Compositions

Choral

Distance Beyond Distance (1960) ca. 24′
Ten poems for mixed choir
Text by Alexander Twardovsky (Russian) (SK 2575)

Forty Years (1964) ca. 8′
for mixed choir
Text by Victor Teleuke (Moldavian) (KM 1964)

Water-colors (1965) ca. 6′
for women’s choir
Text by Nikolai Rilenkov (Russian) (Muz 1465)

Ten Moldavian Folk Songs (1966-1972) ca. 22′
arr. for mixed choir (Moldavian)

Stones (1980) ca. 6′
for mixed choir
Text from Quotations (English)

Wno lights Up? (1987) ca. 7
for children’s choir
Text by Amir Gilboa (IMI 6697)

Piano

Polyphonic pieces (1962-85) ca. 28′
(SK 1485, 1963;Muz 1295,KM 1667, Lu 1971)

For Piano (1973) ca. 12
(IMI 7387)

Basso Recitativo (1977) ca. 9′ f
or two pnos
(IMI 7387

Variable Structures (1985-87) ca. 18′
Twelve short preludes (IMI 7397)

Alliterations (1993) ca.12′
(IMI 7215)

For Gregory (2000) ca.9′
Three miniatures (IMI 7512)

Bucolics (2002) ca. 6′
five little  pieces for children (IMI 7513)

Instrumental

Lamentation (1973) ca. 10′
for fl (IMI 7389)

For Percussion (1975) ca.
10′ (IMI 7386)

For Harpsichord (1976) ca. 9′

For Harp (1976) ca. 8′
(IMI 7385)

For Organ (1978) ca. 7′

Dedication (1986) ca. 14′
for vln or vla (IMI 7383)

Tenero (1993) ca. 8′] for vcl (IMI 7206)

Misterioso-Sussurando (1998) ca. 6′
for vcl (IMI 7511)

Passolargo (1999) ca. 9′
for gui (IMI 7511)

Ornaments III (2001) ca. 8′
for fl (IMI 7514)

Chamber

Two Little Suites (1962, 1965) ca. 16′
for ww grt

Pieces (1966) ca. 5′
for ob & pno

String Quartet #1 (1962) ca. 9′
Two miniatures on folk tunes
(SK 2954)

String Quartet #2 (1966) ca. 18′
(KM 1979)

String Quartet #3 (1969) ca. 24′
(IMI 327)

About an old Tune (1977) ca. 13′
for vln, vla, vcl & pno (IMI 7216)

Cantus I (1979) ca. 8′
for & 3 obs

Cantus II (1980) ca. 12′
for vln, vla & vc (IMI 7376)

Chamber Music (1992) ca. 18′
for cl & pno

Ornaments I (1991) ca. 9′
for 2 cls (IMI 7391)

Kaddish (1992) ca. 14′
for vcl or vla & pno (7388b)

Ornaments II (1993) ca. 4′
for 2 bsns

Discourse I-II (Cantis VI) (1994) ca. 18′
for ob & str qrt

Strain (1995) ca. 8′
for str qrt (IMI 7394)

Eight Chapters (Quartet #4, 2000) ca. 16′

Music for Nine (2001) ca. 18′
for str qrt & ww qrt (IMI 7398)

Farewell (2001) ca. 4′
for str qrt

Cantus II (2003) ca. 12′
for str qrt

Cantus IV ( Dedication, 2004) ca. 14′
for vln & pno

Vocal

Songs of Captivity and Struggle (1957) ca. 8′
for Bar & pno
Text by Nikolas Gilien (Russian) (SK 154)

Children’s Songs (1959-64) ca. 18′
for v or children’s/women”s choir 
(Russian) (SK 3172, 3656, 3998; Lu 1966)

Songs of Anguished Love (1964) ca. 15′
for v & pno
Text by Silvia Kaputikjan (Russian) (Muz 2329)

Soare cu Dinitz (1972) ca. 12′
for v & pno
Text by Michai Chiubotaru (Molavian) (IMI 7393)

October Sun(1974) ca. 9′
for v, fl, vln, pno & perc
Text by Yehuda Amicahai (Hebrew) (IMI 7390)

This is a Gate Without Wall (1975) ca. 17′
for v, cl, bn, vln, vcl, perc & pno
Text by Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew)

Day and Night Arise to Heaven (1977) ca. 16′
for v, fl, tpt & perc
Text by Immanuel of Rome (Hebrew)

Circles (Life of the World to Come) (1986) ca. 11
for v, cl, vcl & pno
Text by Abraham Abulafia (English) (IMI 7381)

Letters of Creation (1988) ca. 12′
for v & pno
Text from ancient Jewish poetry (English) (IMI 7205)

Eight Pages (1989) ca. 9′
for solo voice
Text by Edmond Jabes (English) (IMI 7208)

To Go Away (1989) ca. 15′
for v, cl, vln, vcl & perc
Text by Jonathan Ratosh (Hebrew) (IMI 7396)

Vocalise (1995) ca.4′
for v & ob (IMI 7207)

Three Nights (1996) ca. 12′
for v, fl, cl, bn, gui, vln, vla, vcl & perc
Text by David Vogel (English) (IMI 7395)

Fermane (1998) ca. 9′
for folk singer and 3 cls
Text trad. (Kurd.) (IMI 7384)

If There Are Seven Heavens (2001) ca. 29′
Twelve miniatures for voice and cello
Text by Edmond Jabes (English)

Symphonic

Symphony (1956) ca. 38′
in four movements for SO
pic,2,2,2,2 – 4,3,3,1, perc, pno, hpd & str

