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CURRENT PROJECTS
 
string quartet Nature Rhythms II
book on music, gesture & rhetoric
 
STREAMING
 
Listen to selected orchestral, chamber & choral works.
 
Robert Rival YouTube View some of these on YouTube.
 
Find a small selection on music streaming platforms.
 
CD RELEASES
 
Global tapestry - Ananta duo
 
Sonata "Muskoka" for clarinet & piano (Lake movement). Ananta Duo: "Global Tapestry" (2018). Purchase.

 
Windermere String Quartet: Inner Landscapes
 
Traces of a Silent Landscape. Windermere String Quartet: "Inner Landscapes" (2016). Purchase.

 

 
Lullaby. Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: "A Concert for New York" (2013). 2014 Western Canadian Music Awards nominee for Classical Recording of the Year. Purchase.

 

List of Works

PARTS RENTAL & SCORE PURCHASE/LOAN
ORCHESTRAL & LARGE CHAMBER WORKS
Parts for orchestral works, large ensembles, and chamber works with 10 parts or more, are available for rental only directly from the Canadian Music Centre. To access perusal scores or archival recordings unavailable at the CMC, or for any assistance with rentals, contact the composer.
PARTS/SCORES FOR CHAMBER, SOLO & CHORAL WORKS
  1. Solo & chamber works up to 5 parts
    Available for purchase or loan via the Canadian Music Centre.
  2. Chamber works with 6-9 parts
    Available for purchase only via the Canadian Music Centre.
  3. Choral works
    Midnight Sea published by Cypress Choral Music. All other titles available for purchase only via the Canadian Music Centre.
NOTE: Electronic files (PDFs) of scores and parts for ALL chamber works up to 9 parts are also available upon request, free of charge, directly from the composer.
NOTE: Many complete archival recordings may be streamed online (free with registration) via the Canadian Music Centre. Others may be available upon request from the composer.

 
Guide to Orchestral Works GUIDE TO SELECTED ORCHESTRAL WORKS

A guide [PDF] to selected orchestral works. For perusal scores, archival recordings and quotes, send an email.

ORCHESTRAL

CHAMBER/ENSEMBLE


CHORAL

SOLO VOCAL /
INSTRUMENTAL

  • The Grass Is Full of Stars
    2020 - children's choir (SS) & chamber ensemble (or piano); poems: Marjorie Pickthall (10:00; 5'30 songs alone)
  • Midnight Sea
    2020 - men's choir (TTBB); text: Charles M. Scammon (6:00)
  • Again...Riding
    2018 - SATB chorus; poems: Marjorie Pickthall (4:00)
  • L'Aube [Dawn]
    2016 - mixed choir div; poems: Victor Hugo [in French] (9:00)
  • Delights & Discords
    2014 - SATB chorus & orchestral winds & brass (or piano); Renaissance poems by Campion, Jonson, Shirley, Herrick, Sidney (17:00)
  • The Sun Is Set from Delights & Discords
    2014 - SATB chorus; poem: Robert Sidney (5:00)
  • Saison des semailles, le soir [Sowing Season, Evening]
    2004 - SATB chorus; poem: Victor Hugo [in French] (5:00)
  • Ten Miniatures
    2017 - chromatic kantele (zither/kannel) (12:00)
  • Six Pieces
    2007 - piano (16:00)
  • Red Moon & Other Songs of War
    2007 - high voice, piano OR medium voice, piano, clarinet (also bs.cl.), percussion; poems: Harte, Hardy, Sandburg, Teasdale, John Scott of Amwell, Norman Bethune (18:00)

FOR CHILDREN

STAGE

  • Yes, I Can!
    2015 - orchestra & narrator, text: Connie Kaldor (8:00)
  • Maya the Bee
    2006 - orchestra & narrator, text: Tara Bahna James, after Waldemar Bonsels (24:00)

MULTI-MEDIA

ARRANGEMENTS

  • Hearing Lightning, Seeing Thunder
    2008 - clarinet (also bs.cl.), cello, percussion, 4 stage lights notated rhythmically (9:30)
  • Hazard
    1999 - visual polyrhythms created by hazard lights of parked cars
  • Black & White
    1994 - bass drum, 2 stage lights notated rhythmically (5:00)

WITHDRAWN

 

  • Confluence
    2017 - orchestra & choir ad lib (13:00)
  • Red Moonrise over Lac Rhéaume
    2003 - string orchestra (4:00)
  • It Can Be Done
    1998-99 - opera: 6 leads, chorus, piano; libretto by Rival (20:00 & 40:00 versions)