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Solo Piano


Constellations (2010)
     Orion
     Canis Major and Canis Minor
     Cygnus
     Cassiopeia
     Vulpecula
     Columba
     Argo Navis
     Lyra
     Aquila
40 minutes
American Composers Edition
innova Recordings

Eunmi Ko, piano

 


Music for Piano: 1981 - 2021
Ten works, also available separately
    Bounce
    Fracture
    Kinetic
    Epitaph
    Tori No Yoni
    Droplets
    Three Studies
       Nearly Motionless
       Circles
       Continuous Motion
    Like Clockwork
    Star Light
    Hocket
30 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 


Bounce (1989)
2 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 


Fracture (2006)
3 minutes
American Composers Edition


 
 
Kinetic (2018)
Composed in memory of Allan Schindler
1 minute
American Composers Edition

Zuzanna Szewczyk Kwon, piano

 
Epitaph (2017)
Composed for pianist Gloria Cheng for inclusion in
"Garlands," a collection of short solo piano pieces
written in memory of composer Steven Stucky
1 minute, 30 seconds
American Composers Edition
Bridge Records


Gloria Cheng, piano

 


Tori No Yoni (2020)
Composed in memory of Ryuko Mizutani
3 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 


Droplets (2020)
1 minute
American Composers Edition

 
 


Three Studies (1981)
    Nearly Motionless
    Circles
    Continuous Motion
10 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 
Like Clockwork (2000)
solo piano or fortepiano
Written for Kristian Bezuidenhout
10 minutes
Amercan Composers Edition

David Liptak · Like Clockwork
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

 
Star Light (2009)
5 minutes
American Composers Edition

Eunmi Ko, piano

 

Hocket (2021)
Written for pianist Eunmi Ko
3 minutes
American Composers Edition

Eunmi Ko, piano

 
Piano Roll Blues (1991)
piano, seven-hands
4 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Piano Roll Blues
Rebecca Penneys, Anton Nel, Tony Caramia, and Nelita True, piano

 

Intrumental Solos


The Sighs (2015)
guitar
     Picasso’s Blue Guitar
     Les Soupirs
     The Unicorn
     Idée Fixe
     Beautiful Dreamer
     Memory’s Persistence
     Petite Reprise
Written for guitarist Dieter Hennings
20 minutes
American Composers Edition
New Focus Recordings

 
 
Freight for guitar (2012)
guitar
Written for a concert celebrating folk and blues 
musician Elizabeth Cotten, who wrote her 
signature song "Freight Train" at age 12
3 minutes
American Composers Edition
Ravello Records

Dieter Hennings, guitar

 
Sticks, Bones, and Dust (2011)
marimba solo
    Bones
    Sticks
    Dust
9 minutes
American Composers Edition

David Liptak · Sticks, Bones, And Dust
Matt Sharrock, marimba

 
Quicksilver Pieces (1999)
vibraphone
5 minutes
Keiser

 
 
 
Starpoints (2000)
violin
commissioned for the  Irving Klein 
International Strings Competition
5 minutes
Keiser

David Liptak · Starpoints
Courtney Orlando, violin

 
The Play of Winds (2000)
viola
commissioned for the Irving Klein 
International Strings Competition
5 minutes
Keiser

John Graham, viola

 


Edge of Amber (2012)
viola
6 minutes
American Composer Edition

 
 


Impromptu (2005)
violin
2 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 
A Bridge Across Spaces (2000)
cello
commissioned for the Irving Klein 
International Strings Competition
6 minutes
Keiser

David Liptak · A Bridge Across Spaces
 
 
The Trees Have Spirits (2000)
Double Bass
commissioned for the Irving Klein 
International Strings Competition
5 minutes
Keiser

David Liptak · The Trees Have Spirits
 
 
Forlane (1998)
guitar
composed for guitarist David Starobin
4 minutes
Keiser
Bridge Records

David Starobin, guitar

 
Spirit (1996)
violin
   Slowly Floating
   Fast and Spirited
written for violinist Catherine Tait
6 minutes
Keiser
Albany Records

1. Slowly Floating - Cathertine Tait, violin

 


Wheel (1987)
cello
10 minutes
American Composers Edition

 
 
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