George Flynn
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George Flynn is a distinguished American composer and pianist. Born in Miles City, Montana on January 21, 1937,[1] he grew up in Montana and Washington. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from, and taught at Columbia University, New York City,[2] and from 1977 to 2001 headed the Department of Composition at DePaul University in Chicago. His works cover a wide range of genres, from symphonies to electronic compositions. His 114-minute piano cycle Trinity was described in Tempo in 2005 as a ‘masterpiece’. It consists of three very large piano pieces, Kanal, Wound and Salvage, each performable on its own. The work has been recorded by the pianist Fredrik Ullén.
Selected compositions
[edit]- Orchestral
- Mrs. Brown for chamber orchestra and tape (1965)
- First Symphony "Music For Orchestra" (1966)
- Tirades and Dreams for chamber orchestra, narrator and soprano (1972)
- Second Symphony (1981)
- Meditations, Praises for chamber orchestra (1981)
- Focus for chamber orchestra (1983)
- Coloration for chamber orchestra (1983)
- Quietude for small orchestra (1983)
- Lost and Found for youth orchestra (1984)
- A Reign of Love for narrator and orchestra (1992)
- Surfaces for chamber orchestra (1997)
- Winter Dusk for string orchestra (1999)
- Rita's Dance (2000)
- Concertante
- The Density of Memory for clarinet trio and orchestra (1997)
- American City for piano and wind ensemble (1998)
- Chamber music
- Piano Quartet (1963)
- Solos and Duos for violin and piano (1964)
- Four Pieces for violin and piano (1965)
- Duo for clarinet and piano (1966)
- Duo for trumpet and piano (1974)
- American Festivals and Dreams for string quartet (1976)
- Duo for cello and piano (1977)
- Duo for violin and piano (1979)
- Celebration for violin and piano (1980)
- Fantasy Etudes for violin solo (1981)
- Saxophone Quartet (1982)
- Woodwind Quintet (1983)
- American Rest for clarinet, viola, cello and piano (1982, 1984)
- Diversion for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1984)
- American Summer for violin, cello and piano (1986)
- Turmoil and Lullabies for clarinet, viola, cello and piano (1986)
- Disquietude and Lullaby for clarinet, viola, cello and piano (1986)
- Diversions for Five Woodwinds (1988)
- Til Death for violin and piano (1988)
- Who Shall Inherit the Earth? for clarinet, viola and 2 pianos (1989)
- Forms of Flight for clarinet solo (1991)
- The Streets are Empty for saxophone quartet (1992)
- Duo for viola and piano (1974, 1985, 1995)
- Winter Landscape Duo for cello and piano (1998)
- Together for violin and piano (2003)
- American Enchantment for string quartet (2003)
- Seeking Serenity for violin and piano (2005)
- Harpsichord
- Drive (1973)
- Piano
- Fuguing (1962)
- Fantasy (1966)
- Music for Piano Four Hands (1966)
- Wound (1968)
- Kanal (1976)
- American Icon (1988)
- Pieces of Night (American Nocturnes) (1989)
- Toward the Light (1991)
- Salvage (1993)
- Preludes (1994)
- Derus Simples (1995)
- Glimpses of Our Inner Lives (2001)
- Remembering (2003)
- Vocal
- Benedictus for mixed voices (1962)
- Christmas Fanfare for mixed chorus (1972)
- Lady of Silences for female chorus (1973)
- Ave Maria for mixed voices unaccompanied, or with piano (1973
- Ave Maria for female chorus (1973)
- Songs of Destruction for soprano and piano (1974)
- Dies Sanctificatus for soprano, alto and piano (1976)
- Dawn for mixed chorus (1977)
- Dusk for mixed chorus (1977)
- Kyrie for female chorus (1977)
- Agnus Dei for female chorus (1977)
- American Voices for mixed chorus, horn and piano (1983)
References
[edit]- ^ "What Happened on January 21, 1937", OnThisDay.com
- ^ "Blending Tradition & Innovation". Columbia College Today. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- Classical Connect biography
- "Classical Connect completes the George Flynn project"
- Chicago Sound review of American City Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Jazz Review review of American City
External links
[edit]- Official web site
- Interview with George Flynn, November 23, 1996