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Percussion Ensemble


Concerto for Piano and Percussion (2018)
piano solo and six percussion
   Dark and mysterious
   Flowing, but not too fast
   Rapid and light
21 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front
innova Recordings


Eunmi Ko, piano
McCormick Percussion Group

 
Concerto for Viola and Percussion (2005)
solo viola and percussion quartet
   August Snow
   Moving, Perpetually
   A Song That Melts
   Speaking Your Mind
Composed for violist John Graham
18 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front
Ravello Records


David Liptak · Concerto - Moving, Perpetually
John Graham, viola
McCormick Percussion Group

 
Alive (2013)
6 players (3 mar, 2 vib, xylo/chimes)
5 minutes
Amrican Composers Edition
Theodore Front

David Liptak · Alive
Eastman Percussion Ensemble

 


Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1978)
solo clarinet, percussion quartet
Composed for clarinetist Fred Ormand
10 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

 
 

Instrumental Ensembles


Broken Cries (2001)
8 cellos
Composed for the Tarab Cello Ensemble
10 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front
Bridge Records

Tarab Cello Ensemble

 
Footsteps (2012)
fl, cl, ob, bsn, horn, perc, pno, 2 vlns, vla, vc, cb
Composed for the "Prismatic Debussy" festival, 
celebrating the 150th birthday of Claude Debussy
5 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

David Liptak · Footsteps
Eastman Musica Nova
Brad Lubman, conductor

 
Octet (2005, revised 2015)
   It Began With a Dream
   Scherzo
   Fantasia
   Finale
fl, clar, 2 bsn, 2 trpt, 2 trb
10 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front
New Focus Recordings

Eastman Wind Ensemble
Mark Scatterday

 
Focusing (2016)
   Aligning the Stars
   Dancing
   Starting and Stopping
   In Pursuit
cl, bsn, trpt, trb, vln, cb, perc
20 minutes
Koussevitzky Commission for Deviant Septet
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

David Liptak · Focusing - Dancing
Deviant Septet

Star Bright (2009)
solo piano, 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, 2 perc, 2 vln, vla, vc, bass
Composed for Brad Lubman and the Eastman 
Musica Nova Ensemble
10 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

David Liptak · Star Bright
Albert Kim, piano
Eastman Musica Nova, Brad Lubman

 
Passing of Memory (2003)
fl, ob, cl, bsn, tpt, pno, perc, 2 vln, vla, vc, bass
Composed for Steven Stucky and "Ensemble X" 
11 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

David Liptak · Passing of Memory
 
 


Fanfare for Trumpets (2005)
5 trumpets
2 minutes
American Composers Edition

 


Chamber Concerto No. 2 "Dark Angels" (1979)
solo trb, fl, vln, vc, vibe, pno
Composed for Curtis Olson
11 minutes
American Composers Edition
Theodore Front

 
 
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