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Compositions

 

Orchestra/chamber

orchestra/large ensemble

 

Sinfonia concertante (1960)

for piano and orchestra

pf-solo 3222 4330 3timp

perc str

duration: 15 min

commissioned by Walter Susskind

Ms.

 

Four Epigrams for orchestra

(1960)

3222 4331 3timp perc hp pf

str

duration: ca. 9 min

commissioned by the

Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation

 

Concertante (1963)

for flute, percussion and string

orchestra

fl-solo timp perc hp str

duration: ca. 12 min

commissioned by the

Toronto Chamber Orchestra

Ms.

 

Irish symphony (1990)

for orchestra

4343 4331 timp 4perc cel hp

pf str duration: 25 min

FCM, commissioned by the

National Orchestra of the

Republic of Ireland and

Colman Pearce (conductor)

 

Concerto for violin and

orchestra (1984)

vl-solo 3232 4231 perc hp pf

str

duration: 30 min

dedicated to Robert Szreder

 

Concerto for piano and

orchestra (1994)

pf-solo 3333 4331 timp

7perc hp str

duration: 24 min

FCM, commissioned by Han

Reiziger (VPRO)

dedicated to Bernard and Laura

Jacobson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chamber music

 

Sonatina for piano (1951)

duration: 4 min

dedicated to Harry Holtman

 

Elegy (1954)

for violin and piano

duration: 7 min

commissioned by Carolyn

Gundy (Toronto, Canada)

Ms.

 

Ballad (1957)

for piano

duration: 8 min

commissioned by the

Confederation Life

Insurance Co. (Toronto,

Canada)

Ms.

 

Sonata (1957)

written in Toronto, Canada

for clarinet and piano

duration: 10 min

Ms.

 

Movement (1961)

for alto-saxophone and piano

duration: 6 min

written for Paul Brodie

(Toronto, Canada)

 

Le tombeau de Francis

Poulenc (1965)

for piano 4-hands or 2

pianos

duration: 6 min

 

3 Pieces (1969)

for piano

duration: 6 min

Ms.

 

Lament of a dying bird

(1974)

for clarinet

duration: 11 min 30 sec

dedicated to Maarten Brandt

 

Little dance (1977)

for piano

duration: 2 min

dedicated to his son Walter

Ms.

 

Incantation (1982)

for flute

duration: 5 min 53 sec

for Ann Fudge (Boston,

USA)

 

Sonata for violin and piano

(1995)

duration: 20 min

FCM, for Anthony Marwood

 

Sextet for strings (1997)

for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 'cellos

Duration: 17 min

FCM, for The Raphael Ensemble

( London, England)

 

String Quartet (1998)

duration: 20 min

FCM, dedicated to his sons

Felix and Walter

 

A touch of the blues (1998)

for piano

duration: 5 min

FCM, for Marcel Worms

 

Piano Trio (2001)

for piano, violin and 'cello

duration: 20 min

FCM, for the Florestan Trio

 

Pastorale for Violin and Piano (1955)

duration: 7'

for Carolyn Gundy

 

Bagatella for Piano (1969)

duration: 2'

 

Movement for Cello and Piano

(1988)

 

3 Pieces for Piano (1992)

duration: 6'

"Phantom"

"Enigma"

"Meditations"

for Jeanne

 

Sound Scape: "To Break the

Silence of the Night" (1997)

for piano (left hand)

duration: 3'

 

In Old Dutch Style (1999)

for piano

duration: 20"

Vocal music

 

 

"A Dream" (1976)

for soprano, Flute and Piano

duration: 3'

 

 

Two Lieder (1957)

for soprano and piano

text: D, von Liliencron

duration: 5 min

for Teresa Stratas (Toronto,

Canada)

Ms.

 

I died for beauty (1965)

for soprano and piano

text: Emily Dickinson

duration: 3 min

Ms.

 

Christmas cantata "Now is

the prophet's time"

for tenor, children's voices,

mixed choir and orchestra

2222 4220 timp perc 2pf org

str

text: George Johnston

duration: 20 min

commissioned by the

Canadian Broadcasting

Corporation - Radio

Ms.

 

Immobile Eden (1972)

for soprano, flute and piano

duration: 8 min 51 sec

commissioned by the Toronto

Lyric Arts Trio

(Canada)

 

The Shadowmaker (1978)

for baritone and orchestra

bar-solo 322 4331 6perc pf

str tape

text: Gwendolyn MacEwen

duration: 28 min

dedicated to Victor Braun

commissioned by the

Canada Council of the Arts

 

Lied (1979)

for soprano, flute and piano

text: William Blake

duration: 3 min

Ms.

 

From the Book of Tao Te Ching

(1979)

for tenor and piano

duration: 10 min

for Peter Pears

 

Three Lieder (1980)

for soprano (or tenor)

duration: 10 min

Ms.

 

Two pieces with interlude

(1995)

for soprano, flute (piccolo and bass

flute) and piano

text: Percy Bysshe Shelley and

William Butler Yeats

duration: 12 min

FCM, for Trio Il Castello

 

Triple Hymn

for soprano, 'cello, midrangam,

tam-tam, tubular bell

duration: 30 min 30 sec

text: Mantra fro Vedic Literature

commissioned by British Arts Council

for Angika Dance Company

 

Kreiten Passion

for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra

duration: 54 min 7 sec

Text: Heinrich Riemenschneider

commissioned by

The Duesseldorf Symphony

Music Scores of Rudi van Dijk's

compositions are avalable at  Donemus

Music Scores of Rudi van Dijk's compositions are avalable at  Donemus

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