Contemporary Classical Music Composer Vanessa Lann (Dutch Composer / American Composer): Compositions

COMPOSITIONS by VANESSA LANN

"... like architecture in sound"

Titles marked with * are published by:
DONEMUS
Rokin 111
1012 KN Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone: +31 (0)20 344 6000
e-mail

Also available through DONEMUS affiliate:
THEODORE PRESSER
1718 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
U.S.A.
phone: +1 (215) 568-0964
e-mail

Photo credit, Vanessa Lann: Teo Krijgsman

To hear, and read about, the Piece of the Week, please go to Piece of the Week.

Patricia Werner Leanse and Liesbeth Kraaienpoel perform My Dove, My Beautiful One, for medium voice and piano (3'45")
- this work can also be heard on Lann's vocal works MySpace page

Benjamin Schmid plays The Key to the Fourteenth Vision, for violin solo (2'44")
- this work can also be heard on Lann's original MySpace page

for sound sample of Resurrecting Persephone go to bio
for sound samples of The Owl and the Pussycat and Recalling Chimes, go to compact discs
for sound sample of Inner Piece go to reviews
for sound sample of Dancing to an Orange Drummer go to upcoming events
for sound sample of Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming go to article
for sound sample of Memory Demands So Much go to commissions

"In every art it is the most elementary and primitive means that achieve the most profound effects."
- Rudolph Arnheim

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
- Leonardo Da Vinci

1983 Moods of the Seasons piano solo 9'

1985 Forest Patterns flute, clarinet, bassoon 8'

1985 Nocturne piano solo 4'

1987 Fantasia for String Trio string trio 6'

1989 Two Ukrainian Folk Sketches Bb clarinet and piano 10'

1989 Daybreak flute duo 10'

1990 *Prayer, Torture and Ecstasy** cello solo 9'

1990 Journey to... horn and double bass 8'

1990 *Piece... of Pizza** percussion quintet 6'

l990 *Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming** string quartet 15'

for sound sample go to article

1991 Views electronic music 4'

1991 Beneath the Veils large ensemble [flute, oboe, Bb clarinet,
bass clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, 2 violins, viola, cello,
double bass, percussion, harp] 3'

1991 *Entranced by the Beckoning Light** piano solo 10'

1991 Beyond "Is" and "Is not" piccolo quartet 4'

1991 Madness and the Moonwoman violin, 2 violas, double bass, Bb clarinet, accordion 15'

1992 Helen's Song harp solo 4'

1992 *Madness and the Moonwoman** version for orchestra - original 1991 14'

1993 *Dancing to an Orange Drummer** large ensemble [2 flutes (1: also piccolo), clarinet (Bb/bass), soprano sax, alto sax, trumpet, horn, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano, elec. guitar, elec. bass] 6'
for sound sample go to upcoming events

1993 Embracing the Currents of Avalon brass quintet 7'

1993 *In the Circumference of My Solitude** viola and double bass 15'

1994 Herman's Song
(text: Richard Lann)* countertenor and piano 11'

1994 Madness and the Moonwoman version for large ensemble [flute (C/alt), soprano sax, double bassoon, trumpet, cello, accordion, piano] - original 1991 15'

1994 *Inner Piece** piano solo 8'
for sound sample go to reviews

1994 Coming Home
(text: Richard Lann)* improvising ensemble [mezzo soprano, clarinet (Bb/bass), recorder (sopr/ten/bass), trombone, violin, double bass, elec. guitar, piano/synthesizer, percussion] 15'

1995 *American Accents** percussion duo 10'

1995 Bambino Sonoro oboe, piano, percussion, harp, double bass (other versions possible, eg: violin, piano, percussion, harp, bass clarinet) 12'

1995 Dan Neem Ik Een Bloemkool bass clarinet, cello, piano 10'

1996 DD (Double D) piano solo 1'
for sound sample go to index page

1996 The Owl and the Pussycat
(text: Edward Lear)* mezzo soprano and piano 10'
for sound sample go to compact discs

1996 *Towards the Center of Indigo** saxophone quartet 10'

1997 *The Way of the Ram** large ensemble [flute (C/picc/alt), 3 saxophones (all sizes),
horn in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 ten, 1 bass),
piano, double bass] 13'

1997 Masquerade in Ribbons string quintet plus saxophone quintet 11'

1997 *In the Moment** recorder quartet (4 Renaissance recorders:
G Alto, Tenor, Bass in F, C Bass) 12'

1998 My Dove, My Beautiful One
(text: James Joyce) mezzo soprano and piano 4'
for sound sample see above
1998 *Recalling Chimes** piano solo 10'
for sound sample go to compact discs

1999 *The Key to the Fourteenth Vision** violin solo 3'
for sound sample see above

1999 *Resurrecting Persephone** flute and chamber orchestra 25'
for sound sample go to bio

2000 The Mind Traveller electronic tape (trombone, voices) / dance, video 43'

2000 *Second Nature** piano, 4 hands 12'

2001 *Lucifer's Sun** bass clarinet and harpsichord 11'

2001 *Leaps of Faith** piano solo and tape 5'30"

2001 *Objects of Ritual** flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano 20'

