Evan Fein

Composer

The Rat Came Back (2018) 55′ Op. 24 (Libretto: Emily Anderson)  Commissioned by Opéra de Poche

4 voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass-baritone), piano.

City of Ashes (2014) 65′ Op. 17 (Libretto: Emily Anderson)  Commissioned by Opéra de Poche

3 voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone), piano.

The Island of the Ugly Sisters [L’Île des sept sœurs] (2012) 60′ Op. 14 (Libretto: Emily Anderson)  Commissioned by Opéra de Poche

4 voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass-baritone), piano.   Video Excerpts

The Raven’s Kiss (2011; rev. 2019) 110′  Op. 13 (Libretto: Evan Fein & Thorvaldur David Kristjansson) 

5 voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, high baritone, bass-baritone), 2 pianos.

Also available: Orchestrated for flute/piccolo (one player), violin, cello, piano

Deborah  (2015) 45′  (Libretto by the composer, after Holy Scripture)  Commissioned by Musica Sacra and the Tikkun Olam Foundation

4 solo voices (SATB), Chorus SATB. Orchestra: 0.0.2.2. 0.2.0.0. timp, org. Strings.

Light on an Inland Sea (2018) 9′  Op. 25a

2(picc).2.2.2.  4.3.3.1.  3 perc.  Strings.

Einstein Rings (2015) 7′ Op. 18a

3(picc).3(ca).3(opt. Eb, bcl).3(cbn).  4.3.3.1.  3 perc, timp, hp, pn/cel.  Strings.

(Arrangement for Symphonic Band)

Newton’s Clock (2013) 10′ Op. 15

2(picc).3(ca).2.3(cbn).  4.3.3.0.  2 perc, timp, hp, cel.  Strings

Rush Hour (2007) 3′

2(picc).1.2.2.  2.2.1.1.  1 perc, timp, pn.  Strings.

Galop (2004) 3′ Op. 1

2(picc).2.2.2.  2.2.1.0.  2 perc, pn.  Strings.

Trumpet Concerto (2009) 12′ Op. 10  Commissioned by the Albany Symphony

0.2.0.1.  0.0.0.0.  0 perc. hpd.  Solo tpt. Strings.

Violin Concerto (2006-2007) 30′ Op. 3

3(picc).2(eh).2(Eb & bass).2(cbn).  2.2(Flgl).2.1.  2 perc, timp, pn, hp.  Solo vn. Strings.

Einstein Rings (2014) 8′ Op. 18  Premiered by the Case (CWRU) Symphonic Winds

Triptych for Brass (2009, rev. 2019) 12′  (Amuse-bouche—Tundra Tarantella—Song to the Midnight Sun)

Orchestral Brass Section: 3 tpts, 4 hns, 3 tbn, tuba [Also available for 4 tpts, 4 tbns, tuba]

Antiphonal Sunrise (2003) 3′  Premiered by the Case (CWRU) Symphonic Winds

Áfram Ísland um öld og aldir [Hannes Þórður Þorvaldsson]  (2018)  4′  Composed for Karlakórinn Esja  [Ice]

TTBB a cappella  [SATB version available]

The Ribs and Terror in the Whale: De Profundis  [Herman Melville/Latin Vulgate/Mass Ordinary]  (2016)  4′  [Eng/Lat]

SATB a cappella

De Profundis  [Latin Vulgate]  (2013)  4′  [Lat]

TTBB a cappella

She Walks in Beauty [George Gordon, Lord Byron]  (2013) 4.5′  [Eng]

SATB a cappella

The Shepherds Sing [George Herbert: Christmas] (2011) 5′  [Eng]

SAB, piano

Dona Nobis Pacem (2009) 4′  Comissioned by Vox Feminae (Reykjavík)  [Lat]

SSAA a cappella

Nuits de Juin [Victor Hugo]  (2008) 3′  [Fr]

SATB a cappella

Cello Sonata No. 2 [2020] 28′ Commissioned by Luke Severn

Light on an Inland Sea (2018) Op. 25 8′  Commissioned by Lexicon

Brass Ensemble: 4 tpts, 4 tbns, tuba

Triptych for Brass (2009, rev. 2019) 12′ (Amuse-bouche—Tundra Tarantella—Song to the Midnight Sun)

Orchestral Brass Section: 3 tpts, 4 hns, 3 tbn, tuba [Also available for 4 tpts, 4 tbns, tuba]

Freelance Life [String Quartet No. 2] (2017) Op. 21  30′ (Suspension Bridges—Frozen Reservoir—The Temple of Dendur—Hipsters’ Paradise—Rush Hour)

Kansas Sky (2016) 3.5′  Commissioned by Catherine Clyatt Schroth

Violin & violoncello

Fantasy on Scenes from “The Raven’s Kiss” (2015) 15′  Op. 13a

2 pianos

Dark Rose (2015) 4′  Commissioned by The International Street Cannibals

Alto Fl, 2 Vcl, Perc (Itótele/Medium Batá drum)

Murmuration (2012) 10′  Commissioned by New York City Ballet – New York Choreographic Institute

Cl, Vn, Vla, Vcl.

