Jennifer Higdon: Orchestral Works

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Works listed alphabetically:

blue cathedral

Instrumentation: orchestra

2 (2nd also picc), 1 + eng. hn, 2, 2
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
pn/cel
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 1999
Duration: 11 minutes
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Celebration Fanfare

Instrumentation: string orchestra

Year completed: 2003
Duration: 3 minutes

City Scape

Instrumentation: orchestra

2 + picc, 2 + eng. hn, 2 + b. cl, 2 + contra
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
timp, 3 perc
strings

Movements:

• SkyLine (duration: 5-6 minutes)
  2 + picc, 2 + eng. hn, 2 + b. cl, 2 + contra
  4, 3, 3, 1
  timp, 3 perc
  strings
  
• river sings a song to trees (duration: 13-14 minutes)
  2 + picc, 2 + eng. hn, 2 + b. cl, 2 + contra
  4, 3, 3, 1
  hp
  timp, 3 perc
  strings
  
• Peachtree Street (duration: 5-6 minutes)
  2, 2, 2, 2
  4, 2, 2, 1
  timp, 2 perc
  strings
  

Year completed: 2002
Duration: ca. 26 minutes
Note: Movements may be ordered and performed individually
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Concerto 4-3

Instrumentation: string trio (soli of two violins and double bass), orchestra
Year completed: 2007
Duration: 30 minutes

Concerto for Orchestra

Instrumentation: orchestra

3 (3rd also picc), 3, 2 + b. clar, 2 + contra
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
pn/cel
timp, 3 perc (timp also plays percussion in 1st mvt)
strings

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 30 minutes
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Dooryard Bloom

Instrumentation: baritone solo, orchestra

2, 2 (2nd also eng. hn), 2, 0
2 hn, 2 tpt
hp
2 perc
strings

Text: Walt Whitman
Year completed: 2004
Duration: 24 minutes
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Fanfare Ritmico

Instrumentation: orchestra

3 (3rd also picc), 3, 2 + b. clar, 2 + contra
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
pn
timp, 4 perc
strings

Year completed: 1999
Duration: 6 minutes
This piece also scored for wind ensemble
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Light

Instrumentation: orchestra

2, 2, 2, 2
4, 3, 3, 1
timp, 2 perc
strings

Year completed: 2006
Duration: 4 minutes
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Loco

Instrumentation: orchestra

2 + picc, 3, 3, 3
4, 3, 2 + bass trb, 1
pno
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 2004
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Machine

Instrumentation: orchestra

1 + picc, 2, 2 (in B^b), 2
4, 2 (in C), 2 + bass trb, 1
timp
strings

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 2-3 minutes
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Oboe Concerto

Instrumentation: oboe solo, orchestra

oboe solo
2 (2nd also picc), 1 (also eng. hn), 2, 2
2 hn, 2 tpt
1 perc
strings

Year completed: 2005
Duration: 17 minutes
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"Peachtree Street" from City Scape

Instrumentation: orchestra

2, 2, 2, 2
4, 2, 2, 1
timp, 2 perc
strings

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 5-6 minutes
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Percussion Concerto

Instrumentation: percussion solo, orchestra

percussion solo
3, 3, 3, 3
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
pn/cel
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 2005
Duration: 25 minutes
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Piano Concerto

Instrumentation: piano solo, orchestra

piano solo
2 (2nd also picc), 2, 2, 2
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
timp, 2 perc
strings

Year completed: 2006
Duration: 30 minutes

"river sings a song to trees" from City Scape

Instrumentation: orchestra

2 + picc, 2 + eng. hn, 2 + b. cl, 2 + contra
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 13-14 minutes
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Shine

Instrumentation: orchestra

3 (3rd also picc), 2 + eng. hn, 3 (3rd also b. clar), 3 (3rd also contra)
4, 3, 3, 1
hp
pn/cel
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 1995
Duration: 12 minutes
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The Singing Rooms

Instrumentation: solo violin, SATB chorus, orchestra
Text: Jeanne Minahan
Year completed: 2007
Duration: 30 minutes

"SkyLine" from City Scape

Instrumentation: orchestra

2 + picc, 2 + eng. hn., 2 + b. cl, 2 + contra
4, 3, 3, 1
timp, 3 perc
strings

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 5-6 minutes
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Soliloquy

Instrumentation (3 scorings):

• English horn solo, string orchestra
  
• Cello solo, string orchestra
  
• Clarinet solo, string quartet
  

Year completed: 1989 (arranged for clarinet and string quartet in 2004)
Duration: 7 minutes
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Soprano Sax Concerto

Instrumentation: soprano saxophone solo, orchestra

soprano saxophone solo
2 (2nd also picc), 1 (also eng. hn), 2, 2
2 hn, 2 tpt
1 perc
strings

Year completed: 2007
Duration: 17 minutes
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Spirit

Instrumentation: orchestral brass, percussion

4, 3, 3, 1
timp, 3 perc

Year completed: 2006
Duration: 5 minutes

To The Point

Instrumentation: string orchestra
Year completed: 2004
Duration: 4 minutes

Trombone Concerto

Instrumentation: trombone solo, orchestra

trombone solo
2, (2nd also picc) 2, 2, 2
4, 2, 2, 1
pn
timp, 2 perc
strings

Year completed: 2005
Duration: 15 minutes

Wind Shear

Instrumentation: orchestral winds and horns

3, 3, 2 + b. clar, 2 + contra
4 hn

Year completed: 2000
Duration: 3 minutes