Classical Composition

List of Works

For mixed ensembles

The Wick of the Land, 2007 [20 mins]

—for flute/alto flute, violin, cello, and piano

Uisge Beatha, 2005. [15 mins]

—for flute, violin, cello, and piano

Assumptions, 2004, 2005. [25 mins]

—for flute, harpsichord, violin, and cello

 

For solo piano

Whippersnapper, 2006. [2 mins]

An Orange Guest in a Purple Land, 2006. [3 mins]

A Spring Walk, Forward and Up, 2006. [4 mins]

Kakapo Blues, 2003, 2005. [6 mins]

Homage for a Decent Man, 2005. [5 mins]

Meditation on a Cat's Tail, 2004. [3 mins]

Planxty Claude, 2004. [4 mins]

Lament for a Broken Cradle (Fatima’s Lament), 2003. [5 mins]

Lament for a Lost Clarinet, 2002. [9 mins]

Scherzo in E-minor, 2002. [6 mins]

Eleanor Asleep, 2002. [2 mins]

Also check out Retunings, an on-line collection of my piano preludes that I add to from time to time.

 

For the violin family

Strinennia, in three movements, 2004 and 2008. [15 mins]

—for string quintet (3 violins, viola, cello) (2008)

—for five violins (2004)

New Oars for an Old Boat, in three movements, 2003, 2004, and 2008. [20 mins]

—for string quartet (2008)

Transmission, 2002 and 2003. [7 mins]

—for violin, viola, and cello

 

For the mandolin family

Desert Waters Wedding March, 2005 and 2006. [3 mins]

—for two mandolins (2005)

—for mandolin orchestra (2006)

Strinennia, in three movements, 2004. [15 mins]

—for five mandolins

New Oars for an Old Boat, Movement I, 2003 and 2004. [8 mins]

—for mandolin quartet (2004)

—for mandolin orchestra (2004)

Transmission, 2002 and 2003; 2006. [7 mins]

—for mandolin, mandola, and guitar (2002 and 2003)

—for mandolin and guitar (2006)

Otago Sonata, 2001 and 2002. [9 mins]

—for mandolin orchestra, flute, banjo, and steel-string guitar (2002)

 

For symphony orchestra

Generations: A Symphony

—1st movement, 2002/2003. [5 mins]

—2nd movement, 2004, draft only. [9 mins]

Otago Sonata, 2001 and 2002. [9 mins]

 

 

All content copyright © 2001 to 2008 Michael Mayerfeld Bell. All rights reserved.

Page last updated September 30, 2008

 

Michael M. Bell, environmental sociologist, social theorist, composer