Arthur Levering

Learning to Swim for clarinet and piano (6:00), 1989.

1:11

Tranced for violin and piano (6:00), 1990; commissioned by the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers National Association.

Echoi for violin and piano (14:00), in 3 movements, 1999.

mvt. 1	mvt. 2	mvt. 3
1:15	1:25	1:17

Sppooo for celesta and vibraphone (12:00), in 5 movements, 2001.

mvt. 1	mvt. 2	mvt. 3	mvt. 4	mvt. 5
:47	1:06	:28	1:13	:45

mvt. 1		:47
mvt. 2		1:06
mvt. 3		:28
mvt. 4		1:13
mvt. 5		:45

Tesserae for viola and piano (8:00), 2002; commissioned by Jonathan Bagg.

:44

Tesserae II for alto saxophone and piano (8:00), 2005.

Bagattelle for 2 pianos (12:00), in 5 movements, 2006.

Partite sopra Ciaccona for 2 pianos (10:00), 2011; commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard for Donald Berman and John McDonald.

2 excerpts

3:55

Tesserae for violin and piano (8:00), 2015.

Giblet for flute and piano (6:00), 2015.

Uncle Inferno for piano, 6 hands (7:00), in 3 movements, 1987; commissioned by the Longy School of Music, received 1990 Composers Guild First Prize (music for children).

mvt. 1	mvt. 2	mvt. 3
:58	:43	:37

Clarion/Shadowing for clarinet, violin, and piano (12:00), in 2 movements, 1992; received 1994 International Clarinet Association Competition honorable mention.

1:28

Giocattolo for piccolo, guitar, and celesta (9:00), 2012.

1:08

“Unpresidented Act” for violin, cello, and piano (10:00), 2017.

Tema for string quartet (12:00), 1987; commissioned by the Boston Composers String Quartet, received 1990 Composers Guild First Prize and 1988 Malloy Miller Composition Prize (Boston University).

Sospiri for string quartet (15:00), in 2 movements, 2016.

Squeezebox for string quartet (6:00), in 3 movements, 2017.

Cloches for piano, violin, viola, and cello (9:00), 1995; commissioned by the Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble.

Quaterna for saxophone quartet, in 3 movements (17:00), 1998; commissioned by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet.

Roulade for flute, harp, and string trio (8:00), 1991; received 1992 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award from Composers, Inc.

short excerpt	longer excerpt
1:14	2:12

Cortege for brass quintet (15:00), in 3 movements, 1994; commissioned by the Brass Consortium and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Still Raining, Still Dreaming for 6 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, and cello (8:00), 1996, revised 2001; commissioned by Boston Musica Viva and the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition.

3 excerpts

2:42

Twenty Ways Upon the Bells for 7 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano/celesta, percussion, violin, viola, and cello (9:00), 1994; commissioned by the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts; received 1997 Heckscher Foundation Composition Prize.

short excerpt	longer excerpt
:57	1:36

Cloches II for 8 players: flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and contrabass (9:00), 1997; commissioned by Musica d’Oggi.

excerpt 1	excerpt 2
1:33	:50

Drinking Songs for mezzo soprano, 2 harps, and 2 pianos (13:00), 2005.

A Drinking Song (W.B. Yeats)	Potatores Exquisiti (Anon.)
1:59	2:02
Le Vin Perdu (Paul Valery)	Dronken (Anon.)
1:12	2:12

The Applicant (Sylvia Plath) for narrator and string quartet (8:00), 1986.

Furies for 11 players: flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (11:00), 2006; commissioned by Sequitur, funded by the Guggenheim Foundation.

2:31

Catena for piano and chamber orchestra: 1120, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, and contrabass (15:00); in 3 movements (without pause); 2000; commissioned by the New Juilliard Ensemble.

excerpt 1	excerpt 2
1:31	1:41

Parallel Universe for string orchestra (12:00), 2004; funded by the Guggenheim Foundation.

4 excerpts

3:43

Il Mare Dentro (the sea within) for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (10:00), 2008; commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

2 excerpts

2:59

Flumen (river) for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (10:00), 2013.

Summer Morning by a Lake for orchestra: 2220, 2110, celesta, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (6:00), 2014.

Time’s Arrow for orchestra: 2222, 2210, harp, piano, 2 percussion, and strings (15:00); in 2 movements; 1995.