Aaron Jay Kernis : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Color Wheel (2001) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)+pic.3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4431/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp.eb/str

  •  Concerto with Echoes (2009) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   0.2.0.2/2.Ctpt.0.0/perc/str (no vn)

  •  Five Etudes

  •  Invisible Mosaic III (1988) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(2pic).3(3ca).3(2Ebcl,3bcl).3(3cbn)/432+btbn1/timp.4perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Musica Celestis (1990) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  New Era Dance (1992) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.22(Ebcl,bcl).2(opt police whistles)/432+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(police whistle)/str; audio effects

  •  Newly Drawn Sky (2005) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(ebcl:bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf.hp/str

  •  On Wings of Light (2010) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2.2.2/4.3.2+tbn.1/timp.3perc/str

  •  Overture in Feet and Meters (2000) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2.2/2200/2perc/str

  •  Sarabanda in Memoriam (2004) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Second Symphony (1991) - 25 minute(s)

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

  •  Symphony In Waves (1989) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).2(ca).1(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/3.1([pic tpt]).0.0/perc/pf(cel)/str (min 6.6.4.4.2)

  •  Too Hot Toccata (1996) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic).2.1(Ebcl)+bcl.2/2.2(pictpt).0.0/2[=3]perc/pf/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Air (for Cello and Orchestra) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   2(pic).121/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str

  •  Air (for Violin and Orchestra) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   2(pic).1.2.1/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str

  •  Colored Field (Cello Concerto) (1994) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Colored Field (English Horn Concerto) (1994) - 40 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   English Horn

    Orchestration   3(pic).2.3(Ebcl,bcl).2(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Concierto de “Dance Hits” (1999) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Guitar (amp)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Double Concerto for Guitar and Violin (1997) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Guitar, Violin

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2200/3perc/hp.syn.cel.honkytonk pf/str

  •  dream of the morning sky (Cycle V, Part I) (1982) - 23 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

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

  •  Dreamsongs (2013) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   fl(pic).ob(ca).2cl(Ebcl:bcl).1/2.1.1.0/timp(perc)+perc/hp/str (min players 4.4.2.2.2)

  •  Lament and Prayer (1996) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   0100/0000/perc.small Asian bells/2hp/str

  •  Simple Songs (soprano and chamber orchestra) (1991) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   1(pic).100/1000/perc/hp/str (min 6.6.4.3.2)

  •  Toy Piano Concerto (2002) - 28 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Toy piano (amplified)-grand piano

    Orchestration   2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2111/3perc/syn.hp.egtr/str

  •  Valentines (2000) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   4(2pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf+cel/gtr/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  A Voice, a Messenger (2009) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Trumpet

    Orchestration   4(2pic,afl).4(ca).5(Ebcl,2bcl,cbcl).4(cbn)/4.3[=4].4.2/timp.4[=5]perc/hp.1[=2]kbd(cel,syn,pf).ebgtr/1[=3]db

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Invisible Mosaic II (1988) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).1.1(bcl).1/1111/2perc/hp.pf(cel)/str (1.1.1.1.1 players)

  •  On Distant Shores (2011) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   ob, 2vn, va, 2vc, pf

• Soloist(s) and Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  America(n) (Day)dreams (1984) - 18 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo-soprano

    Orchestration   1(pic).01(bcl).0/1100/perc/hp.pf/str (1.0.1.1.1 players)

  •  Ballad (2004) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Cello

    Orchestration   7vc
    (Cello; 7 recorded vc)

  •  Barbara Allen (1988) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, 2perc, hp, 2vn, va, vc, db

  •  Cycle III (1981) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Baritone

    Orchestration   fl(pic,afl), ob(ca), 2perc, hp, pf(cel), gtr, va

  •  Goblin Market (1995) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   1(pic,afl).1(ca).2(Ebcl:bcl).1/1100/1[=2]perc/pf/vn.va.vc.db

  •  Morningsongs (1982) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   1(pic,afl).02(bcl).1/1000/perc/hp/str (1.0.1.1.0 players)

  •  Simple Songs (soprano and ensemble) (1991) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   1(pic)100/1000/perc/hp/str(1.1.1.1.1)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  100 Greatest Dance Hits (1993) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Guitar

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Air (for Cello and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Air (for Flute and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, pf

  •  Air (for Flute and String Quartet) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl/2vn.va.vc

  •  Air (for Violin and Piano) (1996) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Ballad (for Cello and Piano) (2004) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Delicate Songs (1988) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(pic,afl), vn, vc

  •  Fanfare con fuoco (2002) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf

  •  Harlem River Reveille (1993) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hn, 2tpt, tbn, tba

