Dorian Wind Quintet Premieres
In its history, the Dorian Wind Quintet has been honored to have premiered scores of new compositions for winds. Below is a complete listing of all works that were premiered by the DWQ.
KEY
W World Premiere
A American Premiere
NY New York City Premiere
* Commissioned by DWQ
** Written for DWQ
*** Dedicated to DWQ
Composer |
Title |
Premiere Date |
Adolphe, Bruce-*W-NY | Night Journey (1987) | 4/21/87 – NYC |
Alsina, Carlos-*W | A Letter for Wind Quintet (1970) | 4/20/75 – Hilversum, Holland |
Adolphe, Bennett, Childs, Hoiby, Perle-*W-NY | Anniversary Variations (2001) | 10/28/01 – NYC |
Asia, Daniel-*W-NY | Woodwind Quintet (1998) | 4/16/00 – NYC |
Bach, J.S.-*W-NY | Goldberg Variations, arr Brant (1973) | 12/13/73 – NYC |
Ballard, Louis-*W | Ritmo Indio (1969) | 3/8/69 – Santa Fe, NM |
Beethoven, Ludwig van-*W-NY | Quartet in c# minor, Op. 131, arr Brant (1970) | 2/10/71 – NYC |
Bennett, Richard Rodney-W-NY | Concerto for Wind Quintet (1983) | 10/16/84 – Washington, DC |
Bennett, Richard Rofney-*W-NY | Sonata for Woodwind Quintet and Piano (1986-7) | 4/21/87 – NYC |
Bergenfeld, Nathan-W | The Dragon Fly Hunter (1970) | 4/23/70 – Brooklyn, NY |
Berger, Arthur-**W | Quintet for Winds (1984) | 10/18/84 – Boston, MA |
Berio, Luciano-*W-NY | Opus Number Zoo (1951;revised 1970) | 2/10/71 – NYC |
Bichsel, Michel-W | Irrationelles (1975) | 1/27/75 – Geneva, Switzerland |
Blauvelt, Ralph-W/NY | No. 3F – Woodwind Quintet (1971-8) | 11/12/78 – NYC |
Blauvelt, Ralph-W/NY | No, 12 – Voice Instrument (1972) | 11/12/78 – NYC |
Blauvelt, Ralph-W/NY | No. 25A – Trio (1977) | 11/12/78 – NYC |
Blauvelt, Ralph-W/NY | No. 28 – Voice and Instrument (1978) | 11/12/78 – NYC |
Blauvelt, Ralph-**W/NY | No. 29 – Quintet (1978) | 11/12/78 – NYC |
Borden, David-W | Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet (1961) | 7/24/61 – Tanglewood, MA |
Boziwick, George-W/NY | Third Dance for Woodwind Quintet (1993) | 12/5/93 – NYC |
Boziwick, George-NY | Woodwind Quintet (2002) | 3/22/03 – NYC |
Boesch, Rainer-W | Espaces 2 (1979) | 3/14/79 – Geneva, Switzerland |
Brahms, Johannes-*W-NY | Quartet in c minor, Op. 51, arr. Brant (1971) | 3/22/72 – NYC |
Brant, Henry-*W-NY | Prevailing Winds ( 1974) | 10/5/74 – Brooklyn, NY |
Brant, Henry-NY | Requiem for Summer (1934) | 2/16/83 – NYC |
Brant, Henry-**W-NY | Secret Strings and Prevailing Winds (1976) | 2/16/77 – NYC |
Brant, Henry-*W-NY | Windjammer (1969) | 5/21/69 – NYC |
Cage, John-W | Music for Wind Instruments (1938) | 2/17/62 – Ann Arbor, MI |
Chadabe, Joel-**W | For Woodwinds (1974) | 10/2/74 – Albany, NY |
Childs, Billy-*W-NY | A Day in the Forest of Dreams (1997) | 9/25/97 – Berea, KY |
