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Works with a performance history are listed below alphabetically by title.

Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (W. B. Yeats)

April 26, 1986 and December 10, 1985, the Juilliard School; November 15, 1985, Fordham University, New York, NY.  David Harris, Baritone, Christopher James, Piano.

An die Parzen (Friedrich Hölderlin)

April 17, 1999, A&E Studios, New York, NY.  Johannes Schwaiger, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano.

Beatrice Cenci (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

December 12, 1986, Fordham University (excerpts).  Mayda Prado, Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.  November 20, 1986, The Juilliard School.  Mayda Prado, Soprano, Juilliard Symphony, Jonathan McPhee, Conductor (orchestral reading).

Brahmsiana

November, 1976, Boston, MA (private performance).  Christopher James, Piano.

Cancion China en Europa (Federico Garcia Lorca) 

April 17, 1999, A&E Studios, New York, NY.   Mayda Prado, Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.

Canciones para niños (Federico Garcia Lorca) – see also individual titles

June, 1992, New York, NY (private performance).  Mayda Prado, Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.

Choral Preludes for Organ

In dulci jubilo – December 1988, Christopher James, Organist, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY

Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele – July 1989, Christopher James, Organist, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY

Coda (Ezra Pound)

April 6, 1988, Fordham University.  Darrell Lauer, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano

Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra

March 3, 1981, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY.  Joanne Scott, Clarinet, Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher James.

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra

June 19, 2012, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY.  North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, Carolyn Beck, Bassoon, Max Lifchitz, Conductor.  August 6, 2015, International Double Reed Society, Skirball Center, New York University, Carolyn Beck, Max Lifchitz (Mvmt. 2)

En una noche oscura, Poem for Small Orchestra after S. Juan de la Cruz (first version)

May, 1973, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, University Orch., Arthur Weisberg, Conductor (orchestral reading)

Everlasting Voices, The (W. B. Yeats)

April 6, 1988, Fordham University.  Darrell Lauer, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano.

Festival March in E-flat Major

May 2, 1999, New York University, New York, NY.  NYU Concert Band, Henry Gates, Conductor

Five Lyrical Fragments of Sappho, for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra

June 24, 2008, Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY.  North/South Consonance, Melissa Fogarty, Soprano, Max Lifchitz Conductor.

Four Intermezzi for Piano Quartet

Recording for CD release on North/South Recordings, January 2004.

Fragment (Robert Graves)

April 17, 1999, A&E Studios, New York, NY.  Tessa Lang, Mezzo-Soprano, Christopher James Piano.  April 6, 1988, Fordham University.  Darrell Lauer, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano.

Frost of Death, The (Emily Dickinson)

April, 1972, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook.  Elizabeth Patches, Mezzo-Soprano, string trio conducted by Christopher James.

Imprint (George Franklin)

April 6, 1988, Fordham University.  Darrell Lauer, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano.

In frostiger Nacht 

February 20, 2000, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, New York, NY.  North/South Consonance Ensemble, Max Lifchitz, Conductor, Joseph Kubera, Piano.

Joan of Arc (Grand Overture for Symphonic Band)

May 7, 2000, New York University, New York, NY.  NYU Concert Band, Henry Gates, Conductor.

Liebes-Lied (Rainer Maria Rilke)

April 6, 1988, Fordham University, New York, NY.  Darrell Lauer, Tenor, Christopher James, Piano.

Lines – “Far, far away” (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

August, 1977, New York, NY (private performance).  Joyce Suskind, Mezzo-Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.

Lohengrin Follies: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Richard Wagner

April 18, 1989, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.  New Music Orchestral Project/National Orchestral Association, Jorge Mester, Conductor (World Premiere).  April 16, 1989, open rehearsal, Manhattan School of Music, same performers.  November 20, 1988, orchestral reading, Manhattan School of Music, Glen Cortese, Conductor.

Madrigali della “Vita nuova” (Dante Alighieri) – see individual titles

Matrimonial Waltzes, for Flute, Cello and Harp

March 11, 1990, Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York, NY.  Lisa Hansen, Flute, Jacek Jebcyzky, Cello, Janet Paulus, Harp.

Michael Robartes bids his Beloved be at Peace (W. B. Yeats)

April 26, 1986 and December 10, 1985, The Juilliard School, New York, NY; November 15, 1985, Fordham University, New York, NY.  David Harris, Baritone, Christopher James, Piano.

Ne li occhi porta (Dante Alighieri, from Madrigali della “Vita nuova”, arr. wind octet)

March 3, 1981, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY, Christopher James, Conductor

Octet for Wind Instruments

January 24, 1985, Juilliard Theater, New York, NY.  Wind ensemble of the “FOCUS!” Festival, conducted by Mark Stringer.  (June, 1985 radio broadcast, Belgrade, Yugoslavia)

Ode for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

January 13, 2019, Christ & St. Stephen’s, NYC.  Claudia Schaer, Violin soloist, with the North/ South Consonance Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz, Conductor

Paisaje (Federico Garcia Lorca)

April 17, 1999, A&E Studios, New York, NY.  Mayda Prado, Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.

Piano Sonata No. 1 (“Maldoror”)

March 3, 1981, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY.  Janice Weber, Piano.

Quintet for Piano and String Quartet

April, 1972, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook.  Joseph Sullivan, Pianist, Christopher James, Conductor

Sinfonia Concertante

March 13, 2005, Christ & St. Stephen’s Church, New York; North/South Consonance Chamber Ensemble, Max Lifchitz, Cond.

Sonata for Cello and Piano

May, 1984, The Juilliard School, New York, NY.  Rajan Krishnaswami, Cello, Daniel Horn, Piano.

Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

June, 1978, Brooklyn, NY.  Joanne Scott, Clarinet, Christopher James, Piano.  Rolando Jorif Dance Company (dance performance).  February, 1977, New York, NY (one movement, private performance).

Song of Wandering Aengus, The (W. B. Yeats)

April 26, 1986 and December 10, 1985, The Juilliard School; November 15, 1985, Fordham University, New York, NY.  David Harris, Baritone, Christopher James, Piano.

Sparrows Among Dry Leaves (William Carlos Williams)

April 17, 1999, A&E Studios, New York, NY.  Tessa Lang, Mezzo-Soprano, Christopher James, Piano.

String Quartet No. 1

April 2 and 3, 1987, Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, DC and April 1, Juilliard Theater, New York, NY.  The Juilliard String Quartet.  April, 1986, IBM Plaza, New York, NY.  Guinness Quartet.  January 30, 1986, Juilliard Theater.  “FOCUS!” Festival, Guinness Quartet.  National Public Radio broadcasts of April 3, 1989 performance.

Tanto gentile, (Dante Alighieri, from Madrigali della “Vita nuova”)

March 3, 1981, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, NY.  New York Motet Choir, Stephen Sturk, Cond. Conductor

Wind Among the Reeds, The (W. B. Yeats) – see individual titles