worklist
John Sichel
Selected Works
I. Orchestral works
2007 Deep Sky (12 minutes)
commissioned by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for the New Jersey Youth Symphony
double string orchestra and percussion, also a version for full orchestra (2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,2 perc., strings)
2007 Night in the Dominion of Folly (7 minutes) string orchestra
2005 Third Chamber Symphony (20 minutes)
adaptation of Sonata for Piano, Four Hands (2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,piano, 2 perc., strings)
2003 Francesca Da Bimini (3 minutes)
commissioned for the National Symphony Orchestra by the John and June Hechinger foundation.
(2,2,2,2,4,3,3,1, timp +4, strings)
2002 Concerto Mystico I (orchestral version) (22 minutes)
(solo clarinet, 2,2,0,2,2,1,2,0,2 perc., strings)
2000 Symphonies of Vamps (12 minutes)
(2,2,2,2,4,2,3,1, piano, 3 perc., strings)
1998 Concerto for Small Orchestra (after 2nd String Quartet) (30 minutes)
(2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0, 2 perc., solo string quartet, strings)
1997 Concerto Mystico III (23 minutes)
(amplified cello, 3,2,2,3,2,2,1,0, harp, piano, 3 perc., strings)
1996 Concerto Mystico II (30 minutes)
(solo piano, 2,2,2,2,2,2,1,0, 3 perc., strings)
1991 Second Chamber Symphony (17 minutes)
(2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0, piano, 2 perc. Strings)
1986 Orchestra Variations (15 minutes)
(0,2,2,2,2,0,0,0, strings)
1984 Three Places in New Jersey (13 minutes)
(4,4,3, alto sax, 4, 4,4,3,1, 6 perc., strings)
II. Large Chamber Ensemble
1998 Turnpike Music (35 minutes)
(flute, clar., bsn., tpt., trb., accordion, guitar, piano, 2 perc., string qrt., bass)
1986 First Chamber Symphony (40 minutes)
(5 vln., 3 vla., 2 vc., bass)
III. Vocal Music
A. Chamber Opera
1991 Orfeo Suburbano (80 minutes) (libretto by J. Sichel)
4 solo singers (SATB) with clar., trb., guit., piano, perc., bass
B. Choral (a cappella unless otherwise noted)
2008 Kinderscenen (texts by the composer) (8 minutes) SATB, Piano
2006 The Mad Gardener’s Song (text: Lewis Carroll) (3 minutes)
2005 Two Songs (texts by E.E. Cummings and Ralph Waldo Emerson) (6 minutes)
2000 Psalm 95 (4 minutes)
2000 Psalm 137 (12 minutes) (solo mezzo, chorus, violin, viola, organ)
C. Vocal Ensembles
2006 Why So Pale and Wan? (J. Suckling) (3 minutes) (SATB)
1993 Simone Sucks her Thumb (texts by J. Sichel) (20 minutes)
(solo SATB, clar., trb., vln., piano, perc., bass)
1991 Three Folk Ballads (texts trad.) (15 minutes)
1987 Suburban Madrigals (texts by J. Sichel) (40 minutes)
(solo SATB, clar., trb., piano, perc., bass)
1983 Cretaceous Sentiments (texts by J. Sichel) (12 minutes)
(solo TBB, eng. hn., clar. bsn., tpt., trb., tba., 3 violas)
D. Solo Songs
2003 Twelve Songs (texts by Cummings, Emerson, Yeats, Milton, Dickinson, etc.)
IV. Chamber Music
2009 Four Pieces for Percussion Ensemble (6 minutes) (6 perc.)
2007 Oiseaux Ordinaires IV (for flute and piano) (6 minutes)
2006 Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (12 minutes)
2005 Eight Miniatures for Violin and Piano (18 minutes)
2005 3rd String Quartet (15 minutes)
2005 Three Short Movements for Viola and Guitar (6 minutes)
commissioned by Duo Fresco
2003 Piano Trio (20 minutes)
2004 2nd Clarinet Quintet (20 minutes)
2001 Three Short Movements for Bassoon Quartet and Toy Piano (6 minutes)
commissioned by the Toy Piano Collection, UCSD
2000 Variations for Violin and Harpsichord (11 minutes)
1995 Concerto Mystico III (version for cello and piano) (23 minutes)
1995 Oiseaux Ordinaires III (cello and piano) (16 minutes)
1994 Ballade for flute and piano (9 minutes)
1994 Music from Avalon (clarinet, violin, cello, piano) (12 minutes)
1992 Second String Quartet (30 minutes)
1987 1st Clarinet Quintet (13 minutes)
1985 Brass Quintet (17 minutes)
1985 Hungerford Variations (woodwind quintet) (11 minutes)
1984 Trombone Quartet (12 minutes)
1983 Tangos and Seahorns (clarinet, tbn, bass) ( 5 minutes)
1978 String Quartet #1 (21 minutes)
V. Piano
2009 Sonata in G (9 minutes)
2009 Sonata in B (12 minutes)
2008 Sonata in F sharp (12 minutes)
2007 Sonata in E flat (12 minutes)
2007 Nobody Home (2 minutes)
2006 Sonata in D flat (11 minutes)
2006 Eight Inventions (12 minutes)
2006 Little Blue (7 minutes)
2006 Sonata in C (9 minutes)
2005 Sonata in B flat (7 minutes)
2004 Sonata for piano, 4-hands (20 minutes)
2002 Sonata in A flat (9 minutes)
1999 Sonata in E minor (9 minutes)
1999 Fantasy Variations (9 minutes)
1999 Pieces of Nine (15 minutes)
1998 Owl Music (6 minutes)
1996 Four Pieces (6 minutes)
1993 10 Short Pieces (13 minutes)
VI. Wind Ensemble and Band
2009 Math Class Blues and Recess for school band (4 minutes)
2006 Owooga, march for concert band (4 minutes)
1989 Concerto Mystico I (original version) (12 minutes)
(solo clarinet, flute, 2 sax, horn, tpt., 2 trb., tba, perc.)
1987 Five Chamber Marches (20 minutes)
(2 clar./sax, 2 tpt., trb., tba., perc.)
1985 Symphonies of Vamps (version for band) (10 minutes)
VII. Miscellaneous
2009 Sharing the Legacy, documentary film score for clarinet, guitar and cello
2000 Suite for Solo Violin (16 minutes)
1994 Three Short Pieces for Guitar (5 minutes)