Videos of Music by Michael Kimbell
Arcadian Symphony in homage to Carl Reinecke (1997)
Mission Chamber Orchestra, Emily Ray, conductor
1: Overture
2. Scherzo
3. Variations — 4. Gavotte.
5. Tarantella
Portraits in the Museum for Five Cellos and Contrabass (2023)
Commissioned by members of Musicalische Komödie / Oper Leipzig and performed by them on 5 June 2024 in the Museum der Bildenen Künste Leipzig.
The movements refer to paintings in the museum.
1. Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
(Rogier van der Weyden 1445)
The music is based on the antiphon Ave Regina Caelorum by Guillaume Dufay.
2. Adam and Eve
(Lucas Cranach the Elder)
The music is based on Durch Adams Fall and Susanne un jour.
Remembering for Atonement for Chorus and Orchestra (2016)
Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, 5 November 2016 premiere
Lacrimae Symphony for Orchestra (2023)
Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra, 12 March 2023 premiere
Into the Stars, a Musical Voyage into the Carina Nebula
(Toccata and Fugue on B-A-C-H) for solo harp (2015)
Katrina Szederkényi, solo harp, with music displayed (For video of Szeged Festival premiere, look under Catalog menu.)
Ballade Arctique, a Story in Music for solo harp (2013)
Katrina Szederkényi, solo harp
Poème for Violin and Harp (2009)
Nándor Szederkényi, violin, and Katrina Szederkényi, harp (with music displayed)
Poème — version for Flute and Harp
Manfred Ludwing, flute, and Katrina Szederkényi, harp (with music displayed)
Absage for three viols (2020)
Farley Pearce, viola da gamba (with music displayed)
Come, Sleep for chorus and/or five viols (2020)
Farley Pearce, viola da gamba (with music displayed)
Chaconne on a theme from Henry Purcell's "When I am laid in earth"
for orchestra (2018)
Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra,
Kritik des Herzens for tenor and chamber orchestra (2003)
Alec Jeong, tenor, with San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, 16 Sept. 2005
Celestial Encounters for Solo Piano (1986)
2013 video by Sally Christian
Nebulae, Second Movement of Fantasy Sonata (1998)
Elizabeth Lee, piano, recorded in concert, November 2013 (with music displayed)
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
Michael Kimbell, C clarinet, and Elizabeth Lee, piano
Three Sonnets from the Portuguese for Voice & Piano (1965)
Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
2020 video by Alec Jeong, tenor, and Asako Tsumagari, piano
Time Does Not Move for Chamber Orchestra and Narrator (2006)
May 2013 performance by Emmanuel Williams and the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Rondino capriccioso for Orchestra (2001)
San Francisco Community Music Center Orchestra; premiere performance 1 January 2002 in Mission Dolores Basilica
