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Andrew Mark Sauerwein

COMPOSING, TEACHING, WONDERING, EXPLORING...

Catalog of Selected Compositions

These pages contain a list of Andy's compositions listed by category and in reverse chronological order. Each entire includes a brief description and a link to more information (including access to scores, demo recordings, and further details, when available). Some entries link to pages with more extensive information. For a complete list of composed works, consult the curriculum vita.

Part of a handwritten draft...

Alphabetical Index

(The Unannounced Appearance of the Princess to) Dancing Paupers

Violin, Clarinet, and Piano

3:25

1991

A Darkened Glass: Five Odd Movements for Solo Cello

Cello.

1996

A Musing

String Quartet

ca. 1:30

1992

A Resurrection Series: Nine Movements After Images by Randall Speck.

15-piece chamber orchestra. Ph. D. Dissertation.

25:00

2001

A Still Point

Violin, Piano

2:35

2017

A Stubborn Calm

Flute, viola, and Harp.

ca. 4:00

1990

ABC ETA

Soprano and Piano.

2:15

2022

Advent: Flocks by Night

Structured Improvisation, Unspecified Instrumentation.

2016

After Wonder

Piano.

2016

After a Coffee Stain (Digression VII)

Piano.

2:35

2010

Amazing Grace (For John)

Viola.

2010

Ask, Seek, Knock

(electronically realized) Woodwind octet and piano.

5:46

2025

Bananagram

Flute, Viola, and Harp.

ca. 3:00

1994

Beach Spring Sketch

flute, oboe, bassoon, piano.

1999

Cascade Fantasias

Viola.

1993

Charlie Hartsfield

Soprano and Piano.

3:11

2017

Chorale Prelude: "Ah, Holy Jesus"

Organ.

2013

Chorale Prelude: "Jesus Lives, and So Shall I"

Organ. In progress...

2017

Chorale Prelude: "O Sacred Head"

Organ.

2013

Ciaccona Enigmata

Marimba.

2015

Desert Song

6 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Cellos

11:00

2024

Digression V

Piano.

2:05

1997

Donne on Good Friday

Choir (SATB), piano.

ca. 3:00

2002

Doxa I

Brass Quintet.

0:45

2015

Dreams of Swans (Digression IV)

Piano.

4:05

2000

Dumbing Down: The Unquestioned Answer

Prerecorded electronics.

1995

Ecclesiastes: musical design and collaborative improvisation for a theatre piece

Oboe, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano.

2008

Faith and Reason.

flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, percussion.

1994

Five Stevenson Songs

Soprano, piano.

13:22

1997

For Hannah

Flute.

2000

For Joel, With Love

Piano.

3:50

2017

For Margo (Digression II)

Piano.

1:20

1991

From Jeremiah

Choir (SATB), piano.

1999

I AM the Resurrection and the Life

Cello, Piano.

2:10

2020

If Rain Falls

Solo Flute, Wind Ensemble.

17:15

1995

In the Interim

Female Voice and Jazz Piano/Combo.

Live at Fenian's Pub

2016

Insipid Digression I

Piano

2:45

1992

Insipid Digression III

Piano.

1992

Interesting Times

Bb Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello

5:50

2020

It Will Be Winter Again

Soprano and piano.

2:39

2023

Jeremy's Buttons

Violin, Marimba.

ca. 4:00

1991

Kibō ("hope")

Violin.

2015

Lament for a Hollow Shell

violin, brake drums (5), Balinese gamelan.

1994

Layers and Modulations

Balinese gamelan, Tibetan prayer bells, brake drums.

1991

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

2 Cellos, Piano.

5:15

2024

Leviathan

Harpsichord, brake drums, Balinese gamelan.

1993

Line

Voice and piano.

2:30

2019

Lord God the Holy Ghost

Choir (SATB), piano.

1997

Meditation on a Mystery

Woodwind quintet.

ca. 3:30

2001

Mostly St. Columba

Soprano, flute, cello.

2003

Mousetraps

Percussion Ensemble.

ca. 5:00

1994

Much Too Much to Mention

Piano.

5:10

1991

Near Love and Sleep

Piano.

4:00

2002

Now We Rest

Soprano, flute, violin, piano.

2006

O Waly Waly

flute (alt. violin), oboe, piano.

1998

On Being Responsible

Saxophone.

2020

Out of Psalm 63

String Orchestra.

7:15

2017

Palm Sunday

Choir (SATB), piano, two trumpets.

Trumpet Prelude

2004

Playrude (Digression VI)

Piano.

5:00

2010

Psalm 126

Choir (SATB) a cappella

ca. 5:00

2021

Psalm 29

Choir (SATB), fl, cl, hn, tpt, pno.

2004

Psalm 29 (rev.)

Orchestra with Chorus.

5:30

2010

Psalm 46

Choir (SATB) a cappella. Text in Hebrew.

2000

Psalm 46 (revised)

Choir (SATB) a cappella. Text in Hebrew and English.

2016

Pursuit

Piano.

11:20

2019

Repose

Prerecorded electronics, actor with pillow and sleeping bag.

1991

Sakharov Song

Piano.

3:50

2013

Sakharoviana

Violin, Piano, Mixed Percussion.

20:00

2012

Seven "O" Antiphons

For worship leader, congregation, and instruments.

2006

Seven Relativistic Etudes

Piano.

14:45

1993

Sextet (Contemporary Obsolescence)

flute, trumpet, bassoon, cello, piano, harpsichord.

1996

Sleep Songs

Soprano, piano.

16:00

2017

Snow Music

Piano.

7:15

1989

Sonata for Tuba and Piano.

...for tuba and piano. Dude.

6:50

1991

Sour Blue Samba

Vibraphone, Bass, Drumset

ca. 5:00

2015

String Quartet #2

1999

String Quartet (#1)

1993

The Beachcomber Walks

Soprano, vibraphone, piano.

1990

The Landing

String Orchestra.

8:40

2009

The Lord in the Manger

Choir (SATB) a cappella.

1999

Three-Phrase Phase

Prerecorded electronics.

1993

Tower

Piano.

4:05

2014

Transfigurations

Wind sextet, dancers.

1992

Unseen

Collaborative improvisation with dancers and instrumentalists.

2007

Weaving

Saxophone quartet.

2004

World's Rim

Guitar trio.

ca. 4:00

2005

YATS (Yet Another Trio Study)

Flute, viola, and Harp.

ca. 3:00

1992

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