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Selected Works
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All piano music in selected recordings was performed by the composer,
unless otherwise noted. Recordings marked "excerpt" are partial recordings excerpted from the complete recording. All copyrights reserved.
2011
Six French Sweets for solo piano (work in progress)
I. Praline (performed by Clara Christian)
II. Mendiant
III. Calisson (performed by Clara Christian)
IV. Dragée
V. Nougat
VI. Guimauve
2010
La Bohème (opera by G. Puccini) arranged by Christian for piano and string quartet
2009
Psalm 45:13-17
(read the text here)
Psalm 45:2-5, music composed by Clara Christian
(read the text here)
2008
Nocturne
for solo piano
Eva
opera scene for two sopranos
libretto by Brian and Clara Christian
(read the text here)
Eva - Ashley St. Martin, soprano
Rachel, her mother - Lisbet Klockars, soprano
2007
Virtue (excerpt)
poem by George Herbert
for a cappella choir
dedicated to Clara Christian
(read the text here)
Humoresque
for brass quintet
Theme and Variations
for solo violin
dedicated to Andrea Picard
Excerpt 1: Excerpt 2: Excerpt 3:
"The Journey" Overture
for orchestra
Deep Water Reaching
for piano, Clarinet in A, violin, and cello
2006
Winter Heavens
poem by George Meredith
for a capella SATB choir
Six Love Songs for Soprano
song cycle for piano and soprano
sung by dedicatee Anja Strauss
"The whole cycle is beautiful... it's a keeper." - Phyllis Bryn-Julson
1. Go, Lovely Rose (poem by Edmund Waller) (excerpt)
2. There Be None of Beauty’s Daughters (poem by Lord Byron) (excerpt)
3. The Clod and the Pebble (poem by William Blake) (excerpt)
4. Echo (poem by Christina Rossetti) (excerpt)
5. So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (poem by Lord Byron) (excerpt)
6. Mediocrity in Love Rejected (poem by Thomas Carew) (excerpt)
(read the text here)
2005
Snowflakes
poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
for children’s SA choir and piano
(read the text here)
Toccata in A (excerpt)
for solo piano
2001 - 2003
The Journey
an opera in English based off of “Le Petit Prince” by Saint-Exupéry
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 1 Scene 4
Act 1 Scene 5
Act 1 Scene 6
Act 1 Scene 7
Act 1 Scene 8
Act 1 Scene 9
Act 2 Scene 1
Act 2 Scene 2
Act 2 Scene 3 and 4
Performed at the Berkeley Piano Club, April, 2003
Cast:
Pilot, baritone Rick Wood
Little Prince, tenor Ben Barr
Rose, soprano Hannah Son
King, bass Alexander McCormmach
Fop, tenor Kevin Chen
Businessman, baritone Scott Hayman
Lamplighter, soprano Kate Yan
Geographer, alto Marissa Matthews
Snake, soprano Susannah Sandow
Garden of Roses:
First Rose, soprano Bridget O'Keefe
Second Rose, soprano Kate Yan
Third Rose, alto Marissa Matthews
Fox, countertenor Axel Van Chee
Piano, Brian Lloyd Christian
Violin, Sara Baldi
Viola, Elia Van Lith
Cello, Suellen Primost
Bass, Mike Heiber
1999
Rhapsody in C
for solo piano
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