BEN DAVID RICHMOND
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Notable Compositions
Orchestra, Band, Choir
Nor'easter,
image for concert band, written for the John Bapst Concert Band, 5m, 2023
Premiere set for May 2024
Snow Moon,
tone poem for string orchestra, written for the MMEA District 2 Honors Orchestra, 10m, 2023
Premiered February 2024
Katahdin
, tone poem for chamber orchestra, written for the John Bapst Concert Orchestra, 16m, 2023
Premiered May 2023
As Light Shatters
, symphonic dances for flex ensemble, 16m, 2022
Premiered April 2023 by the Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestras Wind Ensemble
DOOMFUNK
, for chamber orchestra, 9m, 2022
Symphony No. 5: The Elements
, written for the Maine Youth Orchestra, 25m, 2021
Premiered May 2022
Symphony No. 4: Fog of Memory,
for orchestra, 50m, 2020
Beckoning the Storm
, tone poem for wind ensemble, 12m, 2020
Daughter of Mist,
ballet theatre for chamber orchestra in two acts, 90m plus intermission, 2019
Gathering, as One Does a Field of Hope,
SATB choir, 12m, 2018
Symphony No. 3: Poem of Tides,
written for the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, full orchestra, 22m, 2017
Premiered March 2019
SoundCloud - Excerpt of Mvt. III: Kraken
Symphony No. 2: the Great Freeze,
String Orchestra, 40m, 2016
Icarus Colors the Sun
, tone poem for large orchestra, 20m, 2015
LOST IN THE MACHINE,
bass clarinet concerto, 18m, 2013
YouTube - Premiered February 2013
Electronics
Incorporeal
, sonata for violin and electronics, 15m, 2024
Electrosquid
, electronic music album, 37m, 2022
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Subsume,
sonata for viola and electronics, 18m, 2021
Maine Meditations,
52 sound meditations written over one year inspired by the landscapes of Maine and set to film, 3hrs, 2020-21
YouTube - Video Playlist
Three Dance Episodes
, for flute and live electronics, 16m, 2020
Three Simple Notes,
commissioned by the Waterville Opera House for SATB choir and electronics, 10m, 2019
Premiered September 2019
Sentient Concerto Grosso
, commissioned by the University of Southern Maine Wind Ensemble, for wind ensemble and electronics, 15m, 2018
YouTube - Premiered April 2018
Goliath: an Electro-Ballet,
dance film with 75m of original music, cast and crew, collaborated with 7 choreographers and performance by 15 dancers in 2016-2017
YouTube - Premiered January 2018
[electro]symphonyN1,
electronics, 50m, 2014
Delirium
, scherzo for violin and electronics, 5m, 2014
YouTube - Premiered by Ola Lindgård, May 2013
YouTube - Choreography premiered by members of the New York City Ballet, August 2021
The Electron Reservoir
, ballet for 12 dancers, cello, and electronics, 30m, 2013
Choreography and music premiered May 2013 by the Gotland School of Dance (Visby, Sweden)
Chamber and Solo
January,
for flute trio, 5m, 2023
Rainy Midsummer,
solo double bass, 4m 2023
River Valley,
solo guitar, 5m, 2023
Remember Where,
for pitched percussion and soprano, selection for the 15-minutes-of-fame call for scores, 1m, 2023
YouTube - Premiered by Keri-Lee Pierson in June 2023
Moon Song,
violin and cello, 6m, 2022
Preludes [0,0,0],
second set of 6 piano preludes, 20m, 2021
Desert Snow,
image for bassoon and piano, 5m, 2021
String Quartet No. 3: Nighttime Pastoral,
26m, 2021
Sound Paintings,
for clarinet and string quartet, 35m, 2019
Piano Sonata No. 2: Caccia
, 14m, 2018
String Quartet No. 2: Circular Time,
16m, 2018
Metal Prairie,
reed quintet, 16m, 2017
Piano Sonata No. 1: Pathos,
18m, 2017
Preludes [0,0]
, set of 6 piano preludes, 15m, 2016
Of Immaterial Things
, solo cello sonata, 20m, 2016
Fractures,
rhapsody for saxophone quartet, 12m, 2015
SoundCloud - Premiered June 2015
On the Giving and Taking of Life
, solo violin sonata, 21m, 2015
In Wait of Spring
, canzonetta for viola and bass, 8m, 2015
Clarkstep,
rave for string quintet and clarinet trio, 6m, 2013
Youtube - Premiered May 2013
Conquer
, rhapsody for tuba and piano, 10m, 2013
YouTube - Premiered June 2014
Sideways
, ballet with bass, trumpet, piano, and saxophone, 12m, 2012
Choreography and music premiered February 2013
Align the Flux,
for alto flute and cello, 4m, 2012
Premiered April 2012
String Quartet No. 1: Derivations
, 16m, 2012
SoundCloud - Premiered February 2013
Monologue with Self,
for unacc. clarinet, 6m, 2011
YouTube - Premiered January 2011
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