Works by Garrett Byrnes

Capriccio Tempestoso for harp & orchestra (c. 10’, 2010)
Orchestra: 2-1 (doubling e.hn.)-2-1;  2-2-2-1;  timp., perc.,  harp solo;  strings
Commissioned by the Chicago Composers Orchestra

Meditation for harp & String Orchestra (c. 6’, 2010)
Written in memory of Ceren Necipoğlu

La Chapelle d'Aiguilhe: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra (c. 21’, 2008)
Orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 2-2-0-0; timp., cello solo; strings
Commissioned by, and dedicated to, Xavier Phillips & the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

Solace (17’, 2005)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., pno./cel., harp, strings

Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra (15’, 2003)
Piano Solo & Chamber Orchestra: 1111; 1111; 2 perc, hp, 2111
Commissioned by the Indiana University New Music Ensemble

In a Moment of Simple Beauty (For Constantin) (4’, 2003)
Chamber Orchestra: 2222; 2000; 1 perc, hp; strings

The Stars Shall Look Not Down (16’, 2001)
9-part Flute Choir and Orchestra
2-2-2-2; 4-2-2-1; timp., 2 perc., strings;  [flute choir: 2 picc., 5 C fl., 1 alto fl., 1 bass fl.]
Commissioned by the Chesapeake Youth Repertory Orchestra & CYSO Flute Choir

Nor’easter (Study for Orchestra) (6’, 2001)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., harp, strings

Red Moon (8’, 2000)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; 3 perc., harp, strings

Suite for String Orchestra (12’, 2000)

Momentum (5’, 2000)
For wind ensemble

The Flames of Imbolc (12’, 1999)
Orchestra: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1; timp., 3 perc., strings

Episodes for String Orchestra (7’, 1998)
Arrangement of Episodes for String Quartet

Nordic Realms (Chamber Symphony No. 1) (20’, 1998 - withdrawn)
1-1-1-1; 2-1-0-0; 1 perc., strings

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (22’, 1997 - withdrawn)
Cello Solo & Orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 4-3-3-1; 2 perc., harp, piano, strings

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Leeds Devil Nocturne (c. 8’, 2011)
for flute (with optional piccolo) & piano
Commissioned for Mary Kay Fink & Nicholas Underhill by the Cleveland Chamber Collective

Devil in Moscow (c. 15’, 2009)
for viola & harpsichord -- version for viola & piano available
Commissioned by the Allegmagnetti Duo through the generosity of the West Virginia University Foundation

Mosaics (8’, 2008)
for wind quintet
Commissioned by the Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of Illinois Wesleyan University

Manic Aggressive  (5’, 2008)
Schadenfreude  (5’, 2008)
Voodoo Stomp  (5' - 8’, 2008)
Zephyr  (3’, 2008)
for flute, piano & string quartet
Commissioned by the 'New Music for a New Audience' project, inspired by traditional rock forms, and written for, and dedicated to, the Cleveland Chamber Collective

Villanelle (16’, 2006;  revised 2009, c. 12')
for violin & harp
Commissioned by Harry A.F.M. Otten for Lavinia Meijer, and dedicated to him, Lavinia Meijer & Tjeerd Top

Persist (13’, 2003)
for eight cellos
Commissioned by Florent Renard-Payen and the Tarab Cello Ensemble

Triptyclysm (16’, 2002)
for percussion trio
Commissioned by Tonus Percussion Group

Five Pieces for Cello & Piano (c. 10’, 2002)

Little Suite for Two Violins (7’, 2000)

Three Pieces for Flute and Guitar (7’, 1999)

Episodes for String Quartet (8’, 1998)

Introduction & Scherzo (7’, 1997)
for Violin & Cello

Introduction & Scherzo (7’, arranged 2002)
for String Quartet

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Moon Songs (c. 8’, 2011)
Songs for voice & harp
Text: Carl Sandburg
Movements: (1) Feather Lights   (2) Moonset   (3) I Sang  
(4) Child Moon   (5) Theme in Yellow   (6) Valley Song

Verse Surges Forth (c. 9’, 2007; revised 2010)
Songs for alto voice & marimba
Text: Marina Tsvetaeva
Movements: (1) Gently, gently   (2) Verse Surges Forth   (3) I Kiss Them, the Crimson Leaves

Three Poems of Pablo Neruda (c. 10', 2007)
for soprano solo
Text: Pablo Neruda
Movements: (1) Air in the Stone   (2) The Turtle   (3) Word

Handfuls (10’, 2006)
songs for soprano & guitar
Text: Carl Sandburg
Movements: (1) Whitelight   (2) Flux   (3) Fog   (4) Pool

Songs of the Sea (15’, 2001)
Song cycle for tenor & piano
Text: Carl Sandburg, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville
Movements: (1) Young Sea   (2) Four by the Clock   (3) Bones   (4) Fog   (5) Nantucket

Five Poems of James Wright (15’, 2001)
for treble voice, english horn and cello
Movements: (1) The Jewel   (2) In Fear of Harvests   (3) I Was Afraid of Dying   (4) Rain   (5) A Breath of Air

Twilight Night (5’, 1999)
for soprano & piano
Text: Christina Rossetti

Two Poems of Robert Frost (9’, 1998)
for soprano, flute, vibraphone & cello
Movements: (1) Good Hours   (2) To the Thawing Wind

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Valley of Butterflies (15’, 2011)
harp solo
Commissioned by Ceren Necipoğlu

Sizzle (6’, 2009)
harp solo
Written for, and dedicated to, Lavinia Meijer

Monemvasía Pebbles: four miniatures for flute solo (4’, 2009)
flute solo

Sprocket! (7’, 2006)
cello solo
Written for Florent Renard-Payen and the members of the Tarab Cello Ensemble

Desmodus Rotundus; or, Night of The Full Blue Moon (4’, 2004)
flute sol

Ceol Báisteach Toirneach Tintreach (12', 2004)
[Rain Thunder Lightning Music]
marimba solo

Amhrán Slán (5’, 2001)
harp solo
Written for, and dedicated to, Ceren Necipoğlu

Visions in Twilight (8’, 2000)
harp solo
Written for, and dedicated to, Ceren Necipoğlu

Perpetual Moments (8’, 2000)
guitar solo

Nanna's Lament (7’, 1999)
viola solo - (violin version available)

Sonata for Solo Violin (8’, 1994)

Sonata for Solo Cello (7’, 1993)

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Bagatelle for L.v.B. (3’, 2011)
commissioned for the International Beethoven Project's 2011 Bagatelle Project

from Cosmopolitan Etudes, Book 2 (No.'s 7, 8 & 9 complete - c. 12')
   No. 10 ("Maelströms"; for consecutive descending intervals in one hand) - in progress
   No. 9 (for Intervals of the Seventh)  (c. 6', 2009)
   No. 8 (for softness while playing chords)  (c. 3', 2010)
   No. 7 (for the white keys alone)  (c. 3', 2004; revised 2006)

Album: Six Beginning & Intermediate Pieces (8’, 2005)
Contents:  1) March  2) Scherzo  3) Romance  4) Waltz  5) Lullaby  6) Etude

For Constantin (4’, 2003)

Cosmopolitan Etudes, Book 1 (No.'s 1 - 6) (10’, 2002)

Abstra (c. 9’, 2002)
for piano and recorded sound (CD)

Peculiar Albatross (c. 3’, 2001)

Allegro Risoluto (c. 4’, 1995)

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