Thomas Oboe Lee's music on CD-Rs.
 

CD#1: Two symphonies and chamber music

Forró(1998), ca. 3 minutes

        Instrumentation: 2222 2200 perc & strings
        Performers:  Boston Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra
        Gunther Schuller, conductor
        Premiere: May 17, 1998, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA

Yo Picasso (1998), ca. 15 minutes

        Instrumentation: Bb clarinet, viola, cello & piano
         Performers: The Arto Ensemble
         Premiere: April 19, 23 & 26, 1998: Amsterdam, 's-Hertogenbosch & Bunnik in The Netherlands

Symphony No. 1 ... "Fallen Angels" (1993, rev. 1995), ca. 20 minutes

          Instrumentation: 2222 2211 timp perc hp pf & strings
          I. Prince of Darkness
          II. Waltz!!!
          III. Lilith's Lament
          Charleston Symphony Orchestra
          David Stahl, conductor
          May 30, 1996, at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC

Chôros, opus 61 (1994-95), ca. 12 minutes

          Daniel Stepner, solo violin
          Premiere: September 9, 1995, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

        I.    Chôro vivo
        II.    Sambinha chôroso
        III.    Valsa lenta
        IV.    Valsa serenata
        V.    Polca-chôro
        VI.    Valsa graciosa
        VII.    Chôro reprise

Symphony No. 2 ... "A Phantasmagorey Ballet" (1998), ca, 25 minutes

         Instrumentation: 3232 4331 timp 2 perc hp pf & strings
         Performers:  Max Hobart, conductor
           Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
         Premiere: March 8, 1998, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
 

CD#2: Song cycles, etc.

Septet ... Variations on a Shaker Tune   (1998), 14 minutes

           Intro: Shaker tune sung a cappella by Deborah Leath Rentz, mezzo-soprano
          Thomas Oboe Lee, flute
          Scott Andrews, Bb clarinet
          Anne Howarth, Horn in F
          Ronan Lefkowitz, violin
          Mark Ludwig, viola
          Sato Knudsen, cello
          Ben Levy, double bass
          Premiere: October 25, 1998, in Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA

Tunesmith ... An American Beauty Pageant (1993), ca. 16 minutes

          Paul Chou, violin; Paul Salerni, piano
          Premiere: Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York City, March 7, 1994

I Never Saw Another Butterfly (1991), ca. 17 minutes

          Commissioned by Amnesty International USA
          Poems by the children of the Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-44
          D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano
          Chester Bresniak, Bb clarinet
          David Witten, piano
          Premiere: May 19, 1991, First & Second Church, Boston, MA

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1998), 7 minutes

         Poem by Elizabeth Kirschner
         Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo
          John Finney, organ
         Premiere: June 5, 1998, King's Chapel, Boston, MA

Jack and the blues (1997), ca. 15 minutes

         Poems by Jack Kerouac
         Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
         Peggy Senter, piano
         Premiere: May 2, 1997, Concord Community Music School, Concord, NH
 

CD#3: Two pianos
 

Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards, opus 66 ... "Twenty-two salon pieces for two pianos" (1996), ca. 41 minutes

 Performers: Robert Levin & Ya-fei Chuang

 (zero) Il Matto            The Fool entertains the gathered guests with a tarantella.
 I. Il Saltimbanco           The Mountebank shuffles his cards and does a samba.
 II. La Papessa           The High Priestess concocts a magic potion.
 III. L'Imperatrice           The Empress dances all night.
 IV. L'Imperatore          The Emperor promenades into the Great Hall and inspects the courtiers.
 V. Il Papa            The Pope makes a proclamation that all sinners will be pardoned.
 VI. L'Amore            Love in a tropical paradise.
 VII. Il Carro            Triumphant in battle, the gladiators ride into town on chariots.
 VIII. La Giustizia           Justice is swift and unrelenting.
 IX. Il Vecchio            The Old Man reminisces.
 X. La Ruota della Fortuna           Fortunes rise and fall unpredictably.
 XI. La Fortezza            Strength and fortitude will prevail.
 XII. Il Penduto            Lamentation for the Hanged Man.
 XIII. La Morte             Death lurks around the corner.
 XIV. La Temperanza            Temperance in A major.
 XV. Il Diavolo            The Devil seduces with his charm and wit.
 XVI. La Torre           The tower topples and crashes onto the populace gathered below.
 XVII. La Stella           Twinkle, twinkle, little star ...
 XVIII. La Luna            Minuet for moonstruck lovers.
 XIX Il Sole            Sunshine, margaritas and salsa cubana.
 XX Il Giudizio           On the Day of Judgment, the angels blow their trumpets ...
 XXI. Il Mondo           The world would be a happier place if we all dance together.
 

