Musical Works of Ron Hannah

- WORKS BY RON HANNAH -

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- CHORAL WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece

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   SECULAR CHORAL - Unaccompanied:
The Latest Decalogue, for SATB a cappella (words by Arthur Hugh Clough) l975
Songs from the Sanskrit, for SATB a cappella l976
3 Romantic Madrigals for SSATB a cappella (words: Thomas Moore, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt) l985
Overheard on a Saltmarsh, for SATB a cappella (words by Harold Monro) 1990
Le Chat, for SATB a cappella (words by Charles Beaudelaire) 1997
Burning Seraph Eyes, for SATB a cappella 2015
Ruri, Ruri, Armenian Lullaby, for SATB a cappella (Words by Ajan Syrian and Andrea Mellis) 2016
   SECULAR CHORAL - Piano Accompaniment:

Two Early Songs, for SATB and piano 1971
      1. An Immorality (words by Ezra Pound)
      2. from Song of Solomon (text Biblical)
Four Canons for Three Voices ^Com, for mixed chorus and piano (words by Thomas Hood, James Stevens, Rudyard Kipling, Maxine Kumin) l983
Of Youth and Time ^Com for SATB, Youth choir, Children's choir and 2 pianos (words by Wm. Blake, Dylan Thomas, W.B. Yeats) 1997
Three Pastoral Songs ^Com for 2-part treble voices and piano (words by Shih Wu, Carl Sandburg, Ogden Nash) 2005
Gone Home (Songs of Myself 5), for SATB in various arrangements (words by Lowell Hannah) 2010
A Winter Ride, for SATB and piano (words by Amy Lowell) 2020
Lockdown Songs of the Animals, for SATB and piano (words by Andrea Mellis) 2020
   SECULAR CHORAL - Other Accompaniment:
The Shrine of Kotje, for SATB and orchestra (words by African poets) 1975
Hermione: A Portrait, for SSA, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet (words from Shakespeare: "A Winter's Tale") l978
Mister Lear, for SATB and Brass Quartet (words by Edward Lear) l980
Cantata for a Beloved Planet, for Chorus, SATB soloists, and large orchestra (2005-2018)
Roses and Silk, for treble voices and small orchestra (words by Amy Lowell) 2011
Madonna of the Evening Flowers, for SATB and chamber orchestra (words by Amy Lowell) 2011
   SACRED CHORAL - Unaccompanied:
Motet: I Shall Remember, for SATB a cappella (Psalm 77) 1987
Alleluia ^Com, for SATB a cappella 1989
Nunc Dimittis, in various version: SATB, SAT, SAB/piano 2014 / 2020
   SACRED CHORAL - Piano Accompaniment:
Deep River arr. for SSAATTBB & piano 1993
Nunc Dimittis, in various version: SATB, SAT, SAB/piano 2014 / 2020
   SACRED CHORAL - Other Accompaniment:

Missa Brevis ^Com, for SAB and organ 2012
The Lord's Prayer for SATB and organ OR SATB, organ and piano 1996
   CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Various Accompaniments:
Arrangements of Christmas Music ^Com: l980
      1) The Birds, for children's voices, recorder, and harp
      2) March of the 3 Kings, for TTB a cappella
      3) Les Anges dans Nos Campagnes, for TTBB (or SATB) a cappella
      4) Irish Carol, for SATB, Soprano & Tenor soli, recorder, harp
      5) Irish Carol, for SSAATTBB a cappella (with optional recorder obbligato)

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- VOCAL WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece
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   SOPRANO SONGS (and duets):

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The Dinner Party - Song Cycle for Soprano (or Tenor), Clarinet, and Piano 1973
Songs of Myself - for diverse voices and instruments (incl. Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano)
Morning's Minion, Song cycle for soprano (or tenor) and Piano (words by G.M. Hopkins) 1985/8
Ay Linda Amiga, arrangement of Spanish Renaissance song for Soprano and Mezzo-soprano (or alto) 2012
Three Inevitable Songs, for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Viola and Harp (words by E.A. Robinson, Amy Lowell, Ezra Pound) 2014
Two Songs after Christine de Pisan (1364 - c.1430), for Mezzo-soprano and Harp 2015
Arrangement of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, for Soprano, Alto, Harp, Flute and Viola 2016
Lost Fairylands, song set for Mezzo-soprano, Flute and Alto Flute (words by Hillaire Belloc, Christina Rosetti, Lewis Caroll) 2015
A Few Figs from Thistles, four songs for Mezzo-soprano and Piano (words by Edna St. Vincent Millay) 2019
Star Songs, for soprano and String Quartet (words by Bliss Carman, William Carlos Williams, John Jerome Rooney, W.H. Auden, John Fletcher) 2019
The Calf Path, for medium-high voice and Piano (words by Sam Walter Foss) 2020
Psalm 31 ^Com, for soprano or tenor and Piano 2020
   SOPRANO ARIAS:
'Rachel's Song', from "Mademoiselle Fifi" (Words by Rowland Holt-Wilson) l983
Four Arias from "Hypatia" for Soprano and Piano (Words by Rowland Holt-Wilson) l984
Touched by an Angel ^Com, Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra (words by Maya Angelou) 2011
   ALTO SONGS (and duets):

