untitled

A Serenade for Six (flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion )
Head Over Heels (MIDI keyboard, Macintosh Computer and Yamaha SY77 Synthesizer)
Impromptu (clarinet and piano)
Letters and The Weather of Six Mornings (soprano and piano)
Octet (flute/picc, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and piano)
Ontogenesis (flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Septet (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion)
Smokin' with Cocuswood (oboe, string quartet and piano)
String Quartet (2 violins, viola and cello)
Tapestries (violin, cello and piano)
Trionometry (flute, clarinet/bass calrinet and piano)
Triptych (solo flute)
Twinning (violin and piano)
Two Little Piano Pieces (solo piano)
Variations for Piano (solo piano)
Violuminescence (violin solo and chamber orchestra)
Windsongs (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon)

A Serenade for Six, for flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), violin, cello, percussion and piano. New York: Henmar Press; sole selling agents: C.F. Peters, (c) 1996. Notes, 1 page; score, 57 pages. Spiral bound. Edition Peters 67609. Duration: ca. 15 minutes. Performance materials available from publisher on definite order.

"A Serenade for Six is a large-scale work set in three distinct movements. Here, Festinger's classical sensibilities are combined with his usual knack for invention... This is music that sparkles in many directions and on many levels. I have rarely encountered a work that invokes such energy and delight... It is a virtuoso tour de force for instrumental ensemble, as gratifying to perform as it is to listen to."

- Andrew Rindfleisch, in MLA Notes

"Festinger's A Serenade for Six proved festive, coalescing flittering, silvery streamers with multicolored fog and dancing, rhythmic juice. The whole was complicated, yet decorative and merry, a musical garland."

- Timothy Mangan, Los Angeles Times

(INDEX)

"... Festinger's Head Over Heels offered a cat-and-mouse game... The piece was catchy and full of verve, something to look forward to hearing again."

Marilyn Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle

(INDEX)

Impromptu, for clarinet and piano. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press. Sole selling agents: Fallen Leaf Press, (c) 1985. Folio bound. Fallen Leaf Publications in Contemporary Music, No. 36. Duration: ca. 9+ minutes. Available from Fallen Leaf Press, P.O. Box 10034, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA.

"... a long spun-out line, stiffened here and there by motoric figures or thinning out into icy tremolandos, took one eventfully from here to there."

- Richard Buell, Boston Globe

(INDEX)

"deft and pretty"

- John Rockwell, New York Times

(INDEX)

Septet, for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano. New York: Henmar Press; sole selling agents: C.F. Peters, (c) 1996. Notes, 1 page; score, 28 pages. Folio bound. Edition Peters 67538. Duration: ca. 14+ minutes. Performance materials available from publisher on definite order.

"If you follow contemporary American music, you'll want to investigate this collection of eclectic, high-quality composing and outstanding playing. I enjoyed Mamlok's Rhapsody more than any of her other chamber pieces, was facinated by Richard Festinger's "little- orchestra" approach to the chamber ensemble, and charmed by Elliott Carter's bittersweet birthday portrait of PIerre Boulez."

American Record Guide, May-June, 1997

(INDEX)

String Quartet. New York: Henmar Press; sole selling agents: C.F. Peters, (c) 1994. Spiral bound. Edition Peters 67771. Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Performance materials available from publisher on definite order.

(INDEX)

Trionometry, for flute, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet) and piano. New York: Henmar Press; sole selling agents: C.F. Peters, (c) 1996. Spiral bound. Edition Peters. Duration: ca. 14 minutes. Performance materials available from publisher on definite order.

(INDEX)

Triptych, for unaccompanied flute. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press. Sole selling agents: Fallen Leaf Press, (c) 1979. Folio bound. Fallen Leaf Publications in Contemporary Music, No. 37. Duration: ca. 12 minutes. Available from Fallen Leaf Press, P.O. Box 10034, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA.

(INDEX)

Twinning, for violin and piano. New York: Henmar Press; sole selling agents: C.F. Peters, (c) 1994. Spiral bound. Edition Peters 67772. Duration: ca. 11 minutes. Performance materials available from publisher on definite order.

(INDEX)

Two Little Piano Pieces. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press. Sole selling agents: Fallen Leaf Press, (c) 1979. Folio bound in Various Leaves: a Collection of Brief Works for PIano by Contemporary American Composers. Fallen Leaf Publications in Contemporary Music. Duration: ca. 4 minutes. Available from Fallen Leaf Press, P.O. Box 10034, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA.

(INDEX)

Violuminescence, for violin solo and chamber orchestra (2 flutes, oboe, calrinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns, trumpet trombone, 2 percussion, harp and strings). Duration: c. 11 minutes. Score and parts available from the composer.

"The piece is full of interesting effects - unusual groupings of violin with solo instruments or groups of instruments... But the piece is more than a string of effects; it is music, colorful, closely argued, dramatic and interesting."

- Richard Dyer, Boston Globe

(INDEX)

Windsongs, for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon). 3 movements. Duration: ca. 7 minutes. Score and parts available from the composer.

(INDEX)