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2008

Between the Thoughts John Daversa
for flute and string quartet
(commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades)

Sonata Bruce Broughton
for Violin and Piano
(commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades)

Fantasy for Four Instruments Jeremy Cavaterra
for clarinet, bassoon, viola, and piano
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)

Friendly Persuasions Jake Heggie
for tenor and baroque ensemble
(co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall, London and Pacific Serenades, chamber version commissioned by William Sullivan & Gerald Goodman for Pacific Serenades)

2007

Songs of Rumi Mark Carlson
for baritone, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades)

Dreams: All of a Peace David Lefkowitz
for piano quintet  »score available
(commissioned by J. Christopher Kennedy for Pacific Serenades)

Between the dark and daylight Adrienne Albert
for flute, harp, violin, viola, and cello
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)

Three Cellos Peter Schickele
(commissioned by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades)

2006

Under the Sun Eugene Friesen
for 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos
(commissioned by J. Christopher Kennedy )
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Sample-4 Sample-5 Sample-6 Conclusion

Le Jardin Provençale Byron Adams
for flute, oboe, cello, harpsichord
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel )
MP3 Excerpts: Part-1 Part-2 Part-3a Part-3b Part-4 Conclusion

Pacific Dances Joel McNeely
for piano quartet
(commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part-1a Part 1b Part2a Part2b Part3a Conclusion

Visions and Reflections Leslie Drayton
for clarinet & string quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Jan & Jim Goodwin)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 1b Part2 Part3 Part4a Conclusion

Ratte Quartett Dante de Silva
for piano quartet


Manic States Dwayne Milburn
for piano quartet

2005

Pennipotenti Maria Newman
for flute, violin, and viola
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5 Part6 Conclusion

Music in 4 Sharps Ian Krouse
for guitar and string quartet
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Sample-4 Sample-5 Conclusion

Short Stories Mark Carlson
for string quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Shirley B. Levine for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5 Conclusion

Collage Peter Knell
for piano quintet
(commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5 Part6 Conclusion

Latin Love Miguel del Aguila
for wind quintet and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Conclusion

2004

Trio Bruce Babcock
for clarinet, viola, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2-1 Part 2-2 Part 3

Divertimento Daniel Catán
for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, and double bass
(commissioned by Bernice & Wendell Jeffrey for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1-1 Part1-2 Part 1-3 Part 1-4 Part 2-1 Part 2-2

Tapestry Benjamin Lees
for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Gerry Aster and by Iris Mink for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Conclusion

2003

September Music Jeremy Beck
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)

Current Events Alex Shapiro
for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
(commissioned by Gerry Aster and by J. Christopher Kennedy for Pacific Serenades)

An Echo from the Shore Gary Bachlund
for soprano, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4 Sample 5 Sample 6 Sample 7

Sonata for Viola and Piano Mark Carlson
for viola and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Natalie Limonick for Pacific Serenades)

2002

Nine Episodes for Four Players Ned Rorem
for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
(West Coast Premiere)

Concierto barroco Enrique González-Medina
for flute, violin, cello, and harpsichord  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1. Tocata-a 1-Tocata-b 2-Tango, Gigue 3-Fandango-a 3-Fandango-b

Spring Hodge-Podge Shirley Walker
for piano quartet
(commissioned by Gerry Aster and by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part5 Part 6 Part 7

Impressions Gernot Wolfgang
for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1-1 Part1-2 Part2-1 Part2-2 Part3-1 Part3-2

2001

Black Waltz of a Gossiping Diva John Biggs
for 2 violins, viola, and 2 cellos
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)

Piano Trio Mark Carlson  »score available
(commissioned by Dr. Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)

Four Painters Roger Bourland
for piano quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Lou & Eirene Boni for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1-1 Part 1-2 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4-1 Conclusion

Tracking Inland Donald Crockett
for flute, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, and cello
(commissioned for Pacific Serenades by Charles Bush in honor of Susan Bush)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4 Sample 5 Sample 6

2000

War Scrap John Steinmetz
for violin, cello, piano, and percussion  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)

Hommage ŕ Messiaen Ian Krouse
for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Suite from the Everlasting Bonfire Mark Carlson
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)

String Quartet No. 2 Kathryn Mishell
for string quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Susan Powers, MD, for Pacific Serenades)

1999

Dream Fantasies Mark Carlson
for flute, oboe, viola, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-FromNightsOuterWing 2-InwardEye 3-ToWakenAnOldLady 4-Night Visitors 5-FreeFalling

Divertissement Tania Gabrielle French
for 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

Siren Songs Paul Chihara
for soprano, clarinet, viola, and piano
(commissioned by Dorothy L. Carlson, MD, for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Sample-4 Sample-5 Sample-6

Piano Quartet David Goodman  »score available
(commissioned by Ursula Krummel for Pacific Serenades)

1998

Sextet Pacifica Árni Egilsson
for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Sample-4 Sample-5 Conclusion

Pacific Serenade Miguel del Aguila
for clarinet and string quartet
(commissioned by Dr. Eberhardt & Deedee Rechtin for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1-1 Part 1-2 Part 2-1 Part 2-2 Part 3-1 Part 3-2

Sonata Mark Carlson
for cello and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Virgil & Lynn Roth for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-With a sense of urgency-a 1-With...urgency-b 2-Aria 3-Como un merengue de Venezuela-a 3-Como ... Venezuela=b

