Two Benin Masks. Masks of royal temple guardians with imaginary beasts on their heads. Bronze and leather, lost wax process. Circa 1850. Each 24” high.

"John Corigliano is one of the most talented composers I know of today."

– Leonard Bernstein

The American John Corigliano continues to add to one of the richest, most unusual, and most widely celebrated bodies of work any composer has created over the last forty years. Corigliano's scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, the Grawemeyer Award, five Grammy Awards, and an Academy Award (“Oscar”) and have been performed and recorded by many of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world.

Featured Works

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1976

Chorus and orchestra

A Dylan Thomas Trilogy

SATB chorus & 3(2pic).3.3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/pf.hp.hpd/str

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1986

Orchestra

Fantasia on an Ostinato

3 flutes plus piccolo, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano, and strings

For Orchestra Arranged for orchestra by the composer (1986)

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1977

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

Solo clarinet and orchestra: 3 flutes and piccolo, 3 oboes and english horn, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet, 3 bassoons and contrabassoon, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, piano, and strings (minimum 14 first violins, 14 seconds, 12 violas, 12 cellos, and 6 basses)

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Hand-held floating crocodile  -  Painted and embossed wood  -  Papua New Guinea  -  Undated  -  37" long

“John Corigliano is the genuine article, a totally original composer whose music sounds like no other. His is a music that captures the imagination and keeps us in its thrall.”

– John Adams

Latest Recording

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latest album

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (version for soprano and sextet)

2024

Naxos 8.579160 (first recording for amplified soprano and sextet)

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latest album

The Lord of Cries

2023

(Pentatone PTC 5187 008)

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latest album

Complete Solo Piano Music

2023

(Naxos 8.559930)

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Mexico  -  Jaguar  -  Painted  -  terracoffa with gold leaf  -  Undated. 25" long

Upcoming Performances

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April 11-13, 2025

Ghosts of Versailles

Houston, TX

Shepherd School of Music

Reduced Orchestration

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April 2, 2025

Tennessee Songs

Tucson, AZ

Tucson Desert Song Festival

Arizona Friends of Chamber Music

Joshua Bell, violin
Larisa Martinez, soprano

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March 26-29, 2025

Triathlon Concerto for Saxophonist and Orchestra

New York, NY

New York Philharmonic

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophones

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