mikkonoma music

Here, citizens, is a listing of my works. I have endeavored to make it as comprehensive as possible. Works that are not sufficiently substantial or have been left incomplete have been omitted.

Information on dates, instrumentation, and running time are provided to the best of my abilities. That's service for you! Have a look, citizens.

Mikko A. Taylor - compositions (revised 30.IX.2009)

op.  title                               instrumentation         date               duration

     Little Piano Album                  piano solo              1998 spring        unknown

1a   Suite for Piano                     piano solo              1998 summer              15'

1b   String Trio                         vln, vla, vc            1998-1999                15'

2    Van Leer-isms                       voices SATB             1999                     10'

     Fugue on G-S-T                      solo piano              1999 spring              3'

     Klavierstuck                        solo piano              1999 fall                4' 

     Quartet on G-S-T                    string quartet          30.I.2000                8'

     'These are not memoirs...'          mixed voices            1999-2000                2'

     Fugue                               solo piano              2000 spring              2'

3    A String Thing                      vln, vln, vc            2000 spring              7'

4    Prelude & Fugue                     solo piano              2000 fall                5'

5    Three Movements                     flute, clarinet         2000-2001                6'

     Prelude                             solo piano              14.II.2001               2'

6    Four Movements                      pf trio; string orch    2001-2002                15'

     Love is Torture                     mixed male voices       2002                     3'

7    String Quartet n. 1                 string quartet          2001-2002                12'

8    Six Piano Pieces                    solo piano              2001-2002                12'

     A Presidential Address              bass, piano             2002                     15'

9    String Quartet n. 2                 string quartet          2002 fall                25'

10   Sesquipedalia                       solo violoncello        2002-2003                17'

     Five 'Cello Pieces                  solo violoncello        1.III.2003               12'

     Three Pieces                        solo violoncello        26.III.2003              7'

     Songs on Texts by Mandel'shtam      bass, piano             2003 spring              10'

11   Suite for 'Cello & Piano            vc, pf                  2003 summer              12'

12   Symphony n. 1                       large symphony orch     II-VIII.2003             55'

13   Two Movements                       flt, clar, harp, vibrph 2003-2004                7'

14   'Songs & Dances of Death' (arr.)    sop, bass, strings, perc 2004                    15'

15   Symphony n. 2                       medium symphony orch    2003-2004                30'

15a  Festive Fragments (excerpts op. 15) medium symphony orch    2004/2008                14'

     Fragment on ALF3                    solo piano              4.XI.2004                2'

     Piano Trio (fragment; 3 fin. mvts)  vln, vc, pf             2004                     10'

16   Sonata for 'Cello & Piano           vc, pf                  2003/2005                15'

17   Chaos & Oblivion                    large symphony orch     2005                     18'

18   Four Songs on texts by Akhmatova    soprano, string quartet 2005-2006                12'

19b  String Quartet n. 3 (original)      string quartet          2006 spring              9'   

19a  String Quartet n. 3 (short)         string quartet          23.V.2006                6'

20   'And, having begun this melody..'   soprano, pf             30.V.2006                3'

19   String Quartet n. 3 (long)          string quartet          2006 summer              23'

21   Minutiae                            organ                   2006 spring              9'

22   String Quartet n. 4                 string quartet          2006 fall                15'

23   Teenage Hijinks                     concert band            2006 fall                10'

     Finale for Shostakovich's 'Rayok'   solo piano              2006 winter              3'

     Cadenza - Mozart K. 467             solo piano              2006 winter              3'

24   String Quartet n. 5                 string quartet          2006-2007                30'

25   Two Love Poems                      bass, pf                14.II.2007               6'

26a  Departure of a 'Soldier of Music'   vc, pf                  27.IV-2.V.2007           3'

26b  Soldier of Music                    vc, pf                  2007 spring              7'

TBD  Darkness in Petersburg, part I      solo SATB; small orch.  2007-2008                30'

27   Sonata for Violin & Piano           vln, pf                 2006-2008                15'

28   String Quartet n. 6                 string quartet          28.VII.2008              12'

29   String Quartet n. 7                 string quartet          2008-1.II.2009           12'

30   String Quartet n. 8                 string quartet          I-11.II.2009             15'

TBD  Darkness in Petersburg, part II     solo SATB; small orch.  18.III.2008-17.II.2009   20'

     Reflections During our 25th Year    bass, pf                13-20.III.2009           3'

31   String Quartet n. 9                 string quartet          II-14.IV.2009            15'

32   Four Short Songs (Michelangelo)     soprano, pf             23-29.VIII.2009          7'

Works in Progress

     Bitter Tears                        bass, pf                IX.2009

     String Quartet n. 10                string quartet

     Symphony n. 3                       bass, chorus B, orch.

     Darkness in Petersburg, part III    solo SATB; small orch.