Works

For a complete list of works and performances, please view the following link:

DALIT WARSHAW List of Works 2020

>> Orchestral Works:

1. Sirens: A Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra (28 minutes) – August 2017
World premiere: Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Oct. 4, 2019) – Gil Rose
New York premiere: Albany Symphony (Nov. 9, 2019) – David Alan Miller
Carolina Eyck, theremin

2. Responses for orchestra (14 minutes) – August 2016
World premiere: Bowling Green Philharmonia – Emily Freeman Brown

3. Conjuring Tristan for piano and orchestra (25 minutes) – November 2014
Commission: Grand Rapids Symphony – David Lockington

4. After the Victory for orchestra and chorus (25 minutes) – April 2006
Commission: Grand Rapids Symphony – David Lockington

5. Al ha-Shminit: Interludes on a Bygone Mode for chamber orchestra (12 minutes) – November 2003
Commission: Joel Sachs and the New Juilliard Ensemble

6. Camille’s Dance (10 minutes) – September 2002
Performances:

• Grand Rapids Symphony – David Lockington
• American Composers Orchestra – Dennis Russell Davies
• New England Philharmonic – Richard Pittman

7. Beethoven’s Symphony Op. 26 – January 2002
[An orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in Ab Major, including his own transcription of the work’s “Marcia Funebre”]
Performance: The Beethoven Festival, sponsored by Friends of the Arts
Camerata NY – Richard Owen
Performance lecture: The Juilliard School

8. Maid of Domremy (16 minutes) – March 1995
Commission: Empire State Youth Orchestra – Francisco Noya
Other performances:
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor

9. The Mountain (22 minutes) – October 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Roanoke Symphony Orchestra – Victoria Bond
Other performances:
The Juilliard Symphony – Gisele Ben Dor

10. Dolphy (15 minutes) – April 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston – Gisele Ben Dor
Other performances:
New Century Ensemble – Emory Waters

11. Musings (17 minutes) – March 1992
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Book of Isaiah
Commission: Colorado Symphony Orchestra – David Lockington
Sandra Schwarzhaupt, soprano

12. The Kingdom of Lord Dolphy (15 minutes) – December 1990
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons

13. The Doom of King Saul (15 minutes) – February 1988
Commission: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor
Other performances:
Augusta Symphony Orchestra – Gisele Ben Dor

14. Ruth (12 minutes) – April 1986
Commission: Israel Sinfonietta – Gisele Ben Dor
Other performances:

• Boston Symphony Orchestra – Grant Llewellyn
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Jesus Lopez-Cobos
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Kirk Trevor
• Portland Symphony Orchestra – Toshiyuki Shimada
• Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra – David Lockington

15. Conflicts in Genesis (12 minutes) – December 1985
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons

16. In the Beginning (27 minutes) – September 1984
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons
Other performances:

• New York Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta
• Israel Philharmonic – Zubin Mehta
• Cleveland Orchestra – Jahja Ling
• Houston Symphony – Toshiyuki Shimada
• Albany Symphony – Victoria Bond
• Little Orchestra Society – Dino Anagnost
• Y Chamber Orchestra – Amy Kaiser
• Eugene Symphony – Marin Alsop

17. Fun Suite (15 minutes) – September 1983
Commission: Rockland Symphony – Edward Simons
Other performances:

• Denver Symphony – David Lockington
• Disney’s Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra – Daniel Hege
• Toledo Symphony – Ole Schmidt
• Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra of Pittsburgh – James Meena
• Vallejo Symphony – David Ramadanoff

>> Chamber Works:

1. Stories for Strings for string quartet (15 minutes) – November 2012
Performances:

• Quatuor Intercontemporain de Fontainebleau
• Monadnock String Quartet, Monadnock Music Festival

2. Solstice for violin and marimba (12 minutes) – April 2012
Performances:

• Miranda Cuckson, violin, Bill Solomon, marimba
• Azure Ensemble, Merkin Concert Hall, NY
• Wang Xu, violin, Luke Rinderknecht, marimba
• Bowdoin International Music Festival, Gamper Festival

3. Night Lights for flute, violin, theremin and tuba – May 1, 2010
Performance: Composers Concordance
Lynn Bechtold, violin
Helen Richman, flute
Jay Rozen, tuba
Dalit Warshaw, theremin

4. Chamber of Dreams for horn, violin and piano – January 2009
Performance: Eli Epstein, horn
Sharan Levanthal, violin
Karl Paulnack, piano

