List of compositions by Charles Wuorinen

The following is a reverse-chronological list of works by the American composer Charles Wuorinen.[1]

Charles Wuorinen, 1990s

List
  • Second Percussion Symphony – 2019
  • Burlesque – 2018, for two pianos, for the American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles
  • Sudden Changes – 2017, for Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony
  • Second String Trio – 2017, for the Goeyvaerts String Trio, Belgium
  • Xenolith – 2017, duo for viola and percussion, for Lois Martin and Michael Truesdell
  • Eros and Nemesis (symphonic poem after Brokeback Mountain) for orchestra, for James Levine – 2016
  • Exsultet (Praeconium Paschale) for Francisco Núñez and the Young People's Chorus of New York City – 2015
  • Brokeback Mountain (chamber version) – 2015
  • Megalith – 2014, piano and 15 players, for Peter Serkin
  • Doubletake – 2014, for Steven Beck
  • Jan's Dowland – 2014, two Dowland works for solo harp
  • Alphabetical Ashbery – texts of John Ashbery – 2013, for loadbang
  • Electric Quartet – 2013, 4 electric guitars
  • Zoe – 2013, string sextet
  • Intrada – 2012, for Peter Serkin
  • Cygnus – 2012, commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble
  • Brokeback Mountain – 2008–2012, an opera on the short story of Annie Proulx, with libretto by Proulx, commissioned by the Teatro Real, Madrid
  • Intrada – 2012 for Peter Serkin
  • Adagio – 2011, for Peter Serkin
  • Etude (for Chords and Dynamic Balance) – 2011, commissioned by the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
  • Big Spinoff – 2011, for 16 players
  • Marian Tropes – 2010, for the Brentano String Quartet (on music of Dufay and Josquin)
  • It Happens Like This, a dramatic cantata on poems of James Tate (writer) – 2010
  • Oros – 2009, for Ursula Oppens
  • The Haroun Piano Book – 2003/2009, premiered by Lynn Raley
  • Marimba Variations – 2009 – commissioned by 22 percussionists
  • Moon Clock – text of Donald Hall – 2009, premiered by Thomas Meglioranza, baritone and Peter Kolkay, bassoon
  • Viola Variations – 2008, premiered by violist Lois Martin
  • Trio for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano – 2008, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
  • Metagong – 2008 – for two pianos and two percussionists – premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
  • Time Regained, a fantasy for piano and orchestra – 2008, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
  • Second Piano Quintet – 2008, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin
  • Ave Maria: Josquin – 2007, premiered by Tashi Quartet
  • Christes Crosse: Morley – 2008, premiered by Tashi Quartet
  • Scherzo – 2007, premiered by Peter Serkin
  • Synaxis – 2007, premiered on the inaugural concert of the League ISCM Orchestra, Louis Karchin conducting, soloists: Timothy Cobb (contrabass), Patrick Pridemore (horn), Robert Ingliss (oboe), Alan R. Kay (clarinet)
  • Fourth Piano Sonata – 2007, written for and premiered by Anne-Marie McDermott
  • Eighth Symphony (Theologoumena) – 2006, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor
  • Spin 5 – 2006, for violin solo and 18 players, premiered by Jennifer Koh
  • Iridule – 2006, for oboe and six players, premiered by Jacqueline Leclair, oboe and the New Millennium Ensemble
  • Never Again the Same – text by James Tate (writer) – 2006, premiered by Wilbur Pauley, bass and Christopher Hall, tuba
  • Eleven Short Pieces – 2006, premiered by Erik Carlson, violin and Michael Caterisano, vibraphone
  • Flying to Kahani – 2005, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roberto Abbado conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
  • Heart Shadow – 2005, premiered by Bruce Levingston
  • Theologoumenon – 2005, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor
  • Duo Sonata for Flute and Piano – 2004, premiered by Robert Aitken, flute and James Avery, piano
  • Visible – text by Paul Auster – 2004, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Mark Steinberg, violin
  • Ashberyana – poems by John Ashbery – 2004, premiered by Leon Williams, baritone
  • The Long Boat – poem by Stanley Kunitz – 2003, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Jacqueline Leclair, English horn
  • Dodecadactyl – 2003, premiered by William Anderson and Oren Fader, guitars
  • Fourth Piano Concerto – 2003, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
  • The Haroun Songbook – 2002, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano; James Schaffner, tenor; Michael Chioldi, baritone; and Phillip Bush, piano
  • Hexadactyl – 2002, premiered by William Anderson, guitar
  • Josquiniana – 2002, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
  • Fifty Fifty – 2002, premiered by pianists Rolf Hind and Nicholas Hodges
  • Pentecost poem by Derek Walcott – 2002, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and June Han, harp
  • Fenton Songs II – 2002, text by James Fenton, premiered by Lucy Shelton
  • September 11, 2001 – text by W. H. Auden – 2001, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and Phillip Bush, piano
  • Two Machine Portraits – poem by Les Murray, premiered by Ryan MacPherson, tenor and Marilyn Nonken, piano
