List of compositions by Lera Auerbach

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This is a list of musical compositions by the Soviet-born 21st-century Austrian-American[1] composer Lera Auerbach. Her oeuvre includes concerti, chorales, operas, piano trios, sonatas, preludes, and symphonies.

Most of her works use the standard opus number system.

By chronology[edit]

All compositions have been compiled by Sikorski[2] in partnership with Boosey and Hawkes.[3]

Year Title Instrumentation Duration
1986 FANTASIA piano solo 6 min.
1986-88 TWO SONGS soprano and piano 5 min.
1990 THE SAD BIRCH soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano 3 min.
1990 MONOLOGUE flute solo 7 min.
1992 BUTTERFLY soprano and piano 3 min.
1992 OCTOBER TUNE tenor (or mezzo-soprano) and piano 4 min.
1992 WE CANNOT REMEMBER THEM mezzo-soprano and piano 5 min. 15 sec.
1992 AFTER THE END OF TIME electronic tape 9 min.
1992 MEMENTO MORI piano solo 12 min.
1992/1996 PIANO TRIO No. 1 violin, cello, and piano 12 min.
1994/1999 CHORALE, FUGUE AND POSTLUD piano solo 10 min.
1996 T'FILAH violin solo 6 min. 30 sec.
1996 PRAYER English horn solo 7 min.
1996 MONOLOGUE double bass solo 7 min.
1997 POETRY from SONGS OF REBIRTH (No. 1) soprano and piano 5 min.
1997 PRAYER from SONGS OF REBIRTH (No. 3) soprano and Piano 3 min.
1997 MONOLOGUE viola solo 5 min. 30 sec.
1997 DIALOGUE WITH TIME orchestra 8 min.
1997 DOUBLE CONCERTO violin, piano, and orchestra 31 min.
1999 24 PRELUDES piano solo 52 min.
1999 PRELUDE SUITE (9 preludes from 24 Preludes) piano solo 15 min.
1999 24 PRELUDES violin and piano 39 min.
1999 24 PRELUDES cello and piano 46 min.
1999 PRELUDE SUITE (9 preludes from 24 Preludes) cello and piano 17 min.
1999 POSTLUDE violin and piano 2 min. 30 sec.
2000 IMAGES FROM CHILDHOOD piano solo 11 min.
2000 THREE DANCES IN THE OLD STYLE violin and cello 5 min.
2000/03 CONCERTO No. 1 violin and orchestra 28 min.
2000 SONATA No. 1 violin and piano 23 min.
2001 THE BLIND (Mysterium) 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 contraltos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, 2 basses (6 leading voices and supporting chorus) 35 min.
2001 SUITE CONCERTANTE. Concerto grosso No. 1 violin, piano and string orchestra 30 min.
2001 OSKOLKI violin and piano 14 min. 30 sec.
2001 SONATA No. 2 "September 11" violin and piano 11 min.
2002 MEMORY OF A TANGO double bass solo 1 min. 40 sec.
2002 RELUDE, TOCCATA AND POSTLUDE carillon solo 7 min.
2002 LULLABY mixed choir 3 min.
2002 PROPHECY tenor (or soprano) and organ 7 min.
2002 SERENADE FOR A MELANCHOLIC SEA violin, violoncello, piano and string orchestra 10 min.
2002 SONATA No. 1 cello and piano 24 min.
2002 LONELY SUITE "Ballet for a Lonely Violinist" violin solo 9 min.
2003 TO THE WORLD from SONGS OF REBIRTH (No. 2) soprano and piano 4 min.
2003 SONATA No. 1 cello and piano 24 min.
2003 PRELUDE, TOCCATA AND POSTLUDE vibraphone solo 4 min.
2003 LAST LETTER mezzo-soprano, violoncello and piano 20 min.
2004 CONCERTO No. 2 "September 11" violin and orchestra 14 min.
2004 STRING QUARTET No. 1 2 violins, viola and cello 16 min.
2004 THE LITTLE MERMAID. Ballet in 3 acts (Copenhagen version) orchestra 2 hr. 45 min.
2005 DIALOGUES ON STABAT MATER. Concerto grosso No. 2 violin, viola and string orchestra 39 min.
2005 DREAMS AND WHISPERS OF POSEIDON orchestra 16 min.
2005 EPILOGUE 2 violins, viola and cello 11 min.
2005 SONATA No. 1 "La Fenice" piano solo 20 min.
2005 STRING QUARTET No. 2 "Primera luz" 2 violins, viola and cello 23 min.
2005 SONATA No. 3 violin and piano 18 min.
2006 CADENZAS (W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466) piano solo 6 min.
2006 STRING QUARTET No. 3 "Cetera desunt " (Sonnet) 2 violins, viola and cello 21 min.
2006 SONATA No. 2 "Il Segno" piano solo 17 min.
2006 POSTLUDE cello and piano 2 min. 30 sec.
2006 POSTSCRIPTUM violin, cello and piano 5 min.
2006 SYMPHONY No. 2 "Requiem for a Poet" mezzo-soprano, violoncello, mixed choir and orchestra 42 min.
2006 SYMPHONY No. 1 "Chimera" orchestra 40 min.
2007 STRING QUARTET No. 4 "Findings – 16 Inventions" 2 violins, viola and cello 27 min.
