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Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble


the performers for Ferlinghetti postconcert backstage

Doug Opel
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

  Drive! (2005)
for Chamber Orchestra - commissioned by the Fort Wayne alumnae of Sigma Alpha Iota for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic -- duration - 11'00
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  Episodica (2002)
3(picc)33(e-fl)3(contra) 4331 Timp, 3 Perc, Hp, Pno/Cel, Strings -- duration - 14'30
1. Intro [MIDI version]
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2. Mid 1 [MIDI version]
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3. Mid 2 [MIDI version]
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4. End [MIDI version]
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  Dilukkenjon (1993)
3(picc)3(EH)3(b cl)3(contra) 4331 Timp, 3 Perc, Hp, Pno, Strings -- duration - 9'00

   

CHAMBER MUSIC

  3 Preludes to Missing the Point (2006)
for piano - commissioned by Nicola Melville. Underwritten by the American Composers Forum with funds provided by the Jerome Foundation -- duration - 8:00
Eine Kinda Bachmusik, pt.2
   
Gospel
   
It Gets Complicated
   
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  NeoCons & Libertines (2005)
Commissioned by MATA. Voice, Piano/Percussion, Alto and Tenor Sax, Cello & Double Bass -- duration - 11 minutes
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  Patchwork (1998)
Picc, Ob, E-fl Cl, CB, Hn, Tpt, Tbn, Perc, Pno, 2 Vlns, Vla, Vc, DB -- duration - 10'00
Audio Sample 1 - Introduction
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Audio Sample 2 - End
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  Eine Kinda Bachmusik (1997)
Fl, B-fl Cl, Bsn, Marimba -- duration - 3'00
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  Ferlinghetti (1996)
Speaker, B-fl Cl, Hp, Pno, 2 Perc, DB -- duration - 18'30
1. In a surrealist year
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2. Sometime during eternity
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3. Don't let that horse eat that violin
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4. See it was like this
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5. Truth is not the secret of a few
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6. And that's the way it always is
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  Dilukkenjon (1996)
Two Pianos -- duration - 8'30
Audio Sample 1
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Audio Sample 2
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  intERUPTION (1995)
Hn, Tpt, Tbn, Perc, VC, DB -- duration - 2'50

   

  Pentableaux (1994)
Fl (Picc, Bass Fl), Oboe (EH), B-fl Cl (E-fl, Bass Cl), Hn, Bsn (CB) -- duration - 17'45
1. Caccia & Chorale
   
2. Tattoo
   
3. Elselein
   
4. Villancico 1
   
5. Anticipation Waltz
   
6. Villancico 2
   
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  Sudden Children (1994)
Baritone, B-fl, Cl, VC, Perc -- duration - 2'00
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  Faces (1993)
for Baritone, Vln, Vla, VC and Pno - commissioned by Timothy Jones -- duration - 7'35
1. The grifter
   
2. The egotist
   
3. The fool
   
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  Hydroforms (1991)
Fl, Bass Cl, Percussion -- duration - 10'00
1. Solid
   
2. Transfiguration 1
   
3. Liquid
   
4. Transfiguration 2
   
5. Gas
   
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  Fragments, Pulses and Dialogues (1989)
Two pianos -- duration - 7'15

   

  Bagatelle (1988)
Fl, Ob, Bsn -- duration - 3'00

   

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

  Carving Lorien (1999)
Violin and tape -- duration - 8:00
movement 1
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movement 2
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  Our God (1995)
Tape -- duration - 6'25
Audio Sample 1
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Audio Sample 2
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