Gordon Rumson: Compositions List

Gordon Rumson

COMPOSITIONS

"Your pieces are treasures. Exciting, dramatic, melodic, but above all satisfying...The works you sent me are wonderful." Michael Habermann

Unfinished or In-progress Works

Note: Sikesdi Press is in abeyance, but copies of some of these scores can be had from the composer.

Piano Solo
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
In Memoriam	January 2003	Lucy Black	Creston, BC February 2003
4 Preludes (graphic score)	Summer 2001
Variations on a theme of Beethoven	December 2000	William E. Garlick	December 2000	Sikesdi Press
3 Sorabji-esque Debacles	March 1999	Kenneth Derus
Chorale Prelude for S. Richter	1997	S. Richter		Sikesdi Press
Meditation	June - August 95	William Jones	Calgary 1997	Sikesdi Press
Poem for Emil Gilels	July 3-25 1995	Nathan Perelman	Calgary 1997 Hobart, Tasmania, 2006	Sikesdi Press
Iridescence	March 1995	Iris Stowkes		Sikesdi Press
Epithalamium	December 1994	Nancy Black and John Patterson	Halifax 1994 Calgary 1997	Sikesdi Press
Sonata 'Medea'	April 1994	Ronald Stevenson		Sikesdi Press
Poem for Marjorie Barstow	August 1993	Marjorie Barstow
3 Preludes	July 1993	Leo Ornstein	Detroit 1996 Rochester 1998 Calgary 2000 Recorded on "Four Degrees of Freedom" 2002 Calgary 2003	Sikesdi Press
6 Runic Inscriptions		Gyorgy Sandor		Sikesdi Press
Threnody for John Ogden	Finished Nov. 17/1990		November 18/1990 Calgary	Sikesdi Press
Fantasy (1994)	1990-1994	Jacques Barzun	Virginia 1996	Sikesdi Press
Hymn to the Cathari	1990	Gunnar and Lorraine Johansen		Sikesdi Press
Troubadour's Song	1990	Claudia Knafo		Sikesdi Press
15 Aphoristic Conceits 1. Cristaline 2. Brusco 3. Con Moto 4. Leggiero 5. Quasi Barcarolle 6. 'Folksong' 7. Rag Music 8. Chorale Prelude --'Veni, Creator Spiritus' 9. Presto 10. Hymn to the Cathari 11. Sarabande -- In Memoriam 12. March 13. 'Floating' 14. Romantic Elegy --'a la Schumann' 15. Allegro Molto -- Furioso	1990	Richard Johnston	August 1991 Calgary and Switzerland	Sikesdi Press
Piano Fantasy	1987	Gunnar Johansen	Detroit 1986	Sikesdi Press
Piano Fantasy	1986		BGSU 1986
Sonatina	1983		Calgary 1983

Orchestral and Chamber Orchestral Music
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
Inukshuk (String orchestra)	1999-2003	Katie Black	Readings session, Saskatoon Symphony 2004
la petite bataille, (Variations on a famous theme with a theatrical surprise for orchestra)	1995?-August 2000			Sikesdi Press
Overture for an as yet unwritten opera (orchestra)	January 1994	Blake Walter		Sikesdi Press
Ozymandius* (orchestra)	1989-91
Noctus Sussuri (orchestra)	1988	Gordon E. and Barb Rumson
Suite for Chamber Orchestra+	1986		1986 BGSU
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (small ensemble)	1983-1991	Paul Trapp Jr.		Sikesdi Press

Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
In Memoriam Alan Hovhaness for oboe and strings	June 2000	To the memory of a Great Artist	Yerevan, Armenia	Sikesdi Press
Dane County Variations piano and orchestra	1993- (in progress)	Lorraine Johansen
Piano Concerto	1986-87	Gordon E. and Barb Rumson
Variations for Flute and String Orchestra	1987-88	Kerry Walker		Sikesdi Press
"Silence and Twilight" Ondes Martenot and String Orchestra	1984	William Albright		Sikesdi Press