Childs, Billy-**W-NY | Fugue in Perpetual Motion (1999) | 10/23/99 – Spring Valley, NY |
Cohen, Steven-W | Theme and Variations for Woodwind Quartet (1970) | 4/23/70 – Brooklyn, NY |
Colgrass, Michael-W/NY | Wind Quintet (1962) | 3/21/62 – NYC |
Comman, Robert-W | Variations with Flourishes & Final Excursion (1979) | 3/14/79 – Geneva, Switzerland |
Cortes, Ramiro-W/NY | Capricco for Woodwind Quartet (1971) | 9/26/72 – Albany, NY |
Cortes, Ramiro-*W-NY | Three Movements for Five Wind Instruments (1967) | 4/28/68 – NYC |
Davidovsky, Mario-*W | Synchronisms No. 8 for WWQ and Tape (1974) | 4/17/75 – Minneapolis, MN |
Deaderick, Joan-W | A Quartet for Winds (1970) | 4/23/70 – Brooklyn, NY |
De Jong, Conrad-NY | Variations on the Spanish La Folia (1987) | 2/5/89 – NYC |
Del Tredici, David | Belgian Bliss (2012) | 1/18/13 – NYC |
Downing, Joseph-W | Concerto for WWQ and Orchestral Winds (1988) | 10/2/95 – Terre Haute, IN |
Druckman, Jacob-*W-NY | “Delizie contente, che l’alme beate” (1973) | 12/13/73 – NYC |
Dvorak, Anton-W/NY | Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 51, arr. Jolley | 4/14/86 – Hunter College, NYC |
Epstein, Douglas-W/NY | Commitments (1974) | 3/10/75 – NYC |
Faberman, Harold-**W-NY | Quintesence (1962) | 3/3/65 – Mt. Vernon, IA |
Fennelly, Brian-W-NY | Wind Quintet (1967; rev. 1972) | 1/28/74 – Carnegie Recital, NYC |
Foerster, Josef-A | Quintet, Op. 95 (1909) | 8/10/61 – Cummington, MA |
Fortner, Wolfgang-W/NY | Funf Bagatellen (1960) | 8/11/61 – Lenox, MA |
Foss, Lukas-*W-NY | Cave of the Winds (1972) | 12/14/72 – NYC |
Garrido-Lecca, Celso-W | Divertimento (1957) | 8/12/61 – Lenox, MA |
Gerhard, Roberto-W/NY | Wind Quintet (1928) | 7/7/61 – Lenox, MA |
Gibson, David-W/NY | Ligatures (1974) | 10/24/75 – Albany, NY |
Goldenthal, Elliot-W/NY | Jabberwocky (1981) | 5/10/82 – NYC |
Gros, Axel-W/NY | QuS (1975) | 3/10/75 – NYC |
Gros, Axel/Hall, Jan-W/NY | Electrophony (1975) | 3/10/75 – NYC |
Herbst, Cynthia-W/NY | Time (1975) | 3/10/75 – NYC |
Hoffer, Bernard-W | Divertimento for Octet (1988) | 8/9/88 – Northeast Harbor,ME |
Hoiby, Lee-W/NY | Diversions for Wind Quintet (1954;revised 1989) | 6/28/92 – Woodstock, NY |
Hoiby, Lee-*W/NY | Sextet for Woodwind Quintet and Piano (1975) | 2/3/75 – London, England |
Holcomb, Dorothy-W/NY | Woodwind Quartet (1963) | 2/19/71 – NYC |
Husa, Karel-NY | Two Preludes (1966) | 4/9/72 -Hunter College, NYC |
Ilori, Solomon-**W | Epo Mbe Ewa Mbe (1964) | 11/5/63 – Elizabethville, Congo |
Johnson, Roger-**W/NY | Wind Quintet (1970) | 4/14/71 – East Orange, NJ |
Kraft, Leo-*W/NY | The Five Winds (2002) | 10/17/02 – Queens, NY |
