Andrew List (1956- )
Andrew
List is a graduate of New
England Conservatory of Music, and received his doctorate in music composition from Boston
University, where he studied with Bernard Rands, Samuel Headrick, and
Nicholas Maw. List has also studied privately with Richard
Danielpour. He has received numerous commissions and performances
from ensembles and solists in the United States
and Europe, including The Boston Classical Orchestra, Zodiac Trio,
Alea III, The Esterhazy Quartet, Interensemble (Padova Italy), The
Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, North-South Consonance, The Metamorphosen
Chamber Orchestra, Duo Diorama, Winston Choi (pianist), Emmanuel
Feldman (cellist) and soprano Lisa Saffer. List was the first prize
winner of the Renegade Ensemble’s composition competition and a finalist
in the Alea III International Composition Competition and the 2008
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship. He has had residencies at the MacDowell
Colony, Yaddo, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Aspen Music
Festival, La Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and The Visby Centre
for Composers in Sweden. In 2001 he was awarded a distinguished
artist-in-residence grant, sponsored by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst,
and the city of Amsterdam. During his eight-month residency in
Amsterdam he presented four concerts of his music and that of other
American composers. He was also invited to present a concert at the
American Embassy in The Hague, and gave lectures and workshops at major
music conservatories in the area. He is the first American and the
first composer to be awarded this prestigious residency.COMPOSITIONS List Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Seven Pieces for Piano (1977)
Four Inventions for Piano (1978)
Sunrise, soprano and 5 instruments (1978)
Sonatina for Flute, solo flute (1979)
Five Movements for Orchestra (1981)
The Beatitudes, chorus (1982)
Chamber Concerto for Twelve Instruments (1984)
Trombone Quartet (1990)
String Quartet No. 1, in Eight Movements (1990)
Piano Fantasy (1990)
A Moment in Time (5 songs), baritone and chamber orchestra (1990)
String Quartet No. 2, "In Memoriam Aaron Copland" (1992)
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra (1993)
Four Songs for Soprano and Piano on Texts by Emily Dickinson (1993)
Kyrie-Gloria, chorus (1994)
Three Musical Meditations, string trio (2 violins and viola) (1994)
Duo for Flute and Piano (1994)
Five Miniatures for Solo Clarinet (1994)
Piano Etudes (1994)
Processional for Six Instruments (1995)
Three Etudes for Horn (1995)
Duo for Two Trumpets (1995)
Three Songs for Children's Choir and Piano on Poems by Ogden Nash (1996)
Harp Nocturne (1996)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1996)
Oh My Beloved (3 songs), mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano (or string quintet) (1996/2006) [text: Rumi]
Duo for Violin and Piano (1997)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1997)
String Quartet No. 3 (1999)
Three Love Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1999)
Millennial Interlude, chamber orchestra (2000)
Magical Dreamscape, string orchestra (2000/2001) [originally called "Missouri Dreamscape"]
Mystical Journey, 2 pianos (2000)
King Lear, an opera in 2 acts (work in progress) [based on the play by Shakespeare]
- Orchestral Interlude from King Lear, orchestra (2001)
The Lord's Prayer, chorus (2001)
Dynamic Trio, 2 violins and percussion (2001)
Three Duets for Bass Clarinets (2001)
Soliloquy for Bass Clarinet (2001)
Piano Sonata No. 2, "Elegy for September 11, 2001" (2001)
Two Persian Love Songs, [voice and piano] (2001) [text: Kaveh Goharin]
Six Bagatelles for String Trio (2002)
Tango-Tango for Solo Cello and Dancer (2003)
Elegy for Clarinet and Piano (2004)
Starting from Atlantis: Poem for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra (2004)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2005)
String Quartet No. 4 (2005)
Quartetto-Alto Basso, 4 clarinets (2005)
Fantasy for Violin and Piano (2005)