2007 THE LITTLE MERMAID. Ballet in 3 acts (Hamburg version) orchestra 2 hr. 15 min.
2007 LUDWIG'S NIGHTMARE piano solo 7 min.
2007 par.ti.ta violin solo 25 min.
2007 RUSSIAN REQUIEM boy's soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass, boys' choir, mixed choir and orchestra 1 hr. 25 min.
2007 SONGS OF NO RETURN soprano and piano 26 min.
2008 FRAGILE SOLITUDES. Concerto grosso No. 3 string quartet and chamber orchestra 30 min.
2008 SIX PRELUDES double bass and piano 13 min.
2009 POSTSCRIPTUM violin, cello and piano 5 min.
2009 SOGNO DI STABAT MATER violin, viola, vibraphone and string orchestra 12 min.
2009 JOB'S LAMENT violin and piano 13 min.
2010 ETERNIDAY. Concerto grosso No. 4 string quintet, bass drum, celesta and strings 12 min.
2010 GOGOL. Opera in 3 Acts boys’ choir, mixed choir and orchestra 2 hr. 15 min.
2010 SPEAK, MEMORY violin and piano 3 min.
2006/2011 ICARUS orchestra 12 min.
2011 MILKING DARKNESS piano solo 10 min.
2011 SERAPHIM CANTICLES. two violins, two violas and two cellos 22 min.
2011 STRING QUARTET No. 5 "Songs of Alkonost" string quartet 22 min.
2011 PIANO TRIO No. 2 "Triptych - This Mirror Has Three Faces" piano trio 23 min.
2012 POST SILENTIUM orchestra 18 min.
2012 REQUIEM – ODE TO PEACE 2 boys' sopranos, countertenor, bass-baritone, boys' choir, male choir and orchestra 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 STRING QUARTET No. 6 "Farewell" string quartet 25 min.
2013 SONATA No. 1 "Arcanum" viola and piano 25 min.
2013 PIANO TRIO No. 3 cello solo 28 min.
2013 STRING SYMPHONY No. 1 "Memoria de la luz" string orchestra 22 min.
2013 STRING QUARTET No. 7 "Désir" string quartet 35 min.
2013 IN PRAISE OF PEACE soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra 28 min.
2013 GALLOWS SONGS saxophone quartet and children's choir 32 min.
2013 STRING QUARTET No. 8 "Sylvia's Diary" string quartet 20 min.
2014 DREAMMUSIK cello and chamber orchestra 34 min.
2014 TRIO for violin, horn and piano violin, horn and piano 30 min.
2014 TATIANA. Ballet in 2 acts orchestra 2 hr. 25 min.
2014 CADENZAS (W.A Mozart's Flute Concerto No.2 in D major K. 314) flute solo 5 min.
2015 CONCERTO No. 1 "Only Through Time Time Is Conquered" piano and orchestra 44 min.
2015 CONCERTO No. 3 "De profundis" violin and orchestra 36 min.
2015 SUITE DELS OCELLS cello solo 23 min.
2016 GOETIA "In umbra lucis" choir and string quartet 1 hr. 30 min.
2016 SYMPHONY No. 3 "The Infant Minstrel and His Peculiar Menagerie" violin, mixed choir and orchestra 43 min.
2016 SAKURA NO YUME (SAKURA DREAMS) viola and piano 4 min.
2016 SAKURA NO YUME (SAKURA DREAMS) piano solo 4 min.
2016 ROOTS violin and bayan 16 min.
2016 72 ANGELS "In splendore lucis" choir and saxophone quartet 1 hr. 29 min.
2017 CONCERTO No. 4 "NYx: Fractured Dreams" violin and orchestra 30 min.
2017 TWOFOLD DREAM. Concerto grosso No. 5 violin, piano and orchestra 30 min.
2017 PIANO TRIO No. 4 violin, cello and piano 15 min.
1997/2017 10 PRELUDES theremin and piano 17 min.
2018 Twenty-Four Preludes for Viola and Piano viola and piano 45 min.
2018 LABYRINTH piano solo 50 min.
2019 SYMPHONY No. 4 "Arctica" piano, mixed choir and orchestra 44 min.
2019 DIABELLICAL WALTZ piano solo 4 min.
2019 EVE'S LAMENT "O Flowers, That Never Will Grow" orchestra 13 min.
2019 SONATA No. 4 "Fractured Dreams" violin and piano 30 min.
2020 STRING QUARTET No. 9 "Thanksgiving" string quartet 19 min.
2021 CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND ORCHESTRA "Diary of a Madman"[4] cello and orchestra 35 min.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "30 Staatsbürgerschaften außerordentlich verliehen". kurier.at (in German). 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ^ "Lera Auerbach" (PDF). Sikorski Music Publishers. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Boosey & Hawkes Composers, Classical Music and Jazz Repertoire". www.boosey.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  4. ^ "Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra 'Diary of a Madman' (2021)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 30 January 2024.