CD #4: Harp concerto and miscellaneous chamber works
 

Morango ... almost a tango (1984-string orch. version), ca. 7 mins.

          Sinfonova Chamber Orchestra
          Aram Gharabekian, conductor
          Premiere of string-orch. version: January 18, 1985, Jordan Hall, Boston

Chôrinhos, opus 38 (1987), ca. 13 minutes

          Commissioned by the NEA for the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
          Instrumentation: flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion
          Society for New Music, Syracuse, NY; Daniel Godfrey, conductor
          November 10, 1987, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Dark Angels (1990, rev. 1994), ca. 10 minutes

          I. Lunacy ... Nijinsky
          II. Lamentoso ... Nureyev
          III.     Mad scherzo ... Baryshnikov
          Sarah Clarke, viola; Eric Bartlett, cello
          Premiere: February 19, 1994, Unitarian Church in Montclair, NJ

Poema de Natal (1996), ca. 12 minutes

          Poem by Vinícius de Moraes
          Jeanine Bowman, mezzo
          Kathy Matasy, Bb clarinet
          Dan Fox, trombone
          Jennifer Elowsky, piano
          Matthew Gordy, percussion
          Steven Lipsitt, conductor
          Premiere: May 2, 1996, Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Saxxologie ... a sextet (1984) for six saxophones, ca. 11 minutes

           Greg Badolato, soprano sax
          Ben Schachter. soprano sax
          Allan Chase, alto sax
          George Garzone, tenor sax
          Tom Hall, tenor sax
          Steve Adams, baritone sax
          Premiere: November 16, 1984, Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Harp Concerto (1985), ca. 18 minutes

          Instrumentation: harp solo 1120 2200 2 perc & strings
          Ann Hobson-Pilot, harp
         Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston
          Gunther Schuller, conductor
          Premiere: April 28, 1985, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
 

CD #5: Third String Quartet and other chamber works
 

Tantric Psalms (1997, rev. 1999), ca. 17 mins.

          Deborah Leath Rentz, mezzo-soprano
          Hawthorne String Quartet
          Premiere : January 29, 2000, Gasson Hall, Boston College

29 Fireflies, Book II, v-ix (1982/1986), ca. 18 minutes

          Shihomi Kishida, piano
           American Academy in Rome, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy
            May 29, 1987

Third String Quartet ... "father of zeus, child of Uranus" (1982)

         Performers:  Kronos Quartet

Piano Quintet ..."apple strudel" (1988), ca. 16 minutes

         Apple Hill Chamber Players
          Merkin Concert Hall, New York City; March 20, 1989
 
 
 

CD#6: Andrés Díaz and Madam Rubio
 

Canções e sambinhas (1996), ca. 16 minutes

         Performers:  Andrés Díaz, cello; Judith Gordon, piano
         Premiere:  April 25, 2000
          Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

             I. Largo: Canção de amor
             II. Sambinha Bachiana
             III. Valsa Lenta
             IV. Mais Uma Vêz!!!

Eight Tarot Cards For Madam Rubio (1997), ca. 19 minutes

         Performers:  Janis Potter & Nancy Zeltsman, marimbas
         Premiere:  March 8, 1997
         The Juilliard School, New York, NY

Eurydice ... A tone poem for cello and orchestra (1995), ca. 33 minutes

          Instrumentation: solo cello 3222 4231 timp 2perc hp & strings

                  I. Orpheus weeps
                  II. Orpheus' resolve
                  III. Orpheus & Eurydice
                  IV. Orpheus' apotheosis

          Andrés Díaz, cello
          Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
          Max Hobart, conductor
          Premiere: April 30, 1995, Regis College, Weston, MA
 

CD #7: Mass
 

Mass for the Holy Year 2000, ca. 53 mins.    

        Commissioned by Boston College, the Jesuit Institute, the Jesuit Community and the Charles W. Englehard Foundation
        Instrumentation: Four soloists, SATB chorus, 2222 2221 timp perc hp org & strings
        First performance: April 15, 2000
        The University Chorale of Boston College
        John Finney, Music Director
        Trinity Chapel, Boston College, Newton, Massachusetts

        I.      Kyrie
        II.     Mediatation.  Poem by Elizabeth Kirschner (b. 1955)
        III.    Gloria
        IV.   Truth.  Poem by Claude McKay (1890-1948)
        V.    Credo
        VI.    And I Remain With You.   Poem by Edith Stein (1891-1942)
        VII.    Sanctus
        VIII.    April 4th 1968.    Poem by Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
        IX.    Agnus Dei
 

CD #8: Jazz selections ...

