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Through some ninety works composed for a wide range of performance genres, Bernard Rands is established as a major figure in contemporary music. The originality and distinctive character of his music have been variously described as “plangent lyricism” with a “dramatic intensity” and a “musicality and clarity of idea allied to a sophisticated and elegant technical mastery” - qualities he developed from his early studies with Dallapiccola and Berio in Italy. Born in England in 1934, Rands emigrated to the United States in 1975 since when he has been honored by awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the Guggenheim Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Barlow, Fromm,and Koussevitzky Foundations; the Pew Trust and the Carey Trust among others. Recent commissions include orchestral works for the Suntory concert hall in Tokyo; for the New York Philharmonic’s 100th anniversary; the centenary of Carnegie Hall; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Internationale Bach Akademie, Stuttgart. Other recent commissions have resulted in works for the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the Dale Warland Singers, Chanticleer, the Mendelssohn Quartet and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Rands currently has commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra for a ‘cello concerto for Rostropovitch in celebration of his seventieth birthday; from the Philadelphia Orchestra; the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra; the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia and from Meet the Composer for a consortium of orchestras and soloists. In addition to his own frequent appearances on the podium, Rands’ music has been conducted by many including Boulez, Berio, Maderna, Marriner, Mehta, Muti, Ozawa, Rilling, Salonen, Sawallisch, Schiff, Schuller, Schwarz, Silverstein, Sinopoli, Slatkin and von Dohnanyi. He has been guest composer at many international festivals around the world and Composer in Residence at the Aspen and Tanglewood festivals. From 1989 to 1996 he was Composer in Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Rands’ work Canti del Sole, premiered by Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic, was awarded the 1984 Pulitzer Prize in Music. His orchestral suites Le Tambourin won the 1986 Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. In the academic world, Rands has held fellowships and professorships in the universities of Wales,York, Brasenose College Oxford, Princeton, Yale, the University of California, Boston University and The Juilliard School. He is the Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music and the Walter Channing Cabot Fellow at Harvard University. Published by Helicon Music Corporation Sole Agent: European American Music Distributors LLC

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Actions for Six	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:00:00
Metalepsis 2	Unknown		00:00:00
“now again” — fragments from Sappho	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2006	00:17:00
String Quartet No. 3	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:17:00
Prelude	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2004	00:05:00
Walcott Songs	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:15:00
My Child (from Apokryphos)	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2003	00:10:00
Unending Lightning	Band	2002	00:12:00	Unending Lightning
A Melancholy Madrigal	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2001	00:06:00	A Melancholy Madrigal
Melancholy Madrigal	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2001	00:10:00
HBDZ	Keyboard	2001	00:05:00
Memo 7	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2000	00:10:00
Memo 8	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	2000	00:10:00
Memo 7	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2000	00:08:00	Memo 7
Belladonna	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1999	01:40:00
Memo 6	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1998	00:09:00
Resquiescant	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1997	00:30:00
Memo 4	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1997	00:12:00
étendre	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1997	00:01:00
Triple Concerto	Orchestra	1997	00:20:00
Fanfare for Orchestra	Orchestra	1996	00:02:00
Concertino	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:15:00
Concerto No. 1	Orchestra	1996	00:22:00
Interludium	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1995	00:10:00
--Sans voix parmi les voix--	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:00:00
…sans voix parmi lex voix…	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1995	00:07:00
Canzoni per Orchestra	Orchestra	1995	00:30:00
Symphony	Orchestra	1995	00:28:00
…where the murmurs die…	Orchestra	1995	00:10:00
String Quartet No. 2	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1994	00:12:00
Ceremonial	Band	1993	00:13:00
Introit	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1992	00:02:00
Canti dell'Eclisse	Orchestra	1992	00:30:00
Tre Canzoni Senza Parole	Orchestra	1992	00:20:00
…and the rain…	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1992	00:05:00
Canti dell'Eclisse	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:30:00
Ceremonial 3	Orchestra	1991	00:13:00
Canti d'Amor	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:22:00
Memo 3	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1989	00:15:00
Bells	Orchestra	1989	00:28:00
...body and shadow...	Orchestra	1988	00:22:00
London Serenade	Orchestra	1988	00:15:00
…in the receding mist…	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1988	00:10:00
…among the voices…	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1988	00:18:00
Hiraeth	Orchestra	1987	00:30:00
Fanfare for a Festival	Orchestra	1986	00:02:00
Ceremonial 2	Orchestra	1986	00:15:00
Le Tambourin	Orchestra	1984	00:26:00
Canti del Sole	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1984	00:29:00
Canti del Sole	Orchestra	1983	00:29:00
Canti Lunatici	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:30:00
déjà 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1980	00:15:00
Memo 2B	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1980	00:09:00
Canti Lunatici	Orchestra	1980	00:30:00
Obbligato - Memo 2C	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1980	00:13:00
Memo 2D	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1980	00:13:00
Madrigali	Orchestra	1977	00:22:00
Memo 5	Keyboard	1975	00:09:00
Scherzi	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1974	00:18:00
Aum	Orchestra	1974	00:15:00
Cuaderno	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1974	00:12:00
Memo 2	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1973	00:15:00
Ballad 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:12:00
Response - Memo 1B	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1973	00:09:00
Ballad 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:10:00
Ballad 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:12:00
Wildtrack 2	Orchestra	1973	00:14:00
déjà	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1972	00:16:00
'as all get out'	Unspecified Instrument(s)	1972	00:00:00
Mésalliance	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1972	00:15:00
Ballad 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1971	00:16:00
Metalepsis2	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1971	00:20:00
Memo 1	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1971	00:09:00
Ballad 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1970	00:14:00
Ballad 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1970	00:10:00
Tableau	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1970	00:20:00
Agenda	Orchestra	1970	00:13:00
Per Esempio	Orchestra	1969	00:10:00
Wildtrack 1	Orchestra	1969	00:14:00
Wildtrack 1	Orchestra	1969	00:14:00
Sound Patterns 4	Unspecified Instrument(s)	1969	00:00:00
Sound Patterns 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1969	00:00:00
Sound Patterns 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1967	00:00:00
Sound Patterns 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1967	00:00:00
Formants 1-les Gestes	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1965	00:13:00
Formants 1 - les gestes	Solo instrument, non-keyboard	1965	00:13:00
Espressione IV	Keyboard	1964	00:12:00
Actions for Six	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1962	00:16:00
Tre Espressioni	Keyboard	1960	00:10:00

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