List of compositions by Daron Hagen

This is a list of compositions by Daron Hagen (born 1961).

Orchestra

 * (1982) Andersonville Overture
 * (1985) Symphony No. 1
 * (1986) Grand Line: a Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
 * (1990) Heliotrope
 * (1990) Symphony No. 2
 * (1991) Philharmonia
 * (1992) Fire Music
 * (1996) Built Up Dark for strings, winds and brass
 * (1997) Postcards from America
 * (1998/2010) Symphony No. 3
 * (2000) Suddenly
 * (2000) Much Ado
 * (2001) Advance
 * (2003) Susurrus
 * (2005) Gesture Drawings
 * (2009) Symphony No. 4
 * (2009) Northern Lights
 * (2010) con gai: a greeting and a farewell
 * (2012) Sky Interludes from Amelia
 * (2014) Symphony No. 5
 * (2017) Chaplin Suite
 * (2018) A Chaplin Symphony
 * (2019) The Passion of Jekyll and Hyde
 * (2021) Bandanna Overture
 * (2022) Moviola for large orchestra

String orchestra

 * (1981) Prayer for Peace
 * (2001) Angels

Orchestra with voice(s)

 * (1994) Joyful Music for chorus and orchestra
 * (1996) Taliesin: Choruses from Shining Brow for chorus and orchestra
 * (1996) Stewards of Your Bounty for chorus and orchestra

Concertante

 * (1982) Stanzas for cello and chamber orchestra
 * (1994) Concerto for Horn, with Winds and Strings
 * (1994) Concerto for Flügelhorn and Wind Ensemble
 * (1996) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
 * (1998) Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
 * (2001) Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra
 * (2001) Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
 * (2002) Seven Last Words: concerto for piano LH and orchestra
 * (2004) Romeo and Juliet: concerto for flute, cello and orchestra
 * (2006) Orpheus and Eurydice: concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra
 * (2007) Masquerade: concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
 * (2010) Genji: concerto for koto and orchestra
 * (2011) Songbook: concerto for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion
 * (2015) Concerto No. 2: Chaplin's Tramp: concerto for piano, film, and orchestra
 * (2023) Film Noir: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra

Operas, cantatas, and musicals

 * (1984) A Walt Whitman Requiem for chorus and string orchestra
 * (1991) Shining Brow (libretto: Paul Muldoon)
 * (1997) Vera of Las Vegas (libretto: Paul Muldoon)
 * (1997) Songs of Madness and Sorrow (libretto: Daron Hagen)
 * (1998) Bandanna (libretto: Paul Muldoon)
 * (2000) Light Fantastic (libretto: Daron Hagen)
 * (2005) The Antient Concert (libretto: Paul Muldoon)
 * (2008) New York Stories (libretto: Barbara Grecki, Daron Hagen)
 * consists of three one act operas: Broken Pieces, Just for the Night, and Cradle Song
 * (2009) Amelia (libretto: Gardner McFall; story: Stephen Wadsworth)
 * (2010) Little Nemo in Slumberland (libretto: J.D. McClatchy)
 * (2012) The George Washington Suite (libretto: Rob Handel)
 * (2013) A Woman in Morocco (libretto: Barbara Grecki, Daron Hagen, after a play by Barbara Grecki)
 * (2014) I Hear America Singing (musical; book, lyrics, and music by Daron Hagen)
 * (2018) Orson Rehearsed (multi-media opera; films, libretto, concept, music, and direction by Daron Hagen)
 * (2021) 9/10: Love Before the Fall (operafilm; libretto: Daron Hagen)
 * (2023) Everyone, Everywhere (libretto: Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Songs and song cycles

 * (1982) Echo's Songs
 * (1984) Three Silent Things for soprano and piano quartet
 * (1986) Love Songs
 * (1987) Rapture and Regret for soprano, cello and piano
 * (1990) Muldoon Songs
 * (1991) Dear Youth for soprano, flute and piano
 * (1993) Lost in Translation for voice, oboe, cello and harpsichord
 * (1996) Merrill Songs
 * (1996) Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet for two voices, flute, violin and piano
 * (2000) The Heart of the Stranger
 * (2000) Love in a Life
 * (2000) Phantoms of Myself
 * (2001) Figments
 * (2001) Larkin Songs
 * (2003) Letting Go
 * (2004) Sappho Songs for two female voices and cello
 * (2007) Songs of Experience
 * (2009) Four Irish Folk Songs for two voices and piano
 * (2010) We Happy Few scena for baritone and piano
 * (2011) Vegetable Verselets
 * (2011) After Words for two voices and piano
 * (2014) Four Dickinson Songs
 * (2015) jaik's songs for voice and piano
 * (2016) Blake Songs for voice and mixed ensemble, or piano
 * (2016) A Handful of Days for soprano and piano
 * (2017) Dante Fragments for soprano, violin, and piano
 * (2017) On the Beach at Night scena for baritone, cello and piano


