Vixen’s Forest

2011 | 30:00
commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Giants Are Small for play before Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen; a multi-channel rendering of a forest scene, using orchestral instrument samples and melodic fragments from Janacek’s opera; originally diffused over 100+ speakers in the lobby of David Geffen Hall, New York City

electronicsBeth Beauchamp
Arrangements

Milhaud, D.: La mère coupable
Arr. for 13 Instruments
Used for the US premiere by ICE & On Site Opera, 2017

Milhaud, D.: Le Pauvre Matelot
Arr. for fl, accord, pc, va, vc
Performed by Pocket Opera, NYC 2011

Oliveros, P.: The Nubian Word for Flowers
Posthumously assembled and arranged for performance by ICE and Experiments in Opera, 2017

Weill / Brecht: The Threepenny Opera
Arr. for sax, tp, accord, guit/banjo, vla, db and six voices
Performed by UCSD New Music Ensemble

Songs arranged for choral/instrumental ensembles

  • Brahms, J. Der Tod das ist die Kuhle Nacht
  • Britten, B. Little Sir William; Old Joe has Gone Fishing; Oliver Cromwell
  • Ives, C. Three Songs of the War; The Housatonic at Stockbridge
  • Mahler, G. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
  • Schubert, F. Der Tod und das Madchen
  • Wolf, H. Das Verlassene Maagdlein; In der Frühe; Verborgenheit
arrangementsBeth Beauchamp