Joseph Packales

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Many of Joseph Packales' works are available for performance. However, some of the earlier works have been archived and may not be accessed at this time.

1. Four Songs on Varied Texts (1966) voice and pf.
2. Elegy for Piano and Clarinet (1966)
3. Divertimento for A Capella Chorus (1967)
4. Three Songs on Poems of Yeats (1967) voice and pf.
5. Cassandra's Monologue from Agamemnon (1967) sop. and orch.
6. Sonata for Piano in the form of 11 fragments (1968)
7. Four Pieces for Oboe, Bass-Clarinet, Viola, and Piano (1968)
8. Requiem (1968) chamber ensemble
9. Advent (1968) string orch.
10. Variations on a Welsh Lullaby (1969) string orch.
11. Lamentations for violin and piano (1969)
12. Music for mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano (1969)
13. Montage (1970) chamber ensemble
14. Pieta (1970) soprano and string quartet
15. Serenade: Be Music, Night (1970) sop., vln., pf.
16. Reactions to a theme of Robert Schumann (1971) vln., pf.
17. Threnody for cello and piano (1971)
18. September for oboe and piano
19. Kenneth Patchen Songs (1972) voice and pf.
20. An Allegory of War (1972) sop., chamber ensemble
21. Solemn Music (1973) chamber ensemble
22. Rounds and Dances for oboe and piano (1974)
23. Six Preludes to an Act of Grace (1976) viola and pf.
24. Variations on an Old-Fashioned Tune (1976) piano solo
25. Sand Drift (1976) voice and piano
26. Lilith (1977) orchestra
27. Notturno I (1979) chamber ensemble
28. Scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary (1981) opera
29. Two Sara Teasdale Songs (1981) voice and piano
30. Three Songs (1981) voice and piano
31. Chinese Cookbook Songs (1981) voice and piano
32. Four Dances (1981) chamber ensemble
33. Madrigali (1983) a capella chorus
34. The Seven Words from the Cross (1983) piano solo
35. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1984) sop. and chamber ensemble
36. Five Anagogic Dances (1984) orchestra
37. String Quartet (1984)
38. Prelude and Fugue in B (1984) solo piano
39. Five Pieces for Six Trumpets (1985)
40. A Holy Serenade (1985) soprano, tenor, piano
41. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1985)
42. Eros/Thanatos (1985) two pianos
43. 17 Preludes to an Act of Grace (1986) clarinet, cello, percussion
44. Four Poems by Wallace Stevens (1986) soprano, winds, piano
45. Notturno II (1986) violin and piano
46. Variations on The Ash Grove (1986) cello and piano
47. The Names of Angels (1986) violin, cello, piano
48. Variations on a Romantic Theme (1986) orchestra
49. Elegy for Euphonium and Piano (1986)
50. Variations for Violin and Piano (1986)
51. Meditations on the Fleur-de-lis (1986) solo piano
52. Three Songs from The Plumed Serpent (1987) voice and piano
53. Eleven Tikkunim (1987) wind quintet
54. Blues (1988) marimba
55. Upon Wings of Grace (1987) chorus and piano
56. Nocturne for Piano (1988)
57. Ciudad del Sol (1988) large orchestra
58. With What Shall I Come Before the Lord? (1989) voice and pf.
59. Blessed be the King (1989) chorus and piano or organ
60. Forty Days and Forty Nights (1989) chorus and piano or organ
61. St. Francis Prayer (1989) voice and piano
62. Pavan in Wars Aftermath (1991) horn and piano
63. The Song of The Antichrist (1992) wind ensemble
64. Brahmanirvana (1993) piano, violin, cello
65. Three Bagatelles for Guitar (1993)
66. I Was On the Sea (1993) large orchestra
67. De la Nueva Mexico (1993) chorus, soloists, orchestra
68. Three Meditations on the constellation Cassiopae (1993) euph. and pf.
69. Audivi Vocem de Caelo (1993) wind ensemble
70. Nocturne for Brass Quintet (1994)
71. Tour/Retour (1995) tango for orchestra
72. For Christmas (1995-1997) arrangements and compositions for choir
73. O, What We Have Seen (1996) orchestra
74. Three Christmas Carols (1997) choir
75. Three Meditations under the Bo-Tree (1997) viola and piano
76. Music for Worship (1996-1997) anthems for choir
77. The Nativity (1997) brass quintet
78. Ave Maris Stella (1998) chorus
79. Lucidae (1998) solo piano
80. I Am the Vowel A (1998) 12 trombones
80a.. I Am the Vowel A (1999) wind ensemble
81. Come, Great God of All the Ages (1998) choir and organ
82. He Will Wipe Every Tear From Their Eyes (1998) 5 double basses
83. Watchman, Tell Us Of the Night (1998) choir
84. Holy Preludes (1999) piano solo
85. Two Hymns (1999) choir
86. Sancte Deus (1999) choir
87. Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1999) voice and organ
88. The Hands of the Carpenter (1999) piano
89. O Magnum Mysterium (2000) choir
90. Revolving Visions at the End of The Ocean (2000) orchestra
91. Ave Maria (2001) choir
92. Four Christmas Carols (2001) choir
93. Nativity (2001) piano
94. Christ Church: A Monday Morning in May (2002) wind ensemble
95. Three Sacred Songs (2002) voice and piano or organ
96. Three Tangos (2002) two pianos
97. Sinfonia Sacra (2003) orchestra
98. Sonata da Chiesa (2005) Cello Quartet