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Two 12-tone Songs for Alto and Piano (words by Shelley and Shakespeare) 1982
Ay Linda Amiga, arrangement of Spanish Renaissance song for Soprano and Mezzo-soprano (or alto) 2012
Arrangement of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, for Soprano, Alto, Harp, Flute and Viola 2016
Tumble Me Down, six duets on poems of Robert Herrick (1591-1674) for Alto, Baritone and Piano 2018
   ALTO ARIAS:
'Anahit's Complaint' from "The Illuminator" (Words by Andrea Mellis) 2015
'God's World' for Alto and Orchestra, from "Cantata for a Beloved Planet" (Words by Edna St. Vincent Millay) 2018

   TENOR SONGS:

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The Dinner Party - Song Cycle for Tenor (or Soprano), Clarinet, and Piano 1973
Three African Songs, for Tenor and Piano (words by contemporary African poets) l974
Morning's Minion, Song cycle for tenor (or soprano) and Piano (words by G.M. Hopkins) 1985/8
The Calf Path, for medium-high voice and Piano (words by Sam Walter Foss) 2020
Psalm 31 ^Com, for tenor or soprano and Piano 2020
   TENOR ARIAS:
'Sonnet 1' for Tenor and Orchestra, from "Cantata for a Beloved Planet" (Words by Henry Lawson) 2017

   BASS/BARITONE SONGS (and duets):

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And Music Dawned Above Despair (4 Views of War) for Baritone & Piano (Words: Thomas Southey, Vachel Lindsay, Amy Lowell, Siegfried Sassoon) 2017
Tumble Me Down, six duets on poems of Robert Herrick (1591-1674) for Alto, Bass and Piano 2018
   BASS/BARITONE ARIAS:
'A Beam of Light' for Baritone and Orchestra, from "Cantata for a Beloved Planet" (Words by Jerome Rooney) 2017

   MEDIUM or UNSPECIFIED VOICES:
Songs of Myself - for diverse voices and instruments (incl. Medium Voice)
Three Songs on Poems of Robert Graves for voice and tape l984
Three Songs for Voice and Alto Recorder (or Alto Flute) (words by Maya Angelou, Canadian traditional, Jane Austen) 2013/14
O Canada (canonic arrangement for medium voice and piano) 2016
Trapping Monkeys, 4 short songs on poems of Gevorg Emin, for medium-high voice and piano 2017

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- CHAMBER WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece
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   CHAMBER DUOS - Piano + one instrument:
Devil's Dance ^CD for Violin and Piano 1971
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano 1973, rev. 2011
Concert Piece ^CD, for Flute and Piano l975
Sonata for French Horn and Piano l976
Meditation ^CD, for Cello and Piano 1976
Dances for Camille, Suite for Two Pianos 2013
Sonata #1 ^Com for Violin and Piano 2016

   CHAMBER DUOS - Other combinations:
Prelude and Meditation on Coventry Cathedral ^Com, for Trumpet and Organ l978
The Lonely Princess (1978), arranged for Flute and Guitar ^CD (this arr. 1981)
Holland Point Music for Soprano Saxophone and Marimba ^CD 2002
Chinese Impressions: Theme and Variations forErhu and Gu Zheng 2003
Folksong Duets, for various treble instruments 2011
Primavera II, for Two Violins 2015
Domestic Dialogues, for piano 4-hands 2020
   CHAMBER TRIOS - Piano + two instruments:
Piano Trio #1 (Piano/Violin/Cello) 1982
LYS: Theme and Variations for Piano, Flute andCello 2001
Piano Trio #2 ^CD (Piano/Violin/Cello) 2016
   CHAMBER TRIOS - Other combinations:
Baroque Variants, for Viola, Alto Flute, & Harpsichord l974
Introduction and Dance of Qualified Joy, for Harp, Flute and Viola 2012
Suite of Antique Dances, for Harp, Flute and Viola (also version for Harp, Flute and Hurdy-gurdy) 2015
   CHAMBER QUARTETS:
String Quartet #1 ^CD 1973     (see also "Adagio for Strings", below)
Toccatissimo! for 2 pianos & percussion 1993/4
Saxophone Quartet #1 2006/7
The Lonely Princess (1978), arranged for Flute Quartet (this arr. 2019)
String Quartet #2 2023
   LARGER CHAMBER ENSEMBLES:
Rag-Sextet, for Piano and Woodwind Quintet 1972 (rev. 2014)
The Lonely Princess (1978), arranged for Recorder Quartet and Harpsichord (this arr. 2015)
5-Part Re-Invention, for recorder quartet and harpsichord 2015

