spencer topel
SELECTED PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS
MUSIC FOR MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA, LARGE & SMALL ENSEMBLE, AND SOLO INSTRUMENTS
orchestral
Fragility of Spaces 2013 12’
Winds (3,3,3,3) Brass (4,3 3,1) Timpani, Percussion (3) Harp, Piano, Strings.
Incendio 2008 11’
Winds (3,3,3,3) Brass (4,2 3,1) Timpani, Percussion (3) Harp, Piano, Strings.
Premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra, with Osmo Vänskä, conductor.
Symphony Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2008.
Midas 2004 72’
Winds (3,3,3,3) Brass (6,4, 3, 1, 1) Timpani, Percussion (4), Harp, Strings.
Concerto for Three Players and Orchestra 2003 15’
Winds (2,2,2,2,1) Brass (4,2,2,1,1) Percussion (2), Harp, Strings, and Solo Instruments: Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Piano.
Premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra, Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY 2003.
large ensemble
Trans-Verse 2013 15’
Winds (4,2,8,5,2) Brass (4,4 2,1,1) Timpani, Percussion (3).
Premiered by the Charles River Wind Ensemble, with Matthew Marsitt, conductor. First Baptist Church, Newton Center, Massachusetts, 2013.
Concerto for Winds 2007 15’
Winds (6,6,4,4,2) Brass (6,4,4,1,2) Percussion (4) Gamelan (2) Piano, and Live-electronics.
Premiered by the Cornell Wind Ensemble on December 3rd 2007 in Bailey Hall, Ithaca, NY, 2007.
Stations 2005 12’
Flute, clarinet Bb, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, and electronics.
Premiered by the Festival Chamber Orchestra, Cynthia Johnston-Turner, Conductor. Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY.
Glass Roof 2004 9’
Flute, clarinet Bb, oboe, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, bass. ASCAP 2005 Award.
small ensemble
String Quartet 2015 20'
violins (2), viola, and violoncello
Palavers 2014 19’
violins (2)
String Noise Commission
Details on the Strasbourg Rosace 2014 22’
flute, clarinet Bb, violin, cello, and piano Collide-A-Scope Music Commission.
Callings 2013 8’
three versions: a) eight chromatic tuning pipes and megaphones, b) 12 brass instruments c) 40 trumpets. Premiered by musicians from Det Frie Gymnasium and DKDM on the Den Røde Plads, Copenhagen, DK, 2013.
Figuram 2013 9’
soprano, clarinet Bb, percussion, contrabass, and live-electronics
Premiered by the Figura Ensemble, Literaturhuas, Copenhagen, DK, 2013.
Nestings 2012 6’
4 percussionists and amplified nested toy boxes.
Vox Nihili 2012 7’
flute, clarinet, piano, violin, cello.
Premiered by Callithumpian Consort for the Festival of New Music, Spaulding Concert Hall, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH, 2012.
Elementary Sources 2011 6’
string quartet and laptop.
Premiered by the Voxare Quartet, for the Festival of New Music, Spaulding Concert Hall, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH, 2011.
Cyclicum 2010 6’
violin, viola, cello, and laptop.
Premiered by the Voxare Quartet, at the ICMC Alternative Events Concert, SUNY Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, 2010.
Cyclone’s Needle 2010 7’
two percussion and laptop.
Premiered at Beyond the Machine 10.0, Inaugural concert of the Wilson Theater Concert Hall, The Juilliard School, New York, NY, 2010.
Aqua Regia 2008 6’
flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello.
Premiered by the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Sydney Hodkinson, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO, 2008.
Fatula Gulen Cycle 2008 12’
mezzo-soprano, cello, kanun (or harp), and oud (or bass)
Premiered by the Birlesen-Yollar Ensemble, Tour of Turkey, 2008.
Preludes for Violin and Cello 2007 8’
Premiered by Vittorio and Duccio Ceccanti at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy, 2007. Awarded the “Diploma of Merit” from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana.
Electric String Quartet 2004 26’
String Quartet and Live Electronics
Premiered by the Juilliard Electric Ensemble at the 2004 Beyond the Machine 2.1. The Juilliard School Room 208, New York, NY 2004.
Akulavira 2004 8’
string quartet
Premiered by the Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players, Barnes Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. BMI Young Composers Award 2005.
solo instruments
Hot Mess 2013 11’
for solo bass clarinet Bb, and actuated drum.
Commissioned by Heather Roche, premiere scheduled for March 11th, 2014, at The Green Room in Somerville, MA.
Sonata No. 1 2004 (rev. 2013) 12’
for solo piano
Recorded by Steve Beck, The Juilliard School recording studio, 2004.
SVIN 2012 8’
for solo contrabass and laptop.
Premiered by Jesper Egelund at Det Frie Gallerie, Copenhagen, Denmark (DK), 2012.
Intersecare 2012 10’
for solo cello and laptop.
Premiered by Filipe Quaresma, Mo. de S. Bento da Victória, Porto, Portugal, 2012.
Violine 2011 12’
for solo violin and laptop.
Premiered by the composer at the 2011 MATA Interval Series, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY.
Passacaglia 2007 7’
solo piano.
Premiered by Michael Brown at the Liederkranz Center in New York, NY 2007.
Spheres 2004 7’
Solo Piano
Premiered by Frederic Lacroix at the Mid-Day Music Concerts, Lincoln Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 2004.