Works – Page 2 – Patricia Wallinga

Brooms of Steel

2014 | for SATB choir and Nordic fiddle | 3’ Brooms of Steel is a strophic adaptation of an Emily Dickinson poem that illustrates and celebrates the harsh stillness of winter. I’ve long admired Dickinson’s[…]

Dreams in War Time

2014 | for tenor and piano | 15’ Amy Lowell’s “Dreams in War Time” is an evocative series of seven loosely connected images, published shortly after the end of World War I. In setting this[…]

Portraits of Wartime

2013 | for SATB choir w/divisi, SATB incidental soloists, and violoncello | 7’ The 21st century is a fascinating and terrifying time to be a young adult. The world is more interconnected— and more fraught[…]

Hex

2013 | for solo flute | 5’ Hex is a concert etude for unaccompanied solo flute, meant to exhibit a wide variety of extended techniques. The piece’s combination of ancient and modern sound worlds lend[…]

Labyrinth

2013 | for solo double bass | 3’ Labyrinth is a short solo piece for double bass inspired by Portugese artist Jorge Queiroz’ 2012 painting of the same name. In classical design, a labyrinth is[…]