2001 The Stone flute solo / sound environment 14'30"

2001 The Book clarinet solo / sound environment 16'30"

2001 The Mask violin solo 5'

2001 The Bowl cello solo 10'15"

2001 The Candle piano solo / sound environment 7'45"

2002 *Gardener of the Stream** symphony orchestra 13'

2003 Valse Ancienne (or Thirteen Ways of Looking Out a Window)* cello and piano 15'

2003 *Sleep, Sleep Gypsy** flute, bass clarinet, piano 16'
for sound sample go to KAIDA site

2004 Micro-fohn (or Witches, Words and the Wind)
(text: Gertrude Stein) soprano, recorder, violin, percussion 12'

2004 *Is a bell... a bell?** two toy pianos (one performer) 5'
for sound sample go to compact discs

2005 *Memory Demands So Much**
(text: Denise Levertov) soprano and piano 15'
for sound sample go to commissions

2005 Illuminating Aleph
(text: Chaim N. Bialik) cantor (tenor), chamber choir, instrumental ensemble [guitar, ud, harp, percussion, piano, violin, cello, double bass] 17'
for sound sample go to piece of the week

2006 *The Flames of Quietude** symphony orchestra 20'

2006 *Landscape of a Soul's Remembering** string quartet 21'

2007 *Springs Eternal** violin and piano 8'30"

2008 *Divining Apollo** violoncello and ensemble (cello concerto) 21'

2009 *Knowing Rose**
(text: W. B. Yeats) female voice, violin, piano 15'

2009 American, Woman
(texts: Anne Bradstreet, Emma Lazarus, Sara Teasdale) soprano and flute 10'

2009 *Down to the Sea in Ships**
large wind ensemble 12'

2010 Tree Of Life So Green
(texts: anon - "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree", and Christopher Nolan) 8-part women's choir: SSSSAAAA 3'

2010 *O Whispering Suns**
(text: Walt Whitman) Large mixed choir, Medium mixed choir, violin, cymbalom 55'-65'

2011
(orig. 1990; arr. Kelly, Lann) Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming version for string orchestra 15'

2011
(orig. 2010; arr. Lann) Tree Of Life So Green
version for 8-part men's choir: (TTTTBBBB) 3'

2011 I Met my Love in Rotterdam / Piano Quintet 2 violins, viola, cello, piano 30'

2012 *De Stilte van Saar**
(libretto: Erik-Ward Geerlings) opera for 9 singers and instrumental ensemble: two saxophones, trombone, percussion, guitars, toy piano 74'

2013 The Many Men So Beautiful
(text: David Jones, from In Parenthesis) Chamber Choir, SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB 4'40"

MySpace pages for Vanessa Lann (four sound clips per page):

original page
multimedia, experimental
vocal works

There are two archived radio programs featuring interviews with, and music of, Vanessa Lann on Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar:
"Roadmaps" (May 12, 2001) contains full recordings of Resurrecting Persephone and The Owl and The Pussycat.
"Gone in Sixty Seconds... No, Wait, 90 Seconds... No..." (May 19, 2001) contains full recordings of Inner Piece, Recalling Chimes, DD (Double D) and Dancing to an Orange Drummer.
To hear the music, go to the 30' mark after clicking on the DATE of the show desired (clicking on the title of the program will not work; it must be the DATE of the desired show).

For more biographical information about Vanessa Lann (temporarily only in Dutch; publisher is revamping catalogue): article from DONEMUS Composer's Brochure and bio from DONEMUS Composer's Brochure

