Amanda Harberg

HALL OF GHOSTS was composed in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown period; it was inspired by piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's video for Harberg's Prayer Project filmed in the hauntingly empty Gewandhaus Chamb...

Commissioned by a consortium of nearly two dozen piccoloists, Amanda Harberg's 12-minute Sonata is a substantial and exciting addition to the piccolo repertoire. Harberg's uniquely American sound give...

In Court Dances; Amanda Harberg's musical palette sparkles with her trademark sense of imaginative energy; warmth; and lyricism. The three-movement work is a joyful and soulful celebration; commission...

Cast in three dramatically contrasting and colorful movements-an elegant opening reminiscent of a Classical Sonata-allegro, a tender lullaby, and a closing, raucous scherzo-Amanda Harberg's Concerto F...

Amanda Harberg's Sonata for Bb Clarinet and Piano is a substantial addition to the clarinet repertoire. With a uniquely American sound, Harberg gives voice to the clarinet's expressive and virtuosic p...

When an admired composer's new work opens with the tempo "as sultrily as possible," or when it's scored for 3 piccolos with piano, or when a piece composed and premiered during the height of a pandemi...

The depth and charming inventiveness of Harberg's Suite can only be described as remarkable. Each movement has a degree of archaic inspiration (seen in the movement titles), newly stirred up into dram...

DON'T FORGET TO WRITE is a whole lot more than an engaging slow-fast recital piece. Inspired by the composer's son heading off to college, its first movement ("Blue Skies") is a warm expression of wis...

Inspired by her son's enthusiastic backyard botany, Amanda Harberg's LUCAS's GARDEN weaves a varied tapestry of moods and textures across its three movements. Backyard Paradise is tuneful and searchin...

In Greek mythology, Daedelus was an inventor who created wings from feathers and wax, so he and his son Icarus could escape Crete by flying away. While Daedalus flew wisely, Icarus flew too close to t...

In COURT DANCES, Amanda Harberg's musical palette sparkles with her trademark sense of imaginative energy, warmth, and lyricism. The three-movement work is a joyful and soulful celebration, originally...

Harberg's PRAYER is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo tuba. Within the reach of younger players, PRAYER has been championed by top prof...

Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo viola. Within the reach of younger players, Prayer has been championed by top pro...

For Sydney is a Lullaby and Dance named for the composer's young daughter; and one can hear the household calm followed by the burst of spirited exuberance in these paired movements. Part of Harberg's...

Dunkel-lyrisch und mystisch-sinnlich ist Amanda Harbergs zweisätziges 'Poem and Transformations', ein Werk voller Schönheit und Überschwenglichkeit.

Laut einer griechischen Sage soll der Erfinder Daidalos Flügel aus Federn und Wachs gebaut haben, um mit seinem Sohn Ikaros von der Insel Kreta fliegend zu entkommen. Im Gegensatz zu seinem Vater flog...

Amanda Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire; beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo flute. Within the reach of younger players; the work was inspired as a pra...

Amanda Harberg's well-loved Prayer was originally composed in 2011 as a meditation on healing. The moving nature of the work's beautiful melody and harmony have led the composer to create a wide varie...

This stunning addition to the bassoon repertory features dramatic outer movements framing a slow and plaintive aria. Harberg's program notes put the drama and its crying-out high notes in the context...

Originally written for two pianos (110-41811 - Set of 2 Performance Scores - $52.99); Tenement Rhapsody was arranged for clarinet ensemble in 2012 for the New York Licorice Ensemble. Three descriptive...

A delightful musical story about a dog and her day-long celebration of life as told by various instruments; Sadie's Birthday Adventures offers a moment of audience participation and invites discussion...