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Organ solo
1980 Prelude and Passacaglia (in festo Pentecostes)
ECS Publishing / 8'30"
First performance Gregg Romatowski / The Boston Chapter AGO 1981 Contemporary Organ Music Festival / The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Audio Peter Sykes, Modern Organ Music / Raven (OAR-640)
1986 Pastorale
ECS Publishing / 2'45"
First performance JW / Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist / December 24, 1981
Notes dedicated to Peter Rossi
1987 Noël Anglais (Greensleeves)
ECS Publishing / 7'30"
First performance Nancy Granert / The Memorial Church, Harvard University / Dec 12, 1987
Recording David S. McFarlane, Historic Organs of Colorado / Organ Historical Society (OHS-98)
Notes dedicated to John Ferris (University Organist and Choirmaster, Harvard University) and Nancy Granert (Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster)
1988 Sinfonia
ECS Publishing / 12’00” (single movement)
Commission 1989 Region I American Guild of Organists Convention
First performance Thomas Murray / Woolsey Hall, Yale University / June 19, 1989
Selected performances Gregory Crowell / Johanneskirche, Zittau, Germany / March 1994; Joseph Galema / United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs / 4 July 1994; Peter Sykes / Methuen Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts / August 16, 1991; Thomas Murray / Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (The Mission Church),Roxbury, Massachusetts / 1990 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists / June 28, 1990
Recording recording of the premiere performance / SoundCloud
1989 Sonata in C (Sonata I) / ECS Publishing / 12'00" (three movements)
Commission Green's Farms Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut / “in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the church's Aeolian Skinner organ”
First performance Eileen Hunt / Green's Farms Congregational Church / March 11, 1990
Selected Performances Gregory Crowell / La Trinité / Paris / Summer 1994; Eileen Hunt / Riverside Church, New York City, NY / July 21, 1992; JW / Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England / August 16, 1991
Recording Nancy Granert / Alleluia! Sacred Choral Music in New England / Classical Arts (NR 247-CD)
Notes commissioned/ dedicated to Eileen Hunt
1989 Four Versets and a Canzona (Lydian) / organ manuals with optional pedal / Walker & Woodman Editions / 5'30"
also: ECS Publishing: The Boston Organbook
Commission 1990 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists
First performance Peter Sykes / First Church (Congregational), Cambridge / 1990 National Biennial Convention of the American Guild of Organists / June 27, 1990
Selected Performances Peter Sykes / National Public Radio, "Pipe Dreams" , Program 9244
Recording Peter Sykes / Music from the Heartland: Two Nordlie Organs" / Titanic (Ti-181)
Notes dedicated to William Porter / modeled after Domenico Zipoli / first in a collection of four: Lydian (1989), Aeolian (1990), Phrygian (1992), Mixolydian (2015)
1990 Four Versets and a Canzona (Aeolian) / organ manuals with optional pedal / JW PDF / 5'30"
Commission St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Newton Lower Falls, Newton, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the church's Noack organ”
First performance Louise Mundinger / St. Mary's Episcopal Church / September 30, 1990
Selected Performances George Klump / Sion, Switzerland / Basilique du Château de Valère / Festival international de l'Orgue ancien / July 25, 1992
Notes dedicated to Louise Mundinger / second in a collection of four: Lydian (1989), Aeolian (1990), Phrygian (1992), Mixolydian (2015)
1992 Six Little Partitas for Organ: Book I organ manuals with optional pedal / Thorpe
I. Little Partita for Advent (“O come, o come Emmanuel”) / 5'45" (four variations)
II. Little Partita for Christmas (“Lo, how a rose e’er blooming”)/ 4'30" (four variations)
III. Little Partita for Epiphany (How brightly shines the Morning Star”) / 5'00" (four variations)
First performances
I. Little Partita for Advent / Jennifer Lester / Church of St. Ignatius, Rome
II. Little Partita for Christmas / Leo Abbot / Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston
III. Little Partita for Epiphany / JW / The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Recording Erik Simmons / Organ Music by James Woodman / Soundspells Productions (CD139)
1992 Church Sonata I / ECS Publishing / 8'00"
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Commission Norfield Congregational Church, Weston, Connecticut / “in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the church's Casavant organ”
First performance Jayson Engquist / Norfield Congregational Church, Weston, Connecticut / March 28, 1993
1992 Four Versets and a Canzona (Phrygian) / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 7'00"
Commission Friends of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge
First performance Daryl Bichel / Chapel of the Society of St. John Evangelist / October 2, 1993
Recording Daryl Bichel / In the Service of St. John / Cowley Publications
Notes dedicated to Daryl Bichel / suitable for one-manual instruments /part I of a four-part commission / Profession of Br. Brian Wilmer, SSJE / third in a collection of four: Lydian (1989), Aeolian (1990), Phrygian (1992), Mixolydian (2015)
1994 Six Little Partitas for Organ: Book II / organ manuals with optional pedal / Thorpe
I. Little Partita for Lent (“Forty days and forty nights”) / 5'00" (four variations)
II. Little Partita for Easter (“At the Lamb’s high feast we sing”)/ 5'00" (four variations)
III. Little Partita for Pentecost (“Come, Holy Ghost”) / 4'30" (four variations)
First performances
I. Little Partita for Lent / Victoria Wagner / Church of the Advent, Boston
II. Little Partita for Easter / William Porter / Church of St. John the Evangelist
III. Little Partita for Pentecost / Nancy Granert / The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Recording Erik Simmons / Organ Music by James Woodman / Soundspells Productions (CD139)
1994 In dulci jubilo / Thorpe / 6'30" (four variations)
