Works

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
Pablo Picasso

SAGA TRILOGY:

Primordial Earth (2021), for amplified double-bass and 22 strings 15’

SAGA (2020), for solo cello, orchestra and accordion obligato 25’

Song of Infinity (2022), for solo viola or clarinet, choir and orchestra 20’

Sinfonietta #1 Shizue (1995), for solo shakuhachi and string orchestra 22'

Sinfonietta #2 Langeland Reveries (2017), for strings, keyboard and percussion 14'

Sinfonietta #3 Mahler in Manhattan (2017), for solo violin, solo horn, 14 strings and percussions 15'

Obsession: for Viola and Piano (2020)

My Name is Infinity: for Soprano Voice and piano (2020)

for string orchestra:

BRIDGE/ SWENSEN, Meditation for Saxophone and String Orchestra

DEBUSSY, 'Beau Soir', arr. for solo violin and string orchestra

DEBUSSY, La fille aux cheveux de lin, arr. for solo violin and string orchestra

KREISLER/ SWENSEN, 3 Pieces for Violin and Strings

TCHAIKOVSKY, Meditation, op.42. no.1, arr. for solo violin and strings

other:

BRAHMS/ SWENSEN, Sonatensatz for Violin and Orchestra

NIELSEN, Four Movements for Orchestra (1888), orch. J. Swensen

PROKOFIEV, Cinq Melodies (sans paroles) (1920), arr. for violin and orchestra*

SCHUMANN, CLARA/ SWENSEN, Romance in A minor for Wind Ensemble

SCHUMANN, CLARA/ SWENSEN, Three Romances for Violin and Orchestra

WAGNER/ SWENSEN, Ring Odyssey, for large orchestra, soprano, tenor, bass, and male voice choir

All other works are published by Joseph Swensen

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