Frank Pesci - List of Works

Frank Pesci

composer

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List of Works Updated 082715

Sacred choral motets – published by E.C. Schirmer, unless otherwise noted Mirabile Mysterium O God of my Justice Bless, O Lord, Thy Servants Gabriel's Message Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured* That Heavenly Country* Carol We and Worship We* Ave Maria § Southern Harmony Motets* Star in the East (St. James Press) Holy Manna Wondrous Love O Sing, My Tongue, of the Mystery* God be in my Head* Come thou fount of every blessing* Resonet in Laudibus* Finestre Grazioze* O Magnum Mysterium Omnes qui in Christo baptizati Stabat Mater O filli et filiae Be Thou Alone May my heart ever hunger* Communios for Lesser Feasts Vidimus Stellam (Epiphany) Visionem (Transfiguration) Qui Meditabitor (Ash Wed.) Pater si (Palm Sunday) Hoc Corpus (Maundy Thur.)

O Sacrum Convivium Ave Verum Corpus Herbert Motets† Love is that liquor sweet The way to heaven’s doore Beautie alone to me Sweet Rivers + (Ichthus Music Press) The Beauty of Holiness ° Aurelia Cantantina + Consecrated + She shall be praised Weihnachtslieder # (Ichthus Music Press) Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht Noël Nouvelet Leise rieselt der Schnee Maria durch ein Dornwald ging Angel of God (Ichthus Music Press) Restoration (Ichthus Music Press)

SATB SATB/organ SATB SATB/organ SATB SATB SATB/keyboard SSA/keyboard

2002 2003 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006

SATB/organ SATB/piano SATB/organ Sop. solo/SATB/organ SATB SATB/organ Treble/Organ

2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007

Two part voices/organ Two part voices/organ Two part voices/organ Two part voices/organ SATB/opt. acc.

SATB/opt. acc.

2007 2008 2009 2008 2008 2008

SATB SATB SSA TB SATBB SATB or SSAATTBB SATB

2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010

SATB SATB SATB SATB, TTBB SAB/Cong./Organ/Tpt. in C SATB/Organ SATB/Cong./Organ SATB/Organ

2011 2011 2011 2011/14 2011 2012 2013 2013

Treble/Organ or Orchestra Treble/Organ or Orchestra Treble/Organ or Orchestra Treble/Organ or strings &oboe SATB/Organ SATB/Piano

2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015

Service music – Published by Ichthus Press Communion Service in D Missa Brevis Missa Gratia* Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis

Unison voices/organ SATB Unison voices/organ SATB/organ

2003 2006 2009 2010

Medium Voice/Piano

2006

Sacred Song – Published by Ichthus Press Southern Harmony Songs Volume I § Star in the East Holy Manna Consolation Wondrous Love Southern Harmony Songs Volume II Resignation Land of Rest Set me as a seal Require + Angel of God Songs of Restoration Arise Rise up, my Love Steal Away

Medium Voice/Piano Soprano & Tenor/Piano Medium Voice/Piano Medium High Voice/Piano Medium High Voice/Piano

2009 2011 2011 2012 2015 2015

Art Song – Published by Ichthus Press; dates indicate both completion and first performance Missed Connections § High Voice/Piano 2008 Text from the “Missed Connections” section of boston.craigslist.org Girl in the long grey coat Your parents gave us an old fridge mc for me why is it so hard?

I still think of you You say you love § Baritone/Cello 2009 Text by Keats Sestina High Voice/Piano 2011 Text by Ciara Shuttleworth Liner notes for an Imaginary Playlist Tenor/Piano 2011 Text by Terrance Hayes "Wind Solo" by the Felonious Monks From the album Silense ©1956 "Mood Etude #5" by Fred Washington Sr. From the album Blassics © 1985 "Mythic Blues" by Big Bruise Guitar From the album The Devil's Angel © 1924 Tercet – And the music is better Six Word Songs Medium voice/Piano 2011 Texts crowdsourced from Facebook Murder?! Isn’t that a bit judgmental?

We were familiar with each other Poetry/Productivity Never sing a ballad without hope.

Hope + Medium Voice/Piano 2012 Text by Emily Dickinson

Opera – published by E.C. Schirmer, unless otherwise noted Cafeteria Rusticana § Mixed Voices/Piano Mad Libretto Opera based on scenes from Puccini Your little (body part) is frozen Soprano, Tenor When I walk alone Mezzo soprano Oh, my (adjective) daddy Soprano

2009

The System of Soothing 2011/2014 Evening length; Libretto: Pesci, after Edgar Allan Poe; Leads – Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, BassBaritone; Minimum Chorus/Supporting characters – 2 Soprano, 2 Mezzo-soprano, 3 Tenor, 1 Baritone, 2 Bass. Instrumentation – piano/vocal, chamber, or full pit orchestra. Commissioned by the Bent Wit Cabaret; first staged performance by Boston Opera Collaborative.

Trade (Unpublished) 2013 One act; Libretto: Pesci, after a short story by Simon Rich. Cast: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass (or Bass-Baritone). Instrumentation – piano/vocal, or chamber orchestra. Staged workshop performance at the Boston Conservatory, April 2013.

The Diary of Eve (Tagebuch von Eva) Soprano, Tenor, Flute, Viola, Harp One act; Libretto: Pesci after Mark Twain.

in progress

Instrumental/Chamber/Large Ensemble – Published by Ichthus Press Title Instrumentation String Quartet #1 § String Quartet Allegro – Scherzo – Adagio – Rondo Divertimento for Wind Ensemble Winds, Brass and Percussion Prelude – Impromptu – Elegy – Barcarolle – Humoresque – Scherzo Capriccio Eight Percussionists Prelude and Fugue Orchestra 1+picc, 1+cor ang, 1+bass, 1+contra, 2, 2, 2, 1, timp, str Suite Solo Guitar Prelude – Barcarolle – Tarantella Serenade String Orchestra Passacaglia – Intermezzo - Toccata Ritornello Piano Fantasia Circolare Saxophone Quartet (S/AATB) Theme and Variations Pierrot Ensemble plus perc.

Preludes Piano C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, G, Ab, A and B Major Inventions Flute, Bass Clarinet, Vibes Ricercar Violin, Cello, Piano

* Commissioned

2009 2009-10 2010 2011 2011 2013 2013 2014 2014 2009-15 2015 2015

and performed by the Choirs of Grace Episcopal Church, Newton Corner, MA

† Commissioned performed by the Choirs of Trinity Church in the City of Boston. + Commissioned through the NEW CHORAL MUSIC! initiative on Kickstarter. ° Commissioned and performed by the choirs of the Church of the Holy Comforter, Charlotte, NC. § Premiere performance on the Wednesday Recital Series at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Boston. # Commissioned and performed by the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and the Kantorei und Chorschule an der Lutherkirche, Karlsruhe.