Commission The Memorial Church, Harvard University / “for the 85th Annual Carol Services”
First performance first movement only: Nancy Granert / The Memorial Church, Harvard University / December 11, 1994
four movements, complete: Nancy Granert / Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston / December 31, 1995
Recording var. I on CD: Carols from the Yard (Gothic)
1995 Little Organ Mass (Roman) / organ manuals with optional pedal / ECS Publishing / 8'30"
I. Introit (Lauda Sion)
II. Offertory (Pange lingua)
III. Elevation (Te Deum)
IV. Communion (Pange lingua)
V. Postlude (Lauda Sion)
Commission Leo Abbott, Organist and Choirmaster, Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Roman Catholic), Boston / “in memory of the Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Lally”
First performance Leo Abbott / Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston / October 1, 1995
Notes first performance at dedication of rebuilt Hook & Hastings organ (1881) in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral of the Holy Cross; grant provided by the Boston Chapter of the AGO
1995 Fairest Lord Jesus / organ manuals with optional pedal / Thorpe / 6'30" (five variations)
First performance Christa Rakich / Thankful Memorial Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee / January 13, 1995
Selected performances Daniel Pinkham, King's Chapel, Boston
Recording Mark Brombuagh / Historic Organs of Pennsylvania / Raven Recordings (OHS-03)
Notes dedicated to JW’s father, Roger F. Woodman, Sr.) / first performance at inauguration of Festival Organ, a three-year national touring exhibition
1995 Church Sonata II / unpublished / 8'00" (three movements)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante Tranquillo
III. Very free; driving
Commission Eileen Hunt
First performance Eileen Hunt, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts / July 23, 1997
Notes presented at Boston Chapter AGO first annual Composer's Forum at Boston University
1996 Five Voluntaries for Organ / see Tu es Petrus
1998 Sonata II / unpublished / 10'00"
I. Espresso
II. Lapsang souchong
III. Veuve cliquot
Commission The Music Department, Phillips Exeter Academy / “in honor of Lynda Copland, Academy Organist, on the occasion of her retirement”
First performance JW / Phillips Church, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter New Hampshire / March 1, 1998
Notes first use of encoded text procedure
1999 Partita on “Spanish Hymn” / Thorpe / 8'30" (seven variations)
Commission Mark Brombaugh, New Haven, Connecticut / “in honor of Burlin Brombaugh by his son “
First performance Mark Brombaugh, Christ Church, Tacoma Washington / April10, 1999
Notes first performance at a recital celebrating the 20th anniversary of the John Brombaugh organ at Christ Church, Tacoma
Recording Mark Brombaugh / Mark Brombaugh, Organist / Loft Recordings
2000 All Creatures of Our God and King (Five Meditations on “Lasst uns erfreuen”) / Thorpe / 11'00"
I. Sister Moon
II. Brother Sun
III. Mother Earth
IV. All of Tender Heart
V. Alleluia
Commission The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / “for the dedication of the new N. P. Mander organ”
First performance Peter Sykes / May 12, 2000 / The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Recording Peter Sykes/ Historic Organs of North Carolina / Raven Recordings (OHS-01)
2000 Even a morning without clouds / organ manuals with optional pedal /unpublished / 4'15"
Commission Eileen Hunt, Fairfield, Connecticut
First performance Eileen Hunt / First Methodist Church, Greenwich, Connecticut / September 28, 2000
Notes dedicated to Eileen Hunt / first in the set Three Morning Preludes: 1. Even a morning without clouds (2000), 2. Joy comes in the morning (2011), 3. Now that daylight fills the sky (2015)
2002 For all the saints / organ manuals with optional pedal / Thorpe / six three-movement suites: Improvisation, Prelude, Chorale / music for funerals and memorial services
1. O God, our help in ages past (St. Anne) 4'30"
2. Abide with me (Eventide) 4'15"
3. The strife is o’er (Victory) 4'00"
4. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound (New Britain) 4'45"
5. The King of love my shepherd is (St. Columba) 4'00"
6. For all the saints (Sine nomine) 4'00"
Notes composed in memory of Roger Foster Woodman (1924-2000) / modeled on J.L. Krebs’ Orgelbüchlein
2003 Sonata in Sea: Cape Cod / unpublished / 10'00" /
I. Barnstable
II. Wellfleet
III. Provincetown
Commission The 2003 Region I Convention of the American Guild of Organists
First performance Christa Rakich / The Congregational Church of Wellfleet, Massachusetts / June 30, 2003
Notes III. Provincetown is in the form of a quodlibet / the two tunes which are eventually superimposed are “Jhon come kisse me now” (popular air, 16th cent. England, and the hymn tune “Melita” by John Bacchus Dykes (better known as “The Mariner’s Hymn”
2004 Tu es Petrus / unpublished / 13'30"
I. Prelude and Fugue (Tu es Petrus)
II. Chaconne
III. Elegy
IV. Brilliant, but awkward
Commission Lee Riccardi, Somerville, Massachusetts / “in memory of Peter J. Daley, III (1961-1995)”
First performance Thomas Handel / St. Paul's Church, Brookline, Massachusetts / November 17, 1996
Recording Erik Simmons /Organ Music by James Woodman,/ Soundspells Productions (CD139)
Notes revision of Five Voluntaries for Organ, April 1996 / PJD was Lee Ricardi’s life partner / musically encoded references to PJD throughout composition / first performance benefit concert for Trinity Hospice, Waltham, Massachusetts
2006 Festival Voluntary / unpublished / 6'15"
Commission St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the new Juget-Sinclair organ”
First performance R. Harrison Kelton / St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church / May 12, 2006
Notes based on the JW hymn tune Wellesley’s Kelton
2007 Church Sonata III / unpublished / 10'00"
I. Tranquillo; Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Allegro
Commission Carson Cooman
First performance Carson Cooman / King’s Chapel, Boston /February 12, 2008
Notes commission was a barter: JW writes piece, CC designs website for JW
2009 Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 24 interludes on communion hymns
