MUSIC COMPOSITIONS
by Winifred Keane
* recorded
Opera
*ANTIGONE, A Chamber Opera (words by Simon Greco)
Act I -Death of Oedipus Act II -Decree Act III -Sacrifice
SATB Chorus +SSTB solos -fl,vc.tpt,pno,bells,synth
Oratorio
*ODE TO ST. PAUL (biblical text from St. Paul to the Galations)
SATB Chorus + Tenor solo, French Horn & Organ
Goddess Suite string quartet & voices
*Ode to Lalla (Mystic Poetess of Ancient Kashmir- trans. Coleman Barks)
voice, harp, flute, cello, percussion
Choral
*St.Francis Prayer 2 sopranos,oboe or recorder – SATB chorus
*Enter Boston (poem by Peter Felsenthal) SATB chorus, MS solo & piano
*Scot Free / Bright Me White (poems by Hannah Rodgers) SATB chorus & piano
Darest Thou Now (words by Walt Whitman) SATB chorus
Band
*INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS (US Coast Guard Band)
picc,3 fl, ob, 2 cl, b cl, bn 3 sax, 2 tpt, 2 hn, b hn, 3 tbn, bells, triangle, bass drum
Promenade and March from URBAN CALLS
Orchestra
*SPIRIT for Chorus and Orchestra + Soprano solo
Abraham, Gospel, Kwan Yin Interfaith
URBAN CALLS for Orchestra
Songs
*ALCHEMY (poems by Gertrude Houseman)
Philosophy, Love Duet, Make Room for Nonsense, To a Friend, Memo to God, Alchemy
sop & bar solos, pno, tpt, fl, vln, tape, chorus
*Poems of Peter Felsenthal
December Saugatuck River, Solstice, Enter Boston
*Hannah Rodgers Poems
Let Me Show You, With You Here, Scot Free, Bright Me White
*Seasoned Offerings (poems by Peggy Heinrich)
Museum, This House, Wind in your Face voc, pno, tape
*William Butler Yeats Settings
Lullaby, To A Child Dancing in the Wind
voice & viola / voice, picc, piano / fl, cl, voc, pno, perc, vln, vc, db
*Carl Sandburg Settings
Wingtip, Be Still (Quiet Hearts)
fl or ob, voc, pno or org / vln, vla, vc, db
fl, cl, voc, pno, perc, vln, vc, db / fl, voc, pno, bird tape, narr
*CHINESE FOLK SONGS (in Mandarin) – arr. WK sop,fl, pno
Purple Bamboo, Feng Yang Song, Ten Sighs, Great Wall, Love’s Lament, Ching Ming
Songs from Cathay (Ezra Pound translations Li T’ai Po, 8th cent Chinese)
The Jewelled Stair’s Grievance, Bowman of Shu, River Merchant’s Wife voc & pno
* ASCENT Anne Morrow Lindbergh Poems fl/picc, sop or alto sax, db
Presentiment, Security, Space, Ascent, Bare Trees
*Pastorale oboe, piano, tenor & soprano (or viola & cello)
Instrumental
*WOODWIND & PERCUSSION fl, ob, cl, bn, 2 perc
Three Movements: soft & slow, loud & fast, legato-cantabile
Conversation (Woodwind Quintet) fl, ob, cl, Fr hn, bn
*FRENCH HORN DUETS
Perspective, Vulnerability (Ananda Saha poems), 12 Tone, Rhythms, Memorial, Ashgrove, Kaleidoscope, Psalm 23
*Oboe Adventures
Ebb, Scherzo, Microtones & Multiphonics
*Love Prevails solo piano
*23rd Psalm classical guitar/ voice & piano/ oboe & cello/ 2 French horns
*St Francis Prayer vln, vla, vc/ sop & recorder/ 2 sop, fl or ob, SATB chorus
*BOWMAN LAKE SUITE flute,viola, and cello
Enter Boston (Octet) bells, 2 fl, cl, tpt, Fr hn, tbn, bs
Sacred Music
*Agnus Dei soprano, tenor and organ
*GODDESS string quartet & voices
*SONGS OF LALLA voice, flute, harp, cello, percussion
*ODE TO ST. PAUL choral, organ, French horn, tenor solo
SPIRIT for Chorus & Orchestra + soprano solo
Abraham, Gospel, Kwan Yin,
fl,ob,cl,bn-tpt,tbnhn,tba- timp,perc,kbd- vln,vla,vc,db
Electronic
*Kaleidoscope synthesizer,tape,cello / string quartet
*MAO ELECTRONIC CAT
Siamese cats, voice, piano strings, Moog synthesizer, percussion
Microtonal
*NATURAL COOS (Microtonal Festival)
Lullaby, Pitch Wiggle, Pastorale, Kaleidoscope, Aboriginal Call,
After Bach, Blues Takeoff, Prayer for Earth
tape, voice, flute, bassoon, cello, synthesizer
