Anthony Davis : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Esu Variations (1995) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4(pic)444(cbn)/442+btbn.1/timp.3perc/str(9.8.7.6.5)

  •  Jacob’s Ladder (1997) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2.2+ca.2+bcl.2/4331/timp.3perc(dmkit)/hp/str

  •  Notes from the Underground (1988) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)222/2221/perc.xyl.mba.vib/pf/str

  •  Still Waters (1982) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2111/2010/timp.3+perc.vib(mba)/hp.pf/str

  •  Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey (1997) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Amistad Symphony (2009) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo-soprano

    Orchestration   4(pic)3(ca)4(2bcl)4(cbn)/4.4.2+btbn.1/timp.3perc+dmkit/hp/str

  •  Malcolm’s Prison Aria, from the opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” (1986) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   2(pic).1.2(2sx)1+cbn/2120/timp.3perc/pf/str

  •  Maps (1988) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   timp.trap.xyl.vib.glock.mba.steel dm/hp/str

  •  Wayang V (1984) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2(pic)12(bcl)1/2120/timp.4perc/str

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Litany of Sins (1991) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1000/hp/str(11111 or mulitples)

  •  Song Was Sweeter Even So (1987) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, cl, bn, vn, vc, perc, voice on tape

  •  Undine (1986) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(pic), cl(cbcl), bn, perc, pf, vn, vc

  •  Wayang II (1982) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, tbn, 2perc, pf, vn, vc, db

  •  Wayang IV (1981) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, cl, tbn, 3 perc, pf, vn, vc

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  In the Beginning of Light of Time Passing (1986) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   fl, cl, tbn, perc, pf, vn, vc, db

  •  Lost Moon Sisters (large version) (1990) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl, bcl(pic), bn, pf, perc, vn, vc, db

  •  Some Springs (1986) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   fl, cl, bn, tpt, tbn, perc, pf

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Brass Quintet (1991) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, 2 tpt, tbn, tba

  •  Happy Valley Blues (1995) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, gtr, db, pf

  •  Still Waters III (1982) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, vc, pf

  •  Violin Sonata (1991) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Parenthetically (1986) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Behind the Rock (1984) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Goddess Variations (1999) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Middle Passage (1983) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  A Walk Through the Shadow (1981) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Wayang VI (1985) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Great Lights (1996) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   org

  •  Voyage Through Death to Life Upon These Shores (1991) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Chorus   SATBarB chorus

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  XCerpts (from the opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X”) (1986) - 1 Hour(s) 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor, Bass Baritone and Narrator

    Chorus   Chorus

    Orchestration   fl(afl,ssx,asx,cl,bcl)ob(ca,cl,tsx)cl(cbcl)bn/1010/perc.dms/pf/2vn.va.vc.db(eb)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  In This House of Blues (1994) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl, pf

  •  It Was... (1992) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   cl, perc, pf, vn, va, vc

  •  Lost Moon Sisters (small version) (1990) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   perc, pf, vn

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  Amistad (1997) - 2 Hour(s) 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soloists

    Chorus   largely male chorus

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn./4331/timp.3perc/pf(cel).hp/str; Jazz ensemble: 2 reeds, trombone, bass
    (2(pic).2(ca).2+bcl.2.2 Jazz ww/2.2.2+jazz tbn.0/timp.perc.jazz perc/cel.hp/str.jazz db)

  •  Tania (1992) - 1 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Bass, Mezzo soprano, Tenor, 2 male, 4 female

    Orchestration   3ww.bn/2perc/pf/vn.vc.db

  •  Under the Double Moon (1989) - 1 Hour(s) 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Tenors, Baritone, Soprano, Mezzo soprano, Bass Baritone, Bass

    Orchestration   2(pic,afl)12(cbcl[bamboo fl])1/2120/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  X -- The Life and Times of Malcolm X (1986) - 2 Hour(s) 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   4 Baritones, 5 Tenors, 5 Mezzo sopranos, Bass Baritone, 5 Sopranos, Bass, non-speaking roles

    Orchestration   2(pic)12(2sax)2(cbn)/2120/timp.3perc/cel.pf/str; jazz band: fl.2cl.tpt.perc.vc.db.pf.dms

• Dance
  •  Dance (1995) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0010/0000/mba.vib.dms/pf/vn.va.vc.db

  •  Hemispheres (1983) - 45 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, cl, tpt, tbn, 3 perc, pf, vn, vc, db