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The following is a list of compositions by Tobias Picker. For a description of these works, see the associated pages and the Tobias Picker page.

Tobias Picker's music is published exclusively by Schott Music Corporation.

Stage works

Operas

• Emmeline (1996, commissioned by the Santa Fe Opera, premiered July 27, 1996, libretto by J.D. McClatchy, based on the novel by Judith Rossner[1])
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (1998, commissioned by the Roald Dahl Foundation, premiered December 9, 1998, libretto by Donald Sturrock, based on the book by Roald Dahl[1])
• Thérèse Raquin (1999/2000, commissioned by the Dallas Opera, premiered November 30, 2001, libretto by Gene Scheer, based on the novel by Émile Zola[1])
• An American Tragedy (2005/2006, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, premiered December 2, 2005, libretto by Gene Scheer, based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser[1])
• Dolores Claiborne (premiered September 18, 2013 by the San Francisco Opera, libretto by J.D. McClatchy, based on the novel by Stephen King[2])

Ballets

• Awakenings (2010, premiered September 22, 2010, libretto by Oliver Sacks after his book)

Works for large ensemble

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 in two movements (1982, premiered 1983)
• Symphony No. 2 Aussöhnung for soprano and orchestra (1986)
• Symphony No. 3 for string orchestra, (1988, premiered 1989, after his String Quartet and Bass (1988), see Chamber music)

Other works for orchestra

• The Blue Hula for chamber ensemble (1981)
• The Encantadas for narrator and orchestra (1983, see also Works for voice and orchestra)
• Old and Lost Rivers for orchestra (1986)
• The Encantadas for narrator and chamber orchestra (1986, from his work for narrator and orchestra The Encantadas (1983), see Works for voice and orchestra)
• Séance: Hommage à Sibelius for orchestra (1991)
• Two Fantasies for orchestra (1989, premiered 1990)
• And Suddenly It's Evening for orchestra and solo violin concert master (1994)
• Opera Without Words for orchestra (2016)

Works for wind ensemble

• Dedication Anthem for wind ensemble (1984)

Concerti, solo instruments and orchestra

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1980)
• Violin Concerto (1981)
• Keys to the City (Piano Concerto No. 2) (1983)
• Piano Concerto No. 3: Kilauea (1986)
• Romances and Interludes for oboe and orchestra (1989, Romances are orchestrations of Robert Schumann's Op. 94)
• Bang! for amplified piano and orchestra (1992)
• Viola Concerto (1994)
• Concerto for cello and orchestra (1999)

Works for piano

Solo piano

• When Soft Voices Die (1977)
• Old and Lost Rivers (1986)
• The Blue Hula (1990)
• Three Pieces (1990)
• Four Etudes for Ursula (1996)
• Three Nocturnes (2009)

Works for two pianos

• Pianorama for two pianos (1984)

Chamber music

• Septet for flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, piano, violin, and percussion (1975)
• Sextet No. 2 for oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion (1976)
• Sextet No. 3 for flute, violin, cello, bass, piano, and percussion (1977)
• Rhapsody for violin and piano (1978)
• Romance for violin and piano (1979)
• Nova for violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano (1979, composed as a companion piece to the "Trout" quintet)
• Octet for oboe, bass clarinet, horn, harp, violin, cello, bass, and percussion (1979)
• The Blue Hula for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion (1981)
• Serenade for piano and wind quintet (1983)
• String Quartet No. 1: New Memories (1987)
• Keys to the City chamber version for solo piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and strings (1987)
• String Quartet and Bass (1988)
• Invisible Lilacs for violin and piano (1991)
• Suite for cello and piano (1998)
• String Quartet No. 2 (2008)
• Piano Quintet: "Live Oaks" (2011)

Vocal works

• Aussöhnung for medium or high voice and piano (1984, text by Goethe)
• When We Meet Again (Sonnet) for medium or high voice and piano (1985, text by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• Half a Year Together for medium or high voice and piano (1987, text by Richard Howard)
• Remembering for medium or high voice and piano (1987, text by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
• Two Songs (from The Rain in the Trees) for medium or high voice and piano (1992, text by W.S. Merwin)
• Not Even the Rain for medium or high voice and piano (1999, text by e.e. cummings)
• Irrational Exuberance for medium-high to high voice and piano (2001, text by Gene Scheer)
• Tres Sonetos de Amor for medium or high voice and piano (2000, three sonnets by Pablo Neruda)
• I Am In Need of Music for medium or high voice and piano (2004, text by Elizabeth Bishop)
• Amo el trozo de tierra for medium or high voice and piano (2005, text by Pablo Neruda)
• Choruses of the Trees for four-part children's choir (2009, text by Roald Dahl)

Works for voice and orchestra

• The Encantadas for narrator and orchestra (1983, based on the writings on Herman Melville)
• The Encantadas version for narrator and chamber orchestra (1986)
• The Rain in the Trees for flute, medium or high voice, and orchestra (1993)
• Tres Sonetos de Amor for baritone and orchestra (2000, three sonnets by Pablo Neruda)
• The Rain in the Trees version for soprano and orchestra (2000)

References

• List of works on Tobias Picker's website
• Schott Music works list

External links

• Tobias Picker composer profile at Schott Music
• Tobias Picker's official website

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