  •  Invisible Mosaic I (1986) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, vn, vc, pf

  •  Lullaby (1994) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Meditation (1981) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Mozart en Route (1991) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc

  •  Music for Trio (1982) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(afl,pic), vc, pf

  •  Passacaglia-Variations (1985) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   va, pf

  •  Perpetual Chaconne (2012) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   cl, 2vn, va, vc

  •  Pieces of Winter Sky (2012) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl(pic).cl.perc.pf.vn(va).vc

  •  Still Movement With Hymn (1993) - 28 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, va, vc, pf
    ([or cl, vn, vc, pf])

  •  String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis” (1997) - 39 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  String Quartet, "musica celestis" (1990) - 35 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc

  •  Trio in Red (2001) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   clarinet in A(Ebcl), vn, pf

  •  Two Movements (with Bells) (2007) - 17 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin, piano

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Aria-Lament (1992) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   violin

  •  A Dance of Life (2010) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn

  •  Partita (1981) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   gtr

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Angel Lullaby 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Ballad(e) out of the Blues - Superstar Etude #3 (2008)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Before Sleep and Dreams (1990) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Cycle II (1979) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2pf, 4 or 8 hands

  •  Hymn (1993) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   acn

  •  Lullaby (from “Before Sleep and Dreams”) (1987) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Morningsong and Mist (Aubade sous Brume) (2011) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Phantom Polka (1987) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   acn

  •  Playing Monster (2006) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Speed Limit Rag (2001) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Suite in Three Parts (1982) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   org

  •  Superstar Etude No. 1 (1992) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Superstar Etude No. 2 (2002) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Waltz for Linda (2003) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Dorma, Ador (2000) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Mezzo-Soprano

    Chorus   SATB a cappella choir

    Orchestration   opt handbells

  •  Ecstatic Meditations (1998) - 17 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SSAATTBB a cappella choir

  •  Effortlessly love flows (1998) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB unaccompanied

  •  Glorious Majesty (2012) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   SSAATTBB

  •  Home (No. 1 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  How God Answers the Soul (1995) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB unaccompanied

  •  How the soul speaks to God (1998) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB unaccompanied

  •  I Cannot Dance O Lord (1998) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB unaccompanied

  •  I Will Lie Down (1985) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB choir

    Orchestration   pf

  •  In Our Children's Embrace (No. 5 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  In Search of Hope (No. 4 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella

  •  Is There a Place? (No. 3 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Light of Heaven (No. 2 from Garden of Light) (1999) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, Tenor

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Love of God (2007) - 5 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   org

  •  Music is a Gift (2004) - 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  On the Presence of God, from Two Meditations (2006) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   opt org

  •  On Transience, from Two Meditations (2006) - 7 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   org

  •  Praise Ye The Lord (1984) - 6 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus a capella

  •  Song of You (2012) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Stein Times Seven (1980) - 13 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSATB chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord (1982) - 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   organ

  •  Two Meditations (2006) - 14 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus

    Orchestration   org

  •  The Wheel of Time, the Dance (2003) - 17 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB chorus a cappella

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Garden of Light (1999) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Boy soprano, Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone

    Chorus   SATB chorus, Children’s chorus

    Orchestration   4(2pic).4(ca).4(Ebcl.2bcl).ssx+asx+tsx+barsx.3+cbn/643+btbn.1/timp.6perc/egtr.eb/hp.cel.pf.syn/str

  •  Symphony of Meditations (2009) - 1 Hour(s) 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   soprano, bass-baritone

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3(Dtpt).3.1/timp.4perc/hp.pf/str

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky (1990) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   perc, pf, vn

  •  Clear Midnight (2013) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   baritone

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Death Fugue (1981) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Bass Baritone

    Orchestration   perc, db

  •  Feng Shui for Your New Home (2012) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  L'Arte della Danssar (from The Art of Dance) (2011) - 21 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   High soprano

    Orchestration   fl(pic), va. hp, perc

  •  Love Scenes (1986) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   vc

  •  Nocturne (1982) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   tpt, 2pf, 2glock

  •  Le Quattro Stagioni dalla Cucina Futurismo (The Four Seasons of Futurist Cuisine) (1991) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   vn, vc, pf

  •  Simple Songs (soprano and piano) (1991) - 20 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Six Fragments of Gertrude Stein (1979) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   fl(pic,afl)

  •  Songs of Innocents, Book I (1989) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Songs of Innocents, Book II (1991) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby (2006) - 22 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   vn, gtr, pf
    (Soprano; vn, pf)

  •  Two Songs: Love and Spirit (2011) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   S

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Valentines (2000) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano

    Orchestration   pf