Selected
list of compositions by John Beall with Premiere and/or
Additional Selected Performers
Large Ensembles:
Essay for Orchestra , 1964-65
10'
Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Johanos
Baylor Symphony/Sternberg
Songs of Autumn, 1965-66 25'
Robert Reed, tenor, Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Johanos
Baylor Symphony/Sternberg
Southwest Texas Chamber Orchestra/Composer
Lament for Those Lost in the War,
1972 10'
Eastman Rochester Orchestra/ Hendl, Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra/Virkhaus,
Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra/Virkhaus, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra/ M.T.Thomas, others Carl Fischer, Inc.
Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra,
1973 20'
Carol Beall, soloist with Eastman Wind Ensemble/Hunsberger,
Memphis State Wind Ensemble/ Freund Texas Tech Wind Ensemble/
Diehl, Illinois Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble/Eggleston
Carl Fischer, Inc.
Concerto for Brass Quintet and Wind
Orchestra, 1978 20'
U.S. Army Brass Quintet with WVU Wind Symphony/Wilcox
Carl Fischer, Inc.
Celebration Music, 1985 8'
WVU Wind Symphony/Wilcox
Symphony No. 1, 1985 30'
WVU Symphony Orchestra/Worby (guest) Carl Fischer,
Inc.
Mountain Music, 1987 17'
WVU Symphony Orchestra/Christianson (2)Carl Fischer,
Inc
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra,
1990-91 22'
David Hastings, solo with WVU Symphony Orchestra/Christianson
(band version, 1994)John Sampen, solo with North American
Sax. Assoc. Conference Band/Wilcox MMB Music, Inc
Cortege, Processional for Orchestra,
1991 7'
West Virginia Symphony (formerly Charleston Symphony)/Conlin
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,
1998 30'
Stephen Beall, vln; WVSO/Christianson & Interlochen HS
Symp. Orch./Ward MMB Music, Inc
Suite from Ethan Frome, 2001
23'
Premiere set for Spring, 2003 with Detroit Civic Orch./Burke
MMB Music, Inc
Symphony No. 2, "Spruce Knob,"
2000-2003 21'
Premiered July 15, 2003, by WV Symph. Orchestra/Cooper MMB
Music, Inc
Raven Rock, (2001-2002) 7"
Baylor Symphony Orch./Heyde WVU Symphony Orch/Tang MMB
Music, Inc
Concerto for Violin, Double Bass, and Orchestra
2004-2005 For Bridging the Gap (Peter Wilson and
Aaron Clay, US Marine Band) March, 2007, premiere
Choral / Vocal:
Songs of Autumn (piano reduction),
1966 25'
Rilke Songs, 1974 10’
Hammarskjold Songs, 1967-83 10’
Psalm 51, SATB, 1977 7’
Merwin Songs:Book I, 1982-83 4'
Psalm 19, SATB with organ, 1988 3'
Merwin Songs: Book II, 1988 5'
Merwin Song: Book III, 1993 6'
Janis-Rozena Peri/John Crotty Cynthia Dewey/composer. Beverly
Rinaldi/composer. Theresa Vincent Smiht/Steven H. Smith (3)
The St. Thomas á Becket Choirbook
The Lord Is Good, SATB with organ,
1989 3'
Ride On, Ride On, SATB with organ
, 1991 3’
Come Thou Holy Spirit, SATB with organ,
1991 4’
All Praise be Thine, O Risen Christ, SATB
with organ, 1992 3’
A Stable Light Is Lighted, SATB with Organ
and Violin, 1994, 5’
O Jesus Very Light of Light, Two-part with
organ, 1991 3’
Look There! The Christ, SATB with organ,
1995 4’
Commendation Anthem, SATB with organ,
1987 3’
Unless the Lord Builds the House, SATB with
organ, 1994 5’
Psalm 84, SATB with organ, 1989 3'
New Testament Songs, 2001-2002 (in progress)
Beverly Rinaldi, sop/Robin Guy, pno
Alison Show, sop/R.J. Nestor, pno
Jane Lightfoot, sop/Pei Sien Lim, p
Theresa Vincent Smith, sop/Steven Smith, p
All choral works except Psalm 51 premiered with the St. Thomas
à Becket Episcopal Church Choir/composer
Anglican Mass, STB solo, SATB, organ, and orchestra,
1978 – 1991 55'
Cynthia Dewey, sopr; Augusto Paglialunga, ten; Wm. Taylor,
bass; The WVU Choir and Symphonic Choir, WVU Symphony Orchestra/Peterson
Ethan Frome, Opera in Two Acts
(1994-97) 2hr, 10 min.
