Basic Details

Title
Eleven Portraits for Orchestra
Publication Type
Compilation
Availability
Available
Category
Orchestral
Instrumentation
Entire Set: 2.2.corA.2.bcl.2-4.2.3.0-perc(2): marimba/xyl/glsp/SD/cym/large gong-harp-str
Duration
14'
Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Edition/Catalog #
Rental (Worldwide)
Arranger
Arr. for orch from pft by Virgil Thomson (mvmts 1-5); Scott Wheeler (6-8); Rodney Lister (9-11)
Member Works
  1. A Love Scene (Originally titled Dead Pan: Mrs. Betty Freeman) (1981)
  2. Karen Brown Waltuck: Intensely Two (orchestra) (1982)
  3. Noah Creshevsky: Loyal, Steady, and Persistent (orchestra) (1981)
  4. Anne-Marie Soullière: Something of a Beauty (orchestra) (1982)
  5. David Dubal: In Flight (orchestra) (1982)
  6. Scott Wheeler: Free-Wheeling (orchestra) (1981)
  7. Dennis Russell Davies: In A Hammock (orchestra) (1982)
  8. Richard Flender: Solid, Not Stolid (orchestra) (1981)
  9. Bill Katz: Wide Awake (orchestra) (1981)
  10. Sam Byers: With Joy (orchestra) (1981)
  11. Christopher Cox: Singing a Song (orchestra) (1981)

Cataloging Information

Year Composed
1981
Date Composed
1981-1982
M.S. Location
The Virgil Thomson Papers at Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Yale University
Cardell Number
n/a
Meckna Number
W58