5. Sonate Francaise (The Unwritten Chapters) for flute, oboe/Eng. Hn., Clar./Bass Clar., horn, string quintet, piano, percussion (13 minutes) – August 2008
Commission: The Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music
Performances:

• Collage New Music
• Grand Rapids Symphony Players

6. Transformation for string quartet and theremin (7 minutes) – July 2007
Performances:

• San Francisco Symphony Chamber Series, Davies Hall
• The Momenta Quartet
  Haverford College, The Boston Conservatory
  Dalit Warshaw, theremin
  Utrecht String Quartet
  Friction String Quartet
  Acacia String Quartet
  Thorwald Jorgensen, theremin

7. Elegy for string quartet and theremin (10 minutes) – July 2007
Performances: The Momenta Quartet and Dalit Warshaw, theremin
Haverford College

8. Fable for string quartet (7 minutes) – July 2007
Performances: The Momenta Quartet

11. Elegy on a Theme of Sappho for string quartet (10 minutes) – December 2006
Performances:

• The Momenta Quartet (Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies, Yeshiva University, Amphibian Concert Series, among other venues)
• Northwest New Music Ensemble

9. The Departure for string orchestra and theremin – January 2008
Performances:

• Hemenway Strings, The Boston Conservatory
• Camerata Notturna, conductor Jonathan Yates
  Dalit Warshaw, theremin

10. Tehinnot for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano (21 minutes) – July 2004
Commission: Bowdoin International Music Festival
Performance: Re’ut Ben Zeev, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Jacqueline Ross, violin
John Root, piano
Simone Fontanelli, conductor

11. Nizk’orah for theremin, ‘cello and piano (7 minutes) – April 2001
Performances:

• San Francisco Symphony Chamber Players
  Dalit Warshaw, theremin,
  Barbara Bogatin, ‘cello
  Robin Sutherland, piano
• Memorial Concert for Clara Rockmore, Steinway Hall
  Pamelia Kurstin, theremin
  Dorothy Lawson, ‘cello
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
• Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, theremin
  Ariel de Wolf, ‘cello
  Deborah Lee, piano

Piano trio version (2011)

• Grand Rapids Symphony players:
  Christopher Martin, violin
  Alicia Eppinga, ‘cello
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
• Juventas New Music Ensemble:
  Olga Patrmanskaya-Bell, violin
  Minjin Chung, ‘cello
  Julia Scott Carey, piano

12. And the Furies Wept for piano, four hands (6 minutes) – January 1997
Choreography: Lorena Egan
Performances:

• Wednesdays at One Concert Series at Alice Tully Hall
• The Juilliard Theater
  Yi-heng Yang, piano
  John Root, piano

13. The Nameless for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, ‘cello, piano (14 minutes) – July 1993
Commission: The Carlysle Project and Boston Ballet II
Other performances:

• Rebecca Kelly Dance Company
• Bowdoin Summer Music Festival

14. Quartet on the Roof for clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano (6 minutes) – Jan. 1990
Commission: Northwest Indiana Chamber Players
Other performances:

• Aspen Contemporary Ensemble
• The Juilliard Theater
• Miller Theater
• Steinway Hall

15. Morning After the Victory for string orchestra, flute and piano (5 minutes) – December 1988
Commission: Northwest Indiana Symphony – Robert Vodnoy
Other performances:
Misgav Chamber Ensemble – Lukas Foss

16. Woodwind Trio for flute, English horn and bass clarinet (5 minutes) – July 1990
Performances: Music Amici

17. Ruth arranged for piano, four hands (12 minutes) – 1989
Performances:

• Merkin Hall, memorial concert for Nadia Reisenberg
• Rockland Community College
  Ruti Hadass Warshaw, piano
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

18. Vocalise for ‘cello (or soprano) and piano (3 minutes) – 1995
Performances: Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
Paul Hall, The Juilliard School

19. “No More Bad Dreams, My Child” for clarinet and piano (3 minutes) – 1985

19. Horah and Variations for violin and piano (3 minutes) – 1984

>> Opera:

1. The Letters of Mademoiselle C. (2018)
A semi-staged dramatic song cycle based upon the life and letters of fin-de-siecle Parisian sculptor Camille Claudel (Recipient of the 2017 OPERA America Discovery Grant for Female Composers)
Text and music: Dalit Warshaw
Performances:

• National Opera Center
• Cutting Edge Concerts at Symphony Space
  Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
  Dalit Warshaw, piano

>> Choral Works:

