The following abbreviations will be used:
- STRINGS: The four instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) will be designated as STRS=strings. The number of string players for a full or chamber orchestra is not specified and is left to the discretion of the music director.
- WOODWINDS: PICC=Piccolo FL=Flute CL=Clarinet BCL=Bass Clarinet OB=Oboe EH=English Horn BSN=Bassoon CBSN=Contra-bassoon AS=Alto Saxophone TS=Tenor Saxophone BSX=Baritone Saxophone
- BRASS: TPT=Trumpet FH=French Horn TB=Trombone TBA=Tuba
- PERCUSSION: TYM=Tympani XYLO=Xylophone MAR=Marimba VIB=Vibraphone PNO=Piano CEL=Celeste GLK=Glockenspiel TUBBLS=Tubular Bells SD=Snare Drum TDR=Tenor Drum BDR=Bass Drum CYMS=Cymbals GNG=Gong TAMB=Tambourine TRI=Triangle
- VOICES: TENVCE=Tenor Voice TTBBCH=Men’s Choir
| Title | Instrumentation | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Concertino for Saxophone Quartet (3 movements, full orchestra) | Soloists: AS / 2TS / BSX Orch: STRS / 2FL / 2OB / 2CL / 2BSN / 2FH / 4TPT / 3TB / TBA / TYM / SD / SUSCYM | Approximately 14:00 |
| The Angel of the Flowing Light1 | STRS / PICC / 2FL / 2OB / EH / 2CL / 2BSN / 3FH / 3TPT / 3TB / TYM / GNG / TUBBLS / GLKS | Approximately 14:00 |
| The Festival of Attis and Cybele (symphonic suite in 5 movements)2 | STRS / 2FL / 2OB / 2CL / 2BSN / CBSN / 4FH / 3TPT / 3TB / TBA / TYM / CYMS / TDR / XYLO / MAR / VIB / TAMB | Approximately 31:00 |
| The Sign of Jonas: In Memoriam Thomas Merton (chamber orchestra)3 | STRS / 2FL / 2OB / 2CL / BSN / 2FH / PNO / TTBBCH | Approximately 30:00 |
| Peter Quince at the Klavier (vocal work; chamber orchestra)4 | TENVCE / STRS / FL / OB / CL / FH / BSN / CEL / TYM / TRI / GLK / BDR / CYMS / VIB / GNG / XYLO / TAMB / TDR | Approximately 10:00 |
- This work is an orchestration of one of the movements of The Great Happiness Suite originally conceived for synthesizer. See Music for Keyboard Instruments.
- This suite would be suitable as a ballet score. The titles of the movements are: I. Prologue II. Day of Mourning III. Festival of Joy IV. Day of Repose V. Processional to the Almo and Epilogue
- The title is taken from the journal of the same name by the writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968). It requires a narrator who reads passages from the journal during the course of the piece. The central section, which is the composer’s plainsong setting of parts of the Mass for a men’s choir, may be omitted.
- The text for the work is a poem by the American writer Wallace Stevens (1879-1956).