John Harris Harbison is an American composer

Composer

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, best known for his opera

Opera

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s and large choral works.

Life

Harbison won the prestigious BMI Foundation

BMI Foundation

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's Student Composer Awards for composition at the age of sixteen in 1954. He studied music at Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 (BA 1960), where he sang with the Harvard Glee Club

Harvard Glee Club

The Harvard Glee Club is a 60-voice, all-male choral ensemble at Harvard University. Founded in 1858 in the tradition of English and American glee clubs, it is the oldest collegiate chorus in the US. The Glee Club is part of the Holden Choruses of Harvard University, which also include the...

, and later at the Berlin Musikhochschule and at Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 (MFA 1963). He is an Institute Professor

Institute Professor

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 of music

Music

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 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. He is a former student of Walter Piston

Walter Piston

Walter Hamor Piston Jr., , was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter....

 and Roger Sessions

Roger Sessions

Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...

. His works include several symphonies, string quartets, and concerti for violin, viola, and bass viol (double bass).

He won the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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 for music in 1987 for The Flight into Egypt, and in 1998 he was awarded the 4th Annual Heinz Award

Heinz Award

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 in the Arts and Humanities. In 2006 he was nominated for a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for Best Small Ensemble Performance for his Mottetti di Montale.

The Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

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 commissioned Harbison's The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (opera)

The Great Gatsby is an opera in two acts written by American composer John Harbison. The libretto, also by Harbison, was adapted from the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Additional popular song lyrics were by Murray Horwitz...

to celebrate Maestro James Levine

James Levine

James Lawrence Levine is an American conductor and pianist. He is currently the music director of the Metropolitan Opera and former music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Levine's first performance conducting the Metropolitan Opera was on June 5, 1971, and as of May 2011 he has...

's 25th anniversary with the company. The opera premiered on December 20, 1999, conducted by Levine and starring Jerry Hadley

Jerry Hadley

Jerry Hadley was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa , Susannah , and Candide...

, Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary...

, Susan Graham

Susan Graham

Susan Graham is an American mezzo-soprano.Raised in Midland, Texas, she is a graduate of Texas Tech University and the Manhattan School of Music. She studied the piano for 13 years...

, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was an American mezzo-soprano, known for the dramatic power of her vocal artistry as well as her commitment to performing infrequently-heard Baroque era and contemporary works...

, Mark Baker

Mark Baker

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, Dwayne Croft

Dwayne Croft

Dwayne Croft is an American baritone who has sung in more than 300 performances in 25 roles at the Metropolitan Opera.He won the Richard Tucker Award in 1996....

, and Richard Paul Fink.

Harbison was jointly commissioned by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity and the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue to write a piece for the historic "Papal Concert of Reconciliation." The event was co-officiated by the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Rav Elio Toaff, the Imam of the Mosque of Rome, Abdulawahab Hussein Gomaa, and Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

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. Abraham, a six-minute composition for brass

Brass instrument

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 and antiphonal choirs, had its world premiere on January 17, 2004, performed by members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.-History:...

, and a choir made up of members of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Choir

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, the Krakow Philharmonic Choir, and the Ankara Polyphonic Choir, under the baton of Sir Gilbert Levine

Gilbert Levine

Sir Gilbert Levine, KC*SG is an American conductor. He is considered an "outstanding personality in the world of international music television."-Education:...

.

Harbison was previously the principal guest conductor for Emmanuel Music

Emmanuel Music

Emmanuel Music is a Boston-based collective group of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by Craig Smith. It was created specifically to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J.S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended, an endeavor twice completed...

 in Boston

Boston

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; after founding director Craig Smith

Craig Smith (conductor)

Craig Smith was an American conductor who is considered a seminal figure in Boston's Baroque music revival of the 1970s and 1980s. In subsequent years he became increasingly known as an international conductor...

's untimely death in 2007, Harbison was named Acting Artistic Director.

When asked for his "artistic credo" Harbison (1990) replied: "to make each piece different from the others, to find clear, fresh large designs, to reinvent traditions."

He is married to violinist Rose Mary Harbison (née Pederson).

Discography (Incomplete)

• Mirabai Songs / Variations (1987). Northeastern Records NR 230-CD. Performed by Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano, Collage New Music Ensemble
  Collage New Music
  Collage New Music is a classical music ensemble specialising in performance of works by 20th and 21st century composers. It was founded in 1972 by percussionist Frank Epstein who served as its Music Director until 1991. Since that time its Director has been the conductor David Hoose.-The...
  