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- SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece
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   PIANO SOLO:
5 Variations on a Theme of Violet Archer, l975
Visions of Nothingness, ^CD Piano Sonata in 2 movements l975
Suite for Elan l980
Pinocchio's Theme 1995 (from Pinocchio Ballet 1977)
Ballade, for piano solo 1994-2001
Suite 75, for piano solo 2021-22

   ORGAN SOLO:
Five Preludes ^Com ^CD l978
Fantasia on "Ein' Feste Burg"^Com l984
Chorale Prelude on 'O Sacred Head Now Wounded' 1987
Six Improvisations 1998-2016
Chorale Prelude on 'Yigdal' 1999

   VIOLIN SOLO:
Variations on a Theme of Jerry Ozipko 1972

   CLARINET SOLO:
Fugitive Horizons 2016
   GUITAR SOLO:
Pastoral Suite 1992/3
   ERHU SOLO:
5 Melodies 2003 - 2009

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- ORCHESTRAL/BAND WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece
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titles below, well, most of them anyway,
all on a single page -
both MIDI versions and
some real, human performances.

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   ORCHESTRA - Large:
With Chorus and Soloists:
Cantata for a Beloved Planet, for Chorus, SATB Soloists, and large orchestra (2005-2018)
   ORCHESTRA - Standard:
Suite of Orchestral Dances ^Com 1992/6
The Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder (poem for orchestra) 2002/4
Symphony #1 - "Jasmine" (2004/5, rev. 2014)
Fantasia on Interesting Times, for Orchestra 2018
Symphony #2 (2021/22)

With Soloist(s):
Touched by an Angel ^Com Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra (words by Maya Angelou) 2011
Concerto #1 for Violin and Orchestra 2020

With Chorus:
The Shrine of Kotje, for Chorus and Orchestra l975 (rev. 2010)
Gone Home (Songs of Myself #5) for SATB and orchestra; also solo voice/piano and other choral versions 2010
   ORCHESTRA - Small:
With Soloist:
Concerto for Flute and small orchestra ^Com 2011

With Chorus:
Roses and Silk, for women's voices and chamber orchestra (words by Amy Lowell) 2011
Madonna of the Evening Flowers for SATB and small orchestra (words by Amy Lowell) 2011
   ORCHESTRA - Strings:
Divertimento for Strings 1991
Adagio for String Orchestra 2017    (see also "String Quartet #1", above)

With soloist:
Moments of Glad Grace, for Oboe and String Orchestra (also version for soprano sax) 2014
   OTHER ENSEMBLES - Band:
Grade 7 Superstar, for junior band 1990

   OTHER ENSEMBLES - Handbells:
Land of the Silver Birch / Huron Carol, for 4-octave Handbell Choir 1992

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- THEATRE WORKS - Click on title or spinning button for a description of each piece
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   OPERAS:
Mademoiselle Fifi - Chamber Opera in 2 Scenes (libretto by Rowland Holt-Wilson) l983 (rev. 2010)
Hundreds and Thousands - Chamber Opera for mezzo-soprano solo based on the journals of Emily Carr 2001
Mayan Opera ("The Weapons of the Weak") Grand opera (libretto by the composer) 2007/08
The Illuminator - opera on the life of St. Gregory of Armenia (libretto by Andrea Mellis) 2015
   PLAYS WITH SONGS:
Hypatia (play by Rowland Holt-Wilson) 1984
A Comedy for the End of Days - (libretto by the composer) 2012
   BALLETS:
PINOCCHIO Ballet ^Com 1977
ALADDIN Ballet ^Com 1979
   INCIDENTAL MUSIC / FILM MUSIC:
Macbett ^Com (Incidental Music for the play by Eugene Ionesco) for Piano, Trumpet, French Horn, and Percussion l974
Three Electronic Dances l984(?)
A Sea Liturgy ^Com - (Incidental Music for the play by Gloria Sawai) 1985
Lady from the Past ^Com, Documentary Soundtrack l986