Steven Stucky (1949 - 2016)
Steven
Stucky is widely recognized as one of the leading American composers of
his generation. His music is praised for its beauty of sound,
imaginative use of color, and clarity of large-scale form, and for its
ability to communicate powerfully with a broad concert-going public
without sacrificing complexity, artistic integrity, or technical
finesse. As influences on his own musical sensibility, Stucky
acknowledges several of the great figures of twentieth-century music,
chief among them Debussy, Stravinsky, Ravel, Bartók, Lutoslawski, and
Ligeti. Among his other honors are fellowships from the
National
Endowment for the Arts (1978), the National Endowment for the
Humanities (1979), and the Guggenheim Foundation (1986).
His 1989 Concerto for Orchestra was a
finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize in Music.-
Ensemble
Sospeso composer profile
COMPOSITIONS Stucky Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Stucky on Stucky
Movements, 4 Cellos (1970)
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child, chorus (1972)
Quartet for Clarinet, Viola, Cello and Piano (1972-73)
Movements III: Seven Sketches for Flute and Clarinet (1976)
Schneemusik, soprano and piano (1973-77)
Kenningar (Symphony No. 4), orchestra (1977-78)
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, motet for chorus (1979)
Refrains, 5 percussionists (1979)
Transparent Things: In Memoriam V.N., orchestra (1980)
Notturno, alto saxophone and piano (1981)
Varianti, flute, clarinet and piano (1982)
Sappho Fragments, voice and chamber ensemble (1982) ~ top of page ~
Voyages, cello and wind orchestra (1983-84)
Double Concerto for violin, oboe/oboe d'amore and chamber orchestra (1982-85, rev. 1989)
Boston Fancies, chamber ensemble (1985)
Dreamwaltzes, orchestra (1986)
Concerto for Orchestra (1986-87) [finalist for the Pulitzer Prize]
Son et Lumière, orchestra (1988)
Angelus, orchestra (1989-1990)
Serenade for Wind Quintet (1990)
Anniversary Greeting, orchestra or chamber ensemble (1991)
Impromptus, orchestra (1991)
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (After Purcell), orchestra (1992)
Four Poems of A.R. Ammons, baritone and 6 instruments (1992)
Birthday Fanfare, 3 trumpets (1993)
Fanfare for Los Angeles, orchestra (1993)
Ancora, orchestra (1994)
Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra (1994)
Fanfare for Cincinnati, orchestra (1994)
Fanfares and Arias, orchestra (1994)
Pinturas de Tamayo, orchestra (1995) [Tamayo Nocturne arr. of 4th movement]
Music for Saxophones and Strings (1996)
Salute, flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion (1997)
Ad Parnassum, chamber ensemble (1998)
Ai Due Amici, chamber ensemble (1998)
Tres Pinturas, violin and piano (1998)
Threnos, wind ensemble (1998)
Concerto Mediterraneo, guitar and orchestra (1998)
Escondido Fanfare, orchestra (1998)
Two Holy Sonnets of Donne, mezzo-soprano, oboe and piano (1998)
American Muse, baritone and orchestra (1999)
Cradle Songs (3), chorus (1999) ~ top of page ~
Nell'ombra, Nella Luce (In Shadow, In Light), string quartet (1999-2000)
Partita-Pastorale (after J.S. Bach), clarinet, piano and string quartet (2000)
Three Little Variations for David, piano (2000)
Etudes Concerto, recorder and chamber orchestra (2000)
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra (2001)
Skylarks, double chorus (2001)
To Musick, male chorus (2001)
Noctuelles (Miroirs, No. 1, by Maurice Ravel) [orchestrated, 2001]
Whispers, double chorus (2002)
Colburn Variations, string orchestra (2002)
Spirit Voices, concerto for percussion and orchestra (2002-2003)
Jeu de timbres, orchestra (2003)
Second Concerto for Orchestra (2003) [winner of the Pulitzer Prize]
Sonate en forme de preludes, oboe, horn and harpsichord (2003-2004)
Meditation and Dance, clarinet and piano (2004)
Allegro Salonenesco, orchestra (2004)
To Whom I Said Farewell, mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (2004)
Piano Quartet (2004-2005)
Three New Motets, double chorus (2005)
Hue and Cry, wind orchestra (2006)
Radical Light, orchestra (2006-07)
Eyesight, chorus (2007)
Album Leaves, piano (2007?)