  , conducted by John Harbison — Rose Mary Harbison, violin; David Satz, clarinet; Ursula Oppens
  Ursula Oppens
  Ursula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...
  
  , piano. Tracks 1-6: Mirabai Songs, text from Mirabai Versions by Robert Bly
  Robert Bly
  Robert Bly is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement.-Life:Bly was born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Jacob and Alice Bly, who were of Norwegian ancestry. Following graduation from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving...
  
  . Tracks 7-10: Variations, for violin, clarinet, and piano. Track Listing:

1. I. It's True, I Went to the Market
2. II. All I Was Doing Was Breathing
3. III. Why Mira Can't Go Back to Her Old House
4. IV. Where Did You Go?
5. V. The Clouds
6. VI. Don't Go, Don't Go
7. Variations i-v
8. Variations vi-x
9. Variations xi-xv
10. Finale and Epilogue
    • The Flight into Egypt and other works by John Harbison (1990). New World Records
      New World Records
      New World Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in American music. The label was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to produce a 100 disc anthology covering 200 years of American music....
      
       80395-2. Performed by The Cantata Singers and Ensemble
      Cantata Singers and Ensemble
      The Cantata Singers and Ensemble is a professional volunteer choir and professional orchestral ensemble located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1964 to perform and preserve the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach , the group has since expanded its scope to include repertoire from the 17th...
      
      , The Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, and The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by David Hoose, John Harbison, and Andre Previn
      André Previn
      André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
      
      . Tracks:
11. The Flight into Egypt, text from the King James translation of the story of the Flight into Egypt
    Flight into Egypt
    The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew , in which Joseph fled to Egypt with his wife Mary and infant son Jesus after a visit by Magi because they learn that King Herod intends to kill the infants of that area...
    
     in the Gospel of Matthew
    Gospel of Matthew
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12. The Natural World: Prelude
13. Where We Must Look for Help, text from Robert Bly
    Robert Bly
    Robert Bly is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement.-Life:Bly was born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Jacob and Alice Bly, who were of Norwegian ancestry. Following graduation from high school in 1944, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving...
    
    
14. On the Road Home, text from Wallace Stevens
    Wallace Stevens
    Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut.His best-known poems include "Anecdote of the Jar",...
    
    
15. Milkweed, text from James Wright
    James Wright (poet)
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16. Concerto for Double Brass Choir and Orchestra: I. Invention on a Motif: Tempo giusto
17. II. Invention on a Chord: Cantabile
18. III. Invention on a Cadence: Molto allegro
    • At First Light (1998). Archetype Records 60106. Performed by Lorraine Hunt
      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
      Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was an American mezzo-soprano, known for the dramatic power of her vocal artistry as well as her commitment to performing infrequently-heard Baroque era and contemporary works...
      
      , mezzo-soprano, Dawn Upshaw
      Dawn Upshaw
      Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary...
      
      , soprano, Greenleaf Chamber Players, and Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Scott Yoo. Tracks:
19. Due Libri dei Mottetti di Montale
20. Snow Country
21. Chorale Cantata
22. Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet, and Strings
    • John Harbison: Ulysses' Bow / Samuel Chapter (2004). First Edition ASIN: B0002RQ35C. Tracks:
23. Ulysses' Bow ballet performed by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.-History:...
    
     and conducted by Andre Previn
    André Previn
    André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
    
    
24. Samuel Chapter performed by Susan Larson
    Susan Larson
    Susan Larson is an American soprano opera singer. Larson was born in New Rochelle, New York and she graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University in 1965. She received a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory in 1969....
    
     (soprano) and conducted by John Harbison
    • The Reawakening, String Quartet No. 3, Fantasia on a Ground, Thanks Victor (2001). Musica Omnia om0110. Lydian String Quartet, Dominique Labelle, soprano.
    • World Premiere Recordings: Violin Concerto, Recordare, Seven Motets (1997). Koch 3-7310-2-H1. Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith, conductor, Rose-Mary Harbison, violin.
    • Sessions: Symphony No. 2; Harbison: Symphony No. 2, Oboe Concerto (1994). london 443 376-2. San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Bloomstedt, conductor, William Bennet, oboe.
    • String Quartet No.1/String Quartet No. 2/November 19, 1828 (1992). Lydian String Quartet, Yehudi Wyner, piano.
    • Simple Daylight/Words from Patterson/Piano Quintet, (1999). Electra Nonesuch 79189-2. Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish, piano, Sanford Sylvan, baritone, Dawn Upshaw, soprano.
    • Four Psalms/Emerson (2004). New World Records 80613-2. Cantata Singers and Ensemble, David Hoose, conductor.
    • Mottetti di Montale (2005). Koch KIC-CD-7545. Collage New Music, David Hoose, music director, Janice Felty and Margaret Lattimore mezzo-sopranos.

