Lisa Rainsong: Works List
Orchestra
Reaching Forward (1996)
Two movement work commissioned by Cleveland Women Celebrating the Bicentennial. [of Cleveland OH]. Performed on December 18, 1996 by the Cleveland Women's Orchestra, Robert L. Cronquist, cond., at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Recorded by the Cleveland Women's Orchestra and sealed in a time capsule to be opened in 2096.
No Turning Back (1994)
Chamber orchestra. Written for all those who have lost loved ones to breast cancer.
Chamber
Necessary Attitude for brass quintet (1998)
3 movements. Premiered by the Baldwin-Wallace Brass Quintet at the Cleveland Institute of Music, 9-13-98.
Organ Sonata #1 (1997)
Premiered by Dr. Margaret Rickerd Scharf in recital at Old Stone Church.
Triplicity (1997)
Flute and Bb clarinet. Advanced students.
Signs of Spring (1996)
Violin, viola, cello. Advanced students.
Summer Mourning (1995)
Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp and two percussionists.
Fall Migration (1994)
Dilling harp; for Jocelyn Chang. May also be performed on pedal harp.
Doan Brook Daybreak (1994)
Flute and piano. Includes jazz improvisation.
Women's Land (1994)
Flute, alto saxophone, piano and electric bass. Commissioned by Jean Loria for the Women's Land Project.
Clear and Visibility Unlimited (1994)
Brass fanfare commissioned by Cleveland State University for the inauguration of CSU President Claire Van Ummersen.
Visit to the Crone (1991)
Dilling harp; for Jocelyn Chang. May also be performed on pedal harp.
Straight Ahead (1991)
Four percussionists. Commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra for their educational concert series for children.
Resilience (1991)
Alto saxophone and piano. 2 movements.
Aftereffects (1990)
Mixed chamber ensemble
Choral
The Sacred Way (1997) Text is an Ojibway prayer.
Mixed chorus. Dedicated to the memory of Bain Murray. Composed for the Old Stone Singers, professional chamber choir in residence at Old Stone Church in Cleveland.
O Holy Night (1994)
Arrangement for soprano soloist, choir and harp commissioned by the Old Stone Church and recorded on CD "Christmas with the Old Stone Singers."
Ave Maris Stella (1995)
Chorus, flute, oboe and organ. Based on the plainchant. Commissioned by St. James Anglican Catholic Church.
I Am the One (1994) Poem by Hildegard von Bingen
Women's chorus
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (1992)
Arrangement for choir with harp and organ accompaniment.
Commissioned by St. James Anglican Catholic Church. Recorded by the Old Stone Singers on their CD "Christmas with the Old Stone Singers."
Children of Mother Earth (1990) Text by Lisa Rainsong
Mixed chorus and piano.
Vocal
Witch Hazel (1998) Texts by Lisa Rainsong
Song cycle for soprano, Dilling Harp, flute, oboe, cello, percussion.
1. Spring Came Late
2. Catbird
3. Katydids
4. Witch Hazel
Quicksilver (1998) Text by Jack Hennette, Jr.
Tenor and Bb clarinet. Dedicated to the memory of Jack Hennette, Jr.
Something Changed Today (1996) Texts by Lisa Rainsong
Song cycle for soprano and piano. Commissioned by Eileen Marie Moore.
1. Something Changed Today
2. Why?
3. How Can I Live With You?
4. When You Become Your Father and I Become My Mother
5. Something Changed This Year
I Think I Could Turn and Live With Animals (1996) Text by Walt Whitman.
Tenor and piano. Commissioned by Allie Laurie.
Drop Down Dew from Heaven
Soprano and organ. Advent; text from Isaiah and includes the Advent
plainchant, Rorate caeli.
The Great Sea (1995) Text: Inuit song.
Baritone and Dilling harp. Commissioned by Andrew White and Jocelyn Chang
They Tell Me It Gets Better: Songs for Survivors (1994, 1996)
Texts by Lisa Rainsong.
Song cycle for baritone and piano; also scored for soprano and chamber ensemble.
1. Today I Want to Hide
2. Pleasant and Professional
3. They Tell Me It Gets Better
4. Robins Singing in the Dark
Who Will Sing of My Pain? (1993) Text by Lisa Rainsong, based on poem by H.D.
Soprano, piano, Dilling harp, flute and cello. Commissioned by soprano Eileen Marie Moore.
If You Walk Away (1991) Texts by Lisa Rainsong.
Song cycle for soprano and Dilling harp.
1. You Must Be Perfect
2. How Can You Betray Me?
3. If You Walk Away
Mass for St. Cecilia (1991)
Soprano soloist with organ accompaniment commissioned by organist Louis Hill for St. James Anglican Catholic Church.
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