Lewis, Peter Scott-NY | Serenade for Winds (2002) | 11/23/03 – NYC |
Meier, Roger-W | “Du Bout des Bois au Bout des Levres” (1979) | 3/14/79 – Geneva, Switzerland |
Morton, Lawrence-**W/NY | Traditional Winds Quintet (1971) | 5/7/71 – NYC |
Moss, Lawrence-W/NY | Auditions for Woodwind Quintet and Tape (1971) | 1/28/73 – Baltimore, MD |
Nicholson, Gordon-W | Impression III (1972) | 10/16/72 – Calgary, Alberta |
Nilsson, Bo-A | Zwanzig Gruppen (1958) | 2/17/62 – Ann Arbor, MI |
Perle, George-W/NY | For Piano and Winds (1988) | 5/6/92 – Oakdale, NY |
Perle, George-***NY | Wind Quintet No. 1 (1959) | 4/5/66 – NYC |
Perle, George-*W/NY | Wind Quintet No. 4 (1984) | 10/2/85 – NYC |
Pocaro, Paul-W | Chamber Symphony | 4/23/70 – Brooklyn, NY |
Pollack, Alan-W | Octet | 4/23/70 – Brooklyn, NY |
Porter, Cole-W/NY | Love Songs Without Words, arr. Smit | 8/3/75 – Woodstock, NY |
Pourfarrokh, Massoud-W/NY | Colors (1975) | 3/10/75 – NYC |
Riley, John-W | Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1957) | 10/27/71 – Auburn, AL |
Sampson, David-W | IN MEMORIAM: Nightmare Begins Reality (1981) | 5/4/81 – Morristown, NJ |
Sawyer, Betty-W/NY | Woodwind Quintet (1963) | 4/20/63 – NYC |
Schickele, Peter-W | A Walk At Briones (1988-90) | 9/2/90 – Woodstock, NY |
Schifrin, Lalo-*W/NY | La Nouvelle Orleans (1987) | 2/5/89 – NYC |
Schwartz, Marvin-W | Threes and Twos for Three (1971) | 3/28/71 – Queens, NY |
Schuler, Craig-W/NY | Vista-Rhapsody of Joy for WWQ and Vibraphone (1979) | 5/19/79 – NYC |
Shapey, Ralph-W | Movements for Wind Quintet (1961) | 2/17/62 – Ann Arbor, MI |
Stancarone, Michael-**W/NY | Four Textures for Woodwind Quartet (1971) | 5/7/71 – NYC |
Starer, Robert-**W | The Last Lover – A Musical Morality Play (1975) | 8/2/75 – Katonah, NY |
Stewart, Robert-W/NY | Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet | 2/7/62 – NYC |
Subotnick, Morton-*W/NY | Misfortunes of the Immortals (1969) | 12/6/69 – Washington, DC |
Tchaikowsky, Peter-*W/NY | Theme & Variations from Suite No. 2, arr. (1987) | 2/8/88 – NYC |
Tower, Joan-*NY | Island Prelude (1989) | 12/18/89 – NYC |
Trythall, Richard-*W/NY | Variations on a Theme by Haydn (1975) | 4/23/76 – Rome, Italy |
Weir, Judith-A | Aires from Another Planet (1986) | 11/20/88 – New Haven, CT |
Whitenberg, Charles-**W/NY | Woodwind Quintet (1961) | 4/11/62 – NYC |
Willey, James-**W | Variations (1968) | 3/13/68 – Geneseo, NY |
Verdi,Giuseppe-**W/NY | Quintet in e minor, arr. Rechtman (1993) | 12/5/93 – NYC |
Veyvoda, Gerald-*W/NY | Into the Articice of Eternity(1971) | 5/7/71 – NYC |
Veyvoda, Gerald-*W/NY | Through the Looking Glass (1972) | 5/2/72 – NYC |