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Chamber Music


Two Nocturnes (2018)
flute, clarinet, cello
   Stone and Leaf
   Under Starry Skies
Commissioned for Music in the American Wild 
with a 2017 Project Grant from New Music USA
12 minutes
American Composers Edition
New Focus Recordings

American Wild Ensemble

 
Music for Strings and Hammers (2017)
violin, double bass, piano
   Nails
   Heart
Composed for the ensemble Strings & Hammers
12 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Music For Strings And Hammers - Nails
Nails - Strings & Hammers

 
Chaconne (2000)
string quartet
Commissioned for the Ying Quartet
12 minutes
Keiser Southern Music

David Liptak · Chaconne
Ying Quartet

 


String Quartet No. 1 (1978)
   Intense
   Brisk
   Haltingly
   Impassioned
Commissioned by NPR station WKAR, 
East Lansing, Michigan
15 minutes
American Composers Edition


 
 
String Quartet No. 2 (2002)
   Allegro
   Andante
   Presto
Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for 
Music Composition for the Cassatt Quartet
18 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · String Quartet #2 - Presto
Cassatt Quartet

 
String Quartet No. 3 (2012)
   Nimble and Quick
   the stars so fine
   Jump
Written for the JACK Quartet.
19 minutes
American Composers Edition



David Liptak · String Quartet No. 3 - Jump
JACK Quartet

 
Piano Quintet (2006/2014)
string quartet and piano   
   Shaping the Invisible
   Glacier
   Spring Images
26 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Piano Quintet - Glacier
Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble

 
Piano Trio No. 1 (1991)
   Fast
   Slow (Tempo di Sarabanda)
   Fleetingly
Written for the Raphael Trio
18 minutes
Keiser Southern Music

David Liptak · Piano Trio No. 1 - Fast
Earplay

 
Piano Trio No. 2 (2002)
   Rhapsodies
   Arabesque
9 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Piano Trio No. 2 - Arabesque
Timpanogos Trio

 
Cold Litanies (2007)
   Blue
   White
   Gray, with Silver
flute, clarinet, and piano
Commissioned for Trio Xia
17 minutes
Americazn Composers Edition

David Liptak · Cold Litanies - Gray, With Silver
Voices of Change

 
Trio (2007)
viola, percussion, and piano
   Indifferent Flow
   Rainbow Dust
   Shards
17 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Trio - Shards
George Taylor, viola
Jim Tiller, percussion
Gregory Millar, piano

 
Commedia (2001)
clarinet, violin, and piano
   Entrada - Harlequin and Columbine
   Intermezzo - Pierrot
   Intermezzo - Pulcinella
   Finale - Scaramouche
Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio
15 minutes
American Composers Edition
Crystal Records

David Liptak · Commedia - Entrada: Harlequin and Columbine
Verdehr Trio

 
Poppies (2000)
string trio
   Orange Flares
   Black, Curved Blade
   Deep, Blue Night
The titles of the three movements use 
phrases from Mary Oliver's poem Poppies.
18 minutes
Keiser Southern Music

David Liptak · Poppies - Black, Curved Blade
Juliana Athayde, violin
Melissa Matson, viola
John Haines-Eitzen, cello

 
Janus Variations (1998)
clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
   Improvvisato
   Allegro gioioso
   Dolce
   Desolato
   Scorrevole
   Con forza
   Allegro giocoso
   Andante "La Corse"
   Allegro con molto
   Grave
   Allegro esultante
   Allegro marcato e luminoso
Commissioned by the Mary Cary Flagler Charitable
Trust for the New York New Music Ensemble
18 minutes
Keiser Southern Music

David Liptak · Janus Variations
New York New Music Ensemble

 
Giovine vagha (1996)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, piano
Composed for the New York New Music Ensemble. 
The composition incorporates music from a two-part 
"ballata" of the 14th-century composer Francesco Landini.
10 minutes
Keiser Southern Music
Albany Records

 
 
Rhapsodies (1992)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
   Con forza
   Lirico 
   Allegro disinvolto
Commissioned by Meet the Composer for the 
Society for New Music (Syracuse), the 
Thamyris New Music ensemble, and the 
Third Angle New Music Ensemble
16 minutes
Keiser Southern Music
innova Records

Society for New Music, Syracuse

 
Trio (1988)
violin, clarinet, piano
12 minutes
American Composers Alliance

David Liptak · Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano
Catherine Tait, violin
David Harman, clarinet
Barry Snyder, piano

 
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