Amanda Harberg

Commissioned by a consortium of nearly two dozen piccoloists, Amanda Harberg's 12-minute Sonata is a substantial and exciting addition to the piccolo repertoire. Harberg's uniquely American sound give...

When an admired composer's new work opens with the tempo "as sultrily as possible," or when it's scored for 3 piccolos with piano, or when a piece composed and premiered during the height of a pandemi...

DON'T FORGET TO WRITE is a whole lot more than an engaging slow-fast recital piece. Inspired by the composer's son heading off to college, its first movement ("Blue Skies") is a warm expression of wis...

The depth and charming inventiveness of Harberg's Suite can only be described as remarkable. Each movement has a degree of archaic inspiration (seen in the movement titles), newly stirred up into dram...

Inspired by her son's enthusiastic backyard botany, Amanda Harberg's LUCAS's GARDEN weaves a varied tapestry of moods and textures across its three movements. Backyard Paradise is tuneful and searchin...

In Greek mythology, Daedelus was an inventor who created wings from feathers and wax, so he and his son Icarus could escape Crete by flying away. While Daedalus flew wisely, Icarus flew too close to t...

In COURT DANCES, Amanda Harberg's musical palette sparkles with her trademark sense of imaginative energy, warmth, and lyricism. The three-movement work is a joyful and soulful celebration, originally...

Harberg's PRAYER is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo tuba. Within the reach of younger players, PRAYER has been championed by top prof...

Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo viola. Within the reach of younger players, Prayer has been championed by top pro...

For Sydney is a Lullaby and Dance named for the composer's young daughter; and one can hear the household calm followed by the burst of spirited exuberance in these paired movements. Part of Harberg's...

In Greek mythology, Daedelus was an inventor who created wings from feathers and wax, so he and his son Icarus could escape Crete by flying away. While Daedalus flew wisely, Icarus flew too close to t...

Amanda Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo flute. Within the reach of younger players, the work was inspired as a pra...

Cast in three dramatically contrasting and colorful movements-an elegant opening reminiscent of a Classical Sonata-allegro, a tender lullaby, and a closing, raucous scherzo-Amanda Harberg's Concerto F...

Originally written for two pianos (110-41811 - Set of 2 Performance Scores - $52.99); Tenement Rhapsody was arranged for clarinet ensemble in 2012 for the New York Licorice Ensemble. Three descriptive...

Darkly lyrical and mysteriously sensual, Harberg's Poem and Transformations is a two-movement recital work of beauty and exuberance. Commissioned by Susan Glaser who recorded the work for Koch Interna...

In 'Truckin'!', einem neuen jazzigen und stimmungsgeladenen Werk, erwecken die Musiker die laute Autobahn zum Leben. Das Stück bietet ausgesprochen reichhaltiges Lehrmaterial, einschliesslich polyphon...

Over the life of the Palisades Virtuosi; the ensemble has commissioned some 50 new works from outstanding American composers for their trio's instrumentation of flute; clarinet; and piano. The Virtuos...

HALL OF GHOSTS was composed in 2020 during the Covid lockdown period. Evocative of imagined spirits in an empty concert hall, the music pits dramatic silences, amid searching and plaintive phrases of...

This stunning addition to the bassoon repertory features dramatic outer movements framing a slow and plaintive aria. Harberg's program notes put the drama and its crying-out high notes in the context...

HALL OF GHOSTS was composed in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown period; it was inspired by piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's video for Harberg's Prayer Project filmed in the hauntingly empty Gewandhaus Chamb...