LIST OF WORKS
Composer, Adolphus Hailstork
Selected works *Works in Blue are available for World Premiere during 2021*
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Works for Chorus and Orchestra
· Break Forth for Chorus and Orchestra
· Crispus Attucks - American Patriot for mezzo, tenor, bass-bariton, large chorus, and orchestra
· Done Made My Vow for narrator, soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra
· EarthRise (A Song of Healing) for two choirs and orchestra
· Four Spirituals for two sopranos, mixed chorus and orchestra
· The Gift of the Magi A “Choral Ballet” for dancers, chamber orchestra and children's chorus
· I will lift up mine eyes, cantata for tenor, choir, and orchestra
· Serenade “To Hearts Which Near Each Other Move” for SATB choir and orchestra
· Songs of Innocence for three soloists, chorus and orchestra
· Within Our Gates for solo soprano, solo tenor, SATB chorus and string orchestra
· The World Called for solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra
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A Knee on The Neck –Mezzo Soprano Tenor, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra {George Floyd}
Works for Wind Ensemble
· American Guernica
Works for Orchestra
· An American Port of Call
· Baroque Suite for String Orchestra (with optional Harpsichord)
· Church Street Serenade for String Orchestra
· Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra
· Essay for Strings
· Epitaph for Martin Luther King
· Fanfare on Amazing Grace for Orchestra
· Hercules"
· Intrada
· Lachrymosa: 1919
· Piano Concerto
· Sonata for Trumpet (or Clarinet) and String Orchestra
· Symphony No. 3
· Three Spirituals
· Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
· Violin Concerto
· Symphony no. 4
· Zora {A Tribute to Harlem Renaissance famed Female author, Zora Neale Hurston}
Works for Solo Instruments
· 2 Scherzos for solo piano
· Bassoon Set for solo bassoon
· Eight Variations On “Shalom Chaverim” for solo piano
· Five Friends for solo piano
· Flute Set for solo flute
· Four Preludes for solo harp
· Ignis Fatuus (Mysterious Fires) for solo piano
· Piano Sonata No. 2 for solo piano
· Piano Sonata No. 3 for solo piano
· The Surprising Thing Is for solo violin
· Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer" for solo Cello
· Three Smiles for Tracy for solo clarinet
· Trio Sonata for solo piano
· Two Studies on Chant Melodies" for solo organ
· Variations for solo trumpet
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Ancient of Days – organ
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Wounded Children –Suite for Piano
Works for Chamber Ensemble
· American Fanfare for 3Tpt. 4Hn. 3Tbn. Tu. 3Perc. Timp.
· American Landscape for string duet
· Armegeddon for organ and two percussion
· As Falling Leaves
· Baroque Suite for violin and piano
· The Blue Bag for clarinet and piano
· Consort Piece for septet
· Divertimento for violin and viola
· Evensong for violin and cello
· Fanfare on Amazing Grace for brass quintet, timpani, and organ
· Fantasy Piece for viola and piano
· Four Hymns Without Words for trumpet and piano
· Guest Suite for four hands on one piano
· Ghosts in Grey and Blue for trumpet, horn, and trombone
· I Am Only One for SATB choir
· John Henry's Big (Man vs. Machine) for trombone and piano
· Little Diversions for Lord Byron's Court for two violins or string duet
· Sanctum for clarinet and piano or viola and piano
· A Simple Caprice for clarinet and piano
· Sonata for trumpet and piano
· Sonata for two pianos
· Springtime for Elephants for two tubas
· String Quartet No. 1
· String Quartet No. 2 - Variations on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
· String Quartet No 3
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Chinese Zodiac Suite for String Quartet, Flute,
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and Harp
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Three Meditations for Viola and Organ (or
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Chamber Orchestra)
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Four Hymns without Words for Trumpet and
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Organ (or piano, or orchestra)
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Little Suite in F –Violin and Piano
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Eslanda Dances – String Trio
· Three Meditations for viola and organ
· Two by Two for horn and trombone
· Variations on a Guyanese Folk Song for violin and piano
· Ventriloquist Acts of God for soprano and piano
Operas
· Joshua’s Boots an Opera in one Act
· Paul Laurence Dunbar: Common Ground An Operatic Theater piece
· Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story