The WVU Opera Theatre, WVU Symphony Orch., Robt. Thieme, cond.
Video recording for PBS. Indiana Univ. Opera Theatre (one
scene)
Keyboard:
Sonatina, 1966 8’
Carol Beall
Partita, 1967 10'
Carol Beall
Aria and Variations, 1969-72
12'
Capriccio for Piano 4 Hands,
198 15'
Carol and John Beall, 1981, many; C. Beall and L. Unrau (2)
(CD), Karen Beres and Wm Budai,
Harpsichord Fantasy, 1982
15’
Wm. Haller (2), Don Freund
Summer Pieces, 1984 10'
Herman Godes, Steven Smith (many)
Black Raindrops, 1977 4'
Steven Smith (many) [CD], John Beall (many)
Toccata and Fugue on Deus Tuorum
Militum, 1987 6'
Wm. Haller (organ), (2) Stephen Self
Piano Fantasy, 1980 15'
Steven Smith , Paris (French and Spanish National Radios)
(many others) (CD)
Sonata for Piano, 1994 28'
Carol Beall, piano (3)
Steven Smith (2) (CD)
Vandalia Suite 2003-2004 21'
Steven Herbert Smit, pno (3)
Chamber Music:
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano,
1974 12'
Douglas Skinner, William West, David Hastings, Wm. West, Tim
McAlister, many others Southern Music Co.
Sonata for Violin and Piano,
1976 21'
James Barber; Robert Snyder, Duo Auriole-Fauchet
Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quintet,
1976 20'
Claremont Quintet, 1976 (LP); Laureate Wind Quintet, Rutgers
Wind Quintet, Georgia Wind Quintet MMB Music, Inc.
String Quartet No. 1, 1982
30'
WVU Graduate String Quartet. WVU Faculty Quartet
TrioFantasy for Oboe, Bassoon, and
Piano, 1981 13'
John Ferrillo, John Hunt, Herman Godes
Cynthia Anderson, Terry Ewell, Wm. Haller
On Chestnut Ridge, Quartet for Violin,
Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, 1982 10'
Aeolian Chamber Players (2); WVU Music Faculty (2), Pittsburgh
New Music Ens. (2) Interlochen Faculty (2), and many others
(CD)
Sonata for Cello and Piano,
1984 20'
Wm. Skidmore, 1985; Eric Edberg, David Meyer, many others
(CD)
Celebration Fanfare, 1986
2'
WVU Brass Choir
Variations on John Henry, for Three
Violins (Intermediate Level),
1987 4'
Stephen Beall, Daniel Skidmore, Bryan Chang, many
Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano,
1991 13'
Creative Arts Trio (2); Beall/Fadial/Vanderburgh trio; Interlochen
Fac. Players
Shaker Tunes, Free Variations for Woodwind Quintet,
1992 13'
Laureate Wind Quintet, many; Savannah Wind Quintet, Interlochen
Faculty (also sextet version with alto saxophone - Laureate
Wind Qnt with David Hastings (CD) MMB Music, Inc.
Whitewater, for String Quartet and
Woodwind Quintet, 1994 10'
University of Michigan All State at Interlochen Faculty/Appleby-Wineburg.
WVU Faculty/Christianson (2) ( CD)
Barn Dance from Mountain Music, 1995 5'
Stephen Beall ,1995 (CD) (3); Rudolf Haken (2), others
Breakers, for Flute and Piano,
1998 5'
Jocelyn Winkler, fl; Kathie Winkler, pno
Wondrous Love: Variations for Viola and Piano, 1999
10'
Philip Tietze, va; Robert Thieme, pno (4) Stephen Beall, va;
Carol Beall, pno (4) AnnMarie Hudson, va; Carol Beall, pno;
Eva Stern, va; Joel Schoenhals, pno (3)
Terra Firma, Trio for Flute, Violoncello,
& Piano, 2001 25'
The Monongahela Trio (4); Paolo Bertolussi, fl; Jeffrey Lastrapes,
vcl; Carol Beall, pno
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola,
and Violoncello, 2001 30'
WVU Piano Quartet (3); Carol Beall, pno;Stephen Beall, vln;
Robt. Elder, va; Jeffrey Lastrapes, vcl
Fantasy for Violoncello Alone,
2001 6'
Jeffrey Lastrapes, vcl (3)
String Quartet No. 2, 2001
30'
Stephen Beall & Annie Chalex, vlns; Harold Levin, va;
Jeffrey Lastrapes, vcl. Stephen Beall & Laura Kobayashi,
vlns; Harold Levin. va; Wm. Skidmore, vcl
Sonata for Viola and Piano 2003-2004 21'
For Randolph Kelly and Elizabeth DeMio (4)
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