Eros Dialogues: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and String Quartet (2005)
Blast, orchestra (2006)
Serenade for Margo, string trio (2006)
Three Duets for Two Cellos (2006)
Three Sketches for Piano (2006)
En Closures, ballet (2007) [for Rebecca Rice Dance]
Love Dances, cello and double bass (2007)
Halcyon Quintet, flute and string quartet (2007)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, "Earth Song" (2008)
Noa Noa: A Gauguin Tableau, violin, clarinet and piano (2008)
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (2009)
The Four Seasons, tenor and piano (2009) [text: haiku by Basho]
Songs of Love and Remembrance, soprano, harp and piano (2010)
Visions from the Aboriginal Dreamtime, violin, clarinet and piano (2011)
On the Wing, a song cycle in celebration of birds (5 songs), voice and piano (2011) [text: Mary Pinard]
[a new work for 7 instruments (due Fall 2011)
[a new work for woodwind quintet (due Spring 2012)
WORKS BY GENRE List Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Tango-Tango for Solo Cello and Dancer (2003)
En Closures, ballet (2007) [for Rebecca Rice Dance]
King Lear, an opera in 2 acts (work in progress) [based on the play by Shakespeare]
Orchestra
Five Movements for Orchestra (1981)
Chamber Concerto for Twelve Instruments (1984)
Millennial Interlude, chamber orchestra (2000)
Magical Dreamscape, string orchestra (2000/2001) [originally called "Missouri Dreamscape"]
Orchestral Interlude from King Lear, orchestra (2001)
Blast, orchestra (2006)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra (1993)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (2005)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, "Earth Song" (2008)
Choral
The Beatitudes, chorus (1982)
Kyrie-Gloria, chorus (1994)
Three Songs for Children's Choir and Piano on Poems by Ogden Nash (1996)
The Lord's Prayer, chorus (2001)
Chamber
Chamber Concerto for Twelve Instruments (1984)
Trombone Quartet (1990)
String Quartet No. 1, in Eight Movements (1990)
String Quartet No. 2, "In Memoriam Aaron Copland" (1992)
Three Musical Meditations, string trio (2 violins and viola) (1994)
Duo for Flute and Piano (1994)
Processional for Six Instruments (1995)
Three Etudes for Horn (1995)
Duo for Two Trumpets (1995)
Duo for Violin and Piano (1997)
String Quartet No. 3 (1999)
Dynamic Trio, 2 violins and percussion (2001)
Three Duets for Bass Clarinets (2001)
Six Bagatelles for String Trio (2002)
String Quartet No. 4 (2005)
Quartetto-Alto Basso, 4 clarinets (2005)
Fantasy for Violin and Piano (2005)
Serenade for Margo, string trio (2006)
Three Duets for Two Cellos (2006)
Love Dances, cello and double bass (2007)
Halcyon Quintet, flute and string quartet (2007)
Noa Noa: A Gauguin Tableau, violin, clarinet and piano (2008)
Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (2009)
Visions from the Aboriginal Dreamtime, violin, clarinet and piano (2011)
[a new work for 7 instruments] (due Fall 2011)
[a new work for woodwind quintet] (due Spring 2012)
Solo Instrument
Sonatina for Flute, solo flute (1979)
Five Miniatures for Solo Clarinet (1994)
Harp Nocturne (1996)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1997)
Soliloquy for Bass Clarinet (2001)
Tango-Tango for Solo Cello and Dancer (2003)
Elegy for Clarinet and Piano (2004)
Piano
Seven Pieces for Piano (1977)
Four Inventions for Piano (1978)
Piano Fantasy (1990)
Piano Etudes (1994)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1996)
Mystical Journey, 2 pianos (2000)
Piano Sonata No. 2, "Elegy for September 11, 2001" (2001)
Three Sketches for Piano (2006)
From The Temple of Dendera: Twelve Etudes for Piano Inspired by the Egyptian Zodiac (2011)
- Amon-Re: The All-Mighty Father, The God of All People
- Shu: Patron of Cool, Dry Air
- Phoenix: The Sacred Bird of Heliopolis and the Ba of the Departed
- Isis: The Earth Mother
- Wadjet: The Cobra Goddess and Patron of Lower Egypt
- Thoth: The God of Wisdom and Magic
- Horus: The God of the Living Pharaoh
- Sekhmet: The Goddess of Divine Retribution
- Hathor: The Goddess of Love
- Osiris: God of the Underworld
- Anubis: The God of Mummification and the Dead on their Path through the Underworld