Opera

• Winter's Tale (1974)

  Based on the play by Shakespeare

• Full Moon in March (1977)

  Chamber opera

• The Great Gatsby (1999)

  commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera

  Metropolitan Opera

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  Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Orchestral

• Incidental Music from The Merchant of Venice (1971), for string orchestra
• Elegiac Songs (1974), for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation

• Diotima (1976)

  commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress

  Library of Congress

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• Piano Concerto (1978), for piano & chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra

  American Composers Orchestra

  The American Composers Orchestra is an American orchestra based in New York City. It is the only orchestra in the world dedicated solely to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers...

  
   for Robert Miller

• Snow Country (1979), for oboe & string orchestra

  commissioned by Dr. Maurice Pechet, New England

  New England

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   Arts Patron

• Violin Concerto (1978–80), for violin & chamber orchestra

  written for Rose Mary Harbison

• Symphony No. 1 (1981)

  commissioned by the Boston Symphony

• Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and String Orchestra (1985)

  commissioned by the National Endowment of the Arts for the Toledo Symphony, the International Chamber Soloists, the Wall Street Chamber Players, the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, the Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

• Remembering Gatsby (1985)

  commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony

• Symphony No. 2 (1987)

  commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony

  San Francisco Symphony

  The San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...

  
   in celebration of the orchestra's seventy-fifth anniversary season

• Concerto for Double Brass Choir and Orchestra (1988), for twelve brass soli & chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic

  Los Angeles Philharmonic

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• Viola Concerto (1988), for viola & orchestra

  commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony

• Symphony No. 3 (1990)

  commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony

• David's Fascinating Rhythm Method (1991), for chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony

• Three City Blocks (1991), for concert band

  commissioned by the concert bands of the New England Conservatory, University of Cincinnati

  University of Cincinnati

  The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

  
  , Florida State University

  Florida State University

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  , U.S. Air Force, Ohio State University

  Ohio State University

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  , University of Michigan

  University of Michigan

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   and University of Southern California

  University of Southern California

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  .

• Oboe Concerto (1991), for oboe & orchestra

  commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony

  San Francisco Symphony

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• Cello Concerto (1993), for cello & orchestra

  commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma

  Yo-Yo Ma

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   and the Chicago Symphony

• The Most Often Used Chords (1993), for chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

  Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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• Flute Concerto (1994), for flute & orchestra

  commissioned by Ransom Wilson

  Ransom Wilson

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   and the American Composers Orchestra

  American Composers Orchestra

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• Olympic Dances (1996), for concert band

  commissioned by the College Band Directors National Association

• Partita (2001)

  commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra

  Minnesota Orchestra

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• Symphony No. 4 (2003)

  commissioned by the Seattle Symphony

  Seattle Symphony

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• Crane Sightings (2004), for violin & string orchestra

  written for Rose Mary Harbison, the composer's wife

• Darkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera (2004)

  commissioned by the Boston Symphony

• Canonical American Songbook (2005)

  commissioned by the Albany Symphony

  Albany Symphony Orchestra

  The Albany Symphony Orchestra is a professional symphony orchestra based in Albany, New York. The upcoming season will mark the orchestra's 78th....

  
  

• Concerto for Bass Viol (2005), for double bass & chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the International Society of Bassists

  International Society of Bassists

  The International Society of Bassists is a 501 not-for-profit organization for anybody who enjoys the double bass. The society was founded in 1967 by Gary Karr as the International Institute for String Bass...

  
  

• Milosz Songs (2006), for soprano & orchestra

  commissioned by the New York Philharmonic

  New York Philharmonic

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   for Dawn Upshaw

  Dawn Upshaw

  Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary...

  
  

• The Great Gatsby - Suite (2007)

  commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival and School

  Aspen Music Festival and School

  The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents music in an intimate, small-town setting...

