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David Kirtley

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    • Chamber Music
      • Anemone (vla, sop/alto sax, perc, and pn)
        (with audio)
      • A Swallow Joyfully Twittering in the Morning Sky
      • Breath of the Heart (for amplified shakuhachi and percussion)
        (with audio)
      • Coyote Juggles His Eyes
      • From Where the Sun Now Stands (for string quartet)
      • Myth (bass clarinet and cello)
        (with audio)
      • Saxifraga (flute/picc, bass clarinet, cello, vib/glock, piano)
        (with video)
    • Orchestral
      • In the Father’s Garden_Orchestra version
        (with audio)
      • Leaves Falling from the Holy Tree
        (with audio)
    • Solo Instrumental Works
      • Contemplations and Variations (piano)
      • From the Wilderness (viola)
      • Into the Void (marimba)
      • Lear Meditation 1 (for piano solo)
        (with audio)
      • Lear Meditation 2 (for two pianos)
      • Simple Fantasy (piano)
      • Sonata (piano)
        (with audio excerpts)
    • Vocal
      • This Wavy, Clumpy Yard of Mine
        (with audio)
      • Haiku Songs of Karigane (soprano and piano)
        (with audio)
      • I Yell, the Mountains Echo, the Stars are Quiet (soprano, Pierrot ensemble and percussion)
        (with audio)
      • Songs for the Outcasts of Great Turtle’s Back
        (with audio)
    • Opera
      • In the Father’s Garden
        (with audio)
      • Three Arias from King Lear and His Daughters
        (with video)
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David Kirtley brings to his music a synthesis of Western classical music, sounds and impressions of nature, and elements drawn from classical and indigenous musical traditions from around the world.

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David Kirtley

Posted on September 15, 2018September 16, 2018Author David KirtleyCategories Home

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