1. Adoro te Humbly I adore thee, Verity unseen
2. Balm in Gilead There is a balm in Gilead
3. Bryn Calfaria Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor
4. Deus tuorum militum O love, how deep, how broad, how high
5. Ellers Savior, again to thy dear Name we raise
6. Eucharistic Hymn Bread of the world, in mercy broken
7. Hyfrydol Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!
8. Jesu, meine Zuversicht Let thy Blood in mercy poured
9. Land of Rest I come with joy to meet my Lord
10. Lauda Sion Zion, praise thy Savior, singing
11. Let Us Break Bread Let us break bread together
12. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hir Blessed Jesus, at thy word
13. Pange lingua Now, my tongue, the mystery telling
14. Picardy Let all mortal flesh keep silence
15. Rendez á Dieu Father, we thank thee who has planted
16. Rockingham My God, thy table now is spread
17. Rosedale Come risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
18. St. Agnes Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
19. St. Columba The King of love my shepherd is
20. Schmücke dich Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness
21. Song 1 Thou, who at thy first Eucharist didst pray
22. Tantum ergo Therefore we, before him bending
23. Unde et memores And now, O Father, mindful of the love
24. Werde munter Come with us, O blessed Jesus
2010 Partita on “Tender Thought” / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 8"30"
I. Chorale
II. Little Fugue
III. Jigg
IV. Gymnopédie
V. Canon three ways
Commission Peter Sykes, Boston / “in celebration of the 30th wedding anniversary of Peter Sykes and Victoria Wagner”
First performance Peter Sykes / First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills, Northridge California, November 8, 2010
Recording
Notes conceived for the small residence organ built by Fritz Noack in 1973
2011 Joy comes in the morning / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 4'30"
Commission at the request of the American Guild of Organists “Pipe Organ Encounter”, Boston, 2011
Notes second in the set Three Morning Preludes: 1. Even a morning without clouds (2000), 2. Joy comes in the morning (2011),
3. Now that daylight fills the sky (2015)
2011 Loud, brief, and French: Five Postludes on Gregorian themes / unpublished / 8'30"
I. Orbis factor
II. Lux et origo
III. De Angelis
IV. Cum jubilo
V. Cunctipotens Genitor deus
Notes written in celebration of the rededication of the Monastery Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge
2012 An Extravagance of Toccatas / JW unpublished /12'15"
I. pro Organo pleno
II. pro Organo aetherio
III. pro Organo flagrante
Commission Janis Milroy / “in celebration of the 60th birthday of Christa Rakich, concert and recording artist, by her wife”
First performance Christa Rakich /Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin / May 4, 2014
Recording Christa Rakich / A Tribute to Yuko Hayashi / Loft Recordings
Notes dedicated to CR, JW’s principal teacher and lifelong friend / organ at the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Berlin, was built by Hook & Hastings, Boston (Op. 553) 1870
2013 Eight Little Harmonies and Counterpoints / Thorpe
1. Little and Counterpoint in C (Lydian) 4'00"
2. Little and Counterpoint in D (Dorian) 4'35"
3. Little and Counterpoint in E-flat (Major) 4'10"
4. Little and Counterpoint in E (Phrygian) 4'30"
5. Little and Counterpoint in F (Minor) 4'45"
6. Little and Counterpoint in G (Mixolydian) 4'55"
7. Little and Counterpoint in A (Major) 4'10"
8. Little and Counterpoint in B (Minor) 4'20"
Commission The American Guild of Organists for the 2014 National Biennial Convention (Boston)
Recording Erik Simmons / Organ Music by James Woodman [1. C (Lydian), 4. E (Phrygian) 6. G (Mixolydian)] / Soundspells Productions (CD139
Notes see The American Organist, August 2013, for further description of the work
2014 I Heard the Voice (Five meditations on “The Third Tune”) / unpublished / 11'00"
1. I heard the voice
2. Weary and worn
3. A resting place
4. Life-giving stream
5. My Star, my Sun
Commission Mark T. Engelhardt
First performance Mark T. Engelhardt / St. Peter’s-by-the-sea, Bay Shore, Long Island / October 5, 2014
Notes dedicated to MTE who created the position of Composer-in-Residence at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, for JW in 1996 / “The Third Tune was composed by Thomas Tallis, and first published in 1567
2015 Four Versets and a Canzona (Mixolydian) / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 7'00"
Commission Carson Cooman
First performance Carson Cooman / Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University / April 2, 2015
Notes dedicated to Carson Cooman / suitable for one-manual instruments / fourth in a collection of four: Lydian (1989),
Aeolian (1990), Phrygian (1992), Mixolydian (2015)
2015 Now that daylight fills the sky / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 5'15"
Commission The Annual Nantucket Organ Crawl / “in honor of Susie Jarrell”
First performance Carson Cooman / United Methodist Church, Nantucket (Appleton organ 1831) / October 12, 2015
Notes third in the set Three Morning Preludes: 1. Even a morning without clouds (2000),
2. Joy comes in the morning (2011), 3. Now that daylight fills the sky (2015)
2017 Little Organ Mass (Reformed) / organ manuals with optional pedal / unpublished / 10'30"
I. Introit (Liebster Jesus, wir sind hier)
II. Offertory (Lobe den Herren)
III. Elevation (Vater unser im Himmelreich)
IV. Communion (Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele)
V. Postlude (Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr)
First performance Kevin Birch /Friedenskirche, Potsdam (Germany) / September 20, 2017
Notes written for the quincentennial celebration of the Reformation at the International Organ Summer, Potsdam
2017 Marian Versets / organ manuals, optional pedal / unpublished
I. Magnificat Tone VIII (seven versets) 7'00" (+ chant)
II. Ave maris stella (four versets) 6'45" (+chant)