Dialoghi, cello (2007?)
August 4, 1964, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone soli, chorus and orchestra (2007–08)
Rhapsodies for Orchestra (2008)
The Kingdom of God (In No Strange Land), chorus (2008)
Two Chinese Folksongs, chorus (2008)
Four Postcards, wind quintet [flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon] and marimba (2008)
Chamber Concerto, chamber orchestra (2009)
Gravity’s Dream, chorus (2009)
Dust Devil, marimba (2009)
Piano Quintet, piano and string quartet (2009–10)
Isabelle Dances, marimba (2009–10)
Scherzino, alto saxophone and piano (2010)
Aus der Jugendzeit, bass-baritone, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2010-11)
Allegretto quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream), for piano 4-hands (2010)
Silent Spring, orchestra (2011)
Symphony, orchestra (2012)
Say Thou Dost Love Me, chorus (2012)
Take Him, Earth, chorus and chamber orchestra (2012)
Rain Shadow, violin, viola, cello and piano (2012)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2013)
The Stars and the Roses, tenor and chamber ensemble (or orchestra) (2013)
The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts) (2013–14) [libretto by Jeremy Denk, after the book by Charles Rosen]
Winter Stars, chorus (2014)
Sonata for Piano (2014)
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, bass-baritone and piano (2014)
The Music of Light, double chorus (2015)
Cantus, 6 players [flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion] (2015)
WORKS BY GENRE Stucky Links ~ top of page ~
Theater
The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts) (2013–14) [libretto by Jeremy Denk, after the book by Charles Rosen]
Orchestra
Kenningar (Symphony No. 4), orchestra (1977-78)
Transparent Things: In Memoriam V.N., orchestra (1980)
Dreamwaltzes, orchestra (1986)
Concerto for Orchestra (1986-87) [finalist for the Pulitzer Prize]
Son et Lumière, orchestra (1988)
Angelus, orchestra (1989-1990)
Anniversary Greeting, orchestra or chamber ensemble (1991)
Impromptus, orchestra (1991)
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (After Purcell), orchestra (1992)
Fanfare for Los Angeles, orchestra (1993)
Ancora, orchestra (1994)
Fanfare for Cincinnati, orchestra (1994)
Fanfares and Arias, orchestra (1994)
Pinturas de Tamayo, orchestra (1995) [Tamayo Nocturne arr. of 4th movement]
Escondido Fanfare, orchestra (1998)
Noctuelles (Miroirs, No. 1, by Maurice Ravel) [orchestrated, 2001]
Colburn Variations, string orchestra (2002)
Jeu de timbres, orchestra (2003)
Second Concerto for Orchestra (2003) [winner of the Pulitzer Prize]
Allegro Salonenesco, orchestra (2004)
Radical Light, orchestra (2006–07)
Rhapsodies for Orchestra (2008)
Chamber Concerto, chamber orchestra (2009)
Silent Spring, orchestra (2011)
Symphony, orchestra (2012)
Band
Threnos, wind ensemble (1998)
Hue and Cry, wind orchestra (2006)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Voyages, cello and wind orchestra (1983-84)
Double Concerto for violin, oboe/oboe d'amore and chamber orchestra (1982-85, rev. 1989)
Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra (1994)
Music for Saxophones and Strings (1996)
Concerto Mediterraneo, guitar and orchestra (1998)
Etudes Concerto, recorder and chamber orchestra (2000) ~ top of page ~
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra (2001)
Spirit Voices, concerto for percussion and orchestra (2002-03)
Chorus and Orchestra
August 4, 1964, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone soli, chorus and orchestra (2007–08)
Take Him, Earth, chorus and chamber orchestra (2012)
Choral
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child, chorus (1972)
Drop, Drop, Slow Tears, motet, chorus (1979)
Cradle Songs (3), chorus (1999)
Skylarks, double chorus (2001)
To Musick, male chorus (2001)
Whispers, double chorus (2002)
Two Chinese Folksongs, chorus (2008)
Three New Motets, double chorus (2005)
- O admirabile commercium
- O sacrum convivium
- O vos omnes
Eyesight, chorus (2007)
The Kingdom of God (In No Strange Land), chorus (2008)
Gravity’s Dream, chorus (2009)
Say Thou Dost Love Me, chorus (2012)
Winter Stars, chorus (2014)
The Music of Light, double chorus (2015)
Chamber
Movements, 4 Cellos (1970)
Quartet for Clarinet, Viola, Cello and Piano (1972-73)
Movements III: Seven Sketches for Flute and Clarinet (1976)
Refrains, 5 percussionists (1979)
Boston Fancies, chamber ensemble (1985)
Serenade for Wind Quintet (1990)
Anniversary Greeting, orchestra or chamber ensemble (1991)
Birthday Fanfare, 3 trumpets (1993)
Salute, flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion (1997)
Ad Parnassum, chamber ensemble (1998)
Ai Due Amici, chamber ensemble (1998)
Nell'ombra, Nella Luce (In Shadow, In Light), string quartet (1999-2000)
Partita-Pastorale (after J.S. Bach), clarinet, piano and string quartet (2000)
Sonate en forme de preludes, oboe, horn and harpsichord (2003-04)
Piano Quartet (2004-05)
Four Postcards, wind quintet [flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon] and marimba (2008)
Piano Quintet, piano and string quartet (2009–10)
Rain Shadow, violin, viola, cello and piano (2012)
Cantus, 6 players [flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion] (2015)
Instrument and Piano
Notturno, alto saxophone and piano (1981)
Varianti, flute, clarinet and piano (1982)
Tres Pinturas, violin and piano (1998)
Meditation and Dance, clarinet and piano (2004)
Scherzino, alto saxophone and piano (2010)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2013)
~ top of page ~
Solo Instrument
Dialoghi, cello (2006)
Dust Devil, marimba (2009)
Isabelle Dances, marimba (2009–10)
Piano
Three Little Variations for David, piano (2000)
Album Leaves, piano (2007?)
Allegretto quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream), piano 4-hands (2010)
Sonata for Piano (2014)
Vocal
Schneemusik, soprano and piano (1973-77)
Sappho Fragments, voice and chamber ensemble (1982)
Four Poems of A.R. Ammons, baritone and 6 instruments (1992)
Two Holy Sonnets of Donne, mezzo-soprano, oboe and piano (1998)
American Muse, baritone and orchestra (1999)
To Whom I Said Farewell, mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (2004)
Aus der Jugendzeit, bass-baritone, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2010-11)
The Stars and the Roses, tenor and chamber ensemble (or orchestra) (2013)
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, bass-baritone and piano (2014)
STUCKY LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Composer's website
American Classics (Steven Stucky, guardian.co.uk)
An Interview with Composer Steven Stucky (New York Philharmonic)
An Interview with Steven Stucky (PRX Radio)
Steal This Concerto, Please: An Interview with Steven Stucky (Franklin Crawford, Cornell News)
Steven Stucky Shows Modern Touch (Josef Woodward, LA Times)
Radical Light (@ aworks)
Stucky @ Wikipedia
Stucky @ composition:today
Stucky @ Cornell University
Stucky @ The Ensemble Sospeso
Stucky @ Los Angeles Philharmonic
Stucky @ musicianguide.com
Stucky @ MusicWeb International
Stucky @ The New York Times
Stucky @ NPRmusic
Stucky @ Theodore Presser
Stucky @ The Pulitzer Prizes
Stucky @ Sigma Alpha Iota
Stucky @ Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association
Stucky @ Yaddo
Streaming Audio
Stucky @ Ithaca College
Stucky @ last.fm
Stucky @ NPRmusic
Recordings
Stucky @ ArkivMusic
Stucky @ ClassicsOnline
Stucky @ Composer's website
"Music for Wind Ensemble" @ Albany Records
Stucky @ Google Video
Stucky @ YouTube ~ top of page ~
Stucky on Stucky: The New York Philharmonic (On "Rhapsodies")
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