Organ
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
Meditation 2 (based on Movement from Quinquepartite)	2006
Meditation 1
7 Peripheral Preludes and Concluding Fugue	May, 2002	Carson Cooman
1 Variation on a theme of Richard the Lion Heart	1991		1991 Calgary
Variations on a Gregorian Chant	1989	John Nelson		Sikesdi Press
Chorale Prelude on Bethlehem (see songs)	1988	Glen Potter		Sikesdi Press
Structural Fantasy	1986		Harvard	Sikesdi Press

Choral Music
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
4 Choral Amens	2004		2004-5, Calgary
Psalm 23 (SAB)	2003	Ed Mansell	February 2004 May 2004
Alleluia (SAB)	2003		Fall 2004 Calgary
Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love (SAB)	2002	Lee Hoiby
Worldess Chorus (SAB)	2002
"Jesus, Can you hear me?" Children's Chorus	2002		2002 Calgary
Kyrie for speaking voices	2002		2002 Calgary
"How Brightly Beams..." (SATB and organ)	1995
Two Choral Fragments (SATB)	1994	Robert Fountain		Sikesdi Press According to reports this was Finalist in His Majesties' Clerkes Choral Composition Competition 1995
Kyrie (SATB)	1988		Calgary 1989 Calgary 1994 Lethbridge? Calgary 2001	Sikesdi Press
Cum essum parvulus (SATB and organ)	1989-91	Alan Hovhaness		Sikesdi Press
A Slumber did my Spirit Steal (SATB)+	1978-1989
Wassail (SATB) +	1988

Educational Works
Title	Date	Dedication	Performance	Publication
Suite for solo violin	1996	Wanda B. Boyer
The Broken Ring (violin and piano)	1995?	Margaret Avison	Studio recording October 1999 George Fenwick, violin	Sikesdi Press
3 Waltzes (piano)	1994	Merrill Rumson		#1 Waterloo Music
Folklore (piano)	1992?	Vi and Al Matheson		Sikesdi Press
4 Antiques (piano)	1990	Anne Black	Calgary October 1999	Sikesdi Press
10 Pieces for Children (piano)	1988-90

Improvisations for Piano

These works are sadly not available for listening. They remain in the archives. The exception is the last listed here.

On "Dies Irae" Early 1990 Public improvisation. Performed at Pleasant Heights United Church
"The Snow was Flying" November 1990
Ghost Dance #1 and #2 November 1990 After reading of the 19th century Messianic religion of the American Natives.
"In modo ironico" December 1990
Arioso for Andre December 1990
Lament to Peace January 16 1991 On the first day of the war against Iraq
Faeth Fiadha January 24 12.05 a.m. A magic mist used by the Druids to render themselves invisible.
Crystalis #1 January 31 1991
| is (ice) February 3 1991 The treacherous aspect of ice roads... "Ice is bark of rivers/ and roof of the waves/ and destruction for doomed men." p. 53 Rune Magic- Tyson
"IN MEMORIAM" May 25 1991 For Gunnar Johansen
Improvisation April 5 1995
Improvisation April 13 1995
Improvisation April 15 1995 #1
Improvisation April 15 1995 #2
Improvisation on an ancient Egyptian melody June 1997 (public performance)
Sonata 1 July 15 1998
Sonata 2 July 20 1998
Sonata 3 July 20 1998
Sonata 4 July 22 1998
Sonata 5 August 23 1998
Sonata 6 August 23 1998
Improvised Reflections April 16 1999 Recorded upon the piano of Vladimir Horowitz
Improvisation Chinook Keyboard Centre November 1999
Improvisation Chinook Keyboard Centre November 1999
Improvisation Chinook Keyboard Centre November 14, 1999 (public performance)
Sonata April 2000 (studio recording)
In Memory of Herbert Fritz (August 2000)
In Memory of Pierre Eliot Trudeau Fall 2000 (public performance)

MIDI/Electronic Music

Title Date Dedication Performance Publication

11/09/01 (Electronic percussion)

Overture for an as yet unwritten opera no 2 (electronic)

Chord 1400 September 1994

The Diabolic Sign October 16 1994

"Untouched" Toccata (Part 1) Completed January 1995 Conlon Nancarrow Sikesdi Press

