Sapphire Song for solo Bb clarinet by Donald Steven, duration ca 12′ Sapphire Song is a solo clarinet work which was commissioned and premiered by clarinetist Robert Riseling. The work is contemplative, somewhat in the character of the traditional shakuhatchi (bamboo flute) folk-art music of Japan. It is, for the most part, completely written out, […]
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In the Land of Pure Delights for chamber ensemble with electronics, by Donald Steven Dur: 21 min For flute (alto flute, bass flute, picc), clarinet (E-flat clar, bass clar), 2 percussion, synthesizer, violin (viola), violoncello Full Score View perusal score Listen on Sound Cloud Commissioned by the CBC for the Pierrot Ensemble (Ottawa). Winner of […]
Illusions for solo cello by Donald Steven Dur: ca 6 min cello score View perusal score Listen on our YouTube channel
Pages of Solitary Delights by Donald Steven for medium voice Dur: 11′ Text: F.R. Scott This was commissioned by the McGill (University) Symphony Orchestra for contralto Maureen Forrester to perform and record. It tied for the first place JUNO award (with Malcolm Forsyth’s Atayoskewin, which we also have published) the first time the category for […]
October: poem for dayes’ end for alto flute by Donald Steven Dur: ca 5 minutes While written for alto flute, the composer says that this could be played by any instrument of a similar range including traditional instruments. This piece is the central work of a triptych still being created, called Floating Verses Perusal score
Illusions for solo cello by Donald Steven Duration 6′ Sample pages score Listen Illusions is a dramatic work, full of contrasts and juxtapositions, written for solo cello in the tradition of the Bach Cello Suites. Formally the work is in sonata form and is based on a twelve-tone row which contains both atonal elements and […]
My Friend, the Leper by Donald Steven Dur 2′ ca for string quartet score & set of parts Sample pages Listen My Friend the Leper is a very short character piece: a bagatelle or an encore piece. The piece celebrates an imaginary friend whose outward way of being has left him somewhat ostracized from those […]
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