Morango ... almost a tango (1983), ca. 7 mins.

 Performers:  Kronos Quartet

Symphony No. 3 ... Portraits in Jazz (2000), ca. 21 mins.

Commissioned by the American Jazz Philharmonic and the American Composers Forum
Instrumentation: 3232-4331-2perc-hp-piano trio-strings
Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra:  Mitch Glickman, conductor
July 29, 2000
Royce Hall, UCLA campus, Los Angeles, CA

 I.     Mingus!
 II.    Focus on Stan Getz.
 III.   Miles is God!
 IV.  Elegy for Duke.
 V.  The Jazz Messenger.

Froggs!!! (T.O. Lee)

 Thomas Oboe Lee, flute
 Jerry Bergonzi, tenor saxophone
 Brad Hatfield, acoustic piano and synthesizers
 John Lockwood, electric and acoustic bass
 Alan Hall, drums
 Ray Frisby, percussion

July (B. Hatfield)

Morango ... almost a tango (T.O. Lee)

Double "L" Triptych (T.O. Lee)
 

CD #9:  Four string quartets

Morango ... almost a tango (1983), ca. 7 mins.

     Kronos Quartet

String Quartet on B-flat (1989 - 90; rev. 1993), ca. 19 mins.

     Artaria Quartet of Boston
     Gasson Hall, Boston College
     November 16, 1993

Seven Jazz Pieces (1990 - 91), ca. 16 mins.

    Lydian String Quartet
    Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
    June 6, 1998

ART: arias & interludes (1996), ca. 26 mins.

    Artaria Quartet of Boston
    Viterbo College, La Crosse, Wisconsin
    April 23, 1996
 

CD #10:  Symphony No. 4 ... "War and Peace"   See article.


Symphony No. 4 ... War and Peace  (2001), ca. 25 mins.  


Instrumentation: 2222-4231-timp-2perc-hp-pf-strings
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Max Hobart, Music Director
Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston
Premiere performance: March 3, 2001, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Rupert Brooke, 1887-1915: "The soldier" from The War Sonnets
Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918: "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937: "To his love"


29 Fireflies, Book III, xii - xviii (1998, rev. 2000), ca. 10 mins.

Robert Levin, piano
Alumnae Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI
March 14, 2001

Love Songs (1998), ca. 12 minutes
Commissioned by Peter Papesch for his wife, Barbara.
Peggo Horstmann Hodes, soprano
Calvin Herst, piano
All Newton Music School, West Newton, Massachusetts

[This] Face        Arthur Gorges (1557-1625)
Love Thou Art High    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
A Birthday       Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Pairs         Philip Booth (born, 1925)


He Loves And She Loves ... G. & I. Gershwin (1999 arr. for two pianos), 3.5 mins

    Performers: Randall Hodgkinson & Leslie Amper
    Premiere: May 7 & 9, 1999, Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Symphony No. 3 ... Portraits in Jazz (2000), ca. 21 mins.

    Instrumentation: 3232-4331-2perc-hp-piano trio-strings
    Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
    Mitch Glickman, conductor

    I.     Mingus!
    II.    Focus on Stan Getz.
    III.   Miles is God!
    IV.  Elegy for Duke.
    V.  The Jazz Messenger.


 

CD#11: I've Got The Munchies and other miscellaneous chamber works 

Chôros, opus 61 (1994-95) , ca. 13 minutes

Daniel Stepner, solo violin
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts
October 16, 2001

I.    Chôro vivo
II.    Sambinha chôroso
III.    Valsa lenta
IV.    Valsa serenata
V.    Polca-chôro
VI.    Valsa graciosa
VII.    Chôro reprise

Hancock Shaker Village (2001), ca. 19 minutes

 Commissioned by Peter and Mary Rentz forthe Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
 Performers: Deborah Leath Rentz and the Hawthorne String Quartet
Premiere performance: July 1, 2001; Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts
 Second performance: Nov. 6, 2001; Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

I.   Pillar of Fire, anonymous
II.   All Glean with Care, anonymous
III.   Sweet Home, anonymous
IV.   Quick, anonymous
V.   Farewell Dear Crossbearers, anonymous

Piano Trio No. 1 (1994, rev. 2000) , ca. 17 minutes

Biliana Voutchkova, violin
Rafael Popper-Keiser, cello
Heng-Jin Park Ellsworth, piano
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts
October 16, 2001

I.    Tangata
II.    Tanguedia
III.    Tango-scherzoso
IV.    Fantango

I've Got the Munchies (2001, rev. 2004), ca. 19 minutes

Instrumentation: Violin, viola, bass clarinet in Bb  & vibraphone
Commissioned by Cross Sound Festival
Premiere performances: November 16, 17 & 18, 2001 in  Ketchikan, Sitka & Juneau, Alaska.
Premiere of revised version: March 29, 2004 in Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts.

