Augusta Read Thomas

Text by George Eliot. 5 minutes.

Set of seven love songs with texts by Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and more. Premiered by Chanticleer in April 1997.

Augusta Read Thomas's The Rewaking for SATB choir a cappella. The original version of The Rewaking (TTBB) was commissioned by the Cornell University Glee Club, ScottTucker, Director, in honour of Con...

Augusta Read Thomas' Psalm 91: Verse 11 for Boys and Men's Chorus or SATB Chorus, a cappella.

Augusta Read Thomas's The Rewaking for TTBB choir a cappella. The original version of The Rewaking (TTBB) was commissioned by the Cornell University Glee Club, ScottTucker, Director, in honour of Con...

This solo clarinet piece was written as a dedication to Professor Russell Dagon, whose name is included as part of the title. Five minutes long, the piece is meant to be performed passionate and rubat...

Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the BBC3 as part of New Generation Artist Works. Premiered by Ilya Gringolts on March 17, 2003 in London's Wigmore Hall.

This piece was originally composed in 1989, with a new version created in 2002, commissioned by cellist Kate Dillingham and premiering in April 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

This publication presents six of the composer's piano etudes composed over the past decade. Each etude is an homage to a composer, with Thomas finding inspiration in the music of Bartok, Berio, Boulez...

Inspired by the poem Where Everything Is Music, each movement of Rumi Settings adheres to the meaning, perfume, and essence of the stunning Rumi text. Includes two performance scores. 9 minutes.

Inspired by the poem Where Everything Is Music, each movement of Rumi Settings adheres to the meaning, perfume, and essence of the stunning Rumi text. Includes two performance scores. 9 minutes.

Inspired by the Dante Gabriel Rossetti sonnet of the same name. In three movements: Still, Energetic, and Suspended. 7 minutes.

Inspired by the Dante Gabriel Rossetti sonnet of the same name. In three movements: Still, Energetic, and Suspended. 7 minutes.

Thomas (b. 1964) composed this four-movement work, premiered in 2003, in response to a poem by Emily Dickinson. 34 minutes.

This piece was originally composed in 1989, with a new version created in 2002, commissioned by cellist Kate Dillingham and premiering in April 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

This work, originally for violin, is one the earliest works by Augusta Read Thomas that has not been withdrawn by the composer. This new edition for solo viola was made by the composer upon the sugges...

This work, originally for violin, was premiered by Ilya Gringolts on March 17, 2003. This new edition for viola was commissioned by Carol Rodland, who gave its premiere on June 15, 2006. 6 minutes.

Inspired by the concept of the serenading lover. In two colorful sections. Advanced Level.

Augusta Read Thomas' Dream Catcher for solo Viola.

This piece was originally composed in 1989, with a new version created in 2002, commissioned by cellist Kate Dillingham and premiering in April 2002 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.

A two-minute fanfare composed in 2008. Euterpe in Greek and Roman mythology was the muse of flute playing and lyric poetry.

Commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for a premiere performance at their 2006 national convention.

Incantation exhibits Augusta Read Thomas' enthusiasm for the Violin. The five-minute work sings out, with beauty and grace, always with a richness and elegance. Falling loosely into an ABA form, it en...

This solo work for violin was premiered on May 12 at Mount Holyoke College and performed by Rachel Barton Pine. Duration: 5 minutes.

Composed for the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine, Rush is a virtuosic fanfare for the instrument. 2 minutes.