III. Salve Regina (five versets) 5'30" (+chant)
First performance TBA
2017 Traveling Music: 300 brief interludes for organ in all keys (Book I) / unpublished
Notes A collection of written out improvisations as performed by the composer at the monastery chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge
2021 Traveling Music: 300 brief interludes for organ in all keys (Book II) / unpublished
Notes A collection of written out improvisations as performed by the composer at the monastery chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge
2024 Brother James' Triptych / unpublished / 5'00"
First performance Carson Cooman, Society of St. John the Evangelist
Organ plus
1992 Chamber Sonata I / english horn and organ / unpublished / 7'00"
I. Tranquil
II. Lively
III. Lively
IV. Tranquil
Commission Eileen Hunt, Westport, Connecticut, and Caesar T. Storlazzi, New Haven, Connecticut
First performance Eileen Hunt, Caesar T. Storlazzi / Green's Farms Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut / May 7, 1995
Recording tape by Deanna Dalrymple, english horn, and Peter Sykes, organ
1996 Chamber Sonata II / french horn and organ / International Horn Society Manuscript Press / 9'00"
I. Debonair
II. Languid
III. Obsessive
Commission Paul Austin, Gregory Crowell, funded by the International Horn Society, with funding provided by the IHS Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Program
First performance
1997 Chamber Sonata III / trumpet and organ / JW PDF / 12'30"
I. Gala
II. Serene
III. Blithe
Commission Christa Rakich, Hartford, Connecticut
First performance Jay Lichtmann, trumpet, and Christa Rakich, organ / Trinity Church, Boston / September 19, 1997
Notes revised 2007
2003 Basilica Triptych / flute and organ / Thorpe / 10'00"
I. Ave Maria
II. Stabat Mater
III. Salve Regina
Commission The Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers, Boston / “commissioned in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston”
First performance Timothy Macri, flute, Glenn Goda organ / The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston
23 March 2003
Recording Julia Scolnik, flute, Barbara Bruns, organ
2005 The Top and Ball and The Saucy Boy / organ, violin, and narrator / unpublished / 25'00"
Text two tales by Hand Christian Andersen
First performance Heinrich Christensen, organ, Gregory Vitale, violin, Richard Knisely, narrator / King’s Chapel, Boston / October 23, 2005
Commission King’s Chapel, Boston / “in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen” / additional support from the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Recording of the first performance
2009 Three Alleluias flute and organ / Alte Schule Musikverlag / 10'30"
I. Alleluia (Engelberg)
II. Alleluia (Pascha nostrum)
III. Alleluia (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Commission Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans Massachusetts / “for the celebration of the Institution of the Rev. Adam S. Linton as Rector”
First performance Margaret C. Gerber, flute, Frank C. Smith, organ / Church of the Holy Spirit / January 3, 2010
2010 Ceremonial Concertino / organ and brass quintet / unpublished / 14'00"
I. Ceremonial
II. Idyll
III. Revel
Commission Green’s Farms Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut / “in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Green’s Farms Congregational Church (1711-20110"
First performance Eileen Hunt, organ soloist / Green’s Farms Congregational Church / November 14, 2010
Selected performances Thomas Sheehan, soloist and the Symphonic Brass / Washington National Cathedral / July 4, 1923
Notes dedicated to EH
2019 Chamber Sonata IV / cello and organ / JW unpublished / 12'30"
I. Earth
II. Air & Fire
III. Water
Commission Christa Rakich, Hartford, Connecticut
First performance Rhonda Rider, cello, and Christa Rakich, organ / Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen Massachusetts /
June 26, 2019
Notes dedicated to CR
Choral (Sacred)
1991 The Word Was Made Flesh / SATB, unaccompanied / Theodore Presser / 3'00"
Text John 1:14, 16
Commission Society of St. John the Evangelist / “in celebration of the 50th anniversary in Life Vows of Fr. Frederick C. Gross, SSJE and Fr. Robert C. Smith, SSJE”
First performance conducted by JW / Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist / July 6, 1991
Selected Performances The Boston Boy Choir, John Dunn, conductor / St. Paul's Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts / February 6, 1994
Recording Schola Cantorum of Boston, Frederick Jodry, conductor
1992 Where Charity and Love Prevail / SAB, organ / JW PDF / 4'00"
Text metrical translation of the Ubi caritas by Omer Westendorf
Commission Parish of St. Justin, Roman Catholic, Hartford, Connecticut
First performance Choir of the Parish of St. Justin, Christa Rakich, conductor / Feast of Pentecost / June 7, 1992
Notes dedicated to CR
1993 Psalm 34 / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 2'15"
Text Psalm 34, 1—6, 8, The Book of Common Prayer
Commission Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Falmouth Foreside, Maine / “for use at patronal festival”
First performance Choir of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, John Corrie, conductor / Feast of St. Mary the Virgin / August 15, 1993
Notes text selected by commissioner; traditionally used at patronal festival
1993 In Quietness Shall Be Our Strength / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 3'00"
Text Prayer for Quiet Confidence, The Book of Common Prayer
Commission Friends of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge / “for use at Clothings and Professions”
First performance Daryl Bichel, conductor / Chapel of the Society of St. John Evangelist / Profession of Br. Brian Wilmer, SSJE / October 2, 1993
Notes part IV of a four-part commission
1993 Sing, O Sing, This Blessed Morn / SATB, unaccompanied / Presser / 3'00"
Text Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), alt.
