Brian Field

Works

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Orchestral

But Still, Like Dust, I’ll Rise (2024) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-2221-1 perc-harp-voice-strings, text by Maya Angelou

Climate Concerto (2024) [dur. 15:00]
Instrumentation: piano & string orchestra

Cançons d’amor (2022) [dur. 15:20]
Instrumentation: 2222-2000-1 perc-harp-voice-strings, texts by Carles Duarte i Montserrat

Ecce, reges deiectos! (2020) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: 2141-3231-timp-2 perc

Kaleidoscope (2020) [dur. 13:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-4321-timp-2 perc-harp-piano-strings

Chamber Symphony (2020) [dur. 12:00]
Instrumentation: 1111-1110-2 perc-strings

Tres Canciones de Amor (2020) [dur. 10:00]
Instrumentation:  1111-1210-tenor voice-strings, text by Pablo Neruda

Oliana’s Dream of the Sea (2019) [dur. 4:30]
Instrumentation: 1111-1110-2 perc-strings

Lullaby (2019) [dur. 4:30]
Instrumentation: 1111-1000-1 perc-strings

Arctic Variations (2018) [dur. 12:30]
Instrumentation: 2111-4111-timp/1 perc-strings

Shiva Tandava (2015) [dur. 12:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-2221-timp/2 perc-strings

From the Clash of Race & Creed (2002) [dur. 11:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-4222-timp/3 perc-harp-strings

Métamorphoses Messianiques (1996) [dur. 24:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-2221-timp/2 perc-strings

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1991) [dur. 30:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-2221-timp/2 perc-strings

A Letter from Camp (1988/1997) [dur. 10:00]
Instrumentation: 1110-2101-pno, 3 perc - strings + soprano soloist


Choral

Lux aeterna (2023) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

Miracula nos cingunt (2021) [dur. 9:15]
Instrumentation: 2222-2211-glock-harp-piano-strings & SATB choir

Tot passa en el silenci (2021) [dur. 12:30]
Instrumentation: 0000-2211-glock-harp-strings+ soprano soloist & SATB choir

Sed amorem (2021) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

By and By (2020) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

Beatitudines (2019) [dur. 10:00]
Instrumentation: 1111-1000-strings + SATB choir

Lauda anima mea Dominum (2019) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: woman’s choir & organ

Let the Light Shine on Me (2019) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Brian Field

When you are old (2019) [dur. 3:10]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by W.B. Yeats

Aurora lucis rutilat (2019) [dur. 4:50]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

A Christmas Carol (2018) [dur. 4:40]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

Senex puerum portabat (2018) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir

O Magnum Mysterium (2018) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: treble choir (alt. women’s choir)

Fare Thee Well, O Love of Mine (2017) [dur. 4:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir and organ, text by Brian Field

Remember (2018) [dur. 3:30];
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Christina Rossetti

Sweet Forgiveness (2005) [dur. 3:30]; First Prize, Briar Cliff Choral Competition
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Brian Field

A Good Night (1995) [dur. 2:30]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Francis Quarles

Meditation 29 (1995) [dur. 1:30]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Philip Pain

Two Together (1989) [dur. 2:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Walt Whitman

Io Piango (1990) [dur. 2:15]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by Petrarch

As the Holly Groweth Greene (1989) [dur. 1:30]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by King Henry VIII of England

So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (1987) [dur. 1:00]
Instrumentation: SATB choir, text by George Gordon Lord Byron


Chamber

Two for one (2023) [dur. 1:00]
Instrumentation: flute & tuba

Dark Sea Blue (2021) [dur. 5:40]
Instrumentation: string quartet

Six by Four (2021) [dur. 4:50]
Instrumentation: brass sextet

Pas de deux (2021) [dur. 2:45]
Instrumentation: alto flute, bass clarinet

String Quartet #2 (2021) [dur. 10:30]
Instrumentation: string quartet

Ishtar & Gilgamesh (2020) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: flute, clarinet, duduk, horn, harp, violin, 'cello

Waltz to a dream (2020) [dur. 2:45]
Instrumentation: violin & piano

4x4x4 (2020) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: string quartet

Nine by four (2020) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: fl, ob, cl, a.sax, b.cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn

Meditatio in Gethsemani (2019) [dur. 3:30]
Instrumentation: viola de gamba consort & organ

Cuando yo muero (2019) [dur. 3:30]
Instrumentation: 1111-1210-strings + soprano (or tenor) solo (alt. version for string quartet & voice)

