Setting for soprano, flute, and guitar of a Wallace Stevens poem. First performance in Copenhagen in November 2020.

Cy est Pourtraicte, Madame Ste Ursule, et les Unze Mille Vierges

Ursula, in a garden, found
A bed of radishes.
She kneeled upon the ground
And gathered them,
With flowers around,
Blue, gold, pink, and green.
She dressed in red and gold brocade
And in the grass an offering made
Of radishes and flowers.
She said, "My dear,
Upon your altars,
I have placed
The marguerite and coquelicot,
And roses
Frail as April snow;
But here," she said,
"Where none can see,
I make an offering, in the grass,
Of radishes and flowers."
And then she wept
For fear the Lord would not accept.
The good Lord in His garden sought
New leaf and shadowy tinct,
And they were all His thought.
He heard her low accord,
Half prayer and half ditty,
And He felt a subtle quiver,
That was not heavenly love,
Or pity.
This is not writ
In any book.

In Progress

A Sacred Song

Demo of a percussion trio (vibraphone, high drum, low drum) composed for the ensemble Neopercusión. First performance on 15 November 2021 in Salzburg.

Motets In Parallel

Two pieces written in 1979, recently recovered and re-recorded.

Toccata (1979)

Bagatelle (1979)

Demo of Image du Village, for violin, cello, and piano. My contribution to "The Village & Phil Ochs: Composers Interpret Phil Ochs," part of The Village Trip 2022.

Image Du Village

Music written and arranged by Frank Brickle for the Cygnus Ensemble. Winner of an Artistic Excellence Award from the National Endowment of the Arts in 2010.

Denk Es, O Seele

Merlin I

Sederunt Principes

Genius Loci

In Medias Res

Berceuse Elegiaque

Midnight Round

The Creation, A Towneley Mystery Play

Ab Nou Cor

Farai Un Vers

Like it says. Demos, sketches, work in progress.

Underbridge Gallery

For Ben

Duo for tiple and piano, here with just piano. There's an alternate version with tiple and guitar.

Babariol, Babariol, Babarian

A setting of "Estat ai en greu cossirier" by Beatriz, Comtessa di Dia, one of the woman troubadours. Rough demo. For mezzo, electric guitar with F/X, theorbo. Played many times by Vox n Plux but hard to record properly in performance.

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