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Compositions and Arrangements by
Truman Harris
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Naxos has released a CD (No. 8.559858) of six of Truman's works with artist performers from the National Symphony Orchestra. Works listed in RED below are on the CD, which is available for purchase from Amazon and other sites.
The entire CD is now available free of charge on YouTube here, courtesy of Naxos.
Original Compositions Arrangements Listed Below
Title
| Instrumentation | Performance Time | Synthesized audio
(some are excerpts) | Many works below published by
Trevco Music Publishing
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Music Exerpts
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Promenade
1. Parade
2. Serenade
3. Escapade
| Six Bassoons
| 6:25
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Listen to
Promenade
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
| Excerpts
from
Promenade
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Equal Voices
1. Two Ways
2. Candle Light
3. Celebration
| Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Viola,
Horn, Bassoon
| 7:51
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Listen to
Equal Voices
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
| Excerpts
from
Equal Voices
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Maple Dances
| Four Bassoons
| 3:54
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Listen to
Maple Dances
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
| Excerpts
from
Maple Dances
| January Suite
1. Ice Crystals
2. Moonlight on Snow
3. Winter Merriment
| Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet,
Horn, Bassoon
| 6:21
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Listen to
January Suite
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
| Excerpts
from
January Suite
| Five for Six
1. March
2. Mystery
3. Calliope
4. Technominute
5. Meditation
| Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet,
Horn, Bassoon, and Harp
| 6:05
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Listen to
Five for Six
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
| Excerpts
from
Five for Six
| Five Inventions
1. Moderato
2. Andantino
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. Maestoso; Spirito
| Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet,
Horn, Bassoon
| 5:40
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Listen to
Five Inventions
on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Five Inventions
| Quartet in the Woods
1. Leaving the City
2. Campfire Discussions
3. Fireflies
| Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet,
Horn
(Useful music in case your bassoonist is stuck in traffic.) | 6:40
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Listen to Quartet in the Woods on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Quartet in the Woods
| Harmonie Suite
1. March
2. Song and Gavotte
3. Minuet
4. Finale
| 2 Oboes,
2 Clarinets,
2 Horns,
2 Bassoons
| 8:40
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Listen to
Harmonie Suite
on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Harmonie Suite
| Happy Music
1. Cutting a Rug
2. Waltzing Together
3. The Court Jester's March
4. Easy Chair Passacaglia
| Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 8:15
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Listen to Happy Music on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Happy Music
| Autumn Reflections
1. Overture
2. Soliloquy
3. Ruffles and Flourishes
4.Processional
5. Sun on Camellias
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 8:15
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Listen to Autumn Reflections on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Autumn
Reflections
| Gnomes
A Fairy Tale in the Forest
1. Once Upon a Time
2. Melodrama
3. March of the Trolls
4. Happily Ever After
| 2 Bassoons and Contrabassoon
| 8:15
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Listen to Gnomes on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Gnomes
| Divertimento
1. Cassation
2. Serenata Interrota
3. Scherzo
4. Concerto per Bambini
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 10:40
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Listen to Divertimento on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing
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Excerpts
from
Divertimento
| Timewaves
1. Overture
2. Meditation
3. Finale
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet
| 5:35
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Listen to Timewaves on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Timewaves
| Sonata Breve
| Bassoon and Piano
| 7:30
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Listen to Sonata Breve on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Sonata Breve
| Heliotrope Variations
| Flute/Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 5:28
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Listen to Heliotrope Variations on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Heliotrope Variations
| Suite for Wind Quintet
1. Overture
2. Waltz
3. Trio
4. One Minute Scherzo
5. Finale
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 9:40
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Listen to Suite for Wind Quintet on YouTube |
Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Suite for
Wind Quintet
| Tiny Fruit Suite
1. Strawberry
2.Blueberry
3. Kumquat | Two Oboes, English Horn
| 3:10
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Listen to Tiny Fruit Suite on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing | Excerpts
from
Tiny
Fruit Suite
| Three Valentines
1. Stormy and Clearing
2. Serenade
3. Waltz |
Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon
| 6:05
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Listen to Three Valentines on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing | Excerpts
from
Three
Valentines
| | Robin Ridge Overture |
2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
| 4:08
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Listen to Robin Ridge Overture on YouTube | Email composer |
Excerpts
from
Robin Ridge Overture
| Three Places in Nova Scotia
1. Point Pleasant Park
2.The Margaree Valley
3. Lunenburg
| Oboe, String Quartet, Electric Bass
| 10:08
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Listen to Three Places In Nova Scotia on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Three Places in Nova Scotia
| Songs and Dances
(2018)
1. Allegro energico
2.Andante
3. Allegretto
