Chamber Works

Yishakeyni (Sweeter Than Wine)
(2003) 15'
soprano, flute, piano
commissioned by Columbia College, premiere by Jerusalem Lyric Trio

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Audio Excerpt
You Tube Part 1
You Tube Part 2


Bati L'Gani (I Came Into My Garden)
(2003) 6'
solo flute
composed for Paula Robison for CD Places of the Spirit

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In Memoriam
(
2001) 4'30"
solo cello
cello and violin duo
clarinet (or violin) bass clarinet duo
The solo cello version, performed by Robert Jesselson, may be heard here
(scroll down to Warshauer)

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Yiddish Fantasy
(2001) 5'
solo violin, string quintet, piano (tambourine)
for Daniel Heifetz with The Classical Band

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Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell)
(2000) 8'
2 bass clarinets
commissioned by Richard Nunemaker

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Spirals of Light
I.  Slow whirl into stillness
II.  Inner resonance
III.  Dancing light
(1996) 18'
flute, cello, piano
Columbia College commission and premiere

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Bracha
(1993) 4'30"
violin and piano or solo violin
dedicated to Daniel Heifetz, premiere by Meira Silverstein
(pub. Oxford University Press, 2003)

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The Butterfly
I.  The Last Butterfly
II.  My Ideals
III.  Caesaaria
(1992) 17'
soprano, flute, cello, piano
NationsBank commission,
premiere at "Anne Frank in the World"
exhibit, South Carolina State Museum, 1992
texts: Friedman, Frank, Senesh

Four Songs from the Holocaust
(1992) 16'
soprano, flute or violin, piano
arr. from We Are Here (Workmen’s Circle)
NationsBank commission,
South Carolina State Museum, 1992

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Aecha (Lamentations)
(1990) 13'
violin, cello, piano
Upton Trio commission and premiere
(pub. Oxford University Press, 2003)

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A Time to Blossom
I.  A Song to Mary
II.  Have You Got a Brook?
III.  Caesaria (Eli, Eli)
(1990) 10'
soprano (or mezzo-soprano), flute, cello, piano
University of SC commission and premiere
texts: Hildegard, Dickinson, Senesh

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Caesaria (Eli,Eli)
(1990)
soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano

YouTube performance Serena Hill, soprano and Meira Warshauer, piano

Love Song
(1986) 7'
viola d’amore, harp
Rin Jong Yang, commission and
premiere at 3rd International Congress of Viola d’Amore, Austin, TX

Psalm 19
(1986) 4'17"
soprano, piano

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String Trio
(1984) 8'
violin, viola, cello

Awakening
(1984) 10'
piano solo

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Night Lumens
(1981) 6'30"
flute, oboe, piano

Fantasy Serenade
(1980) 4'14"
flute, cello

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Five Reflections (string quartet)
1.  turning inward towards the source
2.  outward strokes
3.  a baby's sigh, floating clouds,
wisps of sound
4.  heart's pure beauty, the internal jewel
5.  a cloud hovers and then evaporates.
the mist is dried by the sun.
(1979) 7'

Lament
(1975) 5'
oboe, dumbek (optional)