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upcoming events

e-mail

1983	Moods of the Seasons	piano solo	9'
1985	Forest Patterns	flute, clarinet, bassoon	8'
1985	Nocturne	piano solo	4'
1987	Fantasia for String Trio	string trio	6'
1989	Two Ukrainian Folk Sketches	Bb clarinet and piano	10'
1989	Daybreak	flute duo	10'
1990	Prayer, Torture and Ecstasy*	cello solo	9'
1990	Journey to...	horn and double bass	8'
1990	Piece... of Pizza*	percussion quintet	6'
l990	Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming*	string quartet	15' for sound sample go to article
1991	Views	electronic music	4'
1991	Beneath the Veils	large ensemble [flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto sax, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, harp]	3'
1991	Entranced by the Beckoning Light*	piano solo	10'
1991	Beyond "Is" and "Is not"	piccolo quartet	4'
1991	Madness and the Moonwoman	violin, 2 violas, double bass, Bb clarinet, accordion	15'
1992	Helen's Song	harp solo	4'
1992	Madness and the Moonwoman*	version for orchestra - original 1991	14'
1993	Dancing to an Orange Drummer*	large ensemble [2 flutes (1: also piccolo), clarinet (Bb/bass), soprano sax, alto sax, trumpet, horn, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion, piano, elec. guitar, elec. bass]	6' for sound sample go to upcoming events
1993	Embracing the Currents of Avalon	brass quintet	7'
1993	In the Circumference of My Solitude*	viola and double bass	15'
1994	Herman's Song (text: Richard Lann)*	countertenor and piano	11'
1994	Madness and the Moonwoman	version for large ensemble [flute (C/alt), soprano sax, double bassoon, trumpet, cello, accordion, piano] - original 1991	15'
1994	Inner Piece*	piano solo	8' for sound sample go to reviews
1994	Coming Home (text: Richard Lann)*	improvising ensemble [mezzo soprano, clarinet (Bb/bass), recorder (sopr/ten/bass), trombone, violin, double bass, elec. guitar, piano/synthesizer, percussion]	15'
1995	American Accents*	percussion duo	10'
1995	Bambino Sonoro	oboe, piano, percussion, harp, double bass (other versions possible, eg: violin, piano, percussion, harp, bass clarinet)	12'
1995	Dan Neem Ik Een Bloemkool	bass clarinet, cello, piano	10'
1996	DD (Double D)	piano solo	1' for sound sample go to index page
1996	The Owl and the Pussycat (text: Edward Lear)*	mezzo soprano and piano	10' for sound sample go to compact discs
1996	Towards the Center of Indigo*	saxophone quartet	10'
1997	The Way of the Ram*	large ensemble [flute (C/picc/alt), 3 saxophones (all sizes), horn in F, 3 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 ten, 1 bass), piano, double bass]	13'
1997	Masquerade in Ribbons	string quintet plus saxophone quintet	11'
1997	In the Moment*	recorder quartet (4 Renaissance recorders: G Alto, Tenor, Bass in F, C Bass)	12'
1998	My Dove, My Beautiful One (text: James Joyce)	mezzo soprano and piano	4' for sound sample see above
1998	Recalling Chimes*	piano solo	10' for sound sample go to compact discs
1999	The Key to the Fourteenth Vision*	violin solo	3' for sound sample see above
1999	Resurrecting Persephone*	flute and chamber orchestra	25' for sound sample go to bio
2000	The Mind Traveller	electronic tape (trombone, voices) / dance, video	43'
2000	Second Nature*	piano, 4 hands	12'
2001	Lucifer's Sun*	bass clarinet and harpsichord	11'
2001	Leaps of Faith*	piano solo and tape	5'30"
2001	Objects of Ritual*	flute, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano	20'
2001	The Stone	flute solo / sound environment	14'30"
2001	The Book	clarinet solo / sound environment	16'30"
2001	The Mask	violin solo	5'
2001	The Bowl	cello solo	10'15"
2001	The Candle	piano solo / sound environment	7'45"
2002	Gardener of the Stream*	symphony orchestra	13'
2003	Valse Ancienne (or Thirteen Ways of Looking Out a Window)*	cello and piano	15'
2003	Sleep, Sleep Gypsy*	flute, bass clarinet, piano	16' for sound sample go to KAIDA site
2004	Micro-fohn (or Witches, Words and the Wind) (text: Gertrude Stein)	soprano, recorder, violin, percussion	12'
2004	Is a bell... a bell?*	two toy pianos (one performer)	5' for sound sample go to compact discs
2005	Memory Demands So Much* (text: Denise Levertov)	soprano and piano	15' for sound sample go to commissions
2005	Illuminating Aleph (text: Chaim N. Bialik)	cantor (tenor), chamber choir, instrumental ensemble [guitar, ud, harp, percussion, piano, violin, cello, double bass]	17' for sound sample go to piece of the week
2006	The Flames of Quietude*	symphony orchestra	20'
2006	Landscape of a Soul's Remembering*	string quartet	21'
2007	Springs Eternal*	violin and piano	8'30"
2008	Divining Apollo*	violoncello and ensemble (cello concerto)	21'
2009	Knowing Rose* (text: W. B. Yeats)	female voice, violin, piano	15'
2009	American, Woman (texts: Anne Bradstreet, Emma Lazarus, Sara Teasdale)	soprano and flute	10'
2009	Down to the Sea in Ships*	large wind ensemble	12'
2010	Tree Of Life So Green (texts: anon - "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree", and Christopher Nolan)	8-part women's choir: SSSSAAAA	3'
2010	O Whispering Suns* (text: Walt Whitman)	Large mixed choir, Medium mixed choir, violin, cymbalom	55'-65'
2011 (orig. 1990; arr. Kelly, Lann)	Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming	version for string orchestra	15'
2011 (orig. 2010; arr. Lann)	Tree Of Life So Green	version for 8-part men's choir: (TTTTBBBB)	3'
2011	I Met my Love in Rotterdam / Piano Quintet	2 violins, viola, cello, piano	30'
2012	De Stilte van Saar* (libretto: Erik-Ward Geerlings)	opera for 9 singers and instrumental ensemble: two saxophones, trombone, percussion, guitars, toy piano	74'
2013	The Many Men So Beautiful (text: David Jones, from In Parenthesis)	Chamber Choir, SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB	4'40"

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COMPOSITIONS by VANESSA LANN "... like architecture in sound"

"... like architecture in sound"

MySpace pages for Vanessa Lann (four sound clips per page): original page multimedia, experimental vocal works

COMPOSITIONS by VANESSA LANN

"... like architecture in sound"

MySpace pages for Vanessa Lann (four sound clips per page):

original page
multimedia, experimental
vocal works