First performance Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Mark Engelhardt, conductor / December 24, 1993
Recording CD: Author of Light (The Cathedral Church of St. Paul)
Notes dedicated to Mark Engelhardt
1993 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis / SATB and organ / unpublished / 5'30" and 3'15"
Text Book of Common Prayer translation; Rite II
Commission Ron Rakowski, Newburyport, Massachusetts / “in memory of Gregg Romatowski”
First performance All Saints Parish Choir (Brookline, Massachusetts), Donald Teeters, conductor / March 6, 1994
Recording The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor, Barbara Bruns, organ
Notes ______
1994 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones (Lasst uns erfreuen) / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 4'15
Text Athelstan Riley (1858-1945)
Commission Green's Farms Congregational Church, Westport, Connecticut / "in celebration and thanksgiving for the ministry of William Bryant"
First performance Eileen Hunt, conductor / Green's Farms Congregational Church / June 25, 1994
1994 When Doubt and Fear Impale Our Hopes / SATB and organ (or brass quartet) / unpublished / 3'30"
Text Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1994)
Commission The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts / "in celebration of the Ordination and Consecration of M. Thomas Shaw, SSJE, as Bishop Co-adjutor of Massachusetts"
First performance Mark Engelhardt, conductor / September 24, 1994
Notes text commissioned for occasion / setting of JW hymn tune Marvil (named for Marvil Thomas Shaw)
1995 Nunc dimittis / SATB, Tenor solo, unaccompanied / unpublished / 2'00"
Text contemporary language
First performance Murray Forbes Somerville, conductor / The Memorial Church, Harvard University / September 14, 1995 Recording tape of first performance
Notes dedicated to Murray Forbes Somerville; intended for use at Compline at The Memorial Church, Harvard University
1996 The Midwife's Tale / mixed chorus and string quintet or organ / unpublished / 10'00"
I. The End
II. Interregnum
III. The Beginning
Text the Arundel Manuscript (8th century Latin Infancy Gospel), adaptation (metrical paraphrase in English) by JW
Commission The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor / additional funding from the Alfred Nash Patterson Foundation
First performance The Boston Cecilia, Donald teeters, conductor, The Boston Composers String Quartet / Church of The Advent, Boston / December 6, 1996
Recording tape of the first performance
1997 All People That On Earth Do Dwell / unison chorus and organ with optional descant and congregation part / unpublished / 3'00"
Text William Kethe, alt.
First performance Choir of Boston Chapter AGO members for the Opening Service, Victoria Wagner, conductor / St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookline, Massachusetts / September 18, 1997
Notes based on JW hymn tune "St. Victoria"
1998 My Help Comes from The Lord (Psalm 121) / SATB and Unison Treble Chorus (or Treble Solo, ad libitum), keyboard accompaniment / Boosey & Hawkes / 3'30"
Text Psalm 121, alt.
