Sheet music and mp3 excerpts
by Michael A. Kimbell

Chamber Music:

Dialogues for two clarinets (1968)
Five short, witty pieces for advanced players
2 clarinets

Poème for violin and harp
sound excerpt 2, sound excerpt 3

Ricercar for Brass Octett (2000)
Transcribed contrapuntal Easter choral work
3 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones and tuba.

Romanza for oboe, viola (or clarinet) and piano (1977)
A lyrical, contrapuntal and very expressive piece.

Variations on "Springfield Mountain" for flute and piano (1992)
"On Springfield Mountain there did dwell / A lovely youth, I knew him well-eye-ell"
These lively variations, based on one of America's oldest folk songs, retell the story of the young couple who die of snake poison; an ironic twist is given to the ending.

Woodwind Quintet (1969)
An audacious, sarcastic first movement, a breakneck scherzo, a lyrical adagio and a lively fugue are all framed by a fantastic and atmospheric introduction which reappears at the end.
    
Orchestral Music:

Arcadian Symphony (1997)
Symphony in five movements

1) Overture 2) Scherzo 3) Variations 4) Gavotte 5) Tarantella

Kritik des Herzens (The Heart's Critique) (2003)
for orchestra and tenor

1) Es sitzt ein Vogel auf dem Leim
2) Seid mir nur nicht gar so traurig
3) Es flog einmal ein muntres Fliegel
4) Ferne Berge seh' ich glühen
5) Sie war ein Blümlein hübsch und fein
6) O du, die mir die Liebste war

Nachtgesänge (Night Songs) (1999)
Tone poem for orchestra

Pastorale (1974)

Rondino cappricioso (2001)

Taklamakán (2004)
Tone poem for orchestra
    
Piano Music:

Fantasy Sonata (1998)

Celestial Encounters, Nebulae, Energies, Dark Forms

Gavotte from Arcadian Symphony
Transcription for solo piano

Reinecke, Carl, Fairy Tale Portraits op. 147
for piano solo
edited and published by Michael and Edith Kimbell

Nocturne
for piano solo
    
Vocal Music:

Alleluia
for professional 8-part a cappella choir

Three separate versions:
1) Alleluia 2) Carmen paschal 3) Ricercar

Emigrant Songs
for soprano or baritone, and piano

1) The Spinning Wheel
2) America, Commerce and Freedom
3) Do They Think of Me at Home

Kritik des Herzens (The Heart's Critique) (2003)
for orchestra and tenor

1) Es sitzt ein Vogel auf dem Leim
2) Seid mir nur nicht gar so traurig
3) Es flog einmal ein muntres Fliegel
4) Ferne Berge seh' ich glühen
5) Sie war ein Blümlein hübsch und fein
6) O du, die mir die Liebste war

Of Birds and Beasts
for 2-part treble chorus or 2 soloists and piano

1) The Owl 2) The Little Forest Bird 3) The two Rats
4) Song of the Whales 5) The Cuckoo

Three Lieder
for soprano or baritone and piano

1) Auf eine Lampe 2) Abendständchen 3) Mondnacht

Three Sonnets from the Portuguese
For soprano and piano

1) When our two sould stand up erect and strong

2) I lived with visions for my company
3) Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers
    
Stage Works:

The Hot Iron (1997)
Miniature opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano