COMMISSIONS

Since 1976, when BAE gave the New York premiere of Debussy’s opera fragment La Chute de la Maison Usher, we have presented numerous New York and world premieres including works by:

John Freeman, Robert Baksa, Roberto Sierra, Meyer Kupferman, Oliver Caplan, and many others. BAE’s albums include first recordings of the oratorio Bayoán and chamber opera El Mensajero de Plata by Roberto Sierra, Morton Gould’s Concerto Concertante, William Cepeda’s Bomba Sinfónica, as well as recordings of rarely-heard chamber pieces by Bruch, Rheinberger, and Louise Farrenc. In 2018 we also premiered Mary Ann McSweeney’s music for Dante Albertie’s new children’s show, Jasmine’s Song.

COMMISSIONS & PREMIERES

Year	Composer	Title	Premiere Status
2016	Richard Padrón	Travesia Africana for orchestra	World
2014	Oliver Caplan	Chasing Dreams from Later Light for flute, oboe/English horn, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and bass	World
2012	Oliver Caplan	My Elephant Cloud for piano, flute, clarinet and cello	World
2012	Adam Hines	A/Part	World
2011	Oliver Caplan	Journey to the West for flute, erhu and orchestra	World
2010	Stewart Goodyear	Dogged by Hellhounds (Revised Version)	New York
2010	Papo Vázquez	The Oasis Project	World
2010	Oliver Caplan	Illuminated by Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night	World
2010	Juan Colon	The Parsley Massacre	World
2009	Ray Santos	The Borinqueneers	World
2009	Oliver Caplan	On Pondering (2006)	New York
2009	Andrii Didorenko	Trio #2 for Violin, Cello and Piano	New York
2008	Oliver Caplan	When Words Are Abandoned	World
2008	Stewart Goodyear	Dogged by Hellhounds	New York
2008	Ricardo Pons	El Origen del Recuerdo	World
2007	William Cepeda	Bomba Sinfónica	World
2007	Papo Vázquez	John Coltrane	World
2006	Robert Baksa	Reflections (clarinet, violin and cello)	World
2006	Oliver Caplan	LaughStayDance
2005	Stanley Grill	Five Pastoral Scenes (oboe, bassoon and strings)	World
2004	Jaime Madell	Two Preludes for Piano	World
2004	Johannes Somary	Pinocchio and The Land of Toys Libretto by Anthony Stein	World
2004	Papo Vázquez	Palomita (Afro-Caribbean Suite	World
2003	Stanley Grill	Nonet	World
2003	Robert Baksa	Fantasia for English Horn and Strings	New York
2001	Randall Svane	O'Keeffe's Flora	World
2001	Paquito D'Rivera	A Song for Peace	World
2000	Manuel Gonzalez	Los j’baros progresistas (First fully-staged performance)	New York
1998	Roberto Sierra	El Mensajero de Plata (First fully-staged performance) Libretto by Myrna Casas	New York
1998	Carlos Franzetti	Tango Fatal Suite	New York
1998	Robert Kapilow	Elijah's Angel Libretto by Jim Friedland	World
1997	Roberto Sierra	El ƒxtasis de Santa Teresa; Bayo‡n	New York
1997	Lisa Bielawa	Lux	World
1997	Samuel Zyman	Concerto for Guitar and Strings	World
1996	Marcel van Rootselaar	Wings About/Tears/Longing for the Sea	World
1996	Ernesto Lecuona	Maria la O, Zarzuela Cubana (zarzuela)	New York
1996	Issachar Miron	Lyzer the Miser (A Yiddish Folk Tale)	World Premiere
1995	Meyer Kupferman	Among the Windy Places (bassoon, violin, viola)	World
1995	William Scribner	Elijah's Violin (Adapted by Robert Sherman)	World
1994	Wiliam Mayer	Good King Wenceslas	World
1994	Robert O. Johnson	Mesas for woodwind quintet	World
1994	Frank C. Warren	Drei Lieder for mezzo-soprano, violin and cello	World
1994	Carlos Guastavino	Sonetos del Ruise–or	US
1994	Roberto Sierra	Bayo‡n (based on writings of Eugenio Maria de Hostos)	World
1993	Robert Baksa	Quintet for Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings	World
1993	Gerald Cohen	Variations on a Sephardic Melody	World
1992	Soon Fu Yuan	The Little Fox Story by Noel Langley	World
1992	Robert Baksa	Quintet for Clarinet and Strings	World
1992	Johannes Somary	Songs of Innocence Poetry of William Blake (orchestrated version)	World
1992	Soon Fu Yuan	Nonet from the Opera "Tao Yuan"	World
1992	Robert Baksa	Trio in Triptych (flute, oboe, harpsichord)	New York
1992	Jaurés Lamarque Pons	Marta Gruni (De la îpera Montevideana) Libretto by Florencio Sanchez	US
