Violin Sonata (2016)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Modal Jig
III. Ballad
IV. Rondo
Sonata for Violin and Piano sample pages
Violin Sonata Performance Notes
I. Allegro moderato
II. Modal Jig
III. Ballad
IV. Rondo
Sonata for Violin and Piano sample pages
Violin Sonata Performance Notes
for violin and piano
Allegro moderato excerpt (computer generated)
Modal Jig excerpt (computer generated)
Ballad excerpt (computer generated)
Rondo excerpt (computer generated)
I. Budapest
II. Vienna
III. Brno
IV. Tirana
I. Budapest excerpt (computer generated)
II. Vienna excerpt (computer generated)
III. Brno (live recording) Video here on YouTube
IV. Tirana excerpt (computer generated)
I. Maestoso
II. Adagio
III. Minuet: Allegretto (pseudo raga)
IV. Con brio
String Quartet sample pages
String Quartet Performance Notes
Maestoso excerpt (computer generated)
Adagio excerpt (computer generated)
Minuet: Allegretto excerpt (computer generated)
Con brio excerpt (computer generated)
for flute and piano
Premiered 17 May 2015, Exeter College, Oxford
Chris Britton, Flute
Flute Vibes, with Chris Britton, flute, and Kirsten Johnson, piano
for clarinet solo
Premiered November 14, 2020, by The Boston New Music Initiative
Stephanie Clark, clarinet
Score – please let me know if you choose to perform Being
Watch a video of me talking about this piece with Beth Ratay (BNMI) here.
for clarinet solo
for oboe solo
for bassoon and string trio
Epik and Dance introductory notes
Score available through UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection: Epik and Dance (escholarship.org)
Epik and Dance excerpts (computer generated)
I. March sample pages
II. Waltz sample pages
III. Soliloquy sample pages
IV. Finale sample pages
I. March excerpts (computer generated)
II. Waltz excerpts (computer generated)
III. Soliloquy excerpts (computer generated)
IV. Finale excerpts (computer generated)
Trio for clarinet, oboe or viola; cello or bassoon; and piano
Premiered 1 April 2017, MC Gallery, New York City by Vent Nouveau
Remembrance, Journey and Dance sample pages
Remembrance, Journey and Dance Performance Notes
Remembrance, Journey and Dance, performed by Vent Nouveau
for flute, violin and cello
streams, waterfall, pool Performance Notes
Score available through UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection: streams, waterfall, pool (escholarship.org)
streams, waterfall, pool excerpts (computer generated)
Elegy, performed by Trio Spilliaert
Jean-Samuel Bez, violin Guillaume Lagravière, cello Gauvain de Morant, piano
Premiered 17 June 2017, London
London Contemporary Chamber Orchestra, workshop
Union/Disunion Performance Notes
Union/Disunion sample pages
for string orchestra
And time stood still…performance notes
Score available through UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection: And Time Stood Still… (escholarship.org)
And time stood still…. performed by the Medirecon Orchestra
Why? performed by the Medirecon Orchestra
for full orchestra
About the piece
for male sextet, a cappella, 4’20”
Text: Emily Bronte
for 2 sopranos, 1 mezzo-soprano, a cappella,3’20”
Text: Louisa May Alcott
for male sextet (2 Altos; 2 Tenors; Baritone; Bass), a cappella, 3’50”
Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
for soprano and piano
Text: Jonathan Herring
for soprano and piano
Text: Bell Walden
for soprano, singing bowls and woodblock
Text: Harriet Beecher Stowe
SATB and organ 3’30” [also in SATB and piano version]
Text: Louisa May Alcott
for Children’s Choir, SATB Choir, Flute, Double Bass, Percussion and Piano, 20’
Text: Robert Browning (extracts)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin further information
SATB a cappella, 4’10”
Text: Psalm 96, vv 1, 11-13
for SATB quartet and piano
Text: K. Johnson
for SATB a cappella
Text: Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
North Texas (a scherzo for piano)
Remembering
November Wind
I. Agitato
II. Passing through
III. Toccata
Sonata for piano performance notes
Sonata for piano sample pages
One note: C sample pages
Two notes: C and D sample pages
Three notes: “Call” sample pages
Four Notes: Gigue sample pages
Five Notes: Waltz sample pages
Six Notes: Improvisation sample pages
Seven Notes: Haiku sample pages
A medley of American patriotic tunes written in memory of my father Maj. Ronald P. Johnson (1941-2010)
Recorded on Patriotic Piano
Expression No. 1, Brooding
Expression No. 2, Whimsical
Expression No. 3, Presto: Too many things happening at once, can’t cope and can’t keep up….
Expression No. 4, Slow in time and space
Expression No. 5, Moving on different planes, in seemingly different universes
Expression No. 6, Fleeting
Expression No. 7, Quizzical
Expression No. 8, Leisurely
Expression No. 9, Fast
Devices used: 1. Fibonacci series; 2. bitonality; 3. octotonic patterns; 4. 7th chords; 5. fugue; 6. 2nds; 7. chromaticism, augmented triads; 8. tone row; 9. quartal patterns.
Watch a video of me talking about Expression No. 1 with Beth Ratay of The Boston New Music Initiative.
Expression No. 1, premiered by The Boston New Music Initiative, Minato Sakamoto, piano
Expressions No. 7 and No. 8
Premiered by Charlotte Boquet, 23 October 2021
L’Espace des 4 Saisons, Woluwé-Saint-Pierre, Belgium
In homage to Benjamin Carr’s Applicazione Addolcita Nos. 1-12
Rolling waves …. not to be overwhelmed (January 2022)
Barcarolle (February)
War (March)
Rain (April)
May Dance
Fireflies (June)
Fireworks (July)
Sun, sea and sand (August)
September Forest
Harvest (October)
Autumn Leaves (November)
Bells (December)