LYNN BECHTOLD violinist/composer/teaching artist
COMPOSITIONS
—Audio or video of many of the works may be found on the MEDIA page.
WORKS FOR SOLO/CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
(many with pre-recorded, and sometimes with live electronics)
1) EDELWARIATIONS (2001) for Solo Violin & pre-recorded electronics. 4'
2) DUO DIE (2006) for Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
Written for Zentripetal
3) AWAY/HOME (2010) for Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
Written for Zentripetal
3A) AWAY/HOME 1.1 (2011) for Alto Flute, Violin, & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
3B) AWAY/HOME 1.2 (2012) for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
4) OCTOBER STARDUST (2011) pre--recorded electronics only. 2'
5) MURMUR (2012) for Violin, Electric Bass, & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
Written for Dan Cooper
5A) MURMUR 1.1 (2015) for Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
6) IMMOLARE (2012) for Violin, Cello & pre-recorded electronics. 20'
Written for Zentripetal & the Music With A View Festival
7) SHUFFLE/SCUFFLE (2012) for 2 Flutes, Violin, & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
Written for Valerie Coleman, Margaret Lancaster, & Lynn Bechtold
7A) SHUFFLE/SCUFFLE (2013) for 3 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
8) FROM BAGS TO RICHES for Soprano, Violin, Cello, Piano, & pre-recorded electronics. 6'
Written for Two Sides Sounding & Zentripetal
9) TEARS, A LAMENT (from Southern Love Songs) by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor / arr. Lynn Bechtold for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 3'
Written for Miolina
10) DON'T LOOK AT THE SKY (2013) for Cello, Hand Drum, & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
Written for Anja Wood
11) PROJET IMAGINAIRE (2013) for Dobro-Uke or Mandolin & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
11A) PROJET IMAGINAIRE 1.1 (2014) for Dobro-Uke or Mandolin, Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
11B) PROJET IMAGINAIRE 1.2 (2016) for Dobro-Uke or Mandolin, Violin, Viola,
Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 3'30"
11C) PROJET IMAGINAIRE 1.3 (2016) for Solo Violin & pre-recorded electronics.
3'30"
11D) PROJET IMAGINAIRE 1.4 (2020) for 2 Violins (acoustic). 3'30"
12) NO KENDO (2014) for Solo Violin, & pre-recorded electronics (optional live electronics & live kendo). 6'
12A) NO KENDO 1.1 (2018) for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 6'
13) CHIRP, CHIRP…CHIRP, CHIRP (2014) for Solo Violin, pre-recorded electronics, & live electronics. 3'30"
14) MINNEHAHA MINIATURES (2015) for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 5'
Written for Miolina
15) OH, I’VE GOT BROWN EYES (2015) for Solo Violin & pre-recorded electronics. 3'
16) FUNSHALLBEHAD (2016) for 2 Violins, Improvising Instrument, & pre-recorded electronics. 4'
Written for Miolina & Ken Butler
17) TRAUM(A) (2016) for Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. 4'
Written for poet J Mae Barizo
18) APÁTRIDA (2016) for Solo Violin, pre-recorded electronics, video, & installation.
Collaboration with artist Cecilia Mandrile
19) DEATH CAN REALLY MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A STAR (about the life of Andy Warhol) (2018) for Violin, Electric Bass, Horn, Piano, Percussion, optional tap-danceer, and pre-recorded electronics. 7'15"
Written for tap dancer Max Pollak and CompCord Ensemble
20) SOLITUDE (2018) for Violin, Cello, & pre-recorded electronics. Based on a song by Pauline Viardot. 3'15"
Written for Zentripetal
21A) SOLITUDE 1.1 (2019) for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 3' 15"
21) BC VARIATIONS (CIAO, CIAO!) (2019) for Violin, Cello, and pre-recorded electronics. 4'15".
