Composing an American Life
Choral
The Canticle of the Sun 1987
Francis of Assisi's "In Praise of Creatures"
- Text St. Francis of Assisi
- SSAAA chorus, finger cymbals, synthesizer, optional organ
Choral
The Nothing That Is 2004
- Text Excerpts from Apollo 13 flight transcript, Psalms 90, 13, and 131, Ptolemy, John Donne, Charles Pierce & John F. Kennedy, adpt. Libby Larsen
- Baritone, 2 speakers (backstage, amplified), child's voice (on-stage, amplified), SATB chorus, chamber orchestra: 1d1, 1,1,1/1,0,0,0/timp/perc*/pno/synth, vln,vnc, db.
Opera
The Silver Fox 1979
Family opera in one act
- Librettist John Olive
- Violin, piano, sweet potato, suspended cymbal, windchimes
Choral
All Shall Be Well 1979
- Text Timothy Dudley-Smith
- SA chorus, soprano recorder, triangle, keyboard
Instrumental
Blinded by the Light 2017
- Flute, alto flute, and piano with wind chimes and electric guitar
Choral
Celebration Mass: Lutheran Edition 2010
- Text Traditional Lutheran Liturgy
- Congregation, SATB chorus, organ, optional handbells, optional brass quartet/quintet, optional timpani
Choral
Come Before Winter 2003
- Text Arthur Mampel
- SSAATTBB chorus, baritone solo, piano (2 or 4 hands) or full orchestra: 1d1,cor ang, bsn, hrn, timp, 2 perc*, pno/cel, str quartet.
Vocal
De Toda la Eternidad 2002
- Poet Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
- Soprano, piano or wind ensemble: fl1,fl2, cl1,cl2,, bs,cl, bsn1,bsn2,alto sax, hrn, tmbn,tba, pno,hp,perc*, db.
Choral
Fanfare and Alleluia 1995
- Text Traditional
- SATB chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, handbells, chimes, organ
Choral
Four Mediations of Mechthild of Magdeburg 2007
- Text Mechthild of Magdeburg
- SATB chorus, organ, and handbells
Choral
God As Ribbon of Light 1993
- Text Sister Mary Virginia Micka
- SATB Chorus, *3 Cellos, and **Piano (2 Players: Pianist and Percussionist)
Vocal
Hestene står i regnet 2015
- Text Astrid Hj. Andersen tr. Laura Loge
- High voice, piano, and Hardanger fiddle
CantataChoral
I It Am: The Shewings of Julian of Norwich 2003
- Text John Mauropus, Folquet de Marseille, Josephus, Konrad von Wuerzburg, Ratpert of Saint Gall, Theodore of Studite, Mechthild of Magdeburg & Psalms 17, 18, 27, 41, 54
- Soprano, countertenor, baritone, SSAATTBB chorus, chamber orchestra: 2fl, 2ob, ob d’amore, hrn, 3 tpt, timp, str.
Choral
I Just Lightning 1994
- Text Maria Sabina tr. Eloina Estrada de Gonzalez and Henry Munn
- SSAA chorus, percussion*
Choral
In a Winter Garden 1982
Advent Meditations and Carols
- Librettist Patricia Hampl
- Soprano and tenor solo, SATB chorus with solos, chamber orchestra
Instrumental
On a Day of Bells 2002
A fantasy memorializing the peals of the bells of Moscow square
- Organ
Choral
Praise One 2004
- Text Psalms 146, 147, 148, and 150 adpt. Libby Larsen
- SSAATTBB chorus, SATB chorus favori, full orchestra: 2dq,2,2,2/4,3,3,1/timp/3 perc*/pno/cel/str.
Choral
So Blessedly it Sprung 1996
- Text 12th century Old English poetry & Adam of St. Victor
- SATB chorus, oboe, viola, harp
Opera
Titine Coming from The Silver Fox 1979
Opera Scene
- Librettist John Olive
- Violin, piano, sweet potato, suspended cymbal, windchimes
Choral
Who Cannot Weep, Come Learn of Me 1985
The Virgin's Lament Over Her Dead Son
- Text MS 09.38, Trinity College, Cambridge
- SSA chorus, mezzo-soprano, and tenor
Vocal
The Other Side of Silence 2021
On the writings of George Eliot
- Author George Eliot
- Soprano and Piano
