Derek Bermel
US composer and clarinettist Derek Bermel has been widely hailed for his creativity, theatricality, and virtuosity. His ongoing engagement with other musical cultures has become part of the fabric and force of his compositional language, in which the human voice and its myriad inflections play a primary role.
Works
| Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mango Suite | 2017 | solo soprano and orchestra | 25 | Derek Bermel |
| Over Algiers | 2016 | violin and piano | 9 | Derek Bermel |
| Intonations | 2016 | string quartet | 21 | Derek Bermel |
| Murmurations | 2015 | solo violin and string orchestra | 21 | Derek Bermel |
| Death with Interruptions | 2014 | piano trio | 18 | Derek Bermel |
| Four Homages | 2014 | solo piano | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| Under the Polders | 2014 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| Hyllos | 2013 | incidental music for chamber ensemble of 7 players | 30 | Derek Bermel |
| Short History of the Universe (as related by Nima Arkani-Hamed), A | 2013 | clarinet quintet | 18 | Derek Bermel |
| Orbit Design | 2012 | 3 or more performers | variable | Derek Bermel |
| Dragon Blue | 2012 | chamber ensemble of 7 players (Western and Chinese instruments) | 12 | Derek Bermel |
| Mar de Setembro | 2011 | mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra | 13 | Derek Bermel |
| Ritornello | 2011 | concerto for electric guitar and string orchestra | 13 | Derek Bermel |
| Violin Etudes | 2010 | solo violin | 8 | Derek Bermel |
| Canzonas Americanas | 2010 | chamber ensemble of 17 players | 17 | Derek Bermel |
| Swing Song | 2009 | solo flute, flute ensemble of 12 players and 2 percussion | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| Shout, a Whisper and a Trace, A | 2009 | chamber orchestra | 17 | Derek Bermel |
| The Good Life | 2008 | soprano and baritone soloists, SATB chorus and orchestra | 40 | Derek Bermel |
| Cabaret Songs | 2007 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 3 players | 30 | Derek Bermel |
| Golden Motors | 2007 | music-theatre work in 2 acts | 100 | Derek Bermel |
| Passing Through | 2007 | string 4tet | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| Elektrokosmos | 2007 | electric gtr | Derek Bermel | |
| Soul Garden | 2007 | viola and string orchestra | 13 | Derek Bermel |
| Elixir | 2006 | orchestra | 9 | Derek Bermel |
| Turning Variations | 2006 | piano and orchestra | 18 | Derek Bermel |
| The Migration Series | 2006 | jazz big band and orchestra | 32 | Derek Bermel |
| Twin Trio | 2005 | chamber ensemble of three players | 18 | Derek Bermel |
| Fetch | 2004 | speaking pianist | 9 | Derek Bermel |
| Funk Studies | 2004 | solo piano | 12 | Derek Bermel |
| Kontraphunktus | 2004 | piano | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| Tied Shifts | 2004 | chamber ensemble of 6 players | 15 | Derek Bermel |
| Thracian Sketches | 2003 | solo clarinet | 8 | Derek Bermel |
| Language Instruction | 2003 | chamber ensemble of four players | 15 | Derek Bermel |
| Slides | 2003 | orchestra | 17 | Derek Bermel |
| Tag Rag | 2003 | orchestra | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| Catcalls | 2003 | brass quintet | 10 | Derek Bermel |
| The Ends | 2002 | orchestra | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| The Sting | 2002 | narrator and orchestra | 15 | Derek Bermel |
| Thracian Echoes | 2002 | orchestra | 20 | Derek Bermel |
| Three Rivers | 2001 | chamber ensemble of 12 players | 14 | Derek Bermel |
| At the End of the World | 2000 | tenor (or soprano) and piano | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| Soul Garden | 2000 | viola & string quintet | 13 | Derek Bermel |
| Natural Selection | 2000 | baritone and chamber ensemble of 15 players | 15 | Derek Bermel |
| Nature Calls | 2000 | baritone and piano | 15 | Derek Bermel |
| Coming Together | 1999 | clarinet and cello | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| Manifest Destiny | 1998 | baritone and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| Music for Caucasian Chalk Circle | 1998 | songs and incidental music for the play by Bertolt Brecht | 70 | Derek Bermel |
| Voices | 1997 | clarinet & orchestra | 18 | Derek Bermel |
| Old Songs for a New Man | 1997 | baritone and ensemble | 11 | Derek Bermel |
| Continental Divide | 1996 | chamber ensemble of 16 players | 11 | Derek Bermel |
| Hot Zone | 1996 | 2 singers and large ensemble of 17 players | 6 | Derek Bermel |
| Turning | 1995 | piano | 16 | Derek Bermel |
| Oct Up | 1995 | double string quartet | 8 | Derek Bermel |
| Wanderings | 1994 | wind quintet | 10 | Derek Bermel |
| SchiZm | 1994 | clarinet & piano, or oboe and piano | 9 | Derek Bermel |
| Dust Dances | 1994 | orchestra | 11 | Derek Bermel |
| Theme and Absurdities | 1993 | solo clarinet | 4 | Derek Bermel |
| String Quartet | 1992 | string quartet | 7 | Derek Bermel |
| Dodecaphunk | 1992 | piano | 3 | Derek Bermel |
| Three Funk Studies | 1991 | piano | 5 | Derek Bermel |
| Sonata Humana | 1991 | bass clarinet and piano | 13 | Derek Bermel |
| Mulatash Stomp | 1991 | violin, clarinet & piano | 7 | Derek Bermel |
| Ides March | 1990 | Wind band | 5 | Derek Bermel |
| Sextet for Strings | 1988 | string sextet | 8 | Derek Bermel |
| Ein Gedi | recorder and piano | 10 | Derek Bermel | |
| Child's War, A | childrens' choir and piano | Derek Bermel |