Lee Kesselman
Kesselman Press
MIXED CHORUS
Hymn to Time for SATB & piano (2023); lyrics by Ursula LeGuin
An Old Story (2022)for SATB and piano; lyrics by Tracy K. Smith, see score, hear recording, purchase ; commissioned by White Plains High School (NY)
Wagon of Shoes (2020) for SATB chorus, solo T, violin and piano. texts in English, Latin, Lithuanian and Hebrew see score & purchase
The Way We Meet (2020) for SATB voices; lyrics by Margaret Noodin see score & purchase
Remember US for SATB chorus, narrator and string orchestra (2020)
Tsvey Taybelekh (2004/2019)
SATB chorus & piano
Traditional Yiddish song
Commissioned by the Portland Symphonic Girlchoir; SATB version commissioned by DAINAVA Lithuanian Choral Ensemble & Lansing Community College
LOVE UNSEEN (2017)
For SSAATB, strings, organ, piano, percussion
Commissioned by Allegro Choirs of Kansas City Kesselman Press see performance hear recording
Tu Se Morta (2016)
After Monteverdi from ORFEO
SATB hear recording
Be Thou My Vision (2016)
Traditional Irish hymn
Commissioned by Chicago Chamber Choir
SATB Available from MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
Molly Malone (2015)
Irish folksong
SATB & piano
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48023889
sample pages & audio
Praise to the Light of the World (2014)
Men’s choir, women’s choir, SATB, symphonic band
Commissioned by Wheaton College & Northwestern College
Texts; Biblical and Hildegard von Bingen Kesselman Press hear recording
Be Still (2013) SATB Text: John Dombek Available from MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
Kaddish for my Father (2012)
For SATB, clarinet & piano 10' Available from MusicSpoke
see score, hear recording
Musica est Dei (2011)
SATB & piano
Commissioned by Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48023113
sample pages & audio
Black is the Colour (2011)
Scottish/Appalachian folksong for SATB & oboe
Colla Voce #20-95890 see video
see score, hear recording
Ae Fond Kiss (2011)
Scottish folk song for SATB and piano
Commissioned by the Charlotte Children’s Choir Kesselman Press
Something So Close to the Soul (2011)
SATB, oboe, French horn, string bass & piano
Commissioned by White Plains High School
Texts: Juan Ramón Jiménez Kesselman Press
The One in Every Form (2010)
SATB & piano
Commissioned by Loyola Academy, Wilmette, IL Kesselman Press
Munoera (Shona Sanctus) (2009)
for treble voices or male voices or mixed voices and African percussion
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48021023 sample pages & audio
Handel Trio (2010)
Mixed chorus, piano duet, 3 percussionists
Based on three choruses by Handel
1. From harmony, heav’nly harmony (from Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day)
2. How Long O Lord (from Susanna)
3. Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem #1) Kesselman Press
Measuring the Holy (2010)
for mixed chorus, treble voices, chamber orchestra (fl, perc, piano, strings)
30 minutes
Commissioned by Cantare Con Vivo (Oakland, Ca)
Texts: Kazuaki Tanahashi, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Ibn’ Arabi, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Li Bai, Wendell Berry, Wintu songs, Mass fragments Kesselman Press hear recording of mvmts 1-3
For Love is Life (2009)
SATB & piano
Text: Umar ibn al-Farid Kesselman Press See score / hear recording
What Child Is This? (2008)
SATB & flute
Traditional carol Available from MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
Love Song for a Common Destiny (2008)
SATB Text: from the Earth Charter Available from MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
Meet Us in the Air (2008)
SATB & piano
Commissioned by Steven Bell for the Teaneck (NJ) Community Chorus
Text: Wendell Berry Kesselman Press hear recording
For All Who Mourn (2008)
SATB
in memory of the tragedy on the NIU campus in February 2008
Text: Arthur Guiterman Kesselman Press
As One is One (2008)
for SATB, contrabass, and piano
Commissioned by Wheaton Warrenville South High School
Text: Lee R. Kesselman, with fragments from R. M. Rilke and Isavasyopanishad
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48020744 sample pages & audio
Invention (2007)
SATB
based on Prelude #3 in C#, WTC, Bk. II, by J. S. Bach Kesselman Press hear recording
Alo Amar (2007)
for SATB and wind ensemble
Commissioned by the American School of Bombay (Mumbai, India)
Text: Rabindranath Tagore Kesselman Press
Hope is the Song (2007)
SATB, piano, bass and drums
Commissioned by San Ramon Valley High School
Text: Gordon Parks
Roger Dean Music Publishers #15/2711R sample score pages
This Grand Show is Eternal (2006)
SATB and organ
Commissioned by the San Francisco Lyric Chorus
Text: John Muir Kesselman Press Hear recording
Play on Your Harp (2006)
SATB and harp sample pages
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48019484 hear recording
SENSOO (2006)
for SATB and optional crotales
Boosey & Hawkes
In terra aliena (2005)
SATB
Psalm 137
Commissioned by Central Bucks High School Available on MusicSpoke see score, hear recording
Songs of Wonder (2005)
SATB
1. Hodie Christus natus est