  
  

• Symphony No. 5 (2007), for mezzo-soprano, baritone soli & orchestra

  commissioned by the Boston Symphony

• Mary Lou (Four Symphonic Memories of Mary Lou Williams) (2008)

  commissioned by the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony

• Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (2009), for violin, cello & orchestra

  commissioned by the Friends of the Dresden Music Foundation for the Boston Symphony

Choral

• In Spiritu: Prayer (1955), for a cappella male-voice choir
• Ave Maria (1959), for a cappella S.S.A.A. choir
• He Shall Not Cry (1959), for S.A. choir & organ
• Five Songs of Experience (1971), for S.A.T.B. choir, two percussion & string quartet

  commissioned by the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston for the Cantata Singers

• Music When Soft Voices Die (1966), for S.A.T.B. choir & harpsichord or organ

  commissioned by the Cantata Singers

• Nunc Dimittis (1975), for T.B. choir & piano

  commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club

  Harvard Glee Club

  The Harvard Glee Club is a 60-voice, all-male choral ensemble at Harvard University. Founded in 1858 in the tradition of English and American glee clubs, it is the oldest collegiate chorus in the US. The Glee Club is part of the Holden Choruses of Harvard University, which also include the...

  
  

• The Flower-Fed Buffaloes (1976), for baritone solo, S.S.A.T.B.B. choir & instrumental ensemble

  commissioned by the New York State Bar Association

  New York State Bar Association

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• The Flight into Egypt (1986), for soprano, baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & chamber orchestra

  commissioned by the Cantata Singers

• Two Emmanuel Motets (1990), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir

  commissioned by the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston

• Ave Verum Corpus (1991), for a cappella S.S.A.T.B. choir

  commissioned by the Emmanuel Choir, Boston and the Ojai Festival

• O Magnum Mysterium (1991/92), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir

  commissioned by Saturday Evening Brass

• Veni Creator Spiritus (1992), for a cappella T.B. choir

  commissioned by the Rosalind Denny Lewis Music Library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Communion Words (1994), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
• Concerning Them Which Are Asleep (1994), for a cappella S.S.A.T.B.B. choir
• Emerson (1995), a cappella S.A.T.B. double choir

  commissioned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music for their 100th anniversary (1995)

• Juste Judex (1995), for mezzo-soprano, baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra

  commissioned as part of the Requiem of Reconciliation

  Requiem of Reconciliation

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• Evening (Der Abend) (1997), for a cappella S.A.T.B. double choir
• Four Psalms (1998), for S.A.T.B. soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra

  commissioned by the Israeli Consulate for the Chicago Symphony

• Psalm 137 (1998), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
• Requiem (1985–2002), for S.A.T.B. soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra

  commissioned by the Boston Symphony

• We do not live to ourselves (2002), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
• Abraham (2004), for double S.A.T.B. choir & two large brass choirs

  commissioned for the Papal Concert of Reconciliation in Rome for the Ankara Polyphonic Choir, London Philharmonic Choir

  London Philharmonic Choir

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  , Krakow Philharmonic Choir and musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony

• Charity Never Faileth (2004), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
• Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (2004), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
• My Little Children, Let Us Not Love in Word (2004), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir

  commissioned by the Cantata Singers

• But Mary Stood (2005), for soprano solo, choir & string orchestra

  commissioned by the Cantata Singers

• Umbrian Landscape with Saint (2005), for optional choir & chamber ensemble

  commissioned by the Chicago Chamber Musicians

• A Clear Midnight (2007), for T.T.B.B. choir & five strings

  commissioned by the Georgina Joshi Foundation for Indiana University

  Indiana University

  Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

  
   and the Pro Arte Singers

• Madrigal (2007), for a cappella S.A.T.B.B. choir

  commissioned by the New York Virtuoso Singers

Chamber

• Andante con moto (1955), for cello & piano
• Duo (1961), for flute & piano
• Canzonetta (1962), for bassoon quartet
• Confinement (1965), for twelve players

  written for the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and Arthur Weisberg

  Arthur Weisberg

  Arthur Weisberg was an American bassoonist, conductor, composer and author.-Biography:Weisberg was born in New York City. He attended the Fiorello H...

