Robert Ward(1917-): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

Not perhaps the greatest of American symphonic composers, nevertheless Ward does write in a traditional and eminently accessible idiom. His music is also very well represented on cd.

(This catalogue has been astonishingly difficult to compile since many of Ward's most recent compositions do not seem to have been published. The list of compositions on what seems to be an official website is incomplete and dates are insecure. Few online sources, for example, seem to be aware that he has written a Seventh Syymphony.)

ROBERT WARD: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1937:   "Fatal Interview" for soprano and orchestra
1939:   Ode for orchestra
1941:   Symphony No.1 for chamber orchestra: 13 minutes   +  (Albany cd)
1944:   Allegro and Adagio for orchestra
1945:   "Jubilation: an Overture" for band: 6 minutes   +  (CRI and Albany cds)
1947:   Symphony No.2: 21 minutes    *   +  (Bay Cities and Citadel cds)
1947-48:Concert Music/Concert Piece for orchestra
1949:   Night Music for small orchestra
1950:   Symphony No.3: 21 minutes    *    +  (Bay Cities and Albany cds)
             "Jonathan and the Gingery Snare" for narrator and orchestra
1951:   Sacred Songs for Pantheists for soprano and orchestra: 16 minutes    +  (Bay Cities, CRI and Citadel  cds)
1954:   "Euphony for Orchestra": 10 minutes   +  (Bay Cities cd)
1957:   Prairie Overture for orchestra or band: 5 minutes   +  (Bay Cities and Citadel cds)
1958:   Symphony No.4: 23 minutes    *    + (Albany cd)
1960:   Cantata "Earth Shall Be Fair" for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra
             Divertimento for orchestra: 18 minutes    +  (CRI cd)
1962:   "Hymn and Celebration" for orchestra: 10 minutes
             "Night Fantasy" for concert band
1963:   "Music for a Celebration" for orchestra
1964:   A Western Set" (from the Opera "Lady Kate/Lady from Colorado") for orchestra: 26 minutes     +  (Albany cd)
1965:   Cantata "Sweet Freedom's Song" for soprano, baritone, narrator, chorus and orchestra
             "Let the Word go forth" for chorus, brass, harp and strings
1966:    Festive Ode for orchestra: 11 minutes   +  (Bay Cities and Citadel cds)
               Invocation and Toccata for orchestra: 9 minutes    + (Bay Cities and Citadel cds)
             "Fiesta Processional" for band
1967:   "Antiphony for Winds"
1968:   Piano Concerto: 24 minutes   +  (Bay Cities and Citadel cds)
1970:   "Music for a Great Occasion" for orchestra
1973:   Concertino for Strings: 14 minutes    +  (Albany cd)
1976:   Symphony No.5 "Canticles of America" for soprano, baritone, narrator, chorus and orchestra: 47 minutes    *
1977:   Four Abstractions for band
1980:   "Sonic Structure" for orchestra: 10 minutes    +  (Albany cd)
1983:   Saxophone Concerto: 14 minutes    +  (Albany cd)
             "Dialogues" for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (later expanded to Triple Concerto with addition of Piano): 18 minutes    + (Triple Concerto-Albany cd)
1986:   Festival Triptych for narrator and orchestra
1988:   Symphony No.6 for chamber orchestra: 18 minutes   + (Albany cd)
1989:   "5 x 5: Four Variations on a Five-Part Theme" for orchestra: 11 minutes    +  (Citadel cd)
1990:   "By the Way of Memories: a Nocturne for Orchestra": 8 minutes  + (Citadel cd)
1993:   Violin Concerto: 20 minutes    +  (Albany cd)
             Ballet "The Scarlet Letter"    + (Ballet Suite-Albany cd)
2000:   Symphony No.7
             "Cherish This Land" for baritone, chorus and orchestra
2006:   "Beginnings, An Overture"
2007:   "City of Oaks" for orchestra
             "The Lamb" for chorus and string orchestra