Commission Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts (also known as “The Village Church”) / “in celebration of the Wellesley Congregational Church bicentennial (1798-1998)”
First performance Choirs of Wellesley Congregational Church, David Carrier, conductor / October --, 1998 /
Notes first part of a two-part commission
2000 Arise, My Love, My Fair One / SATB and harp (or organ) / unpublished / 3'00"
Text Song of Solomon 2: 10–13
Commission Music at St. John’s (St. John’s Episcopal Church, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
First performance Choir of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Gretchen Longwell, conductor / Easter Day, April 23, 2000
2000 The Kings’ Carol / SATB and organ / Thorpe / 5'30"
Text John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
Commission Old North Festival Chorus, Marblehead, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the 25th season of the Old North Festival Chorus”
First performance Old North Festival Chorus, Maria van Kalken, conductor / December 10, 2000
Recording The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor
2001 Steal Away / SSATBB, unaccompanied / arrangement / unpublished / 4'15"
Text African-American spiritual
First performance ___
Notes dedicated to Barbara C. Harris, Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Massachusetts
2001 O Very God of Very God / SATB, organ, and optional handbells / unpublished / 4'00"
Text John Mason Neale
Commission The Pilgrim Church, Sherborn, Massachusetts
First performance The Choir of The Pilgrim Church, David Tiedman, conductor / December 2, 2001
2002 You are God (Te Deum laudamus) / SATB and organ / unpublished / 8'00"
Text Te Deum laudamus; contemporary language (translation: BCP 1979)
Commission The Congregational Church of Green’s Farms, Westport, Connecticut / “in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the gathering of the Third Meetinghouse”
First performance The Choir of Green’s Farms Congregational Church, Eileen Hunt, conductor / February 9, 2003
Recording The Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Mark Engelhardt, conductor
Notes c
2003 Why should I call Thee Lord / SATB, flute (optional), and organ / unpublished / 4'00"
Text “After Communion”, Christina Rossetti
Commission The Dover Church Choir, Dover, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the C.B. Fisk organ (Op. 107)”
First performance The Dover Church Choir, Shirley Williams, flutist, Michael Kraft, conductor / October 26, 2003
Notes hilarious misunderstanding about the nature of the commission – the choir hated it
2004 My Lord, What a Morning / SSATBB, unaccompanied / arrangement / JW unpublished / 4'00"
Text African-American spiritual
First performance The Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Mark Engelhardt, conductor
Recording The Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Mark Engelhardt, conductor
2004 Freu dich sehr / SATB, organ, brass quintet / unpublished
Text Johann G. Olearius (“Comfort, comfort ye my people”)
Notes written for the annual Lessons and Carols service of the Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston / arrangement of Goudimel melody (Psalm 42)
2004 12 New Introits and Short Anthems / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished
Texts
Two Morning Hymns
Rising from night’s depths / Latin, 10th century; translation JW
New every morning is the love / John Keble (1792–1866)
Two Canticles
A Song of the Spirit / Revelation 22: 12–17
A Song of Our True Nature / Julian of Norwich (1342–c. 1416)
Two Metrical Psalms
Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore him (Psalm 148) / Anonymous, Foundling Hospital Psalms and Hymns (1797)
As longs the deer for cooling streams (Psalm 42) / New Version of the Psalms of David (1696)
Two Short Litanies
Lord have mercy / (Penitential seasons and General)
We come with joy to meet our Lord / (Eucharist)
Two Sacred Catches
How wondrous great, how glorious bright / Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
The mirthful earthful, merry, bright / Kirchegesäng (1623); translation by JW
Two Alleluias
Alleluia (Lively, bold)
Alleluia (Quietly passionate)
Notes Dedicated to the Choir of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Recording Two Alleluias, Two Sacred Catches / The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor
2005 Psalm 139 / SATB, Soprano solo, unaccompanied / unpublished / 2'45"
Text Mary Sidney Herbert
First performance The Choir of the Memorial Church, Harvard University / Edward Jones, conductor / March 2, 2007 Recording The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor
Notes Dedicated to the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, The Memorial Church, Harvard University / composed for the Compline services at The Memorial Church
2006 The Lamb’s high banquet / SATB and keyboard / unpublished / 2'30"
Text Ad cenam Agni providi, tr. John Mason Neale, alt. (H82 202)
Occasion at the request of Donald Teeters, Organist and Director of Music, All Saints Parish, Brookline, Massachusetts
First performance The All Saints Parish Choir, Donald Teeters, conductor / April 15, 2006 (Easter Vigil)
Notes Carol for Eastertide; intended as a communion anthem
2006 Psalm 96 (Cantate Domino) / SSATBB unaccompanied / unpublished / 5'30"
Text Psalm 96, verse translation by Mary Sidney Herbert (1561–1621)
Commission The Seraphim Singers / “in celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Seraphim Singers”
First performance The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, conductor / St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, Boston College / May 5, 2007
2007 Seek the Lord / soprano solo, SSA, organ / unpublished / 4'00"
Text The Second Song of Isaiah (Quaerite Dominum) Commission The Boston Archdiocesan Choir School / “in celebration of the installation of the Rev. Robert Congdon as Pastor of St. Paul Church”
First performance The Boston Boy Choir, John Dunn, conductor / December 2, 2007
2007 Ave maris stella / SATB unaccompanied / unpublished / 6'15"
Text Ave maris stella, 8th century Latin, anonymous
Commission The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, conductor
First performance The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, conductor / March 2, 2008 / The Mission Church, Boston
Notes commissioned by the ensemble in memory of three members of the conductor’s family
2008 Surely, it is God who saves me / SATB, organ / unpublished / 4'30"
Text The Third Song of Isaiah (Ecce, Deus)
