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