  
  

• Serenade (1968), for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola & cello
• Piano Trio (1969), for violin, cello & piano
• Bermuda Triangle (1970), for tenor saxophone, electric organ & amplified cello

  commissioned by the New York Camerata

• Die Kurze (1970), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & cello

  commissioned by the New York Composer's Forum

• Snow Country (1979), for oboe & string quintet

  commissioned by Dr. Maurice Pechet

• Wind Quintet (1979), for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon

  commissioned by the Naumburg Foundation

• Due Libri (1980), for mezzo-soprano & nine players

  commissioned by the New York Philomusica and Robert Levin

  Robert Levin

  Robert Levin may refer to:*Robert D. Levin , American pianist and composer*Robert Levin , Norwegian pianist and composer*Robert Levin , American fiction writer...

  
  

• Mottetti di Montale (1980), for mezzo-soprano & nine players or piano

  commissioned by New York Philomusica, the University of Oregon

  University of Oregon

  -Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

  
   and Collage

  Collage

  A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....

  
  

• Organum for Paul Fromm (1981), for glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, harpsichord & piano

  commissioned by the University of Chicago

  University of Chicago

  The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

  
  

• Piano Quintet (1981), for two violins, viola, cello & piano

  commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six week long summer Festival of chamber music held annually in July and August and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was founded in 1972 and presented its first series of concerts in 1973. Well-known musicians and young performers appear each season in...

  
  

• Exequien for Calvin Simmons (1982), for seven players
• Overture: Michael Kohlhaas (1982), for twelve brass
• Variations (1982), for clarinet, violin & piano

  commissioned by Frank Taplin for the Token Creek Festival, Wisconsin

  Wisconsin

  Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

  
  

• String Quartet No. 1 (1985), for two violins, viola & cello

  commissioned by the Cleveland Quartet

  Cleveland Quartet

  The Cleveland Quartet was one of the world's leading string quartets for over two decades. It was founded in 1969 by violinists Donald Weilerstein and Peter Salaff, cellist Paul Katz and violist Martha Strongin Katz, at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The quartet subsequently disbanded in 1995...

  
  

• Twilight Music (1985), for horn, violin & piano

  commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

• Fanfare for Foley's (1986), for twelve brass & two percussion
• Music for Eighteen Winds (1986)

  commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

  
  

• String Quartet No. 2 (1987), for two violins, viola & cello
• Two Chorale Preludes for Advent (from "Christmas Vespers") (1987), for brass quintet
• Fantasy-Duo (1988), for violin & piano

  commissioned by the McKim Fund in the Library of Congress

  Library of Congress

  The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

  
   for David Abel

  David Abel

  David Abel was a cinematographer.David Abel was born on 15 December 1884 in Amsterdam to Russian parents. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. He filmed a total of 110...

  
   and Julie Steinberg

• Little Fantasy on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1988), for brass quintet
• November 19, 1828 (1988), for violin, viola, cello & piano

  commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts

  National Endowment for the Arts

  The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...

  
   for the Atlanta Chamber Players, the Da Capo Chamber Players

  Da Capo Chamber Players

  Da Capo Chamber Players is an American contemporary music "Pierrot ensemble," founded in 1970. Winners of the Naumburg Award in 1973, its founding members included composer/pianist Joan Tower, violinist Joel Lester, Dean of Mannes College of Music, and flutist Patricia Spencer...

  
   and Voices of Change

  Voices of Change

  Voices of Change is the Southwest's premiere professional chamber music ensemble dedicated to the performance of music of our time. Voices of Change fills a unique niche in the music world by performing small ensemble works by 20th- and 21st–century composers.-History:Founded in 1974 by pianist Jo...

  
  

• Fanfares and Reflection (1990), for two violins

  commissioned by Token Creek Festival

• Fourteen Fabled Folksongs (1992), for violin & marimba
• Prelude (1993), for cello & piano
• String Quartet No. 3 (1993), for two violins, viola & cello
• San Antonio (1994), for alto saxophone & piano
• Thanks Victor (1994), for string quartet

  commissioned by the Lydian Quartet

• Trio Sonata (1994), for three clarinets or three saxophones or oboe, cor Anglais & bassoon or string trio
• Fanfare for a Free Man (1997), for three oboes & three bassoons
• La Primavera di Sottoripa (1998), for mezzo-soprano & nine players

  commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six week long summer Festival of chamber music held annually in July and August and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was founded in 1972 and presented its first series of concerts in 1973. Well-known musicians and young performers appear each season in...

  
  

• North and South (2000), for soprano/mezzo-soprano & seven players

  written for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was an American mezzo-soprano, known for the dramatic power of her vocal artistry as well as her commitment to performing infrequently-heard Baroque era and contemporary works...