Written for Zentripetal
22) RHINO, BYE NOW (2019) pre-recorded electronics only. 5'
Written for Composers Concordance
23) JUDY FROM BROOKLYN (2019) for 2 Violins & pre-recorded electronics. 6'
Written for Miolina / Ladies First Series
24) WHAT IF (2020) for Violin, Cello, & Piano. 7'
Written for Access Contemporary Music / Sound of Silent Film Festival to accompany Winnie Cheung's film of the same name; choreography by Elena Vazintaris
25) CORONAtion VARIATION (Monotony Study #1) (2020) pre-recorded electronics only. 1'
26). HEY, BUT HE DIDN'T (2018/2020) for Solo Violin & pre-recorded electronics. 3'
VIOLIN REPERTOIRE
--Recordings or videos will eventually be found on the MEDIA page. Stay tuned!--
SELECTED WORKS FOR SOLO
J.S. BACH: Solo Sonatas & Partitas
OSCAR BETTISON: Neolithic Airs
GENE CARL: Scratch
JOHN CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin Caprices
PHILIP GLASS: Strung Out
JOHN HARBISON: Four Songs of Solitude
A. HONEGGER: Solo Sonata
LEI LIANG: Feng
DAVID CLARK LITTLE: Stonehenge Study 8
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: Tango Etudes
G.P. TELEMANN: Fantasias
E. YSAYE: Solo Sonatas No. 2 & No. 4
SELECTED WORKS FOR SOLO WITH ELECTRONICS
LYNN BECHTOLD: *Apátrida; *Chirp, Chirp...Chirp, Chirp;*Edelwariations;
*No Kendo; *Oh, I've Got Brown Eyes; *Projet Imaginaire
EVE BEGLARIAN: Well-Spent
DAN COOPER: *Dance Suite; *Goblin Market;
*El Planeta Rojo; Spinning Song
BEATRIZ FERREYRA: Tierra Quebrada
MELISSA GREY: *Procrustean Bed
JOHN HEISS: *Episode 1
HOWIE KENTY: We Have Less Time Than You Think
ALVIN LUCIER: *Violynn
OTTO LUENING: Gargoyles
MILICA PARANOSIC: Al' Airi Lepo Sviri
GENE PRITSKER: Misfortune Has Its Uses; *Waiting III
ALEKSANDRA VREBALOV: The Spell III
SELECTED WORKS FOR SOLO WITH ORCHESTRA
J.S. BACH: Concerto No. 2 in E; Concerto No. 5 in G minor
SAMUEL BARBER: Concerto, Op.14
L. v BEETHOVEN: Concerto in D
F.J. HAYDN: Concerto No. 1 in C
F. MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in E minor
W.A. MOZART: Concerto No. 3 in G;
Concerto No. 4 in D; Concerto No. 5 in A
R. SCHUMANN: Concerto in D minor
A. VIVALDI: Concerti, Op. 8, "Four Seasons"
SELECTED WORKS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO
J.S. BACH: Violin & Harpsichord Sonatas
BELA BARTOK: Rhapsody No. 2; Rumanian Folk Dances
L. v BEETHOVEN: Violin & Piano Sonatas
LUCIANO BERIO: Due Pezzi
ERNST BLOCH: Baal Shem Suite
LILI BOULANGER: D'un matin de printemps
J. BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances; Violin & Piano Sonatas
DAN COOPER: *Techno
C. DEBUSSY: Sonate
A. DVORAK: Four Romantic Pieces; Sonatina in G
G. FAURE: Sonata in A, Op. 13
C. FRANCK: Sonata in A
CHARLES IVES: Sonata No. 2
MAURICIO KAGEL: Klangwölfe
F. KREISLER: Various pieces
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI: Subito
OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Theme & Variations
W.A. MOZART: Piano & Violin Sonatas
SERGEY PROKOFIEV: Sonata, Op. 94a
C. SAINT-SAENS: Danse Macabre;
Havanaise; Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
P. de SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen
ERIK SATIE: Les choses vue a droite et a gauche
F. SCHUBERT: 3 Sonatinas, Op. 137
R. SCHUMANN: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata, Op. 134
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne
MORTON SUBOTNICK: Trembling (with electronics)
ANTON WEBERN: Vier Stucke, Op. 7
WORKS FOR VIOLIN/CELLO...see ZENTRIPETAL link on my bio page
WORKS FOR VIOLIN DUO...see MIOLINA link on my bio page
OTHER CHAMBER WORKS...please email me via my contact page
* = written for Lynn