- Sphinx: The Guardian of the Cemetery
Vocal
Sunrise, soprano and 5 instruments (1978)
A Moment in Time (5 songs), baritone and chamber orchestra (1990)
Four Songs for Soprano and Piano on Texts by Emily Dickinson (1993)
Oh My Beloved (3 songs), mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano (or string quintet) (1996/2006) [text: Rumi]
Three Love Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (1999)
Two Persian Love Songs, [voice and piano] (2001) [text: Kaveh Goharin]
Starting from Atlantis: Poem for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra (2004)
Eros Dialogues: Songs for Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor and String Quartet (2005)
The Four Seasons, tenor and piano (2009) [text: haiku by Basho]
Songs of Love and Remembrance, soprano, harp and piano (2010)
On the Wing, a song cycle in celebration of birds (5 songs), voice and piano (2011) [text: Mary Pinard]
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From The Temple of Dendera: Twelve Etudes for Piano Inspired by the EgyptianZodiac
From The Temple of Dendera: Twelve Etudes for Piano was commissioned by pianist George Lopez, artist-in-residence at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Each etude is a musical portrait of an Egyptian God represented in the Dendera Zodiac. The sculptured Dendera Zodiac is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the pronaos (or portico) of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera. This chapel was begun in the late Ptolemaic period; its pronaos was added by the emperor Tiberius. The date for the relief is 50 BC, since it shows the stars and planets in the positions they would have been seen at that date. The relief, which scholar John H. Rogers characterized as "the only complete map that we have of an ancient sky", has been conjectured to represent the basis on which later astronomy systems were based. It is now on display at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
From The Temple of Dendera: Twelve Etudes for Piano Inspired by the Egyptian Zodiac (2011)
- Amon-Re: The All-Mighty Father, The God of All People
- Shu: Patron of Cool, Dry Air
- Phoenix: The Sacred Bird of Heliopolis and the Ba of the Departed
- Isis: The Earth Mother
- Wadjet: The Cobra Goddess and Patron of Lower Egypt
- Thoth: The God of Wisdom and Magic
- Horus: The God of the Living Pharaoh
- Sekhmet: The Goddess of Divine Retribution
- Hathor: The Goddess of Love
- Osiris: God of the Underworld
- Anubis: The God of Mummification and the Dead on their Path through the Underworld
- Sphinx: The Guardian of the Cemetery
The Dendera Etudes are divided into three main sections organized to follow the cycle of birth to death.
The first section begins with Amon-Re: the Almighty Father and the God of all people, a minor god who emerged from obscurity to become the main deity of Egypt who was later rejected by Akhenaten, thus returning to obscurity. This is followed by the creation of air, Shu, and flight/spirit, Phoenix.
The second section is the creation of life represented by Isis, The Earth Mother, and Wadget, the Serpent Goddess, followed by Thoth, the God of Wisdom and Magic who creates human life, represented by Horus, the God of the Living Pharaoh. Destruction and rebirth is represented by Sekhemet the goddess of war, who in her rage punished humanity in such an over zealous way that she almost destroyed the entire world - but before this happened, she was transformed into Hathor the goddess of love.
The final three etudes represent the journey of the afterlife and the underworld. Anubis, the god of mummification takes care of the deceased and leads them to the Hall of Justice where Osiris the god of the underworld judges them by weighing their heart against a feather. The work ends with Sphinx, a reclining male creature who was the guardian of the cemetery and, in the Old Kingdom, a symbol of the Horus of the Horizon. Later in the New Kingdom he became the King of the Gods, and was connected with Amun-Re.
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