Commission The Boston Archdiocesan Choir School
First performance The Boston Boy Choir, John Dunn, conductor / May 8, 2008
2008 Divinum mysterium / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 4'00"
Text “Of the Father’s love begotten” / Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348–410?), tr. John Mason Neale and Henry Williams Baker
Commission The Memorial Church, Harvard University / “in celebration of the 99th Annual Carol Services” / commissioned with funding provided by George and Loulie Kent, Cambridge, Massachusetts
First performance The Memorial Church Choir, Edward Jones, conductor / December 15, 2008
Recording recorded as part of a commercially distributed CD of the 99th Carol Services
2008 At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners / SATB, soprano solo, organ / unpublished / 4'00"
Text Holy Sonnet VII, John Donne (1572–1631)
Commission Frances Pieters and Anne Guenzel / “in commemoration of the wedding date of Frances Pieters and Anne Guenzel”
First performance The Choir of All Saints Parish, Brookline, Massachusetts, Donald Teeters, conductor
Recording Recorded professionally in a special session on March 19, 2009
2009 Blake’s Cradle Song / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 3'30"
Text “Cradle Song” (Songs of Innocence, 1789), William Blake
Occasion at the request of The Boston Cecilia, Donald teeters, conductor
First performance The Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters, conductor / The Church of the Advent, Boston / December 11, 2009 Recording professional recording of first performance
2010 Wait the great Teacher death (Old 124th) / SATB, soprano and tenor solo, unaccompanied / unpublished / 4'15"
Text King’s Chapel Burial-ground, L.H. Sigourney (1852); inscriptions from King’s Chapel Burial-ground headstones Commission King’s Chapel, Boston / “in celebration of the 325th anniversary of King’s Chapel (1686-2011)”
First performance The Choir of King’s Chapel, Heinrich Christensen, conductor / January 23, 2011
Recording of the first performance
2014 Forty-sevenfold Amen / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished / 4'15"
Commission The Choir of All Saints Parish, Brookline, Massachusetts / “in honor of Donald Teeters, Organist and Director of Music at All Saints Parish for 47 years, on the occasion of his retirement”
First performance The Choir of All Saints Parish, Keith Glavash conducting /June 8, 2014
2016 Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo / SATB, brass quartet (or organ) / unpublished / 3'15"
Text Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo, Sebastian Brant, (1457–1521)
Commission Brown University Music Department / “on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Brown University’s Lessons and Carols Service, and for the 25th anniversary of L. Frederick Jodry, conductor”
First performance Sayles Hall, Brown University, Brown University Chorus, Frederick Jodry, Director / December 4, 2016
2017 The Annunciation / SATB, organ / unpublished / 6'15"
Text The Annunciation, Edwin Muir (1887–1959)
Commission The Seraphim Singers, Boston / “in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, Music Director, and in honor of John Dunn, friend, board member, and benefactor”
First performance The Mission Church, Boston, The Seraphim Singers, Jennifer Lester, Music Director, April 30, 2014
Choral (Secular)
1994 Narcissus / mixed chorus, unaccompanied / unpublished / 25'00"
I. Prologue
II. Birth
III. Prophecy
IV. Adoration
V. Echo
VI. Curse
VII. Prophecy fulfilled
VIII. Death and Transformation
IX. Epilogue
Text JW verse based on the classical Greek mythical figure
Commission Newton Choral Society, Newton, Massachusetts
First performance Newton Choral Society, David Carrier, conductor / Eliot Church, Newton / March 25 and 26, 1995 Recording recording of first performance
Notes encoded dedication to RJC
1996 The Marriage Debate Waltzes / men's chorus and piano, four hands / unpublished / 5'45"
Text The Honorable Barney Frank / from the floor debate on the "Defense of Marriage Act"
Commission The Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Robert Barney, conductor / “in celebration of the BGMC's 15th season “
First performance The Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Robert Barney, conductor / Jordan Hall, Boston / March 22, 1997
Recording tape of first performance
Notes dedicated to "B.F. and H.M." (Barney Frank and his partner, Herbert Moses)
Liturgical
1984 Cowley Mass: Rite II / congregation, organ, and optional SATB choir / ECS
Text Eucharistic ordinary, Rite II
Recording the Schola Cantorum of Boston, Frederick Jodry, conductor
Notes written for use by the Society of St. John the Evangelist ("The Cowley Fathers"), Cambridge
1993 Preces and Responses: Evening Prayer II / SATB, unaccompanied / unpublished
Text Preces; Salutation; Suffrages A; Concluding Versicle and Response / contemporary language
Commission The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts / “for Diocesan Festal Choral Evensong”
First performance Diocesan Festival Choir, Mark Engelhardt, conductor / The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston / May 26, 1993
1995 The Reproaches (Improperia) / three-part men's chorus, divisi, unaccompanied / unpublished / 15'00", including setting of Crux fidelis
Text contemporary language / translation of The Reproaches by The Rev. Russell Page SSJE and The Rev. Ellen Bradshaw Aitken Commission The Society of St. John the Evangelist
First performance Schola of the Society of St. John the Evangelist / Chapel of the Society of St. John Evangelist, Cambridge / Good Friday, 1996
Selected Performances The Boston Boy Choir, John Dunn, conductor / Good Friday, 1997
2002 A Mass for St. Paul’s / congregation, optional SATB and organ / unpublished
Text Rite II language
Commission The Boston Archdiocesan Choir School / “in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School
First performance none; score rejected by commissioner
2018 Mass CMLXXX / congregation, optional SATB choir and organ / unpublished
Text Eucharistic ordinary, including the Nicene Creed, Rite II
Commission The Society of St. John the Evangelist
First performance Chapel of the Society of St. John the Evangelist / season of Epiphany, 2018
Hymn Tunes
1982 Madden 11. 11. 11. 5 / four-part harmonization / Hope: “To Sing God's Praise: 18 Metrical Canticles"
