PETER JAMES LEARN
Composer
SELECTED SCORES AND RECORDINGS - ALL
THREE (G)-LASSITUDES (2020) Three Movements - 20'
Piano Solo (Three Movements)
Homage a Philip Glass
I: Calm/Collected
II: Free/Clear
III: The More Things/The Same
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SONATINA EQUESTRIANA (2020) 11'
Piano Solo
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I - Dressage
II - Equus Ferus
III - "Die Schwarzwälder Kaltblut"
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Commissioned by Danny Brian
ELEUSINIAN FEVRE FRAGMENTS (2020) 19'
Piano Solo (with vocalization and simple singing,
based on the Mysteries of Eleusis)
Commissioned by Ethan Stepanovich
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THE LONELY DAUGHTER OF THE AIR (2020) 8'
Soprano and Piano
(After Sibelius' "Luonnotar," with Finnish text from the Kalevala and my original English text)
Commissioned by Laura Libby McCall
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FIVE RHYTHMIC ETUDES (2019) 4 Etudes & Performance Etude - 20'
Five pedagogical pieces to introduce minimalist techniques to intermediate/advanced piano students.
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BABYLON INCISIONS: SNIPPETS OF WAR PORN (2019) 8'
Three Sopranos and Piano
Text excerpted from Roy Scranton's prose-poetry novel "War Porn"
Commissioned by Laura Libby McCall and
Syracuse University Graduate Vocalists
Live Performance
Recording with Score
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NERO MONOLOGUES (2017) 60'
Chamber Opera; Soprano and Dancer/Actor featured
Sarah Toth, Bertie Baigent, Phaedra Ensemble Libretto: Sarah Toth/Geoffrey Lehmann
Full Opera - 8/8/17
London Performance
Revised aria: "Ode to the Beauty of the World" (US Premiere)
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ACT I EXCERPT - Sinfonia - Aria:
Galba Does not Exist - Recit: A Vision
Addressed to Emperors of the Future -
Mono: Advice for Emperors
ACT II EXCERPT - Aria: Notes for a
New Civilization - Mono: Eating with
Friends - Mono: Our Sun-God at Home
with Poppaea
ACT III EXCERPT - Mono: Imagined
Scenes from the Second Half of My Life -
Aria/Trope: In Un Sospir - Arr.: Sleep is
Supposed to Be (Copland)
THAMES SONGS (2017) 24' (6 Movements)
Soprano Vocalise (or Soprano Instrument) and Piano
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VIOLA SONATA NO. 2 (2017) 30' (4 Movements)
Viola and Piano
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Commissioned by Kia Cunningham
GALT (2017) 52' (5 Sections)
Ten Grand Pianos and Percussion (With visual media projections created by Gallery 81/Fordistas Productions)
Video (Full Premiere
at New World Hall)
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SECTION I
SECTION II
SECTION III
Commissioned and premiered by Mia Vassilev and the Miami Piano Circle
SECTION IV
SECTION V
SEVEN SEMPLICES (2017) 25' (Full Set of 7)
Piano Solo
No. 1
No. 2
No. 7
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DANCES OF DORIAN AND ECHO (2016) c. 23' (4 Movements)
Baritone Saxophone with Amplified Prepared Piano Resonance
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Commissioned by Lewis Jones
TEN ETUDES OF TIME AND LIGHT (2016) 25' (Full Set)
Piano Solo
Recordings with Dynamic Scores
I. II. III. IV. V.
VI. VII. VIII. IX. X.
Live Performance Video
No. 1
No. 8
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SONATA FARORE (2016) 25' (4 Movements)
Piano Solo
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Commissioned by Kierston Miller
POEMS IN THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS (2016) 21'
(Five Movements and Coda)
Piano Solo
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Recordings with Dynamic Scores
I. II. III. IV. V. Coda
IDYLLS FOR MIDNA (2016) 29' (4 Movements, 3 Interludes)
Piano Solo (Sostenuto resonance in interludes)
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SCHUMANN RESONANCES (2015) 10'
Clarinet (E-flat+Bass), Cello, Piano, and Percussion
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Video:
Written for the Lunar Ensemble
WHITMAN SONGS (2015) 15' (3 Songs)
Soprano and String Quartet (Text from Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca)
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Video:
ODE TO WALT WHITMAN (LORCA)
MIRACLES (WHITMAN)
Commissioned by Rebekah Smeltzer
A CLEAR MIDNIGHT (WHITMAN)
SHANT (2014) 8'
String Quartet (No. 3)
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Written for and recorded by the
Henri Mancini Institute String Quartet
(Live Performance:)
ALL OF THE DAY SHOULD NOT BE DAYTIME
SSAATTBB Choir, with SAT solo/group soli parts
Text from Henry David Thoreau's
"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"
(2014) 8-9' (aleatoric sections)
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DUMAS (2014) 14' (4 Movements)
Brass Trio (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone)
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Commissioned by Trombonist
Andrew Friedrichs
I: THREE
II: METAL, IN YOUR FACE
III: ATHOS AND MILADY
IV: MONTE CRISTO
MECHANISMS AND INTERLUDES (2014) 11'
"Trio d’Anches": Oboe, B-flat Clarinet (Doubling Bass Clarinet), and Bassoon
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Commissioned by
the PEN Woodwind Trio
SEVEN PRELUDES (2014) 25' (Full Set)
Piano Solo (No. 1 has optional drumset/bass parts, 5 and 6 may be performed simultaneously as a piano duo.
No. 1: Brad and Om
No. 2: Television
No. 4: Vocalise
(No.1, w/perc.)
