Search Pytheas   use Pytheas SiteSearch   need help searching?  

Harold Stover (1946-    )

Harold Stover composerHarold Stover attended Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York.  He is presently Organist and Director of Music of Woodfords Congregational Church, UCC, in Portland, ME, director of the Portland-based chamber chorus Renaissance Voices, and a member of the faculty of the Portland Conservatory of Music. His music draws on the many musical influences in his life, from Messaien and Ives to Bach and Mozart to Gershwin and Sowerby.  Critics have noted his flair for instrumental color and audiences praise his new insights into familiar forms.

COMPOSITIONS                                                            Stover Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre
Te Decet Hymnus Deus in Sion, organ
5 Preludes on American Folk Hymns, organ
 Jubilate Deo, chorus and organ
Forth in Thy Name, 2-part chorus, organ and handbells
Thus Sings the Heavenly Choir, chorus and organ
None Other Lamb, chorus
And We'll All Sing Hallelujah, chorus and organ
Earth Eternal, chorus, organ, brass quartet and percussion
The Spirist of the Lord, chorus and organ
I Find My Refuge, Lord, in You, chorus and organ
Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang, chorus
3 Shakespeare Songs, chorus
Symphony No. 2, organ
Tambourine, organ
Mountain Music, organ
The Stations of the Cross, organ with 2 narrators
Toccata Brevis, organ
Angel, organ
Prelude on Ellers, organ
Nocturnes, Book I, organ
Neumark Variations, organ and piano
An Easter Carillon, organ, brass quartet and percussion
Nocturnes, Book III, organ, trumpet and percussion
Souvenir, piano
Rag, Pastorale and Carillon, 2 pianos
Celtic Invocations, mezzo-soprano and piano
springsongs, chorus
Shall I Tell You Who Will Come to Bethlehem?, chorus and organ
This I Am, chorus
Psalm 150, chorus and organ, with optional brass and percussion
Across the Desert, chorus, flute, percussion and organ
Phos Hilaron, chorus, alto solo, cello, handbells and organ
Sayings of Jesus, soprano and organ
Chaconne, piano


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            Stover Links     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
The Stations of the Cross, organ with 2 narrators

Choral
Jubilate Deo, chorus and organ
Forth in Thy Name, 2-part chorus, organ and handbells
Thus Sings the Heavenly Choir, chorus and organ
None Other Lamb, chorus
And We'll All Sing Hallelujah, chorus and organ
Earth Eternal, chorus, organ, brass quartet and percussion
The Spirist of the Lord, chorus and organ
I Find My Refuge, Lord, in You, chorus and organ
Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang, chorus
3 Shakespeare Songs, chorus
springsongs, chorus (1968/2004) [text: e.e. cummings]
    - in time of daffodils (1968)
    - spring! may!
    - sweet spring is your
Shall I Tell You Who Will Come to Bethlehem?, chorus and organ
This I Am, chorus
Psalm 150, chorus and organ, with optional brass and percussion
Across the Desert, chorus, flute, percussion and organ
Phos Hilaron, chorus, alto solo, cello, handbells and organ

Chamber
Neumark Variations, organ and piano
An Easter Carillon, organ, brass quartet and percussion
Nocturnes, Book III, organ, trumpet and percussion

Organ/Piano
Symphony No. 2, organ
Tambourine, organ
Mountain Music, organ
Toccata Brevis, organ
Angel, organ
Prelude on Ellers, organ
Nocturnes, Book I, organ
Neumark Variations, organ and piano
An Easter Carillon, organ, brass quartet and percussion
Nocturnes, Book III, organ, trumpet and percussion
Souvenir, piano
Rag, Pastorale and Carillon, 2 pianos
Te Decet Hymnus Deus in Sion, organ
5 Preludes on American Folk Hymns, organ
Chaconne, piano

Vocal
Celtic Invocations, mezzo-soprano and piano
Sayings of Jesus, soprano and organ


STOVER LINKS                                                            Works by Genre     ~ top of page ~
Harold Stover: Organist, Composer, Teacher of Note (Christopher Hyde, Portland Press Herald)
Leo Sowerby at 100 (Harold Stover, SUNY at Albany)
Music with Vigor, Vitality and Vision (Marilyn Biery, The Diapason)

Composer's website    . . .   contact Harold Stover:  here

Stover @ composition:today
Stover @ Facebook
Stover @ Portland Conservatory of Music
Stover @ Woodfords Congregational Church

Publisher
Stover @ Augsburg Fortress
Stover @ Boosey & Hawkes
Stover @ ECS Publishing (E.C. Schirmer)

Streaming Audio
[none at the moment]

Recordings
Stover @ Composer's website
Stover @ Albany Records
Stover @ ArkivMusic
Stover @ CD Universe
Stover @ ClassicsOnline
Stover @ Naxos

Video
Stover @ YouTube
Stover @ Google Video
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HOME           ABOUT          RESOURCES            COMPOSERS           PERFORMANCES           20/21 ENSEMBLE           CONTACT US