1. After the Deluge for SATB choir and chamber orchestra (11 minutes)
Text: The Book of Genesis, Chapter 8
Performances: The Northwest Sinfonietta and Pacific Lutheran University
Choral Union – David Lockington

2. After the Victory for SSAB (young people’s chorus) or SATB choir and orchestra (or piano reduction) (25 minutes) – January 2006
Text: Excerpts from the Song of Deborah
Translations: Hilan Dov Warshaw, King James
Scenario: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performances: North American Choral Company and the Grand Rapids
Symphony – David Lockington

3. Ki le-Olam Ashirah for SATB choir (30 minutes) – November 2001
Text: Selections from the Psalms
Jeremiah I
“Birkat ha-Kohanim” (The Priests’ Blessing)

4. Birkat ha-Neshamah for SATB choir (1:30 minutes) – March 2002
Text: Excerpts from the Jewish Morning Service

5. Canto for SATB choir (6 minutes) – December 1999
Text: “Vago Augelletto,” from Canti Amorosi, Petrarch

>> Vocal Works:

1. ”Dream Deferred” for baritone and piano – March 2009
Text: Langston Hughes
Performances: Rockport Music (MA), Emmanuel College and other locations
Aaron Engebreth, baritone
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Linda Osborn-Blaschke, piano

2. But Not Forgotten (25 minutes) – June 2006
Texts by Muriel Rukeyser, Sappho (trans. Mary Barnard), Dorothy Parker, Christina Rossetti
Performances: The Boston Conservatory
Aliana de la Guardia, soprano
Anna Christina Ward, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

3. Tehinnot for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano (21 minutes) – June2004
Commission: Bowdoin International Music Festival
Performance: Re’ut Ben Zeev, soprano
Christina Jennings, flute
Igor Begelman, clarinet
Jacqueline Ross, violin
John Root, piano
Simone Fontanelli, conductor

4. Kiddush ha-Levanah for soprano and piano (17 minutes) – July 2002
Text: “Seder Kiddush ha-Levanah,” from the Sabbath Prayer Book
Performances:

• Cutting Edge Concert Series at Greenwich House
• The Juilliard School
• Middlebury College
• The Boston Conservatory
  Re’ut Ben-Ze’ev, soprano
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

5. Rose of Sharon for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano (6 minutes) – March 1996
Commission: New York Festival of Song
Performances:

• Nancy Allen Lundy, soprano
  Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
  Michael Barrett, piano
• Moab Festival
  The Juilliard School
  Karin Caspi, mezzo-soprano
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw

6. Notes from the Jaded Balladeer for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano (8 minutes) –
January 1996Text: “Pour Prendre Conge,” Dorothy Parker
Performance: The Juilliard School
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Shelly Watson, mezzo-soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

7. Musings for soprano and piano (15 minutes) – January 1992
Text: Poems by Hilan Dov Warshaw and excerpts from the Book of Isaiah
Performance: Merkin Hall
Monica Yunus, soprano
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

8. Poetry for narrator and piano (5 minutes) – April 1997
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performances: Clark Studio Theater
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

9. The Pheasant and the Serpent for narrator and piano (8 minutes) – April 1987
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performance: Young Audiences at Lincoln Center
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

10. The War of Gettysburg for narrator and piano (8 minutes) – 1984
Text: Hilan Dov Warshaw
Performances: WQXR, “The Listening Room”
Rockland Community College
Hilan Dov Warshaw, narrator
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

>> Solo Instrumental Works:

1. Winter Dream (in memoriam Charlotte Salomon) – for piano (13 min.) – November 2016
Performances:

• Musica Lirica at the Greenwich House Music School
• Ensemble for These Times, San Francisco
  Dalit Warshaw, piano

2. Farewells – for piano (12 min.) – October 2016
Premiere: “Here and Now” Series at Bargemusic
Dalit Warshaw, piano

3. Encounters – for piano (12 min.) – October 2014
Premiere: “Here and Now” Series at Bargemusic
Dalit Warshaw, piano

4. Ballade – for piano (13 min.) – May 2015
Premiere: “Dalit Warshaw and Jessica Meyer: Intimate Voices” – Spectrum NYC
Dalit Warshaw, piano

5. Confessional [or: The Trial and the Ecstasy of Chiara Signorini] – for piano (23 min.) – May 2013
Performances: Spectrum Sunday Salon Series. Boston Conservatory Faculty Recital, Temple University Guest Artist Series
Dalit Warshaw, piano

