Works

List of Compositions

Bob Falesch
  • Klaviermasch (2010)   solo metaPiano   live recording
  • The Song That Never Was (2oo9) (vocal a capella composed by Imogen Heap, orchestrated by R.A.Falesch) sequenced, multi-track, 5.1 surround recorded
  • …not even the rain (2oo7) solo metaPiano
  • Cyclic Constellations (2oo6) electronic, stereo soundfile playback
  • Lost Constellations (rev 2oo6) soundfile playback recorded
  • Escape(5x) (2oo5) electronic, stereo soundfile playback recorded (derived from 5 by 5 (2oo2))
  • [Who Let the] Genie Out of the Glottal (2oo4) saxophone, live electronics   Premier May 15, 2oo4: Aram Shelton, saxophone; Bob Falesch, computer (3030 Electroacoustic Concert Series)
  • …let fall the empire (2oo4) multimedia Premier: March 5, 2oo4: New Music DePaul (DePaul University, Chicago)
  • Travelogue (2oo3) flute, electronics Premier: June 2003, Lisa Goethe, flute (Deadtech, Chicago)
  • Apricot Pit (2oo3) electronic, stereo soundfile playback recorded
  • 5 by 5 (2oo2) electronic, stereo soundfile playback recorded
  • disowned (2oo2) electroacoustic, stereo soundfile playback recorded
  • Escaping Constellations (2oo1) multi-channel soundfile playback Premier (pending)
  • unowned (2oo1) saxophone, actor, electronics Premier December 2, 2oo1: Jeremy Ruthrauff, saxophones; Terri Reardon, narration and movement (commissioned by Ruthrauff, premiered at Western Illinois University)
  • Lost Constellations (2ooo) soundfile playback Premier: spectra, 2ooo
  • Hoopla Hatte Hoog (1999) for three wind or brass, vocalist, piano, electric guitar, double bass, electronics live recording   Premier September 1999, Pueblo, Colorado: (reduced version) Ed Tatum, Michael O’Neill, Mike Short, Bob Falesch (premiered at University of Southern Colorado)
  • Le Gran Jatte (1998) for alto saxophone, electric piano, processed vocals, electronics, prepared percussion Premier July 1998: Bob Marsh, cello; Chris Heenan, saxophone; Bob Falesch, electronics
  • Soft is Not Like Hard* (1997) for vocalist, speaker, piano, electronics live recording   Premier: Bob Falesch, live electronics; George Flynn, piano; Carol Genetti, soprano; Terri Reardon, speaker
  • I Love Your Curves (1997) – titled on day of performance for five instruments, vocalist, speaker (random newspaper articles), electronics Premier January 12, 1997: Louise Cloutier, soprano; Gene Coleman, bass clarinet; Lisa Goethe, flute; Bob Marsh, piano; Fred-Lonberg-Holm, cello; Bob Falesch, live electronics; Terri Reardon, speaker; Jeremy Ruthrauff, saxophone
  • Friday the 13th (1997) …after Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) flute, clarinet, vocalist, speaker, piano, cello Premier 01-June-97: Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Ken Vandermark, Carol Genetti, Terri Reardon, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm
  • Light to the Touch (1997) for flute, voice, piano, mixed percussion Premier 01-June-97: Janice Misurell-Mitchell, Carol Genetti, George Flynn, Tim Mulvenna
  • The Thistle (1997)  text by Ted Lacey vocalist, speaker, saxophone, piano, electronics Premier 29-March-97: Carol Genetti, Terri Reardon, Jeremy Ruthrauff, Jim Baker, Bob Falesch
  • Particle Study (1997) soprano voice, tenor saxophone, electronics Premier 01-June-97: Carol Genetti, Jeremy Ruthrauff, Bob Falesch
  • Two Constellations (1997) for violin, soundfile Premier: August 1997: Dorothy Martirano, violin soloist
  • Multiple Threads (1996) for saxophone, electronics Premier January 12, 1997: Jeremy Ruthrauff, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones; Bob Falesch, live electronics
  • Fall Among the Dead* (1996) for voice, keyboardist, cello, electronics Premier January 12, 1997: Louise Cloutier, soprano; Bob Marsh, piano-accordian; Fred-Lonberg-Holm, cello; Bob Falesch, live electronics
  • Blue Potatoes* (1996) flute, voice, clarinet, trombone, saxophone, cello, piano, electronics Premier November 3, 1996: Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano; Jeb Bishop, trombone; Bob Falesch, electronics;Lisa Goethe-McGinn, flute; Stuart Leitch, piano; Jeremy Ruthrauff, saxophone; Christie Vohs, clarinet; Sara Wollan, cello
  • Soundfathom (1996) for A-clarinet,bass clarinet,computer Premier November 3, 1996: Christie Vohs, A-clarinet, bass clarinet, computer controller (premiered NEMO’96 International Festival)
  • The Outsider (1995) for narrator, soundfile playback Premier November 3, 1996: Beau O’Reilly, narrator (perf own text)
  • Quintet for Winds (1994) for woodwind quintet recorded   Premier October 30, 1994: Susan Telford, flute and piccolo; Amy Barwan, oboe and cor anglais; Charlotte Cerminaro, horn; Charles Shapera, basson; David Jones, clarinet and bass clarinet
  • Sonatina for Piano, Whirligig (1993) for piano solo Premier April 17, 1994: Wilbur Kruse, piano
  • Torrid Bloom* (1993) performance artist, soundfile (or chamber orchestra) video   Premier October 1993: Barbara Paloumpis, narration-movement improv
  • Some Unfinished Chaos (1992),  incidental music, on tape Produced: March 18 – April 26, 1992, Chicago Dramatists Workshop, Chicago; Equity Library Theater production of the three-act play by Evan Blake
  • VRC-7 (composer: Fred Lonberg-Holm) Paper score, open instrumentation.  Max/Msp realtime score rendering by R.Falesch live recording   Premier: Hot House, Chicago:  Jerome Bryerton, percussion; Jeremy Ruthrauff, saxophone; Bob Falesch, laptop-live electronics, meta-piano, live resampling

* series of works with text drawn from Racter

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