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Taroko Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Listen to a brief excerpt!)
Composed for solo violin and large orchestra in 2003; awaiting first concert performance; recorded in June, 2004 by the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia with Yuval Waldman, violin soloist; newly released on Albany Records

Easter Fantasia for Trumpet and Orchestra
First composed as Sonatina for Trumpet and Organ in 1965 and performed widely throughout the U.S.A. and Canada by Martin Berinbaum, trumpet, and the composer at the organ; now revised and orchestrated in 2004; recorded by the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia with Igor Sharapov, trumpet soloist; CD newly released!

Te Deum
A festive Te Deum with interpolations from the Prologue of the Rules of St. Benedict, as commissioned by San Anselmo Monastery in Rome, Italy for the millennium; for soli, chorus, and chamber orchestra; American premiere at Blessed Sacrament Church, New York City, by the AmorArtis Chorus and Orchestra, 2001; CD newly released!

Pinocchio in Toyland
Commissioned by the Bronx Arts Ensemble and composed in July, 2004 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and narrator; designed to be performed in schools and at other gatherings of young people; the text to this work is written by Tony Stein.

A Ballad of God and His People
A cantata for soli, chorus, and orchestra based on Psalm 78; premiered by the Fairfield County Chorale in 1987, and recorded in a live performance by Premier with 3 choruses and the AmorArtis Orchestra

The Ultimate Quest
A dramatic cantata for two choirs, soli, chamber orchestra, and organ; premiered by the Great Neck Choral Society in 1988; this work has received several performances since its premiere.

What is Life?
A secular cantata for soli, narrator, chorus, and orchestra; based on texts by Thomas Jefferson; premiered at the Jefferson Music Festival at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. in 1994; with narrator Michael Moriarty, the Mid-Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, and six choirs with soloists Cynthia Richards-Wallace, Jennifer Lane, and Patrick Romano

Voice of the Turtle
A chamber cantata for chorus and small orchestra; commissioned by Horace Mann School, and premiered in 1963

Mass in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament
A full Liturgical Mass for choir, winds, bells, and organ; commissioned by the Blessed Sacrament Fathers and premiered at St. Jean Baptiste Church in New York City, 2000

Songs of Innocence (text by Blake)
For soprano, baritone, and either piano or chamber ensemble; premiered by the Bronx Arts Ensemble with Cynthia Richards Wallace, soprano, and Richard Holmes, bass, in 1995; recorded with soprano Andrea Mathews and bass Zheng Zhou by Premier

Many-Colored Brooms (text by Dickinson)
A song cycle for women's chorus, flute, viola, and piano; premiered by the Horace Mann Girls Ensemble in 1967; recorded by Leonarda with the AmorArtis Chorale in 1999

Partita for Clarinet and Organ
Composed in 1968 for clarinetist Edmund Wall, who premiered it with the composer at the organ in the Church of Our Saviour, New York City, 1969

Three Is Company
A trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon; composed in 1994 and premiered at Weill Recital Hall by members of the Bronx Arts Ensemble, who subsequently recorded it for Premier

Musings (text by W.B. Yeats)
Song cycle for alto, oboe, harpsichord, and percussion; premiered at Norwalk Concert Hall by Korby Myrick and members of the AmorArtis Orchestra, 1989

Songs of Grass (text by Sandburg)
A song cycle for tenor and piano, 1963; frequent informal performances; first formal occasion: Weill Recital Hall with Patrick Romano, tenor, and the composer at the piano, 1995

Five Songs of Keats
Songs for bass-baritone and piano; composed in 1973 and orchestrated in 1974; premiered by John Ostendorf at the Washington Square Music Festival with the composer conducting, 1974

Three Chorale Preludes for Organ
1. My Faith Looks Up to Thee, 1963
2. God Who Makest Earth and Heaven, 1969
3. O Wondrous Type, 1969

Brass Quintet 9.6.1
For two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, this three-movement work was composed in 1996 and premiered by the Oliver Gras Brass Ensemble at St. Jean Baptiste Church, 1997

Woodwind Quintet
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, 1959; formally premiered at Sprague Hall, Yale University, 1959 by members of the Yale School of Music

Petite Suite Folklorique
Suite in five movements based on Swiss folk songs; for alphorn and string orchestra; composed in 1994; premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Peekskill, NY in 1995 with Joszef Molnar, alphorn soloist; this suite has been arranged for horn, clarinet, and string quintet, and was performed in this arrangement by the Bronx Arts Ensemble in 2002

Four Shakespeare Songs
Commissioned for the Dalton School Glee Club by Harold Aks, and premiered on their tour of Russia in 1967; scored for women's voices and piano

Pastorale for Violin, Viola, and Piano
Composed in December, 2003 and joyfully awaiting a premiere!

Triptych for Peace
1. Chorale of Saint John Damascus
2. Lamb of God
3. Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
For SATB choir, boy soprano solo, solo flute, organ, and piano; commissioned by the Saint Albans School; sung for the first time at the Washington Cathedral, 2003, by the Saint Albans School and National Cathedral School Glee Clubs and the Washington Cathedral Choir

Serenade for Oboe and Piano
Composed for Robert Hart Baker in 1971, this work was premiered in New York's Church of Our Saviour by Ronald Roseman in 1972 and was orchestrated in 1979 for a performance with Henry Schumann at the Washington Square Music Festival in 1979

Serenade for Piano and Winds
Scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, this piece was written for Anne Somary, the composer's wife, and premiered by the Bronx Arts Ensemble on her birthday, 1987

Drop Down, Dew
An Advent cantata for soli, chorus, and small chamber orchestra; premiered at the Church of Our Saviour, New York City, 1964

Also: many anthems and motets, including among others the following:
As the Hart Longs for the Running Waters (published by E.C. Schirmer)
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (published by GIA)
Jesus, My Lord, My God, and My All (published by GIA)
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (published by GIA)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (published by GIA)
The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns (available from the composer)
Hosanna to the Son of David (a Palm Sunday antiphon, available from the composer)
Set Me as a Seal (a wedding motet, available from the composer)
Gentle Mary Laid Her Child (a Christmas hymn, available from the composer)

A most unusual commission: in October, 1967, Liturgical Arts, a magazine edited by Maurice Lavanoux, commissioned Johannes Somary, with the blessings of the United States Government (from which the check eventually came), to write a composition to be premiered in the interdenominational chapel designed to be built in the university on the moon! This resulted in "Two Reflections in Honor of the Moon" for flute, clarinet, handbells, small gong, and high voice (presumably instruments that could be easily transported to the moon). Liturgical Arts printed a photocopy of the original manuscript and the composer received his check with the stipulation that the piece was not to be premiered on Earth before it had been premiered on the moon. The atonal composition patiently awaits its premiere!

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