Reed Trio, Carolyn Bridger, piano | ||
| 1993 | Symphony for Winds and Percussion | |
| after the painting Discovery of America by Salvador Dalí | ||
| First Performance: | October 21, 1993, Opperman Music Hall, | |
| Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| FSU Wind Orchestra, James Croft, conductor | ||
| 1992 | Der Weg (The Way) | |
| for
counter-tenor, clarinet, viola, contrabass, and percussion (two players), text by Franz Kafka |
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| First Performance: | October 30, 1993, Martinu Hall, Prague; | |
| Steven Rickards, counter-tenor; | ||
| Members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, | ||
| Mario Klemens, conductor | ||
| The Magic Horn | ||
| for solo horn | ||
| First Performance: | May 25, 1993, 25th Conference of the International Horn Society, | |
| Opperman Music Hall. Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| Michelle Stebleton, horn | ||
| 1991 | Concerto for Flute and Percussion Ensemble, “The Late Afternoon of a Faun” | |
| First Performance: | April 19, 1992, Festival of New Music, Florida State University, | |
| Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| Shelley Binder, flute; FSU Percussion Ensemble, | ||
| Gary Werdesheim, conductor | ||
| 1989 | Divertimento I , “Bläserharmonie” | |
| for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons | ||
| First Performance: | August 12, 1989, Salzburg Festival, Grand Hall of Mozarteum, | |
| Salzburg, Austria; | ||
| Collegium Musicum Pragense | ||
| The Blue Bird | ||
| Cantata
for children’s voices and chamber ensemble, after Maurice Maeterlinck, text by Vera Provazníková |
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| First Performance: | July 30, 1989, Nantes, France | |
| Kühn Children’s Choir, | ||
| Jiří Chvála, conductor | ||
| 1988 | Concerto Grosso | |
| for violin, piano, percussion and string orchestra | ||
| First Performance: | December 4, 1988, Theatre Chaillot, Paris, France; | |
| Orchestre National de France, | ||
| Arturo Tamayo, conductor | ||
| 1987 | Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano | |
| First Performance: | June 12, 1987, Madrid, Spain; | |
| Trio Mompou | ||
| Concerto for Winds and Percussion | ||
| First Performance: | April 11, 1988, Festival of New Music, Florida State University, | |
| Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, Florida; | ||
| FSU Wind Orchestra, | ||
| Carl Bjerregaard, conductor | ||
| 1986 | Symphonic Ouverture | |
| First Performance: | April 17, 1987, Grand Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, | |
| Moscow, Russia | ||
| Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor | ||
| String Quartet No. 2 | ||
| First Performance: | December 6, 1987, Neumann Hall, Strahov Monastery, Prague: | |
| Stamic Quartet | ||
| 1985 | Song of Man | |
| Television Ballet | ||
| First Performance: | June 17, 1986, The ‘Golden Prague’ International TV Festival; | |
| Prague Chamber Ballet Company, Pavel Šmok, artistic director; | ||
| Prague Radio Choir; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, | ||
| Libor Pešek, conductor | ||
| 1984 | To the Future Earth | |
| for solo bass, mixed choir and orchestra, on the poetry of Miroslav Florian | ||
| First Performance: | November 19, 1985, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| Richard Novák, bass; Kühn Mixed Choir; | ||
| Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Belohlávek, conductor | ||
| Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello | ||
| First Performance: | November 4, 1984, Concert Hall of the Academy of Music, | |
| Vienna, Austria; | ||
| Jiří Tomášek, violin; Hubert Šimácek, viola; Václav Jírovec, cello | ||
| 1983 | Songs of Hope | |
| for
a cappella mixed choir and solo soprano on the poetry of Václav Hons, Josef Hora, and Vít?zslav Nezval |
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| First Performance: | May 17, 1986, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| Prague Philharmonic Choir, Lubomír Mátl, conductor; | ||
| Brigita Šulcová, soprano | ||
| 1983 | Wolkeriana | |
| for soprano, tenor, mixed choir and orchestra, on the poetry of Jiří Wolker | ||
| First Performance: | May 30, 1983, Smetana Hall, Prague; | |
| Brigita Šulcová, soprano; Leo Marian Vodicka, tenor; | ||
| Prague Radio Choir; Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, | ||
| Jaroslav Krombholc, conductor | ||
| 1982 | Words | |
| Three
Songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra on the poetry of Jiří Žácek, Markéta Procházková, and Milan Rúfus |
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| First Performance: | January 25, 1983, Smetana Hall, Prague; | |
| Brigita Šulcová, mezzo-soprano; | ||
| Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Belohlávek, conductor | ||
| 1981 | String Quartet No. 1 |
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| First Performance: | April 22, 1982, Grand Auditorium of Radio France, Paris, France; | |
| 1980 | Concerto for Violin and Orchestra | |
| First Performance: | September 17, 1981, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| Petr Messiereur, violin; | ||
| Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Košler, conductor | ||
| 1979 | Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano | |
| First Performance: | March 11, 1980, Grand Hall of the Municipal Library, Prague; | |
| Jiří Tomášek, violin; Josef Ružička, piano | ||
| 1978 | Sonata for Solo Viola | |
| First Performance: | May 25, 1979, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| Jan Peruška, viola | ||
| 1977 | Two Inventions for Flute and Guitar | |
| First Performance: | October 23, 1977, Němcová Hall at the Strahov Monastery; | |
| Vítezslav Drápal, flute; Milan Zelenka, guitar | ||
| 1976 | Solaris | |
| Radio Opera for soloists, choir and orchestra, after the novel by Stanislaw Lem | ||
| First Performance: | September 28, 1977, Prix Italia, Venice, Italy | |
| 1975 | Invention for Piano | |
| First Performance: | February 8, 1976, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| Jarmila Kozderková, piano | ||
| 1974 | Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra |
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| First Performance: | February 8, 1976, Grand Auditorium of the Austrian Radio, | |
| Vienna, Austria; | ||
| Peter Toperczer, piano | ||
| Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimír Válek, conductor | ||
| 1973 | Lament of a Warrior’s Wife |
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| for soprano, viola, bass clarinet, piano, percussion (two players), and tape | ||
| First Performance: | May 23, 1974, International Rostrum of Composers UNESCO, | |
| Paris, France; | ||
| Brigita Šulcová, soprano | ||
| Communication | ||
| for solo bassoon | ||
| First Performance: | May 14, 1974, Dvořák Hall, Prague; | |
| František Hermann, bassoon | ||
| 1972 | Two Episodes for Bass Clarinet and Piano | |
| First Performance: | September 28, 1972, Janáček Hall, Prague; | |
| Due Boemi di Praga: Josef Horák, bass clarinet; | ||
| Emma Kovárnová, piano | ||
| Extended Version: | Two Episodes for Bass Clarinet, Piano and Percussion | |
| First Performance: | December 15, 1985, Suk Hall, Prague; | |
| New Music Trio, Sofia; Petr Karparov, artistic director | ||
| 1971 | Sonata for Solo Flute | |
| First Performance: | September 19, 1971, Janáček Hall, Prague; | |
| Jan Riedlbauch, flute | ||
| 1970 | Three Pieces for Piano | |
| First Performance: | November 17, 1970, Suk Hall, Prague; | |
| Boris Krajný, piano | ||
| Symphony | ||
| First Performance: | June 12, 1971, Smetana Hall, Prague; | |
| Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jindřich Rohan, conductor | ||