I.    The Scream
II.    Madonna I, II & III
III.    Tingel-tangel
IV.    The Sick Child
V.    The Dance of Life
VI.    The Sun


CD#11a: Clarinet Concerto and other miscellaneous works 

 

29 Fireflies, Book II, v-ix (1982/1986), ca. 18 minutes

          Shihomi Kishida, piano
           American Academy in Rome, Villa Aurelia, Rome, Italy
            May 29, 1987

 
MARIMOLIN (1986), ca. 13 minutes

          Nancy Zeltsman, marimba
          Sharan Leventahl, violin

I've Got the Munchies (2001, rev. 2004), ca. 19 minutes

Instrumentation: Violin, viola, bass clarinet in Bb  & vibraphone
Commissioned by Cross Sound Festival
Premiere performances: November 16, 17 & 18, 2001 in  Ketchikan, Sitka & Juneau, Alaska.
Premiere of revised version: March 29, 2004 in Gasson Hall, Boston College, Chesnut Hill, Massachusetts.

I.    The Scream
II.    Madonna I, II & III
III.    Tingel-tangel
IV.    The Sick Child
V.    The Dance of Life
VI.    The Sun

Clarinet Concerto ... Sounds of the Islands  (2003), ca. 20 minutes    

Instrumentation: solo clarinet and orchestra: 2222-4330-3perc-pf-strings.
Commissioned by the Brockton Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Cohler, clarinet soloist and conductor
Nelson Fine Arts Auditorium, Brockton High School
Brockton,  Massachusetts
February 8, 2004


CD#12: Christmas Cantata

Christmas Cantata (2001), ca. 21 minutes

 Instrumentation: soprano solo, SATB chorus, organ, brass quartet & timpani
Commissioned by James David Christie and John Finney
John Finney, music director
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church
Wellesley, Massachusetts
December 16, 2001

I.    Hail, Blessed Virgin Mary
II.    Adeste Fideles
III.    Dormi Jesu.
IV.    Sing Lullaby
V.    Gaudete!!!
 


CD#13: Stabat Mater 2002

Stabat Mater 2002, ca. 26 minutes

     Commissioned by the Music Department and the Jesuit Community of Boston College
     Instrumentation: SATB chorus & organ
     Ecclesia Consort
     Pierre Masse, music director
     Church of the Blessed Sacrament
     Providence, Rhode Island
     February 9, 2003


CD#13a

Waltzes, opus 101 (2002), ca. 13 mins

1. Dream Landscape: Marie Taglioni (1804-1884)
2. Waltzin’: Fanny Cerrito (1817-1909)
3. Lullaby: Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899)
4. La Valse: Lucile Grahn (1819-1907)

        Bart Feller, flute and alto flute
        Victoria Drake, harp
        St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Chelsea, New York City
        Oct. 20, 2002

The New England Transcendentalists (2003), ca. 26 mins.

1. Emerson: Moderato
2. Hawthorne: Prestissimo!!!
3. Louisa May Alcott: Lento
4. Thoreau: Lento, Andante, Moderato

Hawthorne String Quartet
The Hevreh, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
March 30, 2003

Twenty-nine Fireflies, Book IV, xix - xxv (2002), ca. 13 mins.

1.    Firefly xix … 0257    Vigorously!!!
2.    Firefly xx … 0158    Prestissimo!!!   
3.    Firefly xxi … 0136    Allegretto …
4.    Firefly xxii … 0246    Allegro molto …
5.    Firefly xxiii … 0235    Vivace …
6.    Firefly xxiv … 0268    Andante con moto …
7.    Firefly xxv … 0167    Lento …

Ya-fei Chuang, piano
Gasson Hall, Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
March 31, 2003

Stabat Mater 2002, ca. 26 minutes

Eccelsia Consort
Pierre Masse, music director
Donald Dame, organ
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Providence, Rhode Island
February 9, 2003