| Bassoon, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
| 10:08
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Listen to Songs and Dances on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Songs and Dances
| Three Romances
(2018)
1. Allegro
2.Andante
3. Allegretto
| Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
| 10:42
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Listen to Three Romances on YouTube
| Email Composer
| | Dance Suite
(2017)
1. Overture
2. Allemande
3. Courante a la Follia
4. Sarabande
5. Gavotte
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon
| 11:00
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Listen to Dance Suite on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Dance Suite
| Sextet
(2017)
1. Blue Light
2.The Clockmaker's Cat
3. Midnight Gigue
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Piano
| 9:44
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Listen to Sextet on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Sextet
| Four Winter Scenes
(2017)
1. Shadow Dancers
2. Light Snow
3. Shivering Song
4. Fireside Conversations
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 10:00
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Listen to Four Winter Scenes on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Four Winter Scenes
| Three Miniatures
(2006-7)
1. Overture
2.Cock O' The Walk
3. Chasing Shadows
| Flute, Horn, Bassoon
| 5:10
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Listen to Three Miniatures on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Three
Miniatures
| Rosemoor Suite
(2015)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
1. Fantasia
2. On the Trampoline
3. By the Stream, Late September
4. Charleston
5. Silent Movie
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
| 12:00
| (Listen to Rosemoor Suite, Synth audio on YouTube)
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Rosemoor Suite
| Aulos Triptych
(2015)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
1. Light and Color
2. Dreams of Fantastic Places
3. A Warm Day in Winter
| 4 Flutes, Piano | 8:20 | (Listen to Aulos Triptych Synth audio on YouTube) | Email Composer
| | Character Sketches
(2015)
1. Buskers
2. Monday Morning
3. Wallflower
4. Cheerleaders
5. Lydian Invaders
6. New Year's Eve
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | 8:30 | Listen to Character Sketches on YouTube
Listen to a performance of Character Sketches by members of Eclipse Chamber Orchestra on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Character Sketches
| As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods
Text by Walt Whitman
(2013) | Chamber Choir, Chamber Orchestra
| 4:01
| Synth Audio
(Two other movements available)
| Email composer |
| Sonata
(2008)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
1. Until Three
2. Moon in the Water
3. Rondo
| Two Bassoons, Piano | 13:55 | (Listen to the Sonata
Synth audio on YouTube
| Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from Sonata For Two Bassoons And Piano
| The Mad Hatter
Based on text by Lewis Carroll
(2004) | Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Horn, Contrabassoon, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass | 7:43 | Listen to
The Mad Hatter
on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
The Mad
Hatter
| Flowers
(2007)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
1. Pansy
2. Clover
3. Tulip
4. Lavender
5. Kudzu
6. Black-eyed Susan
Washington Post review of a performance
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | 7:36 | (Listen to
Flowers Synth audio
on YouTube) | Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts
from
Flowers
| Ricky-Tick Nightmare
(2007)
Encore Piece | Bassoon, Piano | 1:43 | Listen to Ricky-tick Nightmare on YouTube | Trevco Music Publishing |
Excerpts from
Ricky-Tick
Nightmare
| Concertino for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
(2003; rev. 2007)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
Alice K. Weinreb, flute
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Sylvia Alimena, conducting
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegretto mosso | Solo Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Strings | | | Email composer | | Fanfare for the Tenth
(2002; rev. 2007) | 2 Flutes, Strings | 3:40 |
| Email Composer |
| Concertino for Horn and Chamber Orchestra
(2001; rev. 2006)
Listen to Naxos CD on YouTube:
Laurel B. Ohlson, horn
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
Sylvia Alimena, conducting
1. Allegro
2. Arias and Recitatives. Andante
3. Rondo. Allegretto giocoso
| Solo Horn, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Strings | | | Email composer |
| | Prelude
(1996) | A Fanfare for
Twelve Violas | | Synth audio | Email composer | | | Sinfonia
(1980) | 2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba | | | Email composer | | On Losing a Friend
(2007) | Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass | 2:41 | | Email Composer |
| Hanukkah Variations on a Theme of Marcello
(1994) | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | | | | Trevco Music Publishing |
Arrangements | Composer & Title | Instrumentation | Published | Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna Overture
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn | Trevco Music Publishing
| Julius Fučíë: Vjezd Gladiáôorů
(Entry of the Gladiators)
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: итальянская полька
(Polka Italienne)
| Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | H.C.Lumbye: Champagne Galop | Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Chopin: Les Sylphides (7 piano pieces) | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite:
Death of Åóe | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing | | Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Suppéº Banditenstreiche Overture
(The Jolly Robbers) | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Email composer | | Suppéº Dichter Und Bauer Overture
(Poet and Peasant) | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Suppéº Light Cavalry Overture | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Email composer | | Tchaikovsky: Dances from
The Nutcracker | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
| | Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever | Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, with optional 2nd Clarinet | Trevco Music Publishing | | Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever | Flute, Horn, Bassoon | Trevco Music Publishing
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