Gerald Cohen, composer
COMPOSITIONS - Instrumental Music
• work published by Oxford University Press
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC (including works with voice):
Adonai Ro'i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23)
Arrangement for voice and orchestra (2000),
arrangement for chorus and orchestra (2002)
Arrangement for voice and string orchestra (2006),
Chorus and orchestra, commissioned by the Usdan Festival
Voice and orchestra, premiered by San Diego Symphony
Y’varech’cha (Blessing for children)
Arrangement for treble voices and orchestra (2000)
Arrangement for voice and string orchestra (2006)
Voices and orchestra, premiere by San Diego Symphony
O you who linger in the gardens..., for symphony orchestra (1997)-10'
Commissioned by the Westchester Youth Symphony
Elegy for String Orchestra (1994)--8’
Arrangement of the second movement of String Quartet No.2
Premiere by Riverside Symphony
INSTRUMENTAL CHAMBER MUSIC:
Preludes and Debka, for clarinet and string quartet (2009)--13’
Written for clarinettist Vasko Dukovski
Variously Blue: Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (2009)—14’
Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio
Yedid Nefesh: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2007)—26’
Commissioned by the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival
Preludes and Debka, for trombone and string quartet (2001)--13’
Commissioned by Haim Avitsur and the Degas String Quartet
• Trio for viola, cello and piano (1999)--20’
Commissioned by Maria Lambros, viola,
Michael Kannen, cello, Marija Stroke, piano
Go to Generations page for audio excerpt
Quintet for Brass (1995)--16'
Commissioned by Genesis Agudas Achim Congregation,
for the Brooklyn Philharmonic Brass Quintet
Songs of Tagore (1995), for chamber ensemble
(music for choreography)--22'
Commissioned by the Battery Dance Company
• Aria and Scherzo for violin and viola (1994)--12'
Premiered by Wendy Sharp, violin, Robin Sharp, viola
• String Quartet #2 (1991)--25'
Commissioned by the Franciscan String Quartet
Go to Generations page for audio excerpt
Trio for violin, cello and piano (1988)—16’
Commissioned by the Wave Hill Trio