2. Mirabile mysterium
Boosey & Hawkes
Freedom Chimes (2004)
for SATB, concert band and dramatic readers
Commissioned by Bolingbrook (IL) High School
for the dedication of its new performing arts facility
Texts: Sojourner Truth, Liberty Bell, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
John F. Kennedy, James W. Johnson, traditional spiritual Kesselman Press
In the Bleak Mid-Winter (2003)
arr.SATB (some divisi)
(Original music and text by Holst/Rossetti)
Roger Dean Music Publishers hear recording sample score pages
Eiliyahu Hanavi (1998)
for SATB and piano
Arranged for St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Texas
(chamber orchestra version available) hear recording, see score, purchase
Song of the Sky Loom (2002)
for SAB + SATB (or SATB) voices and piano
Commissioned by Naperville, IL, high schools and middle schools Kesselman Press
River (2002)
for SATB voices, piano, bass and handdrums
Commissioned by New Lenox Central High School, Illinois
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48005116 sample pages & audio
The Life We Have (2002)
for SATB voices and string ensemble
Commissioned by Lakota Ridge Junior High School, Ohio Kesselman Press
Let Peace Descend (2002)
for SATB voices and wind ensemble
(re-instrumentation for winds, 3 solo strings, & perc, 2002)
Commissioned by St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
Auld Lang Syne (2000)
for SATB voices and piano
Commissioned by Stetson University Children’s Chorus
SATB for the Teaneck Community Chorus
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48005108
(orchestration available for full or chamber orchestra)
Kadosh / Benedictus (1999)
SAB, brass quintet and organ
Commissioned by Kentucky ACDA for the
Kentucky All-State Middle School / Junior High Honors Chorus
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48004909
Let me be to Thee as the Circling Bird (1998)
SATB, strings; text: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Commissioned by Glenbard West High School
Roger Dean Music Publishers #15-1640R
Jackson’s Carol (1998)
SATB, Honorable Mention in Amadeus Choir 1999 Carol Contest
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 4800511
Seize the Day (1998)
SAB, 2 celli, piano
Commissioned by Deer Path Jr. High School, Lake Forest, IL
text: Kesselman (in conjunction with Deer Path students) Kesselman Press
Two Swedish Carols (1997)
SATB
Commissioned by Lynn Payette
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48004776
SHONA MASS (1993-1997) Boosey & Hawkes
variable voicings: see listed under individual movements under children’s chorus
TENZI, Mbiri Kuna Mwari, Akakomborerwa, Hwayana yaMwari
Nights in Armor (1996)
Commissioned by Cantori, Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Texts: Tennyson, Kesselman; SATB; 4 movements
Boosey & Hawkes
Jubilate Deo (1996)
SATB, 2 tpts, strings, timp
SATB version for DuPage Chorale
Boosey and Hawkes
A Christmas Hymn (1995)
SATB and harp; Text: Richard Wilbur Kesselman Press
De Ballad ob de Boll Weevil (1995)
American folk song for SATB and cello
Boosey & Hawkes
Street Corner Carols (1993) for SATB, trumpet, tuba, and percussion Kesselman Press
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
from Street Corner Carols (1993)
SATB Available from MusicSpoke
Old Rosin the Beau (1992)
American folk song for SATB and viola or violin
Boosey & Hawkes
Dawn (1992), for SATB and hand drums, Native American texts,
Commissioned by Wheaton Central High School Kesselman Press
The Friendly Beasts (1990), carol for SATB and harp (or piano)
Colla Voce #20-96510 see score
May the Words of My Mouth (1989)
sacred, SATB Kesselman Press
Jesus Born in Bethlea (1988), carol for SATB chorus & harp
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48004764 hear recording
American Voices (1986)
with French horn and piano
Texts: Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman (15 minutes)
Commissioned by College of DuPage to commemorate its new Arts Center
Honorable Mention in the Melodious Accord (N.Y.) Composition Search Kesselman Press
When Daffodils Begin to Peer (1985), SATB, a madrigal
Text: Shakespeare Kesselman Press
The Dimension of Stillness (1985)
with flute, percussion, and piano
Text: Ezra Pound (12 minutes) Kesselman Press
Heavenly Harmony (1984)
with SSA chorus, wind/percussion/organ
Text: Dryden (13 minutes)
Commissioned by Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High Schools Kesselman Press
Hush-a-ba, Birdie (1982), Scottish folk song
Boosey & Hawkes #HL 48019763 sample pages & audio
The 14 Knights of Christmas (1979)
A Cup of Rejoicing (1978) Shaker tune
Classic Artists / Laurendale CAP-09 sample pages
A Resurrection (1977) with flute Text: Ron Bayes Kesselman Press
Buzzings (1977) three pieces about bees; Texts: Emily Dickinson (4 min.)
Second Prize: Chautauqua Chamber Singers Composition Contest, 1992 listen G. Schirmer #HL 50499572
Two Meditations on Yeats (1976)
Texts: W. B. Yeats Winner, 1985 Illinois ACDA Composition Prize Kesselman Press
Posted: Apr-2-2024
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