Terry Riley : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Halfwolf Dances Mad in Moonlight (1985) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  The Palmian Chord Ryddle (2011) - 35 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   electric violin

    Orchestration   2+pic.1+ca.0+bcl.asx.1+cbn/0.2+flg.2.1/timp.3perc.dmkit/pf.hp/USB keyboard.bjo/str

  •  Remember This, O Mind (1997) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   5 solo voices (also playing percussion)

    Orchestration   1.1+ca.1+bcl.1.asx/0.1.0.0/perc/gtr/str

  •  The Sands (1991) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   String Quartet

    Orchestration   1+afl.1+ca.1+bcl.2/2.2.0.0/timp.perc/pf/str

  •  SolTierraLuna (2007) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   violin, 2 guitars

    Orchestration   1.1.0.1/0.1.0.0/perc/str

  •  Zephir (2009) - 19 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   2(pic)+2afl.0.0.0/0.2.2.1/3perc(timp)/gtr.hp.cel/str (6.6.5.4.3)

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Archangels (2003) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   8vc

  •  Autumn Leaves (1965) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   any instruments

  •  In C (1964) - 1 Hour(s) 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   any instruments

  •  Olson III (1966) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   any vocal and instrumental combination

  •  Y Bolanzero (2001) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr orchestra

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Cactus Rosary (1990) - 33 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Vocalist playing clarinet and bass clarinet

    Orchestration   tpt, 3perc, pf, syn, db, electronics

  •  Four Woelfli Portraits (1992) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   fl, cl, sx, 2perc, pf, vn, vc

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Anthem of the Great Spirit (1985) - 41 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Ascending the Heaven Ladder (1997) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Assassin Reverie (2001) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4sx, tape

  •  Cadenza on the Night Plain (1983) - 37 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Cantos Desiertos (flute and guitar) (1993) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, gtr

  •  Cantos Desiertos (violin and guitar) (1993) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, gtr

  •  Chanting the Light of Foresight (1987) - 52 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx, asx, tsx, barsx

  •  Conquest of the War Demons (1986) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Cortejo Fúnebre en el Monte Diablo (1997) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc; audio CD

  •  The Cusp of Magic (2004) - 41 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc, pipa, tape

  •  Dias de los Muertos (1998) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr, perc

  •  The Ecstasy (1986) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  G Song (1980) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  The Gift 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Good Medicine (String Quartet No. 10) (1986) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Hombre (1993) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc, pf

  •  Mandala Miniatures (1999) - 26 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx, asx, tsx, barsx

  •  Requiem for Adam (1997) - 41 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc; audio CD

  •  Ritmos and Melos (1993) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf, perc

  •  Salome Dances for Peace 1 Hour(s) 55 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  String Quartet (1960) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  String Trio (1961) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc

  •  Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (1980) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  SwarAmant (2012) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, gtr, tabla

  •  Taboo Danzas (2003) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   bcl, gtr

  •  The Wheel and Mythic Birds Waltz (1983) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Zamorra (1993) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2gtr

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Ascención (1993) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr

  •  Barabas (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr

  •  Dorian Reeds (1965) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ssx, tape delay

    Arranger / Editor   reconstructed by Ulrich Krieger

  •  Piedad (1993) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr

  •  Quando Cosas Malas Caen del Cielo (2003) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   National Steel Guitar in Just Intonation

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Be Kind to One Another (Rag) (2008)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Cinco de Mayo, from The Heaven Ladder, Book 5 (1994) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

  •  Etude from the Old Country, from The Heaven Ladder, Book 5 (1994) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

  •  Havana Man 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Heaven Ladder, Book 7 (1994) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Jaztine, from The Heaven Ladder, Book 5 (1994) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

  •  Keyboard Studies Nos. 1 and 2 (1965) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968)

    Orchestration   pf
    (multiple pf or kbd)

  •  Tango Doble Ladeado, from The Heaven Ladder, Book 5 (1994) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

  •  Two Pieces for Piano (1959) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Walrus in Memoriam (1993) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Waltz for Charismas, from The Heaven Ladder, Book 5 (1994) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Mexico City Blues (Chorus 193) (1993) - 9 minute(s)

    Chorus   SMzATBarB a cappella

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Another Secret eQuation (2010) - 17 minute(s)

    Chorus   SAT chor

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Fairytale — A Big Hand for Dr. Seuss, Please! (2006) - 10 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Chorus   SATB-Bar

    Orchestration   bn, flg, btbn, tba, 2perc

  •  June Buddhas (1991) - 24 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(pic:afl).0+ca.1(bcl).asx.2+cbn/1.2.2.1/3perc/hp/str

  •  Sun Rings (2002) - 1 Hour(s) 20 minute(s)

    Chorus   Choir

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc; backing track of sounds recorded by NASA

• Dance
  •  Deep Chandi (1998) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Dancer

    Orchestration   str; tape

• Other
  •  Persian Surgery Dervishes (1971) - 42 minute(s)

    Orchestration   elec org

  •  Tread on the Trail (1965) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   any number of instruments