  • Haroun and the Sea of Stories – an opera with libretto by James Fenton, based on the novel by Salman Rushdie 1997–2001[2]
  • Andante Espressivo – 2001, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
  • Alap, a Prelude to Contrapunctus IX of the Art of Fugue – 2001, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
  • Stanzas Before Time – poem by John Ashbery – 2001, premiered by Neil Farrell, tenor and June Han, harp
  • Buttons and Bows (or, Superparticular Variations) – 2001, premiered by Madeleine Shapiro, cello and Mikko Luoma, accordion
  • Cyclops (2000) – 2001, premiered by the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen conductor
  • Fourth String Quartet – 1999, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
  • Brass Quintet – 1999, premiered at the June-in-Buffalo Festival
  • An Orbicle of Jasp – 1999, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
  • Lepton – 1999, premiered by SurPlus, Freiburg
  • Symphony Seven – 1997, premiered by the Toledo Symphony, Andrew Massey conductor
  • Cello Variations III – 1997, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
  • Big Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by students at the Juilliard School
  • Epithalamium – 1997, premiered by Christopher Gekker and Raymond Mase
  • Fenton Songs (Version 1) – 1997, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, Curtis Macomber, Fred Sherry and Wuorinen
  • Fenton Songs (Version 2) – 1997, premiered by the Cygnus Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano
  • Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 of Arnold Schoenberg: recast for two pianos for the New York City Ballet by Wuorinen (1996), premiered by the New York City Ballet, Cameron Grant and Richard Moredock pianos.
  • The River of Light – the third part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1996 – two versions: orchestral and chamber, premiered by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Wuorinen conducting
  • Katz Fugue – 1996, premiered by James Winn, piano
  • The Great Procession – the second part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1995 – two versions: chamber (premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble, Wuorinen conducting) and orchestral (premiered by Deutsches-Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin, Bradley Lubman conducting)
  • Sonata for Guitar and Piano – 1995, premiered by William Anderson, guitar and Joan Forsyth, piano
  • In Heated Sylvan Glades & With Elegiac Sackbuts – aria from The W.of Bablylon arranged for 2 sopranos and piano – 1995, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Patricia Green, Mark Markham
  • Lightenings VIII – poem by Seamus Heaney – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
  • Piano Quintet – 1994, premiered by the Arditti String Quartet, Ursula Oppens pianist
  • Christes Crosse (after Thomas Morley) – 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
  • Percussion Quartet – 1994, premiered by the Pulse Ensemble of the New Music Consort
  • Guitar Variations – 1994, premiered by Todd Seelye
  • Windfall – 1994, premieres by the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conducting
  • The Mission of Virgil – the first part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet – 1993 – two versions: orchestral (premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Massey conducting) and 2-pianos;
  • Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra – 1993, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
  • Missa Renovata – 1992
  • Saxophone Quartet – 1992, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
  • Microsymphony – 1992, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal conductor
  • A Winter's Tale – text by Dylan Thomas – 1991, premiered by the Southwest Chamber Music Society, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soloist
  • Delight of the Muses – 1991, premiered by the New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting
  • Missa Brevis – 1991, premiered by the St. Ignatius of Antioch Church choir, Dr. Harold Chaney, conducting
  • Astra – 1990, premiered by the orchestra of the Oberlin Conservatory Robert Spano conductor
  • Twang – text of Wallace Stevens – 1989, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and James Winn
  • String Sextet – 1989, premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  • A solis ortu – 1989, premiered by the Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Dr. Harold Chaney conducting
  • Genesis – 1989, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony and chorus, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
  • Agnus Dei (from the Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) – 1989
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano – 1988, commissioned by the Library of Congress, premiered by Benjamin Hudson and Garrick Ohlsson
  • Machault Mon Chou – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
  • Josquin: Ave Christe (Josquin motet recast for solo piano) – 1988
  • Bagatelle – 1988, premiered by Elissa Stutz, piano
  • Another Happy Birthday – 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
  • Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra – 1987, premiered by New York City Ballet, Wuorinen conducting, Fred Sherry, soloist