Wind Quintet [You Can Get There from Here] (2009) 7′  Commissioned by The Juilliard School

Fl, Ob, Cl, Hn, Bn.

Nada (2007) 8′

Cl, Vla, Gtr, Bn.

Toccata & Tango (2006) 13′

Bn, Vn, Vla, Vcl.

Midnight on the Ohio (2006) 8′

Fl, Vla, Hp.

String Quartet No. 1 (2005) 35′  Op. 2

Song of Ourselves (2005) 16′  Commissioned for Cleveland Public Theater

Ob, Vcl, Perc (4 players: Mar/Bass Drum/Agogo, Djembe [3 players])

Greenport, Long Island: A Socially Distanced Diva [Text by the composer](2020)  5′ Winner of Sparks & Wiry Cries 2021 songSLAM Competition

Soprano and Piano

(April Martin, soprano)

Fein’s “Lullaby to a Baby Fairy” from his cycle Summer of Love (see below) was included in NewMusicShelf’s Anthology of New Music for Soprano, Vol. 1

Kosmos [John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman]  (2018) 15′ Commissioned by Victoria Browers [Eng]

High soprano & piano

Musings: The Temple of Dendur [Evan Fein] (2016) 4′  Commissioned by Five Boroughs Music Festival for the Five Boroughs Songbook, Vol. II  [Eng] 

Soprano, violoncello, & piano (Baritone version available)

Three Icelandic Folksongs Arrangements [Sofðu unga ástin mín, Móðir mín í kví kví, Krummavísur] (2016) 7′  [Ice]

Voice & piano (high and low keys available)

Hjartasláttur (Heartbeat) [Ragnar Jónasson] (2016) 5′  [Ice]

High voice (sop/ten) & piano

He Walks in Beauty [George Gordon, Lord Byron] (2013) 4.5′  [Eng]

Baritone & piano (tenor transposition available)

Summer of Love [Joyce Kilmer] (2011) 15′  [Eng]

Soprano & piano

Of Places North [Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm Heinesen] (2010/2016) 10′  [Ger/Dan]

High voice (sop/ten) & flute or violin

Ný íslensk þjóðlög (New Icelandic Folksongs) [Thorvaldur David Kristjansson](2009) 30′  Op. 9  [Ice]

Baritone & piano (tenor transposition available)

Love’s Transit [John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Herbert] (2008) 12′ Commissioned by the CCM Grandin Festival  [Eng]

Tenor, Horn, String Quartet

Half-light Songs [Donna Edsall] (2007) 17′  Op. 5  [Eng]

Mezzo-soprano & piano

Cello Sonata No. 2 [2020] 28′ Commissioned by Luke Severn

Violoncello & Piano

Untranslatable (Violin Sonata No. 1) (2017) 12′ Op. 23 [Forelsket—Fika—Hiraeth]

Violin & piano

Video of European Première

Viola Sonata (2010) 20′  Op. 11

Viola & piano

(Violoncello version available)

Flute Sonata (2008) 14′  Op. 7

Flute & piano

Horn Sonata (2007) 14′  Op. 4

Horn & piano

Capriccio (2006) 10′  Op. 3a

Violin & piano

Matins (2005) 7′

Violin & piano

The Edges of Things (2016) 13′  Op. 20  Commissioned by Adrianna Mateo

Violin

Sailing on Starlight (2014) 8′  Op. 16  Commissioned for Caroline Cole

Harp

Encore No. 1 (2014) 3′

Violin

Romances de Verlaine (2009) 10′

Violoncello

Friday Night Fortune (2006) 10′

Violoncello or Viola

Omega Variations (2019) 18′ Op. 27 — Commissioned by Gerardo Teissonnière (Inspired by Beethoven Op. 111)

Borealis (Piano Sonata No. 1) (2017) 20′ Op. 22 [Auroræ—Scherzo: Leirhverir (Boiling Mud Pools)—Vetrarfjara (Winter Beach)—Hraun Flæðir (Lava Flows)] — Commissioned by GAMMA Capital Management

Two Icelandic Landscapes [Subset of Piano Sonata No. 1] (2017) 8′ [Boiling Mud Pools — Black Sand Beach]

Fantasy on Scenes from “The Raven’s Kiss” (2015) 15′ Op. 13a  (2 pn)

Whitewashes (2013) 10′  (pn)

Occupy Wall Street Rag (2012) 4′  (pn)

“Enigma” Bagatelles (2011) 9′  (pn)

Double Chaconne (2010) 22′  Op. 12  (pn)

Four Icelandic Scenes (2009) 20′  Op. 8  (org)

Overtura senza Conseguenza (2006) 5′  (pn, 4 hands)

Night Journey (2006) 7′  (pn)

Six Preludes (2004) 12′  (pn)