Sinfonietta (1964) ca. 26′
for ChO
2,2,2,2 – 2,2,1,0, perc, pno, hp & str

Concertino (1964) ca. 18′
for vln & ChO
2/pic,2,2,2 – 2,2,2,0, perc, pno, hp & str

Six Moldavian Tunes (1965) ca. 8′
for SO
pic,2,3,2,2 – 4,3,3,1, perc, pno, hp, cel & str

Songs of Forest (1965) ca. 26′
Oratorio for soloists, choir & SO
Text by Victor Teleuke (Moldavian)
3,3,3,3 – 4,3,3,1, perc, pno, hp & str

Unfinished Lines (1969) ca. 11′
for Bar & SO
1,0,1,2 – 0,3,3,1, perc, pno & str
text by Mirza Gelovani, Vladislav Zanadvorov, Chazai Kaloev, Nikolai Majorov (Russian)

Concerto (1970) ca. 24′
for pno & SO
pic,2,2,2,b-cl,2 – 3,4,3,1, timp, perc & str (IMI 284)

Voices (1975) ca. 19′
for v, fl, 4 trbs & str

Concerto for Orchestra (1976) ca. 19′
3/pic,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,dbn – 4,3,3,0, perc, pno, hpd, cel, hp & str (IMI 7382)

Rotations (1979) ca. 15′
for v & SO
3/pic,3,3,2 – 4,3,4,0,perc, pno, hpd, hp & str

Casa Mare (1980) ca.19′
Suite I from the opera for SO
pic.2,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,dbn – 4,3,3,1, timp, perc (2), hp & str (IMI 7236A)

Memory (1981) ca. 18′
for SO
3/pic,3, 3, 2 – 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, perc, pno, hpd, cel, & str (IMI 7223)

Kaddish (1981) ca. 14′
for vcl or vla & StrO (IMI 7388)

Cantus III (1984) ca. 18′
for b-cl & ChO
2/pic,2,2,2 – 2,2,0,0, perc & str (IMI 7377)

Letters of creation (1987) ca. 12′
for v & str
Text from ancient Jewish poetry

Music for Strings (1988) ca. 24′
in three movements (IMI 7234)

Scattered Rhymes (1988) ca. 29′
for mixed choir & ChO
Text by Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew) 3/pic,2,2,2 – 2,2,0,0,0,perc, org, hpd, cel7str (IMI 7392)

Love Remembered (1989) ca. 10′
for mixed choir & ChO
Text by Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew) 2/pic,2,2,2 – 2,2,0,0, perc & str

Cantus V (1990) ca. 22′
Concerto for vla & SO
3/pic,0,2,b-cl,0 – 0,3,3,0, perc, hpd, cel, hp & str (IMI 7378)

Cantus II (1990) ca. 12′
for StrO (IMI 7376A)

Soare cu Dinitz (1994) ca. 12′
for v & SO
Text by Michai Chiubotaru (Moldavian) 1,2,2,2 – 0,2,0,0,perc, hpd 7 str (IMI 7393A)

Cantus VI (1995) ca.18′
for ob & ChO 2hns & str (IMI 7379A)

From Jewish Poetry (1996) ca. 21′
for v & ChO
Text by Edmond Jabes & from ancient Jewish poetry (English)
0,2,0,1 – 0,2,1,0, perc, hpd, cel & str

Beyond All This (1997) ca. 19′
for ChO
1,2,0,2 – 2,0,0,0 & str (IMI 7235)

Cantus IV (Dedication, 2000) ca. 14′
for vln & str (IMI 7247)

Casa Mare (1999) ca. 30′
Suite II from the opera for Mez, Bar & SO
Pic,2,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,2,dbn – 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, perc, hp & str (IMI 7236A)

Cantus VII (2000) ca. 17′
for vln, vcl & SO 
2,0,2,2, – 2,2,0,0, perc, cel & str (IMI 7249)

Cantus VI ( 2002) ca. 18′
for cl & SO
pic,2,2,ehh,cl-pic,b-cl,2,dbn – 2,2,0,0, timp & perc

Cantus IV (Dedication, 2003) ca. 18′
for vln & ChO
2,2,2,2 – 2,2,0,0, perc & str

Vanished Strains (2004) ca. 20′
for SO
pic,2,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,dbn – 4,3,3,1, hpsh, cel, timp & str

Operas

Casa Mare (1966) ca. 114′ Opera in two acts for soloists, choir & orchestra Libretto by Victor Teleuke on a drama by Ion Drutze Pic,2,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,dbn – 4,3,3,1,timp,perc(3), hp & str
(MF 1970)

Chamber Scenes from the Life of Susskind von Trimberg (1982) ca.60″ Chamber opera for soloists, choir, dancers & orchestra Libretto  by Recha Freier 3,3,0,0 – 0,3,3,0, perc, 3 rcds. vla d’amore & str
(IMI 7380)

Various

Monodrama (1975) ca. 12′
music for ballet for cl, bn, 3 vcl, perc, hpd &pno

Prism (1976) ca. 10′
music for ballet for tmb & perc

Two Poems (1978) ca. 14′
music for ballet for fl, vln, vcl & pno

And a time for Every Purpose (1979) ca.16′
music for ballet For fl, tpt, trb & perc

Wings (1979) ca. 42
music for drama 1, 0, 1, 0 – 0, 1, 1, 0, vln, vcl, db, pno & perc

IMI – Israel Music Institute (Tel Aviv)
MF – Muzfond (Moscow) Muz – Muzika (Moscow)
SK – Sovetsky Kompozitor (Moscow)
KM – Kartya Moldavaneske (Cishineu) Lu – Lumina (Cishineu)