COMPOSER
BILL
WHITLEY
"Whitley composes music of integrity and sophistication that's also disarmingly accessible—not an easy combination to achieve, even if he makes it sound easy..."
Textura eZine, August 2017
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LIST OF WORKS
Orchestral Works
symphony orchestra
duration: 13'
ACCENDE LUEMEN SENSIBUS (2005)
symphony orchestra
duration: 5'15"
Choral Works
MATILDE ALLE FONTANE (2022)
SATB chorus, a capella
duration: 5 minutes
TTBB chorus, a capella
1. Ad te levavi
2. Universi qui te expectant
duration: 5'45"
THE TOWER OF BABEL, an Oratorio (2007) [Thomas Merton]
Solo Vocalists:
Thomas (Baritone)
Raphael (Tenor or Alto)
Leader (Bass)
The Ancient (Youth Soprano)
Chorus
Childresn's Chorus
Orchestra
PART I: The Building of the Tower
1. A Tower of Clocks and Devils [Orchestra]
2. A Tower of Angel's Lament [Raphael]
3. A Tower to Heaven? [Thomas/Chorus]
4. A Tower of Unbelief [Raphael]
5. A Tower of Words [Leader]
6. A Tower of Clocks and Devils, II [Orchestra]
PART II. The Fall of the Tower
7. Fear! Fear! Feel the Business! [Thomas/Raphael/Chorus]
8. Hide Us From the Fall! [Thomas/Raphael/Chorus]
PART III. The Wasteland
9. City of Ruin [Orchestra]
10. Wandering Star [Raphael]
11. Nothing is Light, Nothing is Dark [Chorus]
PART IV. The Exiles
12. The Pieces of the World [Orchestra]
13. When the Skies Fall Down [Raphael/The Ancient/Chorus]
PART V. The City of God
14. Word Made Flesh [Children's Chorus/Chorus]
15. O Babylon [Chorus]
16. The Voices [Thomas/Raphael]
17. The Word of God Spoke [Tutti]
duration: circa 70 minutes
Cantors, SATB chorus, two marimbas, electric or upright bass
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei
duration: 12'
Cantors, SATB chorus and piano
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei
duration: 12'
ECCLESIA (2001) (Herbert, Whitley, Trad.)
SATB chorus, a capella
1. Invocation/Veni Creator
2. The Altar/Ave Verum
3. Lapides Vivi/Ubi Caritas
duration: 8'
Recording
SAB chorus, a capella
duration: 4'
Vocal Works
ABSENT LIGHT: In Paradisum (2021)
male soprano, glockenspiel, electric guitar, electric bass, vibraphone, celesta, piano, tanpura
duration: 11'
LIMINALS (2012) [Donna Henderson]
voice, piano
1. Trail through the trees
2. So Many Shadows
3. Loon on a late-June lake
DELVE (2014) [Donna Henderson]
voice, piano
1. It begins with plangent
2. A piano played over a canyon
3. A promise tenderly whispered, then
4. Ravenous later, the geese arrive
Duration: 8'
ROBERT CREELEY SONGS (2003-2014)
jazz voice and piano or piano and bass
1. I Know a Man
2. Kore
3. A Token
duration: 9'
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS SONGS (1996)
voice, piano
1. A Sort of a Song
2. The Red Wheelbarrow
3. Willow Poem
duration: 6'15"
Chamber Works
KALEIDOSCOPE (2023)
electronics, bells, piano
duration: 10 minutes
(This piece has no score)
UN NOUVEAU LABYRINTHE (2023)
piano
duration: 4 minutes
QUATTRO PEZZI PICCOLI PER QUATTRO MANI (2022)
piano, four hands
1. Procession of Bells and Gongs
2. Dance of Nested Circles and Strange Colors
3. All the Moments of Your Life Are But a Single Breath
4. Trapeze Act with Hammers, Knives and Fire
duration: 8 minutes
string quartet
duration: 7'15"
JESU, MEINER SEELEN WONNE (2021)
piano
duration: 10'
DUE MEDITAZIONI SULLA DHARMACHAKRA (2019)
electric guitar, piano
I. Allegro vivace (Recording)
II. As an Alap (Recording)
duration: 16'40"
clarinet, violin, cello, piano
duration: 8'40"
two electric guitars, harp, vibes, two pianos
duration: 8'40"
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD (2016)
two guitars
I. Ocean's Veil (Recording)
II. Coyote Draws Yakail-Wimakl (Recording)
duration: 12'
flute, soprano saxophone, piano
duration: 13'
two pianos, narrator
I. White Water (2'10")
II. The Eddy (1'30")
III. Flow (20")
IV. Mouth (4'10")
V. Flows In, Returns (2'30")
VI. Eddy (reprise) (1'40")
VII. White Water (2'10")
duration: 14'-15'
soprano saxophone, piano, vibes, upright or electric bass
duration: 7'
soprano saxophone, piano
1. Cholula (4'15")
2. Ixtapaluca (10')
3. Oaxaca (3'30")
duration: 17'-18'
soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone or trombone, glockenspiel, electric guitar, electric bass, vibraphone, celesta, piano, tanpura
duration: 13'20"
two (or more) pianos
duration: 12 minutes
MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET (2001)
clarinet
1. Dance
2. Verset
3. Rant
duration: 6'
Wind Quintet
1. Wavy's Clown Brigade
2. A Melancholy Tale
3. The Carousel (That Comes Undone)
duration: 8'
organ
duration: 5'30"
piano
duration: 3'
piano
duration: 2'30"
piano or organ
duration: 3'15"
LYDIAN IMPROVISATIONS (1993)
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Pastorale
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Canticle
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Waltz
piano four hands
duration: 8'30"
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Pastorale
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Canticle
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Waltz
piano
duration: 8'30"
piano
duration: 6'30"
piano
duration: 3'10"
piano
duration: 4'10"
HOW LONG WILL YOU FORGET ME? (1985)
piano
duration: 2' 30"