Compositions by Paul Richards
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Orchestra
- Breath of Life, for baritone and orchestra, 2023
- Symphony #3 (“Symphony of Selves”), for orchestra, 2021
- Wings of Icarus, for piano and orchestra, 2020
- Return the Echo, for orchestra, 2019
- Dream Theater, for orchestra, 2010
- Ecce Cecilia, for chorus and orchestra, 2010
- Elfshot, for orchestra, 2007
- Music for Midsummer, for orchestra, 2005
- Floodwaters Receding, for string orchestra, 2005
- Supernova, for orchestra, 2004
- Snake in the Garden, for clarinet and orchestra or wind ensemble, 2004
- Symphony #1 (“Premonitions”), for orchestra, 2003
- Trip Hammer, for orchestra, 2002
- Kaleidophone, for chamber orchestra, 2000
Wind Ensemble and Concert Band
- Symphony #2 (”Refractions“), for wind ensemble, 2018
- Eddying Toward the Day, for wind ensemble, 2011
- If You Could Only See the Frog, for concert band, 2010
- The River With Only One Bank, for concert band, 2009
- Bat out of Hell, for alto saxophone and concert band, 2009
- Fanatic Fanfare, for concert band, 2005
- Backwater Catfish, for wind ensemble, 2004
- Snake in the Garden, for clarinet and orchestra or wind ensemble, 2004
- The Steps in Escher’s Castle, for concert band, 2004
- Jacob’s Ladder, for wind ensemble, 2002
- Typhon's Brood, for wind ensemble, 2001
- Medium Funk Prelude, for wind ensemble, 2000
- Passamezzo Antico, for wind ensemble, 2000
- Dig, for wind ensemble, 1998
Conducted Chamber Ensemble
- Harrison Bergeron, for big band, 2016
- Harbor Music, for fifteen players, 2016
- ... with the blast of the horn, for trombone choir, 2013
- Dem Alef-beys, for fifteen players, 2008
- Witch Doctor, for ten brass players and percussion, 2008
- One Step at a Time, for clarinet choir, 2008
- A Butterfly Coughs in Africa, for clarinet choir, 2003
- Kaleidophone, for nine players, 1996 (rev. 2000)
- Kante la Mesma Kantika, for twelve players, 1995
Theatrical Works
- Mondo Novo, chamber opera in two acts, 2022
- A Braided Light, chamber opera in one act, 2022
- The Golem of Prague, opera in three acts, 2018
- Biennale, opera in five acts, 2013
- Somewhere Beyond, film score, 2008
- The Loathly Lady, comic opera in three acts, 2006
- Music for Midsummer, incidental music and songs, 2005
- Falling on Lobsters in the Dark, for electric quartet and dancers, 2003
Chorus and Vocal Ensemble
- The Cloak of Sorrow, for SATB choir, 2015
- Ecce Cecilia, for chorus and orchestra, 2010
- Babel, for SATB choir, 1999
- Autumn Refrain, for SATB choir, 1997
Chamber Music with Voice
- Forty-Four Ambitions for Soprano and Piano, 44 songs in seven sets for soprano and piano, 2012
- Psalm for the New Month, for baritone and piano, 1999
- The Cliff Temple, for soprano and seven players, 1994
- Ochilah La’Eil, for high or low voice and piano, 1994
- Songs to Survive the Summer, for tenor and six amplified players, 1993
- Sonnet 128, for tenor and guitar, 1992
Chamber and Solo Works
- Piano Trio (“Hairpin Turn”), for violin, cello, and piano, 2021
- Yussel’s Prayer, for flute, 2019
- Contranyms, for flute and trombone, 2019
- Thread, for alto saxophone (or English horn) and ‘cello, 2018
- Ouroboros, for flute, clarinet, violin, ‘cello, piano, 2017
- Syncretisms, for guitar, 2017
- The Emergence of Flight, for viola and piano, 2017
- Common Coda, for viola, 2017
- Sonata (after Beethoven), for piano, 2017
- Entanglements, for flute and piano, 2016
- Thicket, for oboe, english horn, clarinet in Bb, and bassoon, or saxophone quartet, 2015
- Einstein’s Dream of a Unified Field, for violin, 2015
- Jigsaw, for for alto saxophone (or English horn) and ‘cello, 2015
- Crossbow, for solo violin, solo erhu, and string quartet, 2012
- Swan Song, for basset clarinet (clarinet in A) and piano, 2012
- Adrenaline Junky, for brass quintet, 2011
- Concerto for Violin, Guitar, and Bear Mountain, for violin, guitar, and digital media, 2010
- Praise, for organ, 2009
- A Little Space When Beauty’s Real, for string quartet, 2009
- Stem Cell, for seven clarinets, 2008
- One Step at a Time, for five clarinets, 2008
- Tomorrow in Australia, for flute, 2007
- A Twelvemonth and a Day, for four viols, 2006
- Nigun and Fugue, for five clarinets, 2006
- Walking Toward Caesaria, for marimba and string quartet, 2006
- Falling on Lobsters in the Dark, for violin, guitar, and piano, 2003
- Cypriot Structures, for violin, guitar, and piano, 2003
- Falcon’s Loom, for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2002
- Recastings, for piano, 2001
- Lotus Island Stomp, for bassoon and marimba, 2001
- Hypercube, for piano and percussion, 2001
- Magic Forest Scenes, for clarinet, 2000
- Rush Hour, for horn and piano, 2000
- Lizard Chasing Its Tail, for saxophone and percussion, 2000
- Asphalt Gypsy, for violin and guitar, 1999
- Woodwind Quintet (Ars Antiqua), 1999
- Viola Variations, for viola (or violin), 1998
- Lyric, for trombone and piano, 1998
- 635 Years Ago, for guitar, 1998
- V’ha-Eir Eineinu, for bassoon, 1998
- Pulse and Drone, for saxophone quartet or string quartet, 1998
- Reading Tom Robbins, for cello and piano, 1997
- On the Art of Making Bread, for violin and piano, 1996
- The Great Octopus, for guitar and tape, 1996
- Trio, for clarinet, cello, and piano, 1996
- Diversions on a Sacred Tune, for flute, clarinet, and bassoon, 1995
- Bacchus, for guitar, 1993