Mark Grey Compositions

Latest Release

Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio
Premiered Feb. '08 with The Phoenix Symphony. Naxos recording available now.
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Compositions

Ātash Sorushān (Fire Angels)
for soprano and chamber orchestra
A Carnegie Hall co-commission with Cal Performances and others
World Premiere: March 29, 2011, Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, New York West Coast Premiere: April 03, 2011, Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, CA
Music by Mark Grey
Libretto by Niloufar Talebi
Video by Catherine Owens
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Molly Morkoski, piano and the MEME ensemble

Mugunghwa: Rose of Sharon
for solo violin, double chorus and chamber orchestra
A Los Angeles Master Chorale commission
Premiere: March 06, 2011, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin

New Work for Violin and Piano
To be recorded in Vienna, Austria, November 2010 – supporting international performance dates will follow
Christian Scholl, violin
Eduard Kutrowatz, piano

Othello
for electronic surround soundscapes
Full-length theatrical production
Peter Sellars, director
Premiered at the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna, Austria) in June 2009 German Premiere: June 2009, K15 Festival in Bochum, Germany
U.S. Premiere: September 2009, Public Theater in New York City

The Alluring Wave
for flute quartet
Areon Flutes
May 2009, performances and recording to follow

A Rax Dawn
for solo piano
World Premiere on April 20, 2009
Symphony Space, Cutting Edge Concerts, New York, NY
European Premiere in February 2010, Le Concours International de Piano d'Orléans, Orléans, France
Molly Morkoski, piano

Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio
for baritone, full chorus and large orchestra
Premiered February 2008
The Phoenix Symphony
Scott Hendricks, baritone
Michael Christie, conductor

The Summons
for orchestra
Premiered September 2007
The Phoenix Symphony
Michael Christie, conductor

Left for the Dogs
for solo violin
Premiered at The New World Symphony - Inside the Music Series, Miami 2007 (with several performances in the U.S.)
Piotr Szewczyk, violin www.violinfutura.com

Elevation
for solo violin and orchestra
Premiered on July 9, 2006
The Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Michael Christie, conductor

West coast premiere on August 12, 2006
The Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Marin Alsop, conductor

The Sleepless Dream
for flute, bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello
Premiered on March 27, 2006
commissioned by the California EarUnit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Minimalist Jukebox Festival 2006

Pursuit
for orchestra
Premiered on July 3, 2005
The Colorado Music Festival Orchestra
Michael Christie, conductor

San Andreas Suite
for solo violin
Premiered October 2004 (performances worldwide)
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Sparrow's Echo
for string quartet
Premiere recording (2004) by Leila Josefowicz (violin), Airi Yoshioka (violin), Nokuthula Ngwenyama (viola), Nina Lee (cello)

Grinder
for violin, cello, percussion and electronics
Premiered by The California EarUnit, 2001 premiere recording (2004) by Leila Josefowicz, violin; Sophie Shao, cello; David Cossin, percussion

Bertoia I and Bertoia II
for string quartet, eight infra-red sensors and live computer processing
Premiered by Kronos Quartet, 2003

Sands of Time
for four celli and live computer processing
Premiered and recorded by Joan Jeanrenaud, 2002

Blood Red
for cello and live computer processing
Premiered and recorded by Joan Jeanrenaud, 2001

Kemi
for violin, bass clarinet, guitar, sampler, electronic percussion and MIDI marimba
Premiered by The Paul Dresher Ensemble, 2003

Hammerhead
for solo piano
Premiered by Marja Mutru, 2000

Harvest of Rage
Three pieces for tenor, small choir and orchestra for John Duykers, 2000

Spadefoot
for string quartet and live computer processing
Premiered by Kronos Quartet, 1999

Mark explores lava flow - Photo by Deborah O'Grady