  
  

• Six American Painters (2000), for flute/oboe, violin, viola & cello

  commissioned by the radio station WGUC Cincinnati

• Chaconne (2001), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano
• String Quartet No. 4 (2002), for two violins, viola & cello

  commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six week long summer Festival of chamber music held annually in July and August and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was founded in 1972 and presented its first series of concerts in 1973. Well-known musicians and young performers appear each season in...

  
  

• Cucaraccia and Fugue (2003), for four violas

  commissioned by the Token Creek Festival

• Trio II. (2003), for violin, cello & piano

  commissioned by the Harris Foundation, Chamber Music America and Meet the Composer

  Meet the Composer

  Meet the Composer is an American organization founded in 1974 by the composer John Duffy as a project of the New York State Council on the Arts. It seeks to assist composers in making a living through writing music by sponsoring commissioning, residency, education, and audience interaction...

  
   for the Amelia Trio

• Songs America Loves to Sing (2004), for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & cello

  commissioned by the Atlanta Chamber Players and the Da Capo Chamber Players

  Da Capo Chamber Players

  Da Capo Chamber Players is an American contemporary music "Pierrot ensemble," founded in 1970. Winners of the Naumburg Award in 1973, its founding members included composer/pianist Joan Tower, violinist Joel Lester, Dean of Mannes College of Music, and flutist Patricia Spencer...

  
  

• Abu Ghraib (2006), for cello & piano

  commissioned by the Rockport Festival for Rhonda Rider and David Deveau

  David Deveau

  David Deveau is an American classical pianist. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras, the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minnesota, Houston, Miami, Pacific and Portland Symphony Orchestras, and many regional orchestras...

  
  

• Deep Dances (2006), for cello & double bass

  commissioned by the Bank of America Celebrity Series

  Bank of America

  Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

  
   for Rebecca Rice

  Rebecca Rice

  Rebecca Rice is a Boston-based modern dance choreographer whose work blends modern contemporary dance and ballet.-Biography:Rebecca is artistic director of Rebecca Rice Dance, a company that focuses on blending ballet with the creative, innovative energy of 20-21st C. modern dance...

  
  

• French Horn Suite (2006), for four French horns

  commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

  
  

• Cortège: in memoriam Donald Sur
  Donald Sur
  Donald Young Sur was a Korean-American composer and musicologist. Although he is best known for his large-scale oratorio, Slavery Documents, most of his works were composed for small chamber ensembles. Sur was born in Honolulu and moved with his family to Los Angeles after World War II...
  
  (2008), for percussion sextet

  commissioned by the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

• Diamond Watch (2010), for two pianos

  commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

  
   and Priscilla Myrick Diamond for Peter Diamond

  Peter Diamond

  Peter Diamond was an English actor who had trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and remembered as a stuntman on television or film....

  
   and pianist Robert Levin

  Robert Levin

  Robert Levin may refer to:*Robert D. Levin , American pianist and composer*Robert Levin , Norwegian pianist and composer*Robert Levin , American fiction writer...

  
  

Vocal

• Due Libri (1980), for mezzo-soprano & nine players

  commissioned by the New York Philomusica and Robert Levin

  Robert Levin

  Robert Levin may refer to:*Robert D. Levin , American pianist and composer*Robert Levin , Norwegian pianist and composer*Robert Levin , American fiction writer...

  
  

• Mottetti di Montale (1980), for mezzo-soprano & nine players or piano

  commissioned by New York Philomusica, the University of Oregon

  University of Oregon

  -Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

  
   and Collage

  Collage

  A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....

  
  

• Mirabai Songs (1982), for soprano/mezzo-soprano & eight players or piano
• December 1 (1995), for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra
• La Primavera di Sottoripa (1998), for mezzo-soprano & nine players

  commissioned by the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six week long summer Festival of chamber music held annually in July and August and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was founded in 1972 and presented its first series of concerts in 1973. Well-known musicians and young performers appear each season in...

  
  

• Il Saliscendi Bianco (1999), for mezzo-soprano & nine players

  commissioned by Collage

  Collage

  A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....

  
  

• North and South (2000), for soprano/mezzo-soprano & seven players

  written for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

  Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was an American mezzo-soprano, known for the dramatic power of her vocal artistry as well as her commitment to performing infrequently-heard Baroque era and contemporary works...

