David Leisner

A more ambitious project is Leisner's Confiding; a 30-minute vocal cycle with piano or guitar. The composer says; '[Ten] poems by women; mostly Emily Dickinson and Emily Bronte; that trace the rise an...

Leisner's settings of James Tate poems was written for the brilliant guitarist David Starobin and the equally distinguished baritone Patrick Mason; a musical collaboration of four decades in performan...

Contents: Beauty - Exultation - Humility - Letter - Madness - Simplicity.

Dedicated to the luminary Steve Cowan, …empty mind, open heart… is a four-movement suite that centers around the intervals of a fifth and a tritone. Each movement is inspired by a quote from the Tao T...

With a lone cello and four percussionists; Leisner considers the horror and waste of war - the few who lust for power; the millions who suffer and die. A requiem mass is played by instruments; followe...

Leisner's 1990 composition explores a jazz form in three movements; with; as he says; a touch of French style. 'Mr. Leisner's jazz allusions make for a light; crossover work;' says Allan Kozinn; (The...

Taking its cues from the visual patterns in nature, Labyrinths contains five movements, each of which is a musical illumination of a moment in time. Repetition and slow evolution of the simple musical...