(No. 2)
(No. 4)
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CRASH'S LAW (2014) 13'
Chamber Orchestra (2 B-flat Tpt, Sax (alto+bari), 3 Perc, Elec. Guit, Pno, 2 Vln, 2 Vla)
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Commissioned by
Ensemble IBIS
Including recitation by performers of poetry by Emily Dickinson
APOLLONIAN ECHO (2014) 10'
Octet (Fl, Ob, Hn in F, 2 Vln, Vla, Vcl, DB)
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Premiered by the
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
RUMORS FROM AN AEOLIAN HARP (2014) 10'
String Orchestra and Large SSAATTBB Choir, with Coloratura, Mezzo, and Alto soloists
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Text by Henry David Thoreau
MAB (2014) 9'
Soprano and Percussionist (Soprano uses percussion and moves dramatically)
Text drawn from "Queen Mab"
by Percy B. Shelley
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Commissioned by the
ReSound Duo
NECESSARY STEPS (2013) 15' (3 Movements)
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (C and B-flat soloist versions available)
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Written for
"Doc" Severinson and the UTK Orchestra
BENEVOLENT MACHINATIONS (2013) 9'
Piano Duo
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Written for
Larisa Soboleva and Daniel Manoiu
AN OTHER TRIO (2013) 13-15' (3 Movements, aleatoric elements)
Violin, Viola, and Throat-singing Trumpeter
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Commissioned by trumpeter Philipe Brunet
and Ensemble IBIS
I: Introit
II: Disintegrations
III: Arias and Pendulums
NOT AN OCARINA (2013) 10' (Spectralist Variations on themes by Koji Kondo)
Chamber Orchestra (Fl, B-flat Cl, Bsn, 2 Hn, B-flat Tpt, Pno, String Pno, Strings)
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Written for Ensemble IBIS
NANCARROW MEDITATIONS (2013) 7'
Piano Solo
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Written for Daniel Manoiu
MOSAIQUE (2012) 11'
Large Orchestra
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GRIP (2012) 9'
Alto Saxophone, Violin, and Cello
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Written for the Dinosaur Trio
CHOP'N (2012) 9'
Piano and Fixed Media
Commissioned by Daniel Manoiu
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DIPRIVAN AND FENTANYL (2012) 9'
Amplified, Processed Trombone and String Quartet
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Commissioned by Trombonist Andrew Friedrichs and the FSOM String Quartet
OF FLURRIES AND CLARION (2011) 13'
Pierrot Ensemble and Percussion
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Premiered by the
Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
SCISSION (2011) 5'
2 Trumpets and Piano
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Commissioned by Trumpeter Mike Banewicz
DUET (2011) 12' (4 Movements)
Bassoon and Marimba
Commissioned by Percussionist Elayne Harris
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I: Pale, meditative, ethereal
II: Meccanico
III: Dolce cantabile
IV: Ritmico
SPECTRE PLEIN DE REDITES (2010) 9'
Violin, Cello, and Piano
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Written for the
Ithaca College Graduate Piano Trio
THREE DIRE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
(2010) 16' (3 Movements)
Large Wind Ensemble
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MAXIMS AND INTERLUDES (2010) 10' (5 Songs)
Soprano and Piano
Text from Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil"
Written for Laura Libby McCall and Josh Oxford
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I: Madness
II: Monsters
III: Cold
IV: Love
V: Genius
DREAM LOGIC (2010) 7'
Pierrot Ensemble and Percussion
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Written for the Timothy Arnold and the Ithaca College Graduate Ensemble
POSEIDEN QUINTET (2010) 18' (3 Movements)
Tuba and String Quartet
Commissioned by Tubist Joe Wenzel
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EPSILON ORIONIS (2010) 13'
Double Bass Solo
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Commissioned by Bassist John Romey
DEEP: SEVEN SCENES OF UNDERWATER EXPLORATION (2009) 8'
Flute and Piano
Written for Josh Oxford and Emily Wespiser
Recording with
dynamic score:
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A FINAL, UNEXPECTED GLANCE (2009) 16'
String Quartet (No. 2)
FSOM Graduate Quartet Video
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SONATA FOR TRUMPET AND PIANO (2009) 18'
(4 Movements)
Trumpet and Piano (Optional Flugelhorn in Mvt. III)
Commissioned by Trumpeter Mike Banewicz
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SQUARING THE CIRCLE (2008) 17' (3 Movements)
Sextet (B-flat Cl, 2 Perc, Pno, Vln, Vcl)
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II.
III.
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CAN ONE HEAR THE SHAPE OF A DRUM (2007) 12'
Octet (Fl/Picc, Bass Cl, F Hn, Perc, Pno, 2 Vln, Vcl)
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Written for the
Chicago Chamber Musicians Ensemble
A VOICE IN THE NAVE (2006) 6'
Amplified Processed Piano Solo
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AND THE PHOENIX SLEEPS IN HIS ASHES
Violin and Bellchoir
(2006) 9'
Written for Bogdan Berindean and
the Tiffin Trinity Church Bellchoir
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(2006) 14-15' (aleatoric sections)
AND THEN THEY MOWED US DOWN LIKE DOGS
Pierrot Ensemble and Percusssion, with Recitation
Text from interview with Bui Thi Luom, only survivor of Thanh Phom massacre
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FIVE MINIATURES (2006) 17' (5 Movements)
Violin and Piano
Written for Ioana Galu
I. Fray and Turn
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GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE (2005) 9'
Amplified Processed Solo Bassoon and Fixed Media
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Fixed media created with samples of Electronic Voice Phenomena, provided by various paranormal
investigation societies. Written for Sara Garing.
ON CONSIDERATION (2004) 6'
Solo Flute
Written for Sarah Clark
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VECTOR (2003) 5'
Flute and Electronics/Fixed Media
Written for Sarah Clark
(No Score Exists)
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