 * (2019) The Art of Song twenty-three songs for six solo voices and piano
 * (2020) Mata Hard Letters for voice and piano
 * (2020) Four Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Piano
 * (2021) Dante Fragments for tenor, violin, cello, and vibraphone
 * (2021) Four Shakespeare Fragments for voice and piano
 * (2021) All We Have for high voice and piano
 * (2022) Three Whitman Fragments for voice and string quartet
 * (2022) Restoring Darkness for voice

Mixed chamber ensemble

 * (1984) Divertimento for viola, harp, and vibraphone
 * (1984) Piano Trio No. 1: Trio Concertante
 * (1985) String Quartet No. 1
 * (1985) Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano
 * (1986) Piano Trio No. 2: J'entends
 * (1988) The Presence Absence Makes, for flute and string quartet
 * (1989) Harp Trio
 * (1989) Jot! for clarinet, marimba, and piano
 * (1993) Everything Must Go! for brass quintet
 * (1994) Music from Shining Brow for brass quintet
 * (1995) Concerto for Brass Quintet
 * (1996) An Overture to Vera for fourteen instruments
 * (1997) Duo for Violin and Cello
 * (2000) Serenade for ten instruments
 * (2001) Quintet for Oboe and Strings
 * (2001) Nocturne for piano and strings
 * (2002) Snapshot for string quartet
 * (2002) Variant for string quartet
 * (2003) Chamber Symphony for thirteen instruments
 * (2003) Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano
 * (2003) String Quartet No. 2: Alive in a Moment for voice and string quartet
 * (2006) Piano Trio No. 3: Wayfaring Stranger
 * (2007) Piano Trio No. 4: Angel Band
 * (2009) Just Amazed for eleven players
 * (2010) Book of Days for clarinet, viola and piano
 * (2011) Tryst for oboe, bassoon and piano
 * (2012) Quiet Heart for violin and piano
 * (2012) String Quartet No. 3
 * (2013) Early, Later for clarinet and piano
 * (2014) Valse Noire for cello and piano
 * (2014) Valse Blanche for violin and piano
 * (2015) The Heike Quarto: Appassionato for koto and cello
 * (2016) The Heike Quarto: Cantabile for koto and cello
 * (2017) The Heike Quarto: Misterioso for koto, voice, and cello
 * (2017) Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
 * (2017) Piano Trio No. 5: Red is the Rose
 * (2017) Lilly Sketches for woodwind quintet
 * (2017) Piano Trio No. 6: Horszowski
 * (2018) The Heike Quarto: Grandioso for koto and cello
 * (2019) Swan Song for koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, and string quartet
 * (2019) Piano Trio No. 7: Wintergreen
 * (2020) Piano Trio No. 8: Pacifica
 * (2022) Cavatina from 9/10 for vocalise, flute, guitar, and harp
 * (2023) Piano Trio No. 9: Lagniappe

Solo

 * (1984) Suite for Solo Violin
 * (1985) Suite for Solo Cello
 * (1985) Occasional Notes for organ
 * (1986) Suite for Solo Viola
 * (1987) Higher, Louder, Faster! for solo cello
 * (1999) Qualities of Light for piano
 * (2002) Piano Variations
 * (2009) Suite for Piano
 * (2012) Five Nocturnes for piano
 * (2012) Secrets My Mother Told Me for koto
 * (2016) Anniversary: in Memoriam Leonard Bernstein for piano
 * (2019) Nine Advent Postludes and Preludes for Organ

Choral

 * (1985) Vägen (SATB)
 * (1985) The Voice Within (SATB/Pf)
 * (1989) Little Prayers (SATB)
 * (1995) The Waking Father (SSATBB)
 * (1995) The Elephant's Child (SSATBB)
 * (1997) Gandhi's Children (SA/Handbells)
 * (1997) Hope (SATB/Pf)
 * (1998) Silent Night, eight movements for chorus, cello and percussion
 * (2002) We're All Here three poems for chorus and chamber ensemble (or SATB/Pf)
 * (2004) I Had Rather (SATB)
 * (2005) Vertue (SATB/Pf)
 * (2005) Flight Music song cycle for treble chorus and string quartet
 * (2006) O, For Such a Dream for soprano solo, mixed chorus, and piano
 * (2009) Three Celtic Songs (SSA)
 * (2015) Hymn of Forgiveness (SATB/Organ)
 * (2016) I Hear America Singing (SSATB/Pf)

Band and wind ensemble

 * (1990) Sennets, Cortege, and Tuckets
 * (1998) Night, Again
 * (1999) Forward! for brass and percussion
 * (1999) Bandanna Overture
 * (2000) Wedding Dances from Bandanna
 * (2000) Prelude and Prayer from Bandanna
 * (2007) Agincourt Fanfare for brass and timpani

Live to Film

 * (2015) Concerto No. 2: Chaplin's Tramp: concerto for piano, film, and orchestra (Film: The Tramp)
 * (2017) Chaplin Suite (Film: A Dog's Life)
 * (2018) A Chaplin Symphony (Film: City Lights)
 * (2018) Orson Rehearsed (multi-media opera; films, libretto, concept, music, and direction by Daron Hagen)
 * (2019) The Passion of Jekyll and Hyde (Film: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde)
 * (2022) Too Much Johnson (Film: Too Much Johnson)