Suite for Violin, percussion and instruments in 3 movements (Improvised)+ April 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Carroway

Theatre Pieces

Title Date Dedication Performance Publication

Expectation 1992-1995 Wilfrid Mellers Sikesdi Press

Nose Hill Sound Poem for the Summer Solstice June/Sept 1995 R. Murray Schafer Forthcoming

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Title Composer Ensemble Date of completion Performances Publication

Il Penseroso Liszt Organ 2005 Spring 2005

Dominus Regnavist Josquin de Prez Organ

In Memory of Petofi Liszt Violin and Piano

Quintet Rumson Saxophone Quintet Sikesdi Press

Funeral Music for Mosonyi Liszt Concert Band 1994

Toccata in the Phrygian Mode Johansen Orchestra October, 1994

5 Hungarian Folksongs Liszt Small ensemble 1995

Chaconne Pachelbel Piano 1994 revised 1999 Calgary 1999 Sikesdi Press

Indian Song Book Busoni Wood Wind Quintet September, 1994

Paul Bunyan Stalk Johansen Concert Band August, 1994 Sikesdi Press

3 Preludes Rumson Brass Quintet August, 1994

Souvenir de Porto Rico Gottschalk Sax Quintet August 1994 BGSU 1995
BGSU 1996 Sikesdi Press

Souvenir de Porto Rico Gottschalk Brass Quintet June 1994 Sikesdi Press

3 Preludes Rumson Wood Wind Quintet May 1994

Good Friday Chorale Johansen Concert Band March 1994

Danish Folksong Johansen Concert Band February 1994

Troubadour's Song Rumson String Orchestra Fall 1993 Sikesdi Press

Fugue Muzio Clementi Saxophone Quartet

La Vision Alkan Flute and piano Sikesdi Press

La Vision Alkan Alto Saxophone and piano Sikesdi Press

Arrangements and Transcriptions
Title	Composer	Ensemble	Date of completion	Performances	Publication
Il Penseroso	Liszt	Organ	2005	Spring 2005
Dominus Regnavist	Josquin de Prez	Organ
In Memory of Petofi	Liszt	Violin and Piano
Quintet	Rumson	Saxophone Quintet			Sikesdi Press
Funeral Music for Mosonyi	Liszt	Concert Band	1994
Toccata in the Phrygian Mode	Johansen	Orchestra	October, 1994
5 Hungarian Folksongs	Liszt	Small ensemble	1995
Chaconne	Pachelbel	Piano	1994 revised 1999	Calgary 1999	Sikesdi Press
Indian Song Book	Busoni	Wood Wind Quintet	September, 1994
Paul Bunyan Stalk	Johansen	Concert Band	August, 1994		Sikesdi Press
3 Preludes	Rumson	Brass Quintet	August, 1994
Souvenir de Porto Rico	Gottschalk	Sax Quintet	August 1994	BGSU 1995 BGSU 1996	Sikesdi Press
Souvenir de Porto Rico	Gottschalk	Brass Quintet	June 1994		Sikesdi Press
3 Preludes	Rumson	Wood Wind Quintet	May 1994
Good Friday Chorale	Johansen	Concert Band	March 1994
Danish Folksong	Johansen	Concert Band	February 1994
Troubadour's Song	Rumson	String Orchestra	Fall 1993		Sikesdi Press
Fugue	Muzio Clementi	Saxophone Quartet
La Vision	Alkan	Flute and piano			Sikesdi Press
La Vision	Alkan	Alto Saxophone and piano			Sikesdi Press

Other arrangements are unmarked here. They will be added to the list at a later date. These include works by Reicha, Handel, Pachelbel among others.

Unfinished or In-progress Works

Folksong Suite for Band
Hero and Leander for orchestra
Canonic Fantasy in Memory of Conlon Nancarrow
Glass Works for orchestra
Symphony No. 1 (Simple Symphony)
White Bear Lake (for Adrian)
Theme and Variations for orchestra

Awards and Recognition

Two Choral Fragments: Finalist in 1995 His Majesties' Clerkes Choral Composition Competition
Fleeting Time Honourable mention in Studea Musica Awards 1998 (Published 1999)