6. First Love Song for solo piano (9 minutes) – February 2013
Performances:

• Keyed Up Music Project, “Dalit Warshaw: Intricacy, Intimacy and Expression”
  Marc Peloquin, piano
• Spectrum Sunday Salon Series
  Boston Conservatory Faculty Recital
  Temple University Guest Artist Series
  Rockland Symphony Chamber Series
  Dalit Warshaw, piano
• Juventas New Music Ensemble
  Julia Scott Carey, piano

7. Responses for solo piano (12 minutes) – January 2013
I. … Op. 119, no. 1
II. … Op. 116, no. 5
III. … Op. 76, no. 3
Performances:

• Keyed Up Music Project, “Dalit Warshaw: Intricacy, Intimacy and Expression”
• Spectrum Sunday Salon Series
• Boston Conservatory Faculty Recital
• Temple University Guest Artist Series
  Dalit Warshaw, piano

8. The Sexton Preludes for solo piano (12 minutes) – May 2012
I. “Three Green Windows”
II. “The Silence”
III. “The Kiss”
Performances:

• Spectrum Sunday Salon Series
• Boston Conservatory Faculty Recital
• Temple University Guest Artist Series
  Dalit Warshaw, piano

9. Naissance for solo ‘cello – December 2010
Commission: Rhonda Rider, cello
Performances: Fort Worth, TX, Grand Canyon, AZ, The Boston Conservatory,
and other locations

10. The “Dreidl” Variations for solo piano – August 2010
Performance: Black Cove Festival – New England Women Composers
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

11. Invocation for solo theremin – January 2009
Performance: “Composers as Performers, Performers as Composers”: Theremin recital at the Boston Conservatory
Dalit Hadass Warshaw, theremin

12. Muse III: Euterpe for solo oboe (2006)
Performance: The Boston Conservatory
Angela Lickiss, oboe

13. Muse IV: Erato for solo harp (2006)
Performances:

• Cutting Edge Concerts at Symphony Space
  Percussia, Hudson Opera House
  Susan Jolles, harp
• Boston Harp Festival (Boston Conservatory)
  Tomina Parvanova, harp

14. Muse V: Terpsichore for solo trumpet (2006)

15. Muse VI: Urania for solo vibraphone (2006)

16. Desert Call for ‘cello solo (10 minutes) – July 2001
Performances:

• Bargemusic
  The Boston Conservatory
  New Jersey City University
  Wendy Warner, ‘cello
• BMOP Club Concert Series
  David Russell, ‘cello
• Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fontainebleau
  Chagit Glaser, ‘cello
• The Juilliard School
  Massachussetts Institute of Technology
  Clarice Jensen, ‘cello
• Middlebury College
  University of Georgia
  Craig Hultgren, ‘cello
• Yamaha Piano Salon
  The Boston Conservatory
  Michigan State University
  Victor Coo, ‘cello

17. Lessons from the Muir Woods for solo flute (4 minutes) – September 1997
Commission: Dancing Bear Ensemble, Interlochen Arts Academy
Tara Gilb, flute

18. Prelude to Charlotte for solo piano (7 minutes) – November 1996
Performances:

• Zoom! Concert Series at Merkin Hall
  Emma Tahmizian, piano
• The Juilliard School
  John Root, piano
• Les Ecoles Americains des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
  SUNY at Stony Brook
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano
• The Boston Conservatory
  Sonia Rose, piano

19. Lone Conversation for Clarinet (6 minutes) – July 1994
Performances:

• The Aspen Music Festival
  Anthony Burr, clarinet
• The Juilliard School
  Aaron Zachko, clarinet
• Music Amici
• The Boston Conservatory
  Megan Ankuda, clarinet
• New Gallery Concert Series
  Radius Ensemble
  Eran Egozy, clarinet

20. Three Intermezzi for Solo Piano (15 minutes) – July 1994
I. For Saba and Forgotten Souls
II. To the Fireflies and Others Not Thought Of As Souls At All
III. Agitato
Performances:

• The Aspen Music Festival
• The Juilliard School
• Les Ecoles des Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
• International Piano Festival of Jerusalem at Tel Hai
• The Boston Conservatory
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

21. The Nameless for solo piano (14 minutes) – June 1993
Performances:

• International Piano Festival of Jerusalem at Tel Hai
• Les Ecoles de Beaux Arts de Fountainbleau
• The Boston Conservatory
  Dalit Hadass Warshaw, piano

22. Ruth arranged for piano solo (12 minutes) – 1989
Performance: New York University
Marija Stroke