John Biggs | Composer | Catalog: Chamber Ensemble

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

(Also see Strings in the Catalog)

Brass

ensembles
CP 141....CELEBRATION (3 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones) 5.5 min.
CP 208....FOREGROUND MUSIC (25 winds, timpani, 3 percussion) 8.5 min.
CP 124b..LITURGICAL SONATA (2 trumpets, horn, 3 trombones, tuba &/or string bass) 6:00
CP 155....PLEASE DON'T RAIN ON MY TUBA (2vns, vc, tuba) 3 min.
CP 123....ROUNDS FOR BRASS (4 trumpets, 4 horns, 4 trombones, 2 tubas) 8:00

Woodwind

recorder
CP 201....MUSIC FROM BONDUCA : Henry Purcell (4 flutes) 2 min.
oboe & English horn
CP 300....CONCERTO FOR OBOE & STRING ORCHESTRA 20 min.
CP 149....DANCE SUITE (oboe & string trio) 13 min.
clarinet
CP 147....FANTASY ON A THEME OF RAMEAU (clarinet, cello, piano) 12 min.
CP 144....MEDIEVAL DANCE SUITE (clarinet, violin, piano) 14 min.
CP 156....MEDITATIONS AND DIGRESSIONS (clarinet, violin, piano) 9.75 min.
CP 109....PASTORALE (clarinet & string quartet) 5 min.
CP 145....A RENAISSANCE BOUQUET (clarinet, violin, piano) 14.5 min.
CP 116....TRE CANZONE (3 clarinets) 6.5 min.
CP 122.....TOOT SUITE SATB, Recorder Quartet (Bass doubles on drum)
CP 202....TRIOS FROM THE SPANISH RENAISSANCE : Anonymous (3 clarinets) 6 min.
wind ensembles
CP 134....FANTASY FOR WIND OCTET (2ob, 2cl, 2hn, 2bn) 16 min.
CP 146....MEDIEVAL DANCE FANTASY (woodwind quintet plus trumpet & piano) 12 min.
CP 107....SCHERZO (woodwind quintet) 5 min.
CP 108....STUDIES IN TEXTURE (woodwind quintet) 7.5 min. (horn dbls on small drum)
CP 115....WOODWIND TRIO (flute, clarinet, bassoon) 7 min.

Vocal

CP 37......CANTATA RUSTICA , op.83, 1991, (SSATB chorus, tamb., timp. [3], chimes) 18 min.
CP 136....CANTO SOBRE LA MUERTE DE SILVESTRE (sop, hrp, vc) 12.5min. (Pablo Neruda)
CP 148....SONGS FOR BARITONE & CELLO (French, German, Italian, Spanish, English) 14min.
CP 120....SONGS ON ANCIENT TEXTS (mezzo & cl+bn or va+vc or comb.) 6.5min.
CP 159....TWO SONGS ON POEMS OF PERIE LONGO (sop, bar, 2vns, hnd bls) 7.25min.
CP 151...WITH RUE MY HEART IS LADEN (sop, fl, pno) 2min.

Works with dancers

CANTICLE OF LIFE .... To send an inquiry, click HERE
(mixed chorus, woodwind quintet, harp, 2 percussionists, and dancers) The full version is 50 minutes, with other versions at 38 minutes, 23 minutes, and 17 minutes.
ALTON [Illinois} TELEGRAPH: “---rising to comic heights--and to lyric joy of great appeal---”. “---both spirited in mood and well coordinated to both eye and ear.”
SANTA BARBARA [California] NEWS PRESS: “---a genuine work of art.” “---a splendid composition.”