  • Third String Quartet – 1987, premiered by the Franciscan String Quartet, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
  • Galliard – 1987, premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Edwin London conductor
  • Third Piano Sonata – 1986, premiered by Alan Feinberg
  • The Golden Dance – 1986, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
  • A Doleful Dompe on Deborah Departure as well as Borda's Bawdy Badinage – 1986
  • Fanfare (for Rutgers University) – 1986, premiered by members of Rutgers Band, Wuorinen conducting
  • Fanfare (for the Houston Symphony) – 1986, premiered by the Houston Symphony, Wuorinen conducting
  • Bamboula Beach – 1986, for the inaugural concert of the New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
  • Horn Trio Continued – 1985
  • Double Solo for Horn Trio – 1985, premiered by Speculum Musicae
  • Natural Fantasy – 1985, premiered by David Schuler, organ
  • Trombone Trio – 1985, premiered by Parnassus Ensemble
  • Prelude to Kullervo – 1985, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor, David Braynard tuba soloist
  • Movers and Shakers – 1984, premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
  • Bamboula Squared – 1984, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
  • Concertino (for 15 Solo Instruments) – 1984, premiered by the Parnassus ensemble, Anthony Korf, conductor
  • Crossfire – 1984, premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conductor
  • Album Leaf (for Howard Klein) – 1984, premiered by Wuorinen, piano
  • Concertino – 1984
  • Third Piano Concerto – 1983, premiered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi conductor, Garrick Ohlsson soloist
  • Spinoff – 1983, premiered by Speculum Musicae
  • Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano – 1983, premiered by the Arden Trio
  • Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra – 1983, premiered by San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart conductor, Daniel Kobialka violin soloist
  • Divertimento for String Quartet – 1982, premiered by the Atlantic String Quartet
  • New York Notes – 1982, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
  • Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano – 1982, premiered by Christopher Ford and Wuorinen
  • Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields – 1982
  • Horn Trio – 1981, premiered by Julie Landsman, horn, Benjamin Hudson, violin and Wuorinen, piano
  • Capriccio – 1981, premiered by Alan Feinberg
  • Short Suite – 1981, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
  • Trio for Bass Instruments – 1981, premiered by David Braynard
  • The Blue Bamboula – 1980, premiered by Ursula Oppens
  • The Celestial Sphere (An Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra) – 1980, premiered by the Augustana College Handel Oratorio Society Orchestra, Donald Morrison conductor
  • Ecclesiastical Symphonies (4 Movements from "The Celestial Sphere") – 1980, premiered by the Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Culver conductor
  • Beast 708 – 1980, premiered by students at the University of Southern California, Wuorinen conducting
  • Percussion Duo – 1979, premiered by Steven Schick and James Avery
  • Second String Quartet – 1979, premiered by the Columbia String Quartet
  • The Magic Art: An Instrumental Masque drawn from the works of Henry Purcell – 1979, premiered by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting
  • Fortune – 1979, premiered by Tashi Quartet
  • Psalm 39 – 1979, premiered by Richard Frisch, baritone and David Starobin, guitar
  • Joan's Instrumentation – 1979, premiered by the Da Capo Chamber Players
  • Three Songs for Tenor and Piano – text by Coburn Britton – 1979, premiered by Paul Sperry and Wuorinen
  • Archaeopteryx for Bass Trombone and 10 Players – 1978, premiered by Dave Taylor
  • Two-Part Symphony – 1978, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies conducting
  • Ancestors – 1978, premiered by Chamber Music Northwest, Wuorinen conducting
  • Fast Fantasy – 1977, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Wuorinen, piano
  • The Winds – 1977, premiered by Parnassus, Anthony Korf, conductor
  • Self-Similar Waltz – 1977
  • Six Pieces for Violin and Piano – 1977, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Wuorinen
  • Archangel for Bass Trombone and String Quartet – 1977, premiered by Dave Taylor
  • Wind Quintet – 1977, premiered by the Boehm Quintet
  • Album Leaf for Ayda and Fred – 1977
  • Six Songs For Two Voices – Text by Coburn Britton – 1977, premiered at Somerset County College, New Jersey, Wuorinen conducting
  • Percussion Symphony – 1976, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Wuorinen conducting
  • Second Piano Sonata – 1976, premiered by Jeffrey Swann
  • Tashi – 1975/6 – two versions: 4 soloists with orchestra (premiered by the Clevaland Orchestra, Wuorinen conducting Tashi Quartet soloists) and 4 soli (premiered by the Tashi Quartet)
  • Cello Variations II – 1975, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
  • Hyperion – 1975, premiered by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg conductor
  • A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky – 1975, Premiere at the Ojai Festival, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
