Doug Opel: Works

Vision of Sound:
A Concert of Live Music and Dance 2009
"Eine Kinda Bachmusik, pt.2" from "3 preludes to missing the point"
Choreagraphy: Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell
Piano: Blaise Bryski
Dancers (The Syracuse University South Side Initiative KUUMBA Project):
Waniesha Allen, Caroline Charles, Ashley Green, Margaret Moreno, Niquan Williams, Amani Wortham

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

slight change of plan (with bubbles) (2009)
b-fl cl, pno and perc -- duration - 6:00

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Olivieri Miniatures (2009)
fl, b-cl, vln and pno -- duration - 3:00

a-flats for janina

amalia stomp

lullaby for a future 6th

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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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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

Text

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

The Unbearable Being of Likeness (2009)
Tape -- duration - 1:00

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I must warn you (2008)
-- duration - 2:00

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Hells Hounds are Yorkies (2008)
Tape -- duration - 1:00

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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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