Generations Larry Lipkis
for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Dr. Edward & Adele Shapiro for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1-1 Part 1-2 Part 2-1 Part 2-2 Part 3-1 Part 3-2

1997

An American Quintet Mark Carlson
for 2 violins, 2 violas, cello  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1-1 Part 1-2 Part 2-1 Part 2-2 Part 3-1 Part 3-2 Part 3-3

Lauds Maria Newman
for oboe, violin, viola, cello
(commissioned by Dr. Edward & Adele Shapiro for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5

A Primer for Malachi Bruce Broughton
for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

Mulholland Fantasies Russell Steinberg
for piano quartet
(commissioned by the Gordon J. Carlson Memorial Fund for Pacific Serenades)

1996

Fourscore for Morley Mark Carlson
for sting quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Janet Benjamin in honor of her husband Morley Benjamin, on the occasion of his 80th birthday)

1995

Quartet in C minor, Op. 124 Michael Kibbe
for piano quartet
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: mvt. 1 mvt. 2 mvt. 3

Six Bagatelles Mark Carlson
for flute and string quartet  »score available
(commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades)

Quartet Myra Kestenbaum
for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Gordon & Dorothy Carlson for Pacific Serenades)

Mixed Blessings John Steinmetz
for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello, and harpsichord
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

1994

Silhouettes at Sunrise Tania Gabrielle French
for violin, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Gordon & Dorothy Carlson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Starlit Awakenings DanceOfSilhouettes BreathOfDawn IlluminationAndRenewal

Quartet Mark Carlson
for flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Jack & Florence Irving for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-Haunted 2-Alone 3-Future Perfect 4-Mirthful

String Quartet No. 2: Outcrops and Upshots Alexandra Pierce
for string quartet
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Dancing in Her Sleep Larry Lipkis
for piano quintet  »score available
(commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Lullaby Fantasy-Caprice Cakewalk Tarantella Sarabande Lulluby-Reprise

1993

Three Folksongs Robert Aldridge
for clarinet and string quartet
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2-1 Part2-2 Part3-1 Part 3-2

Aubade Paul Chihara
for flute, violin, viola, and cello
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

The Wexford Carol Paul Reale
for string quartet


Abschied Mark Carlson
for cello and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Abschied Samples

1992

Atlantic Serenade Martin Amlin
for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Piano Quartet Mark Carlson  »score available
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-Tarantella 2-Song 3-Capriccio

American Baroque Roger Bourland
for piano trio  »score available
(commissioned for Pacific Serenades by contributors to the Charlie Swigart Memorial Fund)

1991

Sonata Paul Reale
for violin and piano  »score available
(commissioned by David & Carol Carlson for Pacific Serenades)

From One Who Stays Mark Carlson
for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Tientos Ian Krouse
for flute, violin, viola, and cello
(commissioned for Pacific Serenades by contributors to the Charlie Swigart Memorial Fund)
MP3 Excerpts: Sample-1 Sample-2 Sample-3 Sample-4 Conclusion

Trio John Maxwell Anderson
for clarinet, viola, and piano
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

1990

Winter Moods, Op. 106 Michael Kibbe
for flute, violin, cello, and harpsichord
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

Quintet for Piano and Strings David Conte
for piano quintet
(commissioned by Dr. Taro & Rita Yokoyama for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1-1 Part 1-2 Part 1-3 Part 2-1 Part 2-2

Pacific Serenades Robert Kyr
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades)

The Hall of Mirrors Mark Carlson
for clarinet and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Hope Pompei Freedman for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-Winter Visions 2-Ghosts 3-Twilight 4-Scherzo

1989

Recent Dreams Roger Bourland
for horn, violin, and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Carlson for Pacific Serenades)

Behind the Gathering Clouds Zelman Bokser
for violin, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

Rebel Angel Larry Lipkis
for clarinet, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

Starry Night Mark Carlson
for string quartet  »score available
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

1988

Serenade No. 2 Mark Carlson
for flute (and piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

[be]coming together apart Elaine Barkin
for violin and marimba


Graces and Furies Paul Reale
for clarinet and string quartet
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

Of a Summer Evening David Conte
for 2 guitars
(commissioned by Pacific Land Design for Pacific Serenades)

1987

Serenade No.2: Paintings Roger Bourland
for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano  »score available
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)
MP3 Excerpts: 1-Orange Dancing 2-Pink Mobile 3-Red Glass 4-Blue Tears 5-Grey Heat 6-Black Fire 7-Yellow Dancing

Ocean Scherzos Russell Steinberg
for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

Four Movements Alexandra Pierce
for string quartet
(commissioned by Pacific Serenades)

This Is the Garden Mark Carlson
for baritone and piano  »score available
(commissioned by Elizabeth H. Henderson for Pacific Serenades)

1986

After the Sun Has Set Mark Carlson
for mezzo-soprano, 2 oboes, clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, tenor saxophone, 2 horns, double bass, harp  »score available

MP3 Excerpts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

1982

'Twas Brillig Mark Carlson
for organ
(commissioned by Greg Harrold for the inauguration of his Opus 3 (1980) organ for The Parish of St. Matthew, Pacific Palisades, CA)

Intavolatura III Paul Reale
for organ


Cantilena Roger Bourland
for flute and organ
(commissioned by Mark Carlson for Pacific Serenades)