  • The W. of Babylon, (or The Triumph of Love over Moral Depravity) – 1975, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Wuorinen conducting
  • Fantasia – 1974, premiered by Paul Zukofsky and Wuorinen
  • Second Piano Concerto (for Amplified Piano and Orchestra) – 1974, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Erich Leinsdorf conductor, Wuorinen as soloist
  • Anthem for Epiphany – 1974
  • Third Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano – 1973, Premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry and Wuorinen
  • Twelve Short Pieces – 1973
  • Grand Union – 1973, premiered by Fred Sherry
  • Mannheim 87.87.87 – 1973, premiered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York
  • Arabia Felix – 1973, premiered by The Composer's Ensemble, Peter Lieberson, conductor
  • Bassoon Variations – 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
  • Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra – 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Paul Zukofsky soloist
  • Speculum Speculi – 1972, premiered by Speculum Musicae
  • Violin Variations – 1972, premiered by Max Pollikoff
  • Harp Variations – 1972, premiered by Gloria Agostini and members of the Composers String Quartet
  • On Alligators – 1972, premiered by University Of South Florida players
  • First String Quartet – 1971, premiered by the Fine Arts Quartet
  • Grand Bamboula – 1971, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conducting
  • Canzona – 1971, premiered by Speculum Musicae, Wuorinen conducting
  • Chamber Concerto for Tuba with 12 Winds and 12 Drums – 1970, premiered by Donald Butterfield and Music in Our Time series
  • Message to Denmark Hill – text of Richard Howard – 1970, premiered by Richard Frisch, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry, Wuorinen
  • Ringing Changes – 1970, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
  • A Song to the Lute in Musicke – 1970, premiered by Valarie Lamoree and Wuorinen
  • Cello Variations – 1970, premiered by Fred Sherry
  • Nature's Concord – 1969, premiered by Ronald Anderson
  • Time's Encomium – 1969 – electronic work – awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music
  • Adapting to the Times – 1969, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello, and Wuorinen, piano
  • First Piano Sonata – 1969, premiered by Alan Mandel, written for and dedicated to Robert Miller
  • The Long and the Short – 1969, premiered by Paul Zukofsky
  • Contrafactum – 1969, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon, conductor
  • Flute Variations II – 1968, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
  • String Trio – 1968, premiered by the Potomac Trio
  • The Politics of Harmony (A Masque) – 1967, text by Richard Monaco, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting
  • Duo – 1967, premiered by Paul Zukofsky, violin and Wuorinen, piano
  • Salve Regina: John Bull – 1966, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting
  • Making Ends Meet – 1966, premiered by Jean and Kenneth Wentworth
  • Harpsichord Divisions – 1966, written for Paul Jacobs
  • Janissary Music – 1966, premiered by Raymond DesRoches, percussion
  • Bicinium – 1966, premiered by Josef Marx and Judith Martin
  • The Bells – 1966 – for carillon
  • First Piano Concerto – 1966, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor, Wuorinen as soloist
  • Three Cadenzas for the Mozart Concerto in C Major – 1965? (date is approximated)
  • Chamber Concerto for Oboe and 10 Players – 1965, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen conducting, Josef Marx, soloist
  • Composition for Oboe and Piano – 1965, premiered by Josef Marx and Wuorinen
  • Orchestral and Electronic Exchanges – 1965, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Lukas Foss conductor
  • Super Salutem – 1964
  • Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players – 1964, premiered at the Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood, Melvin Strauss conductor, Harvey Sollberger, soloist
  • Composition for Violin and 10 Instruments – 1964, premiered by Music in Our Time, Arthur Bloom conductor, Max Pollikoff soloist
  • Flute Variations I – 1963, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
  • Piano Variations – 1963, premiered by Wuorinen
  • Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players – 1963, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Arthur Bloom conducting, Robert Martin soloist
  • Second Trio: Piece for Stafan Wolpe – 1962, premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Wuorinen
  • The Prayer of Jonah – 1962, premiered by the Contemporary Music Society, Daniel Pinkham conducting
  • Bearbeitungen ueber das Glogauer Liederbuch – 1962, premiered by Stanley Aronson, Henry Larsen, B. Lurie, Betram Turetzky
  • Duuiensela – 1962, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello and Jens Nygaard, piano
  • Octet – 1962, premiered by the New York Chamber Society, Alvin Brehm conductor
  • Invention for Percussion Quintet – 1962, Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Paul Price conductor
  • Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano – 1961, premiered by Harrvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Wuorinen
