Compositions Archives - Jake Heggie Composer & Pianist

It’s A Wonderful Life (2016)

“It’s A Wonderful Life Soars“ Houston Chronicle “Stunningly new” Houston Arts+Culture “Heggie’s most delightful concoction” TheaterJones PUBLISHING & RIGHTS Bill [More]

“It’s A Wonderful Life Soars“ Houston Chronicle “Stunningly new” Houston Arts+Culture “Heggie’s most delightful concoction” TheaterJones PUBLISHING & RIGHTS Bill Holab Music is agent for the sales and rentals of the score to Its A Wonderful Life. Published by Bent Pen Music, Inc. (BMI) For information on Grand Rights: Don Erik Franzen, Inc. dfranzen@lawff.com. [more]

| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Andrea Carroll, Anthony Dean Griffey, Brian Nason, Elaine J. McCarthy, Joshua Hopkins, Leonard Foglia, Patrick Summers, Robert Brill, Robert Orth, Talise Trevigne, William Burden | Debut Year↠2016 | Compositions↠Opera/Stage |

ICONIC LEGACIES: First Ladies at the Smithsonian (2015)

Four songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Original texts by Gene Scheer, inspired by iconic objects in the Smithsonian with a [More]

Four songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano. Original texts by Gene Scheer, inspired by iconic objects in the Smithsonian with a particular connection to a former First Lady of the United States. Commissioned by Vocal Arts DC to celebrate its 25th Anniversary Season with generous support from the Shamos Family Foundation, Yolanda C Oertel, MD, and [more]

Stop This Day and Night With Me (2015)

For SATBBB a cappella. Poetry from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Composed for The King’s Singers as The Raymond W. [More]

For SATBBB a cappella. Poetry from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Composed for The King’s Singers as The Raymond W. Brock Commission for the American Choral Directors Association. First Performance: Feb 25, 2015 at the ACDA National Convention in Salt Lake City, UT. Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com.

Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com.

The Work at Hand (2015)

For mezzo-soprano, cello and piano; also for mezzo-soprano, cello and orchestra (duration approximately 18 minutes). Three symphonic songs based on [More]

For mezzo-soprano, cello and piano; also for mezzo-soprano, cello and orchestra (duration approximately 18 minutes). Three symphonic songs based on poetry by the late Laura Morefield (1961-2011), commissioned for mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and cellist Anne Martindale Williams by Carnegie Hall and the Pittsburgh Symphony. First performance: Feb 17, 2015 by Jamie Barton, Anne Martindale Williams [more]

| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Anne Martindale Williams, Carnegie Hall, Jamie Barton, Laura Morefield, Pittsburgh Symphony | Debut Year↠2015 | Compositions↠Chamber/Ensemble, Orchestra, Song | Featured Voices/Instruments↠Cello, Mezzo-Soprano, Piano |

GREAT SCOTT (2015)

“A HUGE SUCCESS WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE” TheaterJones “DEEPLY MOVING AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT” WQXR Operavore “FUNNY, TOUCHING AND ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING” [More]

“A HUGE SUCCESS WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE” TheaterJones “DEEPLY MOVING AND MUSICALLY BRILLIANT” WQXR Operavore “FUNNY, TOUCHING AND ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING” D Magazine “GREAT SCOTT IS A GREAT NEW OPERA, HILARIOUS, ENDEARING, SOPHISTICATED, PROFOUND…” Opera Warhorses “A MAGNIFICENT AND GLORIOUS CREATION” The Dallas Voice PUBLISHING & RIGHTS Bill Holab Music is agent for the sales and [more]

| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Ailyn Pérez, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato, Kevin Burdette, Michael Mayes, Nathan Gunn, Patrick Summers, Terrence McNally | Compositions↠Opera/Stage |

Edna St Vincent Millay (2014)

For Soprano and piano. Poetry by Lucy Miller Murray. First Performance: Sept 8, 2014 at Opera America, New York City, [More]

For Soprano and piano. Poetry by Lucy Miller Murray. First Performance: Sept 8, 2014 at Opera America, New York City, by soprano Regina Zona and pianist Kathleen Tagg.

NEWER EVERY DAY: Songs for Kiri (2014)

Songs for Soprano and Piano. Poetry by Emily Dickinson. Commissioned by the Ravinia Festival in celebration of Dame Kiri Te [More]

Songs for Soprano and Piano. Poetry by Emily Dickinson. Commissioned by the Ravinia Festival in celebration of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s 70th Birthday. First performance: Aug 12, 2014 at the Miller Theater, Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL, with soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and pianist Jake Heggie. 1. Silence 2. I’m Nobody! Who are You? 3. [more]

THE RADIO HOUR (2014)

One Act Opera for Chamber Choir, Silent Actress and Instruments (flute, clarinet, alto sax, percussion, piano, violin, cello, bass). Commissioned [More]

One Act Opera for Chamber Choir, Silent Actress and Instruments (flute, clarinet, alto sax, percussion, piano, violin, cello, bass). Commissioned by Pacific Chorale, VocalEssence, Conspirare, Philadelphia Singers. First Performance: John Alexander Singers with actress Eve Himmelheber; John Alexander, conductor; James Taulli, director; May 18, 2014 at Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa, CA.

| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Conspirare, John Alexander Singers, Pacific Chorale, Philadelphia Singers, VocalEssence | Debut Year↠2014 | Compositions↠Chamber/Ensemble, Choral Work, Opera/Stage | Featured Voices/Instruments↠Chamber Choir, Chorus SATB, Silent Actress |

OUT OF DARKNESS: TWO REMAIN (2016)

Out of Darkness: Two Remain (2016) is an opera in two acts with libretto by Gene Scheer, based in part [More]

Out of Darkness: Two Remain (2016) is an opera in two acts with libretto by Gene Scheer, based in part on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors: the Polish dissident Krystyna Zywulska (1914-1993) and the gay German Jew, Gad Beck (1923-2012). Source material for the libretto includes documents and journals in the US Holocaust [more]

One or more recordings have been made. Rental Sheet Music, Scores, Parts and Performance Materials are available from billholabmusic.com.

| Categories↠Compositions | Tags↠Ava Pine, Caitlin Lynch, Gene Scheer, Krystyna Zywulska, Michael Mayes, Morgan Smith, Music Of Remembrance, Robert Orth, Sarah Larsen | Debut Year↠2016 | Compositions↠Opera/Stage | Featured Voices/Instruments↠Actor, Baritone, Bass, Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Mezzo-Soprano, Piano, Soprano, Violin | Other Criteria↠Recorded, Score Available (Rental) |

THE NARROW BRIDGE (2014)

Text by Pamela Stewart. Final movement of TYLER’S SUITE featuring compositions by Nolan Gasser, Stephen Schwartz, Ann Hampton Callaway, John [More]

Text by Pamela Stewart. Final movement of TYLER’S SUITE featuring compositions by Nolan Gasser, Stephen Schwartz, Ann Hampton Callaway, John Corigliano, John Bucchino, Lance Horne. Commissioned and premiered by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, March 25, 2014. Available singly on iTunes. Jake has contributed one or more compositions [more]

Jake has contributed one or more compositions to this collaborative work.

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