David Leisner

Leisner was pleased to use poems by Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Oliver in his new cycle West Wind; taking its name from one of Oliver's collections. 'In recent years; diatonic and chromatic harmonic ap...

Taking its cues from the visual patterns in nature, Labyrinths contains five movements, each of which is a musical illumination of a moment in time. Repetition and slow evolution of the simple musical...

When guitarist John Olson and soprano Gioia De Cari commissioned me to write a piece for them, I envi- sioned writing something theatrical that might especially suit Gioia, who is both a singer and an...

Violin Solo Music from the opera 'Einstein On The Beach' by Philip Glass, transcribed for Solo Guitar by David Leisner.

SONATA FOR GUITAR

Flute and guitar duo; along with string quartet; perform three movements based on Sephardic folk songs. The common theme is love just out of reach: the sad hope of finding love; the unrequited love fo...

Commissioned by Symphony Space; Ghosting is a concert work written for the impressive Brazil Guitar Duo by David Leisner; a master guitarist himself. Leisner says; 'The work begins and ends with harmo...

For 4 Guitars. Score and parts. Composed 1988. Duration 23:00.

For Violin and Guitar

Leisner has created masterful guitar accompaniments well-suited to the vocal lines of the famous De Falla vocal cycle. The seven songs (El Pano Moruno; Seguidilla murciana; Asturiana; Jota; Nana; Canc...

With a lone cello and four percussionists; Leisner considers the horror and waste of war - the few who lust for power; the millions who suffer and die. A requiem mass is played by instruments; followe...

Leisner's settings of James Tate poems was written for the brilliant guitarist David Starobin and the equally distinguished baritone Patrick Mason; a musical collaboration of four decades in performan...

Leisner works wonders with just a baritone voice and a cello. Using a compositional style that has come upon him over the years; he has created a cycle of five songs of varied moods; based upon a Germ...

Contents: Beauty / Exultation / Humility / Letter / Madness / Simplicity.