Charles L. Bestor, Composer

 
Compositions
  • The Long Goodbye for Orchestra (2222 4321 timp 4 perc strings) 2010. 18:00 TM
  • Time and the River's Flow (solo electronics) 2010. 9:00 or 19:00
  • Nursery Rhymes for Grownups (voice and piano) 2007. 15:00. TM
  • Fantasia for wind ensemble (3233 2 sax 4331 euph 4 perc) 2007. 15:00. TM
  • Concerto for French horn and orchestra (2222 2221 timp 2 perc strings) 2006. 12:00. TM
  • The Peaceable Kingdom for choir, alto saxophone and percussion 2005. 9:00. TM
  • Concerto Piccolo for trumpet and electronics 2004. 8:00. TM
  • Piano Sonata No. 2: Thirteen Other Ways of Looking at a Blackbird after Wallace Stevens 2004. 12:00. TM
  • Three for Eight for horn octet 2002. 8:00. TM
  • Requiem for tenor and orchestra (2222 4321 2-3 perc strings) 2002. 12:00. TM
  • Music for Gerry (clarinet & interactive electronics) 2002. 10:00
  • The Long Goodbye for chamber winds (2222 4331 timp 4 perc) 2001. 18:00. TM
  • Andantino, Canon and Blues Concerto Grosso for percussion and wind nonet (flt, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, 2 trpt, trb, tba, vibes, perc) 2000. 9:00. TM
  • In the Shell of the Ear (high voice, vibes, ob, alto sax, hrn, contrabass) 2000. 8:30. TM
  • Symphony No. 1: Three Ways of Looking at the Night for orchestra (2222 2221 timp 2-3 perc strings) 1999. 19:00. TM
  • For Ann, in Autumn (high voice & piano) 1999. 9:00. TM
  • Lament (tape, 2 readers) 1999. 8:30
  • Partita for solo clarinet 1998. 8:00. TM
  • Fantasia Sacra et Profana (2 recorders, 2 Renaissance vln, 2 viol, drums, lute, virginal) 1998. 8:00. TM
  • Into the Labyrinth (solo electronics) 1995. 9:00
  • About Her (clarinet & interactive electronics) 1995. 5:00. TM
  • Ends of Autumn for a cappella choir (SSAATTBB) 1995. 7:00. TM
  • Three Ways of Looking at the Night for orchestra (2222 2221 timp 2-3 perc strings) 1994. 15:00. TM
  • In Memoriam Bill Evans for orchestra (2222 4221 timp 2 perc strings) 1993. 10:00. TM
  • Conversations with Myself (clarinet & interactive electronics) 1993. 14:00. TM
  • Time's Arrow (alto sax, horn & piano or synthesizer) 1993. 12:30. TM
  • Epithalamium for harpsichord. 1993. 6:00. TM
  • Five Sketches for jazz piano 1992. 7:30. TM
  • Chaconne for chamber winds (2222 4331 timp 4 perc) 1992. 7:00. TM
  • Soliloquies (oboe & interactive electronics) 1991. 8:00. TM
  • Four Love Songs (SATB & chamber orchestra or piano) 1990. 9:00. TM
  • Incantations and Dances (contrabass, electronic keyboards & computer) 1990. 11:00. TM
  • Of Times and Their Places, five songs (sop or mezzo & piano). 1990. 14:00. TM
  • Monday's Child (SATB or SSAA & synthesizer) 1988. 9:00. TM
  • Stations of the Night, three blues for S (piano) 1988. 11:00. TM
  • More Sort of Love Songs (piano) 1985. 10:30. TM
  • Make a Joyful Noise (SATB & organ) 1985. 6:00. TM
  • Sort of Love Songs (French horn octet) 1984. 8:00. TM
  • Variations for orchestra (2222 222 1-2 perc strings) 1984. 9:00. TM
  • Sonata for cello & piano 1984. 15:00. TM
  • Three Portraits for wind octet (flt, ob, cl, bsn, hrn, trpt, trb, cb or tba) 1984. 12:00. TM
  • Suite for alto saxophone & percussion 1983. 14:30. DM
  • Overture to a Romantic Comedy for orchestra (2222 4321 timp 2 perc strings) 1981. 14:30. GS
  • Four Ostinati from the Edge of Time (tape) 1981 12:00
  • Suite for violin & piano 1979. 7:00. GM
  • Lyric Variations for oboe and tape, with viola 1979. 16:00. TM
  • Until a Time... for antiphonal orchestras (3333 4331 timp 3 perc strings) 1977. 11:45. TM
  • Piano Sonata 1977. 7:00. GM
  • Second Moon of Venus (piano & tape) 1976. 9:45. TM
  • Twelve Short Movements for string quartet & tape 1976. 10:45. TM
  • Concerto Grosso for percussion and orchestra (2222 222 timp 2 perc strings) 1976. 11:00. GM
  • Variations for violin & piano duo with synthesizer 1973. 11:45. ASUC
  • Music for the Mountain for orchestra (2222 4321 timp 3 perc strings) 1972. 12:00. GM
  • Poem for choir and synthesizer (SATB) 1972. 6:00. TM
  • In Memoriam to texts from The Autobiography of Malcolm X (SATB, reader wind quintet & jazz quartet) 1971. 20:00. TM
  • A Wind in the Willows (flute) 1968. 10:00. GM
  • Suite from Incidental Music to the Play J.B. (flt, ob, cl, bsn, trpt) 1964. 13:00. GM
  • Measure for Measure (recorder quartet) 1963. 9:00. GM
  • Unto Thee Do I Lift Up My Soul (SATB a cappella) 1962. 5:00. E-V
  • Lord Unto Thee (SATB a cappella) 1957. 4:00 E-V

Publishers' code:

  • E-V: Elkan-Vogel
  • GS: G. Schirmer
  • GM: General Music
  • TM: Tamar Music
  • ASUC: American Society of University Composers
  • DM: Dorn Music
  • MS: Manuscript