  • Concert for Double Bass Alone – 1961, premiered by Bertram Turetzky
  • An Educator's 'Wachet Auf' – 1961, portions of J.S. Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 for mixed instruments
  • Tiento Sobre Cabezon – 1961, premiered at the School of Sacred Music, Unionion Theological Seminary, New York, Thomas Dunn conductor
  • Evolutio: Organ – 1961, premiered by Leonard Raver
  • Symphonia Sacra – 1961, premiered at St. Thomas Church, New York, Wuorinen conductor
  • Consort from Instruments and Voices – 1961 – magnetic tape, premiered at Music of Our Time Series, 92nd Street YMHA New York
  • Eight Variations for Violin and Harpsichord – 1960, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Leonard Raver
  • Madrigale Spirituale sopra salmo secondo – 1960, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
  • Concertone for Brass Quintet & Orchestra – 1960, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor
  • Turetzky Pieces – 1960, premiered by Stanley Aronson, flute; Henry Larsen, clarinet; Bertram Turettzky, bass
  • On The Raft – 1960
  • Consort of Four Trombones – 1960, premiered by the New Music Chamber Goroup, Jerome L. Keller director
  • The Door In The Wall – 1960, premieerd by Susan Thieman, Janet Baxter, Wuorinen
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano – 1960, premiered by Jean Kershaw and Douglas Nordli
  • Symphony III – 1959, premiered by the Orchestra of America, Richard Korn conductor
  • Concertante IV – 1959, premiered at Music in Out Time series 92nd Street YHHA, Howard Shanet conductor, Max Pollikoff and Douglas Nordi soloists
  • Concertante III – 1959, premiered at Union Theological Seminary School, Leonard Raver, Josef Marx, Paul Wolfe, George Grossman, Joan Brockway
  • Musica Duarum Partium Ecclesastica – 1959
  • Symphony II – 1959, premiered on the Music in the Making Series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conductor
  • Three Prepositions for Piano – 1958, Written for Vladimir Ussachevsky for publication in New Music Edition
  • Trio Concertante – 1958, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Bob Bloom, Douglas Nordli
  • Three Pieces for String Quartet – 1958, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra – 1958
  • Concertante II for Violin and Chamber Orchestra – 1958, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
  • Sonata for Piano – 1958, premiered by Douglas Nordli
  • Spectrum – 1958, for solo violin, brass quintet, piano, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Douglas Nordli, University Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Music in Our Time series
  • Movement for Wind Quintet – 1958
  • Symphony in One Movement – 1958, Music in the Making series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conducting
  • Be Mery All That Be Present – 1957, premiered at the Church of the Transfiguration, NYC, Stuart Gardner director
  • Triptych – 1957, for violin, viola and percussion, Premiered at Music of Our Time series, 92nd Street Y, New York, Max Pollikoff violin, Walter Trampler viola, Mo Goldenberg percussion, William Goldenberg piano
  • Alternating Currents – 1957, antiphonal piecefor chamber orchestra, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
  • 3 Mass Movements – 1957, for unaccompanied violin, premiered by Max Pollikoff
  • Concertante I for Violin Solo and Strings – 1957, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
  • String Quartet – 1957, premiered at the Bennington Composer's Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
  • Wantering in this Place – 1957, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano, for Betty Tiedemann
  • Dr. Faustus Lights The Lights – 1957, music for Paul Sanasardo's dance adaptation of Gertrude Stein's opera libretto, premiere at Rooftop Theatre, NYC, Leon Hyman conductor
  • Music for Orchestra – 1956, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor
  • Wind Quintet #1 – 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
  • Subversion – 1956, string septet or orchestra, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
  • The Descent with Music – 1956, antiphonal pieces, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
  • Two Tranquil Pieces for Piano – 1956
  • Sonatina for Woodwind Quartet – 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composer's Conference
  • Concert Piece for Piano andString Orchestra – 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
  • Two Lute Songs of Thomas Campion – 1956, premiered at Town Hall, New York by the Trinity School School Glee Club
  • Homage a Bach – 1955, premiered by Theodore Pierce, organ
  • Prelude and Fugue for Four Percussionists – 1955, premiered the University of Illinois Percussion, Urbana, Paul Price director
  • Song and Dance – 1953, premiered by Wuorinen
  • Te Decet Hymnus – 1954, premiered in Town Hall, New York by Trinity School Glee Club
  • Scherzo – 1953, premiered by Wuorinen

References
  1. Charles Wuorinen – Compositions Official complete composition list, searchable and sortable by date, category, instrument, length, or title
  2. Peter G. Davis, "Good Time Charlie". New York, 15 November 2004.
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