  
  

• Ain't Goin' to Study War No More (2003), for baritone, two trumpets, snare drum & string orchestra
• Milosz Songs (2006), for soprano & orchestra

  commissioned by the New York Philharmonic

  New York Philharmonic

  The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...

  
   for Dawn Upshaw

  Dawn Upshaw

  Dawn Upshaw is an American soprano described as "one of the most consequential performers of our time" by the Los Angeles Times. The recipient of several Grammy Awards and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary...

  
  

Solo

• Amazing Grace (1972), for oboe

  commissioned by oboist Philip West

• Four Occasional Pieces (1978), for piano

  written for Andre Previn

  André Previn

  André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...

  
  , the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

  The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is a six week long summer Festival of chamber music held annually in July and August and located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was founded in 1972 and presented its first series of concerts in 1973. Well-known musicians and young performers appear each season in...

  
   and in memory of ohn Boros, respectively

• Four Songs of Solitude (1985), for violin

  written for the composer's wife, Rose Mary Harbison

• Four More Occasional Pieces (1987), for piano

  written for Joan Tower

  Joan Tower

  Joan Tower is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by the New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world...

  
  , Harriet Thiele, Rose Mary Harbison and Milo Feinberg, respectively

• Sonata No. 1 - In Memoriam Roger Sessions (1987), for piano

  commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts

  National Endowment for the Arts

  The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...

  
   for Robert Shannon

  Robert Shannon

  Robert Shannon is an American former professional boxer.-Background:Shannon had a white mother and black father, and started fighting in the streets as a young boy in Seattle's predominately black Central District, where he found kids who would start fights with him, because he was white...

  
  , Ursula Oppens

  Ursula Oppens

  Ursula Oppens is an American classical pianist.-Biography:After earning her master's degree from the Juilliard School of Music, Oppens won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. This win led to her New York City debut at Carnegie Hall in 1969...

  
   and Alan Feinberg

  Alan Feinberg

  Alan Feinberg is an American classical pianist. He has considerable experience with contemporary classical music and has premiered over 300 works among them Mel Powell's Pulitzer Prize winning Duplicates, as well as works by such composers as John Adams , Milton Babbitt, John Harbison, Steve...

  
  

• Suite (1993), for cello
• Trio Sonata (1994), for piano or harpsichord or fortepiano
  Fortepiano
  Fortepiano designates the early version of the piano, from its invention by the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century. It was the instrument for which Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven wrote their piano music...
  
   or electric keyboard

  commissioned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

  
  

• Gatsby Etudes (1999), for piano
• A Violist's Notebook, Book 1 (1998–2000), for viola
• Sonata No. 2 (2001), for piano

  commissioned by G. Schirmer Associated Music

  G. Schirmer

  G. Schirmer Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. It publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-known European music publishers in North America, such as the Italian Ricordi, Music Sales Affiliates ChesterNovello,...

  
   for Robert Levin

  Robert Levin

  Robert Levin may refer to:*Robert D. Levin , American pianist and composer*Robert Levin , Norwegian pianist and composer*Robert Levin , American fiction writer...

  
  , to whom the work is dedicated

• A Violist's Notebook, Book 2 (2002), for viola
• Montale Sketches (2002), for piano

  after three poems by Eugenio Montale

  Eugenio Montale

  Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.- Early years :...

  
  

• Ten Micro-Waltzes (2004), for piano
• Leonard Stein Anagrams (2009)

  written for Leonard Stein

Additional Resources

• Harbison, John. "Six Tanglewood Talks (1,2,3)." Perspectives of New Music 23, no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1985): 12-22.
• Harbison, John. "Six Tanglewood Talks (4,5,6)." Perspectives of New Music, 24, no.1 (Autumn-Winter 1985): 46-60.
• Harbison, John. “Symmetries and the New Tonality.” Contemporary Music Review 6, no. 2 (1992): 71-79.

External links

• Schirmer.com: John Harbison
• Harbison bio at MIT
• Art of the States: John Harbison two works by the composer
• Art of the States: Exploded View #1 podcast of John Harbison discussing his String Quartet No. 3 (1993)
• Del Sol Quartet: Tear includes Harbison's Fantasia from quartet no. 2 performed by Del Sol Quartet
  Del Sol Quartet
  The Del Sol Quartet is a string quartet based in San Francisco, California. Del Sol is known for actively working with living composers from a wide range of cultural perspectives, and recording and performing exclusively 20th and 21st century music...
  
  
• Spectrum Concerts Berlin
• Interview with John Harbison by Bruce Duffie, June 13, 1991