1991	Jaurés Lamarque Pons	Concertino De OtoÌ±o (piano, winds, bass, percussion)	US
1991	Domenico Zipoli	Mass	US
1991	Sharon Moe Miranda	The City Mouse and the Country Mouse	World
1991	Robert Baksa	Quintet for Bassoon and Strings	World
1990	John Eccles	The Judgment of Paris (1701)	New York
1989	Luis Antonio Ramirez	Tres Piezas Breves	New York
1989	Mark Peskanov	Yiddish Dreams	World
1988	David Chesky	Trumpet Concerto	New York
1988	Roberto Sierra	El Mensajero de Plata (The Silver Messenger) Libretto by Myrna Casas	New York
1988	Robert Baksa	Sextet for Horn and Strings	World
1987	Robert Baksa	Short Fantasy for clarinet, horn and cello	World
1987	Russell Currie	Ligeia Libretto by Robert Kornfeld	World
1987	Theo Loevendie	The Nightingale (1974)	New York
1987	Hector Campos-Parsi	Sonetos Sagrados (1986)	New York
1987	Alfreds Kalnins	Salinieki (The Islanders)	US
1987	John Freeman	Van Cortlandt Polka	World
1987	Meyer Kupferman	Images of Chagall	World
1986	Sharon Moe Miranda	The Image of Luciana	World
1986	Manuel Gonzalez	Mass in C Major	World
1985	Jonathan Tunick	John Cheever Suite	World
1985	Eric Stokes	Five Verbs of Earth Encircled (Orchestral suite with narrator)	New York
1985	Max Lifchitz	Spring Counterpoint	World
1985	Morton Gould	Concerto Concertante	New York
1985	John Freeman	String Quartet	New York
1985	Robert Baksa	Nonet	New York
1985	David Chesky	Concerto for Vibraphone and Orchestra	World
1985	Russell Currie	A Dream Within a Dream Libretto by Robert Kornfeld; based on Poe's story The Fall of the House of Usher	World
1984	Bruce Saylor	Turns & Mordants (Concerto for flute and orchestra)	World
1984	William Mayer	Wedding Romp	World
1984	James Kurtz	Pastorale for Oboe, Bassoon and Strings	World
1983	Manuel Gonzalez	Los Jibaros	World
1983	John Freeman	Suite for Wind Orchestra	World
1983	Max Lifchitz	Yellow Ribbons No. 17	World
1983	Joseph Leniado-Chira	The Legend of Kineret	World
1983	Lawrence Kramer	Chamber Sonata	World
1982	Joonas Kokkonen	Durch Einem Spiegel (Through a Glass Darkly) (harpsichord and strings)	US
1982	Johannes Somary	Songs on a Words of Keats	New York
1982	Alfreds Kalnins	Banuta	US
1982	Russel Currie	The Cask of Amontillado (based on the Poe story) Libretto by Carl Laanes	World
1981	John Freeman	On the Green (brass quintet)	World
1981	Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre	Le Sommeil D'Ulisse	New York
1981	John Freeman	To Helen	World
1981	William Mayer	La Belle Dame Sans Merci	World
1981	Johannes Somary	I Love the Jocund Dance	World
1981	Heinrich Hofmann	Octett, Op. 80	New York
1981	Victoria Bond	Suite Aux Troubadours	New York
1981	John Freeman	Epitaph for Edgar Allan Poe	World
1980	Philippe Courbois	Dom Quichote (ca. 1710)	New York
1980	Louise Farrenc	Monetto, Op. 38 (1849)	New York
1980	John Freeman	Along the River	World
1980	John Freeman	String Quarter No. 2	World
1980	Manuel Gonzalez	El Juramento (zarzuela in two acts)	World
1979	Manuel Gonzalez	Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet	World
1979	Max Lifchitz	Winter Counterpoint	Word
1979	John Freeman	Clarinet Concerto	World
1979	Allan Blank	Four Inventions for Bassoon and Piano	World
1978	Milton Rosenstock	The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (based on the Poe Story)	World
1978	Claude Debussy	La Chute de la Maison Usher Fragment of opera begun by Debussy, based on the Poe Story; reconstructed and edited by Carolyn Abbate	World
1978	Rudolph Palmer	Introduction and Allegro for Woodwind Quintet	World
1978	Alvin Brehm	Six Songs of Poems of Federico Garcia Lorca	World
1978	Allan Blank	Bicinium for Oboe and Bassoon	New York
1977	William Mayer	Miniatures	World
1977	John Freeman	Three Elizabeth Love Songs	World
1977	Allan Blank	Paganini Variations for 10 winds	World
1977	John Freeman	Garden Music (flute, oboe, bassoon)	World
1977	Galt MacDermot	Train of Thought (tenor, flute, clarinet, piano)	World
1977	Galt MacDermot	Mosaics (woodwind quintet)	World
1976	John Freeman	Six Songs on Poems of e.e. cummings	World
1975	Hale Smith	Variations for Piano and Winds	World
1972	John Freeman	Fantasy on a Them by William Mayer	World