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Prayers of Thomas Merton

Trio for Violin, Percussion, and Piano. Commissioned by Santa Clara University

ADORNO Ensemble

FAITH

Instrumental septet written for the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

Yale - Norfolk Chamber Festival

Pictures / Stories / Showings

Structured improvisation with the composer at the piano

Soundpiece

Short a cappella blessing from the Old Testament, this work was commissioned and premiered as part of 2001-2003 Composer Residency at San Francisco's National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi for resident ensemble Schola Cantorum SF.

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You

Song Of Regret

The Over Journey gives voice to the uber-Romantic yearnings of 19th Century German poet Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg). The poet's fascination with death, art, and the loss of his young fiancee permeates this piece, as the poet dreams of one day reuniting with his lost love.

The Over Journey (Hinuber Wall Ich)

This set started life as an interesting concept - songs about men (with a 21st Century wink and a nod) married to a ridiculously silly title. The term Jägermeisterlieder is both sly and irreverent while also containing a certain accuracy, as ‘jagermeister’ is loosely translated as ‘master of the hunt’.
The first song Jägerlied is a setting of an Eduard Mörike poem describing a hunter in his natural habitat, traversing the countryside while also pining for lost love. By contrast, 20th Century German poet Rainer Brambach presents us with an updated and less traditional view of masculinity in his poems ‘Single Men’ and ‘Morning’. His protagonists are less archetypal masculine hunters and instead almost pathetic figures, lost and anonymous in a contemporary urban setting. They are the antidote to the very idea of the masculine hunter. Subversive musical references abound, whether it is the low and menacing accompaniment where we would expect to hear the high chirping sounds of birds, or the heaviness of a Cesar Franck reference where we would expect to hear the light and frothy operetta of Offenbach.

Single Men From Jagermeisterlieder - A Song Set For Manly Men

Jagerlied From Jagermeisterlieder -  A Song Set For Manly Men

O Vos Omnes

Chicago Songs is my attempt to musically recreate something of the spirit and people found in Carl Sandburg’s iconic poetry. Sandburg’s world is one filled with the grit of burgeoning industrialization, the earnest hope of immigrant settlers, and the heartache and beauty found in the everyday. His characters are larger than life, yet tragically human - there’s a poignancy in their foibles that I find very attractive. As a composer I’ve always been drawn to nostalgic, highly personal subject matter and these texts compliment my own nostalgic, highly personal musical impulses.

Jack

I Sang To You And The Moon (I)

Piano Piece #4 (live)

Toccata for Orchestra (Sacramento Philharmonic)

O Magnum Mysterium (San Francisco Girls Chorus)

LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENCE

Brian Asawa - Premiere Performance

Slave Boy

A capella arrangement of Christmas carol, premiered December 2016 by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Davies Symphony Hall. San Francisco, CA.

We Three Kings (piano)

Premiere Performance of new arrangement We Three Kings. Performed by the Level 4 Choristers of the San Francisco Girls Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, December 19, 2016.

We Three Kings (San Francisco Girls Chorus Premiere)

Piano Accompaniment to Eulogy, song #2 in the Here, Bullet song set for Baritone and Piano

Eulogy (funky, low tech piano accompaniment!!)

Here, Bullet

Eulogy (from Here, Bullet)- Piano Accompaniment MP3

Mondnacht (from Ich und Du) - Piano Accompaniment

Low Tide - Piano Accompaniment.MP3

Jack (from Chicago Songs)-  Piano Accompaniment.MP3

Piano accompaniment for song A Soldier's Arabic from song set Here, Bullet for baritone and piano

A Soldier's Arabic (from Here, Bullet) - Piano Accompaniment

In the spirit of Benjamin Britten, Christmas carol realization of Away in a Manger for medium/medium high voice and piano

Away In A Manger - Accompaniment

Composer and pianist in the contemporary classical world. Creator of music for orchestra, opera, art songs, and chamber music.

Composer Kurt Erickson

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