Text “Splendor and honor” / metrical translation of Dignus es, Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Notes Madden named in memory of the Rev. James Madden, SSJE / originally written as a last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82 (Text: “Christ, mighty Savior” / traditional evening office hymn)
1982 Wrustea CMD / four-part harmonization / Hope: “To Sing God's Praise: 18 Metrical Canticles"
Text “Rise up and shine!” / metrical translations of Surge illuminare, Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Occasion last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
Notes Wrustea named in honor of the Rev. Rusty Page, SSJE / last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
1982 [to be named] 11. 11. 11. 5 / four-part harmonization / unpublished
Text “Christ, mighty Savior” / traditional evening office hymn
Notes last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
1982 [to be named] 99. 99 / four-part harmonization / unpublished
Text “O Bread of life, for sinners broken” / communion hymn
Notes last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
1982 [to be named] 888. 888 / four-part harmonizations / unpublished
Text “I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath” / Isaac Watts
Notes last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
1982 [to be named] 87. 87 / four-part harmonization / unpublished
Text “Hearken to the anthem glorious” / Christopher Smart
Occasion last-minute submission to call for settings of new texts for H82
1989 [to be named] 14. 14. 478 / four-part harmonization / unpublished
Text “Sing to the Lord” / metrical translation of Cantemus domino, Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Notes
1991 St. Bonaventure 78. 78. 77 / four-part harmonization, descant, and free accompaniment / unpublished
Text “Holy God, we praise thy name” / metrical translation of the Te Deum, Omer Westendorf
Notes commissioned by Edward O'Connor, Organist and Choirmaster, St. Bonaventure's Church (RC), Chicago
1993 St. Martin LM / four-part harmonization / Church Hymnal Corporation: Wonder, Love and Praise
Text any LM office hymn
Notes written for use by SSJE at daily office / commissioned by Friends of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge
part III of a four-part commission
1994 Marvil LM with refrain / four-part harmonization / Hope: New Psalms & Hymns & Spiritual Songs
Text “When doubt and fear impale our hopes”, Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Notes adapted from JW anthem on the same text / composed for the consecration of M. Thomas Shaw as Bishop Co-adjuator, Diocese of Massachusetts
1997 St. Victoria LM / four-part harmonization, descant / JW PDF
Text “All people that on earth do dwell,” William Kethe
Notes adapted from the JW anthem “All People That On Earth Do Dwell” / at the request of Victoria Wagner, Dean of the Boston Chapter of the AGO
1998 Village Church 10.11.4.4.4.11, organ accompaniment, four-part harmonization and descant / unpublished
Text written for the bicentennial by Wilfred Breden, a member of the congregation
Commission Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the Wellesley Congregational Church bicentennial (1798-1998)”
First performance Wellesley Congregational Church / May 24, 1998 /
Notes part two of a two-part commission / "Village Church" is the local name for Wellesley Congregational Church
2000 Wellesley’s Kelton 87. 87. D / four-part harmonization, soprano descant, arrangement for brass quintet with interludes / unpublished
Text Sing of Andrew, John’s disciple,” Carl P. Daw, Jr. / for the Feast of St. Andrew
Commission St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts / “in celebration of the 25th anniversary of R. Harrison Kelton as Organist and Choirmaster”
Notes named for R. Harrison Kelton
2001 Engelhardt 98. 98. D, four-part harmonization, soprano descant / unpublished
Text “Mark how the lamb of God’s self-offering,” Carl P. Daw, Jr. / for the Baptism of Christ
Notes named for Mark Trawick Engelhardt / written at the request of Mark Engelhardt, Organist and Choirmaster, The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
2017 Discipulus dilectus hymn tune, 98. 98. D / four-part harmonization / unpublished
Text “Sing of John, beloved disciple,” Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Notes written for the annual celebration of the feast of St. John in Eastertide, patronal festival of the Society of St. John the Evangelist
Songs
1991 Four Mirthless Songs / soprano and organ / unpublished / 12'00
Text Dick's Letter Writer for Ladies (1884)
Commission Ann Jeffers Brown, Cambridge, MA, and Gregg Romatowski, Newburyport, MA
First performance Ann Jeffers Brown, soprano, and Gregg Romatowski, organist / First Church (Congregational), Cambridge / May 17, 1991
Notes dedicated to Ann Jeffers Brown and Gregg Romatowski
1998 Rock of Ages / soprano and organ / unpublished / 4'00"
Text Augustus Monatgue Toplady (1740-1778)
Occasion part of the Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Daniel Pinkham)
First performance Nancy Armstrong and composer / King's Chapel, Boston / June 5, 1998
Notes other composers for the occasion include William Albright, Richard Felciano, Charles Fussell, Tom Lehrer, Knut Nystedt, Ned Rorem, and Gunther Schuller
Recording Victoria Wagner, organ, Nancy Armstrong, soprano / Historic Organs of Boston /Organ Historical Society (OHS-20)
2005 Four Winter Songs / mezzo-soprano and piano / unpublished / 8'00"
Text selections from Outside Light by Katherine Woodman
1. Grey Light
2. One Crow
3. Is This Where We Meet
4. Winter Solstice
Occasion composed in celebration of the 80th birthday of Katherine Woodman
First performance Miranda Loud, mezzo-soprano, James Woodman, piano / Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine) / November 6, 2005
Notes the first performance was a surprise birthday gift
Occasional
1981 "Simple Gifts" organ, wedding processional, interlude, and recessional, arrangement of Shaker hymn-tune First performance by the composer / Shaker Village, Harvard, MA / June 28, 1981
Notes written for the wedding of Ellen Finkelpearl and Stephen Dickey
1982 "Gramercy Park" and "SW1" / organ, wedding processional and recessional / unpublished
First performance by JW / Grace Church, New York City, NY / October 16, 1982
Notes written for the wedding of Jennie Kelsey Keane (New York City) and Andrew Dalton (London)
2004 Bon Anniversaire organ and optional SATB choir / unpublished
Occasion in celebration of the 100th birthday of Arnold Stevens, member of the congregation of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Notes mashup of Rigaudon I and II (André Campra) and “Happy Birthday”