Two, four by four (2019) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: soprano & baritone sax (alt. version, violin duo)

Prelude, Air & Whisper (2018) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: b-flat clarinet & piano (alt. versions for alto sax & piano; alto flute & piano)

Let's Build a Wall! (2018) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: flute, b-flat clarinet, horn, glockenspiel, voice, 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Let's Dance & Get Gigue-y (2018) [dur. 5:45]
Instrumentation: flute, b-flat clarinet, violoncello

Funk-E - for jazz sextet (2017) [dur. 3:37]
Instrumentation: tenor saxophone, b-flat trumpet, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums

Sonata for Violin & Piano (2013) [dur. 9:30]
Instrumentation: violin, piano

Scherzo for Violin & Piano (2012) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: violin, piano

String Quartet #1 (2003/2010) [dur. 14:00]
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Tableaux Tartroniques (1997) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: English horn, b-flat clarinet, bassoon

Today… Long Ago (1997) [dur. 2:38]
Instrumentation: 2 violins, viola, violoncello

Métamorphoses Messianiques, (1996) [dur. 24:00]
Instrumentation: 4 violoncellos

Silvermine Stroll (1996) [dur. 3:30]
Instrumentation: clarinet, trumpet, trombone, banjo

Trio (1992) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: violin, violoncello and piano

Quartet for Clarinet, Marimba, Viola & Violoncello (1989) [dur. 16:00]
Instrumentation: clarinet, marimba, viola, violoncello

Three Pieces (1988) [dur. 9:00]
Instrumentation:  clarinet and piano


Vocal

But Still, Like Dust, I’ll Rise (2024) [dur. 6:00]
Instrumentation: 2222-2221-1 perc-harp-voice-strings, text by Maya Angelou

La memòria de l'arbre (2024) [dur. 2:00]
Instrumentation:  voice & piano, text by Carles Duarte i Montserrat

Cançons d’amor (2022) [dur. 15:20]
Instrumentation: 2222-2000-1 perc-harp-voice-strings, texts by Carles Duarte i Montserrat

Gessamí (2022) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation:  voice & piano, text by Carles Duarte i Montserrat

Dues cançons d'amor (2021) [dur. 7:45]
Instrumentation:  voice & piano, text by Carles Duarte i Montserrat

Durme, durme, kerido ijiko (2018) [dur. 4:30]
Instrumentation:  soprano (or tenor) & piano, Sephardic lullaby

Tres Canciones de Amor (2001) [dur. 9:00]
Instrumentation:  tenor & piano, text by Pablo Neruda (alt. versions for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, bass voice)

Chansons Innocentes (1992) [dur. 6:30]
Instrumentation:  soprano & piano, text by E.E. Cummings

Chimneys (Sonnets: Realities) (1990) [dur. 16:30]
Instrumentation:  tenor & piano, text by E.E. Cummings


Solo

Étude // Boreas (2024) [dur. 2:00]
Instrumentation: piano

A Something in a Summer’s Day (2024) [dur. 4:30]
Instrumentation: alto flute

Étude // Phases (2023) [dur. 5:15]
Instrumentation: piano

Three Passions for our Tortured Planet (2021) [dur. 12:15]
Instrumentation: piano

FIRE (2020) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: piano

Toccata danzante (2020) [dur. 3:50]
Instrumentation: harpsichord

…and all that jazz… (2019) [dur. 1:00]
Instrumentation: solo violin (alt. version for solo trumpet; solo clarinet)

La coquette heureuse (2019) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: flute

Entre Nous (2018) [dur. 3:00]
Instrumentation: bassoon

Three Moods (2017) [dur. 7:00]
Instrumentation: piano

Wind Dance (2016) [dur. 2:00]
Instrumentation: piano

Arabesque (2014) [dur. 5:00]
Instrumentation: piano

Two Fantasies (1996) [dur. 8:00]
Instrumentation: piano

Rusalka (1993) [dur. 4]
Instrumentation: violin


Other / Television / Commercial

JFK-Suite (1997)
Instrumentation: electronics

“Overture” (1998) [dur. 1:15] 
Instrumentation: electronics

“Yearning for the Star” (1997) [dur. 0:30] 
Music for international television commercial.  
Instrumentation: electronics

Baroque Flourish (1996) [dur. 0:30]
Music for international television commercial.  
Instrumentation: electronics