Karel Husa : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Celebración (1997) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Celebration Fanfare (1996) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Concerto for Orchestra (1986) - 39 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic,bfl).2+ca.2+bcl.3(cbn)/5431/timp.4perc/2hp.pf/str

  •  Fresque (revised version) (1963) - 11 minute(s)

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

  •  Monodrama (Portrait of an Artist) (1976) - 23 minute(s)

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

  •  Music for Prague 1968 (for Orchestra) (1969) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4431/timp.4perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Overture (“Youth”) (1990) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.3(cbn)/4331/timp.4perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Pastoral (1979) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Reflections (Symphony No. 2) (1983) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Symphonic Suite (1984) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str

  •  The Trojan Women, Scenes from the ballet (1980) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic,bamboo fl).1+ca.1+bcl.2(cbn)/220+btbn.0/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str 6.5.4.4.2 min

  •  Two Sonnets from Michelangelo (1971) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   332.asx.2/4331/timp.2perc/hp/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Concerto for Alto Saxophone (1967) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Alto Saxophone

    Orchestration   2+2pic.2+ca.3+acl+bcl+Bbcbcl.ssx+asx+tsx+barsx[+bsx].2/442+2btbn.1+2bar/timp.2perc/pf/[db]

  •  Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (1987) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Organ

    Orchestration   0000/0300/timp.2perc/str

  •  Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1970) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   5 Percussion

    Orchestration   3+2pic.2+ca.3+Ebcl+acl+bcl[+cbcl].2asx+tsx+barsx[+bsx].2[+cbn]/442+btbn.2+2bar/db

  •  Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (1987) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trumpet

    Orchestration   2(pic).22(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1993) - 28 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

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

  •  Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1988) - 27 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

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

  •  Fantasy for Trumpet and Orchestra (1987) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trumpet

    Orchestration   2(pic).2.2.1+cbn/2200/timp.3perc/hp[+]/str

  •  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1974) - 27 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator (concert version only)

    Orchestration   2(2pic).21.asx.2(cbn)/220+btbn.0/timp.3perc/hp/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  Al Fresco (1974) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.3+Ebcl+acl+bcl.2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx[=Bbcbcl].2+cbn/4431+bar/timp.4perc/pf/3db

  •  Apotheosis of this Earth (for band) (1970) - 25 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB [optional]

    Orchestration   4(pic).33+Ebcl+acl+bcl[Bbcbcl].2asx+tsx+barsx.2+cbn/444+2bar.1/timp.4perc/db

  •  Cheetah (2007) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.3+Ebcl+acl+bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx.2/4.4.4+euph.1/timp.4perc/db

  •  Concerto for Wind Ensemble (1982) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   6(2pic).3(ca).9+Ebcl+acl+bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx.2+cbn/4842+2bar/timp.5perc

  •  Les Couleurs Fauves (1996) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic).2+ca.3+Ebcl+acl+bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx.2+cbn/442+2btbn.1+bar/timp.4perc/db

  •  Divertimento for Symphonic Winds and Percussion (1974) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).3+acl+bcl+cbcl.asx+tsx+barsx.2+cbn/4432+2euph/perc/hp/db

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by John Boyd

  •  Music for Prague 1968 (for Concert Band) (1969) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+2pic.2+ca.9+Ebcl+acl+bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx.2+cbn/4.12.3.2+2bar/timp.4perc/db

  •  Smetana Fanfare for Wind Ensemble (1984) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).33+Ebcl+acl+bcl+cbcl.2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx.2+cbn/4441+2euph/timp.4perc/db

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Cayuga Lake (Memories) (1992) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1111/perc/pf/str (1.1.1.1.0)

  •  Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (1958) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2[=4] hn, 3tpt, 3tbn, tba, 2perc

  •  Drum Ceremony (from An American Te Deum) (1976)

    Orchestration   timp, 3 high tom-toms, 3 low tom-toms, 3 woodblocks, temple blocks (5 players)

  •  Fanfare for Brass and Percussion (1980) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4hn.3tpt.2tbn+btbn.tba/timp[=perc]

  •  Intradas and Interludes (1980) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   7 tpt, perc

  •  Midwest Celebration (Fanfare) (1996) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   8 hn, 9 tpt, 9 tbn, tba, 5 perc divided into three choirs

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Orchestra (1973) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trumpet

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2.asx.2+cbn/4331/timp.3[+]perc/3[+]db

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Divertimento for Brass Quintet (1974) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, 2 tpt, tbn, tba, with optional percussion

  •  Five Poems for Wind Quintet (1994) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn

  •  Landscapes for Brass Quintet (1977) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, 2tpt, tbn, tba

  •  Postcard from Home (1997) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Alto Saxophone

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Recollections (1982) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, pf

  •  Sonata à tre (1981) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vn, pf

  •  Sonata for Violin and Piano (1973) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Sonatina for Flute and Piano (1945) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, pf

  •  Sonatina for Violin and Piano (1945) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  String Quartet No. 3 (1968) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  String Quartet No. 4 (Poems) (1990) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Suite for Viola and Piano (1945) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   va, pf

  •  Three Dance Sketches (1979) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4[+]perc

  •  Tubafest Celebration Fanfare (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4 tba

  •  Variations (1984) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc, pf

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Frammenti (1987) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   org

  •  Sonata No. 2 (1975) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonatina (1943) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Every Day (1981) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella

  •  Song (Good Night) (2000) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella

  •  There Are From Time To Time Mornings (from An American Te Deum) (1976) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Chorus   SATB chorus

  •  Three Moravian Songs (1981) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  An American Te Deum for Chorus and Band (1976) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Chorus   Mixed Chorus with 20-50 handbells in B-flat, C, D, E, F any octave

    Orchestration   4(2pic).3(ca).3+Ebcl+acl+bcl[+Bbcbcl].2asx+tsx+barsx+bsx.2+cbn/442+2btbn+2bar.0/timp.4perc/[org]/db

  •  An American Te Deum for Chorus and Orchestra (1978) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4431/timp.4perc/[org]/str

  •  Apotheosis of this Earth (for chorus and orchestra) (1972) - 26 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB Chorus

    Orchestration   4(pic).3+ca.3+bcl.2+cbn/4441/timp.perc/str

  •  Cantata (1982) - 18 minute(s)

    Chorus   male chorus

    Orchestration   hn, 2 tpt, tbn, tba

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Twelve Moravian Songs (1956) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

• Dance
  •  Monodrama (Portrait of an Artist) (1976) - 23 minute(s)

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

  •  The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1974) - 27 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator (concert version only)

    Orchestration   2(2pic).21.asx.2(cbn)/220+btbn.0/timp.3perc/hp/str

  •  The Trojan Women (1980) - 45 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic,bamboo fl).1+ca.1+bcl.2(cbn)/110+btbn.0/timp.3perc/hp.pf/str